Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-03-06
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Bodmer, of Poolesville, deputy snerin.
For sale, English setter pup, A month
did, Apply at Burrows barber shop. Rock
vile.
Rev S. j. Goode has been appointed {
,,rstee of the Rockville High School t
.ucceed R. E. L. Smith, resigned.
An earthquake shock was felt in Wash
inston and in certain parts of this count!
m Saturday night last about 9:2l O'Clock.
Food sale at Mr.. Burdette's store Satur
dav morning. March 7th. from 10 to Il
o'clock. Proceeds to furnish mission
school.
Pneumonia caused the death in a Balti
mere hospital of George Leroy Mossburs
sop of George R. Mossburs. of this county
aged 81 years.
Mrs. James H. Jones has sold her homt
in the western section of Rockville to VIM
A Pate, of this town. The consideration
has not been made known.
Joseph E. Gilliss has sold to George A
Crone, of Prince George county, the Gilliss
farm of 81 acres on the Rockville-Poto'
mac pike, for price said to be $500.
A chicken and meat supper will be given
by Oak Grove Lodge in Masonic Hall
Gaithersburg, on Tuesday, March 18th, fol
the benefit of the new hall at Washington
Grove.
To assist persons in making out their
income tax returns, representative oil
the United States Internal Revenue Bureau
will be in Rockville on March 7, 8, 10. H.
at the court house.
Following a long illness, Mrs. Frances
Eta Gates. wife of John Gates, Of Layhill'
died last week in Washington hospital
aged go years. Besides her husband, she
is survived by two sons.
Clyde Harriss. game warden Of this county,
last week received the first installment Of
200 western rabbits. allotted to this county
for liberation for propagating purposes.
They came from Kansas.
Herbert Inman, a well known landscape
gardener, died Saturday at his home near
Cabin John. aged "a years. Although he
had been i'll for some time, his death was
sudden and was due to heart failure.
Died, suddenly. on Saturday. February
2Sth. at his residence in Washington, Ed
ward A. Welt, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
D. Welt The funeral took place Monday
and interment was in Rockville Union
Cemetery.
There will be box and pie social held
in the basement of the Potomac M. E.
Church on March 18th. Proceeds for the
Epworth League. Refreshments-amu
ments-time O'Clock. Ladies bring boxes
and men bring full pocket-books.
The high school building to be erected
midway between Takoma Park and Silver
Spring, will be built by B. H. Brooks, Of
Gaithersburg, he having been awarded the
contract by the County Board of Education,
the total cost including plumbing and cleo
trio wiring, to be $45,327. The land,
which comprises several acres, cost SIS. O6l
John B. Heeter, native and former
resident of this county, died last Friday
at his home in Washington, aged SO years.
He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss
Cornela Creamer, of this county, and sew
eral children. The funeral took place Sun
day from the Methodist Church at Potomac
and interment was in the cemetery ad.
joining the church.
The Montgomery County Game and Fish
Protective Association has renewed III
offer of last year of prizes for persons
killing the greatest number of hawks, owls
and weazels in the county during 1925
Three prizes-$15, $3.50 and $2.5O-wil
be awarded. Last years contest OF this
kind resulted in the destruction Of many Of
these enemies of birds and rabbits.
Last OF The Wooden Ships.-The last o.
the great war feet of wooden ships IL
being "junked" at Alexandria. Va. A
million-dollar fleet has been destroyed
within the past few months. The Wash
ineton Star of Sunday. March 8. contains
an interesting article, fully illustrated on
the work of "junkine" the fleet. Order
your copy of next Sundays Washington
Star from your newsdeaer today.
Notices of anniversary sales in a small
town are usually overlooked but we are
irving to do our best by informing oul
customers of the especially attractive prices
that present worthwhile savings on the
9th anniversary OF the Rockville Millinery
and Notion Shop and continue through the
week of March 9th. A full line OF hats II
straws and silks. the new shades. thistle
bloom, tile blue. cocoa, shutter green. tan
gier, etc.
Wilbur Fiske Murphey, one of the bes
known citizens Of Germantown neiehbor
hood. died last Sunday after long illness
He was 76 yaars old. He is survived By
his widow and several children. Thu
funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from
the Presbyterian Church at Neelsville AMI
burial was in the cemetery nearby. MI
Murphey was son Of the late Charles +
Murphey, who was for a number Of years
Judge Of the orphans court.
Mrs. Annie C. Unslesbee, widow Of Gee
W. Unglesbee and long time resident o
this county. died on Wednesday OF las
week at the home of her son-in-law an
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Vernon Beall. G
this town, aged nearly 80 years. He
death was due to a complication of dis
eases and was not unexpected. Mrs. Ur
elesbee was a native Of Frederick count!
but had lived the greater part Of her lii
in the Germantown and Damascus nesf
borhoods.
The success achieved at the PresideI
Theatre lIth street and Pennsylvania avI