Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Banquet to Judge Lynch.

The members of the Bar of this county
gave banquet at the Ebbitt House, WASH
ington, last Friday night to Judge John A.
Lynch, of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of
Maryland, who has retired from the Bench
alter continuous service of thirty years.
lie is succeeded by Judge John G. Motter,
OF Frederick. Nearly every member of the
Bar was present The tables and the dining
hall were beautifully decorated
Mr.. Thomas Anderson, president of the
Bar Association, presided, and Mr.. Hatters-
ley w. Talbot acted as POSTMASTER.
At the conclusion of the banquet, Mr.. p.
ID. Laird presented resolutions which had
been adopted and spread upon the minutes
OF the court upon the occasion of Judge
Lynch's retirement, and which were re-
adopted, These resolutions declared:
THAT in the severance of the official re-
latons which have 50 long continued be-
tween Judge Lynch and the members OF the
bar OF the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County the people of Montgomery county
have lost the services of an able, upright,
conscientious and impartial Judge, and the
companionship of highly esteemed and
well beloved brother
THAT we tender to the retiring Judge
our best wishes Tor long life and continued
health, and the fullest enjoyment of his well.
earned leisure, and the assurance that he
will take with him into his retirement the
same cordial and iraternal feelings which
have so long existed between him and the
members OF this Bar, not one jot abated by
the cessation of our official relations with
him."
The first toast of the evening was to have
been responded to by Judge McSherry, but
he was unavudably absent. AS a sdbsti-
tute Mr.. VIM. V. Bouic responded to the
toast, The Bench OF the Sixth Judicial
Circuit"
The other tuusts aud those who responded
were as follows
"The Montgomery County Bar of Thirty
Years Ago." Judge Henderson "Hhe
Montgomery County Bar of the Present
Day." IL. Maurice Talbot The Montgom
cry County Bar of the Future" Mr.. w. g.
Boric; "The Stranger Within Our Gates"
Mr. Ashley W. Gould; "The Influence of
This Occasion Upon Our Future" Mr..
Charles w. Prettymsn.
Those present were Judge John A. Lynch,
Judge Henderson, ex.Judge Vinson, Ar
thur Peter, John W. Warner, Benjamin
Riggs, Thomas Anderson, w G Bouic, Ii.
NJ. Talbot, w IL Talbot, Philip ID Laird,
Samuel Riggs, G.. NJ Anderson, Frank Hig
gins, r. b. Peter, Thomas Dawson, G. M.
Jones, A. M, Gould, e. @. Peter, II. w.
TALBOT, f. B. Prettyman, Clifford Robert
son, James T. Bogley, Spencer G. Jones,
W. V. Bouic, Jr., Capt James Anderson,
C. W Prettyman, o H. W. Talbot and E.
G Eichelberger.
Sunday school Meeting The Sun
day School Meeting of the fourth district as
sembled in the Christian Church. this town,
on Sunday last at p. NJ, President Frank
b. Horner 10 the chair. After singing
hymns No 1859 and 1902, DR.. W. r. Andrews
led in prayer
The president gave a report of the last
meeting. He announced the Lookout
Committee" appointed at last meeting, as
follows: w. A. Dobson, chairman; Fenton
Collins, Frank Andrews and Winfield Berry.
On motion, the president appointed G. w.
Prettyman, Jas. F. Allen and VIM. +. Penn
a committee to report nominations for Of
ficers and an active committee for this dis
trict.
The needs of this district were discussed
very earnestly by Ii. F, Shortze, G. W.
Prettyman, w. A Dobson, John w. Hor.
ner, ID II. Bouic, DR.. W. II. Andrews and
Rev. G. Shelburne, who led in special
prayer for the Sunday School work in this
district
The nominating committee reported the
following names as officers for the district:
Frank B. Horner for president and David
H. Bouic for secretary, and the following
as an active committee DR.. w. II. Andrews
chairman, A. G. Warthen and Miss Lucy
G lrrett, which were adopted.
The secretary was directed to publish
the proceedings in the Rockville papers
and the "Field Record"
The meeting was very acceptably enter
tanned with music led by Prof IL. Trail.
The meeting was dismissed by Rev. Shell
burne.
DAVID II. BoUIc, Sec'y.
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