Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
ROCKVILLE.

! ROCKVILLE, Md, December IS (Spe-
ciaD Singing of carols in st. Mary's
Catholic and Christ Episcopal Churches
ushered in Christmas in Rockville. The
carolerS, who included large number
| OF young people of the community,
! gathered at the Baptist Church around
9 O'Clock and motored about town sing
! ing at many points. Large congrega-
lions attended the services in both
! Catholic and Episcopal Churches. In
ST. Mary'S Church high mass was Gel
| ebrated by the pastor, Rev. Charles r.
O'Hara; the sermon was by Rev E. M.
| Lloyd, rector of Georgetown Prepara-
| tory School, and an augmented choir
rendered an elaborate music program,
/ under the direction of Mrs. Howard
| Blandy. The rector, Rev. Willard F.
Minnick. conducted the services in
Christ Episcopal Church, which were
/ featured by a fine music program d.
rected by Miss Mary Almoney. Midnight
services also were held in st. Johns
) Catholic, Forest Glen ST. Martins,
| Catholic, Gaithersburg; st. Roses, Cath
| ole, Choppers, and st. Mary's, Cath
| Ollie, GAINESVILLE, and other churches in
i various parts of the county, and at
! Sandy Spring a group of young people
and others sang carols in front Of the
Montgomery County General Hospital
and near the homes of the sick of the
| neighborhood.
Under joint auspices of the mayor
and council. the Home and School As
ISOLATION, the Home Demonstration
! Club, the Chamber of Commerce and
the Gaithersburg Washington Grove
Volunteer Fire Department, the annual
exercises at the community Christmas
! tree were held last evening at Gathers
burg. A large number of the commu-
nifty listened to carols by large chorus,
| under direction of Robert Palmer of
| Washington Grove, talks by Mayor Will
| liam McBain, Rev. A. E. Spielman, pas
! tor of Epworth Methodist Church, Rev.
Denny L. Fringer, pastor of Grace
son, superintendent of the Methodist
Home for the Aged. who acted a.. mas
/ ter OF ceremonies. Carols were sung by
/ children Of the public school, who were
| trained by Mrs. Helen Bickmore of the
| faculty. Yesterday afternoon members
| OF the Grow class Of Grace Methodist
Sunday school, of which Miss Bessie
| Pace is teacher, distributed Christmas
baskets among the sick and shut-ins
| Of GaitherSburg and vicinity.
| Everything is in readiness for the
/ exercises at. Rockville's community
tree on the courthouse lawn this eve
| ming
Mrs. Laberta c. Soper, widow Of
Alexander Soper. died of heart disease
Monday at her home at Potomac, aged
20 years. She Is survived by two daugh-
| tiers. Mrs. Ellen Howdershell of Wash
!, ingtoD and Mrs. Annie Graeves of
Philadelphia, and two brothers, Ed
ward Chick of this county and Charles
| Chick Of Washington. Mrs. Soper was
formerly a Miss Chick and was life
| long resident of the county. The flu
neral will take place at 2:30 o'clock
! tomorrow afternoon.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the Circuit Court here for the
| marriage of George w. Orange, %, and
Miss Bertha L. Adams, 10, both Of
Washington: James c. Sites, %, and
Miss Ruby E. Gibson, 10, both Of Char
lottesville, Va: Chester A. Hill, 20, and
Miss Gladys L. Baltimore, 20, both of
Washington, and Elijah O. Crabbe, 81,
of Heathville, Va. and Miss Evelyn G..
Dawson. 18, of Washington.
Miss Sylvia E. Spencer daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice E. Spencer of
Gaithersburg, and Charles r. MacKen-
zie OF Washington were married in
Rockville yesterday by Rev. Frank A.
| Tyler Of the Methodist Church, the
ceremony taking place at the parsonage
in the presence of the brides parents
and a few others.