The Washington times., 1908-08-09

VETERANS ELECT
BOARD OF OFFICERS
Ridgely Camp Inaugurates
Movement for Erection
of Monument.

ROCKVILLE, Aug. s.-The RidgeIy
Brown Camp or Confederate Veterans
lave elected the following officers for
the ensuing yearx Commander. Spencer
=. Jones; lieutenant commander. Sam
uel A Matlack adjutant, Edmund L
Amiss; treasurer, Elgar /. Tschif-
fely; chaplain, Richard P. Hays;
sponsor, Miss Cecilia Kilgour; execu-
tive committee. David II. Horner, John
w. Holland. and Francis s. KngouT. It
has been decided by Ridgely Camp TO
inauguTate a movement for the erection
OF a monument 10 the memory Of the
Confederate dead Of this county. Dur
ing the past year the camp has lost
three members, namely. n. Frank HaT-
riss. John P. SelIman. ana NJ Thomas
Pyles.
MI. and Mrs. Harry E Stratmeyer
and their daughter Evelyn and Mrs.
Stra, meyers mother, Mrs. William N.
Davis, are enjoying an outing at Vir-
ginia Beach.
Miss Maude Heagy. OF Rockville, Is
visiting Miss Myrtle Howard, at Unity,
Nd.
Miss Eulalie Braddoch. Of West Wash
ington, Is visiting with Rockville Tela-
tives.
Miss Emma Carr gave a pleasant
party at the Corcoran Hotel In honor
of Miss Katharine Mckinley. OF Chea-
ter. Pa, who. with her sister Gertrude
has been here for the past week
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger Shaw, Misses Ella Rabbit.
Louise Viett, Emma carr, amy ana
Mary Pumphrey, and Lillian Morgan
and Messrs. Harry and Maurice haD-
bitt Hilary HOskinson, Claude Trotter,
George Iseman, George H. Bfaddock'
Daniel J. Carr, Edward Ayton, William
Edgar, and William Farmer.
Alr. and Mrs. Charles Larkin and son
left this week for their home. in Oak
land, Cal. after an extended visit 10
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Viett, Mrs. Larkin's S
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wesley Walker. Of
Gaithersburg. are guests OF their daugh-
ter, here, Mrs. Willis B. Burdette.
William NJ. Davis is on visit to his
daughter. Mrs, Edward Clagett' al
MiddlebroOk. Md.
Mrs. Hays and Miss WariDg. Of Rock
Vile. are spending q few days with rel
atives at Annapolis.
John l. Brunett, clerk OF the circuit
court and family. have returned from
their annual trip 70 Atlantic city.
Miss Fannie Peter. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward g. Peter. who has
been seriously i'll for aSweek. is reported
10 be much better.
Mrs. F. G. Lochboeler, Of Omaha,
Neb.. who has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Charles a. LOchte, % Montrose,
this county, Is now on visit 10 rela-
tives I'm Washington,
The Rachel Cooke will case, which
was tried at the last session Of the cir
cult court here. and resulted in a jury
dIsa greement, has been removed for re-
George county, which sits at Marlboro.
The county school commissioners, at
their last meeting, confirmed the fol-
lowing teachers contracts: Miss Anna
Lee Poole, Germantown; Miss Aline
CrOwi, Brink: Miss Nicie o. Day, King
Valley: E E Crockett, Glen Echo.
james F. ByTne, Monocacy; Miss 2.
Claudia, Clagett, Olney: Miss Eleanor
Luhn, Elmer.
Teachers designations were accepted
as follows: Miss Elsie NJ. Day. King 8
Valley: Miss Flora N. Hinkley, Clop-
pers; Miss Eleanor LUhn, Cedar Bend.
Prof. Cooke Z Luckett. late principal
of the Rockville high school, has
formed a partnership with Miss Lucy
:. simpson, and viii hereafter be as
sociated with her as joint principal Of
the Rockville Institute. established by
Miss Simpson some years ago.
The annual meeting OF the N1ontgom-
cry County Anti-SaiOon League viii be
held at Washington Grove on Tuesday
next. The Washington Grove chau-
tauqua viii unite with the league in
making the day a grand rally for the
temperance cause