Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-02-11
Hufal aud 2ersuuaI.
Town and Country.

The students of the Germantown High
School will hold Valentine Tea in P. E.
Waters hall on Monday. February 14th.
All are requested to attend.
The Rockville High School basket ball
team defeated the Brookeville High School
team. 81 to 10, the game being played at
Brookeville in the presence of alarge crowd.
A chicken supper will be given in the
town hall at Kensington. for the benefit
of the Church of the Holy Redeemer. on
Wednesday, March LIST. from to 8 P. M.
The ladies of the VIC. T. Union will hold
an oyster supper on Tuesday. February %,
at the hall, Colesville, beginning at S O'Clock,
P. NJ, for the benefit of the hall. All are
invited.
The ladies of the M. E. Church South.
Rockville, will hold a sale of cake, Mary
land biscuit, eggs, cream. ETC., on Saturday.
February 18th. beginning at 10 A. M, in
Mrs. Groomes' store-room.
Motion pictures every Tuesday and Satur-
day at s P. NJ. Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg
Drama Frontier; Keystone comedy. Sur
prise Store every Saturday nieht-six or
more prizes given away.
The members of Camp No. 1920. M. W.
of A., will hold box party in Laytonsville
on Friday night. February 18th. Boxes.
music, ice-cream and candy. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Farm Folks" rural play in four acts.
viii je presented by the pupils Of the Rock
vile High School on Saturday, February
18th. Doors open promptly at P. M.
Come and enjoy hearty laugh.
The members of Concord M. E. Church
will hold an oyster supper on Wednesday,
February 18th, beginning at 6 O'Clock. P.
M. Proceeds for the benefit of the church.
Tickets, rs cents. If rainy. the next fair
evening.
Miss Dora Staley aged % years. died at
Boyds on Monday last from ptomaine
poisoning, due, il is said, to clans she ate
in Washington. She is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fleet Staley; two
sisters and brother.
The ladies of Potomac Chapel will hold
a valentine entertainment on February
18th at the hall at Potomac. They will
serve supper, oysters and ice-cream. Fancy
articles will be on sale. Everybody come
and have good time.
Tom Cobb" side-splitting comedy in
three acts, by W. S. Gilbert, author Of Mi
kado, Pinafore, ETC., will be presented at
the Lyric Theatre. Rockville. February II,
1915, at P. M. George H. Palmer of the
Poll Stock Company director.
Mr.. and Mrs Edgar J. Clugston, of PhiIa-
delphia, Pa. announce the marriage of
their sister, Miss Edith Clueston. and Mr..
William L. Schaeffer. of this county The
marriage was solemnized on Wednesday,
February End, 1915, in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary E. Fisher, aged 81 years, widow
of Geary Fisher. died last Monday at her
home. at Jamestown, of general debility.
She is survived by a daughter, Miss Made
Fisher, and two brothers, Judge John E.
West. of the Orphans Court, and Amos
West.
Fred j. Van Hoesen, County Demonstra-
ton Agent for Montgomery county, arrived
on Wednesday. and from now on will give
his entire time to the work. II you wish
to consult him or to make an appointment
with him to visit your farm, write or phone
him at the hotel in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 7. Lipscomb, of Wash
ington city, announce the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Clare Marie Upscomb. and
Mr.. John J. Higgins, Jr., of Rockville. The
ceremony took place last Saturday after
noon in Baltimore. and the couple left i'm
mediately after for New York.
DR.. Montgomery Earle Higgins, U. S. NJ,
son of Mr.. James L. Higgins, of Boyds. who
for the last three years has been assigned
to the hospital ship Solace and served on
that ship during the taking of Vera Cruz
as past assistant surgeon, has been as
signed to land duty in the Naval Hospital
in Norfolk.
Messrs. Thomas Dawson, of this town.
and Howard Allnutt. of Frederick county.
Md. about two years ago purchased THE
Maryland Gold Mine Property" near Poto-
mac, this county. for $4,000. Several
months ago Mr.. Allnutt died One day
last week this same property was sold by
Mr.. Dawson to parties in search OF gold
for $4,000
On the charge Of being implicated in the
robbery last summer of the store Of CHS
well & Nicholson. at Dickerson, this county.
Charles E. johnson was arrested in Kappa
hammock county, Va. Monday he was
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Preston
Hewitt and lodged in Jail here. The two
negroes arrested in connection with the
robbery confessed and implicated johnson.
The Legislature of 1900 enacted law
making it unlawful for any one to shoot a
fox in Montgomery county while the fox
was being chased by hounds. The first
person to be arrested under that law was
Lewis Swartzbeck, Of Hunting Hill. The
witnesses were unwilling to swear that
Swartzbeck was the man who did the
shooting and he was acquitted.
Persons from different sections of the
county were before the County Commits
sioners on Tuesday asking for financial
aid with which to help to macadamize
three public roads Nothing definite was
done in this connection. One Of these is
the road leading from Jamestown to Sene-
ca; another. from Redland to Norbeck /;
and another. from Derwood to Mt. Zion
The latter is estimated to cost about $40.-
900. Should the advocates Of these roads
be successful in their purpose. between