Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING.
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md.

Speclal correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December 20. 1906.
The county superintendent of public
schools has announced the resignation of
Miss NJ Helen Nourse assistant teacher
at the school at Bethesda and the appoint
ment of Miss Maud Z. Nugent to fill the
vacancy Miss Fannie NJ. Snouffer has
been appointed assistant at the Travilah
school, to fill the vacancy caused by the
transfer of Miss Nugent. Noah f. Walker
has been appointed principal of the colo-ed
school at GAINESVILLE in the place of Hattie
1. Geary. deceased. Rocks Turner has
been named as principal of the colored
school at Colesville.
The board has appointed John C. C. Pat
terson trustee of the Oakmont school in
the place of Mr.. Nathan A. Walker re-
signed, and Frank Wilson, a trustee of the
colored school at Colesville, in the place of
Henry Ward, who failed to qualify. 1t has
been decided to establish a colored school
at Tobeytown and Frank Smith, r. Genies
and Thomas Jones have been named
trustees.
The school board has decided to organize
a teachers reading circle in each of the
thirteen districts of the county. The men,
bers of each circle will be required to
meet at least once a month to read and
consider subjects that will prove helpful
in the work.
1t was unanimously decided to recon-
mend to the state board of education that
Prof. Edmund w. Monday, one of the
eounty's teachers, be granted life certif-
cate to teach in the public schools of the
state.
DR.. NJ. Bates Stephens, state superin-
tendent of public schools, has notified
Prof Wood that he will visit Montgomery
county in the near future and inspect the
various high and grammar schools.
The Sunday school of the Rockville NJ
Z. Church South held its annual Christmas
entertainment in the Sunday school room
Thursday evening. Mr.. Charles w. Pretty
man, superintendent of the school, pre-
sided and a program was rendered fol-
lows: Chorus by the school,: prayer by the
pastor, Rev. Ernest l.. Wolfe; recitation
by David Waters; Jack Frost, by twenty
little ones; recitation by katherine Smith;
recitation, Harvey Brown; solo, Miss Rose
Armstrong; recitation, Dora Disney; drill,
by Warner Humphrey, Willie Humphrey,
David Waters, Warner Morgan, Bryan
Elwood Dwyer; song by primary depart
ment; evergreen wreath by Berthe
Humphrey, Alva Smith,, Maggie Davis,
Mary Fry, Rebecca Lamar, Edna Poole,
Louise Monday, Margaret Candy, Mar
guerite Brown; recitation by Rebecca
Lamar; recitation by Lillian Poole.
Many of the children received gifts and
and the like. The room was tastefully
decorated for the occasion and the usual
Christmas tree was in evidence.
Prof. Frank S. Gladhll, principal of the
public school at Browningsville, this
county, and M SIS Mollie w. Baker. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse l.. Baker of
Monrovia, Frederick county, were mar
ried Christmas day by Rev. J. A. Wright,
pastor of Pleasant Grove Methodist Prot
estant Church. Mr.. l.. M. Roelkey OF
Frederick was best man and Mrs. Roelkey
was matron of honor. There were no
other attendants. The ushers were Messrs.
E l.. Day and Exile Baker.