Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-31
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Memorial Day Appropriately Observed
General and Personal News
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
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Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, May 30, 1904.
The people of Rockville and vicinity APP
propriately observed Memorial day at the
Rockville cemetery. During the day large
crowds visited the cemetery and strewed
the graves with flowers. and in the after
noon an address was delivered by Mr..
James F. Allen of Rockville, and there was
some excellent music by a choir
Rockville is just now experiencing It's
liveliest building boom of recent years.
Work on the new high school building. to
cost $13, 900, will soon begin and the direct
ors OF the Montgomery County National
Bank are arranging, 1t is stated, to CON-
struct bank building to cost about slS 600
Mr.. Charles H. Welt is completing a hand
some home that will cost about S. 500; Mr.
George M. Hunter is having erected a res.
idence to cost $5,0O0; Mr.. Clifford H Rob-
ertson has awarded the contract for "a GOO
residence; Dr. Charles Albert is erecting a
home to cost $500. and DIR. Claiborne II.
Manner Is building residence that will
cost him about 50, 600.
Mr.. William Frank Lannan of this county
and Mrs. Eleanor Annie Waters of Phil
adelphia visited Rockville this morning
his age as thirty-one and that of the bride
as thirty. Immediately after the ceremony
they left for Washington
Spencer C. Jones returned to Rockville
Saturday after spending about six months
In New Orleans visiting his daughter, Mia
T. Richard Falvey. W
The Western District Baptist Association
has arranged to hold its annual session
with the Baptist Church at GAINESVILLE, this
county, beginning June 10 and continuing
three days. Rev. Thomas H. Campbell
pastor of the Rockville Church, will deliver
the annual sermon.
The Montgomery County Anti-Saloon
League is making preparations for the
quarterly meeting to be held at Damascus
June 1S Governor Warfield has accepted
an invitation to be present and deliver an
address and every effort will be made to
make the occasion a memorable one
Messrs. Charles w. Prettyman of Rockville,
Howard o. Emmons of Hyattsvllle and
State Superintendent Charles A. Grise will
also address the gathering, and there will
be other interesting features.
The board of county public school commits
sioners held very busy session here today.
Delegations from the vicinity of Montrose
end Laytonsville appeared before the COM
missoners and protested against the re-
ported intention of the board to consolidate
the Montrose and Rockville schools at
Montrose and Laytonsville. The board &C.
cided to allow the schools to remain as now
for the present.
A delegation of Gaithersburg citizens also
appeared before the board, in the interest
of the appointment of certain teachers for
the Gaithersburg school At the request Of
the delegation. Mr.. Edmund w. Monday
was appointed principal and Mr.. Reese
d
Jeanette Titlow, assistants.
Plans for the new high school at Rock
willie were presented by the architect and
accepted and ii was decided to advertise
for bids at once. The building will cost
in the neighborhood or $4,000 and II Is
hoped to have 1t completed by early fall
There was nothing doing in the intoxicat-
ing liquor line along the Conduit road yes
terday. The various resorts were visited
by thousands of pleasure seekers and many
were the expressions of disappointment
when 1t became known that the liquid re-
freshments TO be had were confined to soft
drinks.
Mr.. r. W. Grafton of Goldsboro, N. C. and
Mrs. ]. D. Gibbs of Houston, Tex are
visiting their parents, Rev. and Mrs. j. M.
Hillyer, in Rockville. Mrs. Grafton Is ac-
companied by her six children.
The Rockville base ball team left last
evening for Front Royal. Va. where they
play the aggregation representing that
town, this afternoon.
The regular fortnightly meeting of the
Rockville Woman's Club was held at the
home of Mrs. j. Arthur Kemp, about two
miles from this place. The topic for the
day was india" and the responses were
from Omar Khayyam. Miss Lillian Ander-
son read an Interesting paper on Caste.
and Miss Anna Waters read paper on
Science of Home Management. which
was written by Mrs. H c. Allnutt. Miss
Barry Albert contributed a vocal SOLO ana
Mrs n D. Offutt an instrumental solo.
Among the marriage licenses recently Is
sued by the clerk of the circuit court at
this place was one to Jim Lee Chinaman,
and Hattie Thornton, yellow woman"
both of Washington. 1t Is not thought the
ceremony was performed here. The age OF
the man was given as twenty-five and that
of the woman as twenty-five.
The directors of the Montgomery County
Agricultural Society have definitely decided
to hold the annual Rockville fair August
O. "a rs and Is. These were the dates
originally selected, but 1t was thought
others would have to be selected so as not
to conflict with any other fair or race meet
The Easton fair will be held at the same
time but II is not thought the two will In
terfere seriously with each other.