Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES

Special Correspondence OF The star
ROCKVILLE, Md. May -3.-The an
nual meeting of the Montgomery Coun-
t. Federation of Women's Clubs was
held in the town hall at kensing-
ton yesterday attended by 200 club
women and others from all parts
of the county and elsewhere. Morning
and afternoon sessions were held, with
Mrs ]. W. Townsend. president OF tho
federation fon the last two years, pre-
siding Luncheon was served at noon
by the members of the kensington club
Among those who addressed the gath
ering were Mrs. Annette Manney OF
Baltimore, Bristol Adams of the United
States bureau of forestry and Mrs.
Alice Logan, president of the District
of Columbia Federation.
Reports Submitted.
Reports of committees were made by
the chairmen as follows: Home eco
nomics, Mrs. William W. Welsh or
Rockville: education, Mrs II. c. Arm
strong of kensington. social service,
who stated that the committee had
Mrs. William L. Lewis of kens1nston,
raised in the last two years $3.50 for
the social service league of the county;
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Kensington; press, Miss Florence Miller
of Bethesda; CLUB extension. Mrs E-iuen
j. Hartshorne of Kensington; good
roads. Mrs. George v Chandler Of / n.
den; legislation, Mrs. George H. Wright
of Forest Glen; sanitation. Mrs. Ernest
l.. Billiard of Rockville
Officers to serve one year were
elected as follows: President. Mrs.
Francis C. GetZendanner of Bethesda;
first vice president, Mrs. George V.
Chandler of Linden: recording secretary,
Mrs. S l. Newton OF Takolna rank:
corresponding secretary: Mrs: Enoeh
Archibald Small of Woodside; parlia-
mentarian, Mrs. William II. Holmes OF
Rockville; auditor, Miss Mary Magruder
of Sandy Spring.
Chamber of Commerce Formed.
A chamber of commerce has been or
ganized at Kensngton, this county, with
the following officers: President, Cor
nelius W. Clum; vice presidents Eugene
Jones and Merritt Q. Chance; secretary,
Charles r. Rowdy bush; treasurer, George
Peter; counsel Brainard II. Warner. jr.;
directors DR.. William l.. Lewis, ]. Philip
Hermann. Lewis Knapp, William ?.
Hay Ralph H. Chappell H. o. Trow-
| bridge. William NJ. Terrell and w. H.
Ronsaviile.
! The objects of the organization are to
promote the general welfare of the
! citizens of Kensington and Montgomery
county to concentrate effort to secure
| through car service from Kensington to
Washington, and to advance kensinston
| to the first place in the county as
residential and business center.
| At a special meeting of the Rockville
town council last evening, at which the
advisory committee of seven was pres
ent. it was decided to employ Ezra Z.
| Whitman of Baltimore to make surveys
and prepare specifications. estimates.
| etc, for a sewerage system for Rock
willie. Mr. Whitman will. it is under:
stood, begin work at once and have
everything in readiness to ask for bids
| in about six weeks. If it Is found that
the system can be installed with the
man will be placed in charge of the work
of installation.
At an open meeting of the Rockville
Inquiry Club held in the Sunday school
Mrs. Able G. Baker Of Washington
gave a talk on White House China"
of which she has been making a study.
Her talk was illustrated by lantern
bers Of the club were entertained at q
buffet supper by Mrs. Otis M. Linthi-
cum.
The following transfers of real es-
tate were recorded in the office Of the
clerk of the circuit court here during
the week: Harry NJ. Martin to Herbert
N. Keene, jr, three acres; Mary e.
Hall to Sarah L. Carter, fifty,two acres;
William II. Seachrist to Joseph W.
shade, lots at Hill Crest; Henry P.
Amos to George A. Chadwick. lot at
Oakmont; Hannah Wall to Edwin c.
Brandenburg, lot at Halpine; Harry c.
Diebler to Joseph w. Shade. lots at
Hin Crest; Elmini a, kluek 1 to Samuel 4a
Shade to Mary E. Daniels. lot at Ia
koma; Lizzie Clark Martz to Joseph w.
Shade. lot at Takoma: Henry S. Hite
to Charles D. Savage. lot at Kensing-
! Waters. lot at Takoma; Eugene La
Mamma to William H. Beard. lot; John
A. Dodson to Alice Il. Dodson and
Mildred L. Dodson, lot; West Penn
Land Company to Clarence NJ. Kiefer,
lot at Takoma: James Donnelly to Jo-
seph Greenberg. lot at Silver Spring:
Young and Sigel Brown. $50 acres:
Roger w. Brown to Washington For
leigh Mission Seminary. lot at Takoma.