Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Ental aud gersnual
Town and Country.


c., is at the home of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hudson here for few weeks.
The Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany, Rockville, has few large calendars
left. Anybody desiring one may secure it
by sending his address to the bank.
An oyster and meat supper will be given
by the Germantown Council. No. 1871, Jr.
o. u. A. M. in their hall. at Germantown,
on Thursday and Friday evenings. Feb
ruary 18th and 18th, 1925.
The report of Judge Samuel Riggs. which
has been filed with the County Commits
sioners, shows that the fines and costs
collected in the police court here during
November aggregated $2,176.
Deeds, mortgages and deeds of trust
totaling 5,l09 were recorded in the office
of the clerk of the circuit court here during
1924. OF these 2.239 were deeds and
$3.50 were mortgages and deeds of trust.
At recent meeting at the home of Mrs.
Mark O. Smith, the Boy Scout Class of the
Bethesda Presbyterian Sunday School
elected officers as follows President, Harry
Rozzele vice president, Horace Gineell
secretary, Henry Allen treasurer, Craig
Stevens.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Mr. Robert D. Hagner. of
Edgemoor, this county, and Mrs. Pearl
Shirk, of Harrisburg. Pa. The ceremony
took place in the home of the bride on
December 9th. They are making their
home at Edgemoor.
Upon the advice of Drs. G. V. Hartley
and j. Hawks, Richard P. Gillian has been
adjudged by the County Commissioners to
be of unsound mind and has been or
dered committed to Springfield Asylum at
Sykesville for treatment at the expense of
the county and State.
Mrs. Este Mahool, widow of Geo. Mahool,
died few days ago at Poolesville, where
she was born SO years ago. She leaves no
children. Her remains we're inferred in
Loudoun Park Cemetery. Baltimore. Mrs.
Mahool was a daughter of the late Dr.
Thomas Poole, of Poolesville.
The Federation of Republican Women
of Montgomery county will meet at the
Montgomery Country Club. Rockville, on
Wednesday, January 18th, at 10 A. M, for
the purpose of holding their annual election
and to transact other important business
All Republican women of the county are
urged to attend.
While parked in front of Burrows barber
shop here on Friday last an automobile
belonging to Elijah 7. Bean was badly
damaged when Washington and Rock
vile electric car, bound for Washington.
eft the tracks and plunged into it. No
one was in the auto. The accident was
caused by the grooves of the tracks be-
coming clogged with snow and ice.
To serve as watchmen or traffic officers
while the work of constructing the subway
at the crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and the Brookeville pike is in
progress the County Commissioners have
appointed Edgar Boteler, S. W. Hopkins,
Harry Lee Miller florence Bradley and
Eugene Raney, all of Wheaton district
The salary of each has been fixed at 500
a month.
Rev. Gather p Warfeld. son of DR.. R.
C. Warfield, of this town, who is en- route
to Warsaw, Poland, to become an instruc-
tor in a Methodist mission school, has ar
rived in France. according to word received
here. He expects, so ID is understood. to
pass some time in France and Belgium
before proceeding to Warsaw and does
not expect to reach his destination for
several weeks.
Eight hundred and eighty-one marriage
licenses were issued by the clerk of the
circuit court here during the year just
closed, the largest number ever issued in
a single year. All but 1872 of the permits
we're obtained by couples from out of the
county, the District of Columbia leading
with AIS. OF the others, l72 were issued
to couples from Virginia and 102 to resi-
dents from various parts of the United
States.
John Miles. aged go years, who lived
alone on the Newton Stabler farm, neal
Spencervile. was burned to death or
Thursday night of last week when his
home was destroyed by fire. Mr.. Miles
was an inveterate pipe smoker and it il
thought that sparks ignited his bed and
then set fire to the house. A large guam
tityof wheat and other farm products which
had been stored in a building in the rear
of the home were also destroyed
The trials of Leroy Rodgers, suspended
member of the county police force, and
Lee Ball, who frequently acted as special
officer, on an indictment charging them with
assaultne Lttleton S. Poole. prisoner, in
the basement of the court house here
several months ago, have been set for
Monday, January 18th, in the circuit court
here. States Attorney Garrett will not
conduct the prosecution and has asked
Attorney. General Robinson to detail one
Of his assistants to act for him. 1t il
charged that Poole was severely beaten
with piece of rubber hose.
A play, entitled THE Do-It School. pre-.
sented by the pupils of the Sunday Schoo
under the direction of Mrs ]. Harry CORN
ley. was feature of the annual Christmas
entertainment of the Rockville Baptist
Church Sunday School, held in the Sunday
School rooms last Friday evening. An
address by Rev. P. R. Wagner, pastor Of
the church distribution Of candy and other
gifts by Marbury Gates, superintendent
and special music were on the program
Among those. presented with gifts for per-
feet attendance during 1924 was Edward
Higgins, who has not missed a session OF the
Sunday School in IS years. Rev. and Mrs.