Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-04-06

Ii the presence Of q large gathering
"Ths Charm School" was last Friday even
ing presented in the high school audito-
Hum. CaitheSbure. BY members Of the
Junior class Of the high school. 1t was
directed BY Mfs. Harriet Ament. Of the
school faculty, and Miss Mary johnson
and Russell Gloyd were the leading char
acters. Others In the cast were Nettie
Dorsey Etchison. Beatrice Pace. Katherine
Griffith. Bubbles Grimm. Gertrude Wells.
Eleanor Magruder. Mabel Linthicum. VIM.
Waters. Oliver Smith. Linwood Marshall.
Thomas Cashell and Claiborne Ferguson.
On Monday last the only murder case of
the March Term Of the Circuit Court was
when Isaac Young. Of Linden, was tried
for the shooting Of Theodore Moore. a
Washington youth. both cOlored. The
shooting occurred on Sunday. February IS.
when Moore was calling on one Of Young's
daughters. His defense was that Moore
was attacking him with a razor. which
was found in Moore's pocket at the time.
and he was forced to shoot the Washing
ton boy to protect himself. He was &C.
quilted by the jury after celebrating about
an hour and half. He was represented
by Stedman Prescott and John E. Oxley,
Of the local bar.
Although the county commissioners have
not yet taken formal action, they have
definitely decided to exercise the authority
granted them by the last legislature and
issue bonds amounting to $4,000 for
enlarsing and undermining the court house
and the construction Of a new jail. Archi-
tects have already been consulted regard
Ing plans and specifications. and it is
planned to begin building operations just
as soon as the bonds are disposed of. which
will be within few weeks. The archi-
tects will be requested to prepare two
sets OF plans one for the court house
with the jail in the upper floors and the
other for separate building.
The spring conference Of the public
school teachers Of this county was held in
the high school building here last Friday
with virtually all Of the 235 or more
teachers Of the county in attendance. Prof.
Edwin W. BrOome. county superintendent
Of public schools. was in general charge,
and he was assisted by William X. Kiln
eaman. supervisor Of high schools of
Western Maryland; Thos. W. Pyle. county
supervisor Of high schools. and the super
visors Of the other departments of the
county schools. Group conferences. lesson
demonstrations. addresses and discussion
composed the program which kept the
teachers busy all day.
Bethesda. one Of the rapidly growing
suburbs Of Washington. fell in step with
the demand for public amusements. when
ground was broken last week for its first
motion picture theater. and bowling alleys.
Walter R. Tuckerman. Of Edeemoor Land
Office, whose application for a building
permit for the new structure was approved
by the building inspector and the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. said: "EdgemoOr Land Office an
nounces that contract has been let for
community group Of theaters. bowling
alleys. stores and apartments to be placed
in EdgsmoOr on the west side of Wiscon-
sin Avenue. adjoining the Bethesda post
Office" A lease for twenty years has been
executed with theater interests. Plans
for the new enterprise filed with the build
ing inspector show that the building will
be two stories high. A frontage of 1875
feet on Wisconsin avenue will be occupied
The entire project will cost approximately
$l50.000.