The Washington times., 1923-05-30
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DISPLAY FOR
SHR|NERS
Town Makes Memorial Day
Services Most Impressive
Held in Vicinity.

ROCKVILLE, Md, May 3d.
and the thousands of motorists who
will pass through on their way to
and from the Shrine convention
will be made to realize that there
is such a place as Rockville on tho
map.
Within the last day or two, the
following have paid fines or for
feited collateral in the police court
here for violations of the motor We
hicle regulations: J. H. Reynolds,
$30.50; C. M. Walk, $27.50; 8. Her
son, $27.25; J. T. Hanxon, $27; A.
Healy, Leon Shore, w. H. CASA
way, E. s. Alvord, Robert E. Peary.
Earl 3. White, M. E. Cohen, 1925
each; N. Banfield, e. l.. Fisher, w.
L. McCollins, Walter T. Frt/erick,
81 each; D. H. Merry, $1S; r. H.
Somehow. $7.25; Joseph Johnson,
T$5; George Diejerson. $12; II. w.
Hurt, S12; s. w. Armour. 81; George
Charwink. $4.25.
The fiety cross of the Rockville
branch of the Ku Klux Khan at
tracted considerable attention in
Rockville last evening. The men,
bers Of the khan We're in full uni.
form, but one fellow had the mis-
fortune to temporarily lose what
hid his fade and his identity, of
course, wass established. There has
been much speculation in town as
to who constitute the membership
OF the organization here. The exer-
cises were Iheld on a vacant lot in
the western section Of town.
Memorial Day was pretty gener-
ally celebrated throughout Mont
gomery county. Business was Virtu-
ally suspended. the schools were
closed for half the day and many
festivities were held.
At Rockville, in the morning, the
Henderspn-S mith-Edmonds Post, of
the American Legion of Rockville,
the Norman 3. Price Post of Sandy
| Spring, and the Cissel-Saxon Post of
Silver Spring, held union exercises
on the courthouse lawn here.
HAROLD c. Smith, commander of the
Rockville Post, was in charge. The
oration was delivery by William
! Tyler Page, clerk of the United
States House of Representatives: the
! Rev. IJohn S. Cuddy. pastor of St.
| Martins Catholic Church, Gathers
burgj delivered the invocation, and
| the Ibenediction was by the Rev
Nolan 3. Harmon, jr., pastor of the
! Rockville Methodist Church. Follow.
ing the exercises, members of the
various posts visited the different
cemeteries of the county and erected
| an appropriate marker at the grave
Of each Montgomery county boy
who has died during or since the
world war.
The usual exercises were held In
the afternoon at the Rockville Union
| Cemetery and Forest Oak Cemetery,
Gaithersburg, the program at each
place including an address, music
and the decorating of the graves
with flowers.
In the morning at Glen Echo, the
Glen Echo Council of the Junior
Order of the United American Me-
| chanics, presented the Glen Echo
public school with handsome flag.
DIR. George l.. Edmonds, Of the
county board of education, made the
presentation speech, following which
the flag was unfurled to the breezes.
The Cedar Grove Community
League held a celebration at Cedar
Grove in the afternoon, at which the
principal speaker was Prof. Edwin
w. Broome, county superintendent
of public schools.
Baseball, picnics, family reunions,
ETC., furnished the other diversions
Of the day in the county,