The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-02-04
The Westphalia Community Club


in wedding bells saturday evening.
January 10Th, although the old man
did not secure the bride he hoped for
pretty sixteen year old Alice-he was
caught in the rebound, however, by Miss
Gabitha, maiden lady. with cute, lit
tie old fashioned curls and q love for
words whose meaning by no chance
conveyed the ideas she wished to ex-
press.
The play was amusing, we'll acted
and thoroughly appreciated by the aud
ience that filled the school house.
Where all did well it;is difficult to name
a special one in the personnel of the
cast but Hildegard, the old colored
servant, had perhaps the most trying
part in the play. it was acted by a
very young girl, Eleanor Wood. who
has upon several occasions shown re-
markable histrionic ability and unusual
talent for elocution.
The others of the cast we're:
Miss Nellie Pumphrey Miss Gabitha
Timothy Delano Mr.. Louis Branson
Ricky Mr.. Cleveland Pumphrey
dildegard Miss Eleanor Wood
The meeting was not called to order
for business until after the play and
two measures were then brought be-
lore the club for approval. These call
I'd forth an animated discussion which
resulted in one being laid upon the
table until the next meeting, February
25th. This was much regretted by sew
eralinterested in the endorsement of
the Red Cross petition to the Commits
soners asking that the deficit between
the sum collected for Red sCross activi-
es in the County, and .the amount re-
quired-$6, 600, be Incorporated in the
budget. There is no doubt, however that
this smatter will eventually receive a
favorable vote.
The other estion-The Mothers
Pension Bili-met an unfavorable re-
ception. There is much dissatisfaction
among the people at large, over this
DILL. No argument sufficiently, strong
has been advanced by those interested
in its success. that carries conviction of
its necessity to levelheaded ard un-
Drejudiced men and women throughout
certain sections of the county. If peo-
pie generally understood the bill, there
IS little doubt it would be pigeon
holed. if not forever, at least until
farming interests and business gener-
ally has improved.
The County Commissioners have no
money. The Road Committee of The
Westphalia Club .has found that out
bat the Commissioners authorized the
various members of the Committee to
take the work in hand themselves.
This is being done, sor,far as possible.
The worst sections of the roads in the
upper end of the fdistrict will be, and
are, being repaired, two car loads of
cnders have been ordered and will be
used upon the back road and there is
no doubt if the farmers themselves and
members of community clubs had the
time and money to spend, roads would
be in better condition generally and
kept in better condition than they are
today by the road director. The roads
are impossible, not from no work but
from poor work; bitches have not been
kept open, the volume of water has
taken to the middle of the road. Two
colored men who have worked on the
roads for many years, went over the
Northern .end of the district casually
5craping the bitches, not once was the
| road man seen who was appointed tt
look after the work. 1t was then not
question of money but of supervision
of supervision there was apparently
none-and these roads, ;are within Il
miles of the Capital of the Unitee
| States.