Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-04-05
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Town aud Country.

In the circuit court here Judge Rober
r. Peter has signed decree granting u
Mrs Stella Ellenburg. of this county. al
absolute divorce from Philip Ellenburs on
the ground of desertiOn.
Announcement has been MADE OF lux
marriage in Washington on lhuIsuas VI
last week of Miss Emily Byron W'ha'hs
daughter of the late Chas. M WllllamS' o.
Poolesville, and Mr.. Thomas T. ox'ey' ol
Poolesville district.
The old public school building at Garre'
pa,L last Saturday afternoon was sold al
nnhIi. auction to Richard H. Akers. oil
Garrett Park, subject, however, TO con-
6rmation by the county board of education
His bid was $625.
Mrs James B. Maughlin, of Boyd, this
countv, has announced the engagement OF
her daughter, Miss Sara Ellen Mauehlin. to
Mr. Ralph Boehm Whittier. son of Mrs
Marearet W ittler, of Baltimore. The wed
ding will take place in the spring.
Mrs. Bonnie L. Davis, wife of Roy T.
Davis, died last Friday at her home az
Halpine. aged 32 years. She is survived
by her husband and two children. Inc
funeral took place Sunday afternoon from
Rockville Methodist Church and burial
was in Rockville Union Cemetery. Mrs
Davis was formerly a Miss Sessions and
was a native of vi GINA.
Henry Thomas Ricketts,, longtime resi-
dent of Gaithersburg district, Died at his
home in Gaithersburg on Thursday of last
week. aged 70 years Surviving him are
four daughters They are Mrs. Sylvester
Reed aud Miss Laura Ricketts, of Gath
ersburg, Mrs Ben Coleman of near Rock
vile and Mrs. William Carter of Baltimore.
The funeral took place Sunday afternoon
from his late home and burial was at
Potomac.
Married, on April End. 1929. from the
home of Mrs. R. B. Hayns. mother of the
bride, Mrs. Ernest Mortimer Anderson and
Maj. George Mackubin Thomas in Christ
Church, Hillshoro, North Carolina. The
rector, Rev Dr. Benton. was assisted by
RI. Rev. Jos B. Cheshire, Bishop OF North
Carolina, who is connection by marriage
of the groom. After a short trip, the bride
and groom expect to return to their home
in Rockville about April 9th.
Convict raised produce, raised on the
farm of the Maryland House of Correction
and sent to Washington to the amount Of
about $4,000 annually to compete with
the small truck growers of Montgomery
and Prince Georges counties. will be stop
ped if the governor signs the bill of Senator
Lansdale G. Sasscar, of Upper Marlboro.
which has passed both houses OF the
Maryland Legislature. The measure pro-
hibits the penal institutions of Maryland
from sell ne pershable produce in the open
market.
Chairmen of the branch committees that
are being formed in the various election
districts of the county by the Montgomery
County Social Service League have been
announced as follows: Laytonsvile, Mrs
Mehrle T. Haines; Clarksburg. Mrs. VIM
H Topping; Rockville. Stedman Prescott
CoIesville, Harold c. Bradford; barnes
town, Mrs. James W. White GAINESVILLE
Mrs Wilson Poole Damascus. ALIVE A
Moxley; Kensineton. George C. Shinn; Ia
koma Park, Walter Wyatt. The Other
charmen will be named in the near future
The seniors of the PoolesvilS High School
will present as the annual senior play
Bah" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, on April
5th. at P. M, in the high school audito'
rum. The caste is as follows Leila
Florence Mathews; "Bab," Louise Hers.
pereer; Mrs. Archibald. Frances Hoyle
James Archibald, David Trundle; Garter
Brooks, Marshall Herspereer Clinton Beres-
ford, William Jones Jane, Betty White
Eddie Perkins, George Hersperger William
Joseph Darby Hannah, Minnie Fyffe Guy
GrOsvenor, Jerome 0ffutt.
A visual education machine donated BY
the Women Club of Chevy Chase has beer
installed in the Somerset school. Its dem
onstration by Mrs. Kathryne M. Bricker
principal of the school. was a feature Of
the meeting of the Somerset "arent
Teacher Association held at the schoO
Tuesday evening Geo. E. Farrell. chair
man of the committee for development o
eschoolgrounds, and Parker Dodge. chair
man of the membership committee. ad
dressed the meeting. DR.. Paul B. Dunbar
president of the association, presided.
At the annual meeting here last Satur
day afternoon Of the Montgomery Count,
Farm Bureau Supply Co.. Josiah W. JOne
and 6. Rust Candy were reelected direc
tors The holdover directors are Cheste
Claeett, Walter M. Maeruder and L.
Armstrong The meeting considered vari
Gus matters in which the organization
interested, prominent among them bein
the establishment of truck service to hat
supplies to members, and they were re
ierred to the board of directors for furthe
attention. At the April meeting of tn
board of directors, officers will be chosen
After being in a coma for II hours as
result of being struck by an automobile j
front of his store, on the Rockville pike. a
halpine, last Sunday, Theodore H. LenC
Ntz reeaned consciousness in the Mont
somery County General Hospital Sand
spring, Monday morning. An X-ray faile
disclose any fractured bones, and it wa
SAID that he was thought not to be ser
ouSIy injured. Mr.. Lenovitz was struC
oy an automobile operated by Edwar
Rogers, of Hagerstown. Rogers explaine
mat he did not see him until it was tC
late to check his machine. No charge WI
preferred against Rogers.
william Edward Welt, former sheriff