Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-05-17

week Of Mr.. Earl Wilcox, Of Saranac Lake
New York, and Miss Florence WEIGH. o
Iakoma Park, this county, the ceremon!
taking place at the minister's home in thu
presence of several friends of the couple.
The Rockville Town Council has decided
to install water meters throughout tn
town at an estimated cost of $l.5OO. l
is believed the waste of water will thereb!
be much lessened. and the cost of operat
ing the pumping station much decreased
The Council will also construct cemen
sidewalk on Montgomery avenue from thu
national bank to the high school lot anC
will oil the principal streets.
On Friday, May Srd. the Newcomb Clul
met for its regular bi-weekly meeting a
the home of the President, Mrs. Croxall
The club is busy perfecting plans for the
entertainment of the County Federation o.
Women's Clubs may 23rd at the Columbis
Golf Club, Bethesda district On this occa.
sion the members of the Newcomb Clut
will act as hostesses. Mrs. Jed Cuttings
of Bethesda, is the chairman of committee
on arrangements.
The Board of County School Commits.
sioners, composed of Dewalt ]. Willard
Roger B. FarQuhar, Ryan Devereau, Colum.
bus W. Day, Zadoc M. Cooke and Milford
Offutt, met on Tuesday, organized, elected
officers and appointed trustees for the
schools of the county. Mr.. Willard was
chosen president of the board Prof. Earle
B. Wood and Mr.. Edwin W. Broome were
reelected county superintendent of schools
and assistant superintendent, respectively.
On Friday last Mrs. Berry E. Clark gave
play in the Town Hall here in honor Of
the Rockville Woman's Club. 1t was a
four-act comedy entitled THE LEGACY"
and was very much enjoyed by large
number of the club members and others.
Those in the cast included Misses Mary
Brewer. Lavinia Dawson, Laura Higgins,
Anna Belle Allnutt, Mrs. Clark, Messrs.
Neil Clark. VIM. c. Beck, Berry E. Clark,
Murray Hamilton and Gather Warfeld.
Miss Marjorie D. johnson will address
the meeting on woman suffrage" at Ma
sonic Hall, Gaithersburg. Friday, May 18th,
at 3 P. M, and also the meeting in POoles-
vile Town Hall May 18th at 7:30 P. M.
Miss johnson has been a worker in facto-
ries. canneries and department stores in
Maryland and elsewhere, and can tell from
experience what are the condi-
tons that working girl must face. All
are invited. Ice cream and cake will be
sold after the meeting at Gaithersburg.
Lee offutt on Thursday afternoon of last
week entered upon his fourth term as
mayor of Rockville by subscribing to the
oath of Office before the Clerk of the Circuit
Court. In the evening he administered
the oath to Jacob Poss. Thos C. Groomes,
Jos. L. Claeett and Clifford H. Robertson,
the newly elected members of the town
council, after which the board held a
and unanimously reelected John
J. Higgins clerk and treasurer and Aaron
R. Hewitt bailiff.
The funeral of Mr.. Richard E. Cissel. a
farmer of 0lney district, who
lied of bright's disease, aged 40 years,
Ook place at II O'Clock on Thursday morn
ng of last week from ST. Louis Catholic
Church at GAINESVILLE. the pastor, Father
Riley, officiating. Burial was in the ceme-
cry near the church. For nine years Mr..
cissel was deputy sheriff, and last sum
ner was a candidate in the Democratic
for the nomination for sheriff.
lie is survived by his wife. four daughters
md one son.
Corn planting is unusually late in this
county and has been retarded by the copi-
rus rains. Only a few farmers have pitched
his crop as yet. Those who have corn up
Ire complaining that the cutworms are
n their great numbers playing havoc
With it. Wheat harvest will be here prob
IDLY before the corn crop is pIowed over
more than once this season if the rain
we're now to cease falling and this con-
Iition Of backward work is discouraging to
he farmers The wheat and grass crops
eem to be flourishing under the rains that
ire still falling and moistening the roots.
Formal request will be made to the Dis
riot Commissioners within a few days to
emedy an alleged unlawful diversion of
thousands of gallons of District surface
water into a stream that runs through Ia
.oma Park. and subsequently empties into
he water supply of that township. 1t was
lecided to take this step at the meeting of
he mayor and town council Of the town
asst Monday night, and in lieu of the re-
quest failing to remedy the evil suit for
Iamages and an injunction probably in
tituted by the State of Maryland will
'nsue against the District Indignant criti-
ism Of the District Commissioners was
made at Monday nights meeting for their
alleged failure to give the matter involving
he pollution Of TakOma Park water sup
,ly their attention, it being the contention
# some Of those present that the alleged
vii had been pointed out to them in let
ers from residents of the town.
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