Evening star., 1923-06-09
ROCKVILLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. June 9.-Rev. p
Rowland Wagner. pastor of the Bap-
tist Church. officiated at a double
wedding at his home here yesterday y
morning The couples were Miss
Dorothy Berg, eighteen years old. OF
Washington, and Veryl Z. Miley
twenty-four. of Woodstock, Va, and
Miss Eleanor E Bourdene. eighteen
years old, of Washington, and Albert
c. Erxleben, twenty-one years old, OF
Peoria. Ill
The couples arrived il Rockville by
automobile shortly after daybreak
but were unable to induce the license
clerk to visit the courthouse and is
sue the licenses at such an early hour,
SO they had to hang around until
shortly before 8 o'clock, when the Of
fee opened for the day. Immediately
after the ceremony they returned to
Washington.
Asks $500 Damages.
J. Wilson Dodd of Takoma Park,
this county. has instituted suit in the
circuit court here against the mayor
and council of Takoma Park. claim
ing damages in the amount of $500.
He represents that by changing the
grade in front of his property and the
installation - Of an lnadeauate hiaies ararn ra
responsible for surface water col
lecting on the PLAINTIFFS property ana
iniuring it. Attorneys r. V. Rogers
and L. G. Sasscer of Marlboro repre-
$4,000 is claimed, was filed here a
day or two ago by Perry Walker OF
Takoma.
The vested choir of St. Alban's $
Episcopal Church, Washington. will
sing in Christ Episcopal Church here
tomorrow afternoon and Rev. Charles
TsWarner, rector of ST. Alban's, will
preach
Ss2S Contributed.
According to the monthly report of
Mrs. Milton Bancroft, secretary
s82s.2o was contributed toward the
support of the Montgomery County
Social Service League during May.
The largest donation - $315- came
from the Kensington Woman's Club.
At meeting of the Newcomb Club
of the Bethesda neighborhood, held
at the home of Mrs. J. Henry Brown
of America was organized, with Mrs
William t. Owens chairman. Mrs
Fannie Hoyt, formerly leading lady
fot Robert Mantell, gave several
readings from Shakespeare and Miss
Dawson contributed several piano
George F. Pollock Of Boyds. Robert
Bqrdette of Gafthersburg, Kenneth
Chappell of kensington and Leland
e. Brown of Chevy Chase are the
Montgomery county boys who are
members Of this years graduating
class of the University Of Maryland
$4,000 Fines and Costs.
The first year of the police court
here. operating under a law passed
byT the last legislature. ended May 81
According to the court records 1908
criminal cases were disposed of dur
inS the year and fines and costs ag-
grpgating about $4,000 were col
ledted. The fines and costs amounted
totvery much more than necessary to
SUPPORT the county's police system.
Uaytonsvifle Camp of the Modern
WSodmen of America will soon have
r. modern hall at Laytonsville site
was recently acquired and the actual
constructiG1 work is under way. 1t
will be d two-story building, the
upper floor to,be used for lodge pur-
poses and the lower floor for public
gatherings. The building committee
is composed OF Howard A. Plummer
Louis d. Bell and j. Ernest Hawkins
Clarence Cyrus Keiser, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Keiser Of Bethesda
this county, was among this years
graduates of George Washington
University Law School. He has re-
signed a position with the Bethesda
Bank to begin the practice Of his
profession.