Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-04-25
Xnfal aud Personal
Town and Country.

Lee 0ffutt Mayor of Rockville, is the
latest to be mentioned in connection with
the Democratic nomination for County
Commissioner in the fourth collection dis
trict.
White Opening, May 1. 1919, at Rock
vile Millinery Shop. Special line of white
hats. georgette waists and voiles. Knit
union suits $1.25 value, 80 cents. Special
sale.
Christ Church Mission Guild will hold
sale at the residence of Mr.. John L. Daw-
son on Saturday, April 26th, from 7:30 to
1890 P. M. Cake. candy and fancy arti-
Giles for sale. Admission, 10 cents.
The Evening Star says "Washinston's
crime wave has spread with such fury and
reached such serious and menacing pro-
portions that alarm and insecurity are felt
by residents throughout the CITY,"
DR.. S. B. Muncaster, of Washington, an
nounces the engagement of his daughter,
Miss Margaret Carter Muncaster, to Mr..
John Anderson McKeagh, of Montrose,
Pa. The wedding will take place in June.
At the annual meeting of the Lyceum
Company of Sandy Spring, the following
officers were chosen: President, Mrs. Mil
ton Bancroft; secretary, Mrs. R. Bentley
Thomas; treasurer. Mrs. Samuel B. Weth-
erald
Rev. and Mrs. George R. Mays, of Clarks-
burg. have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Virginia Maxwell
Mays, and Mr.. William V. Dawson, of Ger
mantown. The wedding will take place
in June.
A large gathering of young people from
various parts of the county. Washington
and other places attended the annual
Easter dance of the young men of Gathers
burg and vicinity, in that place, last Mon
day evening.
In its farm pages The Washington Sun
day Star is paying special attention to
the work of boys and girls clubs, basine
its policy on the conviction that the well
fare of farming and of the nation is bound
up in these future citizens
Mr.. Willard Long has sold his dwelling
house and lot, situated in West End Park.
a suburb of Rockville, to Mrs. Joseph E.
Fisher. who will make it her home. Mr..
Long has purchased home in Mt. Rainier.
an eastern suburb of Washington city.
United States Attorney Laskey, of Wash
ington. has announced the appointment of
Morgan H. Beach and L. Randolph Mason
as special assistants to the United States
Attorney. to take the places of Mabry C. Van
Fleet. deceased, and Henry W. Sohn, re-
signed.
Mrs May Eta Gray has filed suit here
for absolute divorce from Joseph Lee Gray,
Washington, charging that she was de-
serted July 1, 1901, or just six months after
her marriage. She asks to be awarded the
custody of the couples only child, Daisy
Belle Gray.
George Peter, son of judge Peter, of this
town, has secured a position in the corps
of engineers of the Standard Oil Company
and left here the latter part of last week
for Houston, Texas, where he will be sta
toned. Mr.. James Anderson, formerly of
Rockville, is chief of the corps.
We are glad to know MIR. j. W. Stephens,
of Brookeville, is out again after being
critically i'll with bronchial pneumonia.
The attending physician is DR.. Charles l..
Smith, of Laytonsvile. Mr. Stephens re-
Gently sold his beautiful farm. Brooke
Grove" near Brookevlle, to Mr.. VIM. B.
Nicely, of Tennessee.
Christopher G. Hager. of Damascus dis
trict. is plaintiff in a suit filed here for
absolute divorce against Mrs. Bessie Ellen
Hager. now resident Of Frederick county.
According to the bill the couple were mar
ried May rs. 1912. and lived together until
December A, 1915, when the plaintiff was
deserted:
In the circuit court here Judge Peter
has signed decree granting Mrs. Emma
Roberta Benson an absolute divorce from
Ernest Benson, now a resident of Phila-
delphia. The bill set forth that the couple
were married June 28. 1898, and lived
together in this county and Baltimore city
until August 80, 1915. when the plaintiff
was deserted.
Announcement has been made of the
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daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry
Miller, of Friendship Heights, and Captain
John Harold Wilson. United States Coast
Artillery. The wedding will take place
this spring. Captain Wilson recently re-
turned from IS months foreign service and
is stationed at Fort Totten. N. Y.
At the Baptist Church. Rockville, on
Thursday, May LIST, at 2:30 o'clock. P. NJ.
will be held public meeting of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union. Our
State president, Mrs. Mary X. Haslup. will
be present to address the meeting. Mrs.
Alice B. Chapman. president of Montgom-
cry county. will also be here. Everyone
is cordially invited.
Lawrence Dryer. eldest son of Mr.. Lycur-
gus Dryer, both Of whom are well known
in this county, fell from the top of a tele-
graph pole in Washington city on Monday
last and fractured his skull At the time
of the accident he was doing some wiring
for the Potomac Electric Power Company.
in whOae amnlov he wac II Is thondht
that he will recover from his injury.
j. Abby Henderson, formerly Judge of
the Rockville Police Court, returned from
Florida on Tuesday. He has purchased a
fruit and vegetable farm not far distant
from Pensacola and will devote his energy
and time to the cultivation Of it. He will
leave for his home in the South, with which
he is much pleased, about the middle Of