The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-18
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THINGS SEEN AND HEARD


arship to the Maryland Institute in
Baltimore. The scholarship is award.
ed for term not longer than four
years.
Frostburg.-Overhead irrigation.
project In which number of local
farmers are intensely interested, will
be demonstrated at the Washington
Bottom Farm on August IA by c. W.
Skinner, of Troy, Ohio. A number OF
farmers will meet with Mr.. Skinner.
Rockville.-James w. Burdette, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Burdette. OF
Boyds, this county, died in Wash
ington hospital at the age of 81 years.
A few days before he was operated
on for appendicitis. Surviving him
are both parents and several sistera
and brothers.
Baltimore.-The parade scheduled
for the last day Of the Baltimore
Week" celebration, which is to tako
place in October, will be one of tho
largest ever seen in this city, accord
ing to w. Dwight Burroughs, president
of the Advertising Club, who, with
Clarence H. Klengel, has charge OF
this feature of the week.
Frederick Charles F. Thomas,
Buckeystown, died recently, aged 73
years. He was son of the late VIII
liam H. Thomas and is survived by his
wife (Mrs. Sarah Baker Thomas) and
the following children: (Mrs. A. w.
Nicodeum, Buckeystown; VIM. H.
Thomas, Pasadena, CAL; Miss Catha-
> rine F. Thomas, and Miss Carrie H.
Thomas, Buckeystown, and Franklin
C. Thomas, Martinsburg, w. Va.)
Chestertown.-Louis Robinson, new
Superintendent of Kent county
schools, took charge succeeding DR..
Edward ]. Clarke. Miss Nina NJ.
Langvick, a graduate of Teachers
College, Columbia University, and
during the past year Supervisor of
schools in Carroll county, Nd, has
been appointed supervisor Of white
elementary schools in Kent county.
Schools of Kent county will open for
white children on September IL and
for colored children on October /.
struck by an automobile on the State.
road near her home. Her son, Robert
F. Andrews, received slight injuries in
the accident. Mrs. Andrews and her
SON were on a motorcycle, Mrs. An
drews being in the side-car, when the
machine was struck by an auto driven
by William Kimmelman, of Ohio. The
automobile skidded 100 feet after
striking the motorcycle and crashed
into a culvert. Kimmelman was ar
rested by State officers and is being
held for a hearing pending the out
come of Mrs. Andrews injuries.
Frederick The fifteenth annual
Lutheran reunion, embracing all of the
Lutheran congregations and Sunday
schools of the county, was held at
Braddock Heights with a large attend
ance. The Rev. A. e. Cooper. pastor
of the Middletown Lutheran Church,
presided and addresses were delivered
by the Rev. Charles A. Shilke, Walk
ersville; the Rev. C. A. Neal, Gettys-
burg, and the Rev. w. e. Brown. York.
The Rev. Mr. Shilke took for his
theme "The Beginning of Lutheranfsm
in Maryland"
Hagerstown.-One man was instant.
" killed and two others were serious
ly injured when the automobile In
which they were riding on the Letters
burg pike struck post, skidded more
than 400 feet, crashed through a fence
and turned turtle, throwing its occu-
pants to the ground. The dead man Is
Samuel Miller, 35, son of Frank Miller.
proprietor of a grain warehouse at
Waynecastle. He died instantly of
broken neck. H. w. Ruths, rs, an en-
ployee of the Hagerstown and Fred
erick Railway, who was riding on the
front seat with Miller, suffered a
broken shoulder blade, probable
fractured collar bone and other in
juries. The third man, Harry H.
Snowbridge. also an employee of the
railway, escaped with less injuries
than his companions. A bone In his
leg was broken and he suffered bruises
about the body.
Easton.-One day last week about
$500 worth of milk, purchased by a
milk dealer in Easton from various
farmers in Talbot county and shipped
to the city, was turned back on him
as the milk had been "doctored" with
a preparation that had caused mum.
Der of persons using 1t to become i'll.
No blame was attached to the dealer
here, as he was not aware that the
milk had been treated. Some of the
parties who had sold him the milk had
put some kind of preservative in it to
make it taste sweet and pure. The
loss falls heavily upon the dealer, and
at the same time puts under suspicion
all milk shipments going out of Easton
and Talbot county. This is not the
first time that this practice has been
resorted to, as it has happened sew.
eral times. One time 1t came near
losing the big Dolfinger Station to
Easton, as the owners threatened to
close up the plant entirely if 1t ever
happened again.
Frederick. - Maryland's Odd Eel
lows Home, to be erected on site
of about IS acres, two miles north OF
this city, will be, replica of Mount
Vernon, the home of George Washing.
ton, as nearly as is practicable for
general use. This was the conclusion
of the executive committee Of the
Grand Lodge and ]. E. Sperry, Balti
more, the architect, at a conference
on the site of the building, at which a
final survey of plans and specifications
was made and will be passed upon at
a meeting of the general building