Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1929, Page 6

4 FO0B DISTRBUTED INPRINGE GEORGES christmas Observance In-! “cludes Trees and Programs | by Many Towns. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 25— | Many baskets of food were distributed | esterday by the Associated Charities of | Hyattsville and vicinity and by various €hurches, organizations and others. , As the result of the movement, spon- | gored by the Prince Georges County | Federation of Women's Club, there are | community trees at Laurel. Mount | Rainier, Beltsville, Upper Marlboro and other places. Tree programs were | staged last night by churches in the! eounty. In most instances the trees | ‘will remain lighted each night through- | ou ne aiidays. | £ At Mount Rainier the tree progra under the auspices of the Chillum D trict Study Club, of which Mrs. J. Enos Ray is president, will start at 7 o'clock | and a feature.will be carol singing by school children of the Mount Rainier, Brentwood and Cottage City Schools. There will be a word of greeting by Mavor John H. Beall and the invocation | will be by the Rev. J. H. Billingsley and the benediction by the Rev. D. C. Gordon, pastors of Mount Rainier | churches, Mrs. Allen, president of the County Federation of Women's Clubs, ! has urged clubwomen to make a special | effort to attend this program which it | 1 hoped to make as county-wide as possible and Mrs. Ray has issued a gen- eral invitation to the public. Laurel Program Elaborate. ! One of the most elaborate programs | was that at Laurel last night, where | citizens gathered about a tree in front of the National Guard armory. There Were carols, an address by Mayor James | P. Curley and distribution of candy by Santa Claus to all children 12 years old and under. Mrs. James G. Boss was ©chairman of the general committee in | charge of arrangements. At Beltsville the Women's Community Club, of which Mrs. T. E. Woodward is Ppresident, is sponsoring a tre>, a living evergreen, on the lawn of St. John's Episcopal Church, on the Washington- Baltimore Bouleverd. This evening at | 5 o'clock there will be a short program at the tree in which citizens will par- ticipate. Mrs. H. D. Newman is chair- man of the committee in charge. Last night there was a program at the tree on the Jawn of Mr, and Mrs. | Frank P. Scrivener at Upper Marlboro, | with carols by puplls of the high and elementary schools. Tonight there will be singing by the choirs of St. Mary's | Catholic and Trinty Episcopal churches, and p ims will be each night during the remainder of the holidays. The tree is sored by the Mellwood ‘Woman’s Club. Mrs. B. Wesley Cran- | ford, chairman, is in chargs. There was a community tree service | Iast night in front of Memorial Metho- Qist Episcopal Church, Hyattsville, with earols and other features. Midnight Communion Service. In Pinkney Memorial Episcopal | Church, Hyattsville, there was a com- munion sorvice last midnight, while | yesterday atternoon a children's service | as held in the church. This morning & communion service was held. | ‘There was a midnight mass last night in St. Jerome's Catholic Church in | Hyattsville, where masses also were held this morning. Members of the con- | egation of the Christian Church at | ount Rainier met at the church’ this morning for a carol party. A short Service was Beld this morning in the lount Ra Methodist Episcopal rch South. There was a midnight mass at St. James Catholic Church at | Mount Rainier, with the Rev. J. Edward Malloy, as the celebrant. Preceding the | imass there was carol singing by a mixed | ghoir of 25. The choir was directed by | Charles J. Famosa, organist. There also | were masses this morning at St. James | with the Rev. R. Cotter Fitzgerald as celebrant. At Christ and St. John's Churches, Clinton, there were midnight services last night. 3 Midnight services were likewise held in st. Barnabas Churth at Oxon Hill and there was also services in this church this forning. The usual Christ- mas eve midnight service was held in St. Mary's Catholic Church at Upper Marlboro. YULE TREE LIGHTED FOR 2 COMMUNITIES inging by Choirs of Various Churches Features Ballston- Clarendon Ceremonies. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., December 25— Christmas festivities were opened with the lighting of a large Norway spruce 2t Wilson Boulevard and Bolivar street dast night and the singing by choirs of the churches of the community. The | tree was trimmed by the Ballston Volunteer Fire Department for the benefit of the residents of Ballston and Clarenden. It will be lighted every night until after New Year. | Special midnight services were held at the St. George's Episcopal Church, with | the singing of the Stainer’s Communion | service. The Epworth League of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church South, at 4 o'clock this morning visited various parts of the community and | sang carols. More than 50 baskets for the poor were distributed by the Klu Klux Klan. A Christmas pageant and pietures were held by the Mount Olivet | ethodist Protestant Church this morning at 6:30 o'clock. The Globewood Association will hold its community tree, with gifts for the | children and a reception for the mem- | bers, at Pershing drive and Glebe road ; tomorrow evening. ] POTOMAC TOWN HALL | PRESERVATION ASKED Council Calls Attention of Alex-| andria to Needs of Citizens After | Annexation Jawruary 1. 1 Bpecial Dispaich to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., December 25.—The | Potomac town council, meeting in spe- cial session yesterday afternoon, passed a resolution” recommending to the city council of Alexandria that the Town | Hall Building be preserved in its pres- ent condition for the us: of residents | of the town and adjacent community | &iter Alexandria obtains this section of Arlington County by annexation Janu- ary 1 The measure further recommends to | the Alexandria council that the hall| be celled the Community Bullding after January 1. The “town council has arranged a number of special sessions o conclude its business in preparation for an- exation. BOY DIES OF HEART DISEASE. Hipecial Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va, December 25— Woodrow Eckert, 11 years old and a upil at the Virginia School for the SEVEN COUPLES TO WED. Christmas Eve Licenses Issued at Upper Marlboro, Md. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Decem- ber 25.—Seven Christmas eve marriage licenses were issued here. yesterday. | Among those seeuring them was James H. Hines, 30 years old, of Baltimore, a clerk of the United States Shipping Board, who obtained a license to wed | Miss Sue Lee Butler, 19, of Relay, Md. Other licenses were issued to the fol- lowing: Herman Brady, 21, 630 New Jersey avenue, and Emma E. Payne, 16, 131 Eleventh street northeast, ‘Washingtor Joseph B. Duvall, 21, Naylor, Md., and Anona Downing, 23, Nottingham, Md.; Marshall J. Swain, 21, East Radford, Va., ahd Kathelln Butler, 20, Berwyn, Md.; Carlton Shel- ton, 22, and Annie Elizabeth Samp- son, 19, both of East Riverdale Heights, Md.; D. Lowell Doers, 22, and Roce May Sebastian, 20, bcth of Washing- tog: Horace O. Dennison, 21, Clinton, Md., Friendly, Md ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 25 (Spe- | cial).—Singing of carols in St. Mary's Catholic and Christ Episccpal Churches | ushered in Christmas in Rockville. The | carolers, who included a large mumber of young people of the community, gathered at the Baptist Church around 9 o'clock and motored about town sing- |ing at many points. Large congrega- tions attended® the services in both Catholic and Episcopal Churches. In St. Mary's Church high mass was cel- ebrated by the pastor, Rev..Charles R. O'Hara; the sermon was by Rev. E. M. Lloyd, rector of Georgetown Prepara- tory School, and an augmented choir rendered an elaborate music program, under the direction of Mrs. Howard Blandy. ‘The rector, Rev. Millard F. Minnick. conducted the services in Christ Episcopal Church, which were featured by a fine music program di- rected by Miss Mary Almoney. Midnight | services a'so were held in St. John's Catholic, Forest Glen; St. Martin's, Catholic, Gaithersburg; St. Rose's, Cath~ olic, Cloppers, and St. Mary’s, Cath- olic, Barnesville, and other churches in various. parts of the county, and at Sandy Spring a group of young people and others sang carols in front of the Montgomery County General Hospital and near the homes of the sick of the neighborhood. Under joint auspices of the mayor and council, the Home and School As- sociation, the Home Demonstration Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Gaithersburg - Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department, the annual exercises at the community Christmas tree were held last evening at Gaithers- burg. A large number of the commu- nity listened to carols by a large chorus, under direction of Robert Palmer of Washington Grove, talks by Mayor Wil- liam McBain, Rev. A. E. Spielman, pas- tor of Epworth Methodist Church: Rev. Denny L. Fringer, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, ‘and Rev. Mr. Wil- son, superintendent of the Methodist Home for the Aged, who acted a. mas- ter of ceremonies. Carols were sung by children of the public school, who were trained by Mrs. Helen Bickmore of the faculty. Yesterday afternoon members of the Grow class of Grace Methodist Sunday school, of which Miss Bessie Pace is teacher, distributed Christmas | baskets among the sick and shut-ins of Gaithersburg and vicinity. Everything is in readiness for the exercises at. Rockville's tree on the courthouse lawn this eve- ning. Mrs. Laberta C. s&per‘ widow of Alexander Soper, died of heart disease Monday at her home at Potomac, aged || 70 years. She is survived by two daugh- ters, Mrs. Ellen Howdershell of Wash- ington- and Mrs. Annie. Graeves of Philedelphia, and two brothers, Ed- ‘ward Chick of this county and Charles Chick of Washington. Mrs. Soper Was formerly a Miss Chick and was a life- long resident of the county. The fu- neral will take place at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of George W. Orange, 22, and Miss Bertha L. Adams, 19, both of Washington; James C. Sites, 22, and Miss Ruby E. Gibson, 19, both of Char- lottesville, Va.; Chester A. Hill, 29, and Miss Gladys L. Baltimore, 23, both of Washington, and Elijah O. Crabbe, 21, of Heathville, Va., and Miss Evelyn G. Dawson, 18, of Washington. Miss Sylvia E.'Spencer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Spencer of Gaithersburg, and Charles R. MacKen- zie of Washington were married in Rockville yesterday by Rev. Frank A. Tyler of L:}kl:nluelthmu‘ Church, the ceremony place at the parsonage in the rpreunce of the bride’s parents and a few others. Injured by Gas Tank Explosion. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Decembet 25—A. W. Wells, proprietor of & gaso- line station on the Crain Highway, was injured about the face yesterday when an abandoned gasoline tank exploded. According to police Wells was attempt- ing to thaw out a water pipe line with a paper torch. He was treated by his family physician. and Eleanor C. Collins, 18, | community | JING- STAR. WASHINGTON WATER BOND SSUE GIVEN APPROVAL Prince Georges Commission- | ers Pass Formally on Rais- ing of $250,000.- BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Decem- | ber " 25—Formal approval of the is- suanceé of $250,000 bonds by the Wash- ington Suburban Sanitary Commission for extending water and sewer mains in the Maryland sanitary district was gl en by the Prince Georges County Com- missioners at their weekly meeting yes- | terday. 3 ‘The bonds were authorized by an act of the Legislature, will bear 4, per cent interest and mature in 50 years. The formal order passed by the county commissioners yesterday _autharizes George W. Waters, jr., president <. the |board, and Brice Bowie, clerk, % countersign ths bonds.” The commissioners voted to require applicants for zoning changes in the future to pay the cost of advertising hearings on the changes in advance. The action was taken after Clerk Bowie informed the board that efforts to collect the costs of advertising from applicants were frequently unsuccess- ful. road from the colored school at Col- lington through the Wells property be taken over by the county was made in a written report by a special committee appointed some time ago to investigate the matter. . ‘The question whether a proposed lat- | eral road between the Washington-Bal- timore Boulevard and the Edmonston road should be built through Berwyn or Branchville was brought before the | board for the third successive week yestérday, when'a petition of citizens of Berwyn and Berwyn Heights was pre- sented to the commissioners asking them to withhold decision until further facts could be considered. ‘The State Roads Commission was given permission to remove dirt from the - county's right-of-way on Boone Hill for the purpose of _constructing muth-needed earthen shoulders on Crystal Springs avenue in Greater Cap- itol Heights. FIRE CHIEF ELECTED. Capitol Heights Department Honors George Smith. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., Decem- ber 25.—George Smith was elected chief of the Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire Department at the annual meet- ing in the fire house. Other officers chosen were Jack Brooks, assistant chief; C. Smith, first lieutenant; N. Fochett, captain and fire marshal; George Finger, secretary; W. Davis, assistant secretary and trustee for a | five-year term, and J. W. Beavers, treasurer. Union Veteran Dies at Hancock. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HANCOCK, Md., December 25— Joseph Montgomery, last of the Union veterans living in Hancock, died yester- day, aged 90 years. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by his widow. They were married 66 years, | When you have secured A recommendation that the old stage | MARYLAND FLE BRICE ANSWER | Kensington Grade Crossing Case Expected to Go to Trial at Early Date. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, December 25— Attorney General Thomas H. Robinson, Assjstant Attorney General R, H. Car- ter and Attorneys Cissel and Harwood of Rockville, representing the Maryland State Roads Commission, late yesterday filed in Circuit Court here the com- mission’s answer to the petition of for- mer Mayor Edgar W. Moore and a num- ber of other well known residents of Kensington to restrain the commission from constructing a bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks at the end of Lincoln avenue, Kensington. ‘The petition assigned numerous rea- sons why an injunction should be is- sued, but the answer denies all of the material allegations, such as arbitrary action and abuse of discretion on the part of the commission. ‘The answer admits that prior to the filing of the petition such statutory’ pre- liminaries as giving proper notice of a hearing, filing with the county com- missioners a certified copy cf the plans and specifications and advertising for bids were not followed, but states that since Judge Robert B. Peter, in a de- cision ‘on demurrers to the bill, held such preliminaries to be mandatory, the juirements of the statute had been strictly complied with. Filing of the answer is understood to clear the way for trial of the case and Judge Peter is expected to fix an early date. There is said to be a possibility that the case will de decided on the bill and answer, thus obviating the ne- cessity of presenting testimony. HOLIDAY TRAFFIC TOUCHES HIGH MARK Baltimore Records Rush of Travel East and West by Trains, Busses and Autos. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 25.—Holiday traffic in and out of Baltimore this year touched a new high point, necessitating an unprecedented addition of equipment by railroads and bus lines. The rush of travelers, it was said, was as much to the West as in the direction of New York and the North. While no estimate was made of the number of passengers carried, it was said that traffic is considerably heavier than at this time last year. The return rush, according to officials of the two larger railroads, will set in about Jlnulry, and continue for two days. The bulk of the passenger move- ment will be students returning to schools and colleges, it was said. Lynchburg Confederate Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. 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