Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-04-25
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Town and Country.

Department, has concluded to remove the
kiosk from Rockville. This is regretted.
Col. Spencer C. Jones has returned to
Rockville after spending the winter with
his daughter. Mrs. T. Richard Falvey in
New Orleans
Mr.. Harry Simons, of Manitoba, Canada,
and Miss Margaret Valentine, of Bethesda,
this county, were married in Rockville on
Friday afternoon last by Rev. S. R. White.
The lower portions of the Confederate
monument to be erected here were put in
position this week and now await the
placement of the statue, which is to be
unveiled on the 3rd of June
Emory Watkins, of near Damascus, this
county, last Saturday was run over By a
four-horse team he was driving near Mt.
Airy. Watkins was thrown from the wagon
and both wheels on one side passed over
his body. He was taken to the University
Hospital, Baltimore.
The report published in the Baltimore
dailies of Monday last to the effect that
six cases of smallpox had developed at
Germantown, this county. is incorrect They
should have been located at Germantown,
Anne Arundel county. so we are informed
by DR.. Mannar. our local health officer.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Anti-Saloon League of Montgomery county
will be held at Alfred Wilson's hall, at
Bethesda, this county, on Tuesday, April
18th, 1918. Trustees meeting at 10 A. M.
Public meeting at 1:30 P. M, which will be
addressed by prominent speakers. Basket
lunch.
Mr.. John William Brown, one of the best
known citizens of this county, died on
Thursday night of last week at his home
near GAINESVILLE. aged SO years. Surviv-
ing him are his widow and a daughter
Miss Sarah Brown. Mr.. Brown was life
long resident of the county and for many
years was engaged in farming.
A majority of the Board of Directors of
our county Agricultural Society in meet
ing here on Tuesday voted to exclude har-
ness racing altogether from the program
OF attractions at the coming Fair in Au-
gust. A horse show will take the place of
the races. To say the least, this action
will cause great disappointment among a
large portion Of our citizens
The County Commissioners have instruct
ed their clerk to notify the B. and o. Rail-
road Company that it will be compelled to
station man at the Derwood crossing in
charge of the gates at that point. This
is the result of complaints made by citi-
zens living in the vicinity of Derwood to
the Commissioners against the unsatisfac-
tory way the gates are operated at present.
Mr.. Jack Jones, who for the past eight |
years, has been connected with the firm of |
W. I. & F. B. Weaver. of Georgetown, D. c., |
wishes to announce he has associated |
himself with the c. p. Ash Co., under the
firm name of Ash-Jones Co., 3148 NJ ST, |
Georgetown, D. C., with a full line of build |
ers hardware, coach findings, blacksmith
supplies, poultry wire and Myers pumps,
where he will be pleased to have his
friends give him call
A joint committee of members of the !
Rockville Inquiry and Woman's Clubs has
been appointed to make arrangements for
the annual meeting of the Montgomery
County Federation of Women's Clubs to be
held here on May 18th Mrs. Robert C. |
War6ald 10 choirn,ar ~ tbo oo...,:..oa
the other members being Mrs. H. Clinton
Allnutt. Mrs Louis Watson, Mrs Otis M. |
Linthicum, Mrs VIM. c. Beck, Mrs. Howard |
Larcombe, Miss Daisy Maeruder and Miss
Sophie Higgins.
At meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Montgomery County Sunday
School Association. held here last Friday
afternoon. it was decided to hold the an
nual Sunday School convention at Wash
ington Grove on August 9Th. A program
committee, consisting of Rev. Oscar W. Hen
derson. chairman Rev. F. M. Richardson
and Miss Isabel Kingdom, and a publicity
committee, consisting of Rev John R. Hen |
derson, Rev. W. G. Koontz and f. Wilson |
Walker, were named.
The Gath anniversary of Odd Fellows in |
America will be observed by an open meet
ing under the auspices of Oak Grove Lodge,
No. $50, at Washington Grove. on Friday
evening. April 25th. The chief feature of |
varied program to be presented will be
an address by Mr.. William W. MILAN, of
Washington, whose attractive power as a |
speaker is well known. The social part of |
the evening will be under the direction of |
the Womans Club of Washington Grove. |
The Rebekah Lodge will assist. The pub
lie is invited to a free attendance.
A meeting of the teachers of the primary
grades of the public schools of this county
was held in the high school building here
last Saturday with about twenty-five in
attendance. In the absence of Prof Earle
B. Wood, county superintendent of schools,
the assistant superintendent, Edwin W.
Broome. presided. The program included
discussions of the ''Montessori Method, by
Misses Mary M. Brewer, of the Rockville
High School. and Maude V. Broome. of the
Gaithersburg High School; The Place Of
the Story in the Primary Grades" by Miss
Marie Boardman THE Value of Primary
Supervision" by Miss Ella V. Krieg. Of
Frederick county: what Music Should Be
Taught in the Primary Grades. and How,
by Miss Frances L. V. Homer, Of the Rock
vile High School; Some Suggestions as
to Busy Work and Devices. by Miss Helen
Schwartz. Of the Bethesda school. As
sistant Superintendent Broome delivered
an address and conducted a question box.
Public Sales.