Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-30
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bailiff of Rockville to succeed George W
Weaver. resigned.
The Burden Bearer Circle of The King
Daughters will meet with Mrs. r. H. Stoke
on Tuesday evening, September 10th, a
8 o'clock.
The Rockville Woman's Club request
that all the RED Cross Chains" be finished
by September LIST, and that the money b.
promptly turned in to Mrs. Harry Dawson
Treasurer.
The Upper Seneca Baptist Church. a
Cedar Grove. will hold its annual picnic
and chicken supper in the afternoon ant
evening on Labor Day, Monday, Septem
Der End, 1918. The public is cordially in
vited.
The Ladies Guild of Ascension Church
Gaitbersbure, will hold a chicken supper
at Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg. on Friday
September 9th, 1918, commencing at
O'Clock. P. M. The public is cordially in
vited.
Lieut.. Edmund Jones, of this town, has
been ordered back from France to drill
raw soldiers of the National Army at Camp
Meade. At present he is visiting his wife
and relatives here and will shortly enter
upon duty at the camp.
Forty-eieht new reeistrants-36 whites
and IL colored were added to the county's
list by the registration by the local draft
board here last Saturday of boys who have
become 81 years old since June S. making
the county's total registration 2.78O.
By direction of the Provost Marshal Gen.
eral, the local draft board has indicted
John T. Fletchall, of Poolesville. and Saml
j. Hutton, of Brookevlle, into the military
service, the former into the quartermaster
corps and the latter into the coast artillery.
Louis NJ Leizear, lifelong resident of
this county, died last week at his home at
Oakdale. aged IS years. He is survived
by his wife and several sons and daughters.
The funeral took place from the Methodist
Church at Layhill and burial was in the
cemetery near the church.
The annual Montgomery County Sunday
School convention will be held in the
Christian Church. Rockville, on September
IL, 1918, beginning at 10 A. M. and closing
at 8 P. M Every Sunday School will
please send reports and delegates. Basket
lunch. Coffee served. f. W. Walker, Presi-
dent.
This edition of the SENTINEL is issued on
Wednesday instead Of Friday, the usual
day of publication, in order to give its
employees two days holiday which may
be enjoyed at the MONTGOMERY County
Fair, whose annual exhibition opened on
Tuesday and will be continued for four
days.
Willis Brown, the fourteen-year-old son
of Philip Brown. assistant foreman on the
farm of Prof. Willis L. Moore, near Rock
vile, was almost instantly killed on Friday
afternoon last, on the Moore farm, when
he fell from a wagon on which he was
riding. He fell in front of the wagon and
one of the wheels passed over his head.
The wagon was loaded with cord wood.
The suit of the County Commissioners,
acting as the County Board of Health, to
restrain Thomas & Co., of Gaithersbure,
from permitting refuse from their canning
factory to be discharged into stream,
was heard by Judge Edward C. Peter in
the Circuit Court here on Thursday of last
week. The Court passed no formal order
in the case, but gave the company to I'M
derstand that if the nuisance complained
of is not abated within reasonable time
the injunction prayed for would be granted.
The local draft board has received a call
for nine special or limited service men and
has directed the following to hold them
selves in readiness to report for entrain-
ment for Camp Humphreys. Va, about
September 3rd Bradley WoOdfield. Ger
mantown; Clarence Grimes, Takoma Park F.;
James G. Monkey, Monrovia; Victor II.
Bender, Silver Spring George Keys, Poto-
mac; George P. Fields, Rockville; George
Clark Burdine, Takoma Park; Robert L.
Tolson, Rockville Benjamin F. Bottlemay.
Gaithersburg.
The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court is busy issuing hunting licenses
under the State wide law passed by the
last legislature. At the close of business
last week 440 licenses had been issued to
residents of the county and 2 to nOn-resi-
dents of the State. The annual fee 10
resident is $1.l0 and to a nonresident
$50. The season for killing squirrels
began last Monday and continues until
September 80. Chas Z. Lechlider, deputy
game warden, says that the law is to be
strictly enforced. The fine for a violation
of the license law is SIS and costs. one
half of the fine going to the informer.
Miss Lucille Gordon England, daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs Charles E. England, Of this
town, and Mr.. Russell W. Conklin, Of Cam
bridge. Mass. were married last Saturday
evening in the Baptist Church here by
Rev. Oscar W. Henderson. of Baltimore.
The brides sister. Miss Mary England, was
maid of honor. and Corp. Harold Wyans.
of Washington. was best man. The ushers
were DR.. Carlton N Etchison, of Gathers
burg Mr.. Harold Alberto, of Washington /;
Mr.. Harold c. Smith, of Rockville, and Mr..
Oscar Gather. Of Derwood. Little Miss
Alverda Henderson, Of Baltimore, was
flower girl, and the marches were played
by Miss Lucy Smith, Of Rockville, accom-
panied by Mrs. Harold c. Smith on the
violin.
Washington Grove Host OF Soldiers
A delegation Of citizens Of Washington
Grove went TO Walter Reed Hospital. Wash