Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-05-02
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of the Montgomery county General hoSpi-
20, Inc, will be held at 0lney Grange Hall
on Wednesday, May 18th, 1924, at 8 P. M.
The ladies Of the Christian Church. Rock
Vile. will hold food sale in the basement
If the church on Saturday, May 3rd, be-
Ginning at 10 A. M. There will be pies,
cakes, rolls, etc.. on sale.
According to the report of Judge Samuel
Rises, the fines and costs collected in the
Dolice court here during February agere-
GATED S2,483.80. which has been credited
TO the police fund of the county.
Would the lady who picked up the green
silk umbrella from the Court House lawn.
Rockville, Nd. on Thursday afternoon.
April gath, kindly return it to Miss Edith
Lamar. Rockville. Md. She was seen pick
ind it up. but not in time to reach her and
tell her whose 1t was.
The Laytonsville Branch Ct the Woman's
Democratic Club of Montgomery county
will hold public meeting in the Wood
mans Hall, at Laytonsville, on Friday.
May End, at 8 P. M. Congressman Con-
nally, of Texas, will be the principal
speaker. Both men and women are in
tied.
Following a long illness. Mrs. Annie o.
Burriss, wife Of Willis Burriss, died at her
home in Gaithersbure, aged 81 years. She
is survived by her husband and a son by
a former marriage. The body was sent to
Statesville, N. c.. for burial. Mrs. Burriss
formerly was a Miss Sheriff.. Of North
Carolina.
Miss Mabel v. Becraft. Of the vicinity Of
Washington Grove. was given judgment
for $825 by jury in the circuit court here
Tuesday in a suit for $4,000 damages
aeainst James Holland. of this county.
which drew out of an automobile collision
on the Rockville Gaithersbure pike on De-
cember %. 1922.
Come to the Spinsters' Convention and
see the old maids transformed into beau
tiful young maidens before your own eyes
at Glen Echo town hall on May 7th, at 8
O'Clock, P. M. Admission. rs cents; chill
dren under 6 years free. Refreshments for
sale. For the benefit of Ladies' Aid of
Shaler M. E. Church.
Following an illness Of only five days.
Mrs Alice Hoyle Duvall, wife Of Benjamin
F. Duvall, died Tuesday at her home near
Germantown. aged So years. Her death
was due to pneumonia. She is survived
by her husband and three sons. Mrs'
Duvall was before her marriage Miss
Hoyle and was lifelong resident OF this
county.
The PooIesville Community League met
in the high school auditorium on Friday.
April 25th. at 7-30 P. M. After hearing
reports from the various committees. the
election of officers was held. This was
followed by very delightful program rem
dered by the Dickerson High School Com
munity League. This program was followed
by dancing, the music being furnished by
four musicians of Bethesda.
Dame Fashion has supplied the Rock
vile Millinery and Notion Store with a
complete line of the latest shapes. fads.
colors and novelties in hats To complete
your spring costume. why not have a
spring dress to match in ching blue. toast,
lakewood. pearl, twig or the popular black
and white combination3 Be convinced of
the witchery of candle light by seeing
our novelty candles and holders.
At the annual meeting Of the Mont
eomery County Chapter Of the American
Red Cross, held at the high school building
here last Friday. officers were elected as
follows: Chairman. DR.. George E. Lewis;
vice-chairman. Mrs. John R. Henderson
secretary, Mrs. ]. Somervell Dawson; treas
urer, j. Paul Burnett. All members Of
the executive board. consisting Of one or
more representatives from each of the ten
branches of the county. were reelected.
During the year ending April 18th the
Aggregate receipts amounted to $500
and the expenditures $3.O04.
The card party at the Montgomery Coun-
try Club here on Thursday evening Of last
week given by the Rockville Woman's Club
for the benefit Of the Montgomery County
Social Service League. was attended by
nearly hundred guests from Rockville and
other sections of the county and proved one
Of the most enjoyable and successful func-
tons of the kind held here in long time.
It was in charge of committee consist
IND of Mrs. J. Darby Bowman. chairman
Mrs. Harry A. Dawson. Mrs. Leonard L.
Nicholson, Mrs. Eugene Scott. Mrs. Donald
DeLashmutt, Mrs. Clifford II. Robertson.
Mrs. James P. Colt. Mrs Charles G. Hol-
land. Mrs. Winfred E. Berry. Mrs. William
d. Clark, Mrs. Donald Smith and Miss
Katherine Smith. Delightful refreshments.
in the form of chicken salad, crackers and
coffee, were served A handsome sum
was realized.
A large and enthusiastic group Of women
of Boyds met at the home Of Mrs. j. B.
Mauehlin and organized a Branch Of the
Woman's Democratic Club of Montgomery
county on April 28th after listening to
an address by the county president. Mrs.
Jesse W. Nicholson. who urged the women
to organize and use the ballot as the only
effective way of getting what women want.
She spoke of the promises made by the
Republican party at the election. none OF
which they have kept, and said If women
hoped to be recognized in material way it
must come from the party which had given
them their franchise. After her talk the
following were elected officers for one
year Chairman. Mrs. j. B. Maughlin; first
vice-chairman. Mrs. Harry Thompson; Sec
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