Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-05-19
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Town and Country.


Academy base ball team defeated the
Poolesville High School team at Pooles-
vile last Saturday.
Motion pictures every Tuesday and Satur-
day at 8 P. M, Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg.
Drama. Frontier; Keystone comedy. Sur
prise Store every Saturday nieht-six or
more prizes given away.
Ten negro men were arrested in the
neighborhOod of Boyd on Sunday last by
Sheriff Gather and several of his deputies
and lodged in jail. charged with selling
whiskey in violation of the Local Option
law.
The Kings Daughters of Rockville will
hold their annual meeting in the Baptist
Church on the evening of June 2nd, 1915,
at 1880 o'clock. Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr.
will address the meeting. Everybody well
come.
Mrs. Irene Matilda Moore. of this county,
has filed suit in the circuit court here for
absolute divorce from John D. Moore. of
Washington charging desertion. She also
asks the custody of their only child. Gladys
Marie Moore, aged S years. +.
Miss Olive Gilliss has resigned as princi-
pal of Pitman-shorthand and typewritins
at Stewards Business College, Washington,
D. C. Miss Gilliss was one of the most
popular teachers of the institution and has
made many friends in the profession.
Miss Sarah Waters, of The Naples. Wash
ington, D. c., has as her guest Mrs. Henry
W. Mahon, Of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Mahon
was formerly Miss Evelyn Tasker, of Wash
ington, and is an intimate friend of Miss
Waters, with whom she will visit for sew
eral weeks.
THE Mystery at Woodford's" is the title
of a new mystery story at Wordsworth
Camp Its setting is a haunted theatre.
where the ghost of an old actor is said to
tread the boards. Read the opening in
stallment in The Washington Sunday Star
May 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry 7. Newcomb enter
tanned about forty guests at dance last
Friday night at their residence near Be-
thesda. this county. for their daughters,
Miss Ellsworth Newcomb and Miss Will
fred Newcomb. The house and verandas
were decorated with pink and white sweet
peas.
Blanche Nicholson, the interesting little
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard L.
Nicholson, died on Thursday, May nth,
1915, at the home of her grandparents. in
Rockville, aged 6 years and 8 months.
Her remains were inferred in Rock Creek
cemetery, Washington. D. c., on Saturday
afternoon last.
Governor Harrington OH Monday ap-
pointed Hon. Philip D. Laird, of this town.
formerly chairman of the Public Service
Commission and lately Speaker of the
House of Delegates, member of the Ser
vice Commission in the place of Mr.. W.
Laird Henry, whose term expired May LIST.
Mr.. Laird will take office on June lst
The eighth annual meeting of the Social
Service League will be held in the Pre3by-
terrain Church, Takoma Park, June 9th, at
10 A. M. An instructive and attractive
program is being prepared. and it is de-
sired that as many persons as can will
take their lunch and spend the day. Coffee
and ice cream will be for sale on the
premises.
The annual meeting of the County Fed
Grafton of Home and School Associations
will be held on Tuesday. June 6. 1:30 P.
M, in the court room at the Court House,
Rockville. The general topic for discussion
will be, How Can We Make Our Schools
of Greater Service ?" Speakers for the
various branches of this topic will be an
nounced later. Annual reports and cleo
ton of officers will be in order.
Dr. Otis M. Linthicum, Jos. L. Clagett,
Martin F. Helm and Ohio H. W. Talbot,
recently elected members of the Rockville
Town Council, took the oath of Office last
Saturday before Mayor Lee 0ffutt and en-
tered upon their duties. The Council
elected F. Bache Albert town clerk and
Preston r. Hewitt bailiff. The latter's pay
was increased from $50to $60per month.
Miss Nellie A. Proctor. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Walter A. Proctor, of Silver Spring,
was married to Mr.. Frank L. Hewitt. of the
same place, on Thursday afternoon of last
week at the Cardinals residence. Balti-
more. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. C. o. Rosensteel, pastor of ST. Johns
Catholic Church. Forest Glen. The bride
was attended by her sister, Miss Mary
Proctor, and Mr.. Gist Blair and Mr. Brooke
Lee attended the bridegroom.
DR.. Howard Kelley. the famous surgeon
of Johns Hopkins University. and DIR. W.
W. Davis, secretary Of the Lords Day AL
lance will speak at the following churches
in this county, Sunday, May 21st Sandy
Spring Meeting House at II A. M; Poto-
mac Methodist Church. 2 P. M; Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, $50; Gaithersburg M. Z.
Church. South. GAS; Rockville Baptist
Church, 745. Everyone is cordially in
vited to hear these prominent men discuss
the subject, The Proper Observance of the
Lords Day"
The trustees of the Rockville Academy
met on Monday evening last to consider
the financial condition of that institution
after being deprived of the annual State
appropriation of $500 by the last Legisla-
ture. Heretofore the trustees have allowed
sixteen free scholarships in the academy
with the State appropriation and another
fund derived from the West bequest. Eight
Of them were for boys and eight for girls.
At the meeting Monday it was decided to
make the academy a school for boys alone
and to reduce the number Of free scholar
ships to eight. II was also decided that boy