Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1935, Page 26

B—6 » FREEDOM HISTORY IN STATE RECITED Nice and Ritchie Speak at Dedication of Statue, With 1,000 Present. Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. MARYS CITY, Md., May 18.— Maryland’s struggle to guard the prin- ciples which gained for it the name “The Free State” were recalled by Gov. Nice and former Gov. Ritchie before an audience of 1,000 persons which attended the dedication of Hans Schuler's statue, “Freedom of Con- science,” here today. Cadets from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy and a chorus from St. Mary’s Female Seminary lent color to the ceremony, for which a perfect Spring afternoon and a budding countryside furnished an inspiring background. Tracing the early history of the colony, Gov. Nice dedlared Maryland has been so anxious to keep church and state separate that it is the only State in the Union in which clergymen are ineligible to sit in the Legislature. | ‘The religious freedom which prevailed | in Maryland after the Calverts arrived was unique among the colonies, he said. | Two direct descendants of the “first family of Maryland.” the Misses Eleanor and Margaret Peyton Calvert, daughters of George H. Calvert of | ‘Washington. unveiled the statue. ‘l Judge Francis Neale Parke delivered | the dedicatory address. summarizing | the events leading up to the coloniza- | tion of Maryland. Former Gov. Ritchie, who was ac- corded an ovation by the audience, recalled his previous visits to St. Marys County during last year's Tercentenary ceremonies, and said he Tegretted today's exercises probably would be the last event of the ‘Tercentenary. State Senator J. Allan Coad wel- comed the guests, while R. Bennett Darnell introduced the speakers. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of ‘Washington, delivered the invocation and Archbishop John McNamara, also of Washington, the benediction. Prior to the exercises, the speakers and other guests attended a luncheon in the seminary. The audience in-| cluded officials of many Ztate patriotic | societies. BREAKFAST PLANNED Grace Church Guild Arranging Woodside Affair. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. WOODSIDE, Md., May 18.—A May breakfast is to be given in Grace Church parish house the Woman’s Guild of the church. Following the breakfast a bridge party will be held. "THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 19, 1935—PART ONE. Marked Progress Shown on P. W. A. Projects in Nearby Maryland Rapid advancement is being made in the development of the pretentious improvement that is being carried out in nearby Maryland communities with funds obtained from the Public Works Administration. A few of the projects are shown in the above photographs. Upper left: Montgomery Blair High School, recently completed at Silver Spring with a portion of a $160,000 school construction grant made to Montgomery Ccunty. Up- per right: Another new institution, the Upper Marltoro High School, completed out of a $408,000 allot- ment made to Prince Georges County. Left center: Western Suburban High School, one of the principal items in Montgomery's school building schedule, nearing comple- tion at Bethesda. Right center: The nutrition laboratory at Belts- ville, one of the projects in the P. W. A. construction program of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Milk, butter and other dairy prod- ucts will be tested here by experts of the Department of Agriculture. Bottom: Thousands of plants of every conceivable variety and in every state of health and disease will be housed in these modern greenhouses for experimental pur- poses. The greenhouses were built with P. W. A. funds at the De- partment of Agriculture’s farm at Beltsville. ATHLETE WINS HONOR Willard Jenkins to Be Valedic- torian of Class. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMERON VALLEY, Va., May 18. —Willard Jenkins of Burke Station, sports writer for ‘ae Leé-Jackson by | School paper and a star @iayer on the school base ball team, wi¥ deliver the valedictory at the graduation exer- cises at the school on June 7. FUNERAL TOMORROW | FOR “OLDEST MARINE” Charles King, 92, Who Served From 1864 to 1868, Was Baltimore Resident. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, May 18.—Funeral services for Charles King, 92, believed to have been the oldest veteran of the United States Marine Corps, will be conducted at the home of his daugh- ter here Monday. | King served in the Marines from | 1864 to 1868. Capt. John P. McCann, | head of the Marines here, said. H.e| wes born in Germany. The Crosley Shelvador is the last word in efficiency and good looks. A shining, streamlined percelain box that brings you ice cubes galore . . . widely spaced, flat bar shelves, all porce- lain interior with rounded corners, easy to clean, temperature control .. . and, of course, the exclusive door rack that brings you 50 per cent more shelf space. Come in and look it over! Terms as lw as Crosley SHELVA-BANK in- cluded with the purchase of every Crosley Refrigerator. 7th. One-Year Guarantee. AND D STREETS N. W. WINCHESTER HOST AS QUAKERS MEET | Historic Hopewell Meeting Held, With Many Visitors From D. C. WINCHESTER, Va, May 18— Many members of the Washington, D. C, and Loudonn County quarterly meetings of the Society of Friends were | here today for the quarterly session of Hopewell meeting, which will con- tinue tomorrow. The May meeting at historic Hopewell, near here, al. ways has been the largest of the year and usually attracts Quakers also | from Maryland and Pennsylvania A meeting of ministry and counsel was held this afternoon at Hopewell, | and a business session was held tonight at the Winchester meeting house. | There will be two gatherings tomor- | row at Hopewell, a religious service at 11 am. and a first-day school con- ference at 2 p.m. Principal speakers at the various meetings are Bliss and La Verne For- bush, Baltimore, and Anna Jackson Branson, Philadelphia. Visitors include Dr. and Mrs. John W. Wayland, Harrisonburg, Va. The former is to outline the progress already made in the work of compil~ ing data for inclusion in a book he Is writing to commemorate the Quaker bi-centennial in Northern Virginia | Dr. Wayland, noted 2s a Shenandoah | Valley historian, is to have the work completed in time for distribution to subscribers when the celebration is | held at Hopewell next Fall. SCHOOL LOAN SOUGHT | $17,000 Needed to Finish Term | and Buy Coal Supply. | Bpecial Dispateh to The Btar. WARRENTON, Va. May 18.—The | Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County at its last meeting author- ized the school superintendent, W. D | Thomas, to negotiate a loan of $17,006 | to finish out the school term and to | buy the coal supply for the coming session. The board had previously in- | creased the tax levy sufficiently to assure & nine months’ session of the schools for the coming year. Night Final Delivery The last edition of The Star, known as the Night Final, and carrying a row of Red Stars down the front page, is city at rinted at 6 pm. and delivered throughout the per month or, together with The Sunday Star, at 70c per month. This is a speclal service that many people desire for the very latest and complete news of the day. Call National 5000 and say that you want the “Night Final” deu‘;‘e‘:igb regularly to your home, and delivery will start imm . . . TSP M B e Y. 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