Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-03-27
Ental aud Personal.
Town and Country.

TOWN ana SOuntry.
Bishop Alfred Harding. of Washington
confirmed class of seven and preache
in Christ Episcopal Church, this town. las
Friday evening.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
Church South. Layhill will give an oyste
and meat supper at the hall on Friday
March 9th. beginning at $50 P. M.
Architect Groomes. of this town, vii
supervise the construction of the larg
high school building to be erected a
GAINESVILLE. Howard county
Frank Higgins, attorney sold on Tues
day last the house and lot belonging t,
VIM. C. ONeale, situated at Halpine Sta
ton. to Samuel F. Kalbfus for $500.
Torchy starts for Florida. He engineer
big deal, and then decides to participate
in the dividends. See this Sewell ForC
Story in the next Sunday Magazine of The
Washington Star.
Acting on a suggestion made by Judge
Peter in his charge to the grand jury last
week, the County Commissioners have di-
rected their clerk to purchase cots for the
cells in the jail. At present the prisoners
sleep on mattresses on the floor.
The members of the Ladies Union Gene
terry Association will hold their annual
meeting at the residence of Mrs James F.
Allen. Rockville, on Thursday, April End,
at O'Clock. P. M. All persons are cor
daily invited to attend the meeting.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Emma Marie Schafer daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. G. Schafer, of Washington, D. c., to
Mr.. Claude Worthington Owen. an attorney
of this county and Washington. The we'd
ding will take place early in June.
1t has been announced that Miss Mar
garet Waters. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. =. Waters, of Spencerville. and Mr..
Smith Allnutt, of Jacksonville. will be mar.
ried on March 28th at the home of the
parents of the bride-to- be.
Don't forget the big box social to be held
at Wayside school on Wednesday evening.
April 9th. Everybody invited, and every
body come. Girls. come and bring your
boxes. and boys. keep the date in mind.
Other refreshments for sale.
Among the applicants for Superinten-
dent of Roads in this county are M. Donald
Knight, the present incumbent. James H.
Starkey and Charles A. Clagett. The County
Commissioners have announced that the
appointment will not be made until May.
Miss Minnie May Gray and Mr. Roland
Page, both of Travilah, were married by
Rev. Homer Welsh, pastor of M f. Church
South at Potomac, the ceremony taking
place at the home of the minister in the
presence of few relatives and friends of
the couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory f. Mullinix, of the
vicinity of Damascus. celebrated few days
ago the fifteenth anniversary of their mar
rage by entertaining few friends, their
guests being Mrs. Julia Benson. Mrs. Sprigg
Ward, Misses Katherine and Elsie Benson
and Prof r. j. Brandenburg.
"The Heart of Hero" will not fail to
interest and amuse you il you attend the
play to be given by the young people of
Travilah. in the town hall. on April 18th
and 18th. Play to begin at 8 O'Clock, p. NJ
Good music Tickets, rs and Is cents.
Proceeds to 90 toward the purchase of a
piano.
George Burton Buck. an attorney. son of
Joseph w. Buck. of Kensington. has been
appointed an actuary for New York city
by Controller William A. Prendergast. For
several years he has been engaged in
acturial work in connection with the police
department in New York and for the Boston
civil service commission.
Miss Edna c. Clagett. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Clagett. of Ounce Orchard.
and Mr.. Roy L. Marth, of Germantown. were
married Wednesday by Rev. H. P. Hamll.
4 pastor of Grace Methodist Church. Gath
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parsonage in the presence of small COM
pany of relatives and friends of the couple
In the presence of a large assemblage.
"A Spinster's Convention" was presented
in Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg, last Friday
evening, about twenty of the young people
of Gaithersburg being in the cast. 1t was
under the direction of Mrs. Richard G.
Koontz and was for the benefit of the
parsonage fund of Epworth Methodist
Church.
Funeral services for the Rev. Thomas S.
Childs. who died at his home at Chevy
Chase. this county. last Saturday were
held at the family home Monday after
noon at O'Clock. The Rev. DIR. Randolph
H. McKim, of the Church of the Epiphany.
Washington, and the Rev. James Kirk
patrick, of st. Johns Church. Bethesda,
officiated
President Wilson signed and sent to the
Senate last Saturday afternoon two inn
portant nominations for Maryland
W. Miles, of Somerset county, as collector
Ct internal revenue of Maryland. Delaware
and the District of Columbia. and Mitchell
Digges, of Charles county as naval Officer
Of the port Baltimore. Both nomination:
we're endorsed by Senator Blair Lee.
VIM. D. Henry, a member of the Wash
h.. L. :ah ,i.sa
suicide in his home at Chevy Chase. thi.
county, by shooting himself in the head
tie was alone in the house when the sho
was fired but his wife was in front o
the house, having just returned from {
visit to Washington. Mr.. Henry died twt
hours after the shooting.
George A. Selby. aged 68 years, one o
the best-known residents Of Potomac dis