The Washington times., 1922-02-23
s211 GIVEN FOR
JEWISH RELIEF
|. IN EVANSVILLE
Many Children In Prince
Georges Found to Have De-
feotive Eyesight.
Special TO The washinxton Times.


The receipt OF s211 in subscriptions
for Jewishs relief was announced to-
day by Max Deitz. local merchant.
chairman Of the campaign for this
section The subscribers are Sale
mon Deskin. Sam Bass, Simon Pol
lock. Peeofsky. Jacob spund. II.
Hurwitz. Leibow. Myer Edlavitch
Limon. J. Moses Edlavitch. Sam
Mostow, Sasman. w. p. Belt,
David s. Venezky. Jewish Congre-
cation Of Hyattsville, Harry Lebo-
vitz and Max Deitz.
Company r, First Infantry. M.
N. g.. Of Hyattsville. Capt. John
N. Brooks, commanding. underwent
its annual Government inspection
last hight. The inspection was
made by Col. d. John Markey. COM
manding the First Infantry. for
Captain Linden, representing the
and Major Leavitt praised the COM
pany following the inspection. The
exact rating attained. however, will
not be announced until about
March 10.
George washington's birthday was
observed at the Hyattsville High
School with exercises in the school
auditorium presided over by Prof.
X. J. Norris. principal. Oral COM
positions were given by students
as follows: Washington as a Citi-
I'm III
as Statesman" Dorothy Purdum;
garet Wolfe, and 1.-THE Last Hours
Of Washington" Eleanor Dutton.
Professor Morris gave a brief ap-
propriate address.
The annual entertainment Of the
fayetteville High School viii take
place the. evening Of Friday. March
"a. in the new armory. There
will be two presentations directed
by Mrs. Martha @. Temple. the
school dramatic director.
Out of forty-two pupils in a
fayetteville school eighteen were
found with defective sight. It was
stated by Mrs. Elizabeth Langen-
feldt, Prince Georges county public
school nurse. in an address before
a largely attended meeting Of the
parent-teachers' association of the
Hyattsville schools in the parish
hall of Pinkney Memorial Church.
Prof. Nicholas Orem, county
superintendent OF schools. stated
that there were about 900 more
pupils attending the county schools
than last year and that II cost $50
each year to educate each child.
He stated that now there were APP
proximately $500 children attend
ing the county schools and that II
was estimated II would cost $276.-
900 to operate the school system
this year, $4,000 Of this being need
ed for fuel Urging higher salaries
for rural teachers, Professor Orem
referred to the fact that in Balti-.
more county teachers in rural sec
lions were paid 5000 moro per year
than those in the towns. the idea
being to attract teachers to the
country.
As a mark Of esteem to the Rev.
Father Andrew ]. Carey, pastor Of
st. Jerome's Catholic Church. Hy.
attsville, who is now in Tampa.
Fla, recuperating from an Illness.
parishioneEs Of st. Jerome's have
raised a purse for him amounting
to more than $500 and $50 has been
contributed by the mission churches
at Landover and Berwyn. The COM
mittee in charge of raising the purse
comprised Mesdames James c. Rog-
ers, H. Winship Wheatley, ]. B.
Waters and Messrs. NJ. r. Halloran,
Charles e. Darnall and Stephen
Kelly. Latest advices from Tampa
report Father Carey much i'm
proved.
The st. John Berchman's So
ciety> of st. Jerome's Catholic
Church, Hyattsville. has elected the
following officers to serve one year:
Master of ceremonies. William A.
Rogers (re-elected); president,
Stephen A. Kelly, Jr.; vice presi-
dent, Bertrand Sheehy; treasurer,
A. c. Keegin (re-elected); secretary,
Mrs. H. Winship Wheatley: assist
ant secretary, Bernard Troy; pub
Ilicity chairman, Vincent Sheehy, and
director. Rev. Father Andrew J.