Evening star., 1916-08-06
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY

Special Ooresposde,es Of Ths star.
| ROCKVILLE. Md. August at the
n Brown camp apuof Of conssdsTate esss " veterans.
held in the courthouse here today and
presided over by Commander Elgar L.
Tschiffely. the following officers were
fely of Rockville; vice commander.
John W. Holland. Dickerson: adjutant.
\ David H Horner OF Rockville: treas
urer. Francis s. Kilgour of Glen: chap
lain. Frank B. Horner Of Rockville;
! executive committee, Alfred c. Tolson.
Benjamin D. Candy and James T.
| Moore.
| John w. Holland was named as chair
man of a committee to make arrange
| ments for the attendance of the camp
at the Confederate reunion to be held
| in Washington next year.
Following the meeting those attend
| ing were entertained at dinner at the
Montgomery Hotel by Commander
Tschfffely, after which some time was
spent by the veterans in swapping
"reminiscences.
Ridgely Brown Camp started with q
| membership of fifty. reaching its maxi,
mum membership of ffty-five several
years later. Death has gradually de-
pleted its ranks until the membership
now numbers but eighteen. and of these
but half dozen were able to be pres
ent at the meeting today.
; John W. Keys. one of the oldest and
most widely known residents OF this
1
at his home on his farm near Rock
Vile. aged eighty-one years. He had
been i'll several months of a complica-
tion of diseases He is survived by
his wife. who was Miss Josephine Riley
of this county, and a son. Thomas C..
Keys. of this vicinity.
Mr.. Keys was a lifelong resident of
the county. For many years. and at
the time of his death, he was engaged
in farming.
Rev. John H schooley. pastor Of the
Methodist Church, officiated at tho
marriage here yesterday of Joseph
Waring Camp of Takoma Park. Nd.
and Miss Della Virginia Grove of Mar
place at the home of the minister.
The members of the Montgomery
Camp Club went to Seneca. this
county. today to begin their annual So
journ at their bungalow on the banks
Of the Potomac. In the party were
fely, Caroline Henderson. Hannah NJ.
Jones and Margaret Darby. and Messrs.
Charles G. Myers. Edwin W. Broome,
J. Edwin Lodge, Ohio Trundle and Roy
Warfield
Transfers of real estate were
recorded in the Office of the clerk of
the circuit court here during the week,
as follows: Luther S. Butt to Luther o.
Butt, fifty acres; Blanche Huck to
county school commissioners. lot at
Kensington; Thomas NJ Gale to Chevy
Chase Land Company. lot at Chevy
Chase; William B. Vincent to John
Kicks, lot: Howard l. Wilkins to Will
liam w. Jordan. lot at Silver Spring;
Margaret ]. Carson to William Boni-
FAINT. lot at Takoma Park; John A. Gar
rett to Marie C. Brown, lot; Harry A
Kite to Mary McLain. lot at Chevy
Chase: William NJ Terrell to Sallie S.
Beach, lot at Takoma Park; Harry W.
Miller to Frederick Griggs. lot at
Takoma Park: David H. Warfield to
Howard S. Larcombe, lot in Rockville;
John A. Dennis to Walter T. Knox, lot
at Hill Crest: John T. Higdon to Flora
J.. Kicks, lot; Bette F. Gassaway to
Flora ]. Kicks, lot.
Mrs. Bertha NJ. Jackson OF Wash
ington. arrested on a charge of OBJ
tanning $3.50 from the First National
Bank Of Sandy Spring. this county. by
means of a forged note, was released
on $1,000 bail today for her appear
ance in the police court here Tuesday
for preliminary hearing 1t is
charged she forged the name of her
cousin. Arthur r. Parsley of Lay Hill,
this county, to the note She has re-
tanned John A. Garrett to defend her