Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
<o1al and gersuaas.
Town and Country.

The annual festival and chicken dinner,
ST. Johns Church, Forest Glen, August 10th.
The annual picnic of Modern Woodmen
will be held on Thursday, August 4th. at
Lavtonsville.
The GAINESVILLE picnic will be held on
Wednesday. August 3rd. All friends in
vited. Come early.
The annual St. Mary's picnic of Aspen
will be held on Thursday, August 18th.
Chicken dinner and dancing
Mountain picnic will be held on Satur-
day, August 9Th. Refreshments. Good
music. Everybody welcome.
Fried chicken supper on August 18th in
the Sunday School room of the Baptist
Church at Kensington. Tickets, so cents.
You are invited to attend lawn supper
at the M. E. Church South, Rockville, on
Thursday, August 18th, from to s p. M
Supper, so cents.
There will be a chicken and meat supper
at the Hunting Hill hall on Friday. July
goth, beginning at S P. M. Proceeds for
the benefit of the church.
The annual picnic of the Germantown
Council, No. 1871, Jr. o. U. A. M. will be
held on Thursday, August 18th. in school
house grove, Old Germantown.
Fried chicken supper will be given at
Potomac Chapel. Patomac. on Thursday,
August 4th, for the benefit of the building
fund. Music by the Patomac band.
The Montgomery County W. C. T. U.
Convention will be held on Friday. August
5th, at 10 A. M. in the Presbyterian
Church, Kensington, Md. Box lunch.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Mt. Tabor NJ
E. Church will hold its annual picnic and
supper on Saturday. July 30th. at the hall
at Etchison. Music by the M. W. A. Band.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Wesley Grove
M. E. Church will hold its annual picnic
and supper on Saturday, August 18th. at
the hall at Woodfield. Music by them. W.
A. Band.
The Jacksonville Woman's Club will pre-
sent a play, titled "All A Mistake" in
Hempstone's Movie Hall, at Poolesville, on
Friday night, July 29th, at 8 O'Clock.
Everybody welcome.
The annual picnic of the Clarksburg M.
E. Church will be held on Saturday, August
18th, in E. " Kings woods, on Frederick
Washington pike. Band music chicken
supper, ice-cream, cake and sandwiches.
St. Luke's Guild Brighton, will hold its
annual lawn fete on the church grounds
on Saturday. August 9th, beginning at a
Pm. Sandwich supper ice-cream, cake,
etc.; ball game; entertainment
Rev. H. X. Parma, pastor Of a church at
Charleston, Miss, has been called to the
pastorate of the Rockville Presbyterian
Church to succeed the Rev. o. G. Davis,
who recently resigned after serving the
church one year.
In the circuit court here Judge Peter has
signed a decree granting to George F.
Savage, of Germantown. an absolute d.
vorce from Mrs. Geneva M. Savage, of
Washington. The plaintiff was repre-
sented by Attorney Kenneth Lyddane.
In the circuit court here Judge Robert
B. Peter has signed a decree granting to
Mrs. Marian Lancaster, of this county, an
absolute divorce from Naylor Lancaster
and awarded her the custody of two chill
dren. Desertion was charged in the bill.
The clerk of the circuit court here has
issued 745 fishing licenses to residents of
the county, each yielding ST. Approx
mately IS non-residents, most of them
Neutrality-suspicious., have also obtained fish
ing license here at cost of SIS each.
Preparations are under way for the an
nual lawn fete and festival for St. Mary's
Catholic Church. to be held in the grove
adjoining the church here on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings of next week Rev
John T. Coolahan, pastor of ST. Mary's
Church, heads the general committee of
arrangements.
Each of eighteen members of the police
force of this county will be allowed $500
a year for expenses under a rule of the
Board of County Commissioners. Out of
the expense allowance members of the
force will be required to buy uniforms and
to pay the operating expenses of their mo-
torcycles or automobiles.
What Will Byrd Find ?-Comdr Richard
E. Byrd is planning dash by airplain to
the South Pole. Just about what he will
find is interestingly told in an illustrated
article in the Magazine of the Washington
Star for next Sunday, July 81. Order your
copy of next Sundays Washington Star
from your newsdealer today.
Early on Thursday morning of last week
the general mercantile establishment OF
the Germantown Trading Company. at
Germantown, was broken into and about
$40 in cash and number of checks were
stolen. Entrance was gained through side
window and heavy hammers, obtained
from a nearby shop, were used to smash
the safe.
Although the last legislature authorized
a bond issue of $250,000 for the recon
struction and enlargement of the Rock
vile courthouse, and gave the county com
missioners full discretion both as to type
of building and time of construction, build
ing operations will not. it has been def
nitely decided, be started during the pres
ent year.
Following a long illness of general de
blity Mrs. Emma Gait, formerly lont
time resident of Washington, died Satur
day afternoon at Chestnut Lodge SAM
tarium. Rockville. aged 83 years. Sh'
had made her home at the sanitarium TO
eight or nine years. She leaves no chill
dren, but is survived by several grand