Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-07


gathering met at the home of Sewall Duley
The affair is an annual event and attracts 6
great deal of interest in the county. Ken.
meth Lyddane. VIM. P. Jones and C. L
Howard were in charge. z. NJ Waters
was master of hounds.
Sister Marie Genevieve, a member Of
the faculty of St. Martins Parochial
School, Gaithersburg. died in St. Martin,
Convent, Gaithersburg, aged 81 years
She was stricken at St. Martins School
and died several hours later. presumably
from apoplexy. The funeral took place
Friday from St. Martins Church. Gathers
burg. the pastor. Rev. John S. Cuddy
officiating. Burial was in Mount Olivel
Cemetery, Washington. Sister Genevieve
was formerly connected for long time
with Notre Dame Convent, Washington,
Rev. Joseph T. Watts. D. D.. executive
secretary of the Maryland Baptist Asso-
citation, will be the speaker at the Rockville
Baptist Church next Sunday morning at II
O'Clock. This will be Dr. Watts first visit
to Rockville and large congregation is
expected. The pastor, Rev. B. NJ. Osgood,
will have for his sermon topic at the
P. M. gospel service "A Basket of Sum-
mer Fruit" There will be special music
at both services, under the direction of
Mrs. h. M. Blandy. The Sunday School
will meet at 10 A. M. and the Young Peo-
pies Society at 7I5P. M. This meeting
will be led by Miss Elizabeth Robertson.
Under the direction of Berry E. Clark,
clerk to the board of county commission
ers several of the clerks in the commits
sioners Office have begun preparation of
automobile assessment books as a pre-
liminary to sending out automobile tax
bills for the year which began July LIST.
1t is estimated that approximately $4,000
automobiles are owned in the county.
their estimated value for assessment pur-
poses being more than $2.000.000. The
books will be ready to turn over to the
county treasurer.in time to have the bills
in the mail by November LIST
Charles P. Green. aged 81 years. died
last week at his home at Ashburn, Va.
He was born in this county, the son of
Edward Z. and Virlinda Green. He had
been a resident Of Loudoun county for
fifty-five years. He served during the
Civil War in the Confederate Army. first
m ha Inf nd LOFT
in Company B. 35th Battalion, Virginia
Cavalry. under the command of Col. f. V.
White. Mr.. Green is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Anthony L. Deniston. of
Washington Mrs Joseph A. Francis and
Miss Grace E. Green, of Ashburn. and four
sons. C. M. Green. of Washington; Stanley
T. and Lester E. Green. of Ashburn, and
J. Howard Green. of Martinez, Cal.
Following a long illness of a complication
of diseases. C. Matthew O'Brien, well-known
resident of Potomac district. died last
Friday afternoon at his home near Poto-
mac, aged IS years. He is survived by
his wife, formerly a Miss Stearn, of Poto-
mac. and the following children: Charles
M. and Harry O'Brien. of Cleveland Park
William and Joseph O'Brien and Mrs. John
Harding. of Washington; Thomas S. and
John o Brien. Mrs David Tuohey and Mrs.
William West, of this county, The funeral
took place Monday morning from St. Mary's
Catholic Church here. and burial was in
ST. Mary's Cemetery, near Rockville. Mr..
O'Brien was native of Ireland, but had
lived in Potomac district more than fifty
years.
The mangled body of Ernest Neal. col
ored. aged % years. of Lincoln Park. was
found beside the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road tracks, near WestmOre. last Tuesday
morning. He apparently had been struck
by a train. Policeman P. W. Watkins
who investigated the death, found a 80
CALDER revolver beside the mans legs, which
had been severed and were about 80 PAGES
from the remainder Of the body. The
county police force had been called On the
night before to subdue Neal when he at
tackled his wife and struck her on the
head with hammer and a brick Neal
could not be found at that time. The
body was taken TO the undertaking estab-
lishment of Humphrey Brothers where an
attempt was made TO find if the man had
been shot. but this was impossible to as
certain. Chief of Police Monkey is inves-
tigating Several residents of the vicinity
declared they heard shots about O'Clock
Tuesday morning and one bullet had been
fired from the revolver.