Evening star., 1923-06-03
$4,000 PLEDGED
TO CHURCH DEBT
Successful Dedication Exer-
cises Held at Mount
Rainier. ;,
Sreclal Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MOUNT RAINIER. Md, June at
the dedication meetings of the local
Christian Church last Sunday over
S2S.oo0 was pledged by members of
the congregation to the church debt
which will approxiynat $4,000. The
several meetings of the day were
presided over by the church's pastor.
Rev. l.. l.. Bowers. who was assisted
by Rev c. Il. Stauffer. pastor of the
Ninth Street Church, who preached
the sermons of the morning and even
ing services. Rev. Earle Whitley,
pastor OF the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church. was the chief speaker
of the afternoon meeting, which was
attended by representative audience
of the towns people.
Tuesday evening Fellowship night"
was celebrated by me congregation,
speakers from several of the towns
organizations being present to extend
best wishes for the churchs future.
Among those participating We're: Nj.
c. Harmon. for Mount Rainier Lodge
of Odd Fellows no. 176. and the Re
hekah Lodge; w. H. Vanneman. for
the Citizens Association, and w. A..
Jones. for the Patriotic Daughters
of America. ahe volunteer fire de-
p&rtment Whge not represented DS d
speaker, attended the meeting in a
body. F'ridyly night was parents
night, at which the children of the
Bible school entertained their parents.
Mrs. Harmon Honored.
One Of the most impressive fra
ternal services ever held in this com
munity took place Tuesday evening.
when the noble grand and other OF.
GERS end about twenty members or
Mounk Rainier Lodge of Odd Fellows,
No. AS, and representative ohcers
home of Mrs NJ. c. Harmon of 34th
street and planted in her flower gar.
dent a radiant red rose, as symool
of the appreciation and esteem In
(which Mrs. Harmon is held by these
orders for the faithful service she
has rendered these fraternitles, ana
also as a tribute to her faithfulness
of purpose and effort in all activities
for the community's improvement.
Monday evening the mayor and COM
mon council will hold their regular
meeting, at which time the topic OF
chief interest will be regarding the
auplication of some dust allying ma
terial to the cinder roads OF the town.
Mhere has perhaps been no other one
subject that has caused so much dis
Cussion as this one. and the otncers
of the town. while doing their utmost
for some months past, had up TO the
last meeting of their body been un-
able to arrive at satisfactory solu-
tion of the difficulty
Suggestion has been made that the
mayor appoint a committee of those
citizens that are most active in com
planning about the situation. with the
hope that perhaps they might ma
some satisfactory means out OF the
dilemma.
1t will be announced Monday night
that the towns plan to lay concrete
sidewalks under municipal super
vision is assured. the purchasing COM
h n h.
tanned the necessary paraphernaila
and labor to start this work. 1t is
to be financed under $4,000 revolv-
ing fund. to be paid back in two
have more applications for the side
walks than the $4,000 Will cover, SO
that many will have to. wait until
the payments on those first to be lald
are in before they can be gone aheao
with.
Citizens Meet.
At the regular meeting of the
Mount Rainier Citizens Association
Monday night the topic of most i'm
portance was the discussion on the
matter of the establishment of a pub
Tic playground and park in the grove
surrounding the new school building.
This property is being held at ap-
proximately $4,000, which some mem
bers of the association held was eX-
horbitant. However. before any
OeHTll6 dCllOI CouIu Dt ldhCh oiA N''S
matter motion prevailed that
special meeting be called for Thurs
day. at which this subject could be
the special order of business.
The association recommended to the
mavor and common council that they
insist on the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission living up to its
contract with the town in the matter
of furnishing the towns people with
spring water in the place of the water
haip frrv- icb from the mort h.
west branch. Another recommends
tion to the council was that they pro-
ceed further with a garbage disposal
plan. even thought it might perhaps
be necessary to have bill drafted
by the next legislature to have this
Improvement financed by a raise in
taxes. This recommendation followed
a report of a committee handling the
matter that In representative cam
vaSs made of the homes OF the town
only one-third showed a willingness
TO participate in a cooperative plan
70 finance the Improvement on small
weekly payments.
At the special meeting Thursday
night the association decided to look
further for the playground site. be-
cause of the excessive price being
asked for the property first men,
toned
Joint Excursion.
Mount Rainier Lodge. No. 1I6
j. .. .. f. announces that its or
ganization and Oriole Lodge, No. At.
of Hyattsville will hold a joint ex-
cursion to Chesapeake Beach Thurs
day, June IS. The usual athletic
events and other forms of amuse-
rfentS on such excursions are being
arranged for by committees of both
these lodges
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert z. Joyce of
this place leave Tuesday for New
York city. from where they will sail
Wednesday for two-month tour on
the European continent. They will
be accompanied by Mrs. Joyce's niece
Miss Ethel Robertson. Mr.. Joyce Is
magistrate of the town. and during
his absence his court cases will he
looked after either by Judges Moffett
or4Arneld.
,sfi1s towns cleanup week ended
Saturday and was perhaps one OF the
most successful ever staged. More
refuse was handled than ever before
and IN a most expeditions manner
1t was under the supervision of the
towns roadman, Albert Kirk, and the
corporatfor's equipment was used in
the work.a.
IA committee headed by Dr. w. B.
SRifes has caused to be placed many
e1sctrfcal decorations on the main
tkaFaughfares of the town for the
Shrine celebration. The expenses of
lar subscription amounting to several
hundred dollars.
DR.. J:tC. Ohlendorf health officer OF
health conference of representatives
nY a M tny Of he