Evening star., 1916-04-23
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. April 22.-Follow-
ing a long illness, Rufus Kent King,
farmer, died early this morning at his
home in Damascus. aged siXty-siX
years. his death being due TO an affec-
ton of the kidneys. He is survived
by his wife. who was a Miss Bowman
of this county. and the following chill
dren: Mrs. Wilbur 5. Day of Rockville.
Mrs. Howard Niles of Clarksburg. Mrs.
Arthur Burdette. Mrs. William J. Day
and William +. King of Damascus. The
morning from the Methodist Church at
Damascus.
Upon the recomme ndation of Repre-
sentative David j. Lewis. Garnet w.
ftch!SOn has been appointed by IreSl-
dent Wilson postmaster of Gathers
burg. this county. to succeed Richard
II. Miles, whose term recently expired.
There were several other applicants for
the position. Nh Etchison Is son OF
the late DE- Elisha G. Etchison and be
longs to the anti-Lee faction of the
democratic party.
At the annual election of officers of
the Montgomery County Medical So
ci"ty, held at the spring meeting OF
The organization at Chestnut Lodge
Sanitarium here. Dr. J. w. Bird OF
Sandy Spring was chosen president, DR..
Eugene Jones of kenSinGton vice pres
dent, and DR.. Frederick w. Henderson
of Rockville secretary. DIR. Bird sue
ceeds Dr Ernest l.. Bullard, Or. Jones
succeeds DR.. Bird and DR.. Henderson
succeeds himself.
John f., Ward of Gaithersburg, this
county, and Mrs. Margaret Y. Wells of
Washington were married in Rockville
this afternoon by Rev. Samuel r. White
of the Baptist Church, at the home of
the minister.
l,ap
today to David Calvin Wclty. twenty
one years old, and Miss Elsie Mildred
MaSil1. aged nineteen, and Guy w.
French. thirty-four years old, and Miss
of Washington, and William Joseph
Hogan, aged twenty nine, of Tenley-
town. ID. c., and Miss Marcella T. Lucas,
twenty seven years old. of this county.
Prof. Willis b. Burdette, county Su
pcrintendent of public schools and Ed
win w. Broome, assistant superintend
ent. are preparing for the annual edu-
cational day to be held here May ).
The program will include u parade of
public school children, drills and tab
leaux, exhibits of school work and ath-
letic sports. Several thousand school
children and others are expected to at
tend.
Transfers of real estate were record
ed in the office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week fol-
lows: Zebedee II. Beall to James j.
Beali, twenty acres, Clara r.. Beall
to Ernest +. Ricketts, tfty-one acres:
John T Best to Ernest L. Rick etts. six
ty-four acres; Henry w. Offutt to NJ. E.
Elgin, twenty acres; Ernest p. Rick
etts to Samuel w. Magruder. 237 acres,
James H. Eskersly to Atlantic Devel-
opment Company, 320 acres Mary O.
Clements to William II. Wark. fifty
three acres; James J. Beall to Zebedee
II. Beall, one and ne7quarter acres:
Henrietta NJ. Halliday to Mark Finley
part of Hamilton Tract: Joseph w
Shadle to Horace b. Fulks. lot at Hill
Crest: West Chevy Chase Land Com
pany to National Capital Realty Com
pany. lot at West Chevy Chase: Ethel
NJ. Brazil to Rufus j. Burdette, lot at
Drummond; William Rich to George
W. Athey. lot; Charles S. Muir to AL
fred Jeffery, lot in Chevy Chase Park
Emmett c. Hall to John A. Jarboe,
Rock Spring Hotel property: Emmett c.
Hall to Frank Higgins. four lots in
Glen Echo Park: II. Maurice Talbot
to John A. Jarboe. two lots in Glen
Echo Park; Laura V. Green to NJ. E.
TheisZ, two lots at Garrett Park.
A license to marry has been issued
by the clerk of the circuit court here
TO George II. Scherrer, forty three