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VIENNA.

VIENNA, Va. September II (Spc-
riaD.-The Labor day celebration of
Vienna Council. No. 10. Order Fra
ternal Americans. was held on the
school grounds Monday. The com
mittce in charge consisted of Thorn
AS Moreland. chairman, and f.. w.
t'renzel treasurer. a refreshment
committee consisted of. Il. w. Wood.
ir.. Charles Jones and T. T. Poston.
Tho proceeds of SIS will go toward
the building fund of the new O. y. y.
Hall being erected on Railroad street.
The Judges Of the baby show. CON
sie,.ng Of Mrs. W. T, Bauckman,
yrs &. 4. Lane and Mrs. Yates,
awarded first prize 10 little Alice
Louise Alder of Fairfax. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Marshall Alder. with
Elizabeth Hutchinson and Gloria
EIidweu second and third. The beauty
contest was won by Miss Pearl Darne.
Miss May Hirst. second. and Miss
Mary Blanche t'renzel. third. Music
was furnished by the MAXWELL Olraes-
ira. Vienna Council will meet at the
Masonic Hall en- Tuesday evening.
Several candidates will he initiated.
The Vienna Music Club will meet
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
Alfred Adams. On Park street.
Work on the repairs to the Vienna
PRESBYTERIAN Church is being rushed.
as the local church is expecting TO
entertain the Washington City Pres
bytery at its Fall meeting in October.
A basement and a new heating plant
are some Of the Improvements being
made.
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KENSINCTON.

KENSINGTON. Md, September II
(SpeCian At a recent meeting the
town council decided to begin extern
siVe street improvements. HoSmer +.
Hart Shorn. chairman of the street ana
sidewalk committee recommended that
MetropolitAn avenue, from st. f'aul
street to the Rlandesburg road. and
Montgomery avenue from st. Paul to
Carroll place and down Baltimore
street 10 Connecticut avenue he
graded. rolled. oiled and dressed with
hlueStune chips. Approval was given
- accommodation for Improvement OF
the entrances to Washington, Pros
meet. Baltimore and Wanner streets
and Knowles avenue. The chairman
Of tho finance committee. barney
Hammond made report for the
audit committee. which is composed OF
himself. G.. w Rose and Harry A..
Applehv. The budget decided upon
smmounted to 81. 400. Of which about
So. 600 will be spent ON streets
The kensington Masonic Ten'E'o
Association will hold its ar:~:S: .hir
in tho Masonic Hall. begin::tIS --r%'
Wednesday ts-S::,1 through
Saturday nils
Tho kenSinStou School opened
CEursday with the largest enrolment
in it's history.
The Rev. Thomas ID. Windiate has
returned after an extended trip
through the West.
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MOUNT RAINIER.

MOUNT RAINIER. Md. September
IL (SpeciaU.--At the first meeting TO
lowing the Summer recess of III
WOman's Civic League of Mount Raj
nier. held Tuesday night In the audi
forum of local school. il was report
ed by Mrs. Shelby Smith. chairman Of
the committee TO work for systematic
collection of garbage here. that so la
nothing definite had been accomplish
ed, although the committee had held
a conference on the subject with thu
mayor and town council, which in
turn had asked for bids for regula
collection. However. it stated afte
a bid had been accepted and a contract
drawn the bidder failed 10 sign and
the plan fell through. The League
hopes. however. soon 10 arrange Toy
regular collections
In the absence from town Of Mrs
Floyd r. Matthias. chairman of the
home beautiful committee. Mrs. d. j
circuit president of the league an
nounced that the final judging of prom
critics entered in the home beautiful.
contest would take place between Sep
tember % and October l. Mrs. Kirk
announced the donation Of a bench TO
the Spring property on Thirty-third
street. which the league is converting
into park. Mrs. J. EnOS Ray of
Chillum, president of the Prince
Georges County Federation Of Won
ems Clubs addressed the league re
garding its joining the county fedora
ton. The matter. however. was iaid
on the table until the next meeting.
II was announced that the league
hopes to establish town library this
Fall and would welcome offers Of Il
room. \ number Of persons have Of
fered TO contribute books. Mrs. George
Specllman is chairman of the league
library committee.
Mrs. Kenneth Bovay. wife Of Mayor
Bovay. chairman of the tree commit
tee. reported that the league had been
promised % more trees for planting
on the streets Of the town this Fall by
the State Department of Forestry
At the bi-mOnthly meeting of the
mayor and town council held Wednes
day night at the town hall after being
postponed from Monday because II
was a holiday. a concrete gutter was
authorized to be constructed as sooU
as possible OH Thirty seventh street
between Bunker Hill road and Harris
street.
The annual picnic of the SUnda"
school of the Mount Rainier Christiar !.
Church was held today in Rock Creeh
Park
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EVANSVILLE.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, September IL
Club will hold it's first meeting follow
ing the Summer recess Monday night
at o'clock in the public library in
the Municipal Building. No program
has been arranged. it being planned
to devote the session largely to dis
cussion of plans for the years work.
Efforts are being made by members
of the Fire Department to collect an
nual dues of 81 from all honorary
members. There are about 500 of
these. and if each pays it is believed
the $500 will be sufficient to complete
work on the new hook and ladder APP
paratus upon which the firemen al
ready have spent a substantial sum.
Some 20 fremen, with their pump
er and hose wagon, participated in the
big firemen's parade in Washington
Snyder Farmer Post. No. 3. Ameri-
can Legion, of HyattSVille holds its
next bi-monthly meeting Wednesday
night at o'clock in the posts club
rooms. A number of proposed amend
ments presented at the last meeting
will he voted upon.
1t is expected that Hyattsville's pub
lie library soon will receive S175 and
later another SITS from the mayor
and town council. representing the
towns annual contribution to the IL
brarH. A substantial number of books
for Juveniles will be bought Mrs
James T.. Steele, librarian. reports
marked increase in interest in the Ii
brary. School children make particu-
lar use of it's facilities, says Mrs.
Steele
Enrolment of first Grade pupils of
the elementary school took place yes
terday at the Spencer street building.
School begins Monday, and all pupils
of the first second. third and fourth
grades will report at the Spencer
street building. Fifth. sixth and sew
enth grade pupils are to report at the
Olive street school.
Mrs. Hontas NJ. Sturgis. principal,
announces assignment of teachers to
grades. as follows: Mrs. Jeanette
Bradley. first: Miss Arvella Peters.
second: Miss Carolyn G.. Waller, first
and second; Miss Maria Gudger, Mrs.
Evelyn r. farrell, third: Miss Cath
crime Roe. Mrs. Alice W. Rice, fourth
Miss Nellie Humphrey, Mrs. Eleanor
Shepard, fifth; Miss Maude r. Isen-
berg, Mrs. Lillian G.. Robertson, sixth:
Mrs. IneZ Winger. sixth and seventh:
Miss Nellie Wheatley. Miss Sarah n.
Hessey, seventh.
Instruction will be given in depart
mental work in the sixth and seventh
grades. as follows: Miss Wheatley,
English: Miss Hessey, arithmetic Mrs.
Robertson, reading. writing and ma
ture study. Miss Isenberg. history and
music; Mrs. Winger, art, and Mrs.
Sturgis. civics.
The monthly meeting of the mayor
and town council will he held Mon
day night at 6 O'Clock.
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COTTAGE CITY, Md, September
10 (SpeciaD.-A special election VIII De
held i'm the Community Building Tues
day evening, September IA, Tor the
purpose Of passing or rejecting sew
eral new ordinances which have Deen
adopted by the town commissioners
many of which replace ordinances al
ready on the books. Registered voters
are eligible and the polls will be open
from pm to 10 pm. Under the
terms of the charter, the ordinances
cannot be adopted unless two-thirds
of the registered voters approve.
One is an ordinance TO require $50
lation of patients having communlca-
BILE diseases and placarding premises
another prohibits the driving or ma
chimes within 800 feet OF nre truck
responding to a fire or in service at a
fire. giving fire apparatus the mght OF
way over all other traffic and provid-
ing a. heavy penalty for giving Il false
alarm of fire; an ordinance requires
all persons or firms engaging in bust
ness to secure the approval of at least
rs per cent Of all land owners within
ZOO feet, and to secure an annual per-
NIT from the town commissioners at
a cost of $40 per year; another re-
ullires a license for each fireworks
stand erected at an annual cost OF
$50. and prohibits the setting off OF
skyrockets; another prohibits the
blocking of street cutters or dumping
refuse of any kind i'll the streets; an
other authorizes the commissioners 10
enter into an agreement with the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
authorizing the company to erect
poles, and another authorizes the com
missioners to secure contract from
the telephone company to connect the
local fire siren with the 1lyattsville
telephone exchange.
At the commissioners meeting last
Friday night. these ordinances were
placed in final shape. The commits
sioners also agreed to continue the
present system of garbage collection.
thus resembling their, previous action
looking to the disContinuance of such
service.
The fire company will hold its
monthly meeting in the fire house
Monday evening. Uniforms for ten OF
the active members have been re
ceived and in an effort to raise addi-
tional funds for the purchase of uni
forms the company has arranged for
another carnival to be held during the
week September 10 to is, inclusive.
The carnival will he held on the
grounds situated along the Baltimore
boulevard between Barney street and
Central avenue.
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POTOMAC. Md. September II tSpe
ciaD.-Audit of receipts of the picnic
given a week ago by the Potomac
Band showed S419. half of which Will
be paid on the handsome new instru-
ments. Various candidates for nom
nation at the primaries were on the
grounds and participated in the
games. There were glass ball shoot
ing. base ball, horseshoe pitching,
fortune telling. chicken dinner and
dancing. The band played several Sc
lections under direction of the leader.
w. j. Smoot of Bethesda. 1t has
played at political meetings at Silver
Spring, Clarksburg and WOOdside and
at the juniors picnic at Cabin John.
Women of the Methodist Church
are arranging a Tom Thumb wedding,
to be given in the near future
Public schools have reOpened with
n large attendance. The teachers are
Fl. NJ. White. principal: Miss T.itty
Iondus, Mrs. Walter Myers and Mis-
Jean Porter
Several gifts have been made to the
school, including a Autographed copy
of the Declaration of independence
four framed copies of pictures by colo
brated artists and mounted pictures
to be used for instruction PURPOSES.
collected by the Glen Echo Girls
Friendly Society.
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LEESBURC.

LEESBURG, Va, September
(SpeCiaD Chapter, Chlleu
daughters of the ConfederacN' heio
;ts ast Summer session at the court
house Wednesday. 1t was DECIDED
that the historical meeting Will DE
held at the home of the president
Mrs. Magnus S. Thompson, Septem-
Der 81. The new historian VIII pre-
side.
The final open-air union service con
Quoted by the LeeSburg Protestant
churches during the Summer, was
held on the courthouse lawn SUNDAY
evening. The services were In charge
of Rev. 4. :. I.itSinger of Baltimore.
Charles TroWbridge Tittman OF Lees
burg and Washington took part in the
music. e.-,a
L. Clark Hoge has just finished
loading three ears OF apples from nus
Ophir orchards, near l-eeSpurg' loi
export 10 England. This was the hrst
export shipment from Loudouh thlS
season.
The wedding of Miss Mildred Belle
Noriarjtv Of AShburn and John Web
ster summers OF Washington took
Mace al the I.eesburg Baptist Church
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Mary Josephine kalh. wife or
the late Samuel JudSon KAN, dleu
Monday at her home near Lovetts-
Vile. She WAS in her eightyFourth
wear. She was the daughter OF the
late George and Catherine Potterheld
wheel and had spent all of her life IN
Loudoun County.
The Teachers Institute was held at
the Leesburg High School Tuesday
Schools opened Wednesday. One hun
dred and thirty teachers are filling the
positions in the Sc schools of the
county. The majority of the new
teachers are graduates of the state
Teachers Colleges. The following
are the teachers of the Leesburg
High School: Alexander s. Jenkins
principal. University: Gaylord gibson,
Delaplane; Ellen G.. Metzger, Lees
burg. Florence Stickley, Nineland. \.
J.: Ethel limbaugh. Cumberland
Md; Hekn Beavers, Bluemont; Mar
garet Roieffer. Lovettsville; Mrs. VI
cell Bradheld, Leeshurg; Annette
Rose, La Crosse: Mrs. Irva b. Cloud,
Leesburg: Mrs. Blanche Anderson,
BRYANT. Rural supervisors are Miss
Pearl Coffey. Stuarts Draft, and Miss
Hannah Truman. ArCola.
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AURORA HEIGHTS.

AURORA HEIGHTS, September n
(SpeciaD The Civic Association will
hold it's second annual flower, fruit
and vegetable show at the James
Monroe Schoolhouse Friday night. be-
tween 6 and Q o'clock. Competition is
omen to all amateur gardeners of Au-
rora Heights and vicinity. Children
are urged to exhibit products which
they have grown. Prizes will be Of
fered as follows:
Any boy or girl under 10 years. 10
to IS years and IA to IS years. first
prize. 81: second prize, 70 cents, and
third prize. so cents for separate dis
NAV of flowers or vegetables. Similar
prizes are offered to boys and girls
for the best arranged bouquets of
flowers obtained from their parents
or other gardens. The schedule or
classes open to adults follows:
Fruit exhibit-Class /, apples; :,
grapes; 8, pears; 4, plums: 5, ounces;
6. peaches; three specimens to each
plate.
Flower exhibit-Class z, asters; 8,
mirigold: 9. dahlia; 10, saliva; IL, Co.'S
mos; -. zinnias; 10, roses; at least
three specimens to a vase.
Vegetable exhibit-Class IA. string
beans: IS, lima beans; 16, beets; II,
carrots: IS, sweet corn: 10. onions;
20, tomatoes: 81, potatoes; at least
three specimens to a plate.
Ornamental fruit and berries
Glass, %, best bouquet; %, best col
lection.
General class-24 best collection of
fruit; 20, best collection of flowers ;
&c, best collection of vegetables.
Prizes of shrubs and bulbs Will be
awarded to adult winners. All exhibits
vii! be judged by Prof. David Lums-
den. All entries should he taken TO
the James Monroe SchOolhOuse be-
tween and O'Clock.
The Fall rating of all homes In Au-
rora Heights for the home improve
ment contest sponsored by the Civic
Association will occur on or sporty
after September IS. The rating VIII
be made by Prof. F. i. milford. presi :
dent of the American Horticultural
Society. Prizes are offered for the
best appearing lawn at the time OF
the Judging and for the highest rating
for Improvement or the entire place
during the past year.
The monthly meeting. OF the CIVIC
Association will be held at the school
house Tuesday night at 8 o'clock,
there being many matters OF local in
terest to be discussed.
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Berwyn-Branchvillc.

BRANCHVILLE. September II
tSpeciaD.-FOllowing a recess Of two
months, the WOman's Community
Club of Berwyn met Wednesday after
noon in the auditorium of the school
with Mrs. r. F. Heuper presiding
Plans for the year were discussed.
The treasurer, Mrs James Staley. re-
ported a balance in bank of $50 Mrs.
T. A. II. Miller, chairman Of the
library committee, reported u recent
gift Of 80 books from the Maryland
State Library Association. With the
reOpening of the Community Center.
the library again will be available -
the public. the dates to he announced
later. Following were named chair
men Of committees: Membership, Mrs
W. Allen Griffith: library. Mrs. r. A.
II. Miller; publicity. Mrs. w. f. Multi
KHf: public health and social service,
EMrs Il. II. Baldwin: program. Mrs A
Il. Gahan. Mrs. James Stalev and Mrs
Marvin Nevius will act as huStcsses at
the October meeting, to- he held in the
Community Center the first Monday
of the month at 2 O'Clock. Mrs. r. r.
Heuper. president: Mrs. W. T.. Nulli
gan. director, and Mrs ". Allen
Griffith, past president. represented
the club at The meeting of the
executive board Of tho Prince
Georges County Federation NJ
Women's Clubs at the home Of Tia"
president, Mrs. !. Enos Ray. Chillum
on Friday.
Miss Juianna Manning. former
teacher in tho Berwyn School. and H.
A. Melnhardt were married i'm Balti
more September 4
a cOroners inquest into tho death
Of Robert Mccullough. 20 years old. ~
Berwyn Heights. was postponed
until next Wednesday evening for the
purpose of securing witnesses reported
to have passed the scene.
Following meeting of the Branch
vile Fire Company at which new ny
laws were adopted limiting the powers
OF the chief and beStowing moro
authority on the trustees Fire Chief
Albert l.. Johnson rendered his resig
nation. and has been succeeded tv
william Deeck. Trustees are Herbert
Arrow. Hardy Wilson. aud Flov6
TIeimer. who may be exempt from at
tending fires, but have tho power to
vote. a siren weighing coo pounds.
with a sounding limit of six miles.
has been purchased and will he placed
in small tower on tho roof Of the
engine house. The price was SltJ.
Mrs. w. Allen Griffith viii BE-
hostess TO the Friday Five Hundred
Club. September II.
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Church Guild Plans Contest.
ia, Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BLADENSBURG. Md. September
f1.-Under auspices of the Woman's
Guild of st. Luke's Episcopal Church
here a beauty contest and prize
waltz contest will be held in the parish
hall of the church next "Wednesday
evening. Mrs. s. NJ. Clarke. presi-
dent of the guild. is in charge OF the
eyenln's program.
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bridge engineer of the District Of
Columbia estimates that the cost Of
a concrete bridge will be four times
that of z. steel structure.
Hearing on the assessment OF rail
roads in Arlington County will be
held before the State Corporation
Commission Thursday at Richmond.
Commonwealth Attorney William
G. Cloth. County Commissioner of
Revenue Harry X. Green and State
Senator Frank l.. Ball will attend the
hearing.
The monthly meeting of the Airing
ton County Board of Supervisors will
be held at the courthouse tomorrow
at 10 O'Clock.
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GIRL S LEGS CRUSHED
IN LEAP BEFORE TRAIN
0verstudy Leads to Breakdown Of
Miss Edith Reed, Stephens City.
Va. Police Say.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, Sept III
Edith May Reed. 19-year-old daughter
OF James r. Reed Of Stephens Ctty
near here, appeared 10 be dying early
tonight in a hospital. both legs
crushed below the knee.
She hurled herself in front of a Bal
timOre & Ohio passenger train near
Stephens City station earlier in the
day. Police say she ran from her
parents home near the railroad as
the train blew for the station. and
crouched between two buildings until
it came in sight. Then she leaped
upon the track directly I'm front of the
engine.
The girl suffered nervous col
lapse from overstudy in high school
last June and returned only recently
from a state asylum. Relatives said
she had remarked that q certain train
which passes Stephens City about
noon. would sooner or later kill hey
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GALA AUTO PARADE
STAGED IN VIRGINIA
Forty Decorated and Many
Other Cars Feature Car
nivaI of Firemen.
SPECIAL Dispatch 10 The Star.

SPECIAL DSpaJcn 10 Inc cldf.
FALLS CHURCH. Va, September
1.-THE annual parade. feature
event of the four day carnival and
convention Of the Arlington and
Fairfax Volunteer Firemen's Asso-
citation. on the grounds adjoining the
old Congregational Church on the
Lee highway. was held this aft
ernoon. Veterans Of the depart
nents say this parade was the out
standing thing of its kind in the
history of the two counties.
Starting from Potomac at 3 pm
sharn the line Of cars proceeded
through Arlington TO Ballston, 10
Clarendon. through Lyon Village 10
the Lee highway and on through
Cherrydale to the carnival grounds
at Falls Church.
The 30 decorated cars in the line
were supplemented by several hun
Sred private cars. An hour and ."
minutes in all was required for the
parade.
Police Detour Other Cars.
special detail of police from
Arlington County and Falls Church
handled traffic. An machines not
participating in the parade were re-
routed through side streets and the
event was carried through without
any unusual traffic jam.
Apparatus from Cottage City, Md,
and Leesburg. Va. participated IN
the parade. but did not compete Tor
the prizes.
The decorations on some of the
foats and private ears drew con :
sidera ble comment from the crowds
formed along the line of march.
The Falls Church engine again won
first prize for the best decorated piece
Of apparatus. The Potomac compa ny
won the Harris cup, given Tor the
best equipment. The Ballstoh Lduiee
Auxiliary won the prize for the best
decorated float and j. w. Marcy was
awarded the cup for the best com,
,norcial float The automobile owned
nv &. W. MossburG was selected as
the best decorated private car
Judges Were Separated.
The four judges were stationed at
intervals. along the parade route
Thev were William Bragg OF Claren-
don. O. W. Pumphries of CLARENDON
Harmon Green, mayor OF rams
Church. and ". r.. Davis OF Potomac
The large crowd in attendance 10
night packed the rather small grounus
to an uncOmfoftaDie ueSit IL -
estimated that between c,o"o 1l,u
1000 persons came ana went through
out the evening.
I r. Mossburg. president of the
association. said the receipts Tor TO-
night were larger than the total OF
the two previous nights.
The Ladies Auxiliary reported ap,
proximately 400 plates served at oo
and - cents a plate.
At "A business meeting in the after,
noon it was oftic tally decided to hoid
The carnival through Monday night
The tug-o'-war. tire drill. Charleston
dance and other contests VIII be helo
Monday.
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Evans to Speak at Richmond.

Joshua Evans. il, executive vice
president Of the District National
Bank and chairman of the board of
trustees of the Better Business Bu-
reau. will be the speaker at the din
ner meeting of the Richmond. Va.
Advertising Club, to be held next
Friday Mr. Evans talk. which will
be broadcast. will be on Truth In
Advertising.
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Pemmican Compact Food.

Pemmican, made of various dried
meats, fruits and nuts, is an Indian
dish and one of the most compact of
foods. 1t contains more nourishment
per pound than most foods. The dried
or jerked meats are pounded or
ground between stones. mixed with
fat or marrow and fruits or nuts and
then dried in bags. 1t will keep dur
ing all kinds of weather for four or
five years.
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Mrs. Florence Bache. former wife
OF Jules $. Bache. New York banker.
has been decorated with the Medal
OF Queen Elizabeth b. the King ~
the Belgians
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Dogs eyes are round while foxes
are elliptical.
Average life OF paper money II less
than three gears.