Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-08-05
Items from PoolesvilIe.
This pretty little village is booming just

This pretty little village is boomins Just
now. 4 0 N
Thinking some of the readers of our
county paper would like to hear about its
improvements, social activities, ETC., | send
some notes of interest.
Poolesville is situated about five miles
from the Potomac river and about the
same distance from the B. & O. railroad.
II is an up-tO-date place, all right. 1t is a
great resort for summer visitors as well as
boarders, and very attractive to all.
Several new houses, three or four new
stores, Baptist Church, four-room school
house, grist mill and, to top off all, a
new national bank have been built Of late.
And now bungalow is near completion
on one of the main streets.
Briarley Hall boarding house has several
boarders and expects more 81. r.i
The Hall transient boarding house is full
OF boarders nearly all the time
Miss Baier, who has been visiting Miss
Hoskinson, has returned to her home in
Norwood. Pa. and from there she will
make trip to Ocean City, N. j.. in August.
Miss Willard returned on Saturday to
her home in Knoxville, after spending a
delightful visit with the Misses Hoskinson,
OF this village. She. with several friends,
will 90 to Atlantic City this week.
Miss Shafer, of Frederick county. is now
the guest of Miss Hoskinson.
Misses Mary and Ella Ball, daughters of
Rev. B. F. Ball. are on a short stay with
their sister, Mrs, J. M. Anderson. who, we
regret to learn, is in failing health. Mrs.
Anderson also has with her two cousins,
the Misses Hobbs, of Howard county.
frankie Karn. of Rockville, has been
visiting her aunts, Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Viii
lard.
Mrs. Ainsworth and children are visiting
her mother. Mrs Sellman, who has been
an invalid for some time. We are sorry to
learn that she does not improve more
rapidly.
Rev. and Mrs. Owens and their little son
Richard are visiting relatives here.
Miss Monsey and two of her lady friends,
of Mississippi, are being entertained by
Mrs. W. j. Offutt.
Miss Walling is entertaining Miss Kub-
berbusch, of Florida.
Mrs. B. Pope and Mrs. N. White are the
guests of their mother and sister. Mrs.
M. Fyffe and Miss A. Fyffe
Miss Clorine Fletchall graduate of the
State Normal School, has gone on visit
to friends in Northumberland county, Va,
accompanied by her cousin, Miss Marie
Talbot, of Rockville. fEss s4kEk
We are glad to learn that Mrs Thomas
Hoskinson's health is improving after a
long and tedious attack of indigestion.
Mrs. L. H. Chiswell is steadily improving
from the serious operation on her throat
for goitre. 3
Miss Ethyl Price is visiting friends in
Indiana.
Miss HodRson will 90 to Berkeley Springs
this week for short rest
We regret to learn of the death of Caro-
Ign Virginia, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Davis. Miss Hattie Griffith and
W. II. Griffith came home to attend the
funeral of their little niece.
Miss Ruth Dade is visiting her cousin,
Miss Griffith. -fiti'}. ....
Mr. Bodmer's lovely home is completed
and he has some boarders and visitors.
The stonecrusher is doing fine work on
the farm lately bought by Griffith and
Waesche. The stone is being used on the
new pike leading from Beallsville to POoles
vile.
The farmers of this section are busy
thrashing their wheat and baling the straw
Robert Stout. Jr.. is growing fast, and W.
hope he will be able some day to take
the place of Robert Stout, ST., in the gram.
mar school. which is progressing. 1t nov
has three teachers.
1t is now very hot. dry and dusty here
and the continual run of automobiles and
traction engines through the village makes
it very dusty and diSagreeable for persons
on the streets or porches.
The Episcopalians had their Sunday
school picnic last Wednesday.
The ladies of the M. f. Church South
held festival on the lawn al the town
hall Saturday evening and night The pro
ceeds were very gratifying.
TERGIE.