Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-24
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE
UNION ELECTS OF
FICERs-GENERAL NOTES.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


ROCKVILLE, Nd, September "a, 1906
At the annual convention of the Mont
gomery County Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, which was held Saturday
at Laytonsville, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Mrs Sarah T. Miller; corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Rebecca T. Miller; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. Nellie Farquhar, and treas
urer, Mrs. Florence NJ Wetherald. Super
intendents of the various departments of
work were named as follows: Parlor meet
ings, Mrs. L. T. Brooke: evangelistic. Mrs.
E. L. Tatum; purity and press, Mrs. M. T.
T. Jackson; franchise, Mrs. Sarah T. Mil
Ter; national and state papers, Mrs Emily
T. Massey; Juvenile, Miss Helen Wetherald.
A committee consisting of Mrs. John B..
Brewer Mrs. Annie B. Higgins and Mrs.
Alice B. Chapman was named to wait upon
the county commissioners and ask that a
matron be appointed to look after the fe-
male inmates of the county almshouse,
and Mrs. Sarah T. Miller, Mrs. Florence
NJ. Wetherald, Mrs. Nellie Farquhar and
Miss Rebecca r. Miller were constituted
as committee to keep up the agitation
against pool selling at the Montgomery
county fair.
While engaged in cutting telephone poles
on the Beall farm near Olney. this county,
Saturday morning, Harry Ward son of Mr.
William Ward. formerly of this vicinity,
now resident of Washington, &C
cidentally struck his foot with the ak and
nearly severed the member from his leg 1t
came down with great force across the in
step and passed all the way through the
bone, leaving the entire front half of the
foot hanging by only little flesh and skin.
1t is thought amputation will be necessary.
Young Ward was hurried to Rockville and
placed on electric car and taken to
GEORGETOWN University HOSpital Washing
ton.
The commissioners for the county, in re-
Spouse to petition of a large number OF
residents of the vicinity of Chevy Chase,
have decided to accept and keep In repair
the road extending from Bradley's lane,
short distance this side of Chevy Chase, to
Chevy Chase Lake, distance of something
over a mile.
Mrs. Charles r. Hartshorne of the Sandy
Spring neighborhood recently gave an en-
joyable luncheon in honor of her guest,
Miss Anna Scoield Of San Antonio, Tex
Mrs. Charles H. White returned to her
home here few days ago after stay OF
several days at Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Columbus F. Purdum have
returned to their home at Damascus after
a sojourn at Mountain Lake Park.
Mrs. Lizzie Davis was the hostess at the
September meeting of the Association Of
the Sandy Spring neighborhood. and Mrs.
M. B. Thomas presided Miss Bessie Moore
of Richmond, Va, gave several dialect
readings and there were number of other
pleasing features. The October meeting
will be held at the home Of Mrs. Asa M.
Stabler near Spencerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cissell have returned
to their home at Wheaton after spending
ten days at Niagara Falls and other places.
Assistant Paymaster Charles H. Parsons,
whose home is at Forest Glen, has been no.
titled that he will be transferred from the
cruiser Wolverine to the Asiatic squadron
- Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair have re-
turned to-their home at Silver Spring after
spending several weeks at Narragansett
Pier.
Judge Ashley M. Gould and children, who
spent the summer at their country home
near Silver Spring, have returned to Wash
ingtOn.