Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
MOUNT RAINIER,

MOUNT RAINIER, Md. February
Especially Miss Cecil F. Lamphier
and Forrest Dodge, both of this place,
were married Thursday evening at
the home of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer E. Lamphier of Ash
street. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J.: NJ. Yorke of the local
Methodist Church. Besides the we'd
ding ceremony this was the twenty
fifth wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lamphier. Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge
left for an extended honeymoon trip,
part of which will be spent with rela-
tives in Ohio.
The first February meeting of the
mayor and common council will be
held Monday evening. 1t is under
stood the corporation counsel, Arthur
town officials approval certain
amendments to the towns charter.
The mems class of the Mount Rainier
Christian Sunday school will hold it's
the basement of the church Wednes-
day evening.
Theater Foundation Started.
Work has been started on the foun
.dation of the new $4,000 theater to
be erected on 3ith street. 1t is ex-
pected the building will be completed
by late spring. Provision has been
theater property: DR.. w. Burton
Spire was recently elected president
or this corporation. Andrew Craw-
ford will manage the business.
Mrs. Catherine T. Reed, supervising
principal of the local schools, an
nounces that twenty-nine children
nnished their elementary work with
the semester closing January 81. These
high school work, a part of which is
now taught in the Mount Rainier
School.
N. G. Dudrow has started work on
Improvement will close up the gap
that has existed on the towns main
street between the two banks
The Mount Rainier Citizens Asso-
clatlon' at its regular monthly meet
ing. instructed it's secretary to in
form the members of the legislature
from Prince Georges county that the
people of Mount Rainier were cp-
posed to any division of the seven
teenth election district, of which the
: town is now a part. 1t was the con-
census of the large number of citi-
zens present that the plan suggested
at the 'ast meeting Of the mayor and
council to provide a sidewalk fund,
to be partially raised by an addi-
tional tax of 10 per cent per hun
dred dollars assessed valuation was
unwfSe. A motion prevailed that the
mayor and council be informed of the
associations opposition to such
measure, although the association did
Endorse the increasing of the sidc-
walk fund, the money to be paid by
she owners of the property so i'm
proved. A number of complaints
were lodged against the use of side
walks of the towns main thorough
fares for roller skating, coasting in
wagons and the use of bicycles. This
bership as a whole to +ndeavor to
stop the practice by moral suasion
before any more drastic action is
taken.
Bible Class Contest.
The officers of the Mount Rainier
.tian Sunday school, state that this
class is in the lead in the attendance
contest that has existed between it
and the Timothy class, Ninth street
Christian Church, for the past month
or more. The contest will run for
about two more months, after which
the losers will entertain the winners
with an entertainment and luncheon.
A spirited campaign is being waged
here for this class, the attendance
last Sunday being %, against liW-
othy's 81
A committee recently appointed by
Mayor Fred Negus to procure, II pos
sible, the declaring of Rainier avenue
part of Cedar street and part OF "0th
street a state road, under the lateral
roads act, has been quite active on
definite result will be known in the
matter the coming week.
Friends of William II. Vanneman,
local hardware man, are using every
effort to procure for him the appoint
ment as commissioner of Prince
Georges county to I'LL the unexplred
term of George Guide, recently de-
ceased. Mount Rainier has never
been represented on this board and
many Of it's citizens feel that now
is the time to insist on such repre-
sentation, contending that the town Is
the largest community in the county
and is rightfully entitled to some d.
rect representation on the board.
while Perry Boswell, local real
estate promoter, is not an avowed
candidate for the place. 1t is felt that
if rendered him he would accept 1t.
On that ground his many friends are
endeavoring to get his appointment
However, there will be no division as
to who gets the place. The primary
demand is that citizen OF Mount
Rainier get the place.