Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12
NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY

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Special Correspondence Of Tho Star.

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ROCKVILLE. Nd. March II, 1911.
The Warner orator1cal contests, fol
prizes offered by Brainard H Warner
will again be held among the boy pupils
| Of the public schools Of the county. Mr.
Warner having renewed his offer OF
prizes. These contests are the events OF
the year in public school circles and at
tract large gatherings.
The afternoon of April g has been
selected for the district contests. These
will be held In the schools at Laytons-
Vile. C1arksburg. Poolesville. Rockville.
Colesville, Darnestown, Sandy Spring
Gaithersburg. Potomac, Barnesv1le,
Damascus and Remington. one being in
each school district OF tho county. and
will be open to representatives OF one and
two room schools. The winners OF these
contests will participate in contest to
be held at Rockville the morning OF May
20.
On the afternoon OF May 20 there will
be held at Rockville a. contest among
representatives Of the larger schools of
the county. An innovation this year will
be an essay contest. which will be open
to girls in the seventh grade and above
Of the one and two room schools. Only
one essay will be selected from each
school. They will be forwarded to Rock
Vile and passed upon at the oratorical
contest.
Subjects for Contests.
Representatives of the schools at Rock
willie. Jamestown. Sandy Spring. Brooke
Vile, Gaithersburg. Poolesville. Bethesda,
Kensington and Woodside will participate
in a separate essay contest. each school
En-
The subject for the one and two room
schools will be 1.-The Public Schools" and
for the other schools Universal Peace. "
First and second prizes in each OF the
oratorical and essay contests Will be $lO
and S. in gold. respectively.
The Public School Teachers AsS0cia.
ton of Montgomery county met In the
courthouse here today. with nearly all OF
the 100 teachers of the county present
1t was conducted by Prof. Earle B. Wood
county superintendent.
An interesting program was given
those participating in the various dis
cussions being Prof Wood, DR.. Claiborne
H. Mannar. health officer of the county
Prof. William Nelson. Prof. Roger j
Whiteford. Robert w; Stout. R: q. Ris-
l.. Archie Jett. Charles g. Myers. Julian
F. Walters. A. B. Coe. William A. Baker
Frank A. Pearre. John T. Baker. Misses
Grace Oliphant. Hattie ]. Montgomery
blancne faWCett, Ance f1epDuTus CiDeTta
I. Rice. Maude v. Broome. Rachel
Young, Frances Horner and others. Pleas
ing diversions were q number OF musica
selections by a quartet and the assem-.
blage and a recitation by Miss Mary
Brewer. The opening prayer was deliv
cred by Rev. w. D. keene. pastor Of the
Rockville Southern Methodist Church.
To Have Electric Light.
The town council of Kensington ha.
granted to the Potomac Electric Power
Company Of Washington a thirty-five
year franchise for the installation o
electric lights In the town. The fran
chise exempts the company from taxa
ton for ten years. after which the tai
will be 1 per cent Of the gross receipts
| The company will, 1t is said. extend it!
lines to Kensington without delay.
The following are some of the recon
| transfers Of real estate recorded during
! the week in the office of the clerk of tn,
circuit court: Julius c. Burrows t.
| Charles n. Frazer. lot In Linden Forest
| Henry II. Miller to William o. Parsley
| Greer. three lots at the Hills; Myrtl
| Lyons TO Daniel K. Jackson, two lot
| near Chevy Chase; r. Holt Easley to w
| A. Kingsbury. lot in Silver Spring Park
| William o. Layton to Eliza 4. Smith, p
acres: r. n. Poole to c. Fillmore Lewis
Ill acres; Arthur Jones to Ira II. Jones
| lot in kensington; James Gooch to Rach
ell e. Wright, % acres: Robert Cum
mimi to Charles H. Welt, jr., lot in Rock
Vile: Homer G. Merrill to Ralph H. Chap
pell. lot and house in kensinston: Johr
Mcdonald to James NJ. Mount. 10 acres
Cyrus Keiser to David e. Stephan. lot il
Highland Park; John D. Bradley to Ben
5amin q. WILKINSON, lot In TakoIna.