The Washington times., 1922-05-28
MEMORIAL PLANS
FOR HYATTSV|LLE
Community Exercises to Be
Held Under Auspices Of
Snyder-Farmer Post.

HYATTSVILLE, Md. May - --
Plans for community Memorial Day
exercises under the auspices CT
Snyder Farmer Post. No. 3. Aneri.
can Legion. are complete. Members
OF the post in uniform will leave
the clubrooms in Maryland avrnue
at a. m. by motor to decorate
with flowers the graves Of the men
Of this vicinity who gave up their
lives in the world war.
At o'clock a parade Will form at
Carroll avenue and the Washington
Baltimore bOulevar j, and will nOIr
at 9:45. Heading the procession VIII
be Mayor J Frank Rushe and the
town council followed by the bond
from the National Training School
for Boys, members of Snyd"r.
Farmer Post and other former scrv.
ice men. including civil and Spanish
war veterans. the local wOmqu's
club school children and various
other groups. Services in Fan.
fingers park will follow
Church call" by the post buCl,?
will open the program. followed by
an introduction by Waldo BURNSIDE.
chairman OF the memorial commit
tee; invoca ton by the Rev. l.. Z.
OF the preamble to the constitution
Of the American Legion by Vice
Commander Alan II. Pottinger; ad.
dress by C. L. Aiello. post COM
mander; thirty seconds silenr" IN
memory Of the dead and singing Of
Nearer, My God. to Thee" by the
entire assemblage.
Dedication Of the recently pur.
chased post colors will follow. The
colors will be presented by Mayor
Rushe and accepted on behalf e
the post by Past Commander p. i
Parlett. jr. A display Of the cOlOl
will be followed by dedication hN
Capt. John y. Brooks. past com
mander, after which there will be
a blessing of the COlors by the Rev.
Mr. Chastain and singing by ~.
assemblage of The Star Spangled
Banner" Formal opening OF IN,
Prince Georges County Baseball
Tomorrow the post will conduct
poppy and daisy sale at johnson
and Maryland avenues for the
American Legion welfare fund.
1t is requested that those deSi"-
ing to contribute flowers for de"U'n-
ton Of the graves leave them at
the post clubrOoms in Maryland ave
nue. near the railway crossing Mon
day between and 9 p. m.
Residents Of EdmOnston Heights,
east Of Hyattsville, have organized
the Edmonston Heights AssOcih.
ton, with a charter membership OF
about forty. The officers are: A. q
Jackson, jr., president; w. s. Lines,
vice president; Mrs. w. r. Scho.
field. second vice president. md
s. r. Hobson and P. W. Browning.
executive committee.
Robert w. Thornley, will seek I'll;
Democratic nomination for ConEr"Ts
in the Fifth district at the coming
primaries. He is an insurance man
Hyattsville and was educated at
New York college.
A countrywide meeting under
the auspices Of the Rudisell Won.
an Christian Temperance Union, nt
Hyattsville, will be held here June
2. Speakers will be George Crabhc,
secretary OF the Maryland Anti.
Saloon League and DR.. w. W. Da.
Wis, OF Baltimore, who will Sp"ok
on race-track betting in Primo"
Georges county.
Congressman Rufus Hardy, -
Texas, and Edward Keating OF Colo
RADIO, and Col A. c. Bell, T. F. Mon
ahan, Western Starr and Hugh
Keeley, all Of Washington. and
Mayor George Finger, Of Capitol
Heights. will be the speakers at tho
Decoration Day exercises at tn"
home Of Col. H. Martin Williams
and his niece, Mrs. Jesse L. Lam"
In Riverdale. tomorrow afternoon
under the auspices OF the Womln's
Single Tax Club Of the District Of
Columbia. The meeting, to begin at
2:30 o'clock, is open to the public.
The operatta Pandora" Is TO be
given by the Community Players
Of Riverdale In the State Rrmory
here on June 2.