Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-02
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News Of Mont
gomery County, Md.
7 Corresnondepce of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ROCKVILLE. Md, December l, 1906.
Charles #. Purdum, one of the most
widely known resdents'of the upper section
of this county, is dead at his home near
Cedar Grove His wife. who was Miss Har
riet A. Hobbs of the Cedar Grove neighbor
hood. and his children, Mrs. W. S.
Schwartz of Frederick, Mrs W. Vernon
Beall of Lay Hill. Mrs. William I. Mat
thews of Kensington. Charles r. Purdum
of Sandy Spring. Spencer M. Purdum of
Germantown and william T. Purdum of
Cedar Grove survive him. For fifty years
or more Mr.. Purdum was a member OF
the Cedar Baptist Church.
The verdict of not guilty In the case or
Bradley, formerly deputy sheriff for Be-
thesda district. who was charged with &C
cepting bride while an officer, may result
in his early reappointment by the county
commissioners. Commissioner Bogley has
announced his intention of renominating
Bradley for constable. and the matter Will
probably be taken up by the commissioners
at their meeting next Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Boyer OF the upper
section of the county few days ago celc-
| brated the fiftieth anniversary of their mar
rage. The event occurred at the home Of
their son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. A. NJ. Bowman. and was
attended by. a large gathering Of
relatives and friends Among those
present were Mrs. Boyer's sisters, Mrs G.
| ". Walker and Mrs. James Penn. and her
| brother, j. Henning Purdum, and Messrs.
James Penn. G. W. Walker and John J.
| Mullinix, all of whom were present at the
| marriage of the aged couple; Rev. and Mrs.
| J. e. James, Miss Edna Hyatt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland Hyatt. Mrs. Martha Pur-
dunn, Mrs J. Hennng Purdum and daugh-
| ter, Mrs. Oscar Brandenburg, Mr.. c. w.
Day, Mr.. and Mrs A. M. Bowman, James
w. Boyer and daughter, Jesse d. Boyer
and family; DR.. George M. Boyer and wife.
DR.. w. Z. Boyer, J. F. Boyer and family
and others.
| Earle B. Wood. county superintendent Of
| public schools, has announced the program
! for the Montgomery County Teachers AS
| ISOLATION, which is to meet here next Sat
urday. Among those expected to deliver
| addresses or participate in other ways are
! Rev. Thomas ]. Packard. George II. La
| mar, Prof. Wood. Trujean H. Aud. Col
J. f. Cummings, Ritcnie E. Haney. II.
| Crawford Bounds. William A. Baker, Misses
| Ella V. Kicker, Anna l.. Waters, Beulah
| Magruder, verena L. Duaney, SalHe Fon-
| taine. Sarah J. Williams, Alice E. Hepburn.
| Ida P. Stabler. Nora j. Rabbit. Clara 3.
Demuth. Lila CLANCY, Mrs. Blanche B.
| feature and will be in charge of a committee
| composed of Messrs. F. w. Watkins. Sam
uel A. Lehman, c. w. Day, Arthur r. Wat
| kins, Mrs. Clara V. Mace and Misses LII
liam M Baker and Carrie B. Young.
The Rockville Assembly held Its annual
Thanksgiving ball in the opera house We'd
nesday evening. 1t was in charge of
Dawson, Lee Kemp and John Fl. Starkey.
| the chaperons being Mrs. Ohio H. w.
Talbot. Mrs. Harry A. Dawson. Mrs. Lee
s. Dorsey and Mrs. ]. Arthur Kemp. At
midnight refreshments We're served.
A meeting of the Rockville Woman's
Club was held at the club rooms yester-
day afternoon. The responses for the day
were from miscellaneous authors. Mrs.
George P. Henderson contributed paper
on 1.-THE Egyptian Temples" Mrs Frank A.
Spencer gave a talk on 1.-THE Rosetta
Stone and Miss Sophia c. Higgins read
paper on Industrial Development of Mary
land Since the Civil War"