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ARLINGTON GOURT DOCKETS 41 CASES First Cause in Session Open- ing Tomorrow Is Rob- bery Charge. By » Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, VA. April 20.—Forty one cases are docketed | for trial at the April term of the Circuit Court which reconvenes Mon- day mornihg with Judge Walter T. McCarthy on the bench. Nine are eriminal cases involving murder, for- | gery, felonious assault and larceny. Three cases are appeals from the County Court; 21 are civil cases seek- | ing judgments ranging from $223 to $50,000, and one will is to be con- | strued. Several cases are brought here from other counties. First on Monday's calendar is the | Commonwewalth against Dan Fergu- son, accused of robbery. Then follow | two cases against a corporation for damages, each for $2.500 and a $10,- | 000 damage suit. Nick Germanakos, taxi driver, ac- cused of second - degree murder. is £cheduled to go on trial Friday with | Horace Dabney and Elsworth Hill, in- dicted for larceny. The county, through B. M. Smith. chairman of the board, Charles T. Jesse, treasurer, and Roy S. Braden, county manager, is made co-defend- ant with Frank Mannella & Sons, for $5,000 damages as a result of alleged | personal injuries sustained on account | of laying of sewers. The case is sched- | uled to come before the court on| May 13. The suit is primarily against | the sewer contractor with the county Joined because of funds it holds for the contractor. Judge McCarthy is expected to give & decision Monday on the legality of the Alexandria ordinance limiting the hours of sale of wines and beers. The Alexandria Police Court held the or- dinance valid and cafe owners ap- | pealed to the Circuit Court. Argu- | Candidate FAIRFAX MAN SEEKS PROSECUTOR POST. GEORGE B. ROBEY, Fairfax, Va. attorney and ex- aminer of records for the sixteenth Jjudicial circuit of Virginia, who is announcing his candidacy for the office of Commonwealth's attorney for_Fairfax County. The post is now held by Wilson M. Farr, who has not yet formally announced. ELECTION FIGHTS LOOM N COUNTY Registration Heavy in Sev- eral Towns of Prince Georges. ___(Co DR, SYHONS HEADS . 0F M. GROLP President Pearson Appoints 1935 Commencement Committee. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md, April 20— Dr. Thomas B. Symons, director of the University Extension Service, has been named chairman of the 1935 Commencement Committee of the Unjyersity of Maryland, Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, president, announced today. | Other members of the committee, which is to arrange joint exercises for the College Park and Baltimore | schools in Ritchie Coliseum here June 1, are: Dr. J. Ben Robinson, dean of the Dental School; Dr. A. G, Dumey, dean of the School of Pharmacy, and and Miss Marie Mount, dean of the College of Home Economics. There has been some dissatisfaciion | over holding the exercises here every | year, but at a recent meeting of the deans it was decided to continu> the practice this June and hold the 1936 | commencement exercises in the F.fth | Regiment Armory, Baltimore. What w.ll be done after that has been le t open for future decision | It is expected that about 700 de- grees will be awarded this ye:r, the | | size of the g aduating class approxi- mating that of 1934. CHURCH CONVOCATION | TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY | 21 Parishes and Congregations to Be Represented at Protestant | Episcopal Session. | ACCOKEEK, Md., April 20 (Spe- | clal).—Clerical and lay delegates, representing 21 parishes and congre- | gations comprising the Southein SANDY SPRING FIRE CHIEF IS NAMEP TO COUNCIL Slate Will Be Presented at An- nual Meeting to Be Held Tuesday. Special Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md., April 20— The Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire De- partment has named Chief Spencer J. H. Brown as representative to the Community Council for one year, Chief Brown having resumed his office after some months off duty on account of accident injuries. The following slate will be pre- sented to the annual meeting of the Community Council next week by Stanley Stabler, delegate: Olney, Austin LaMar; Brookeville, Henry T. Clark; Colesville, Joseph Peter. The following were named dele- gates to the State convention at Oak- land: Chief Brown, Roy Davis, H. E. Daily, A. Beall and Taylor Cantwell; alternates, Robert Cuff, H. H. Adams, Frank Eley, Bernard Davis and Cecil L. Howes, A questionnaire from the Mont- gomery County Association of Fire- men as to whether this company ap- proved of regular quarterly sessions of the association was answered in the affirmative. PRESBYTERY HEADED BY REV. JULIAN OWEN Springfield, W. Va., Pastor Is Elected Moderator of Win- chester Group. Special Dispatch to The Star. PETERSBURG, W. Va,, April 20.— Rev. Julian Owen, pastor of the Springfleld. W. Va., Presbyterian Church, formerly of Martinsburg, W. Va., one of the youngest members of the presbytery, was elected® moderator of Winchester (Va.) Presbytery at the sessions which closed here last night. He succeeds Rev. H. H. Leach of Duf- | fields. W. Va. The place of the Fall meeting will be determined later by presbytery executives. Rev. J. W. Hogsett of Petersburg C., APRIL 21, 1935—PART .ONE. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. i o e —_— SENTENGES GIVEN /$277.407 SEAWALL EXPERTS GATHER APPLE GROP DATA Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland Orchards Str- ied in Survey. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 20. —A group of United States Depart- ment of Agriculture men and their aides who have been conducting a survey of certain phases of apple- growing in nearby Virginia countles, moved this week into Berkeley County to spend a week or so interviewing some 50 orchardists. They will move on later into Pennsylvania's orchard belt, then to Maryland and thence into Delaware. The group expects to ascertain from the actual records of growers the per- acre yleld of apple trees by varieties; the age and bearing influences, such as soil types, for each orchard; the per-acre price received by the grower; and some first-hand information on distribution methods and prices. The information obtained will be Lsed as an up-to-date base for com- puting the department’s estimates on | the apple crop and prices for this belt. The surveyors expect to have the results of their work tabulated and published within a few months. The group interviewed about 250 Virginia growers and will visit 50 Eerkeley and 25 Jefferson growers, and about 50 in Pennsylvania and | Maryland. “EIGHTV COUPLES Td WED | Licenses Are Obtained at Court House in St. Marys County. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | LEONARDTOWN, Md., April 20.— Marriage licenses were fissued here to and H, M Crim of Strasburg, Va. |George L. Quade, 29, of Bushwood, and Elders Wright Denny of Charles Md. and Alice M. Morgan, 20. of Town, W. Va, and B. S. Pilgrim ef | Milestown, Md.; John Petrovich SERVICES SCHEDULED FOR TWO COMMUNITIES Easter Observance at Christ Church, Accokeek, and St. John's Chapel, Pomonkey. ACCOKLCEK, Md., April 20.—Easter services will be held at Christ Church, Accokeek, at 8 and 11 a.m. and at St. John's Chapel, Pomonkey, at 9 a.m. ‘There will be special music at the 11 o'clock service, Rev. Robert J. Gibson, rector, preaching. Annual election of vestrymen for St. Jehn's Parisly will be held at a congregational meeting at Christ Church, Accokeek, at 10:30 am. Monday. V.F.W. POST TO GIVE BANQUET AND DANCE | Alexandria Organization to Ob- serve First Anniversary at Hotel May 21. | By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. | _ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 20.—In | observance of its first organization | anniversary, the Russell Mitchell Post, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a | banquet and dance May 21 at the George Mason Hotel. Invitations have been sent Gov. | George C. Peery of Virginia, former | Gov. John Garland Pollard, city offi- | cials and national, State and local | heads of service organizations, 8. B. ! de Vaughan, chairman, announced today. ‘The committee in charge of the fete includes Maj. Charles D. Barrett, C. | M. Shepperson. Lieut. Fred McLein, | Elliott F. Hoffman and Millard H. Finnell, commander of the post. | As a feature of the program, Maj. James Sipolske, State commander of | the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will | present the Russell Mitchell Post its | new charter. The post was re- organized last year. It was originally organized in 1920 and later disbanded. | LEVI PRICE DIES Clarksburg Resident Survived by | SIX IN ALEXANDRIA Andrew Lee Hepler, Larceny Defendant, Among Those Pleading Guilty. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, April 20—Six persons, indicted by a grand jury of Corporation Court two weeks ago, were sentenced yesterday by Judge William P. Wools after all pleaded guilty. Arrested in Richmond in February after a two-and-a-half-year search by authorities that extended through several States, Andrew Lee Hepler, 55, was sentenced to one year on a grand larceny charge lodged against him for failing to fulfill the guarantee on an investment deal in which he was said to have obtained $300 from Joseph E. Scott of this city. Soldier Is Sentenced. Others sentenced were: Conrad F. Jennings, & soldier bigamy, three years; Linwood Herbert, charged with criminal attack, one charged with | CONTRAGTS SENED Works Along the York and James Rivers Designed to Check Erosion. By the Associated Press. YORKTOWN, Va. April 20.—Con- tracts totaling $277,407.50 for four sections of the new seawall along the banks of the York and James Rivers have been signed by the Secretary of the Interior, B. Floyd Flickinger, superintendent of the Colonial Na- tional Monument, announced today. The seawalls are designed to pre- vent further erosion of the historic shores at Jamestown Island and in the Yorktown area. | The Eastern division, branch of en- ‘fineenng. National Park Service, will be in charge of the project, which | bas been made possible through a public works grant. Norfolk Firms Win, Three Norfolk firms were success- ful low bidders on the sections. The contract for section “B,” along the | James River, at the lower end of Jamestown Island, was awarded to A. year an a day: Charles Wallace, charged with larceny of a pocketbook, nine months; Arthur Smith and B. T. Lipscombe, charged with felonious | assault, six months. In Police Court yesterday. Charles Zell, 28, was sentenced to 12 months and fined $500 and costs by Judge James Reese Duncan on charge of violating the State alcoholic beverage control act by selling liquor at a store in the 1100 block Princess street. He noted an appeal to the Corporation Court. Two Youths Held. ‘Two youths, Reginald Donovan, 18, and Homer Edwards, 19, of Hume Spring, were ordered held for the action of the grand jury on charges of stealing seven bottles of champagne and $10 worth of cigarettes from a cafe at Hume Spring. The boys were arrested Thursday night. — G. Pingston & Co. $22.52250; the | contracts for sections “C” and “D.” | along the York River, near Yorktown, were awarded to Frank J. Ganna- | way for $36,845 and $93,000, respec- | tively: the contract for section “E." along the York River, near Yorktown, was awarded to Tunstall Johnson Co., inc., for $125,040. Section “A” Later. Another section, section “A,” prob- ably will be let to contract within the |next two months. Supt. Flickinger i said. This section of the way is for | the portion of the Jamestown Island shore immediately adjoining the sea- wall guarding the section of the grounds preserved by the Association | for the Preservation of Virginia An- tiquities. This section is being held | up pending further research along that portion of the shore, where the monument authorities are searching | for whatever may be found from the first permanent English settlement in . : 4 SCHOOL TO GIVE PLA ments were heard last Monday. | of women running in some of the | Gonvocation of the Protestant Epscon | WArdensville,'W. Va. were named Meshkoff. 34, of Wachington. D. C. Widow and Two Sons. LAY | America. CALVERT LIBRARY PLAN | TO BE GIVEN MAY 21 “The Antics' of Andrew,” Three- Act Farce, Being Rehearsed | by Large Cast. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PRINCE FREDERICK, Md., April wards, but the actual candidates will not be known until the deadline for filing arrives, Friday midnight. Pres- ent commissicners are V. A. Simmel of the first ward, G. A. E. Rheinbold of ward two and D. L. Grantham of ward three. Few Names on Ticket. A minimum of candidates is in the field at Seat Pleasant. Harmon O. Acuff will be re-elected mayor for the fourth successive time, and the 20.—The annual play for the benefit Unopposed candidates for the council of the Calvert County Public Free 2re Clement Penkert, Joseph Gregory, Library will be held in the town hall | Van Moreland. Reginald Moran and at Prince Frederick May 21. The Clarence M. Mace. E play selected for presentation, re-| There will be a contest for every hearsals for which are now in progress, nmce in the annual municipal elec- is “The Antics of Andrew,” a clever | tion at Cheverly, it was revealed last farce in three acts by Jay Tobias. | DiBht. when the lists formally closed. Those in the cast will be: | A full set of candidates has entered Mrs. Everard Briscoe, Mrs. J. T. the field. representing the newly Bard. Miss Elaine Knowles, Mrs, T, formed New Deal Progressive party, Reid Hitchins, Miss Angela Feiser, 20d the administration forces also Alonza Young, Ellis Bowen, Oscar have a complete set. Mayor Fred W. Hammett, Arthur W. Dowell, Guy W, Gfst. who has served as the town's Geinger, William W. Drake, Rev. J. ‘chlef executive sine incorporation of *T. Bard, Thomas 1. Weems, jr.; Cleve- | the municipalty in 1931, is a candi- land Young, jr. The play is being | date to succeed himself, and will be coached by Mrs. Page C. Jett, opposed by L. C. Rosenkrans. > The Public Library here is sup- In ward 2 Councilman G. Watson ported almost entirely by the proceeds | Lambert is a candidate for re-election of the annual play. The library was | 00 the new party's slate, and is op- established at Prince Frederick in | Posed by Alfred J, Owens. In ward 3 aspirant for Dr. Maloney's seat on the new party’s ticket, and is opposed by former Councilman Reginald H. IN NORTHERN NECK S, | ward, are hold-over members. Losses Threatened Despite Good | ~The election will be held in the Prices as Season Draws school fron 11 am. to 11 pm. New lived in the town a year next preced- ing the election and be 21 years of HEATHSVILLE, Va., April 20.—Re- age. The judges will be William H. ports from all sections of the North- | Trathen, Harry Duvall and Mrs. ern Neck, along the Potomac and Lucia Naylor, and the clerks Mrs. the catch of shad and herring. The | While there may be some petitions fishermen have not sold enough to | filed at the last minute, indications pay crews' wages. The season is are the Edmonston election will be 1912, Dr. John T. Maloney is retiring as i councilman. N. G. Tayman is the Wentworth. Councilmen John Ogle, |ward 1, and William A. Link, fourth voters will be enrolled at the same Nearer to Close. time. To be eligible they must have Bpecial Dispatch to The Star Chesapeake Bay. are to the effect | Glen Edgington and Mrs. Willlam that there is little improvement in ' Atwater. rapidly nearing its end. Many of | the fishermen, however, still think the run of fish will come. but too late to save them from terrific losses. The cream of the season usually | comes before Easter, when prices | drop. Prices are good now, owing | to scarcity of fish, but if the fish come—and in a glut—prices are due | to tumble. The packers are as blue as the fishermen, with large supplies of salt, cans, barrels, etc, on hand and no fish to pack. GLEN ECHO TO LAY STONE FOR FIRE HOUSE Pupils, Lodgemen and Pastors to ! Take Part in Exercises Next Saturday. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. GLEN ECHO, Md., April 20.—Lay- | ing of the corner stone of the new fire house here will take place at the| Vassar Circle site next Saturday at 3 pm, it was announced today.| Pupils of the Glen Echo-Cabin John School, the Bethesda Masonic Lodge and two local pastors. Rev. Louls F. Miltenberger and Rev. M. M.| Perkins, will take part in the dedi- eation ceremony. | This project is being undertaken | as the first unit of several fire de- partment buildings to be constructed | with funds obtained through the | Public Works Administration. The | communities to be protected by these | units are American University Park, | Crest View Westmoreland Hills, Brookmont, Mohican Hills, Glen Echo and Glen Echo Heights. Property on which the Glen Echo department building is being built was deeded by the taxpayers of that ! ares. —_— D. OF A. TO CELEBRATE Court Forest Glen Plans Anniver- sary Observance, Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., April 20.— Court Forest Glen, Catholic Daughters of America, will celebrate its tenth anniversary April 28 in St. Michael's Hall. when a n and banquet will be held. Ten new members, known as the birthday class, will be initiated, with officers of Court No. 212, District ef Columbia, assisting Representatives of various courts in Washington and nearby Maryland have been invited to attend. Gaithersburg Party Wednesday. GAITHERSBURG, Md, April 20 (Special).—The Catholic Daughters will sponsor a card and bingo party in Bt. Martin’s Hall, Gaithersburg, Wed- cl Arrangements ai !nn':h Mullican in charge of refresh- men perfunctory. The time for filing pe- titions of candidacy expires Monday midnight. For the first time the mayor and treasurer will be elected for two years, and the election will be held in May rather than in July. These changes were provided for by the last Legislature. Mayor Willlam Eldridge Lusby is a candidate for re-election, as is Treas- urer Henry A. Eberle, who has held this post since the town was incorpo- rated in 1924. Kinjiro Matsudaira, former mayor and councilman, is an aspirant for the seat in the council in the second ward now held by his | son-in-law, Malcolm Dent, who, it is understood, will retire. The term of | Councilman Charles De Vilbiss in the first ward also expires. Whether he will be a candidate to succeed him- self is not known. There are no other candidates so far for his post. —_— PUBLIC HEALTH GROUP WILL HOLD LUNCHEON Montgomery Lay Committee to Hold Spring Affair at Normandy Farms. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md.,, April 20— | The Public Health Lay Committee of Montgomery County will hold its Spring luncheon at Normandy Farms. Potomac, April 29, when Dr. Frances Rothert, associate medical officer of the United States Child and Maternity Bureau, will be the speaker. Members of branches from Rockville, | Laytonsville, Sandy Spring. Takoma | Park, Silver Spring, Cabin John, Glen Echo, Kensington, Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Somerset will attend the affair. Guests prominent in health and wel- fare work in the State and county will be present. and will be intréduced by Mrs. Raleigh Chinn of Rockville. Mrs. J. Angus Watsen ef Silver Spring, president, will preside at the luncheen. e s pal Diocese of Washington, will meet at Christ Church,. Chapticy, 14, | Wednezday. There will be a morning and an afterno-n se-slon with inter- | mission for a box luncheon. Dr. Oliver Hart, rector of St. John's Church, Wa-hington, will preach at the morn ng session. This wiil be fole lowed by a conference. A business meeting will be held in the afternoon Rev. Henry C. Parkman, vicar of | St. James Charel, Indian Head, Md.. will preside. Dr. H. M. Bowen 1s secretary e EXAMS SLATED College Entrance Tests in Fairfax Set May 10. i 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. | FAIRFAX, Va, April 20.—The State Department of Education has made provision for hclding college entrance examinations in the local | School Board office May 10, beginning | at 10 a.m., Division Supt. W. T. Wood- ' | son has announced. Any person residing in Fairfax County ana interested in taking the | examination should get in touch with the superintendent’s office prior to April 25. MRS. DUNN TO SPEAK | | Arlington Woman's Club Group | | to Hear State Leader. | 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. | _ARLINGTON, Vs.. April 20.—Mrs. Dorothy Dunn, legislative chairman of | the State Federation of Business and | Professional Women’s Clubs, is an- nounced as the speaker at a meeting of the Pine Arts Department of the Arlington Woman's Club to be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in | Communitv Hall here. She will speak jon current State and national legis- | | lation affecting women of this country. | Mrs. Edith Cooke Becbe will offer a | program of songs, accompanied by Mrs. | Mildred Echols. CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE | Williams for Common- wealth's Attorney in Clarke, Special Dispatch to The Star. BERRYVILLE. Va., April 20.—Ed- Runs ward McCormick Williams, Berryville - attorney, has announced his candidacy | for Commonwealth’s attorney of | Clarke County. Other announcements | made this week include tha of R. E. | Reid for re-election to the office of | commissioner of revenue, and John | T. Lindsey for re-election as member | of the Board of Supervisors from | Greenway District. Savings on small grands Some savings as great as *120 A Small Louis XVI Mahogany Apartment Grand at a DRIVE HEADS NAMED Mrs. Beatty Pushes Children’s Home Campaign in Loudeun. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLUEMONT. Va., April 20.—Mrs. Henry Beatty of Bluemont has been made Loudoun County chairman of the annual State-wide campaign for funds for the Children's Home Sociéty of Virginia, according to an announce- ment by E. Randolph Williams ef Richmond. Mrs. Bratty succeeds Rev. J. A. Welbourne of Leesburg, who will re- tain the chairmanship for Leesburg. Chairmen for other cammunities are Mrs. H. C. Thompsen, Hillsboro, snd Mrs. William C Seipp, Middleburg. Mrs. Bva McCabe of Leesburg i county treasurer. i You Now of . - 230 Your Old Piano Accepted in Trade Buy on Jordan Budget Plan ARTHIR PIANO COMPANY 1239.G Street which meets at Montreat, N. C., late in May. Arrangements were made to ordain | delegates to the General Assembly and Olive Ritter Lynch, 20, of Valley | Lee. Md.; Louis Bencdict Huntington, | 20, of Hughesville, Md.. and Margaret | Elizabeth Hill, 19, of Charlotte Hall, Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARXSBURG, Md, April 20.— Levi Price. 54. lifelong resident of | t . ” s inity, died at his home here and install Rev. Preston Cagielle as!' Md.; William Blair Long. 23, of Ave- | this vicinity, pastor of the Capon Bridge (W. Va.) | nue, Md., and Rose Alberta Thomp- | this morning following a brief illness. Church, including the charges at Capon Bridge, Hanging Rock, Slanes- ville and Bloomery. AUXILIARY TO ENTERTAIN | son, 19, of Dynard, Md.; Frank Rice, | I 23. of Budd's Creek, and Mary E. Dent, 22, of Chaptico, Md.: John Franklin Adams, 23. and Agatha Hope Swann, 20, both of Hollywood: George | Matihew Curtis, 21, and Alice Barnes, | 16, both of Charlotte Hall. and Joseph W. Carter. 22, of Bushwood. Md.. and He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Mary Price, formerly a Miss Cecil of | this place; two sons, Levi Price, jr., and, Kennath Price, both of Clarks- burg, and four sisters, Mrs. Laura Gardner of Clarksburg, Mrs. Minnie Smith of Baltimore, Mrs. Richard Bagby of Washington, D. C., and SEVENTH DISTRICT UNITS Berryville Conference May 9 to‘ Hear Mrs. Felix Parker, De- | SOCIETY To GIVE PLAY partment President. Walther League of Mount Rainier Special Dispatch to The Star. BERRYVILLE. Va., April 20.—The Elans Farce meeting of the Woman's Auxiliarjes BY 8 Stafl Correspondent of The Star of the American Legion ir. the seventh | MOUNT RAINIER, Md., April 20— district will be held in Perryville May | The Walther Leagu Society of Trin- 9, with members of the auxiliary of | ity Lutheran Church will give a three- Lloyd Williams Post as Fostesses. | act farcs comedy in the Mount Rainier Mrs. Felix Parker. department pres- ' Hich Schiool Thursday nizht. ident, will be the guest sperker. The | The cast includes Gertrude Laugh- delegates will be welcomed by Mrs. | ton. Carlton Heyser, Ruth Buchmoyer, John B. Neill on behalf of the nuxm-‘ Robert Fisher, Elcanore Koeneman, ary. by Frank M. Wray for the Lloyd | Oarolyn Ax. Earl Holl, Dora Scott. Williams Post of the Legion and by | Lawrence Schwiesow, Wilhelmina Edward P. Berlin for the Chamber of | Maschauer, Philip Schwiesow and Commerce. Mrs. Edward P. Berlin | Frank Humphries. will be registrar and Mrs. John B.| Neill will be in charge of the Recep- | tion Committee. gnes J. Miles, 24, of Hurry, Md. — -~ P.-T. A. to Buy Shrubbery. RIVERDALE. Md., April 20 (Spe- cial) —Shrubbery for the local school | grounds wili be purchased from the proceeds o: the bingo party which will be given Wednesday evening in the school under the sponsorship of the Parent-Teacher Association. of which T. C. Gardner is president. The Building and Grounds Commit- | tee. of which Mrs. R. D. Mattingly is chairman, is arrenging the party. e A Riverdale Benefit Planned. RIVERDALE, Md.. April 20 (Spe- | | cial) —A luncheon for the benefit of | the Woman's Club of Riverdale, with | | Mrs. A. L. Bacon, chairman, will be| | given Thursday at the home of Mrs. | Charles Graefe, 628 Acams avenue, from 12 until 2 o'clock. Cards are optional following luncheon. A meet- | ing of the club will be held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Max Vollbe; Stewart—A. C.—Northeast “Authorized Service SPEEDOMETERS MILLER-DUDLEY | M6 144 ST.NW. GREATEST HOLLOWWARE Tea Sets . .....Reduced 25%, Coffee Sets .. ..Reduced 25% Water Pitchers. . Reduced 259, Vegetable Dishes Reduced 259, Meat Platters. . . Reduced 259, Relish Dishes. . .Reduced 25% Cocktail Shakers Reduced 25%, Ice Buckets . . . . Reduced 259, Serving Trays : . Reduced 25%, Savings to $75 Lady’s lllinois 14-kt. 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Md., April 20— “Introducin’ Susan” is the title of a farce-comedy to be presented Props and Paints-Club of the Poolesville High School in the school auditorium Friday night. The cast will include Geraldine Day. Frank Davis, Carolyn Gray, Benjamin Allnutt, Charlotte White, Florence | White, Charles Woodward, Annie Neel Shannon, Edwin Brown. Dawson | Allnutt, Francis Hughes and Albert Cubitt. TWIGG ESTATE SOLD Home Near Warrenton Bid In for| Fauquier Bank. Special Dispatch to Th- Star. WARRENTON, Va., April 20.—The Leeds Manor estate of the late Gil- bank Twigg. near Markham, was sold at auction this week. The farm of 300 acres, with extensive orchards and a handsome house, was bid in for the Fauquier National Bank for $12.000. Furniture and personal property was also disposed of in the sale. Milton R. Westcott Nurseryman and Landscape Contractor Falls Church, Va. 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