Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-16
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal Items From
Montgomery county's Capital.
ecinl Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, June Is. 1905
The annual closing exercises OF Rockville
Institute Miss Lucy Simpson. principal.
were held at the school this morning in The
presence OF large gathering of patrons
ana friends of the popular institution. A
pleasing program of recitations and vocal
and instrumental music was rendered as
follows: Duet. Misses Anna Belle AAnutt
and Mary Trail; recitation. THE Three
Bugs, Miss Rebeeca Lamar; recitation.
Mrs. June's Prospectus" Miss Geneva
waters; duet, Misses Rebecca Lamar and
Mary Trail; recitation. What Katy Said"
Harold Smith; recitation The Three Sun
beams" Miss Jane Yearley; recitation, Will
liam Danenhower; piano solo. Miss Mar
garet Garrett; recitation, Maury Gregg and
Lueius Lamar; recitation, ''Quadrille Miss
Gussie Lamar; song, by the scholars;
recitation. The Ideal Girl" Miss
Jean Gregg; recitation, Miss Frances
Ward and Margaret Garrett: piano solo,
Miss Anna Belle Allnutt: recitation Misses
Virginia Lamar and Lucy Smith; piano solo.
Miss Mary Welsh: recitation, Misses Anna
Reile Aflnutt and Mary Welsh; piano solo,
Miss Lucy Smith; recitation, Misses Annie
Stephenson and Sallie Bonifant: song by
the scholars: distribution of premiums.
Prizes were awarded as follows; Primary
department, arithmetic, Miss Rebecca
Lamar; geography, Miss Rebecca La
mar ana Harold smith. composition, MISS
Geneva Walters; spelling. Miss Rebecca
Lamar; general Improvement, Miss Geneva
Walters. Academic department. United
States history. Maury Gregg and Lucius
mutt; arithemic, Miss Margaret Garrett and
Maury Gregg; English history, Miss Vir-
ginia Lamar: ancient history, Miss Sailie
Bonifant; algebra, Misses Sallie Bonifant
and Annie Stephenson; English literature,
Miss Lucy Neville Smith; geometry, Miss
Sallie Bonifant; dictation. Miss Margaret
Garrett; French, Misses Lucy Neville Smith
and Anna Belle Allnutt Latin, Miss Mar
garet Garrett; composition, Miss Sallie Bon
ifant and Miss Jean Gregg: music. Misses
Rehecca Lamar, Mary Welsh and Anna
Belle Allnutt.
Following the program the scholars and
their friends were served with delightful
refreshments.
A license to marry has been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here to Mr.. Jacob
E. Snyder and Miss Mamie Eliza Howes,
both of this county.
The county commissioners for this county
have contracted with Mr. James NJ. Mount
for the construction of the first mile OF pike
in this county under the state aid road law.
The section will begin at Muncasters Cross
Roads and extend toward LaytonsvilIe. The
price is $4,000.
The executive committee of the Rockville
Woman's Club has announced the oppoint-
ment of the following committees: Calen-
dar. Miss Annie Waters, Miss Elizabeth
Waters and Miss Lilly Anderson; music.
Miss Rose Armstrong, Miss Barry Albert
and Mrs. Thomas NJ Talbot; entertain
ment, Miss Rose Henderson, Mrs. Ohio II.
w. Talbot. Mrs. n. D. Offutt and Miss
Alverda C. Kingdom; museum, Miss Anna
Farquhar, Mrs. w. w. Welsh, Mrs Frank
A Spencer, Miss Sadie Reading and Mrs.
Robert n. Bayliss; humane, Mrs Robert
~ Bayliss Mrs Robert c. Warfield. Mrs.
George s. Stone and Mrs. John Il. Brewer;
nominations, Mrs. Frank A. Spencer. Miss
Rose Henderson and Miss Lilly Bennett;
village Improvement, Mrs. Ohio Ii. w. Tai
bott Mrs Harry a. Dawson, Miss Sophie
Higgins and Mrs. George NJ. Hunter; trans
portation, Mrs. H c. Alnutt, Mrs. David
H Warfield ard Mrs. ]. Arthur Kemp;
county federation, Miss Isabe Kingdom,
Mrs. Frank A. Spencer and Miss Beulah
White.
Constable Edward Bradley of Bethesda,
this county, was yesterday arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff George Mullican to answer a
charge of disorderly conduct. The warrant
was issued at the instance of Mayor John
A. Garrett of Glen Echo and alleged that
Bradley was drunk and bosterous at Glen
Echo several evenings ago. The accused
was taken before Mayor Garrett, who re-
CURED him to furnish security for his APP
pearance at a hearing within a few days.
About a month ago Bradley was arrested
in Washington for a similar offense.
At the annual meeting of the Society Of
Friends, held at Sandy Spring, this county,
resolution was adopted commencing Pres
ident Roosevelt for his action in proposing
peace between japan and Russia. He was
highly praised for his course as rejecting
of this country but of the civilized worlq."
The meeting was largely attended and al
dresses were delivered by Representat;As n
William Cox of New York and Rev. Henry
Wilbur of Philadelphia.
About 10 o'clock Monday evening a gen.
tleman apparently about fifty years OF age
and lady of probably ten years his junior,
both of whom claimed to be from Wash
ington visited Rockville, intending to have
a marriage ceremony performed The news
paper correspondents of the town were first
seen. to see if the news of the marriage
could be kept out of the papers The strang-
ers would not give their names, neither
would they give their reasons for not want
ing their marriage published They We're
informed that if the ceremony were per-
formed the fact would have to be mentioned
in the papers, so the couple boarded a late
car and returned to Washington without
having the nuptial knot tied.
Judge Henderson has fixed June % as the
date for resuming the hearing in the case
of Willis B. Burdette, chairman of the re-
publican county committee for this county.
against the board of supervisors of cleo
tons an action to restrain the supervisors
from conducting the approaching primary
elections under the provisions of the prl-
mary election law passed at the last session
of the legislature.