Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-06-14
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E,idav. June 14th is Flag Day.
Tho Dalbey house, located near the depot
Ao,o was bid in at public sale on Saturday
last at $4,000.
Robert B. Peter, attorney. has sold the
.,orobouse and dwelling at Garrett Park
10 Mrs. Mary Heley for $l.25O.
Miss Katie Lindsay Frizzell, of German
town was among this years graduates of
the Western Maryland College.
Robt L. Tolson. of Colesville. and Nathan
R. Warthen, of Kensinston. were among this
wars Graduates of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College.
Vaccination as preventive of typhoid
fever has it's advocates here as well as
elsewhere. Recently Judge E. c. Peter
had himself and family vaccinated.
Rev. John Henderson, pastor of the Rock
vile Presbyterian Church, has purchased
Mr.. Harry Boards dwelling house. located
in the western section of this town.
Chief Justice S. J. Pelle. of the United
States Court of Claims, has purchased the
residence of Mr.. Arthur H. Glennan. at
Chevy Chase, and will make it his future
home.
The meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be
held at the home of Miss Mary Higgins.
Rockville, June 18th. at P. M. Annual
dues will be collected at this meeting. 1t
is hoped that members will bring friends.
Mr. Calvin Hicks. for number of years
a citizen of this town. has moved with his
family to the Naval Academy Station. on
the Washington and Baltimore electric rail-
way, Anne Arundel county. where he will
reside.
Baltimore and Ohio excursion Sunday.
June 16 and 80, $1.00 to Harpers Ferry and
Martinsburg and return; $1.35 to Berkeley
Springs and return $500 to Cumberland
and return. Special train leaves Rockville
at 1851 A. M.
Mr. Charles E. Higgins. one of our most
highly respected citizens. has purchased
home for himself and family at Falls
Church, Va. Lately he sold his farm in
this county at a large price and deter
mined to quit farming.
At the first meeting of the recently
elected mayor and council of Gaithersburg.
W. G. Davis was elected town clerk and
treasurer. The new board is composed of
Richard H. Miles, mayor, and Carson Ward,
A. F. Meem and j. c. Phoebus, council
men.
The County Commissioners have con-
scented to the placing of a marker on the
Court House square at the rear portion, in
dicating Braddock's route. The erection
of the marker will take place sometime the
coming fall under the auspices of the local
d. A. RS.
Gov GoldsbOrough has appointed VIM.
A. Knoll and Edgar B. Cue notaries public
for Wheaton and Damascus districts, re-
spectively. and Charles W. Grimes and
Emmett C. Andrus as justices of the peace,
all of whom have subscribed to the oath
before the Clerk of the Circuit Court here.
The race committee of our Agricultural
Society has refused to grant the applica-
ton of the Washington city harness horse
men for the use of the societys grounds
on the 4th of July to give matinee races.
assigning the reason that they had been
reserved for colored persons for a picnic
to be held on that day.
Mr.. Charles G. Holland. of the vicinity
of Brookeville. this county, and Miss Flor
ence Clark. daughter of Mrs. Geo. D. Clark.
of Howard county, were married Monday
afternoon in Mount Calvary Episcopal
Church, near Glenwood. the rector of the
church officiating. The ceremony was wit
messed by large number of friends of the
couple.
In lively game of base ball at Gathers
burg last Saturday afternoon. the National
Athletic Club team, of Washington. defeat
ed the Gaithersburg team, 4 to 3. in an
eleven-inning contest. Both Buscher. for
Gaithersburg. and Knott, for the visitors.
pitched finely. but the latter was given the
better support. Gaithersburg made eleven
hits and five errors. and the Washington
boys ten hits and two errors.
Two hundred gallons of milk were spilled
at the Rockville depot on Friday morning
last, tagged for Washington city A move
able platform, upon which the cans Of milk
had been placed for loading into the car
on its arrival, had been set too close to the
track, and was struck by the engine as it
neared the station. The two men upon
the platform at the time narrowly escaped
injury.
Judge E. C. Peter, DR.. R. C. Warfield and
Messrs. Albert Bouic, Roland Wootton and
Thomas Vinson returned here on Wednes-
day evening after visiting the Natural
Bridge in Virginia. The party left last
Sunday morning on its journey in an au-
tomobile. The distance from here to the
Natural Bridge is about 200 miles. and the
toll the party paid on the round-trip was
the considerable sum of $l4.
The Woman's Club of KensingtOn has
elected officers for one year. as follows /:
President. Mrs Harry C. Armstrong first
yice-president, Mrs. James B. Cook second
vice-president. Miss Annie F. Gayley; re-
cording secretary Mrs. J. Frank Wilson :;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Grin J. Field :;
treasurer, Mrs Edgar W. Moore; parlia-
mentarian, Mrs. George w. Ashworth his
torian. Mrs. Merrir o. Chance; auditor.
Mrs. Vim. L. Lewis.
Col Spencer C. Jones has purchased Of
Miss Lucy Russell house and lot in this
town. The building has been known as
"Hungerfords Tavern" and tradition says
that in years gone by its roof gave shelter
to the illustriOus Gen. George Washington.
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