Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-09-08
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Town and Country.


Town and Country.
Next Tuesday will be Old Defenders
Day. a legal holiday, and all banking
houses in this county will be closed.
Mrs. Agnes Fisher, of Travilah, was sue
cessfully operated upon in Washington
city hospital on Friday last for appendi-
citis
Motion pictures every Tuesday and Satur-
day at 8 P. M, Masonic Hall, Gaithersbure,
Drama, Frontier; Keystone comedy. Sur
prise Store every Saturday night-six or
more prizes given away.
Uncle Sam is now teaching proper Sc
lection of furnishings for the home. which,
he says, should be factory for production
of family comfort. Read this article in
The Washington Sunday Star. Septem-
Der TO-
Miss Nellie Hester Beall, daughter of Mrs.
Clara Beall. and Mr. Thomas H. Athey both
of Jamestown, were married on Thursday
of last week by Rev. o. A. Gillingham,
pastor Of the Jamestown Presbyterian
Church.
Owing to an error in the published list of
premiums awarded at the recent Aericul-
tural Fair, the name of Miss B. Daishe
should be substituted for that of Miss B.
A. Dove, who had no entries in the de-
partment of Domestic Arts
Miss Margaret Amelia Burton, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward E. Burton, of this
county and Mr.. Keefer Linwood Thomp-
son, of Washington, were married here on
Thursday of last week by Rev. j. 7. Coda
han, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Miss Susie Dutrow. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos W. Dutrow, of Linden, this
county, for number of years a clerk in
the Treasury Department at Washington,
and Dr. Robert C. Warfield, of this town.
were married in Philadelphia on Thursday
of last week.
There are three free scholarships open
at the Rockville Academy for boys of this
county. 1t is required of applicants that
they shall not be under IS years of age
and must have completed the 9Th GRADE of
public school. or its equivalent in some
other school,
Mr.. Julian F. Walters has been appointed
principal Of the Hyattstown public school
Miss Elizabeth Lauxman principal of Bal
leys school; Miss Eleanor Darby principal
of Potomac school. and Misses Mile Gorck
and Mary Easton assistants. respectively,
at Travilah and TakOma Park schools.
The teachers in the Methodist and Bap-
fist Churches of this town discussed on
Sunday last the question of "recessing"
their schools on account of the epidemic of
infantile paralysis prevailing over the
country until the cool weather of late fall
sets in. The matter was not definitely
settled.
A teachers training course will be estab-
lished this year at the Rockville High
School. The course beginning in the fourth
year of high school, is a two-year course
and pupil completing this course will be
awarded certificate to teach. good for
period of three years. 1t is hoped that as
many as possible will take advantage of
this opportunity in order to meet the quail
fications as required by the new school
laws OF 1915.
The third annual class reunion of the
Glass of 1918" of the Rockville High School
was held Thursday evening, August 3lst.
The class was entertained by Miss Mary
Kelley, of Forest Glen. A very delightful
evening was spent. Eight of the thirteen
members of the class were present, Misses
Mary NJ Kelley. Olive f. Gilliss, Amy V.
Robertson. Bessie C. Brake and Mrs. Paul
s. Lehman. and Messrs. Roland Garrett,
Vivian Robey and Gather Warfield