The Washington times., 1923-05-31
PRINCE GEORGE
F|REMEN PLAN
MEETING
HyattsViIIe Picked for First
Convention to Be Held
Next September.

HYATTSVILLE, Nd. May 31.--At
meeting Of representatives of the
various departments Of the recently
organized Prince Georges County
Volunteer Firemen's Association,
held in headquarters here, it was
decided to hold the first annual con-
vention of the association in Hyatts-
vile on September Is. A parade,
contests and other attractions are
planned. Officers will be elected.
The local department will ask the
cooperation of the town council i'll
putting the convention across.
Although formed but a few
months ago, the associations mem
| bership already includes the depart
| ments of Seat Pleasant, Capitol
Heights, Mount Rainier, Brentwood
and Cottage City.
A parade and short but impress.
sive ceremony marked Memorial
Day here. The program was under
| the auspices of Snyder-Farmer Post
No. 8, American Legion, in charge
of committee headed by Waldo
| Burnside.
Mayor J. Frank Rushe headed
/
| the armory and assembled in the
! opened with remarks by Alan H.
| Pottinger, commander of Snyder
Farmer Post, who presided. Invo-
| cation was given by the Rev. Julian
H. Strong, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church. Long, Long Trail"
was sung by the quartet of Snyder
| Farmer Post, Waldo Burnside, C.. L..
| Aiello, Anthony Suess and Charles
| Erwin, and "Old Pal Of Mine" by
Mrs. William H. Constantine. An
| address by Prof. Nicholas Orer1,
superintendent of schools for Prince
Georges county, was followed by
| thirty seconds silence out of respect
| to the nations dead Singing of the
'Star-Spangled Banner" by the as
semblage and benediction by the
Rev. Julian H. Strong concluded the
| program.
The Evansville Farmers Club, be-
| lieved to be the oldest agricultural
organization in Maryland, was en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der GUIDE at their home in West
Hyattsville. There were present in
| addition to practically the entire
thirty-five guests, including Wash
ington Rent Commissioners Sinclair,
Taylor and GUIDE, Chaplin Brown,
DR.. A. F.. Woods, president of the
University of Maryland; DIR. Harry
j. Patterson, director of the Mary
land experiment station, and Mrs.
Patterson; DIR. H. B. Mcdonnell,
State chemist, and Mrs. Mcdonnell;
Prof. c. p. Close, president of the
Prince Georges County Community
Council, and Mrs. Close; DR.. w. r.
L. Taliaferro, University Of Mary
land; Prof. White, University Of
Maryland: DR.. Thomas B. Symons,
director of the extension service Of
the University of Maryland; Dr..
Percy w. Zimmerman, dean of the
College of Education of the Univer-
sity Of Maryland; Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win r. Conner: Judge Fillmore
Beall, associate justice of the Sew
enth Maryland Judicial Circuit, and
Mrs. Beall; Judge J. H. Shepherd;
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Beall; Mr.
and Mrs. Higgins; Summerfield II.
Hall, clerk of the circuit court for
Prince Georges county, and Miss
Mollie Hall; Percy Cassard; Miss
Sadie Jones; Russell Magruder, Miss
Agnes Ferriter, former Prince
Georges county social service work
err; Miss Ellen L. DAVIS, home dem
onstration agent for the county;
Miss Flossie Bendz; George H. Lam
hardt; James M. Hall; j. Enos Ray
of the State Tax Commission, and
Mrs. Ray; William P. Magruder;
the Rev. Charles H. Cannon, pastor
of the M E. Church, South of Hy-
attsville, and Mrs. Cannon; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Frey; Charles Guide; Mr..
and Mrs. Carl H. Frey and Mrs. T.
Ray Stanton.
Hyattsville soon will have an ath-
letic field if efforts of committees
of the town council, Snyder-FaTmer
Post No. g. American Legion and
Pierce Athletic Club are successful.
The property opposite the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion's plant in West Hyattsville is
mentioned as a possible site for the
field.