Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-05-18
Goal aud PERSONAL.


Liberty Grove Grange will holdits annua
picnic on August 4th
Church social and supper at Potomac
hall on Monday. May 28th. from S to 10
P. NJ, for the benefit of the Methodist
Church.
Millinery, new shapes and styles of the
season, flowers. ornaments, etc., a full line
of waists. Mrs. Harry E. Stratmyer, Rock.
vile.
The festival for the benefit of St. Mary's
Catholic Church. Rockville. will be held on
Tuesday and Wednesday. July Oath and
25th. 1917.
The Board of Supervisors of Elections
has elected W. Outerbridee Spates. former
States Attorney. attorney to the board in
place of the late Alexander Kileour.
Miss Bessie Bell Cochran and Mr.. Alva
F. Bean. both of this vicinity, were mar
ried on Wednesday evening of last week
by Rev. S. R. White. at the home of the
minister.
Mr.. VIM. Benson. of Grifton. this county
retired merchant-farmer. and his family
will take up a residence in Rockville as
soon as he is able to purchase suitable
house.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Brookeville
M. P. Church will hold their annual straw
berry festival Thursday evening. May 81.
beginning at P. M. The public is cor
daily invited.
DR.. Frederick N. Henderson, of this town.
recently offered his services as physician
to the U. S. Government during the war.
He was accepted after passing a very
rigid examination.
The Aid Society of the Colesville M. E.
Church South will hold a strawberry and
ice-cream festival and parcel post sale on
Wednesday. June 6. at the W. C. T. u. Hall,
beginning at o'clock.
James E. Rabbit. aged So years. died
last Sunday at his home at Gaithersburg
of a complication of diseases He is sur
vived by his second wife, who was Miss
Gather. and four sons.
The Young Peoples Branch of Oakdale
will meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
P. Hines on Wednesday evening. May 23.
at s O'Clock. All members and friends
are cordially invited to attend.
There will be three harness races given
at the Fair Grounds here on the afternoon
of May 80 by the owners of horses train
ing at the grounds. Further particulars
will be published later.
The meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held at the
home of Mrs. John J. Higgins. in Rockville.
on Tuesday. May 22nd. at 2:30 P. M. The
members and friends are cordially invited.
Augustus C, Ward, son of Mr.. E. G. Ward
died. after long illness, at his home. at
Hunting Hill. on Saturday last, aged "a
years. He is survived by his wife. His.
remains were inferred in Forest Oak ceme-
terry. Gaithersbure.
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Etchison school on Saturday. May 18th. at
7:45 P. M, for the benefit Of the church
and school. Subject. "Reminiscences of
Weather Bureau Man" Admission, adults
20 cents; children. 10 cents.
The dwelling house belonging to the
estate of Helen A. Howard, located at
Montgomery avenue and Fayette street.
Rockville. was purchased at public sale on
Saturday last by j. o. Moulden & Son,
Green grocers. of this town. at $500.
Mr.. Valentine Wilson. of The Suburban
Electrical Company, left here Monday for
three months training in the Officers Re-
serve Corps at Fort Meyer. The business
will be carried on as usual Mr.. d. P.
Owens will look after the plumbing and
heating department while Mr.. Wilson is
absent.
Howard A. Magruder. of Washington.
and Clara Brown. of Bethesda, have each
filed suit here against the Washington
Railway and Electric Company for $4,000
damages. The former was injured in
March and the latter in April. 1917. while
riding as passengers on the Rockville and
Georgetown railway.
News, cable dispatches, feature articles
Of national Importance; pictorial section
reproduced by a remarkable process;
comic section second to none the famous
"Penrod" stories. by Booth Harrington. and
other short and long fiction-such. in gen.
eral, are the contents of The Washington
Sunday Star each week. Get copy next
Sunday. May 20.
Miss Halle Isabel Shaw. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Shaw. of Silver Spring,
this county. and Mr., Thomas F. Bramell,
Of Buffalo. N. Y, were married in Rock
vile last Saturday afternoon by Rev. j..
w. Duffey, pastor of the M. E. Church
South, the ceremony taking place at the
home of the minister in the presence OF a
few relatives and friends of the couple.
Capt. ]. E. O'Brien. of the Army of the
Farm. completed his purchase Monday.
and all the equipment in the way of camp
material has now been provided. The first
contingent left Baltimore on Wednesday
for Carroll county. and second Friday for
Kent county. Meanwhile recruiting will
continue as the various units are assigned
The men are glad they are to 60 to work.
Justice Hitz, of the District Supreme
Court. Tuesday awarded the custody OF
Malcolm B. Early to his father. Claude c.
Early. and granted the mother. Ida W.
Early, permission to visit the child at the
fathers home, at Alta Vista. this county,
once week. The court granted alimony
Of $40 per month to the wife. pending the
hearing of her suit for limited divorce.