Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-01-21

The home Of John N. Anderson. q
Hyattstown. was destroyed by Ere early las
Sunday morning. as was virtually all o.
his furniture. entaillns loss Of approx
mately $4,000. partially covered by In
surance. Members Of the Rockville Vol
unteer Fire Department responded to the
alarm and confined their efforts largely t
preventing the flames from spreading tC
nearby buildings. What caused the fire
Is not known.
A new yearlins record for Maryland has
been established by Golden Glow Sophie
Fay, young Jersey producer. owned by
the Golden Glow Jersey Farm at Ken
sineton. Md. Fay started on this official
production test at the tender age Of year
and 8 months and in the following S65
days she yielded 420.l4 pounds Of butterfat
and 1866 pounds Of milk. Her milk averaged
sos per cent butterfat for the year. With
this record Fay supersedes Lady Lefty OF
Waverly. which held this State champion
ship with her record of 403.36 pounds Of
butterfat and 1888 pounds of milk.
The annual election of officers Of Olney
Grange. No. 7. held in grange hall at
Olney and largely attended. resulted in
the selection Of the following: Master. R.
Bentley Thomas: overseer. Robert H. Mil
Ter. Jr. lecturer. Miss Margaret Jones
steward, Calvin Bready assistant steward.
Robert Chichester: chaplain. Rev. Guy E.
Kasey; treasurer. Elizabeth T. Stabler
secretary. Edith Thomas; eatekeeper. Ed
ward Iddinss: ceres. Ethel Thomas; po-
mona. Rose Gilpin fora. Carrie Barnsley
lady assistant steward. Anna Gilpin. The
new officers will be installed at the Feb
ruary meeting.
At the election of officers of the Be-
thesda Fire Board. composed Of represen-
tatives from the fifteen communities served
by the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. William W. Bride was reelected
president and other officers were chosen
as follows: Vice-president. Thomas E.
Hampton: secretary. Hobart S. Langdon !;
treasurer. S. Walter Bosley; executive
committee. John W. Stohlman. Emory H.
Bogley and Ezra Gould. the officers also
being members. The board voted to awsrd
Oliver Owen Kuhn. honorary life president
Of the board. a gold fireman's badge.
The annual election of officers of the
Rockville Volunteer Fire Department re-
suited in the selection of the following :
President. F. Barnard Welsh: vice. presi-
dent. DR.. George E. Lewis secretary. Mil
bourne Ward; treasurer. Reuben Riggs
fire chief. Jos. W. Howes; assistant chief,
William M. Burrows; captains of compa-
MES. Vim. A. Pate. Jr.. w. E. Berry and
Andrew Freeburger: company lieutenants,
DR.. Barrett P. Wilson. Frances Lyddane
and Albert Hamke; chief engineer. VIM.
F. Disney; surgeons. DR.. George E. Lewis
and DR.. C. E Hawks. The officers COM
pose the executive committee.
VIM. W. Russell. who has been Ameri-
can Minister to siam since 1928. is about
to become the first diplomatic chief Of
mission to be retired on a pension under
the new foreign service act. Mr.. Russell.
a native of the District of Columbia and
for many years resident Of Rockville.
was 81 years old in December. thus be-
coming eligible for the lean and slippered
years" on permanent allowance Of three
fifths Of his ministerial salary. which will
give him $4,000 year for the rest Of his
life. He entered the foreign service in
1898 and has been on duty since then in
Venezuela. Panama. Colombia. the Do
minican Republic. Ecuador and Siam.