Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-07-06
HufaI aud gersuual.


Town and Country.
Thomas X. Conrad, of Chevy Chase, ha.
been commissioned as Captain in the Medi
cal Corps, U. S. A.
Millinery, new shapes and styles Of the
season, flowers. ornaments, etc, full line
of waists Mrs. Harry E. Stratmyer. Rock.
vile.
Mr.. Duncan Bradley. of this town, ha:
been appointed to position in the U. S
Department of Justice at a handsome
salary, and is stationed in New York city
Last Tuesday the County Commissioners
sold Sc, 900 worth of county bonds to the
Farmers Banking and Trust Company Of
Rockville at par. bearing per cent in
terest.
Hart Butterfield, of Bethesda. has been
appointed by Gov. Harrington justice Of
the peace for Bethesda district. to succeed
Alfred Wilson. resigned. He has sub
scribed to the oath of office before the
Clerk of the Circuit Court here,
Miss Sarah Brown. of Unity. and Mr..
Homer Allnutt. of the vicinity of Laytons-
vile, were married in Rockville on We'd
nesday of last week by Rev. j. W. Duffey.
pastor of the Methodist Church. at the
home of the minister.
Thomas Sampson, for some years promi-
nent in building association work in the
District of Columbia. died last Tuesday
evening at the family residence at Mont
rose, this county. He was seventy four
years of age. and had been i'll but short
time.
At the celebration Of the Fourth at Ger
mantown Mr. Perry E. Waters was awarded
the prize for the best decorated automo-
bile. The features of the day were
parade and addresses by prominent speak
ers, delivered before large crowd of per-
sons in attendance.
An abandoned seven-passenger auto
mobile was found in Rockville early last
Saturday morning and was taken posses
sion of by Sheriff Gather. 1t developed
later in the day that the machine had
been stolen in Washington and it was
turned over to the District of Columbia
authorities.
During the thunder storm on Friday
afternoon last an empty hay barrack on the
farm Of the Fields Brothers. near DerwoOd.
was struck by lightning. The southeast
cornerpost of the building was literally
shivered and on the opposite side. strange
to say the shingles in the center Of the
roof, from the comb to the caves in mar
row space, were splintered.
Mrs. Cecil Allnutt and Mrs. Alexander
Prescott. Jr.. entertained at SHOWER" on
Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Prescott, ST., in honor of Miss
Gala Minnick, daughter Of Rev. and Mrs.
Willard F. Minnick. all of this county. Miss
Minnicks marriage to Mr.. Steadman Pres
colt, second son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Prescott, ST., will take place the early part
Of July.
An announcement of much interest in
Richmond and throughout the State is
made by George W. Ribble. of the marriage
of his daughter. Virginia. to David W.
Mcdonald. The wedding. which was a
very quiet one, owing to recent bereave-
ment in the brides family, took place at
the BRIDES home. 500 Peachtree street,
Atlanta, Ca, Saturday. June 18th. Miss
Ribble formerly made her home here
Richmond. Va. exchange.
Mr.. Vim. Graft left at this Office recently
16 heads of Currells Prolific Wheat, Sc
lected from the crop grown this year upon
his farm, near DerwoOd. Each Of the heads
measured six inches in length. We hulled
out one of them and got 81 large. plump
grains. Mr. Graf stated that he had huled
out lot of heads and found not less than
80 grains in anyone of them. The field was
fallowed and is expected to yield from 80
to 40 bushels per acre.
In ST. Marys Catholic Church here last
Saturday morning Miss May Yearley.
daughter of Mrs. S f. Yearley, of this
town. and Mr. Joseph L. Donovan, of Mar
riottsvile. Howard county. Md. were mar
ried in the presence of large gathering.
Rev. j. T. Coolahan, pastor of the church,
officiated. A reception followed at the
home of the bride. after which Mr.. and
Mrs Donavan left for their honeymoon
trip. Mr.. Donovan is States Attorney for
Howard county.
Three hundred and eighty-nine Mary
land boys have been accepted as qualified
applicants for commissions in the Reserve
Officers Training Camp at Fort Myer, &C.
cording to the official list. made public.
Among the list are the following from this
county: Norman Belt of Gathersburg :;
Robert G. Carter. William W. Chance and
Raymond L. Shoemaker. Of Chevy Chase /;
F. Paul Clark Louis H. Ely and Phillips
Blair Lee. Silver Spring; Thomas Hyde, of
Sandy Spring; G. R. Thompson. Of Forest
Glen; W. L. Townsend. of Kensington; W.
Valentine Wilson. Of Rockville.
While attempting to escape from Deputy
Sheriffs Bottlemay and Meads, near Rock
ville last Monday. Francis Curtis. young
negro Of this vicinity. was shot in the
back by one of the officers and now is in
serious condition in a Washington hos
pital The officers had been on the look
out for Curtis for some time to arrest him
on charge preferred by his wife. Monday
they located him. and. seeing the officers
approaching, he started to run. Both
officers drew their REVIEWERS end fired
Curtis stopped Immediately and informed
the officers he had been shot. He was
placed in an automobile and hurried to the
hospital. 1t is not known which Officer