Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-05-09

| -Su0iouon VI women CluDS VIII
De held in Poolesville on May 18th. The
meeting will be called to order at 10 clock
Inc hrst part of the morning session will
De devoted to routine business and Greet
ines from the State Federation by Mrs.
Francis Sanderson. president. At IL O'Clock
the Federation will be addressed by Gov.
Emerson c. Harrington on the subject Of
Reconstruction" At 215 o'clock DR.. A.
r. Wood, President of Maryland State Col
leee, will address the Federation on the
work OF our State College. Everyone is
most cordially invited to attend.
Thomas M. Hoyle, well-known resident
OF Derwood, this county. died last Friday,
aged 81 years, his death being due to an
abscess from which he had suffered for
several weeks. He expired in an ambu-
lance while en- route from Derwood to a
Washington hospital. He is survived by
six children. Mrs. Hoyle. who was daugh-
ter of S, Wade Magruder. of this vicinity,
died about year ago. Mr.. Hoyle was a
lifelong resident Of this county. For sew
eral years he was in the mercantile bust
ness at Derwood. but for some time prior
to his death had been connected with the
mercantile establishment of John L. Welsh,
of Derwood.
Pneumonia, of which he had been i'll but
a few days, caused the death in New York
last Sunday night of Anderson Offutt,
youngest son of the late Nicholas D. Offutt,
ST., of this town. He is survived by his
wife and two children, a brother and
sister-Mayor Lee Offutt, of Rockville,
and Mrs. Lula Campbell, of Washing
ton. Mr.. Offutt was 43 years old. He
was an electrical engineer and had spent
the last twenty years in New Orleans. La.
and New York city. The funeral services
took place here Wednesday morning at
the home of his brother. Mayor Lee Offutt.
Rev. Willard F. Minnick, rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, officiated. Burial was
in Rockville Union Cemetery.
At the meeting Of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Women's Auxiliary to Board of Missions,
held in Christ Church, Rockville, on We'd
nesday. April 30th. six of the eight parish
branches were represented, besides men,
bers from Washington and friends of the
neutrality-suspicious. sixty in all. At 1890
A. M. Holy Communion was celebrated by
Rev. M. F. Minnick, after which Mrs. Small,
President. opened the business meeting
and general conference. with an address
of welcome. At noon prayers for missions
were offered by Rev. James Kirkpatrick
of Bethesda, and a delightful luncheon
was served by the ladies of the church
At the afternoon session Rev. D. W. Cur
ran made an address. telling of the won
derful possibilities of the work of the aux
iliary. and Mrs. George H. McGrew spoke on
The Crusade Of Compassion s
Privilege and Opportunity Each rector
present, as well as several of the diocesan
officers and others, had something helpful
to ssy, altogether making the day one we'll
worth while. The next meeting will be
held at GAINESVILLE early in October.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers Banking and Trust
Company. held here on Monday last. the
following board of directors was elected /:
Samuel L. Phillips. Horace D. Waters. JAS
E. Deets. Edward C. Peter. Harry Griffith.
John W. Walker. William W. Darby. AL
bert M. Bouic. Robert G. Hilton. Thomas
Dawson. Thomas D. Darby. Thomas W.
Perry and Arthur Williams. The directors
elected the following officers: President
and secretary. Robert G. Hilton; first vice
president. Edward Peter; second vice
president. John W. Walker; treasurer. Jas.
E. Deets; assistant treasurer. F. Bache
Albert; assistant secretery. j. Hampton
Jones. The bank has just closed its most
prosperous year, now having surplus fund
and undivided profits of $4,000. The
capital stock is $50, 200. Over $4,000 in
interest was paid to the depositors, large
portion of which was on accounts subject
to check. About $4,000 in taxes were
paid to the State. county, Incorporated
towns and the U. S. government.