Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-10
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md.
ice Of The Star.

special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, October O. 1906.
At recent meeting of the Home Interest
Club, whose members comprise residents
of the Forest Glen. Linden and Sligo neigh
borhoods, it was decided to take steps look
ing to the consolidation of the public
schools at the places mentioned and the
establishment at the most convenient point
of graded school. A delegation of mem
hers of this organization and number of
the patrons Of the three schools appeared
before the board of county school commits
sioners yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose of submitting the proposition The
commissioners promised to give the matter
careful consideration, but deferred definite
action.
School Commissioners George H. Lamar
and George r. Rice and Prof. Earle B.
wood, county superintendent of public
schools, who were appointed at a recent
meeting of the school board to investigate
conditions among the colored public school
children OF the county and report upon the
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing colored indus
trial schools, made informal report, and
the matter was discussed at considerable
length. Under Il recent act of the legis-
lature Sl,5cO is annually available from the
state Tor such purpose, and as this
amount would fully cover the cost of the
establishment and maintenance of a suf-
fcient number of schools of the character
mentioned the members or the board
pressed themselves as being in favor of
the proposition. The matter will be def
initely determined at the next meeting
and 1t Is understood to be probable that
the board will decide to establish at once
three OF these schools, one to be at Rock
vile.
The board has awarded a free scholar
ship in the Maryland Institute of Art and
more in the place of Miss Carrie De
Lauder of Boyds. this county. who de-
clined. There were no applicants for the
scholarship from this county.
Mr. Ollie Maris Butter of Dallas Texas
and Miss Ethel Adele Smith of Washington
came out to Rockville yesterday after
noon. and were married by Rev. S. R.
White. the ceremony being performed at
the home of the minister.
|, AT meeting of the board of county COM
missioners here today resolutions upon the
death Of Stephen B. Lyddane, a former
member of the board, were adopted set
ting forth that Mr.. Lyddane was a man
of strong character and high sense of his
responsibilities to the people in the per-
formance Of his official duties In his re-
latfons with the members of this board
and with those with whom he came in con-
tact In the various avenues of business he
was always kindly, Courteous and consid-
crate He was prominent figure in the
business and social life of the county. and
VIII be missed, not only as a cheerful
friend, but also as a safe, conservative and
honorable business man, such one as any
community will miss with sorrow and a
sense of loss The sympathy of the board
is extended to the widow and children, and
the resolutions are directed to be spread
upon the minutes of the board.
Mr.. Daniel Morton Slifer and Miss Ma
rion Simms. both of Washington, were
married here this afternoon, the oficiating
minister being Rev. Thomas j. Packard
rector of Christ Episcopal Church
A license to marry has been issued by
the clerk OF the circuit court here to Guy
Chetwood Pendleton and Miss Bertha G.
Muller. both of Washington
Rev. Thomas j. Packard rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, and Mrs Packard have
returned to Rockville after spending the
past two months touring Europe