Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-02
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Large Attendance at the An
nuaI Christmas Bali at
Opera House.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, January ., 1913.
The annual Christmas holiday ball of
the Rockville Assembly was held in the
opera house Tuesday evening, and was
attended by more than hundred guests
from various parts of the county, Wash
ington and other places. 1t was in charge
of committee composed of Stephen II.
Quigley, Edmund Jones, George Peter.
phen Cromwell. The chaperons were
Mrs. Edward c. Peter, Mrs. William Dor
sey and Mrs. Howard Larcombe. The
hall was attractively decorated.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Y. Waters, Misses Eleanor Waters,
Helen Embrey. Charlotte Capers. Fannie
Chamberlain and Linda Stewart, Messrs.
Osgood Holmes, Deaver Waters, Janney
Nichols, Samuel Albert, and Misses
Katherine and Martha Poole and
Miss Watkins of Washington; Mr..
Shanks Of Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Grin j. Field of Kensington, Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Starkey. Misses
Lillian Miller and Ethel Pate and Messrs.
Harry Offutt and Lelean Hendry of
Bethesda; Mr.. and Mrs. +. Hazel Cashell
and Misses Alice and Louise Cashell of
Redland. Misses Mamie Bradley, Anna
Candy and Miss Tolson of Colesville,
Miss Waters of Howard county, DIR.
Bates Etchison and Miss Brooke of
Gaithersburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs Somerven Daw-
son. .Lr and Mrs. Harry A. Dawson.
Mrs. John L. Burnett. Mrs. Addie Mad
ard Larcombe, Mrs. William Dorsey, DIR.
and Mrs. Frederick n. Henderson. Mrs.
Henry c. Allnutt, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
S. Dawson. Misses Virgie and Lucy
Brewer. Lavinia Dawson, Laura Higgins.
Elizabeth and Katherine Maddox. Helen
Burnett. Fannie Veirs, Elizabeth Hig-
gins, Mary and Elizabeth Dawson Pris-
ella Dawson, MIR. and Mrs. Berry f.
Clark. Messrs. Stephen Quigley. Char, IS
NJ. Jones. Darby Bowman. George and
Vinson Peter. Robert Peter. Stephen
Cromwell. Edmund Jones. Brownell
Riggs. Thomas Dawson. jr., Camillus
Stokes. Arthur Mcfarland. Steadman
Prescott, Basil Mobley. William c. Beck.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Mcfarland. and
Misses Bettina and Pinkie Prescott, Ad-
die and Arlene Mcfarland.
Mrs. Ella Frances Monday and LeOnidas
Ricketts,. both of this vicinity, were mar
ried here yesterday by Rev. John r.
Coolahan, pastor of st. Mary's Catholic
Church. Immediately afterward Mr.. and
Mrs. Ricketts, left for a short trip.
Issued 457 Licenses.
That Rockville has lost none of its
popularity as Gretna Green is shown
by the fact that during the year just
closed 457 licenses to marry We're issued
by the clerk Of the circuit court here OF
these. 1J2 were to couples from Wash
ington. 155 to Montgomery county couples
1O4 to couples from Virginia, 10 to Bal
timore COUPLES and the others to couples
from various parts of the country.
Rev. Samuel r. White, Rockville's
marrying IarsOn,' led all the Rockville
ministers in the number of ceremonies
performed. During the twelve months he
tied 175 nuptial knots, being his greatest
number for any one year, and bringing
the total number of ceremonies per
formed by him since his ordination as a
minister, more than fifty years ago. III
to something like LEO.
Rev. Frank NJ. Richardson. pastor o1
the Southern Methodist Church. officiateo
on Sd occasions, and his predecessor, Rev
William ID. keene, on IL: Rev. John Il
CoOlahan. pastor of St Mary's Catholic
Church. married II couples, and Rev
Thomas A. HoughtonB Burke, rector OF
Christ Episcopal Church. like number
Baptist Church, and Rev. John r. Hen.
derson, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. performed II and I ceremonies