Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-08-14


Town and Country.
"Bill' Burrows barber shop is sanitary
and up-to-date. No long waiting -four
BARRIERS.
The meeting Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held at the
home of Miss Beulah Dove. on August 18th,
at 2:30 p. M.
The Rockville team Of the Montgomery
County Baseball League will play the New
York Bloomer Girls at Rockville on Tues
day. August 18th. at P. M.
Judson C. Welliver has sold his farm
containing $40 acres. located on the
Rockville-Gaithersbure pike. two miles from
Rockville. to A. GUIDE Sons Co.. florists, of
Washington. The purchase price is said
to be 100000.
Brooke Johns, of Washington. well known
in theatrical circles. has purchased the farm
of Charles W. Barnsley, on the Brookeville
pike. one mile north of Norbeck, contain
ing 1874 acres. 1t is understood the price
was ABOUT S3o,UUO.
Miss Gladys Benson. Of this town, has
returned from a delightful visit to Miss
Fisher. of Hillsboro. Md. She was accom-
panied home by Miss Diffenbaueh. of VIII
Transport. Nd. for the week end. Her other
guests were Mr.. VIM. Vesy. of Baltimore.
and Miss Virginia Powell. of Brookeville.
The Free Methodist Camp Meeting that
is being conducted at Glenmont. Md. five
miles from District line. along the Brooke
vile pike. August 7-16. is largely attended
and fruitful in results. At least eighty
tents. representing that number of fami-
lies. have been erected. Saturday and
Sunday promises to be great days. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Isabella C. Kuster, wife of Frederick
W. Kuster. died suddenly of heart disease
at her home near Halpine. on Friday last
aged 72 years. She was stricken while
attending to her household duties and died
almost instantly. She is survived by her
husband and several grown children. Mrs.
Kuster was before her marriage a Miss
Bennett, and was lifelong resident Of
this county.
An American tractor. operated by the
Near East Relief on one of its orphanage
farms at Erivan. Armenia. has been deco
rated by the natives with a silver medal.
Is the information that comes to Maryland
Headquarters of the organization. This
unusual procedure. says the State Director.
was taken because the machine was the
first of its kind used for farming in Arme-
MIA. and was the leader in the importation
of American farm machinery into that
part Of the world. The medal has been
riveted to the framework of the machine.
Trapped in small dairy house on her
husbands farm. while cloudburst swelled
the small stream. which ran by the house
Mrs. Alice Ricketts,. aged 20 years, Of
Travilah was drowned last Sunday when
the raging torrent swept the house away
Mrs. Ricketts, had gone into the house be-
fore the downpour. The storm broke and
Mrs. Ricketts, made an effort to leave the
house. She could not open the door. how
ever. as the stream had swelIed and barred
her exit. She screamed for help and her
son ran to the scene. but was too late, and
witnessed the house swept away in the
raging torrent. The house and its.prisonel
were carried $50 yards to Muddy Branch
where the body was recovered. shared ir
tree roots. Mrs. Ricketts, is survived by
her husband. Frank F. Ricketts,. three sons
and three daughters.