Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-10
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Town and Country.

side has elected the following officers
President. Clarence L. Eichner; vice. presi-
dent, Frank A. Lutz; secretary. j. G. Pratt,
Free Methodist Church, Rockville, preach
ing Sunday at II A. M. and 7:30 P. NJ.
Sunday School at GAS A. NJ; young peo-
pies service at GAS P. NJ; class meeting
Tuesday at 1850 P. M; prayer service
Thursday at 1880 P. M. Rev. William E.
Frederick. Pastor.
Mr.. Wolverton. U. S. Army. who has
spent a good deal of time at Panama
Canal. Philippines, South America, China
and Japan. will lecture in the Darnestown
Church on Tuesday evening. July 18th, at
o'clock. Be sure and hear him. No ad-
mission. but offering.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E. Welt and daugh-
tiers, Misses Dorothy and Verna. left here
on Monday for New York City, from which
place they sailed that night for Europe. to
be gone until early in September They
will visit relatives in Germany and spend
some time touring various countries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo G. Butts and son,
Wesley Butts. of Washington. D. c.. and
Mrs. Edna Fulks Cross and daughter, of
Gaithersburg, started last Wednesday on
a motor trip through the north, where they
will visit many places of interest, return
ing through Canada, and back by Niagara
Falls.
In the circuit court here. Judge Robert
B. Peter has signed a decree granting to
Mrs. Agatha Creamer. of Washington. an
absolute divorce from Clinton M. Dreamer.
of Travilah, and giving her the custody of
the couples three children. Mrs. Dreamer
was represented by Attorney P. Kenneth
Lyddane.
C. German Griffith. rural mail carrier,
and N T. Mills, both of Gaithersburg, were
injured Tuesday when automobiles they
were operating collided on the Laytons-
vile pike near Emory Grove Mills, who
was hurt about the face and head. was
taken to hospital. and Griffith. after re-
ceivine medical attention, was removed
10 MS nome. bOtn Will recover.
AS an evidence of appreciation of the
work of the Rockville Volunteer Fire De-
partment at the recent fire which destroyed
a large part of the business section of Mt.
Airy. Nd, the Mt. Airy town authorities
have sent to the local fire department a
check for $3.50. The Kensington Volun-
teer Fire Department. which also visited
the scene of the fire and rendered effective
work. has received from the same source a
check for $3.50.
The building boom which began in this
county shortly after the World War con-
tinues undated and applications for per-
mits to erect buildings of various kinds
continue to pour in on the County Com
missoners. According to Berry E. Clark,
clerk to commissioners. approximately 600
building permits were issued by him dur
ing the fiscal year which ended July LIST,
the estimated cost of construction being
around $3.75O,OOO.
In the presence of a small company of
relatives and friends, Miss Marie Briggs.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel B. Briggs,
Of Gaithersburg. and Mr. Brawner z. Hard
ing. also of Gaithersburg, were married in
Rockville on Thursday evening of last
week by Rev. S. J. Goode. pastor of the
Christian Church, the ceremony taking
place at the home of the minister. The
brides sister, Miss Alberta Briggs, was
maid Of honor. and Mr.. Wiley Howsley, of
Washington, was best man. Following a
reception at the home of the brides parents,
the couple departed for short trip.
John Esputa, aged 23 years. son of Mrs
Samuel Welsh. of this county, is in criti-
cal condition in Washington hospital as
a result of injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident on the Rockville George
town pike. near Rockville, last Friday night.
An automobile in which he was on his
way from Washington collided with a
machine going in the opposite direction.
The entire front of Esputa car was crushed
and he sustained a fractured jaw, frac-
ture Of the skull and other injuries He
was hurried to the hospital Jas. Hilton.
of Rockville. in the car with Esputa, was
slightly injured.
Electricity for Potomac and vicinity is
understood to be a certainty of the near
future. Several meetings of the citizens
of that locality have recently been held to
further the movement. and a committee
will call on officials of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company. of Washington. within
the next few days and make definite ar
rangements for extension of the companys
lines. which now reach the Congressional
Country Club. to the Potomac neighbor-
hood. Among the conditions of the power
company was that the citizens pay $500
of the cost of extending the lines and this,
1t is understood, has been. or will be. ar
ranged for.
Another elaborate subdivision for Be-
thesda district is understood to loom as a
result of the sale. just announced. Of
something over 98 acres Of land to Miss
Mary Freedman, Of Washington. by the Alta
Heights Realty Company. The property
is located on the Old Georgetown Road and
adioins Battery Park. 1t is understood the
development of the tract will be under
the direction of Morris Cafritz. of Wash
ington. and will be on scale in keeping
with other subdivisions Of the Bethesda
neiehborhood. While the exact purchase
price is not known. the revenue stamps on
the deed Of conveyance indicate that it was
considerably in excess of 100000. The
negotiations were conducted by H. Latane
Lewis, well-known realtor of Washing
ton and Bethesda.
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