Evening star., 1924-02-14
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md, F'eDruary IA
Especially The first annual banquet
of the Montgomery County Council
Of the American Legion. comprising
the Cissel-SaXon Post of Silver
Spring, the Henderson, Smith -Edmonds
Post of Rockville, the Norman b.
Price Post of Sandy Spring and the
Arnold Milburn Post Of Kensington.
was held in the armory building at
Silver Spring, last evening with
about $50 members of the four or
ganiZations, a large number or the
members of the Ladies' Auxiliary OF
of other guests in attendance; The
hall was elaborately decorated with
United States and Maryland flags.
Joseph C. Cissel. past commander OF
the Silver Spring post, was toast
master. and toasts were responded to
by Col. D. John Markey of Frederick.
who is department commander for
Maryland; States Attorney John A.
Garrett of Rockville, Robert l. Toll
son. president of the council; Edward
S. kornmanE of Baltimore, grand
chef de gare of the Forty and Eight
of Maryland: Maj. E. Brooke Lee. sec
retary of state, who is member of
the Cissel-SaNon Post, and Capt.
Clarence V. Sayre, commander of the
kensington post.
Commander James f. Roeder of
the Silver Spring Post and Mrs.
James II. Cissel of the Silver Spring
auxiliary We're in charge of the ar
rangements.
Darius Clagett. prominent retired
farmer and lifelong resident of this
county, died Tuesday afternoon at
the home of his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Hopewell c.
Warner, In Baltimore, where he and
Mrs. Clagett were spending the WIN
ter. The funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
Road Improvement Asked.
4 delegation of about twenty of the
tion of, the county. headed by former
county Commissioner Claeett and
George y. Pearrc. appeared before the
COUNTY commissioners here yesterday
and urged that at least Il mile of the
road leading from the village to
Barnesville to ComuS. two miles dis
tant. be improved by the construction
of either d cement or macadam pike
The commissioners expressed them
selves as impressed by the argu-
ments submitted and promised to give
the matter their earnest and prompt
attention.
Robert Wolfey, twenty years old, of
Oakdale. Va, died on Tuesday at the
Montgomery County General Hospital.
Funeral services were held this morn
e,
the body being sent to Oakdale for
burial.
: Licenses have been issued for the
marriage of James W. Cooper of De-
queen. Ark. and Miss Lydia Rex of
Detroit, and Washington Waters
White and Miss Louisa II. Griffith,
beth of Laytopsville, this county.
Upon the advice of Drs. William T.
Pratt and G.. V. Hartley. the county
commissioners have adjudged Nickel
H. h fe-s l.
unsound mind and have ordered that
he be committed TO Brownsville Asy-
lum for care and treatment at the ex-
pense Of the county and state.
Dance Postponed.
The dance scheduled to take place
in St. Mary's Hall here this evening,
under the auspices of the choir of St
Mary's Catholic Church. has been
postponed until February 81.
Henry H. Lyman. for many years
employed at National Park Seminary,
Forest Glen. died suddenly at Forest
Glen Tuesday afternoon, aged sixty
five years. He was stricken near the
Baltimore and Ohio railway station
and died almost instantly, heart dis
ease being given as the cause. He
was a widower. The funeral will take
place from Humphreys chapel here
on Friday.
The county commissioners have
pa aSSed an order authorizing their
president and clerk to properly in
dorse the bonds, aggregating 100000,
about to be issued by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission. The
law requires that such bonds be guar
anteed by the commissioners Of this
and Prince Georges counties, all of
the territory of the Washington sub
urban district being within the two
counties.
The funeral of Robert A. Coe. well
known travelling salesman and long
time resident of this county, who died
on Sunday. following a brief illness.
was held yesterday afternoon at
Pumphrey's chapel here. Rev. Mil
lard +. Minnick. rector OF Christ
Episcopal Church. Rockville, con-
Quoted the services, and burial was in
Rockville Union cemetery. AT the
time of his death. Mr.. Coe was a resi-
liant of J[epSfpQton