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to correspond. Her flowers we're 4
colonial bouquet Of spring varieties.
Miss Alice Rohrer, sister of the
bride, was maid OF honor. Her gown
was OF light-green organdy and she
carried a bouquet of spring flowers.
The bridegroom's brother, Mr.. Rob-
ert Stiles Of Rockville, was best man,
and the ushers were Mr.. John Stiles,
brother of the bridegroom, and Mr..
Allie Messer. both of Rockville, and
Mr.. Paul Wintermoyer of the Univer-
sity OF Maryland. i.
Following wedding trip North, the
young couple will reside near Rock
vile, where the bridegroom Is engaged
in dairy farming.
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Miss Carol Eileen Gooden
Engaged TO Wed Mr.. Perry.
HP AMI NEDc

GOODEN of Calvert Hills. Md.
announce the engagement of their
daughter Carol Eileen to Mr.. John
Raymond Perry of Washington.
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Fairfax
Away
Hufards Among
Those on
Visits.

r. TA1RFAX, Va, April 16.-Mr.
- and Mrs. G. Raymond Huffard
have left for a visit with Mr..
4 Huffard's brother and sister,
in-law. MIR. and Mrs. John Huffard,
in Charlottesville, Va.
Mrs. c. Pembroke Petit left Thurs
day to spend the week end with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Edward
Stewart, in Ivor, Va
Miss Garnet Hodges, who makes her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Roger H.
Copeland, left Thursday to spend the
Easter week end in Roanoke. Va. as
the guest Of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John William Hodges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Edward Stewart
and their small daughter, Betty Bland
stewart, of Bahia Blanca Argentina,
are the guests of Mrs. Stewards
mother. Mrs. Stephen Conrad Stuntz,
in her residence, Merry -Go-Round.
Mr.. Mayo Stuntz Of Wilmington, N c.,
is also home for a visit.
Miss Laura Letter Parker
Is Visiting Parents.
( Miss Laura Jeter Parker Is the
guest OF her parents, Mr.. AND Mrs
! George P. Parker, in Bedford, Va.
over the week end.
Mrs. Elsie A. LAWS. Fairfax Count
supervisor Of elementary education.
and her son. Mr.. James Davis of the
University of Virginia, are spending
the Easter week end in Aberdeen. Nd
Mrs. Ada Costlow OF Washington
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. N. Peyton
Young.
Miss Mary Leigh Hubbard VIII,
makes her home with Miss Ida H.
Jones, is spending the Easter HOLIDAYS
With her mother, Mrs. John Hubbard
IN Charles City County, Va.
Mrs. Kortright Church entertained
at tea Wednesday afternoon for mem
bers Of the Mission Sewing Glass cf
Truro Episcopal Church in her Fa..-
fax County residence, Hickory Hal
Mrs. Henry Hopper and her nice
Miss Frances Tulloh, who has be-
her guest, left Thursday TO visit VI
Hoppers parents, Mr. and Mrs. r /.
EdmonSton. in South Boston. Va
Mrs. Heth Owen. who is connect
with the Fairfax County health t.
partment has left 10 visit relatI,
in Richmond, Va.
The Misses Farr
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Easter Dance
Is Given at
Quantico
Capt. Bayler and
Mrs. Bayler
Entertain.

. UANTICO. Va. April 10
Preceding the Easter dance at
J the officers mess this evening
Capt. and Mrs. Walter L. j.
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Weddings
OF Easter
Season
Margaret Baker
And MIR. Talbot
Married.

Continued From First Page.)
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The navigator looks up from the
charts out at the swirling mist and
smiles.
THE usefulness Of this 70th century
lifesuard does not end here. Not
only does the radio beacon guide ships
through the coastal waters to shore
but when 4 ship founders at seA it
guides rescuers to the scene Of distress
by permitting them to ride the stricken
vessels wireless 3 o IS.
In 1921, the same year that radio
beacons flrst came into use, the ship
Alaska fioundered. The ships wireless
operator sent out the 8 O 8 and the
Wahkeena responded. but with no
direction finding equipment cruised 10
hours before 1t was able to locate the
doomed ship. As Z result ~ lives were
lost.
A few years later . different story
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George H. Burdell, James Owings,
T. J. Turner.
The property on both sides Of the
road leading to Hills Bridge, before
crossing the PAtuxent River after leav-
Ing Marlboro, belonged to william B.
Hill in 1878, and nearby to the north
was his residence. It y on q part
Of this property, to the south. where
Is located the Patuxent Gun Club,
founded In 1889. A little above HilPs
Bridge, at Mount Pleasant Ford or
Ferry, Is where Commodore Joshua
Barney sank his feet to keep it from
falling into the hands Of the enemy.
ON THE property Of the Patuxent
Gun Club-originally the Rod and
Gun Clubs = part Of Green Land
Ing farm, quite . tobacco landing In
Its day. 1t was bought by the club
from Mrs. Buchanan Beak, who was,
before her marriage, Miss Helen Hill
The site at least should have some
historic value, since it was very close
TO the scenes Of August, 1914, and It
Is quite probable that the British
made several visits there while march
ing from and to Benedict. At any
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along the pathway blazed through the
wall OF gray by these unseen beacons
The navigator knows that this set
of signals will guide him to the
Fire Island Ligntship, on the shores
Of Long Island.
His task 10 not done YET. Though
sure Of his direction, he IL not sure
Of his position. that Is, he doesn't
know just how far away this light
ship IS, SO he again turns to his
radio beacon receiver. He turns the
wheel of the radio compass and picks
up the signals of the Block Island
Lightship up OF the New England
Coast. He notes that direction on the
chart, and then tunes in the signals
Of the Barnegat Lightship on the
shores Of Jersey and plots that also
on the chart, thus getting q cross
bearing which, plotted on the chart.
tells him exactly how far the liner
is from the Fire Island 1ishtship.
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Produced American Patriots Received British Invaders Washington
With National
Home o Cagets, ndOth

Of the fleet, weighed anchor from
Benedict on August 20.
DR.. Beanes, it is stated, was forced
to arise from his bed after midnight
at the point of revolver, scarcely
permitted to clothe himself and made
to ride horseback on a rough-gaited.
cadaverous animal to Benedict, IS
miles distant. From here the fleet
proceeded toward Baltimore by way
of Chesapeake Bay.
In the meantime, DR.. Beanes'
friends were active in his behalf, and
it was upon the appeal of Richard
w. West that Key was induced to
seek the release Of the doctor.
AS = lawyer Mr.. Key stood in
high repute. and we can easily see
that Mr.. West could not have Sc
lected better man for the purpose
of securing the release Of Dr.. Beanes.
which he Immediately proceeded to do.
IN A letter to his mother, under
date Georgetown, I'd September,
1914, Key wrote: Il am going in
the morning to Baltimore to proceed
in a flag to Gen. Ross. Old Doct.
Beanes Of Marlboro is taken prisoner
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was written into the records when
the British ship Antinoe became .
victim of the same predicament as the
Inflated Alaska. The doomed ship
sent out its frantic 8 o SIS, giving also
its position. The American liner
Roosevelt picked up the distress signal
and, thanks to its direction finding
equipment, proceeded straight to the
ships aid, whereas If 1t had been with
out the radio compass every one on the
Antinoe would have gone down with
her, for its position as given in the call
for aid was so miles In error.
50 the radio beacon stands in its
undisputed place as the greatest mari
time aid of the century. Today the
men who 60 down to the sea are given,
in the signals that reach through the
thickest fog and speak above the loud
est storm, droning promise that they
will come back home again.
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Shrouded Shipping Gets Navigation Aid Through Series of
Signals Sponsored by Lighthouse Service Along Coast
for Benefit of Maritime Commerce.
By Arnold Jones.

4 GREAT modern liner. a few
n hours out OF New York. steadi-
~ ly plows It's way through fog
4 a shrouded sea. High up in the
pilot house the navigator Is calm and
assured, for an unseen hand, formed
by Morse code dots and dashes, is
reaching out through the mist and
guiding the liner unerringly toward its
haven. Thus has the radio beacon,
sponsored by the United States Light
house Service, given eyes to ships that
were formerly blind when fog rolled In
to blot out the sea.
Twenty-Five hundred years ago man
made his first step toward conquering
storm at sea when he built the first
lighthouse at the mouth of the Nile.
Down all that span Of time until
recent yean fog stood as the uncon-
quered enemy OF the mariner. Then
II years ago this summer one OF the
first three experimental radio bescons
was installed by the Lighthouse Serv-
ice on the Nantucket Shoals Lightship.
one of the New York Channel ap-
proach stations and Americas farthest
outpost in the Atlantic.
The first drone of dots and dashes
from this little red lightship sounded
the death knell of paralyzing fog. To-
day the commerce Of the seas, aided
primarily by radio, moves, no matter
what the mood Of the elements.
A TOP the pilot house Of any modern
ship you'll see = small rotating
coil antenna, mounted within 4 metal
frame. To this antenna, day or
night. fair weather or foul, comes
q steady stream of code signals, broad
cast from more than 120 lighthouses
and lightships along the United States
coastline.
Down in the pilot house the navi-
gator turns 4 wheel that rotates the
coil and accomplishes what Is known
in nautical terms - taking the min
imum." In simple language. it's this:
He rotates the radio compass until the
dot and dash signals fade: thus he
can determine the direction from
which they came and plot his course
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tomb Of DR.. Beanes, and by September
3. 1914, the work was In such a state
OF completion that commemorative
exercises were held. Upon this occa-
sion. Mr.. Magruder delivered the his
torical address, which he later con-
tributed to the Records Of the Co.
lumbia Historical Society"
A FEW days ago, when the writer
visited Marlboro, he viewed this
burial plot. and also called on some Of
his friends in the town, including
State Senator and Mrs. Lansdak @.
sasscer, and OF course he found the
Senator UP to his eyebrows in his
campaign for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the governorship Of Maryland.
The strain does not seem to have had
any bad effects upon him yet, and he
still maintains . cheerful look and
extends . handshake such a one may
expect when visiting Southern Mary
land.
The SAsscers, by the way, are old
Prince Georges County people. and
in the first census OF the United States,
1870, We fnd the only Sasscers living
in the State, residing in this country,
though the enumerator spelled the
name "Saxsor," in recording the names
of William Sassor, ST. William, jr., and
Jonathan. The Senator lives in an
old home erected many years ago on
one Of the original acreage lots into
which the town was originally laid
out. A Mrs Heller Is said to have
once owned the property. as did the
MAgruders and Jarboes before 1t des-
cened to the present occupant 1t is.
indeed. . beautiful old home filled
with antiques. undoubtedly OF much
personal value to those who make
their home In this attractive place.
r GENTLY, in looking over = plat
Of Marlboro, dated 1878, the
writer found that DR.. Frederick Sass
Ger. grandfather of Lansdale Sasscer,
then owned . large piece Of ground.
Others who owned property there at
this date. or who resided in the town
we're: william b. Bowie. Lewis H.
Fritch. Michael Slayman. John Jones,
George Miller. Thomas O'Bryan. DR..
Scott. Gaist Hill, John H. Traband,
p. Jackson, Thomas Turner, George
w. Wilson, Charles Ridgely, William
A. Jarboe. c. c. Magruder. jr.. Samuel
D. Hance, c. c. Masruder, Mrs. Bourne.
Joseph Harris. r. Crack, George H.
Burrell, Ignatius 8. Wilson, william
P. Harper, J. w. Belt. r. Z. Williams,
Mrs. Z. B. Belt. Henry Brook, James
Flint
Also Z. Grafton W. Hall, E. I. K.
Scott, Helen Rothstein, James H.
Crandall, John Z. Gardener, e. Scott
Thomas Byrnes. B. Westerfield. J. K.
Roberts, =. 3. Hill, Elizabeth Clarke,
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the road leading to the bridge, Is
now said to be occupied by DR.. Rev.
erdv QaaarAr

the road leading to the bridge, is
now said to be occupied by DR.. Rev.
erdy Sasscer.
Beside DR.. Beanes. there are several
important Americans whom the resi-
dents OF Marlboro point to with pride,
because they were born in this town
or made it their home. OF those born
there was the Most Rev. John Carroll,
first archbishop Of Baltimore.
Bishop Thomas John Claggett of the
Episcopal Church was born at Croome,
about five miles south Of Marlboro,
but spent much Of his boyhood days
attending the Marlboro Academy with
John Carroll, the archbishop. Bishop
Claggett established there the first
Episcopal Church, and his remains now
rest in the Washington Cathedral.
The Col. Bowie mansion, once the
Town Hall, but now occupied as q
Masonic meeting place, is to the west
Of the Court House. Next to it once
stood the small one-story brick build
ing where the celebrated Reverdy
johnson had his ofice. Across the
street Is a large quaint looking build
ing known as the Pratt home. To
the eye of the antiquarian this is Ger
tainly an attractive building. For
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the fog just OF the starboard. The
small but sturdy ship, mast-lights
blinking and rolling in = heavy sea.
soon disappears back into the fog and
shortly even the tireless blast Of it,
fog-horn fades away.
THE passengers leave the rail- and
60 below for their last dinner
aboard. In the pilot house the nAN-
gator Is again at the radio COM
pass. This time it is an endless
stream Of two dashes & y that
drones through the headpiece, and
a. before the ship points it, PROV
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By A. Stanley Moreau.

7@HERE are at least two prospec-
tors searching for precious
metals within the limits of
L Washington, D. c. Their
names are George H. Estes, so years
old, and his brother William, who is
older. They are searching for and
find gold, silver. copper. and even
semi precious stones.
If you were to see them you would
probably admit that they work in
pleasant surroundings. the little stream
that runs alongside the road In Piney
Branch Parkway as 1t enters Rock
Greek Park. In truth 1t is an open
storm sewer.
They have IS equipment, pair Of
rubber boots. two shovels, garden
trowel and q table spoon. Beyond
that they have patience and the
wholesale optimism Of an old pros
pector.
After every big rain they 60 back
to the same part Of the same stream
The water flows turbulently from the
sewer mouth over level concrete and
then into the boulder covered bed Of
q channel marked out by stone walls.
1t comes with a rush and is gone with
a sigh, or rather a trickle. Pennies,
nickels, quarters, safety pins. bolts.
cottor keys. sand, and pebbles are
washed from streets over a wide
area, carried with unbelievable force
through the sewers and deposited in
the natural trap formed by the boul-
ders in Piney Branch.
WILLIAM ESTES, who is an en-
ploye of the Park Service during
working hours, has been doing this
sort of prospecting for years. on the
side. He knows every little pool and
which ones are the more profitable.
Down on his knees, digging out sand
with q spoon. he says. Il ought to
get dollar out Of this hole" watched
him and he recovered two pennies
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accordingly. There Is no chance of
mistaking one lighthouse or lightship
for another, because each Is assigned,
by the Lighthouse Service. an Identify
ing set Of signals.
Our navigator has picked up
monotonous drone Of four dashes
g. --) which tells him that he
has tuned in the signals of the Nam
tucket Lightship. He points the prov
of the great ship in the direction Of
the droning signals. The signals be-
come stronger and presently, with un-
canny accuracy, the little l49-foot
lightship looms up suddenly out Of
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by the enemy. who threaten to carry
him or Some of his friends have
urged me to apply for q flag to go
and try to procure his release. I
hope to return in about eight. OF ten
days. though it is uncertain, as do
not know where to find the fleet
Key was soon on his way to Balti-
more, where he met John S. Skinner,
who was in charge Of the exchange OF
prisoners, and the consent OF President
Madison having been obtained. to-
gether they proceeded to Chesapeake
Bay. aboard the Minden. under q nag
OF truce, in search OF the British fleet.
Patuxent, where he fell in with the
British, and was courteously received
on board the Royal Oak by Admiral
Cochrane. However, the admiral, and
likewise Gen. Ross, did not take kindly
to the suggestion Of releasing Dr.
Beanes, and Gen. Ross even scathingly
denounced Beanes to the utmost.
Fortunately. Mr.. Skinner had come
prepared with letters from the wounded
left by Ross 1t Bladensburg. and when
the latter found, from reading these,
that his own men were extremely
grateful for the kind treatment they
were receiving from thier foe he agreed
to the release.
Mr. Key was then permitted to in
terview Dr. Beanes. He found him in
the forward part Of the ship, among
the sailors and soldiers. He was con-
stantly treated with indignity by those
around him, and this keen humiliation
! continued while he remained aboard
the British vessel.
Mr.. KEY and Mr.. Skinner were
transferred to the frigate Sur
prise, and remained on that vessel until
the feet. consisting Of ships Of the
line. heavy frigates and bomb vessels
| 30 craft in all-reAched the mouth Of
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long while 1t was conducted - the
Marlboro House by w. F. Davis. Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald Burroughs are the
present owners.
or COURSE, being 20 close to the
Court House, the writer Just had
to call on his distinguished friend,
Judge ]. c. Mattingly, who loves to
talk about the history OF Prince
Georges County with which he Is 80
thoroughly conversant.
Weston, located a short distance
from Marlboro, on the Crane high
way, is one Of the historic show places
in Prince Georges County, and this
mansion is certainly one Of the old
est in Maryland. Originally owned
by Capt. Thomas Clagett, who came
to this country in 1870, the estate
went to his eldest son, also named
Thomas, and it is said that nine gen.
erations Of Clagetts have occupied
the old home. This historic resi-
dence is now owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hal B. Clagett. and to Mrs. Clagett
the writer Is indebted for the loan
OF the picture of her country home.
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rate, the walls Of the main living
room Of the clubhouse are given an
atmosphere Of days gone by, for here
may be found hung upon the walls
early firearms and Indian arrows and
other evidences Of the fact that these
aborigines once lived thereabout. Be-
sides this the room Is papered with
naval maps and charts, the sofas and
chairs being covered with gay.
bright blue. semi-glaze chintz, and
from the ceiling hangs a ships steer
ing wheel made into lighting fixture
The walls OF the bar have been
given an up-to-date touch. being
papered with several thousand wine
labels. which certainly gives TO the
room an appropriate decoration. The
dining room retains much of its old
appearance, for here the walls are
covered with old French scenic WALL
paper, said to be actually museum
pieces, which were originally found
in the main part Of the house, ac-
cording to the late Mrs. Slocum.
ONE section Of the paper was print
ed by Jacquemart ct Bernard. who
made scenic wall paper from 1875 to
1890. Another section. the Petit De-
cor, is the work Of joseph Dufour
Of Paris. Here the lovely ladies and
gentlemen, In their Directoire cos
TUNES, are made to stand out against
. grey-green background
Horace Westeott - president of the
club, and the most active and en-
thusiastic members are: Walter Bruce
Howe, Frederick H. Brooke. Edwin
Watson, military aide to the Presi-
dent: John L. Newbold. Jerauld
Wright, Richard B. Grimm and Thom-
n Letter. According to the history
of the club. ~ printed some time ago,
when President Roosevelt was assist
ant secretary of the Navy, he made
frequent trips to Patuxtent and upon
one occasion he planted a tree in the
front garden, which grew and con-
tinues to flourish.
The old Hill home, to the north Of
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as we well know, and soon other set
tiers took their places, and many of
their descendants can still be found
there.
During the summer months par
ticularly thousands of autoists pass
through this town weekly on their
way to Annapolis and nearby places,
and to their cottages, a few miles
beyond Marlboro, and to points more
to the south OF this place, but few,
perhaps, have ever paused long enough
to read the wording of the snarker
ward as we enter the town. which
briefly gives some of its historic high
lights, as follows:
MARLBOROUGH
County seat of Prince Georges since
l720. George Washington lodged
here August 81. l774. going to First
Continental Congress. Where on
June IS, ITS, he was elected
General and Chief
Of the Army Of the United Col
onies' His first visit here was as
Colonel OF the Virginia Militia in
1855, and his last as President of
the United States in 1893"
A MAP before the writer not only
confirms what is said about Gen.
Washington, but also indicates that
he came this way in his travels to
the West and during the Revolutionary
War; and that Thomas jefferson was
also of its many distinguished visitors
during the period of the War for In
dependence, and subsequently,.
Like many Of our early localities
Upper Marlboro-which replaced in
way Lower Marlboro, about miles
southward-was named for a noble
parsonage in l706. This individual
was the Duke of Marlborough, or. to
omit his title, just plain John
Churchill, then in the zenith of his
notable career. 1t was an heir to
this important title that, some years
back, married Consuelo, . daughter
Of the New York Vanderbilts.
Perhaps it was the name given to
this town that caused it to be treated
with such consideration by the British
when they passed through there in
1914 But. of course, there were ex-
ceptions to the courtesies generally
shown, and one particular exception
that overshadows all others was the
one involving the arrest Of Dr.. Will
liam Beanes. which resulted in the
writing Of The Star Spangled Ban
ner' by Francis Scott Key, who in
terceded in obtaining the doctors
freedom. What happened was this:
ON THE day Gen. Ross passed
through Marlboro after his tri-
umphant march into the City Of
Washington. where he destroyed by
fire $4,000, 900 worth of public prop
erty, including q magnificent library
and valuable archives that money
could never replace, and while he
was returning to the British fleet,
marauders appeared in the town and
were arrested and thrown into the
county jail by = committee headed
by DR.. Beanes and several friends.
One Of those imprisoned escaped
and informed Gen. Ross of the cir
cumstances. He ordered the arrest
Of DR.. William Hill, Philip Weems and
DR.. Beanes. The first two were re-
leased, but DR.. Beanes. at Noting
ham, was taken aboard one OF the
British vessels. which. with the rest