Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-05-17
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Town and Country.

Mr. JOHn WclSu HAS OcBuu tAlS CECCtiOn
of mill and elevator at Derwood, this
county.
The Colesville Red Cross will hold
strawberry festival at the home Of Mr.. T.
r. Cissel on May 22nd, beginning at 5
O'Clock, P. M.
The ladies of St. Marks Guild will hold
their annual lawn party on the afternoon
and evening of August 21st on the White
Oak school grounds. near Burnt Mills.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold its
annual strawberry and ice-cream festival
at Brookeville on Wednesday afternoon,
May 29th, beginning at O'Clock. Every
body invited.
Gov. Harrington has appointed Ledoux
E. Riggs, of Goshen, and Joseph E. jan
ney, Of Brookeville members of the County
Board of Education to succeed Columbus
W. Day and Stanton J. Peelle.
The ladies of ST. Marys Sewing Society
of Boyd will hold an ice-cream and straw
berry festival in Boyd Hall on Saturday
evening, June 1st, beginning at 7 o'clock.
Come and enjoy pleasant evening.
Uncle Sam is making men ht for army
and navy; thousands rejected when ex
amined for the draft may be treated to
remove minor defects. Read this article
in The Washington Sunday Star. May 10.
The ladies of St. Marks Guild will hold
their annual lawn party on the afternoon
and evening of August 21st at the White
Oak school grounds, near Burnt Mills.
Part of the proceeds will be given to the
Red Cross.
The meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held at tho
home of Mrs. John B. Brewer. in Rockville,
on Tuesday. May 2lst, at 2:S0 P. M. All
the members and friends are especially
urged to be present.
The County Commissioners received but
one bid for macadamizing the streets of
Rockville. This bid of $68, 500 was from
the Washington Asphalt Block and Tile
Company. The bid will be referred to the
State Roads Commission.
Miss Pansy R. Mullican, daughter Of
Mrs. Elizabeth and the late GeorGe Multi
can, of Colesville. and Mr.. Ernest G. Eslin,
of Silver Spring, were married recently by
Rev. C. o. Rosensteel. pastor Of St. Johns
Catholic Church. Forest Glen.
Among the Maryland graduates from
the third officers training camp, at Camp
Mcclellan, Georgia. awarded commissions
as second lieutenants on May 18th. are
Charles Shoemaker. Of Chevy Chase. and
Neal D. Franklin, of Bethesda.
The Young Women's Missionary Society
of the Rockville Baptist Church has elected
the following officers for one year: Presi-
dent, Miss Ruby Robertson ce-president. |
Miss Estele Greenough secretary, Miss
Estele Ricketts,; treasurer. Mrs. George c.
carp; councillor, Miss Isabel kingdom.
The County Board Of Education organ
lied here on Tuesday by electing DR.. Jas.
E. Deets president and DR.. Warren Price
president. The new members OF the
board are Ledoux E. Riggs and Joseph F..
Janney. The holdover members are Drs.
Deets and Price, Zadoc M. Cooke and Chas.
T. johnson.
Jack Bentley, Of this county, who lately
received commission at Camp Meade,
Nd, has been appointed an assistant in
structor at the fourth officers training
camp which has just been opened there.
Jack Bentley is a son of the late John 7.
Bentley of this county, and formerly a
pitcher on the Washington base ball team.
Miss Bessie Beatrice Bell, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. D. Bell, of Laytonsville'
and Mr. Thomas F. Hawkins, young mer-
chant of Etchison. were married last Satur-
day by Rev. H. F. Boss. pastor of the Lay
louisville M. E. Church. The ceremony took
place at the home Of the brides parents
in the presence Of only members OF the
two families A wedding breakfast fol-
lowed, after which Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins
QepdTleu IOT u nUItHCtu
Gaithersbure Branch, Montgomery Coun-
ty Red Cross, will conduct Pastry Kitchen
on Friday, May 17th. from IL O'Clock to 5
P. NJ, and Saturday. May 25th, from to
6 P. M. at Mr.. Robert Plummer's shop.
back of the National Bank, Gaithersbure.
canned fruit, jellies and preserves will be
Pastry of all kinds. cake, desserts, candy,
on sale. The public is most urgently re-
quested to give US their patronage and
thus aid our sick and wounded soldiers in
the World War.
The Woman's Club of Rockville met at
the Montgomery Country Club on Thurs
day, May 9th, Mrs. Somervell Dawson be-
ing hostess. Responses to roll-call were
Current Events and all gave interesting
facts. Business transactions followed.
Mrs. VIM. D. Clark read paper on Eng
lands Colonies" The club is still busily
engaged in its war work, having recently
given number of Kitchen Band Concerts,
the proceeds going toward buying wool,
which the club is knitting into socks for
our soldiers and sailors.
Last Wednesday morning Ernest Eslin. OF
Silver Spring: VIM. C. Black. Of Sligo. and
Samuel E. Argent, Jr., Of Forest Glen. we're
sent to the Pennsylvania State College by
the local draft board, and in the afternoon
the following were entrained for Pittsburs,
Pa Nornnan r Price Edward W Offutt
and Francis j. Calily, Of Garrett Park; Geo.
A. Burgess and John E. Burgess. Tenley-
town. D. c.; SamuelA. Carr, Laurel; James
Stanley Ginsell, Bethesda These men.
who are experienced along mechanical
lines. will receive course Of training at