Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-29
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Town and Country.

Town and Country.
Masonic goat for sale on exhibition during
the Masonic Fair.
Reginald Cross has been appointed con-
stable for Jamestown district.
A strawberry festival and dance, for the
benefit of St. Mary's Church, GAINESVILLE,
will be given Tuesday, June 2nd.
Died, In Richmond, Va, on May Gath,
1908, Mrs, Mary E. Kidwell, wife Of the late
Francis l. Kidwell.
W. w. Crosby has been elected chief en-
gineer of the State Roads Commission and
Carville d. Benson chosen as counsel.
For sale, two Cadallac automobiles, carry
four people 800 pounds each; perfect order;
will demonstrate. Apply toJ. F. Kelchner,
Rockville, Md.
Among those who received diplomas last
week at the National University Law School,
Washington. was Mr.. John A. Garrett, OF
Glen Echo, this county.
The ladies of st. Johns Church, Olney.
will hold strawberry festival at Olney
Grange Hall, on June 4th, from to 10 P.
NJ. All are cordially invited.
Last Friday night lightning struck the
barn of ]. Tilden Burch, of Boyd's, the bolt
passing through the roof, tearing hole in it
and stunning number OF cattle.
st. Gabriel's congregation will hold a
strawberry festival in Cases grove, near Po-
tomac, on Thursday, June 18th. Music and
dancing, new floor. Ice.cream, coffee and
lunch served on the grounds.
The Ladies' Aid of St. Bartholomew's
Church will hold Lawn Fete at the home
Of Mr.. Cranmer Griffith, in Laytonsvile, on
Tuesday, June 2nd, from 4 to 10 o'clock,
P. M. Supper and refreshments will be
served.
Baltimore and Ohio Excursion on Sun
day, May 31st, $1.00 to Harper's Ferry and
Martinsburg and return $1.35 to Berkeley
Springs and return; $500 to Cumberland
and return. Special train leaves Rockville
at 9:48 A. M.
Memorial services will be held at the
Rockville Cemetery on Saturday, May Both,
at 3 o'clock, P. M. All are invited and
large attendance is expected. Persons de-
string conveyance should notify Messrs. Poss
& Ricketts,.
The ladies will hold strawberry festival
and meat supper on the lawn oil the M. l..
church South, Germantown, on Wednes-
DIV, June 10th, b ginning at P. M. If
navt foir auauinu All cordially
invited to attend.
Married at the parsonage of st. Mary 3
Church, Rockville, by the pastor. Rev. Philip
Mcclure, on Saturday, May 23rd, 1908. Miss
Mariel G. Fisher, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard 9. Fisher, of this county, to Mr..
John H. Mills, of Gaithersburg.
There will be a concert of vocal and in
strumenta music in the Sunday School room
of the Methodist Church, at Rockville, on
Tuesday evening, June 10th, 1908, at S:15
o'clock, for the benefit OF the Epworth
League. Admission, % cents.
The ladies of Potomac Chapel will hold
a strawberry festival in the grove near the
church on Saturday, May Both, beginning at
the festival will be held in the K. Of p. Hall
at Potomac. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
There will be a strawberry festival on the
campus of the A. S. A. High School, barnes
town, on Saturday afternoon, May 3Oth,
also game of ball the same afternoon be-
tween the Academy nine and local team Z.
The lovers of good game and cake and
berries are cordially invited to be present.
Leonidas Ricketts,, OF Gaithersburg and
former overseer at the County Aims House
for many years, was appointed by the County
Commissioners on Tuesday last janltor Oh
the Court House to succeed Benjamin Bean
whose term expires the first OF July next, at
$50 per month.
Mrs. Mary Phoebus, wife OF Mr.. Joseph
Phoebus, died on Wednesday night of last
week at her home at Gaithersburg, aged 5Z
wears. She had long been i'll and her death
was not unexpected. Surviving are her hus'
band, two sons and two daughters. Mrs
Phoebus was formerly Miss Howes.
By Jury of inquisition sitting on Mon
day last, at the Court House here, Mrs
Florence b. Cadick, of Drummond, this
county, was declared to be feeble minded
and unable to take further care OF herself
or her business interests committee was
appointed to manage her affairs She II
now con Fl ned in an institution at Baltimore
and became deranged in mind about year
ago.
The recent heavy rains caused the Poto
mac river to rise and overflow its banks
on Saturday last. No damage was done
bv the rise. At Whites Ferry many very
large carp were foated to view by the high
water and captured by citizens OF thai
neiehborhood. The fish are first shot and
killed with bullets discharged from email
rifles and then taken with long-handle grab
hooks.
There will be given at Travilah on June
9th a great Whitsuntide festival and pic mic
for benefit of the Travilah Town Hall AS
sociation. There will be q game of base
ball played at 3 o'clock between two lead
ing teams. Supper and seasonaole refresh
ments served on the grounds at popular
prices. The Travilah Cornet Band will dis
course music during the afternoon from thu
latest composers. Dancing in the evening
The contemplated United Hebrew Gene.
terry to be established upon site adjoining
the farm of Allison Majors heirs, near Glen
Echo, this county, is opposed by citizeni
holding landed interests in that neighbor
hood. They were here in numbers Tuesday
and employed counsel to ask the Court tt
enioin the establishing of the cemetery