Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
T he SEN TIN Ell.
Enral aud gersnnal.
Town and Country.

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Joseph A. Petty. of Washington. has
sold to Charles H. Welt, of this town. two
lots on the Rockville pike. near Bethesda,
for $1,000.
The congregation of Grace Church at
Gaithersbure has just completed the con-
struction of handsome parsonage on a
lot adjoining the church.
A Christmas entertainment will be held
at Potomac Chapel on Wednesday even
ing, December 26th. beginning promptly
at 7:30 O'Clock. All welcome.
The Sunday School of Emory M. E.
Church South. at Oakdale, will hold its
annual Christmas entertainment on We'd
nesday. December 26th. at 7:30 P. M.
W. Ernest Offutt. of this town. has sold
to his brother, John B. Offutt, farm of
260 acres in Poolesville district. The
consideration was announced as $4,000.
Chester Sharp. of Washington. has sold
to Haitian A. Waters, of this county, and
William Beahn. of Washington. the Broadly
farm of SO acres on the Rockville-P Potomac
pike, for $12,500.
A Christmas entertainment will be given
by the pupils of Brighton school, at the
Brighton Grange Hall. on Friday, Deem
Der 2lst. at 1880 P. M. Admission adults,
is cents; children. 10 cents.
The Potomac Church will give a play at
the Potomac hall on December 21st, begin
ming at 7:30 P. M. after which the Ep-
worth League will have box social All
are invited. Ladies bring boxes and men
bring full pocketbook.
Walter S. Thompson, of this town. who
recently sold his handsome home and four
acres Of land here to a New York man.
has begun the erection Of an up-to-date
bungalow on lot adjoining the property
formerly owned by him.
Miss Eliza Arnold died last Friday at
the home of her sister. Mrs. Frank Spencer.
in Rockville. Miss Arnold was daughter
of the late Samuel G. Arnold. who. in his
lifetime, was the Washington correspond
ent of the Toledo (Ohio) Blade.
Judge Robert B. Peter. elected to succeed
himself as Associate Judge of the Sixth
Judicial Circuit. has subscribed to the oath
of Office. The term is fifteen years. Judge
Peter has been on the bench since early in
September. when he was appointed by
Gov. Richie to succeed his brother. the
late Judge Edward c. Peter.
Mrs. Louise Riggs Follis, wife of DR..
Richard H. Follis. of Johns Hopkins Medi-
cal School, who died in Baltimore recently,
was daughter of the late Reuben Riggs,
of Laytonsville district. and a sister of
Samuel Riggs, of Rockville. She was also
a sister of VIM. C. Riggs. of Washington
Besides her husband she is survived by a
son and daughter. Mrs Follis was 46
years old.
Rockville Millinery and Notion Shop.
A full line of winter coats, sport and dress
designs. some fur-trimmed and side-fas-
tened, all smart styles in the wanted shades.
Our display of winter dresses and hats will
attract your attention, both in price and
variety of style. We would be glad to
have our customers see our stock of goods,
as we carry many other things not men,
toned
First Flight Twenty Years Ago.-Mon-
day, December 18th. marks the twentieth
anniversary of the airplane. invented by
the Wright Brothers. The Washington
Star of Sunday, December 18th, contains
an intensely interesting article on the SUBJ
iect. illustrated with splendid photographs.
Don't miss this article on the progress OF
aviation. Order your copy Of The Wash
ington Star from your newsdealer today.
William Oliphant, colored. of Washing
ton, arrested last Saturday by Detectives
Sweeney and Waldron in Washington. has
been identified by Mrs. jeanette Doty. OF
Sparrows Point, Md, as the man who, at a
waiting room of tlle Cabin John car line.
just this side of the District line. robbed
assaulted her with large knife and at
tempted criminal assault upon her. Oil
plant has been lodged in jail here.
Following long illness. Miss Ursula W.
Beall, q lifelong resident Of Darnestown
district. died last Sunday afternoon at her
home at Jamestown. aged Sc years. her
death being due to complication of dis
eases. She was a daughter of the late
James P. Beall and sister of James H.
and Zebedee Beall The funeral took place
Tuesday afternoon from her late home
and burial was in the cemetery at Darnes-
town.
j. FUR White and DR.. Benjamin C. Perry,
elected last month County Commissioners
from the third and fourth collection dis
tricts. respectively, subscribed to the oath
of Office Tuesday, and Immediately the
Board Of County Commissioners reorean-
lied. DIR. Perry was reelected president
of the board Berry f. Clark. clerk War
ner W. Welsh, Alton c. Bell, Miss Mary
Welsh and Mrs. Joseph Matthews. deputy
clerks.
George P. Hoover and Thomas L. Daw-
son. attorneys for Charles F. Miller Of Be-
thesda, against whom a verdict for $l0.-
900 damages was rendered by a jury in
the circuit court here last week in favor of
Elmer G. Decker. head fireman at Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington, who charged
him with having attacked his seventeen
year-old daughter, Jeanette F. Decker. on
June Fl. 1922. while she was employed in
his Office as a stenographer. has filed
motion for new trial and assigned TWEEN
ty-one reasons why the court should set
the verdict aside. The plaintiff was rep
resented by John A. Garrett.
In the cnse of Thomas CharIes Williams