Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-01-06
Miss Mary ENGLAND entertained fellow

Kirkland, Miss Naomi Bogley, Miss Eliza
beth Virts. Miss Dorothy Masrrier. Miss
Louise Thompson. Miss Edna King and
Miss Elizabeth Smith.
When Policemen Roy Bodmer and Harry
Merson arrested Samuel Green. colored. last
Friday night on charge Of stealing chick
ems from Roy Crown. of the Hunting Hill
neighborhood. they learned he recently
escaped from the Maryland house of cor
rection while serving term for desertion
and nou-support. In connection with the
chicken-stealins charge, Clifton H. Dorsey.
colored. also was arrested.
Olney Grange. No. Z. has elected officers
as follows: Master. R. Bentley Thomas !;
overseer, Robert H. Miller lecturer. Mar
earet S. Jones steward. Calvin Bready !;
assistant steward. William John Thomas /;
lady assistant steward. Mariana Miller /;
chaplain, Rev. Guy E. Kagey: secretary,
Edith B. Thomas: treasurer, Elizabeth T.
Stabler; gatekeeper, Edw. Iddings; ceres.
Ethel F. TbomasS pomona, Mrs, Gilpin;
flora, Clara M. R. Downey.
Rev. H. H. Nicoll, who recently resigned
as pastor Of the Baptist Church at Ken
sington. was reelected at the annual bust
ness meeting and has accepted. Walter
j. Brooks. Of Garrett Park. was reelected
superintendent of the Sunday School and
Mrs. Walter J. Brooks. also of Garrett Park.
was elected secretary. Officers Of the church
elected were Clifton J. Day. clerk ; Charles
Edmunds. treasurer; Mrs. VIM. Wagner.
secretary. and Mrs. Esther Small, organist.
Mrs. Mary W. Wilson, wife Of Herbert J.
Wilson, formerly of Bethesda, through her
attorney, Robert Peter. Jr.. has filed in the
circuit court here suit against the Wash
ington and Rockville Electric Railway Co.
for $4,000 for personal injuries Mrs.
Wilson sets forth that while a passenger
on car Of the company September 18th.
1925. near Alta Vista. a sharp piece of
wood or metal. which projected beyond a
seat. entered her left leg. She was inca
pacitated for six months. and believes her
self permanently affected.
The clerk of the circuit court here is
sued 1901 licenses to marry during the
year which closed last Saturday. The best
previous year was 1925. when around
1000 were issued. OF the licenses OBJ
tanned during 1927. ASH we're by couples
rom the District of Columbia. 275 by Viz
einia couples. 1870 by couples from various
parts of the county, and las by couples
from widely scattered parts Of the United
States. 1t is estimated that about three
fourths of the couples to whom licenses
we're issued during the year were married
by Rockville ministers.
The sale by the heirs of the late DR.. John
L. Lewis. Of Bethesda. to George P. Sacks,
of Bethesda, Of two acres of land and a
frame dwelling hous, formerly the home of
DR.. Lewis and family. for $48,000, is said
to represent the top price so far for Mont
eomery county real estate. The property
adjoins the Bethesda Bank, The sale en-
phasizes the wonderful increase in prop
erty values 10 the Betheeda neighborhood.
TIE two acres of land were bought by DR..
Lewis 26 yeBrs ago for $500 and the
erection of the dwelling represented. it is
said. an outlay Of about $4,000. The sale
was negotiated by H. Latane Lewis.
DR.. William A. Linthicum. son Of the
late DR.. and Mrs. Otis M. Linthicum, of
this town, and Miss Sue Somervell, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Anne Parran and the late
Alexander Somervell, Of Port Republic
Md, were married in Baltimore last week in
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church, the
rector. Rev. B. B. Lovett. officiating. The
bride s sister, Mrs. 7. B. Turner. Of Baltimore
was matron of honor. and the bridegroom s
cousin, Mr.. Edward Stonestreet Lamar, OF
Rockville, was the best man. They will
live at the Tiverton Apartment, Washing
ton. DR.. Linthcum is resident physician
at Columbia Hospital. Washington. He
graduated at the Johns Hopkins Medical
School. Baltimore. in 1925, and for while
was an inferno at the Womans Hospital
Baltimore.
Funeral services for W. Clarence Duvall.
aged SIS years, 4004 New Hampshire Ave
nue.. Washington. who died at George
Washington University Hospital following
an operation. took place on Thursday
morning of last week and interment was in
the Abbey Mausoleum, Arlington Heights,
Va. Mr.. Duvall was real estate broker
with offices at 1903. Eighth street. Wash
ington, and member of the local Cham
Der of Commerce. He was born at Lay
louisville. this county. but had lived in
Washington for the past rs years. He i:
survived by his wife. Mrs. Frances E
Duvall two sons, David Carroll Duvall
and Ashley Gould Duvall; two daughters.
Mrs. Frank A. Potts and Miss Edith Gray
Duvall, all Of Washington, and brother
C. Scott Duvall, who is postmaster at Gath
ersburg.
Although the year which closed las
Saturday was not a record breaker ia the
volume of business transacted in the Office
of the clerk of the circuit court. II was
well up to 1925, the best previous year. in
the matter of deeds, MORTGAGES. releases
deeds of trust and bills Of sale received Tor
! record. and is taken to indicate that the
/. rapid pace set in 1925 in the connty's de-
! velopment continues and that no appfe-
E ciable let-up is in sight. According to
J figures compiled by Preston B. Ray clerk
!. 2,665 deeds. 2,132 mortgages and releases
: 2.O3S deeds of trust and 1888 bills o
sale. a total of Is, 1873, were received by tn
Office for record during the yearl927. Not
:. withsta ndine this big amount OF business
the work is said to be well up to date anc
the affairs of the Office in fine shape gen
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