Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-02-27
7 He S EN TIN Ell.
Kntal aud Rersuual.
Town and Country.


Henderson on Tuesday, March 3rd, at
O'Clock, p M.
The annual supper and fair of Boyds
Lodge. No. lat, l. o. o. F., will be held on
the evenings of February 9th and 18th
in Boyd's Town Hall.
Lucy Frances Hickerson, infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay R. Hickerson, of
this town, died on Friday night last, Feb
ruary goth, 1914, aged years. Her re-
mains were inferred in the family lot in
Monocacy cemetery, Beallsville, this county.
The Mutual Amusement Company has
booked Mr.. Frank Green. ventriloquist, to
appear at the Lyric Theatre, Rockville,
Saturday night, February 2Sth. Mr.. Green
is a well-known artist and the audience is
assured of being well entertained.
George P. Ward. shoemaker at Boyds,
was taken to the Maryland General Hos
pital, in Baltimore, last Saturday by j.
Frank Lewis. in a precarious condition
from frozen feet Mr.. Ward is an English
man and is sixty-eight years old
An absolute divorce has been granted to
Mrs. Ada Pauline Myers, of Glen Echo,
this county. by Judge Edward c. Peter, in
the Circuit Court here. from Charles Fred
erick Myers, who is now understood to live
in Chester, Pa, on the ground of desertion.
The are many applicants for the post
offices in the upper section of this county.
The examination is to be held at Rockville
on March 7th. There are four applicants
so far for the postoffice at Boyds, about
the same number for Clarksburg and a
score or more for Dickerson and POoles-
vile.
Mrs. Virginia L. Darby, widow of John
w. Darby, for the past seven years resi-
dent of Gaithersburg, died at her home last
Sunday night of bronchial pneumonia.
She is survived by two daughters, Misses
Virginia and Eleanor, Her remains were
inferred in Monocacy Cemetery. at Bealls-
vile, on Wednesday.
At a recent meeting of the Kensineton
Home and School Association it was de-
cded to ask the legislature to provide
funds for an addition to the public school
building at Kensington. 1t is desired to
enlarge the present building to twice its
size and to pebbledash the structure. The
cost is estimated at about $500.
The civil service examination of appli
cants for postmasterships at Ashton. Bar
nesville, Beallsville, Bethesda, Boyds,
Brighton, Brookeville, Clarksburg, DECKER
son, Ednor Germantown, Glen Echo, Ken
sington. Olney, Poolesville, Sandy Spring,
SelIman, Washington Grove and Linden,
will take place at Rockville on March 7.
Mr.. Samuel M. English, aged rs years.
died at his home here on Monday night last
of grip and asthma He had been i'll only
few days He is survived by his wife,
who was a Miss Bean, of this town two
sons and two daughters. The funeral took
place Wednesday afternoon from the family
residence. Burial was in Union Cemetery.
Rockville.
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by the Montgomery County Federation of
Home and School Associations was held in
Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg. last Friday
evening. Edwin W. Broome, acting county
superintendent of schools, presided. DR..
Bryant. of the United States Department
of Education, spoke on Our Boys-What
to Do With Them"
The Star will give special attention to
the training camps of the various major
league clubs, and especially at Charlottes-
vile, where the Washington team will do
its preliminary work. J. Ed. Grille. the
Stars expert, will be at Charlottesville and
those wanting to keep in touch with the
progress of this team will do well to read
the Sunday Star.
Mrs Minnie B. Church. of Takoma Park,
this county. who was recently sued for
divorce by Herbert A. Church. civil en-
eineer in the employ of the United States
Government, on the ground of cruelty and
who filed cross bill charging infidelity,
cruelty and non-support, has been granted
SIS counsel fees and alimony at the rate of
$40 month, by Judge Edward C. Peter
in the circuit court here.
Bydirection of the county commissioners,
John A. Garrett, attorney to the board, has
prepared a bill for introduction in the leg
islature directing the county commission
ers to levy each year a tax of 33 cents on
each 500 of property for public school
purposes. AS the taxable basis OF the
county is now about $2l,000.000. this will
mean about $40 900 the first year and an
increase of about $1,000 year thereafter.
John r. Abel. retired undertaken Of
Ashton, this county, died suddenly of heart
disease a few days ago. aged rs years.
He was stricken in the yard adjoining his
home. and died before the arrival of a
physician. He leaves his wife, son and
five daughters. The funeral took place
from the Ashton Methodist Church. the
services being conducted by the pastor
Rev. John G. Kerr. Burial was in the
Friends cemetery at Sandy Spring.
At meeting of about 800 citizens. in
Guiding ladies and gentleman, held in tn,
court room here on Wednesday evening
last a committee of seven was appointed
10 frame report devisine ways and mean
10 improve the sanitary conditions of thu
town Of Rockville. The report will be sub
mitted for discussion to a public meeting
10 be held at the same place, next Wed
heSday evening. The gentlemen upon tn
committee are Chas W. Prettyman (chair
mani Robert B. Peter. r. II. Stokes, d.
i4nthlcum. DR.. Mannar, W. W. Welsh an
Martin Helm.
Mr.. William Bouic Veirs, who has S