Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-02-20
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Town and Country.

Town and Country.
J.R Crawford has resigned as superin-
tendent of the Rockville Fair Grounds, hav-
ing filed the position for three years. He
will, probably, remove his stable of horses
to Philadelphia.
Deleeate Charles G. Griffith, of this coun-
ty, has introduced in the House bill
increasing the pay of the three Judges OF
the Orphans Court for this county from
81 to Sc day.
Mrs. Minnie B. Jeffers daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. H. Coleman, of this vicinity
and Mr.. VIM. Ohio Beall, of Derwood, were
married here last Saturday by Rev. ?. K.
Wagner, pastor of the Baptist Church.
The Federalized woman suffrage, as rep
resented in the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment, was decisively rejected Tuesday in
both houses of the Maryland General AS
sembly. In the Senate the vote was IL to
9 against ratification and in the House
GA to SO.
A congregational meeting of the Rock
vile Presbyterian Church will be held in
the Church on Sunday morning, February
22nd, to take action on very important
matter. All members of the congregation
are urgently requested to be present. Morn
ine service By order of the Session.
Preliminary arrangements are being made
whereby two troops of Boy Scouts will be
oreanized. Rev. P. Rowland Wagner is
trying to perfect the organization so that
Rockville will have the beneficial results
which the scouts can give. These results
will be many and all of them good. Those
who have suggestion, money, time and
boys to line up with this movement, will
please get in touch with Mr.. Wagner.
The finest fiction production by Amerl-
can and European writers has been con-
tracted for by The Washington Sunday
Star. Such star authors as Oeweli Ford'
with his "Torchy stories" and Fannie
Hurst, j. L. Beeston and many others are
regular contributors to The Star. But this
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Ralph Clayton Madden, who is known to
many audiences through Pennsylvania
New Jersey and New York will be in Rock
vile Monday evening. February 23rd' to
dive his Gems from the Authors" Mr..
Madden will give this rare entertainment
in the Baptist Church, under the auspices
of the Y. W. A., and all are invited to be
present. Other additional features will be
presented to make it an evening OF pleasure
and profit No admission will be charged.
The American Red Cross last Friday
announced the names of members OF It's
commission to Siberia, including nurses
and general relief workers, who sailed from
Vladivostok for San Francisco on the trans
port Great Northern on February 5. Ac-
cordine to cable advices, ia women and
20 men are aboard. Among them are the
following Marylanders; Vashti Rebecca
Bartlett, of Gaithersburg Hazel Webster
Crowl, $500 Windsor Mills road, Walbrook,
and Julia L. Harrison. 81 East North ave-
nue., Baltimore.
Henson Carroll, colored, of this town,
died on Saturday last from paralysis. lie
was a slave and belonged to branch OF
the Kilgour family of this community. not
one of whom is now living. He was eighty
odd wears of age, as reckoned by those quail
fed to know. He was of polite manners
and very skillful mechanic, which natu-
rally came to him without days train
ine. and this he combined with decided
diff in the art of taxidermy. His work in
these lines was admired by those before
whom it was exhibited.
The Womans Club of Bethesda met on
Tuesday, February 10th, at Mrs. John
Flemings residence in Drummond, ND.
After a brief business session the Kew
James Kirkpatrick addressed the club on
The Montgomery County Social Service
League. He called the audience atteh-
ton to the fact that the graduate nurse
employed by the league for the community
is available not only for those who cannot
afford to pay but also for those who can
pay something, though, perhaps, not able
to afford the regular fee. DR.. Kirkpatrick
spoke of the difficulty of getting site ioT
the tubercular hospital which is to be
built by the county. Due to Ignorance
some communities have objected to its
presence in their midst, regarding it as a
source of infection, notwithstanding that
SEGREGATED infected persons cannot spread
the disease, while only few persons IN
fected, and uninstructed in hygiene ming
ling freely with the community can DO
infinitely more damage After DIR. Kirk
patrick's talk the club decided to hold a
series of entertainments in the near future
to raise funds for the work of the league
The meeting was adjourned and tea was
served by Mrs. Fleming.
Holiday Trapshoot.