Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-06-21
The County D. A, r.


MIS- Loushborough is a member of Jan,
montgomery Chapter and it has becom
tradition of the chapter to hold its Jun
meeting there in the month of roses
stroll down the rose walk between the Yor
and Lancaster roses to the Belveder,
perched on pile of rocks at the end G
the rose garden.
The business part of the meeting wa
consumed in the reading of the annual re
ports of the officers and in listening to tn
report of the last Continental Coneres
given by the delegate, Mrs. William Hyd,
Talbot. The Regent appointed the stand
ing committees for the coming year. anc
preliminary arrangements were discussed
Tor placing boulder and handsome bronze
tablet to commemorate the encampment
OF General Braddock in Rockville, then
known as Owens Ordinary, one hundred
and tifty-seven years ago. The County
Commissioners have consented to allow
the chapter to place their marker" on the
Court House lawn. which will add materi-
ally to the interest of Rockville as historic
center. The boulder will soon be set in
place and appropriate exercises held as
soon as the bronze tablet ordered from
Carteret, in New York, arrives.
The Regent of the chapter, Mrs. Croxall
has gone to Somerfeld, Pa, to be present
at the marking of THE Great Crossings, "
by the D. A. R. Chapter there, next Wednes-
day. the 18th of June. General Braddock
encamped there on June oath, 1755. The
Great Crossings Chapter will be the first of
the D. A. R. to mark the Braddock Trail.
although the idea originated in Maryland.
Great interest is being shown now in the
East in marking historic highways. The
New York D. A, R. during the past few
days have erected fourteen boulders and
bronze tablets thereon along the Herkimer
Road in New York State. Now follows
the Somerfeld. Pa. Chapter in marking
the Braddock Trail
Mrs. Croxall will be the guest of State
Senator and Mrs. James William Endsley
at their home, which is on historic ground.
General BraddOck's line of march ran d.
rectly through the Endsley estate, which
for generations has been in the Senator's
family.
Mrs. Croxall has been asked to make the
address for the D. A. X. at the Great Cross
ings ceremonies, as it was on her initiative
and motion in the Maryland State confer
ence the matter of marking the Braddock
road took form.
The guests and chapter members went
to Mrs. LoughbOrOugh's by carriage and
automobiles, Mrs. Loughborough meeting
many at Somerset with her carriages.
Among the guests present from town were
Mrs. James B. Clarke and Miss Clarke,
former residents of Montgomery County,
later of Denver, Col, and Washington city.
Mrs. Clarke is now Vice-Reeent of the
d. A. r. chapter, 1.-The Mary
Breed" of which Mrs. Ellis Logan is Re-
gent.
The Regent of the Janet MONTGOMERY
has been recently elected member of the
Maryland Colonial Danes Society. Mem
bership in this society is by invitation
only. and the requisites for admission re-
quire service prior to the Revolution, in
some States prior to 1850. States vary as
to requirements for eligibility, those head
ing the list on the Maryland eligibility list
are descendants of the Lord Proprietors of
the Province.
Mrs. Alfred Ray, of the county, has lately
become member of the Janet MONTGOMERY
Chapter and was present at Mrs. Loueh-
borough's meeting. After a stroll in the
rose garden delicious afternoon tea was
served
The Janet Montgomery Chapter d. A. r.
of the county regret to announce that the
proposed ceremonies for marking the grave
Sergeant Henry Leeke. of the Revolutionary
War. near Sandy Spring has been post
poned on account of the severe accident
and subsequent illness of member of the
family most interested in the marking. 1t
was the intention of the chapter to mark
this grave on Flag Day. June IA, with all
the ceremonial that characterized the mark
ing of the resting place of Surgeon Waters.
in the Goshen neighborhoOd last October.
only in this instance the military oreaniza
tons of the High School boys of Rockville
and Kensington will be substituted as the
Guard of Honor in place of the portion of
the National Guard from Frederick, under
Lieutenant Munshower. that acted on the
previous occasion. Due notice will be given
in the county newspapers when the mark
ing will take place.