Evening star., 1921-05-08
GLEN ECHO, MD,

GLEN ECHO. Md. May 7.-Slight
change was made in the personnel
OF the town council at the annual
election May ?. Mayor Jacob Decker.
Aldermen Thomas DenelIe. Edward
Boswell and G. A. Arnold were re-
elected and Harry HouRhton newly
elected. SweitZer was chosen secre-
tary TO the council.
Oakdale Villa opened May ! with
capacity registration. This hostelry
has a waiting list. one of its many
lures being nearness to Bannock burn
golf links.
Mrs. Riley Aldridge. wife of Capt.
Bruce AIdridge of Toronto. Canada.
was recent guest of her sister. Mrs.
Walter c. Carroll OF Shadow Lawn.
Other out-of-town guests of the week
were Mrs. Andrew De Shields and
son OF Baltimore and Mrs. Jennie
Jones of West Washington.
Announcements have reached here
of the marriage in Anglers. France,
of Ross Holbrook Johnson of Glen
Echo and Mile. Germaine Goineau. AT
home after June !. at Glen Echo,
Md. Mrs. Florence Thompkins OF
California. a sister of the groom. is
here for the reception, being enter
HOuGhton This is Glen Echo's sec
ond overseas romance. the earlier ac-
QUESTION to resident society being
Mrs. Edward Boswell. jr., who, before
her marriage. was the widow Of Capt.
Vino Of the British submarine service,
Southampton. England.
Miss Grace Townsend of the Unit
ed states air service was among the
week end visitors.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Bernard +. Duke are
occupying their attractive new
bungalow. at Cohassett Work is be
ing rushed to complete seven new
homes in that subdivision.
Mrs. Sarah Canada Was the hostess
of the May meeting of the church
guild. Thursday night. Despite the
rain. a goodly number of ladies en-
Jov"d her bountiful hospitality.
Prof. Many of the Mckinley School
OF Art has Joined the summer colony
AT Oakdale Villa. Stephen Barton of
Massachusetts was among the weeks S
arrivals.
| dinner host to DR.. J. q Hubbell and
, Mr.. Barton Thursday last.
! Mr.. Leroy Lewis left for Milwau-
/ kce Monday to visit his parents be
for" going abroad, in the United
I states consular service.
| April l.. the ninth anniversary of
, her death. handsomely bound bio
! yrapny of "ClAra Barton. Humanitar-
= ian written by Cora Bacon Foster,
| historian of United States Indian af-
! fairs. Columbia Historical Society
! publisher. has been presented to the
! local public school library. by DR..
! J. E. Hubbell. former field officer for
/ the American Red Cross. DR.. Hub
| bell WAS coworker Of Miss Barton.
! and sh.. b.gueathed to him priceless
! en- blems. decorations and honors con-
! ferred by many countries in recogni-
| tion of her service to suffering hu-
| manity.
, The historian accords equal honors
| 10 her field surgeon, DR.. Hubhell. for
! self abnegation and unstinted devo-
! tion to the cause of humanity" The
| doctor was United States delegate to
! the Rome international conference.
! His great ambition is to see a per-
| manent Clara Barton memorial"
| erected on the site Of the Humani-
| tarians' Maryland home
! The gift volume is inscribed above
the donors autograph as follows:
! For the pupils Of Glen Echo
! School. all OF whom know person
! ally the home OF Clara Barton. and
many of whom knew her personally.
! when living. that they may emulate
| her character and honor her mem
ory. as among the greatest of the
nations great"