Evening star., 1923-08-12
ROCKVILLE.

| old, who was employed on the farm
of Leonard Purvis. near Ashton. this
county, committed suicide in a woods
on the Purvis farm Wednesday by
shooting himself. His body was dis
covered the following day. An in
quest. with Justice of the Peace AL
fred ,Fairall acting as coroner. was
held. Gates was unmarried. About
| six years ago his brother took. his
| own life. - a.a..,.-. ,-, g.
/ The funeral of George Smith, long
| time resident of Rockville, who died
in Washington hospital Wednesday.
following a long illness. took place
this morning from st. Mary's Catholic
Church here.
/ Licenses have been issued by tie
clerk OF the circuit court here for
the marriage of Miss Ina NJ. Oates
of 'Capon Bridge. w. Va, and John H.
Coryell of Washington and Miss
Eliza v. Crump and Robert B. Mid
kiff. both of Alexandria. Va.
! Blake Merson of Kensington was
! fined IS and costs by Judge Samuel
tion of a motor vehicle regulation.
He was acquitted on a charge Of
reckless driving.
, About a thousand persons from va
rious parts of the county attended
council of the Jr. o. U. A. NJ. held at
Germantown on Thursday In the
| afternoon Representative Frederick
N. Zihlman and others delivered ad-
| dresses
The annual examination for certif-
Gates to teach IN the public schools
of the county will be held at the high
school building here next Tuesday
| and Wednesday. beginning at
o'clock each morning. Examinations
to fill scholars ship vacancies Will be
held on the same days. Prof. Edwin
| w. Broome. county superintendent of
schools, will conduct the examina-
! tions.
| The pageant portraying the spirit
of All Club work, which was SO sue
cessfully given on the grounds ad-
joining the high school building at
Poolesville. this county. a Few eve
nings ago will be repeated at the
| fair soon to be held here. 1t Will
| take place at IL o'clock THURSDAY
morning on the platform in front OF the
grandstand and Will be participated
| in by twenty girls. of Poolesvllle ana
vicinity. Miss Blanche A. Corwin.
| county home demonstration agent
will be in charge. Cash prizes total
| Ing s2o, given by the Montgomery
| County National Bank OF Rockville
! will be awarded at the fair to the
outstanding All Club demonstration
teams and to the individual members
| Of the various clubs of the county
doing the best work of the year. In
the team contests the prizes viii be;
| First. $3.50; second, IS; third. 90
fourth. 81; fifth. 81. In the other Other
Las follows: First. 81; second s3'
third. 50; fourth. 81: fifth. so cents
| Miss Corwin will direct these DEM
| onstrations.
The second annual picnic ana sup
per for the benefit of the Gathers
burg base ball team Will be given on
the grounds adjoining ST Martin $
tCatholic Church. Gaithersburg' next
| Thursday evening. Frank Is. sew
erance is chairman or the committee
| James E Harper. John III. Clark
w. l.. Orem. jr., {. A. Jones anu
Mamie d. Wells, composing the ciu
zens' committee Of section hVe OF
Chevy Chase, this county, have given
notice that the committee intends TO
grade and pave that portion OF IN
ldcrwood and Thornapple streets pc
tween the Brookeville road ana the
western boundary OF the suoq lsioi. II
nj Otterbourne, and that a hearing
| VIII be held Saturday evening
August is. at the home of Mrs. Har-
riet NJ Clark. Chevy Chase, 10 "hisn
Iall interested property owners are III
vited. The cost OF sucn mp apn1-
ments will be assessed against aou
1 ting property in proportion ls
frontage and will be payable n NOT
more than six annual instailmen
J
annnunced the appointment of the
following to serve as doorkeepers az
the various polling places IN tne
| county at the primary eleclioh On
| September 10 and the general eteclioh
Lavtonsviile district: Polling place
No. i. Greensbury Griffith and =: n;
Rarber. polling place NO. :, Ed"aro
Riordan and Roy w Barber
! Clarksburg: Polling place place s,o,sr: 30 =
polling place No. .. Edward D. war
Poolesville: W. S. Bell and Aloert
!! F. 10y. pa,,;,,
place No. /. Edgar Higgins and Hen ei,
Iry Hamke; polling place No; z. WI
liam T Ray and J. Thomas Ricketts,.
Second precinct-Edward H. Horner
and John NJ. Heagy. jr
Colesville: Polling place no. l.
iCharles E. Lechlider. sr. and Newton
lStabler; polling place No: 2. Luther Z.
Poole and William Il. Miles.
Darnestown: Edgar Atwood and
Earl F. Cochran.
place No. 1, Lee Matthews and Perry
Kitchener: polling place No. 2. John j.
Mccullough and Robert h: Martln;
Second precinct-C. P. MarloWe ana
Edward G. Boswell and d. D. Whit
craft. ~
| Olney: First observation-disclosures {.
Henderson and Henry NJ. Carroll.
tSecond precinct-Thomas j. Benson
and Miller LeiZear.
:; Gaithersburg: First precinct. V;
Sparrow and J. T. Gartner. Second
precinct-GIdeon D. Briggs and j. W.
Nealis
Potomac: John r. Nicholson and
IN NJ. Howes.
! Barnesville: Polling place No. l.. A.
;E. Drummer and Albert Loy: polling
place No. ., Richard Cole and w. V.
Nelson.
Damascus: Polling place No. 1.
Floyd S. Moxley and Zaccheus WOOD
field: polling place No. 2. Harry n.
Miles and Darius F. watkins.
| Wheaton: First Precinct-William
Second precinct-Polling place No. l.
John E Thompson and Joseph w:
Burkett; polling place No. 2. Howard
NV. Nipple and F. n. Oden. Third pre-
lcinct-Charles Scherrer and X: h
Palmer. Fourth precinct-Polling
place No. l. r. P. Roseman and George
F. Randall; polling place No. 2, Jesse
L. Gladmon and Lewis Mooers.
| In celebration of the eighteenth
birthday anniversary of their daush-
ter, Miss Jessie F. Muncaster, Mr.. and
at a dance at their home, near Nor
beck, a few evenings ago. Present
were Misses Mary Beall, Elizabeth
Brown. Cornelia Chichester, Nellie
iCompton, Rosalie Gassaway, Rebecca
Gott. Helen and Mildred Gardiner.
Agnes Griffith, Lucille Lamar. Mar
garet and Emma Muncaster, Rebecca
and Currie Nourse, Dennie Rice and
jCarrie Stabler, Mr.. and Mrs. Millard
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