Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-12-17
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Town and Country.
Samuel B. Wetherald has been appointed
postmaster at Sandy Spring, this county.
Sheriff Geo. E. Nicholson has appointed
Daniel A. Smith deputy sheriff for this
county.
Miss Dorothy Ross, of this county. has
been appointed Home Demonstration Agent
for Cecil county.
Miss Ethel Gilliss, of this vicinity, will
leave to-day for Daytona, Fla, to spend
the Christmas holidays.
The trial of Guy Vernon Thompson.
charged with the murder of James Bolton.
has been set for December 29th.
Burrows barbershop, at Rockville, will
be closed all day Christmas. Open Christ
mas Eve from 7:30 A. M. to II P. M.
Evangelist W. B. Waters will preach in
the Rockville M. E. Church South on SUM-
day, December 18th, at II A. M. and 1880
Pm.
Rev Adam W. Miller will preach on
Sunday. December 18th, at 2:30 P. M, in
the Offutt building, next to D. H. Warfeld's
store All welcome. No collections.
While returning from Washington to his
home. near Colesville, last Friday night,
Mr.. Zeph FOLSOM was held up and relieved
of all the cash he had on his person.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Hett, of Brooke
vile, announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Lille Margaret, to Mr.. Guy
Leroy Brown, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
S. Brown. of Brighton.
The accidental discharge of a revolver
which he was handling in his home on
the farm of John E. Muncaster, near Nor
beck. on Wednesday Of last week. caused
the death of Louis S. Pratt, colored.
Mrs. j. Somervell Dawson has been ap-
pointed Secretary of the Montgomery Coun
ty Chapter of the American Red Cross to
succeed Miss Julia A. Fearon, resigned.
Mrs. Dawson entered upon her duties on
the 18th instant
On Tuesday night December 26th, 1.-THE
Star of Bethlehem" in tableau, song and
story, will be presented at the Christian
Church, Rockville. The entertainment will
begin promptly at o'clock. The public
cordially invited.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
at the home of Miss Mary Higgins, in
Rockville, on Tuesday, December 2lst, at
2:30 o'clock, P. NJ The members and
friends are cordially urged to be present.
Walter Fawcett, of this county. has sold
to VIM. Graybill, of Frederick county, his
farm containing about 20 acres. Con-
sideration private. The sale was consum-
mated through the C. R. Rowdybush Farm
Agency, of Kensineton.
Miss Julia Anderson, of this town, has
announced the engagement of her niece.
Miss Julia Anderson Fearon. and Mr.. Clyde
Myers Stout, of Berwick. Pa. The mar
rage will take place at noon, on Deem
Der oath. in Christ Episcopal Church here.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Beall. of Hyattstown.
and Mr.. Ernest F. Harriss. of the same vi
cinity, were married in Rockville on We'd
nesday of last week by Rev. o. c. Barnes,
pastor of the Christian Church, the cere-
mony taking place at the home Of the
minister.
At Rockville Millinery Shop special
Christmas sae-$l25 boxed handkerchefs
SO cents 75c boxed handkerchiefs. SO
cents soc linen handkerchiefs, 35 cents
CSC crepe de chine handkerchiefs, 20 cents.
A full line of handmade fancy articles.
California perfume. bags. seals, ribbons and
stamped goods.
The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of
Washington, will visit Prince Georges Par
isb. for the rite of Confirmation, on Sunday,
December 18th, 1920. as follows: Christ
Church. Rockville, at II A. M; Ascension
Church, Gaithersburg, at $50 P. M. The
public invited. Willard F. Minnick, Rector.
In the presence of small company of
relatives and friends. Miss Lula NJ. Ben
nett. of Hyattstown. and Mr.. Horace Nj.
Thompson. of the same locality, were mar
red Monday by Rev. w. M. Brashears.
pastor of the Carksbure Methodist Church.
the ceremony taking place at the home of
the minister.
Monday morning a tenant house on the
farm of Ignatius 7. Fulks, near Gathers
burg, was burned to the ground. entailing
a loss of about $500, partially covered by in
surance. The home Of Mr.. Fulks. $50 yards
away, was endangered by the flames, but
hard work on the part of those who gath
cred at the scene prevented the building
ignitine.
During the fiscal year ending November
80 a total of 1884 deeds, deeds Of trust.
mortgages and releases were recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
here. This is a record for the office, beat
ing the best previous year-19l9-by about
100 OF the papers placed on record dur
ing the year, 1.749 were deeds and 1915
mortgages, deeds of trust and releases.
Mrs. Hilda L. Shelton. an employe of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Wash
ington, and wife of William j. Shelton, was
given judgment for $500 by jury in the
Circuit Court here in a suit for $4,000
damages against William WyviIl, farmer
Of Prince Georges county. The suit was
the outgrowth Of an automobile accident
near Marlboro, Md, on September 3. 1917.
The case was tried here last March, but
the jury failed to agree.
The Rockville Union Bible Class here
with makes its annual appeal to the pub
lie in behalf Of the inmates of our County
Home. At this season, when we are cele-
brating the anniversary Of Gods greatest
gift to mankind, we should not forget the
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