Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-08-06
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Town and Country.

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the oath of Office as justice of the peace
for Rockville district.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Terry. of 227 Rose
Mary Street. Chevy Chase. sailed from Bal
timore last Friday on the S. S. Allegheny"
of the Merchants and Miners line en- route
to Jacksonville. Fla.
The annual meeting of the MONTGOMERY
County Anti-Saloon League will be held in
the auditorium at Washington Grove on
August 18th. Sessions at 1890 A. M. and
I:30 P. M. Good speakers and an interest
ing program.
In the circuit court here last Tuesday,
Judge Robert B. Peter conducted the annual
naturalization court and admitted eleven
persons to United States citizenship, being
the largest number yet granted final papers
here in single day.
Miss Martha " Ray. lifelong resident
Of this county. died last Monday night at
her home near Linden. aged 70 years.
Her death followed long Illness She was
daughter Of the late William Ray and
sister of the late Richard 7. Ray.
Mrs. Alice L. Clark, Of this town, and Mr..
Thos. N. Henderson, Of Washington. form
erly of this county, were married Monday
by Rev. Willard F. Minnick. rector of Christ
Episcopal Church here. the ceremony TAX
ing place at the rectory of the church.
At the by-weekly meeting of the Rock
vile Inquiry Club, held at the home of Mrs.
Henry ]. Finley. Mrs. E. L. Bullard gave
an account Of the biennial meeting of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs, after
which some time was spent sewing for the
Red Cross.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company has acquired lot on Georgia
Avenue. Silver Spring. and will erect there
on in the near future a modern telephone
exchange building. COngested conditions
at the Woodside exchange. two miles away.
make another exchange in that section
necessary. 1t is understood.
Washington J. Purdum, a well-known
retired farmer, died on Wednesday of last
week at his home near Damascus. aged
SO years. He is survived by his wife,
formerly Miss Becraft, of this county,
but leaves no children. The funeral took
place Friday afternoon from the Methodist
Church at Damascus and burial was in the
cemetery nearby,
The Service Company of Silver Spring
and the Howitzer Company of Kensngton.
the former under command of Capt. Samuel
B. Riggs and the Kensington organization
commanded by Capt. Clarence v. Sayer.
left last Friday morning for Virginia Beach
to join the other units of the Maryland
National Guard for the annual two week
encampment. About so members of each
organization entrained.
Miss Marguerite Myerly. of Dickerson.
is one of ll9 graduates of The Moody Bible
Institute, of Chicago, who received their
diplomas on August S. Many of the gradu.
ates will become pastors. pastors assist
ants. directors of religious education. for
elen missionaries and evangelists. This
training is offered free to accepted appli-
cants. with the exception of a small fee
for private music lessons. The Il9 young
men and women represent 20 States and
S foreign countries.
Miss Lucy Frances Brown. daughter of
Mrs Lula Brown and the late George Brown,
Of Gaithersbure. and Mr.. George McBain.
also OF Gaithersburg, were married last
week at Jamestown. the ceremony being
performed by Rev. J. W. Lowden, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at that place.
the home of the minister being the scene
Of the ceremony. Immediately afterward
the young couple left for a motor trip to
Niagara Falls. They will make their home
at Gaithersburg.
The midsummer meeting of the Mont
gomery County Medical Society. held at the
Manor Club at Norbeck, was conducted by
DR.. Eugene Jones. of Kensington, in the
absence of the president, DR.. o. M. Lin
hhtONhib VI NuSANHhCs ECdkutCo Vi tuC ptO-
ceedines were papers by DR.. J. Burr, Pig
gott. of Washington. on gastric ulcer. and
DR.. W. j. Mallory. of Washington. on dia-
betes. General discussions followed. About
twenty physicians of this county and the
District of Columbia attended.
AS result OF an automobile accident
on the Rockville pike, near Garrett Park.
the evening Of June 18th. four damage
suits have been filed in the circuit court
here against Charles 7. Cooley, of Capitol
View, formerly chief of the county police
force. The plaintiffs are Jos. H Clagett,
Mrs. Virginia r. Herr and Mrs. Rosaline
Anderson. of Woodsde neighborhood. who
claim $4,000. $4,000 and $4,000. re-
spectively. for alleged personal injuries.
and Lloyd +. Miles, of Silver Spring. who
asks $3.50 for damage TO his automobile.
All the plaintiffs are represented by Attor-
ney Stedman Prescott.
Appendicitis. for which he was operated
on few days before. caused the death in a
Washington hospital last Saturday after
noon of Thomas Lyddane. a well-known
and successful farmer of Germantown.
THIS county. He was A years old. and
Is survived by his wife. formerly Miss
Emily Williams Of Poolesville. and four
children. He also leaves both parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles j. Lyddane. OF Rock
VILE. and four brothers and sister
Charles B.. William. Raymond and Ken
meth Lyddane and Mrs. Murrel Cecil. The
funeral took place Monday afternoon from
MS late home and burial was in Monocacy
cemetery at Beallsville. Mr.. Lyddane was
lifelong resident Of this county.
Prominent Monlgomery county women