Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-28
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery County's Capital.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, May n, 1903
The annual meeting of the Burden Bearer
Circle of Kings Daughters of this town
was held Monday evening in the Rockville
Christian Church. and was one of the most
largely attended and enjoyable meetings of
the kind yet held by that organization.
Mrs. H. F. Reich. the president of the cir
Gle, occupied the chair. An interesting pro-
gram was rendered. including the follow
ing: Prayer. Rev. W. F. Locke; responsive
reading, conducted by Mrs. o. M. Linthi-
cum; SOLO Miss Maude Heagy; reading of
annual report: duet. Misses Rose Arm
strong and Eliza Choate; address, The Ju-
nior Republic" by Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
of Washington; solo, Miss Rose Armstrong;
address. Work Among Immigrants" Miss
Marie Buhlmaier of Baltimore; benediction.
Rev. Thomas ]. Packard. There were also
a number of hymns.
Invitations have been issued for the mar
riage of Miss Marguerite Clagett, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Darius Clagett of Potomac,
this county, and Mr. Lester Terrell Butler
of Raleigh. n. G. The ceremony will take
place at Christ Episcopal Church, Rock
Vile, the evening of June 10.
The board of county public school COM
missoners has been notified of the resigna-
tions of the following teachers: Miss Sarah
J. Williams, Avery School; Miss Dora b.
Mitchell. Sandy Spring; Miss Margaret
Schaeffer, Garrett Park; Miss Carrie
Walker Hoskinson. Forest Glen: Miss NJ
c. Jarboe. Glen Echo; Willis o. Rhodes,
Buck Lodge; Pearl Holland, Friendship,
ored school; Marie E. Letcher. Rockville
COlored school Appointments have been
announced as follows: Miss Sarah ]. Will
liams, as principal of the Garrett Park
School; Miss j. Irene Whitehill, prin-
cipal of the Glen Echo School; Pearl Hol-
land. principal of the Avery School, and
w. A. Baker, as principal OF the King S
Valley School.
The annual closing exercises of the Rock
willie High School were held in the Rock
willie Opera House last evening in the pres
ence of a large crowd. 1t was under the
charge of Prof r. Thomas West, principal
OF the school and the assistant teachers,
Misses Lucy Garrett, Virgie Brewer, Lucy
Hughes, Elberta Rice and Wilson s. Ward.
The decorations were elaborate. consist
ing of evergreens, cut flowers of different
kinds, while. the roses and other flowers
brought by the friends of the pupils were
banked In front of the stage, all of which
presented a decidedly pretty appearance.
Miss Mary Ellen Griffith daughter of
Rev. F. T. Griffith of Rockville. was an
nounced as having led her class through
out the year and on the final examination.
with Miss vaudia Braddock as second The
other graduates were Misses Bessie
Thompson, Mamie Ricketts, and Matilda
Hicks, Norman Robertson and Dorsey
Bean acted as ushers. The program was
follows:
Prayer. Rev. Thomas H. Campbell. pastor
or the bapust Churcn' recitation Leeehu
of Bregenz." Elizabeth Offutt; pantomime.
1.-The Bridge" Katie Griffith, Madeline
Burt, Eppie Ricketts,. Mary Griffith. Nettie
Riley, Vaudia Braddock, Ethel Whip,
Marie Mccullough. Bessie Thompson.
Mamie Ricketts,. Matilda England Belle
Robertson and Florence Fawoett; solo.
The Voice of the Violets." Mary Pun
phrey; recitation, Mammals Darling,
Marguerite Manlon; dialogue, IAN Even
ing with the Poets" Tahitha Bradd9ck.
Ernie Coleman, Bessie Brewer. Mary
Moskey. Effie Owens. Mary Humphrey,
Emma Carr, Louise Welt, Carrie Smith,
Grace Manion, Laura Woodward and Car
RE England: solo, Mrs. w. II. West; pam
tomime. "Suwanee River" Lillian Nor
gan. Marguerite Manion, Mabel Whip,
Neoma Garrett Frances Ricketts,. Lucy
Robertson, Ruth Reisinger. Estelle Rick
etts. Nellie Divine. Ethel Hutchinson, Lillian
Sage. Helen Mccullough, Mildred Humphrey
and Ernie Butt; recitation, "A Flower
Girl" Madeline Burt; hoop drill, BERTHE