Evening star., 1923-04-23
SANDY SPRING GIRL
WINNER IN CONTEST
Annual 0ratory Debates for
County School Chill
dren Held.
Specia! Dispatch TO The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Nd. April 23.-The
pupils OF the larger public schools
of Montgomery county were held here
Saturday in tho presence of a gath
ertng that filed the large hall and
represented all sections Of the county
The participants were the winners OF
the recent preliminary contests in
their, respective schools-ffteen III
the contests among the boys and
fourteen in tho girls contests
The judges-Mrs. George ". Morey
OF Chevy Chase, Mrs. George O. Brad
ley OF Bethesda and Mrs. Charles w.
Rippey Of Friendship Heights
awarded high honors to Miss EIgar
Jones OF the Sandy Spring School in
the contest among the girls, and
placed Miss Ruth Hall. Takoma Park
school and Miss Susie Gowan, Rock
Vile School, second and third, re-
spectively.
Others I'm Contest.
Others taking part in the girls con-
test were: Miss Annie Grifith, lay
louisville School; Miss Stella Ever
hart. Germantown School: Miss Doris
Bodmer.. PooIesville SCHOOL, Miss
Stella Gray. Bethesda school: Miss
+,
Miss Rebecca Troth, Chevy Chase
School; Miss Bubbles Grimm, Cal
thersburg School; Miss Be!vie Ben
son. Potomac School; Miss Blanche
Wootton, Diokerson School; Miss Jes-
sic Rowdybush. kensington School,
and Miss ThelmA Folsom, Woodside
School.
In the contest among the boys Jo-
seph Willard, PoolesviIle School:
Lowry Riggs, Rockville School, and
Bruce Benton Woodside School. car
ried on first. second and third hon
ors. respectively. and the other par
Elephants were: Walter Sabine. Law
louisville School; William Boiand,
germantown School: Lloyd Williams,
Sethesda School: William Vine, Glen
Chase School: Robert Christie, sandy
Spring School: Eldrid Wells, Gal.
thersburg School; John Lynch. Po-
tomac School; John Cott. Dickerson
school; Melvin Fairchild. Damascus
ton School. and Richard Mattin' Ia
koma Park School
Miss Anna H. Candy. daughter of
the late Benjamin D. Candy Of Coles
VILE. this county. and Christopher j.
farmer. were married in Rockville lie
Saturday afternoon by Rev. John r.
Coolahan. pastor Of St. Mary's Cath
olic Church. The ceremony, which
witnessed by only q few members Of
the two families. The bride was
given In marriage by her brother.
Medford Candy. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple left for q short
trip. They will make their home on
the bridegroom's farm.
To Help Stricken.
At meeting Of the executive com.
mittee OF the Silver Spring tornado
relief fund. plans were furthered to-
ward raising $4,000 to help restore
the dozen or more houses dana ged
by the recent tornado at Silver
Spring. 1t was decided to ask the
county commissioners for an appro-
priation toward the fund and to re-
quest all churches Of the county to
take up a special collection on Sun
day, May IS. It was announced that
the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire De-
partment is arranging to give a bene-
At minstrel performance in the
armory building at oliver Spring on
May Z and s. and that the Mount
Rainier volunteer Fire Depar tment
and other organizations and citizens
In nearby sections Of Prince Georges
county have signified their purpose to
help. The fund, 1t Is stated has
passed the $4,000 mark