The Washington times., 1924-08-01
FUNERAL RITES
FOR REDLA|ID
FARMER
Marshall Easton Lived for
Many Years IN Mcnt-
gonery County

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Aug. 1.--Pneu-
monia caused the death Of Marshall
Easton, at his home near Redland,
this county, on Wednesday. He was
sixty.four years old and is sur
vtved by hts wifa and two sons
Charles w. East0n, Of Redland. and
Frank A. Eastcn, Iof Burnt Mills.
The funeral took place this morn.
ing from the Methodist Church at
Lay Hill, burial being in the ceme.
terry near by. Mr.. Easton had been
q farmer all his life.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage Of Harold L. Kennedy,
aged twenty-three and Miss Vivi-
enne II. Peed, eighteen years old,
both Of Washington, ana Harry =.
Anderson, twenty-one, and Miss
Marguerite w. Besuden. twenty.
eight, both Of Morrow, Ohio.
The contract for piking the road
from Lees Corner toward Bealls-
vile, for distance Of one and
one.half miles, has been awarded
to the New Jersey Grove Lime
ed as $46 $40. The work viii, it Ii
understood. be started at once.
Miss Mary Jane Wilbur, daughter
LOT the late Joseph Wilbur and q
longtime resident Of the lower sec
don Of the county, died at her home
at Capitol View on Wednesday,
aged eighty-three years. her death
being due to q complication Of dis
eases OF which she had long been
III. The funeral took place this
morning from st. Johns Catholic
Church, Forest Glen, burial being
in st. Johns Cemetery.
Joel H. Miller, Of Washington, 10
named as defendant In q suit for
absolute divorce filed in the circuit
court here today by Mrs. Esther
May Miller, Of this county. The
couple. 50 the bill states, were mar
ried October 81, 1921, and lived to-
gether In Washington and this
county until August 20. 1916, when,
Il IL charged, the plaintiff was de-
serted. The couple, according to the
bin, have one child. Olga L. Miller,
aged eleven years. The plaintiff
Is represented by Attorney John A.
Garrett, Of Rockville.
More than 1000 men, women and
children from all parts Of the
county partook Of the fried chicken,
country ham and other delicacies at
the fourth annual supper for the
benefit Of the Montgomery County
General Hospital, Sandy Spring, held
Wednesday. evening In the high
school building at Sandy. Spring
under the auspices Of the women's
auxiliary Of the hospital. The dance
held In connection with the supper
was also q success, many young
people from the county and other
places attending. Exact figures are
not available, but It IL known that
considerably more than $1,000 was
cleared.
The baseball game which preceded
the supper, which was between
the Olney team, this county, and
the Seaggsville nine, Howard
county, was won BY the former.
Is to 8.
The affair was In charge OF q
COMMITTEES Of which Miss Anna. M.
Farquhar, chairman of the auxil.
larry, was at the head. and many
men and women from the Sandy
Spring neighborhood and other parts
Of the county assisted.
Through his attorney, John A..
Garrett, Of Rockville: Francis Mack
In Gingell, of Bethesda, this county,
has instituted proceedings in the
circuit court here for an absolute
divorce from Mrs. Mary Alice Gin
goll, Of Washington, charging de.
sertion. The bill sets forth that the
couple were married in Rockville ON
June ~, 1905, and lived together n
Washington City and y this county
until September 20, 1910, when the
alleged desertion occurred. The
couple, no the bill states, have one
child. Furn Gingell, aged eighteen
years.