Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-16
Eural ana Personal.
Town and Country.

Rev. p B. Stauffer has resigned as rector
of the Episcopal Church at Kensington,
this county, position he has held several
years.
farm of 80 acres of land near Red
land, this county, has been sold by Mr..
Beverly R. Codwise, of Washington Grove,
to Mr.. Thomas D. Griffith, for $500.
The meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be
held at the home of Mrs. VIM. E. Ward,
Rockville, Tuesday, February goth, at 3
O'Clock, P. NJ Each member bring friend.
Miss Blanche Bennett and Mr.. Clyde c.
Bennett, both of Germantown, this county,
were married in Rockville on Wednesday
afternoon of last week by Rev. S. r. White.
Died, on Friday, February 9th. 1912. at
his residence, 220O 18th street northwest,
after lingering illness, Thos E. Dreamer,
aged II years. His remains were inferred
Tuesday at Potomac.
Attorney General Poe has given the Gov
ernor an opinion to the effect that the laws
women to be members of school boards in
the counties.
Miss Loletta Crawford, of Germantown,
this county, who has been visiting friends
and the battle-fields of Maryland and Vir-
Rinia, has returned home after very in
teresting sojourn.
The ladies of Potomac Chapel will hold
an oyster and meat supper in the X of
P. Hall, at Potomac, on Thursday night
February %. Everybody cordially invited
to help good cause.
Mr.. T. u. Heeter, of Ounce Orchard, is
confined to his home with sickness and
will be unable to 60 over his route this
week delivering meat He will resume bu
siness as soon as he is convalescent.
On Wednesday last Mr.. John Adamson
and his son, Mr.. Boyd Adamson, of Roam
oke, Va, paid brief visit to Mrs Judge
James b. Henderson. of this town. who
is a sister of the elder gentleman.
The gymnasium building which has been
in course of construction at the Rockville
Academy is about completed and the
equipments are being placed in position.
The building and equipment cost about
$500.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of Neels-
vile Presbyterian Church will hold "A
Martha Washington Tea" February 22nd,
beginning at a P. M, in P. E. Waters Hall,
Germantown. Meat and salad supper;
oysters in all styles; ice cream, cake, etc.
The funeral of James f. Murray who
died suddenly on Friday last at his home
at Silver Spring. aged 81 years, took place
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning from St.
Johns Church, Forest Glen. The ser
vices were conducted by the pastor, Rev.
c. O. ROsensteel, and burial was in St.
Johns cemetery,
Miss Marguerite Edna Ward. of Gath
ersburg, entertained some friends at her
home Saturday evening at a welsh rabbit
party. Those present we're: Misses Lottye
Belle Ward, Alice, Mable and Sarah Gray
and Messrs. Ward Brothers, Vernon C.
Briggs. of Gaithersburg, and James Patti
son and VIM. Davidson. of Washington,
Attorney Leonard Hays Poole, aged SIS
years, died last Saturday at Parkersburg,
w. Va. of paralysis. He was graduate
of Yale and the Maryland Law School and
was for twenty years corporation lawyer
in Washington, D. C. His remains were
brought to GAINESVILLE. this county, his
birthplace, for burial.
Mrs. Lucy Anderson Brown, wife of Mr.
at her home at Kensington. aged Al years
She had been in poor health long while
Surviving her are her husband and two
children. The funeral took place at 10
O'Clock Tuesday morning at St. Johns
Catholic Church, Forest Glen.
Mr. L. G. Gardiner. of this town, writes
in New York City and Jersey City. dividing
his time between the two. and that he will
return home in the early spring to talk the
superiority of the Harder silo, for which he
is agent, to the farmers of Maryland and
Virginia. His trip North is for both bust
ness and pleasure.
The stockholders of the Rockville Town
Hall Company have elected directors for
the year as follows Spencer c. Jones,
Robert B. Peter. Samuel B. Haney, Charles
Albert. Ohio H. w. Talbot. VIM. H. Rab-
bitt and VIM. r. Humphrey. The directors
reelected Spencer C. Jones, president
Charles Albert. secretary. and Ohio H. W.
Talbot. treasurer.
The County Commissioners have given
the use of the petit-jury room in the court
house to the Social Service League for an
Office. The secretary will be at the office
Tuesdays and Saturdays. and calls for the
visiting nurse may be left at the office any
day. This is the third year the League
has sold Red Cross Seals. The first year
the sales amounted to Sc, the second $40
and this year nearly $55.
Mr.. Frank Ricketts,. of near DerwoOd. re-
Gently butchered a 4-year-old Tamworth
hog that weighed $50 pounds dressed. He
measured s feet from the tip of the nose
to the tip Of the tail and feet high. From
the leaf fat so pounds Of lard were rendered.
The melt from an average hog measures
between 10 and IL inches in length, but
that of this animal measured % inches.
His hams weighed 100 pounds each.
The Willing Workers of the Laytonsville
NJ. E. Church will give the following plays,
Truth" and The Wreck Of Stebbins' Pride"
on Tuesday evening. February goth. en-
tertainment to be held in the church. Pro-
ceeds for the rebuilding fund Of the church.
Doors open at 715 o'clock play will begin
at 8 O'Clock. Admission adults, rs cents;
children, is cents. Be sure to come your