Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-21
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery County's Capital
rrespondence OF The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Md. May ~, 1902
The records I'm the clerks office at this
place show that Col. John F. Gaynor. who
was arrested in Quebec last week. was
married in Rockville June 10, 1899 to Miss
Annie l.. Pitney of Washington. The mar
| riage certificate shows that the ceremony
was performed by Rev c. c. Morehart
and not by justice of the peace as was
reported. There is no minister in this
county named Merchant and IL is supposed
he accompanied them from Washington.
Several months later another ceremony
was performed in Baltimore. Rev. William
T. Way, pastor OF Emanuel Reformed
Church. officiating.
Miss Esther Wetherald. one Of the oldest
residents of the Sandy Spring neighbor-
hood, died yesterday morning at her home
in Sandy Spring, aged lightweight years
She born in England, but came to this
country when in her sixth years For
many years she and her sister conducted
a private school in Baltimore. She was a
daughter of Thomas Wetherald. the cele-
brated minister Of the Society of Friends.
and was the last of her fathers family, two
nephews only surviving her-Samuel b.
Wetherald and f. NJ. Wetherald. both OF
Sandy Spring.
Mr.. Edward f. Edmunds, formerly OF
Virginia, died here at an early hour yes
terday morning at the home of his brother,
DR.. George +. Edmunds, of consumption.
aged thirty years. About a week ago he
arrived in Rockville from the west. where
he Went for the benefit of his health. His
remains Were taken to Virginia for burial
Mr.. William Case of Hunting Hill, this
county, died in Washington Sunday. aged
eighty-two years. General debility is given
as the cause of death. His remains were
brought to this county for interment.
A marriage license was issued here this
mnrpinP n Mr. Oscar Wort hfpyfOD RTr-
dette and Miss Jennie Pugh. both of this
county
At a meeting of the board OF county pub
lie school commissioners, held here today,
the designations of the following teachers
were accepted: Edward o. Zeigler. Burdette
school; B. H. Linthicum, Dawsonville
school Julian F. Walters, Hunting Hill
school; f. NJ. Bennett, Colesville school.
A committee, consisting of School Com
missioner Ayton and Messrs. ]. w. Town
send and Walter A. Johnston, was appoint
ed to supervise the erection of school
building at Kensington to cost $4,000.
The board decided that beginning with
the next school year, at each school where
the average attendance is thirty or more,
except where there is an assistant the
teachers salary be increased 10 per cent.
and at each school where the average at
tendance falls below thirteen the salary be
reduced 10 per cent. At each school where
there is an assistant teacher, il the average
attendance for the term OF fifty days falls
below forty, the salaries or both principal
and assistant be reduced 10 per cent
The following trustees were appointed In
the places of those previously named, but
who declined to serve: Laytonsvile school,
Frank Dwyer in the place of c. E. Allnutt:
Boyd's Z. d. Lewis, in the place of Joseph
T. White; Avery. Roger B. Farquhar, Jas.
N Barnsley and Edward E. Welsh; Pooles-
VILE. ] H. Williams. Elias Price, and
Thomas Hoskinson; Choppers. John E.
Clagett, J. s. Crawford and M. w. Thomp-
son; Scotland colored school. L. b. Burnley
in place of John Bowers; Sandy Spring
(colored) Edwin Davis; Grifton (colored).
Edward johnson.