Evening star., 1924-02-10
ROCKVILLE.

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cial).-A pipe across the public road
near Olney aroused the suspicious of
: Sheriff III. Clay Plummer, who hap
pened to be passing along the road
! few days ago. and he investigated
/ sufficiently to satisfy himself that a
/ whisky still was in operation in the
house on the farm of John Souders,
! occupied by I. Holland Smith, fifty
five; his son, Herman Smith. eighteen.
and Irving. Davis. twenty-five. until
lew weeks ago residents of Cum
| berland. Md. The pipe. 1t was learn
ed, led from the house to a ravine
across the road from the building.
Sheriff Plummer having communi-
Gated the information to Chief of
Police Charles 7. Cooley, that officer
! and Policemen Lawrence ClaCett and
Leroy Rodgers visited the house yes
terday afternoon and found in the
basement a still of an estimated daily
! capacity of 100 gallons in full oper-
/ alton. Young Smith. SO the officers
! stated, was in charge. and he was
placed under arrest While the of
/ ficers were looking things over the
elder Smith and Davis appeared and
| they, too. were arrested. All three
were brought to Rockville and lodged
IN jail to await trial in the police
court.
| In addition to the STILL, the officers
| found about twenty-five gallons of
4 the finished product. 800 gallons Of
mash and the ingredients for many
more gallons, all of which they took
| charge of.
| Teachers Association Entertained,
The Montgomery County High
| School Teachers Association, the
membership of which comprises the
members of the faculties of the high
schools at Rockville. Gaithersburg,
| Poolesville, Sandy Spring, Fairland,
damascus and Germantown-about
tk,-., -.,,r
/ tanned at the Gaithersburg High
! School building last evening by the
! faculty Of the Gaithersburg High
/ School. The members of the senior
class Of the Gaithersburg school
gave a play, a musical program was
rendered and Prof. Thomas W. pyle
, CT fooIesville, president of the asso-
| citation. and Prof. Edwin w. Broome,
| county superintendent Of schools,
/, gave short talks. 4 fine supper was
served, Miss Maude V. Broome was
chairman OF the committee in charge.
| At the annual election of officers
OF the Takoma Park volunteer fire de-
| partment. held early in the week,
Robert G. Lyddane was made presi-
! dent for the third successive time
| and other officers We're chosen as
follows: Vice president, Walter l.
| Whitney; financial secretary, L. Mar
tin Simpson; corresponding secre-
| tary, Frank l.. Coll; treasurer. Fred
! G. Ruby; fire chief. DR.. j. Walter
| Dudley; sergeant-at-ams Louis A.
Cutshaw: counselors, Judge r. d.
Lille and Clarence NJ. keifer; execu-
tive committee. A. E. Bryan. j. W.
| Coffman. Martin Iverson, X. c. Mill
er, Q. W. foungblood.
1t was decided to provide the MEM
| bers of the department with rubber
| coats and boots and to affiliate with
1 the state firemen'S association
Licenses have been issued for the
1 rPfs. 80
/ Pleasant, Nd. and Miss Emma Fin
ney of Washington: J. Howard Fuchs
and Miss Doris NJ. O'Malley. both of
| Elkridge. Md. and George c. Burns
and Miss Helen NJ Sullivan, both of
In honor of the Rockville Women's
Republican Club. of which she is
president, Mrs. Harry A. Dawson
entertained at a card party at the
Mo1tgomsry Mont :. Country Club here yes;
and high scores made by Mrs. F..
Barnard Welsh, Mrs. J. Darby Bow
man and Miss Brand. Refreshments
were served; Mrs. Dawson was as
| Mrs. Charles I'll. White and Miss
/ Margaret Dawson.
Mrs. 4. b. Boles, home demonstra-
| ton agent for Franklin county.
sity of Maryland to get in touch with
! home demonstration work in Mary
land. was recently sent to this
| county to observe the work of Miss
tion agent for the county. She not
| only carefully familiarized herself
with the Office end of the work here,
but attended number of demonstra-
tions She. is understood to have
been much impressed.
; Mr.. and Mrs Maurice ]. Stabler
entertained a few evenings ago at
a large dance at their home. Willow
: Heights. in olney district. Among
Mr.. and Mrs: Oliver Clark and Ernest
Kelley of Washington and Mr.. and
Mrs. Penniman of Baltimore.
Concert Monday Evening.
| The advance sale of tickets indi-
Gates that the attendance at the con-
! cert to be given in Seco Hall here
! Male Quartet of Washington, will be
| large. In addition to the concert
! the program will include two original
dances by the Misses Hasseiblatt of
Rockville and other features. The
affair will be for the benefit Cf Christ
Episcopal Church. Rockville. and will
| be given under the direction of Mrs.
Leonard l. Nicholson. jr.
Under the auspices of the choir of
ST. Mary's Catholic Church. a valen-
Hall here next Thursday evening. 1t
will be in charge of committee con-
sisting of Miss Lucille Fisher, chair
man: Miss Helen Kirkland. Prescott
chaper ons will be Mrs. F. Bache
Albert. Mrs Charles A. Beard and
Mrs. f. Hazel Cashell. A large num-
ber of invitations have been issued.
The Dickerson Round Table Club
met day or two ago. with Mrs.
Daniel T. Sherev as hostess. there,
being a large attendance of the men,
bers, members Of the Dawsonville
woman's Club and others The pro-
gram included only vocal and instru-
mental music and was much enjoyed.
Master William Adair Chapman
was host at a dance at Dixie Tavern
here few evenings ago, his guests
including the following little folks
Elizabeth Montgomery, Edith and
Evelyn Pepper. Marian Speare. Jane
Wellever. Ella Wilson, Martha Will.
lfams and Maude Wilson and Mas
Slack Nicholson. Anderson williams
and Valentine Wilson. -.
Mrs. Charles G. HoHand entertained
the Rockville Woman's Club Thurs
day afternoon.
Misses Florence Dunlap and May
Wright. secretaries of the Washing
ton Y. W. c. A., were recent guests
of friends at Dixie Tavern here.
Henry Bauer has returned to his
home at Montrose, this county. after
visited his mother in Vienna He was
away several months.
Miss Eleanor Smith, supervisor of
rural schools in Montgomery county.
lis taking a training course of six
weeks at Columbia College, New York
city.
Judge Joseph Reading of Washing
ton was the guest for several days
during the week of his son-in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
S. Mason. here.