Evening star., 1915-05-16
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
N. Watson Belt Dead-Gypsy Dance
at Opera House-Home In
terest Club Meeting.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, May 15.-Follow-
| ing a long illness NJ Watson Belt. a
lifelong resident and farmer Of this
county, died this morning at his home
near Avery, aged sixty-six years. Death
was due to cancer.
He is survived by his wife, who was
before her marriage a Miss Thompson
of this county, and the following chill
dren: Mrs. Walter s. Thompson, Mrs.
W. Augustus Thompson, Mrs. c. W.
Pope and Millard and Stacey Belt. all
of this county, and Claude Belt Of Den
yer. Col. The funeral will take place
at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon from
the family residence.
Gypsy Dance Given.
Under the auspices Of the Rockville
Womans Club. gypsy dance" was
given In the opera house here last
evening, a large number of guests from
different parts of the county and else
where attending. 1t was in charge of a
committee of which Mrs. H. Clinton
Allnutt. president of the club, was
chairman. Many pretty costumes were
worn. During the evening refresh
ments were served.
The Home Interest Club of Forest
Glen. at a meeting held recently at
the home of Mrs. Helen L. Thompson,
at Silver Spring, elected officers for
Edison B. Olds; vice president, Mrs.
Edward Dearborn; recording secre-
tary. Mrs. G. c. Stewart; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. George H McGrew;
treasurer. Mrs. Helen L. Thompson.
The meeting marked the eighteenth
anniversary of the club. Luncheon was
served. Mrs. George H. Wright. Mrs.
Olds, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. Little and
others responded to toasts.
High School Graduates.
The graduating class of the Gathers
burg High School will consist of Misses
Blanche G. Golden, Eleanor E. Darby,
Annie NJ Trundle. Ravenen A. Mobred,
Mary E. King and Lillian NJ Waters
and Donald L. Snyder
This years graduates of the Brooke
vile High School include Misses Daisy
Gornella higgins. Mildred Powell. Mil
dred Irene Burns and Catherine H.
Townsend and Malcolm r. Brown.
At the Sandy Spring High School the
graduates will be Misses Helen Thomas
Nesbitt. Sarah Chichester. Anna Belle
Bird, Esther w. Scott and Stanley ID.
Upon being convicted in the police
court here today of having assaulted
John 7. Hawkins. eighty years old.
James Pearre and Leslie Orrison, resi-
dents of the vicinity of Boyds. this
county. were fined $25 and costs each
by Judge Arthur NJ. Mace. William
Pearre. George Pearre and Roy Orrison,
who were charged with similar Of
Tense. were acquitted. Hawkins claim
ed that because he had ordered them
m Nf hic fav- nnl,1 Il T.;
on the road, pulled him from his horse
and two of them struck him.
County Notes.
Mrs. Roger Shaw and little daughter
Katherine spent the week in Chester,
Pa, visiting Mrs. Shaw's sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Waring Evans of
Washington are at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Reading here for the
summer.
jr., and children of Washington are oc-
cupying their summer lone near Rock
vile.
Mrs. James B. Henderson returned a
Few days ago from Hancock. Md, where
she visited her daughter. Mrs. Talia-
ferro Bridges.
Real Estate Transfers.
Transfers of real estate were re-
corded in the office of the clerk of the
circuit court here during the week as
follows: Mary Jane Meem to Arthur
c. Merriam, twenty acres; Caudius
Dublin to Douglas H. Riggs, eighteen
acres; Thomas Dawson, trustee, to
Llewellyn Bishop, one-haf acre; Hugh
H. Harrison to James 8. Petit, forty
acres; ]. Walter Long to Augusta c.
Grossart, 17S acres; Jackson H. Rails
ton. trustee. to jeremiah Cullinane,
four and one-third acres: jeremiah
Cullinane to Frank NJ. Harmon, two
acres; Howard G. England, trustee. to
Frank H. Kern. two acres; Berry E.
Clark. treasurer. to Carl L. Davis, lot
in Kensington Park: Julia L. Springer
to Mary A. Jones. lot at Otterbourne; ;
Sue K. Harrison to James NJ. Proctor,
lot at Capitol View; Anna NJ. Rich
ards to James T. Bogley, lot in Rock
Vile; Charles A. Campbell to Cratic
Gather. lot at Halpine; Bessie n.
Starkey to William o. Dosh. lot in
Gaithersburg: Richard Gorgas to
Francis R. Weller. lot at Chevy Chase;
Harry c. Deibler to Martin L. Emer-
ick, lot at Hill Crest; John H. Wolf to
Harry c. Kaufman, lot at Sligo; H.
B. Simpson to Grace NJ. Zeel, lot in
Glen Echo Heights; H. B. Simpson to
]. L. Dyer lot in Glen Echo Heights H.
B. Simpson to T. n. Hagmann, jr., lot
in Glen Echo Heights; H. B. Simpson
to Jacob w. Perry. lot in Glen. Echo
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