Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-05-16
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Town and Country.


Preston B. Ray, Clerk of the Circuit
Court here, has appointed Banks Berry, Of
this town, deputy in the Office to take
the place of VIM. S. Cooley. who resigned
William s. Cooley, for the last four years
a deputy in the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court here, has resigned and has
entered the government service at Wash
ington.
Congress has been called to meet in
extra session on Monday, May 18th, to
pass necessary laws that were neglected
by the fillibustering Republicans near the
end of the last regular session.
The ladies of the M. E. Church South
Germantown, will hold strawberry festival
and meat supper. on the church lawn on
Wednesday, May 28th. beginning at S p
M. Come and bring your friends.
Mr.. G. Minor Anderson, of this town, has
purchased from Miss Mabel Shaw IS "a
acres of land, lying near Westmore station,
on the B. & o. railroad, for 5000 per acre.
This land adjoins Mr.. Anderson's farm.
Rev. Frank Y. Jaggers, of Clarksburg,
has resigned as secretary of the Mont
gomery County Chapter of the Red Cross,
and Miss Virginia R. Wilson, of Kensing-
ton, has been appointed in his place.
The Rockville ice plant. established sew
eral years ago by George M. Dorcas. has
been sold to Clarence E. Andrews. the
consideration being announced as Sill, 900.
The plant has capacity of twelve tons
a day.
The meeting of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union will be held at the
home of Mrs. John B. Brewer, in Rockville,
on Tuesday, May goth, at 2:30 P. M. The
members and friends are cordially urged
to attend.
Fire, caused by lightning. destroyed two
fine barns on the farm of Thomas E. Mills,
near Gaithersburg, last Friday morning.
A large quantity of hay, grain and imple-
ments was consumed. The loss is about
$4,000, partly covered by insurance.
Masonic fair and bazaar will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. May
20-22, 1919, under the auspices of the
Masonic Temple and Library Association,
at Masonic Hall, Gaithersburg. Md. Plenty
of music and attractions galore. Supper
served from 6 to 10 P. M.
Sound The Jubilee" to be given at the
Brookeville Gymnasium on May 18th, at
$50 P. M, by the Oakdale Young Peoples
Branch of the W. C. T. u, for reconstruc-
ton work. Admission-adults, 35 cents /;
children, IS cents. Ice-cream and candy
for SALE Come and help Sound the Jubilee.
Mrs. Marian Cissel. wife of Brown Cissel,
died last week at her home nesr Boyds,
aged IS years. She is survived by her
husband and several children. The funeral
took place from ST. Martins Church, Fair
land, and burial was in the cemetery near
the church. Mrs. Cissel was a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund G. Davis, of ColesvilIe.
Miss Julia Ferron, of this town. gave
"tacky party" to large number of her
young friends at the club house here on
Saturday evening last. The company had
accurate appreciation Of the spirit of the
occasion. and the oddity of each costume
worn presented a true picture of the taste
less tacky, which made the evening very
enjoyable.
Attorney Albert M. Bouic recently sold
two building lots in this town belonging to
the estate of the late VIM. V. Bouic, Jr.,
one facing on Court street to Messrs. Frank
Higgins and Clifford H. Robertson for
$1,000 and the other facing on Montgom-
cry avenue to Mr.. W. Frank Gather for
$500. They join the properties of the re-
spective purchasers.
On Thursday afternoon, May 22nd, 1919,
at 2:30 o'clock, Mrs. Toplitz. of the Red
Cross, will make an address at the club
house, Rockville. Mrs. Toplitz has re-
Gently returned from France. where she
has been doing Refugee work, and is in
this country for a limited time. She will
give instructions on Refugee work. Please
let her have a large audience to hear her.
The Rockville Military Academy and
the Rockville High School baseball teams
were the winners last week in the Mont
gomery County School League. The mill
tery boys defeated the Gaithersbure High
School team, at Gaithersbure, by the score
of to a. In a well-played game at Rock
vile the Rockville High School nine won
from the Sandy Spring High School nine,
to 4.
Mr.. John j. Higgins, of this town, for
a number of years a faithful and efficient
officer of the Farmers Banking and Trust
Company of Rockville, Nd, has resigned,
which he was compelled to do because of
defective eyesight. He suffers the loss of
one eye and can see but little out of the
other. In this condition, he is not able to
read at ALL His host of friends will learn
with sorrow of his misfortune.
Mrs. Eveline Townsend, wife of Capt
James G. Townsend. of the U. S. Public
Health Service. died last Saturday while
visiting at Carrollton. Ca, after a brief
illness. The funeral took place Monday
from the home of her parents, burial being
at Carrollton. Mrs. Townsend before her
marriage was Miss Brown For a short
while after her marriage she lived at Ken
sineton, this county. where Capt Townsend
had made his home for many years.
On Wednesday morning last Mrs. Robert
Hunter captured a groundhog travelling
across field of plowed ground with a
small tin can immovably covering its head.
She overlook the animal at the edge Of a
branch as it was about to descend into the
water. A blow from stick she grasped in
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