Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24
ROCKVILLE.


the orphans court for this county,
died last night at her home here.
aged seventy-two years. Heart dis
ease was given as the cause of
band. but leaves no children. The
funeral will take place at 10 O'CLOCK
Monday morning from st. Marys
Catholic Church here, burial to be In
Oak Hill cemetery. Washington. Mrs.
George F. Kidwell of Georgetown and
lived there until her marriage about
thirty years ago. when she became
resident Of this county. she nad nVed
IN Rockville more than twenty years.
The first of series OF teas 10 pc
given by the Women's Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian Church
at Jamestown. this county, to raise
the amount for missionary purposes
allotted the society by the Washing
ton Presbytery, was held in the
church Thursday evening. IL was IN
charge of committee of which Mrs.
Upton ID. Nourse. president OF the
organization. was chairman. was
largely attended and proved an en-
joyable and successful event in every
way; Preceding the serving erwin w o. re-
pastor of the Rockville Baptist
Church. delivered an address and Mrs.
Wagner rendered severai piano
selections The members ss,n OF the c So
tunes, several of which. in excellent
state of preservation. had been &C
tually worn in colonial days.
Marriage Licenses.
John T. Franks and Miss Mary
Rush, both of Washington, were mar
ried in Rockville today by Rev r.
Rowland Wagner, pastor or the bap-
fist Church.
Licenses have been issued for the
,, marriage of william v. Jouvenal OF
Silver Spring. this county. and MISS
/ Of In
w. Scott Rogers of Columbus, Ohio,
and Miss Nellie NJ. Scott of Detroit,
Mich.
cinity Of Purcellville. Va, where he
was engaged in farming, but for the
last five years a resident OF wheaton
district. this county, died last might
! at the home of his son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. John Curtis,
near Wheaton. aged seventy-three
years. His death was due to an af-
lection of the kidneys and followed
a long illness. He ts survived by
several sons and daughters The
funeral will take place Monday
morning from Purcellville.
~ Successful Smoker.
Something like thousand men and
boys from all parts of the county,
the District Of Columbia and else
where crowded into De Lashmutts
Hall here last evening and enjoyed
"A varied program PROVIDED ny the
Rockville volunteer fire department.
1t was the organizations third an
nual smoker or "he-night. better
known as the latter by reason of the
fact that the attendance OF none
of the fair sex is permitted. The
program included ten boxing and
three wrestling events. battle royal
participated in by ten dusky scrap
pers, and several vaudeville acts.
Two bands helped 10 max" things
lively by playing at frequent inter-
walls, and ham sandwiches and pop
were served to all and amazing guam
titles of both were made to disap-
pear
There were thrills aplenty and the
unanimous verdict Of those In at
tendance seemed to be that the event
was an unqualified success. The
most gratifying feature from the de-
partmerts standpoint was that about
$500 was cleared. which is almost
sufficient to wipe out the organiza-
tion's Indebtedness
The arrangements were in charge
of +. Bernard Welsh. and he was as
sisted by +. Bache Albert. Albert
Moulden. Wilson $. Ward. William
D. Clark. J. Howard Ward. Bernard
II. BroSius and others. Mr.. welsh
was master Of ceremonies.
Bnrrett T.. Patterson Dies.
Barrett p. Patterson. lifelong
resident of this county and al son
of the late Reynolds :. Patterson. for
a long time deputy clerk of the cir
cult court for the county, died yes
terday in Baltimore. aged orty-eight
years. Pneumonia. of which he had
been i'll but Il week, was the cause
of death. He was unmarried. Sur
viving him is a brother. John c. CAL
lloun Patterson of Washington. The
funeral will take place at 2:30 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon from Grace
Methodist Church. Gaithersburg. For
, the last five years Mr.. Patterson had
been employed by the United States
government at Aberdeen, Md.
Miss Julia Aleze McNair Walters,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian +.
Walters Of Rockville. and Paul CAL
vert Cissel son OF DIR. and Mrs. w.
W. L. Cissel of Highland, Md. were
married in Christ Episcopal Church
ceremony was performed by the rec
tor. Rev. Willard F. Minnick, and was
attended by large assemblage. The
church was attractively decorated
! with flowers and evergreenS.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. She was attended by
her cousin. Mrs. Frances Merchant
Of Richmond. Va. as matron of
ard Of Brookeville, this county, and
Isabel Moore of Atlantic City. y. j..
as bridesmaids. Miss Anita Clark.
niece of the bride. was flower girl.
- II, ~
Y. brother Of the bridegroom, was
best man, and the ushers were:
Messrs. William Hurley of Moores-
town, " j.; c. L. Mccartney of COL
lege Park, Md. and Vernon Cissel,
cousin of the bridegroom of High
land. Md, and Rev. Otwald Langrau
of Baltimore.
A wedding Of interest was solemn
lied a few evenings ago at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Y. B. Howard of
Ia - OF - WI hair
daughter. Miss Ethel May Howard.
and David Dudley Brockett of New
Haven, Conn, were married in the
presence of an assemblage number
innate friends of the couple. Rev.
J. w. Lowden, pastor of the Darnes
town Presbyterian Church, performed
the ceremony. The home was at
tractively decorated with flowers and
eyergreenS.
Mrs Frank Kasper of New York
was matron of honor and Mr.. Kasper
was best man. The marches We're
played by Miss Naomi Butt. The
brides gown was of pink silk with
Following the ceremony a COLA
ton was served, Mr. and Mrs Brockett
leaving later for New Haven, where
they will spend their honeymoon.
th nsy p erRnea to hom ase Jamestown
A large number of guests from this
county, Frederick county and else
where attended a dance in the town
hall at Poolesville this evening.
Of hi PooisaSfIe ana D ytefnity COUNT L Waa
in charge of committee consisting
OF Messrs. Wallace Poole, jr.; Well
lington Shreve. Arthur Elgin and
william Ms Trundle T The chsRes9ns
Wallace W. Poole. ST.: Mrs Moiiie
Mann and Mrs. Daniel T. Shreve. The