Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-01
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Town and Country.

Service League during January totaled
Sl3649.
The seventy-sixth annual fair OF the
Montgomery County Agricultural Society
will be held on August 20. 81. %. 23 and
"a. The last day will be devoted to auto
mobile racing. =
Arthur W. Stonestreet, prominent mer-
chant of Norbeck and native OF TINS
county. died on Monday last. aged ~
years. The funeral took place from the
Presbyterian Church in this town and
hrrial was in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Inaugural Features.-Tosether with spe-
cial inauguration articles, The Washington
S,a, Of Sunday. March 8. will contain a
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Mr. Hazel Butt. of Ashley. has pur-
chased three unimproved lots in Readings
subdivision, a suburb of Rockville. and
expects to erect upon each dwelling
house in the near future. Recently he
sold his home property to Mr. Geo. Broadly.
who will take possession in few days.
The annual smoker of the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department, held here last
Friday night and attended by more than
LOO persons, netted the department about
$4,000, according to F. Barnard Welsh,
president Of the department and head of
the general committee Of arrangements.
Mrs. Annie C. Warfield. wife of Titus W.
Warfield, died at her home near Damascus.
AGED 70 years, her death following short
illness. She is survived by her husband
and a daughter, Mrs. Edward B. Cue, OF
Damascus neiehborhood. She was formerly
a Miss Wordsworth and was lifelong resi-
dent of this county.
For the convenience of those who are
required by law to file Federal income tax
returns, a Deputy Collector Of Internal
Revenue will be at the Montgomery County
National Bank, at Rockville. on March 7th.
9Th and 9th to assist taxpayers in pre-
pairing their returns. No charge will be
made for this service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto C. Meem, residents of
Gaithersbure for many years, last Saturday
celebrated the ffty-third anniversary Of
their marriage. Many relatives and friends
gathered at the home. Mr. and Mrs Meem
were married at GAINESVILLE. this county.
by the late Rev. J. S. Birch. pastor Of st.
Mary's Catholic Church.
Miss Annie Miller. of Bridgewater, Va,
has been selected to succeed Miss Julia
Foley. who recently resigned to engage in
health work in New York. as county health
nurse. Miss Miller is a graduate Of Gar
field Hospital, Washington. and has done
post graduate work in the Richmond School
of Social and Health Work.
The suit of Margaret v. Prince. of Prince
Georges county. against the Vasco Pro-
ducts Co., Of Brentwood, Md. which Is an
action to recover damages in the amount
of $4,000 for injuries alleged to have
been sustained in an automobile accident,
has been docketed for trial at the March
Term of the Circuit Court here.
Dedication exercises for the new $50. 900
gymnasium and auditorium of the Rock
vile High School were held last Tuesday
night at the school. Superintendent Of
Schools Edwin W. Broome and DR.. Geo.
L. Edm, nds, of the county board Of edu-
cation, were the principal speakers. Chill
dren of the school presented an allegorical
pageant. THE Light"
On charges OF breaking into Baltimore
and Ohio box car at Linden. this county.
and steal ne canned goods and other things
valued at several hundred dollars, Charles
Brown, Charles Wright and Jesse G. Scott.
all colored. OF Linden. are in jail here
awaiting hearing 10 the police court.
They were arrested by Policemen Guy Jones
and Roy Snyder on information furnished
by E. E. Nicholsol B. & o. detective.
A special meeting of the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce will be held on
March 18th, it was decided at its meeting,
in an effort to interest business men of
the community in a proposition to give
Rockville a modern hotel. 1t was stated
several prominent citizens have had the
matter under consideration for some time
and reached the conclusion that such q
project might be put across II sponsored
by the chamber.
The funeral Of Mrs Martha M, Cooley, age
70 years, widow of Zachariah G. Cooley
who died at her home at Dickerson, took
place on Thursday of last week from her
late home, the services being conducted
by Rev. Mr. Fighter, Of the Clarksburs M
E. Church South. Burial was in Monocac!
Cemetery at Beallsville. Mrs. Cooley wal
the mother of Raymond Cooley Of Hyatts
vile. Oscar Claude Cooley of Boyd. Georgt
Cooley of Comus and William S. Cooley O
Gaithersbure.
The names of nine residents of thi
county have been drawn for inclusion il
the jury list for the March Term Of tn
Circuit Court here. which convenes on tn
18th instant. These men will replace min
who were excused from service for varion
reasons. The new jurors are Zacharia
M. Waters. Jr.. Thomas C. 0xley, Williar
A. Berry, Mortimer o. Stabler William A
Gassaway, John E. Libbey, Robert v
Kemp, Charles R. Bowman and F. Leonar
Hays. These replace Harry S. Rigs, Pau
Dyson, Max Wehner. VIM T. Mister
Benton Higgins. Frank A. Book. Milton /
Bancroft. Washington W. Burdette an
Maurice M. Mossburg
At the meeting Tuesday of the Jan
Montgomery Chapter. D. A. r., at the hon
Of Mrs. J. E RarkleY In Bethesda. Il