Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-08-11
RotAl amd gersuual,
Town and Country.


The gross receipts of the late Masonic
Fair held in this town were $1,000. The
Fair was conducted with economy and the
expenses therefore light.
&C. Waters & Son, of Germantown,
have leased the garage at Gaithersburg
and will in the future conduct the busl-
ness. See their ad in another column of
this paper
Motion pictures every Tuesday and Satur-
day at P. NJ, Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg.
Drama, Frontier; Keystone comedy. Sur
prise Store every Saturday night-six or
more prizes given away.
The meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be at the home of
Mrs. Lucy Dove, Rockville, on Friday,
August 18th, at 2:30 P. M. The members
and friends are cordially invited.
AT the next meeting of the Rockville
Town Council an ordinance will be passed
prohibiting the use of the streets of the
town as stations for milk to be shipped
TO Washington city by motor trucks.
Mr.. Eugene Van Week, of Linden. Md,
announces the engagement of his daugh
ter. CYNTHIA Noyes. to Mr.. Maurice j.
Stabler of Sandy Spring. The wedding
will probably take place late in the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus w. De Vilbiss. of
Gaithersburg, this county have issued cards
announcing the marriage on Thursday,
August 10th, of their daughter, Clintie
Irene, to Mr. Lorenzo H. Yancy. of Clarks-
vile, Va.
What the Department of Agriculture is
doing to tighten the housekeeper's burden
among women of rural communities and
to better living conditions, read the arti- /
Gle next Sunday in the Washington Sun I
day Star, August 10.
Dr. Edward Anderson on Monday last
painfully sprained his hip in stepping from
a fishing boat to the bank of the Potomac
river. He has been confined to his home |
here since the accident, but his condition |
has improved and it is thought he will
soon be out again.
Our coming Fair, beginning August %.
promises to be the best held for years. 1t
will be surprising in novelties, in stock
exhibit in household display, and in racing |
by thoroughbred and harness horses. All |
that is needed to make it grand success |
i, &c
Having started last Tuesday, the 9th,
the SecO Theatre will exhibit serial pic |
ture every Tuesday night. This picture is .
entitled THE Mysteries of Myra." and is full
of thrills from beginning to end. Besides the |
serial picture. we will exhibit two laugh
able comedies. The Seco is running now
four times a week-Monday. Tuesday, !
Thursday and Saturday
Following an illness of less than day, !
Mrs. Savilla Simmons. seventy-ive years
old, widow of Samuel T. Simmons, died on
Wednesday night of last week at her home
at Clarksburg. Her death was due to a
general breakdown She is survived by
the following children: Robert Simmons,
of Baltimore; Mrs Zacharah Hawkins and
Lee Simmons, of Washington. and Miss
Jessie Simmons, of Clarksburg.
Leaving a note addressed to her mother,
in which she declared that she mad moth
ing to live for and gave directions for the
disposition of her belongings. Miss Susie
Creamer, daughter of the late Charles H.
Creamer, swallowed quantity of carboic
acid in her home near Potomac on We'd
nesday evening of last week, from the
effects of which she died on Thursday. She
was 20 years old and is survived by her
mother and several brothers and sisters.
Miss Sarah M. Musser, aged 70 years,
died last Sunday afternoon at her home
near Germantown, following long illness
of a complication of diseases. She is sur
vved by three sisters, Misses Mary and |
Susan Musser and Mrs. James w. Graft,
all of this county. The funeral took place
at II O'Clock Tuesday morning from the
Presbyterian Church at Neelsvile, the pas
tor, Rev. 7. D. Richards. conducting the
services. Burial was in the cemetery ad-
joining the church. Miss Musser was a
daughter of the late William Musser of .
this county
Mrs. Sarah T. Byrd, widow of John B. ,
Byrd died last Sunday at her home near
Jacksonville, aged 70 years She had been
i'll of general debility about a week Her
surviving children are Sam'l d., Joseph and
George Byrd and Misses Annie. Mary, Eliza 4
beth and Elsie Byrd. all of the Jacksonville I
neighborhoOd The funeral took place at
III o'clock Tuesday morning from the fam !
lily residence. The services were conducted .
by Kew Charles II. Waters, of Brightwood, |
D. T. Burial was in Monocacy Cemetery |
Beallsville. Mrs. Byrd before her marriage /,
was Miss Veirs. She was lifelong resi-
dent of this county.
Returning from Westminster, Md, where
she had been spending the summer, Miss
PRISCILLA Dawson Gibbons. daughter of Mr.
ana Mrs. VIM. II. Gibbons. 1882 Park Ave
nue. was met in Baltimore Tuesday by Mr.. 7
Luclus 2. c. Lamar, son of VIM H. Lamar,
VINO had come from Rockville. Md. and, .
going together to Belair. they were mar
ried by the Rev. j. A. White in the rectory
o'SL lgnatius Catholic Church. Mr.. Lamar
VINO was graduated in law from the Uni
'eFslty of Maryland in June. is grandson
VI the late Associate Justice l.. O. C. Lamar,
VI the United States Supreme Court He and
MISS Gibbons had been friends for some
u'ne' but the wedding came as a surprise
10 Their friends and relatives. They will
i've IN this city.-Balto. Sun of Friday.
On a charge of forgery, preferred by
tred L. Thomas. cashier of the First Ma
uOhal Bank Of Sandy Spring. Mrs. Bertha