Evening star., 1924-05-18
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md, May II (Spe-
ciaD Senator Thomas ]. Helm of
Alabama, will be the principal speak
er at the memorial exercises to be
held here the morning of May 80, under
the auspices of the Montgomery
County Council of the American
Legion, which comprises the Ameri-
cah Legion posts at Rockville, Ken
sinston, Silver Spring and Sandy
Spring. Judge Robert b. Peter is
also expected to speak, and Rev. John
5: Cuddy, pastor of St. Martins Cath
olic Church, Gaithersburg. Rev.
Nolan E. Harmon. jr., pastor of the
Rockville Methodist Church, who is
veteran of the world war, will par
tlcipate in the exercises. Robert L.
Tolson, president of the council, will
preside.
The public school building at Ia
koma Park, this county, recently erect
ed at cost of around s65, 900, was dedi-
Gated Thursday afternoon Ben. q.
Davis, chairman of the board of
school trustees, presided. Former
Mayor Henry F. Taft, DR.. George L.
Edmonds Of the county board of
education, Prof. Edwin w. Broome,
county superintendent of schools; DR..
George r. Lewis supervisor of county
school property, and Mrs. Estelle
Thomas. principal of the school, made
addresses. A program of music and
recitations was rendered by the
pupils
Winston l.. Jones and Miss Flor
ence +. Boswell, both of Washington,
were married in Rockville this eve
ming by Rev. Nolan B. Harmon, jr.,
pastor of the Methodist Church, at
the home of the minister.
Licenses have been issued here for
the marriage of James r. Astlin and
Mrs. Lottie NJ. Pope, both of Wash
ineton: Maynard ". Campbell of Ia
koma Park, Md, and Miss Vera l..
Howard of Watford Heights, Eng
land. and Lew NJ Noble and Miss
Lillian Thomas Baker, both OF WASH
ington.
For violating a motor vehicle regu-
lation, Ralph WhitehouSe OF WASH
ington, forfeited 81 in the police court
here.
Dosh, pitcher ofsthe Gaithersburg
High School base ball team, estaD-
lished what is believed to be strike
out record for Montgomery oouHtS
Yesterday afternoon. In game with
the Sandy Spring High School team
at Caithersburg he famed twenty OF
the opposing batsmen, winning his
game o to !. -,
While assisting in cleaning a well
on lnt ldlul W ". w. i'ei ''S,%.
Is kensington, this morning, Louis Gray.
Sixty-four years old. until recently
a resident of Virginia, fell into the
we'll and was drowned. Members OF
the kensington volunteer fire depart
ment recovered the body. Mr.. Cray
was the father of Mrs Remus Day
of GaithersburS and also leaves a
SON.
Under the direction of Mrs. Eva
lene Beebe of the Rockville . High
I,,- y
Hamilton. Come Out of the Kitchen.
a three-act comedy, was presented at
the high school here last evening by
members of the dramatic club OF the
school. In the cast We're Misses Jean
cite de Saules, Avlynne Carey, Cath
Mary Clagett, Helen Mclaughlin and
Mary Rome and John Hickerson,
Braxton Mannar. Wexford Mason:
Spillman Burns, David Lehman and
chestra furnished the music.
There is said to be every indica-
ton that there will be lively fight
at kensington. June 2. over the cleo
tion of a mayor and two members of
the town council to succeed Mayor
Richard +. Green. jr., and Louis L.
Valentine.
At recent meeting of citizens at
the home of r. r. Palmer il was de-
cided 10 support Alfred Ray for mayor
and c. y. Hughes and r. r. Palmer
for councilmen, and it is understood
the Kensington Home. School and
Community Association will endeavor
the have Mayor kelleter and Council
men Green and Valentine stand for
reelection and get behind them. The
opposition to the present officials is
said to be that the home, school and
community association is allowed too
much say in the management of the
towns affairs.
A homecoming meeting for for
mer members was held by the Rock
vile Inquiry Club Monday evening
with Mrs. Ernest L. Bullard hostess.
An interesting feature of the occasion
was the responses. which were in the
form of "taffy," or nice things about
the club, and a paper by Mrs. William
II. Talbot on First Things in Mary
land" was much enjoyed.
The annual banquet of the senior
class of the Rockville High School
will be held next Thursday evening in
the banquet hall of the Rockville
Methodist Church. The guests will
be limited to members of the class,
members of the school faculty, county
school officials and alumni of the in
stltution. The arrangements are in
charge of committee of which Miss
Hazel NJ. Long of the school faculty
is chairman.
The Women's Republican Club of
Montgomery county will give a
luncheon and bridge party at the
Manor Club, Norbeck, next Wednes-
day afternoon. The committee in
charge is composed of Mrs. Harry s.,
Dawson, chairman. and Mrs. Edward
u. Stock. Mrs. Judson {. WelIiver.
MRS. Elisha Hanson and Mrs. Beverly
Evans.
Miss Blanche A. Corwin, home DEM
onstration agent for this county, has
returned to Rockville from Charles
County, where she assisted for sew
eral days during the week in home
demonstration work.
At the May meeting of the Barnes
vile Community League, which was
held in the public school building at
Barnesville and conducted by the
president. Mrs. Eleanor r. Hays. Miss
Elizabeth Jones and John Gott gave
the speeches with which they carried
on h@nors in the recent annual ora
torical contests among the public
school children of the county. Misses
Esther Grubb and Marguerite Myer-
ly of Poolesville also participated in