Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1930, Page 5

DANASELS FEAST CELEBRATES LGS Community Function Ob- serves Introduction of Elec- tricity Into Section. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKRVILLE, Md., March 15—In celebration of the introduction of elec- tricity into the Browningsville, Cedar Grove, Clarksburg, Etchison, Lewisdale Purdum and Woodfield neighborhoods, a banquet was held in the high school building at Damascus last evening. Sponsored by the Montgomery County Improvement Association, of which J. Dallas Watkins of Cedar Grove is presi- dent, Mrs. Elgie D. Hawkins of Wood- field, secretary, and Clarence Day of Clarksburg, treasurer, it was attended by approximately 250 men and women of the various communities. Pastor Presides. Rev. Henry Nicol, pastor of the Baptist Church at Cedar Grove, was toastmaster, and addresses were made by Paul Smith, president of the Potomac Edison_Electric_Power Co. of Hagers- town, Maj. E. Brooke Lee, speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates; Judge Charles W. Woodward of the Police Court of the county, Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, attorney to the coun- ty commissioners, and County Com- missioner Lacy Shaw. Miss Ida Manchester, widely known as a home economics demonstrator, and Miss Dorothy Warehim, graduate of the domestic science department of Hood College, gave talks on domestic sclence and other matters pertaining to the welfare of the home. The Brown- ingsville Orchestra played. Committe in Charge. The arrangements for the big event were in charge of a committee headed by Mrs. John L. King of Cedar Grove, [ | Heads Bankers’ Unit ' | | WILLIAM S. HILL, | Upper Marlboro, has been elected chair- man of group 4, the Southern Maryland | | unit of the State bankers’ association. | | — | | improvement_association, _‘The other | members of the board are: Mrs. Eugene | Walker of Browingsville, Mrs. Elmer | King of Woodfield, Mrs. Raymond King | of Clarksburg, Mrs. Deets Day of Lew- | isdale, Mrs, Guy Howes of Etchison and | | Mrs. Edgar Stephens of Purdum. 7 < National Secretary to Speak. HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 15 (Spe- | cial).—Miss Mary B. Ervin of Xenia, | Ohio, national field secretary of the | W. C. T. U, has accepted the invitation of the Rudisill Union of this place, Mrs. Orson N. Eaton, president, to address a meeting Tuesday night at Memorial | Methodist Episcopal Church at 8 o'clock and a student assembly at Hyattsville | High School Wednesday morning at THE EVENING DELAY IN BUDGET HOLDS UP SALARIES Virginia Employes Cannat Be Paid Until Governor Signs Appro- priation Bill. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 15—Pay- ment of salaries to State employes Is | ordinarily made on the 15th of the month, but these payments cannot be made this month before Monday, March 17, owing to the delay in the passage by the Legislature of the appropriation bill. State Controller E. R. Combs was of the opinion until late Thursday that the salaries could be paid today, despite the fact that the appropriation bill has not been signed, but he stated, follow- ing a conference with Gov. John Gar- land Pollard, that no payments could be made until the governor's signature is appended to the measure. The governor expects to sign the bill on Monday. BEAVER Telephone Lumber, DuPont Paints, The Original Fiber Wall Board J. FRANK KELLY, Inc. 2101 Georgia Ave. N.W. Building Supplies STAR, WASHINGTON 'WOMAN CANDIDATE ! ! TO RUN IN GARRETT| | Mrs. A. L. Lee Announces Plan to | Seek Republican Nomination for Treasurer. Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md., March 15.—Mrs. A. L. Lee has announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for county | treasurer in the primary election to be| held in Garrett County this Fall. She! is the first woman to become a candi-, date for a county office on the Repub- lican ticket. She has been associated with her husband in the office of county treasurer for the past several years and 1s well acquainted with the duties of the position. Garrett County is heavily Republican and a nomination is generally equivalent to an election. The offices of State | Senator, member of the House of Dele-| gates, clerk of the Circuit Court, sheriff, county commissioners, clerk to the | county commissioners, ‘ judges of the | Orphans’ Court, register of wills and | State's attorney will be filled at the election this Fall. ! ‘BOARD North 1343 Millwork Coal, Hardware D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 15 1930. JURY PANEL PICKED FOR MESSER TRIAL Court issued a request.that the judge | of Augusta Circuit Court impanel jurors from Highland County. It \was I that two factions in Bath have ealrrlg:: in the case, and it was Highland County, Va., Citizens to| Sty Sit in Case Selected for April 2. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va,, March 15.—A panel of 54 representative citizens of Highland County, from which a jury will be selected to try G. W. Messer of Bath County, who is charged with the murder of Sheriff C. A. Gum of Bath County, was selected yesterday at Monetrey, Highland County, by Judge Joseph A. Glasgow of the Circuit Court here. He was assisted by Sheriff Walter B. Wilson and Commonwealth’s Attorney H. H. Kerr. The trial has been set for April2, at Warm Springs, Va. Last Monday, following indictment of R v EX-JUDGE FORFEITS $14 ON DRUNK CHARGE Special Dispatch to The Star. AEXANDRIA, Va., March 15.—Judge Prederick G. Duvall, former civil and police justice here, forfeited $14 col- lateral in Judge Willlam S. Snow’s | Police Court this morning on a charge | of being drunk. Judge Duvall was a { aieimioon by Motor Grele Eetrormen 1. | J. Mullen and C. J. McCleary, who say he was in a parked auto in the 100 block of North West street. Duvall was MT. RAINIER SCOUTS STAGE PARENTS’ FETE| Event Proves Largest of Its Kind Held There—Program Given. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT Troop No. 108, Boy Scouts of America, staged & parents’ affair at the local Methodist Church Thursday evening, which proved to be the largest of its kind ever attem| here. The large auditorium was filled to capacity by the parents of members of the troop, and | their friends. ‘The m included welcoming re- marks Mascot Billy Sampsell: the singing of “America, the Beautiful,” by the assembly; a prayer by Rev. J. H. mlnn‘:ley. pastor of the Methodist Church. There was a demonstration of some of the work of the Boy Scouts, . = | in which Melvin Mueller, imd George Babel Doug Wi tive, Wi area, gave on Camp Roosevelt, which was fllus- trated with motion pictures. Scout Executive ‘made “Sea Scouts,” explaining the of n:us branch of the Boy Scout move- ment. Following _exhibits Troop No. 108, Mrs. Chasies Blanton sang “The Star Md., March 15.— | bec] ‘Troo] .whlchhnshndlmmg cessful career. The troop is now plan- | ning the establishment of a Summer |camp on land which has been loaned it for the purpose on the Severn River. Oxon Hill Card Party. OXON HILL, Md., March 1. - cial).—Under the auspices ;f zh: !l(c.npl:y of the Oxon Hill Consolidated School, a card party will be held in the audi- torium of the school next Saturday | Messer, Judge Hayden of Bath Circuit the first civil and police justice here. such as knot-tying and first-aid drills evening. WoODWARD & LLOTHROP Choose Your Coat Where You Are Sure of Coat Fashions Here You Can Depend Upon a member of the executive board of the | 9 o'clock. 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