Evening star., 1929-11-15
BEAUTY AND SAFETY
SOUGHT FOR ROADS
Prince Georges Grange
Names Committees to Deal
With BiIIboardS.
BY GEORGE PORTER,
stan Correspondent Of The star.

BELTSVILLE, Md, November 15.-
Appointment OF two committees to deal
with the billboard and highway safety
problems in Prince Georges County was
made yesterday by the Pomona Grange,
which feels that the proper handling
of these matters is Of paramount I'M
portance to the county'S welfare at the
present time.
The billboard committee, which will
work with the County Community
Council as selected by John B. Edel-
kamp. master, comprises Brice Bowie,
member os the board of county COM
missioners and master of the Beltsville
Grange; Alexander Guide and J. E.
Hogue. Master Edelkannp named sum
merfield D. Hall, clerk to the Circuit
Court: K. Blanford and W. F. Mulligan
to serve on the highway safety COM
mittee.
Debate Precedes Action.
The billboard committee was ap-
pointed after a lengthy discussion. pro
and con, on the roadside sign question:,
during which It was pointed out that
beauty has a dollars and cents value.
The point was also raised that many
barns and abandoned dwellings are as
unsightly as billboards and that u
seemed unfair to discriminate against
them. TO this it was answered that
beginning in the effort to preserve the
beauty cf the county must be mace
and it seemed logical to start with the
American rural conditions were COM
pared several times to those IN Europe
by guest speakers during the all-oay
session, and only in this was IL Salo
nnfAH0Ts
ably with the old, for con1nerclal signs
have not made touring D shopping
excursion In Europe, 1t was claimed.
Another resolution, apart from the
billboard situation, was pasSed asking
that the subordinate oranges work TO-
ward the beautif1cation of the roadside
in their respective districts by the re-
moval Of unsightly objects ana the CUT
ting of weeds. The resolution was pre-
sented by J. E. Wolfe, master OF tne
Brandywine Grange.
Safety Committee.
The highway safety committee was
appointed following the passage OF q
resolution calling upon the State ROADS
Commission to put safety fences and
guard rails on all sharp turns and steep
banks and other dangerous places on
the highways of the county. Tne
make recommendations as to wnere the
safety devices should be placed. :,
Mrs. I. M. Bever and E. I: Oswald
were appointed delegatee to the state
Grange meeting at Westminster, De-
cember 10 to IL. P. E. Clark, assistant
county agent; Mrs. Carrie Outten, 3
D, Hall and Alexander GUIDE were
selected as delegates to the Semi-annual
meeting of the county community
council to be held in Marlboro nex'
week. 49,,
The grange authorized Master Edel-
kamp to JOIN with a committee OF the
Montgomery County Grange. which last
| week was appointed to select a COM
| tnurlity most suitable for State grange
meeting with a view to extending an
| invitation to the State organization nexl
| year.
Other Topics Discussed.
Agricultural conditions in Europe, the
| nending tariff bill and the unusual Sit
uation of the stock exchange were Top
les touched upon in an address by AS
sistant Secretary of Agriculture Dunlap
DIR. Harry I, Patterson, director OF the
Experimer,tal Station ana dean the
! College of Agriculture, University OF
MARYLAND, also spoke on European agri-
! cultural conditions, dealing especially
with the grape industry in Belgium ano
Holland. Warren Davis, manager OF
the emergency road service OF tnt
American Automobile Association, alsS
spoke.
held in the grange hall here. Nearly
200 persons attended and were servec
luncheon by the ladies Of the Beltsvill'
Grange. The entertainment program
arranged by. Mrs. Ella Nalley, lecturer
included recitationS by Miss Alice M
Morton and Miss Elizabeth SeldenSpln
ner. vocal solos by Mrs. Pomeo Perry
MRS. Sarah Wingertner and Miss Louis
Hurley. a reading by Mrs. E. i. Smith
and q mystery stunt by j. E. Wolfe.