Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-02-25

Town and Country.

Mrs. Jessie M. Moore. wife of Samue
Moore. of the vicinity of Norwood, thi.
county, died last Sunday at the home Of
her mother, Mrs. Harding, near Laurel.
A chicken supper will be given in the
town hall at Kensineton. for the benefit
of the Church of the Holy Redeemer, or
Wednesday, March LIST, from S to P. M.
Motion pictures every Tuesday and Satur-
day at P. M, Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg
Drama, Frontier; Keystone comedy. Sur
prise Store every Saturday night-six OF
more prizes given away.
The ladies of ST. Mary's Church, of As
pen, will hold an oyster supper. for the
benefit of the church, on Tuesday even
ing. February 29th. at the residence of ].
NJ Fielder. near Wheaton.
Photographs and stories of dozen men
and women who have reached the century
milestone-and how they did it. See this
double-page spread in the Sunday Maya
zine of The Washington Sunday Star, Feb
ruary 27.
Come see THE Burglar Alarm" and "Dr.
Divine" farcical entertainment to be
given for the benefit of the Travilah
Grammar School, in the town hall, on Fri
day evening, February 25th. beginning at
1880 O'Clock. Admission. rs cents.
Judge Peter has announced that the
judges of the circuit court for this county
have selected John B. Humphrey for crier
of the court in place of Washington D.
Waters, deceased. Mr.. Humphrey has been
bailiff of the court for number of years.
The will of DIR. Elisha C. Etchison has
been admitted to probate in the Orphans
Court. The entire estate, the value of
which is estimated at $4,000, is be-
queathed to the widow, Mrs. Henrietta D.
Etchison, for life, and upon her death to
be equally divided between the testator's
two sons.
The funeral of Miss Mary Mills, aged rs
years, formerly of Boyds. who died last
Saturday at Kensington, was held Monday
at Germantown, with burial in the Baptist
cemetery. She is survived by two sisters.
Miss Susan Mills. of Kensington, and Mrs.
Jane Hodgson, of Washington, and two
brothers, Samuel Mills, of Potomac, and
Horace Mills, of Chevy Chase.
A public meeting of the l. o. G. T. Lodge.
No. 343, will be held at Germantown, in
Trinity NJ. E. Church, on Tuesday February
goth, beginning promptly at 7:30 P. M.
There will be speaking by A. C. T.. Albert
E. Shoemaker; Rev. Howard o. Keen and
Rev. R. G. Koontz. The Mount Airy male
quartette will furnish music for the even
ing. The public is cordially invited to at
tend. No admission.
At meeting of the Republican Central
Committee for this county, composed of c..
Scott Duvall, Thomas Dawson. Daniel W.
Baker, Galen L. TAFT and VIM. H. johnson,
it was decided to submit the names of
Maurice M. Browning, Frederick W. Page,
Wilbur S. Day and VIM. W. Dronenburg,
from which Gov. Harrington will select the
Republican member of the board of super
visors of elections, the law requiring the
governor to make his selections from a
list of not less than four submitted by the
State Central Committee.
The executive board of the Just Govern
ment League of Montgomery county held
its monthly meeting at the Woman's Club
room. in Rockville, on Friday. February l8
AS this is countrywide organization. with
over four hundred members. it was thought
that the county seat was the logical place
to hold these monthly sessions. Plans for
active propaganda work are being con-
sidered by the president, Mrs Jessie Ross
Thomson, and her council, and renewed
efforts are to be made to arouse equal
suffrage sentiment throughout the county.
The leading society event of the week
in Rockville was the entertainment given
by Miss Laura M. Higgins at her home
on the afternoon of February 22nd, in
honor of Mrs. John j. Higgins. Jr., Of
Washington. D. c.. and Mrs. Walter M
Higgins, of Ohio. The rooms were tastefully
decorated with handsome American flags
and red carnations. The ladies' in the
receiving line and those who presided in
the dining room were becomingly gowned
in colonial costumes, with their hair pow
dered large assemblaee was present tC
meet the guests of the popular youns
hostess.
An effort of Mrs. Anna S. Doueherty, Of
Tenleytown, D, c., to obtain the custody oil
Edward Schaeffer, the 5-year-old son Of
her deceased brother. Edward j. Schaeffer
on the ground that his mother. Mrs. Clara
Schaeffer. this town. was not in position
properly to care for the child, failed in the
Circuit Court here last Saturday. when
Judge Peter remanded the boy to the
custody of his mother Judge Peter re-
marked that he felt no doubt as to the
purity of Mrs. Dougherty' motives. but helt
that the evidence was not of a character
to justify him in separating the child and
its mother. 1t was shown that Mrs Dough
erty has for several years had the custody
of four other children of Mrs. Schaeffer.
Senator James, of Kentucky, has intro
duced in the u. S. Senate the bill. recent,
offered in the House by Representativ,
Linthicum. of Baltimore. directing tina
Col. L. Mervin Maus. United States Medica
Corps (retired). be placed on the retired
list with rank as brigadier- general Col
Maus, who was born and reared in thi
county. is now secretary of the Kentuck.
tuberculosis Commission, with >headquar
tiers at Frankfort. He entered the Medica
Corps in 1874, and was given medal o
honor by Congress for bravery in an expe
dition against the Indians in the latte
seventies. He was one Of the men VIII
helped clean up Havana and later he wa