The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-03-19
BREVITIES

-Messrs. Joseph V. and M. J. Wy
will are visiting relatives at Wilkes
Barre, Pa.
MIR. and Mrs. l.. G. Sasscer wer
present at the Governors reception Of
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Arthur Gibbons, of Washing
ton, is visiting at the home of hi
brother, DR.. William H. Gibbons, O.
Groom.
The Marlboro Moving Picture Par
lor will re-open for the Season mex
Satur day night, March 20.
Miss Maude Gibbons attended ths
alumni banquet of the Western Mary
land College, at the Emerson Hotel
Baltimore. on Friday night.
Mr.. Frederick Sasscer, editor,
is recuperating at his home after al
operation which he underwent seVera
weeks ago at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity.
Mr.. William R. Smith, formerly o.
this town, died at his home, 1880 Sec
nd ST, N. w, Washington, on las
Wednesday night, after an illness o.
months of lung troubles. He was g.
years old.
Comptroller E. Brooke Lee, ha,
made public the first quarterly distri
button for 1920 of funds for the public
schools; Prince Georges gets, $11. 1861.
sc, Public School Tax; $1,205.70, Text
Books and S4O1. 80 Supplies.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Reed and Misses
Ethel and Mae Mullikin, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. o. P. Mullikin, this
tJwn. Miss Ethel is recovering from
What might of been serious accident
when she was knocked down by ar
automobile in Washington recently.
-Ex-Congressman Frank o. Smith
IF Dunkirk, Calvert county, Maryland
and Captain Thomas S. Klinger, OF
Siyerdale, Prince Georges county
filed their certificates for the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress with the
supervisors of Election, last week.
Admiral Sims says the Otrant'
strait barrage was one of the mos
successful pieces of work accomplished
by the sub chasers in the great wal
He tells of this remark IDLE feat in mex
Sundays Washington S.ar, also relat
ing the fact story of the sinking of al
| Austrian submarine. w -ech for thi
article in The Washington Star, Sunday
March 81.
| Mrs. Susan Fowler, widow of tn
late Joseph H. Fowler, died at he
home in Nottingham, in the 10th yea
IF her age, on Sunday night fror
double pneumonia. The funeral too
| place from St. Thomas Church, Groom
IN Tuesday at 2 p. m. Rev. Mr.. Nc
Manus, officiated. The interment wa
made in the family lot in the churcl
yard. She leaves four daughters an
two sons, and will be greatly misse
from the community where she led
quiet christian life and always shove
a kind and helpful interest in ever
one around her.
The Archetect has been down an
rocked over the ground, and mao
rough sketches for the Committee
approve for the new So, 600 Episcop;
Church at Aquasco, Mar land. Dr.
Crusoe has reported that the work wi
be started right after the Easter Wee
Services. The body of tn l. Church wi
seat 204 persons and the vested choi
will be composed of 80 specially trail
ed singers. The Eas ters music will
the most elaborate ever heard in til
church as the Rector has been trainn
the present singers from the beginnir
of the LeEten Season. Having been
Professor of Music before entering Il
Sacred Ministry Of the Church, d
Cruscoe has succeeded in getting tt
present choir IN splendid shape for et
fective vocal work.
"A joint committee from Prin
Georges county, consisting OF Mr.
Guy S. Meloy and Mrs. Edgar Brow
of Lanham, Mrs. Helen T. Wade
Laurel, prominent clubwomen; Charl
w. Clagett, VIM. P. Magruder al
County Treasurer Elect Herman
Burgess of Hyattsville, appeared la
week before the county delegation
the Legislature at Annapolis in suppo
: OF the bill which would authorize Il
! county authorities to issue bonds in Il
J sum of $205, 600 for the building OF ne
: schools and additions in the count
j The bill includes among other items,
ALLEGATION of $48,000 for new schc
in Hyattsville. The county membe
e of the house of delegates, with the e
8 ception of VIM J. Wachter of Laur'
0 were present, and all stated they wou
support the measure, and Mr.. Watch
e also is understood to favor it. Senat
5 Oliver Metzerott also was present
: stated he would make it discretlona
with the board of education to reque
the county commissioners to issue Dor
r to pay for the erection of and additi
e to certain schools mentioned In
= bill. provided the bonds issued shall