Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-03-03
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Town and Country.

Town and Country.
Rev. Mr.. Nicol will preach in the Ira
yilah Baptist Church on Sunday. March
5th, at 8 P. M.
The County Commissioners have ap-
pointed H. Edison Rogers tax assessor
for the town of Takoma Park.
Sheriff Monkey has appointed Reuben D.
Day and Reiney Springirth deputy sheriffs
for Takoma Park and Chevy Chase, re-
spectively.
A Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
will visit Rockville on March 18th. 14th
and 18th to assist taxpayers in filling in
come tax returns for the year 1921.
A play, entitled Deacon Dubbs." will be
Given in the hall at Potomac on Friday,
March 10th. beginning at s O'Clock, P. M,
for the benefit of the Potomac school.
Miss Annie Ellis and Mr.. William M.
Nicholson, both of Buck Lodge. were married
Tuesday by the Rev. j. S. Cuddy, pastor
of ST. Mary's Catholic church. GAINESVILLE.
The residence on the farm of William
E. King. near Kings Valley. was destroyed
by fire few days ago, entailing loss of
about $4,000. The cause of the fire is
not known.
Gov. Richie has re-appointed Lawrason
B. Riggs and j. FUR White. Democrats,
and Frank Dwyer. Republican, members
of the board of supervisors of elections for
this county.
Oscar Gambler, aged 81 years, died last
week at his home at Jamestown, follow
ing long illness. He was a son Of the
late Daniel Gambler. at one time sheriff of
the county.
Mrs. L. l. G. 0wings, of Howard county.
has announced the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Mary Garland. to Mr.. Lin
den Dulaney Summers. of Baltimore. The
marriage will take place in the spring.
Miss Owings is a sister of Mrs. Arthur
England, of Rockville.
The members of St. Martins Chapel,
Gaithersburg, are preparing to hold grand
bazaar the week of May 18th for the bene-
fit of the school building fund By direc-
ton of His Grace, the Archbishop of Bal
timore, an up-to-date school will be the
first of the proposed group of church build
ings to be erected.
Following is the list of contributions to
the Social Service League for February
Christian Endeavor Society of Rockville
So, Mrs. Linthicum 81, Mrs. Walter Will
Iams ST, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee 0ffutt So.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Bentley Thomas So, Mrs.
Mary Anna Mannakee SIS, returns Of sales
of Red Cross Seals $266.34.
Gilbert Howard. young resident of the
Sandy Spring neighborhoOd. who was con-
victed in the police court here Of brutality
beating his wife. was whipped by Deputy
Sheriff GingeIl in the jail yard last Friday
afternoon, when the sentence Of Justice
VIM. E. Welt that he be given twenty-five
lashes on his bare back was carried out.
Commencing February 25th and lasting
until April 18th, the Seco Battery Service
Station, operated by W. Valentine Wilson,
will allow on all storage batteries purchased
during that period an allowance of rs per
cent of the purchase price of new Exide
battery on your old battery. The new
Exide battery will carry full Exide guar
antee
Several hundred farmers and dairymen.
most of them members of the Montgomery
County Farm Bureau, attended the annual
meeting he e last Tuesday. A resolution.
introduce by Benjamin H. Miller of Sandy
Spring, Genouncing betting and urging the
county's representatives in the legislature
to dc all in their power to abolish it in
M.ryland. was voted down.
Z The County Commissioners have award
ed to the Farmers Banking and Trust
Company of Rockville the entire issue of
$4,000 in road bonds authorized by the
legislature for the improvement of the
Jones Mill Road, from the Rockville pike
to the Broonevlle Road, and the Friend
ship Heights Road from the R ckville pike
to the River Road. The bid was $40, 532.
The work of construction will be started
as soon as the preliminares are completed
and weather permits.
Preparations have been completed for
the annual oratorical contests among the
public school pupils of Montgomery county
by the committees in charge. On March II,
the classroom contests in the high schools,
all pupils taking part. will be held, and the
school contests for high school pupils are
scheduled for March 81. The winners of
the school contests will participate in a
county contest to be held at Rockville on
April z, the prizes for which will be do
mated by the Montgomery County Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. In the contests
among elementary school pupils room and
school contests will be held on March 10
and district contests on March "a. The
winners of the district contests will take
part in the county contests at Rockville on
April z. In the elementary school county
contests the Federation will also donate
the prizes.