Evening star., 1915-06-25
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Miss Mary A. Riggs Burns to Death
at Brookville. While on Trip
to Cellar.
Special Correspondence .. The Star


ROCKVILLE. Md, June a5.-Her
clothing becoming ienited either from
candle or a match which she lighted
upon going into the cellar al her home
near Brookville, Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Mary A. Riggs, daughter of the
late John A. and Annie f. Riggs was
SO badly burned that she died at six
o'clock the following morning
A sister of the young woman went
into the cellar TO see why she re-
mained there so long. and found her
stretched upon the floor in an un-
conscious condition and with practi-
cally all of her clothing burned from
her body.
Miss Riggs is survived by three sis
ters and three brothers. as follows:
Misses Annie S. and Susie c. Riggs and
Mrs. Howard and John A. Robert L.
and Lawrason b Riggs. The funeral
took place at two o'clock this after
noon from the family residence burial
being at Olney.
Rev. Samuel r. White ofaciated at
the marriage here Wednesday after
noon OF Walter A. Mawyer and Miss
Alma Craig, both of Shipman. Va. the
home OF the minister being the scene
of the ceremony.
Miss Tillie Cox Of Boland. KY. and
Andrew J. Phillips Of Huntsville Tenn
were married here Wednesday after
noon. the ceremony being performed by
Rev. Oscar w. Henderson, pastor of
the Baptist Church, at the parsonage.
AS a result of recent competitive ex-
aminatfons conducted here by Prof. w.
B. Burdette, county superintendent of
schools, the county school commission
ers have awarded free scholarships
as follows: MARYLAND State Normal
Waesche, Marjorie Waters, Marguerite
Arnold, Eleanor Darby Marguerite
kohlhoss; Washington College, Lafay-
cite Banes: st. Mary's Seminary. Miss
Virginia Stonestreet.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Rel
singer. wife of Henry Reisinger. who
died Tuesday morning at her home
here, aged forty years. took place
at o clock yesterday afternoon from the
| Rockville Presbyterian Church, a very
large number of the people of the COM
munity and others attending. The sery-
ices We're conducted by Rev. John B.
Henderson. pastor Of the church, and
burial was in Rockville Union cemetery
"A, An afternoon of horse racing will be
held at the fair grounds here July 5
under the auspices of the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society. The pro-
gram, which has just been announced.
includes three harness events-2:1S,
2:25 and 2:30 classes for trotters or
pacers-and six furlong run. Liberal
purses will be offered.
Teachers Certificates Awarded.
The county school commissioners have
awarded to the following, who made
the required average at the annual
examinations recently conducted here
by Prof. Willis B. Burdete, county su-
perintendent of schools, certificates to
teach in the public schools of the
| county: First grade certificates, Misses
Esther Scott, Deborah A. Iddings, Nell
lie Duvall. Maude E. Jarboe, Margaret
Hall, Eleanor Reed and Nellie Crock
second grade certificates, Misses
Katherine Moore, Edith Lindig, Edith
v. Gott. Alice L. Spates, Annie J. MUIR
ply, Violet Murphy. Claudia Hall,
Esther Pumphrey and Irene sibley.
The commissioners have appointed
the following teachers: Mrs. Blanche
Creamer, school at Blairs; Miss Annie
NJ. Mccullough, Laytonsville; Miss
Geneva Walters. Woodside; Miss Lucy
Brewer, Gaithersburg: Miss Mary A,
Rice Darnestown.
designations of teachers have been
Creamer and Misses Josephine Beau
and Florence Corson, assistants at
Darnestown High School; Miss Ger
trude Faweett, assistant at Burtons-
vile; Miss Irene v. ktmler, assistant
at Sandy Spring High School: Miss
Mary L. Thompson, principal at Fair
land; Miss r. Marie Spates, principal
at snouffers; Elmer Andrews. principal
at Seneca.
The following teachers have been
selected to represent the county at
the annual meeting Of the State Teach
ers' Association, which convenes at
Ocean City, Nd. June %: Misses Efie
H. Shreve, Annice Murphy. Nora J.
Rabbit, A. Grace Baker, Mary E. Oil
phant, Mrs. Henrietta Rich, Charles G..
Myers, Thomas w. Troxall, ]. Edwin
Lodge and James A. Kendrick.
William Thomas Owens, Warren v.
Magruder and Mrs. Winfred Beck have
been appointed trustees of the school
at Bethesda: Chester Clagett, trustee
of the school at Potomac, vice e. P.
Allnutt, and Clifton r. Nicholson, trus-
tee of the school at Travilah, vice Eras-
mus W. Jones.
Miss Stella EIthear Ball, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ball of Bethesda
district, this county. and Eden Henry
Leeth of Washington were married at
O clock Wednesday evening at the home
of the brides parents in the presence
of a small company Of relatives and
friends. Immediately afterward they left
for their honeymoon TRIP.