Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-07-23
Town and Country.

Mr. Frederick A. Allnutt, of Seneca, this
county, was recently operated on in a
Washington city hospital for appendicitis
The operation was success.
The regular quarterly meeting of Mont
gOmery County Pomona Grange will be
held with Lanham Grange on Thursday
July 29th, at 10 O'Clock, A. M.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Mr.. E. Olin Garrett, son of the
late Charles E. Garrett. of this vicinity
and Miss Agnes |. johnson, of Pittsburg,
Pa, which took place recently in Pittsburg.
Motion pictures every Tuesday and Satur-
day at 8 P. M, Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg.
Drama, Frontier; Keystone comedy. Sur
prise Store every Saturday night-six or
more prizes given away.
Miss Daisy C. Higgins. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles p Higgins and graduate
of the Brookeville High School, is now at
tending summer school at Ocean City,
after passing an examination at the teach
ers meeting.
For those who are fond of good reading.
no money that you will ever spend will
bring you as much pleasure. entertainment
and instruction as the few pennies you
invest in The Washington Sunday Star.
Have your newsdealer bring you a copy
next Sunday.
G. Cleveland johnson and Eva M. Bur-
riss, of Rockville, were married Saturday
July 18th. in Washington. by the Rev.
Walter F. Smith. After they return from
their honeymoon trip, Mr.. and Mrs. John
son will live at Glen May. Judge Pueh's
farm. near Norbeck.
Jacqueline P. Taylor, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. j. P. Taylor. of Henderson. N. c.. who
is visiting his grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William E. Wall. at Walldene. near Buck
Lodge, accidentally shot himself through
the foot last Friday while handling rifle.
The bullet passed through one of the bones
of the foot
A number of Republicans held an in
formal political meeting here on Tuesday.
but nothing definite was done. The can
didacy of two gentlemen was made known
during the meeting, that of Mr.. Harry A.
Dawson. of this town, for Clerk of the Cir
cult Court, and Mr.. Henry Latiner, of Friend
ship Heights, for Sheriff.
R. Ross Perry, many years leader of the
District bar. shot himself in the head about
noon last Saturday, while sitting alone in
his Office in the Fendall building, Wash
ington. He was rushed to the Emergency
Hospital, where he died at lis O'Clock.
Ill health is believed to have caused Mr..
Perry to take his life.
The Rockville Chautauqua closed its
third annual entertainment on Sunday
night after giving the public. young and
old, a weeks enjoyment of highly inter-
esting features. including lectures, vocal
and instrumental music, and plays. The
required number of guarantOrs was OBJ
tanned and another entertainment will be
given in the summer of 1916. The date
of the same has not yet been set
L. Bates Etchison. aged 81 years. of Bal
timOre, formerly of this county, died on
Thursday of last week from complication
of diseases. For many years he was
tobacco inspector in the State warehouses
in Baltimore, but fifteen years ago he en-
tered the service of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad in the same capacity. From 1906
until 1911 he was a member of the First
Branch City Council of Baltimore He is
survived by his widow. Mrs. Ida S. Etchi-
son. and four brothers and two sisters
The annual meeting of the Rideely
Brown Camp of Confederate Veterans will
be held on Saturday, August 7th, 1915, at
II O'Clock. A. NJ, at Rockville At 2 O'Clock
P. NJ, camp of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans of this county will be organized.
The members of Ridgely Brown Chapter.
I'D c., and of F. V. White Chapter. u.
D. c.. are cordially invited to be present.
By order of the adjutant.
D. II. HORNER.
Ii is estimated that more than 1000
men, women and children will attend the
Saith annual reunion of Baltimore an
Ohio Railroad employees. which is scheduled
for Thursday of next week at Harpers
Ferry. W. Va. These celebrations. planned
by IA special committee appointed for the
occasion, are always one of the features of
the year At this time thousands of work
ers for the mammoth railroad system meet
and discuss informally the strides Of the
enterprise for which they strive three hun
dred and sixty-four other days of the year.
While viewing the damage which had
been done by a bolt of lightning few
minutes before. Augustin j. s, Bourdeau,
member of the editorial staff Of the Review
and Herald Publishing Association. Takoma
Park. and Seventh-Day Adventist of note.
and Edwin Julius Andrews, Is years old.
were instantly killed Monday afternoon,
when second bolt Of lightning struck an
oak tree standing in the garden before the
administration building of the Seventh
Day Adventists' group at Takoma Park.
Marguerite BOurdeau, nine-ye old daueh-
ter of the man who was killed. was severely
burned and rendered unconscious by the
bolt. Her condition is not serious. it is said.
JOaes-Pate Wedding