Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-04-22
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Town and Country.


Town and Country.
May End has been set for the trial al
Frederick, Md, of John Kelly. charged with
the bank robbery and murder at Sandy
Spring.
Following long illness, Mrs. Emma L.
Ernest died last Friday night at the home
of her son. Dr. l.. B. Ernest. at Kensington.
her death being due to a complication of
diseases.
The Hermon and Cropley Presbyterian
Churches will hold union services at Crop
ley next Sunday at 1880 A. M. Rev. Geo.
S. Duncan will preach. Special musical
service. Everyone most welcome.
Mrs. Mary E. Newcomer. aged IA years.
died last Saturday morning at the home
of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Burner. at Kensington. Her
death followed long illness and was not
unexpected.
The newly organized Bank of Damascus
will open for business on Saturday. April
30th. The officers are VIM. R. de Lash
mutt. president DR.. Geo. M. Boyer. vice.
president; A. W. Souder, cashier. The
bank will be open on the first day from 10
A. M. to $50 P. M.
An old fashioned pie party will be held
in the hall at Travilah on Saturday night.
April 30th. 1921. All ladies are invited to
bring one of their best pies. Gentlemen are
invited to come and help to eat the pies.
Other refreshments will be sold. Free en-
tertainment by the pupils of the Travilah
school.
Lawrence Offutt, colored, is in a serious
condition in a Washington hospital as the
result Of revolver wound inflicted by Tom
Meads, colored, of Rockville. While fes-
tivity was in progress among colored peo-
pie in Fisherman's Hall here, a row arose
and Meads. who is a deputy sheriff. at
tempted to restore order.
In the presence of only members Of the
two immediate families, MISS Frances H.
Oldfield. daughter of Mrs. Lewis W. Old
field, of Forest Glen. and Mr.. John M.
Parker, of Woodmont. were married last
Saturday afternoon by Rev. W. l. McKin-
ney. pastor of the Methodist Church at
Kensington, the ceremony taking place at
the home of the minister
The Ladies' Cooperative Improvement
Association of Silver Spring has elected
officers as follows: President Mrs. R. E.
Langley; first vice-president, Mrs. Howard
H. Hewlett; second vice-president, Mrs. j.
X. Masee; recording secretary. Mrs. Pos
tai; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Faul-
coner; treasurer, Mrs. John J. Doland !;
parliamentarian, Mrs. Eugene Warren.
The County Commissioners have recon-
mended to the State Roads Commission
as follows: To reconstruct three-quarters Of
a mile on the Germantown road to recon-
struct three miles on the Buyds and Clarks-
burg road to complete the gap on the road
from Henderson's corner to Hyattstown ;
to take over and reconstruct the road from
GAINESVILLE to Poolesville.
Washington Grove has made application
for membership in the Montgomery County
Baseball League and the board of gov
errors will decide within the next few
days whether Boyds or Washington Grove
will be the sixth member of the organiza-
ton. Rockville, Kensington. Gaithersbure,
Silver Spring and Bethesda are the other
five clubs. The season will open May 30th.
Physicians to certify INDECENT sick to Wash
ington hospitals have been appointed by the
County Commissioners as follows First
district. V. H. Dyson second, j. E. Deets
third, E. W. White; fourth, W. T. Pratt .
fifth, W. T. Brown; sixth. U. d. Nourse I;
seventh. B. c. Perry; eighth, J. W. Bird :
ninth. H. B. Haddox; tenth. W. T. Pratt :
eleventh, W. C. Miller; twelfth, Geo. M.
Boyer thirteenth. Eugene Jones.
To become trust officer and third vice
president Of Liberty Trust Company OF
Cumberland, Nd. W. Russell Brewer has
resigned as cashier of the Montgomery
County National Bank at Rockville He ex.
poets to sever his connection with the Rock
vile bank in about sixty days. Mr.. Brewer
has been connected with the bank here
for twenty one years. entering the institu-
ton as a teller. The Liberty Trust Com
pany was recently organized. being con-
solidation of four Cumberland banks.
Dr. Henry Par Hynson. one of the lead
ing pharmacists of this country. professor
of practical pharmacy and regent Of the
University of Maryland and president oil
the firm Of Hynson, WescOtt & Dunning
druggists, Baltimore. died last Tuesday
morning at the University Hospital from
arterial paralysis. He was stricken last
Saturday at his home in the Latrobe
Apartments. Surviving him are his daueh-
ter, Mrs. John Bayless. Of Seattle. Wash
ington; his son, Rodney Hynson. Of Los
Angeles, Cal. and his sister. Mrs. Benja.
min Duvall Candy, of this county.
The last of the preliminary contests
among the debating teams Of the variou:
high schools Of this county was held al
Gaithersbure last Friday evening. when
the Gaithersbure team won the decision
over representatives of the Rockville school
The Gaithersburg and Falkland teams viii
be pitted against each other in the fina
contest this evening. In last Friday even.
ine's contest Gaithersbure was represented
by Misses Hannah Marie Schwartz. Clarice
Kingsley and Washington White. and Rock
vile by Miss Everett Stratmyer. ThomaI
Anderson and Owen Knight. GaithersburI
upheld the affirmative. while Rockville
argued in the negative.
A Communication.