Evening star., 1929-06-28
WOMEN OPEN WAR
ON ROADHOUSES
Prince Georges Clubs Ask
Board to Refuse Licenses
for DisreputabIe Places.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
HYATTSVILIiE, Md, June 28.-Com-
missioners of Prince Georges County
were urged to 9efuse licenses to dis
reputable roadhouses in a resolution
adopted at a meeting of the executive
board of the Prince Georges County
Federation of Women's Clubs held In
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
here. 1t was the first board meeting
since the election of Mrs. Rudolph S.
Allen of College Park as president of
the county federation.
It was decided that under the direc-
ton of the Department of Fine Arts
and with the cooperation of the
county press a picture memory con-
test will be conducted this Summer
among school children of the county.
The press will be asked to print sew
eral well known pictures, together with
a short sketch of the artist, and at the
county fair in September several OF
these pictures without the name of the
artist appearing on them will be ex-
hibited, and the pupils who identify the
artists or most of them viii be re-
warded.
Essay Contest Planned.
Under the direction of the legislative
department, an essay contest is planned
among the school children for the Fall,
the subject to be announced later.
Mrs. Allen has virtually completed
the appointment of most of her DEPART
ment chairmen and other officials. A
number of incumbents will continue to
serve.
The appointments include: Mrs.
Frank Scrivener and Mrs. r. Irving
Bowie, both of the Mellwood Woman's
Club, chairmen of literature and music,
respectively, under the department of
fine arts; resolutions, Mrs. Eben Toole,
Lanham Study Club; applied education,
Mrs. w. E. Shegogue, Landover Com
munity Club, chairman, and Mrs. James
E. Steele, Chillum Community Club.
chairman of library extension; press
Rainier Civic League; public welfare,
Mrs. B. F. Wade, Progress Club Of Col
lege Park; Mrs. Wade Sheriff, Land
over Community Club, and co-opera-
ton with ex-Service men, Mrs. w. e.
Thorne. Current Topics Club of River
dale; American home department, Mrs.
N. o. Brigham, Decatur Heights House
keepers Club, chairman, and Mrs. Lu-
cille Miller, Woman's Club Of Belts
vile, division of insurance; legislative
department, Mrs. w. Hopkins, Laurel
Women's Club, chairman; credentials,
Mrs. M. w. Derr, Rudisill w. c. T. u;
ways and means, Mrs. H. Judson GUIDE,
Chillum Community Club; Mrs. Rich
ard F. Fleet, Berwyn Community Club;
Mrs. James r. Coomes, Home and
School Club of Ardmore, and Mrs.
George A. Castle, Chillum District
Study Club; scholarship, Mrs. Rudolph
S. Allen; hospital chairman, Mrs. G. D.
Church, Berwyn Community Club;
junior membership, Mrs. j. Enos Ray,
Chillum District Study Club, and
county fair, Mrs. j. B. Marshall, Cot
tage City Woman's Club.
designations Accepted.
designations of Mrs. Margaret Bu-
chanan OF the Womans Club Of Belts
vile as chairman of the department of
international relations and Mrs. Claude
Gilbert of the Progress Club of College
Park as chairman of the American citi-
Zenship department have been accepted.
Their successors soon will be announced.
It has been decided to issue fedora
ton year book for the third time and
a meeting will be held soon to further
plans. Member clubs have been asked
to prepare a resume of their activities
for publication In the book.
It was announced that the money
which has been contributed for public
welfare project of the federation will
be turned over to the Episcopal Eve,
Ear and Throat Hospital in Washington
as donation toward an X-ray ma
chine there.
Mrs. c. D. Church, hospital chair
man, was asked to send flowers on be-
half Of the federation to Miss Ruth
Tighe, county public health nurse, who
IS recovering from an Illness
A substantial sum. cleared from the
recent Schumann musical drama pre-
sented at the University of Maryland
under the auspices of the federation,
has been turned over to the organiza-
ton treasurer.
Mrs. Allen has urged all member
clubs to see to it that the flag is prop
erly displayed at all meetings and that
each club has a standard bearer and
the proper salute is given at each
meeting.