The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-08
SPECIAL SERVICE
BEING HELD IN
ROCKVILLE
Forty Hours Devotion Begins
in ST. Marks Catholic
Church.
Special to The washington Times.

Special TO The Washington Times.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct s.-Forty
hours devotion began in st. Mary's
Catholic Church here yesterday
morning. It is being conducted by
Rev. Francis Neville, q Redemp-
torist missionary, Of Annapolis, who
Is being assisted by Rev. John T.
CooIahan, pastor Of the church.
Father Neville is scheduled to de-
/ liver all the sermons. The church
is beautifully decorated The serv-
ices will conclude with high mass
Tuesday morning.
Miss Edwina Benson, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Edgar Benson, of
Bethesda, this county. and Theodore
A. Ricketts,, of Rockville, were mar
ried in Baltimore Saturday and are
now on their honeymoon trip. The
bridegroom is the son Of Wallace
e. Ricketts,.
The officers of registration for
the various election precincts of the
county will hold their final sessions
of the year for registration and
transfer purposes at the usual
places tomorrow. They will sit
from a. m. until 8 p. m.
Montgomery county Democrats,
both men and women, are display
ing unusual activity in matters po-
litical and seem to be looking after
party interests more carefully than
for a number of years. The women
appear especially interested and are
organizing themselves into clubs IN
various parts of the county for the
work of the campaign. One of the
last such organizations to be formed
was at Germantown, Mrs. Richard
l.. Waters being made president.
The women declare they are going
to show the male members of their
party how the game should be
played and expect the vote on No
vember to show results.
The annual fox hunt Of the Hen
derson-Smith-E dmonds Post of the
American Legion, Of Rockville, was
held Saturday night, when about
forty members of the organization
and their friends spent several
hours in the vicinity Of Travilah in
Quest If fhe willy Reynard. TIL
chase didn't amount to much, but
a hot dog roast. staged on the farm
of J. w. Nicol, at Travilah did, and
many dozens of sandwiches and a
large quantity of cider was made
to quickly disappear. Harold G.
Smith. w. Valentine Wilson and
Warner T. Humphrey were in
charge Of the arrangements.
s.
The funeral Of Mrs. Mareare+ A
Coleman, widow of Thomas w
Coleman, who died at the home of
her grandson, George Coleman. at
Ga1thersburg, took place at Q
o'clock yesterday afternoon from
the house where she died. The
services were conducted by the
Rev. p. Rowland Wagner, pastor
of the Rockville Baptist Church,
and burial was in the cemetery at
Jamestown. Mrs. Coleman's death
was due to the infirmities Of age,
leaves a daughter, Miss Annie S.
Coleman.
Gov. Albert G. Ritchie addressed
two meetings in this county Sat.
urday night. The first was held at
Silver Spring. where former United
States Senator Blair Lee and John
A. Garrett, candidate for States at
torney, also spoke, and he later
delivered an address at Bethesda
as did Mr.. Garrett.
In both speeches Governor
Richie dwelt at length on the as
sertion Of Alexander Armstrong,
his Republican opponent. that ap-
pointments on the school boards
Of the State have been made for
political considerations. He en-
Dhaticallv denied that he had been
Influenced by any such motive in
making these appointments, and de-
clared that if there is one thine
for which his administration hNd
been conspicuous it is for the de-