Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-05-24
Enfal aud Rersonal-
Town and Country.

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mac, lost a fine horse last Sunday night
The animal was stolen from a field on his
farm.
The Governor has named on the State
Board of Examining Nurses Mrs. E. C.
Hurst, Miss j. C. Breckenridge and Miss
Gertrude Miller.
Thirty-three pupils will graduate from
the County High Schools at the close Of
the current scholastic year. the greatest
number of any one year.
The quarterly meeting of the State Coun-
Gil of The Kings Daughters will meet on
Tuesday, May 28th, at 10 O'Clock, at the
M. f. Church South, Rockville.
The commencement sermon of the Gath
ersburg High School will be preached on
Sunday, May 26th. at Grace Church. by
Rev. J. Harry Smith. The public is cor
daily invited.
Richard Austin, native of Boyds. this
county. died last Tuesday night in Balti-
more hospital. aged SIS years. after lin
eerine illness. He was for years in business
at Hyattstown.
Mrs. George H. Lamar. John G. England
and Washington Hicks have been appoint
ed trustees of the Rockville High School.
A number of ladies. it is understood, have
been appointed to similar positions in va
rious parts of this county.
Decoration Day. May 3Oth, will be OBJ
served at the Rockville Union Cemetery.
Rev. Forrest j. Prettyman will deliver the
address at 2 O'Clock, P. M. All are in
vited to attend the services. Messrs. Poss
& Ricketts, will call in conveyance for all
who request them.
Mr.. L. A. Darby, of Jacksonville, recently
sold two fine Percheron colts of the Rem
part" strain. One. three year old mare.
to Mr.. A. F. Kinnan. of Washington. D. c..
whose farm is near Garrett Park, and the
other, two-year-old stallion. to Mr.. L. E.
Massey, of Queen Anne's county, Md.
The recently appointed board of super
visors of elections for this county, consisting
of Thomas Vinson and Maurice M. Brown
ing. Republicans, and William H. Wade.
Democrat. organized Tuesday by electing
Thomas Vinson president. Thomas Daw-
son attorney and Carey Kingdom clerk
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau at Washington. sailed for Europe on
Wednesday last on the Mauritania from
New York, to deliver before the Royal In
stitution Of London a series of lectures,
beginning June LIST, on the science of me-
teOrology and the weather of the world
The ladies who distributed suffrage litera-
ture at the primaries, May 9th. would like
to express their appreciation of the cOur-
teOus treatment which they received from
the voters. They think that the reports of
the rough behavior and other horrors of
voting places must be grossly exaggerated.
Joseph Ried, pupil of the Derwood
school, who was recently knocked insensi-
bic with stone thrown by a female school
mate and remained in that condition for
a number of days, has entirely recovered
from the effects of the blow. The circum-
stances of the accident have heretofore
been printed in the Sentinel, and at the
time his life was despaired Of
Included in the business transacted at
meeting of the board of directors of the
Agricultural Society of this county, held
here on Tuesday last. was the allotment of
$4,000 to the Fair race committee to be
awarded as premiums in the races and to
the horse show committee $4,000 to be
distributed among the successful COMPETE
tors in the horse show. These committees
will prepare programs in the near future.
Prof. Charles G. Myers, principal of the
Rockville High School, has announced the
members of this years graduating class as
follows Misses Louise Larcombe, Elsie
Beck, Rebecca Lamar, Dorothy Lehman,
Urner Butt. Jesta Warthen. Mary Hyatt.
Alice Phillips. Lena Ricketts, and Messrs.
Marshall Darby. Frederick Hays and Byron
White. The commencement exercises will
be held in the town hall the evening of
May 30th.
Mr.. Florence |. Norris, one of the best
known farmers Of this county. died on
Thursday night of last week at his home.
near Beane. aged IT years. He had been
i'll long while of an affection of the heart
and other troubles. He is survived by the
following children: Mrs. Samuel Atwood,
Miss Emma Norris and George Norris. of
this county. and John Norris, of Tennally-
town, d. C. The funeral took place Sun
day afternoon from the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church at Beane.
Mr.. Robert S. Hilton, of Clarksburg, this
county. widely known retired merchant
died Wednesday afternoon last of Genera
debility. aged 81 years. Mr.. Hilton wa.
born in Damascus in 1891. He was for &C
years an Odd Fellow, of the Damascu,
Lodge. No. 8S. He is survived by his wife
who was Miss Catharine Miles, and b,
his son. Robert G. Hilton. President of the
Farmers Banking and Trust Company. Of
Rockville. and one daughter. Mrs. Herbert
s. Darby, Of Baltimore.
News has been received at Takoma Par,
of the death at Roswell, New Maxico, on
May 10th, of Miss Ruth Evans Wilcox, only
daughter of DR.. E. v. and Mrs. Mabel r
Wilcox. Miss Wilcox for number Of years
resided with her parents on Maple avenue
Takoma Park, and about two years ago
left with her mother to join her father,
who is director of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture experimental sta
ton at Honolulu Several months ago Mrs
Wilcox returned to the States with hel
daughter and resided temporarily in Mon
tana, going to New Mexico last February
where she resided at the time Of her
daughters death.
At the Town Hall here on Tuesday even
ing last a large number Of persons vert