Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-11-15
He SEN TIN 81.
Friday Morning. November Is. 1899.
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On Sunday, December 20. at 7:30 P. M.
Christmas entertainment will be eiver
at Emory M. E. Church South. Oakdals
We will be glad to have our friends with US
Arthur F. Burriss. of Halpine, recently
shucked out of IA bundles Of fodder Is
bushels of corn. tied the fodder and loaded
the corn on wagon. all in so minutes. or
the Bosley farm. near this town.
Do you believe in fairiesi Come and
bring the Riddles to see The Fairies
Child" Hunting Hill NJ E. Hall on Thurs
day, November 2lst. at 8 P. NJ. given by
the Ladies' Aid Society. Admission =
how tall are youS-5c for each foot and lc
for each additional inch.
AN Oyster Armistice. Anne Hard,
one of The Washington Stars noted writer's.
contributes an intensely interesting arti-
Gle on the Maryland and Virginia "oyster
situation" to the Magazine Of The Wash
ineton Star for Sunday. November 18th.
Order your copy Of next Sundays Star
from your newsdealer today.
Young Carlton Weaver. with Vincent
Nellineer and Roger Cochran. Rockville
youths, had been hunting rabbits and had
Just returned to the Weaver home Tuesday
afternoon. when pump gun which Nellin-
ger was handling accidentally discharged,
the load entering the face and head OF
Weaver, who died instantly. Weaver was
standing about 8 feet away when the &C.
cident occurred.
Following an illness of several years,
Mrs. Mary A. Starr. widow Of Jas. F. Starr.
died last week al the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward R. Iddings. the former her cousin. at
Sandy Spring. aged 80 years. She was
formerly of Montoursville. Pa, but had
lived at Sandy Spring for the last i've
years. She leave a brother. Robert Archer.
of Philadelphia. and sister, Miss Hannah
Archer, of Sandy Spring.
The monthly meeting Of the Montgomery
County Automobile Dealers Association
was held OH Thursday evening OF last week
at the Montgomery Country Club here. with
all IS members and a number of visitors
in attendance The usual business session
was conducted by the president. Edgar
Reed, following which were discussions OF
monthly financial statements of dealers
and other matters in which the members
of the organization are interested. A fine
dinner was served.
BEGINNING November 18th, il will be I'M
lawful to park a machine for more than
one hour on Montgomery Avenue. the
towns main street. from Washington street.
a block west of the court house square, to
Park street. at the foot of the Catholic
Church hill, and parking at any time in
front of the Rockville High School building
or on the east side of Monroe street. on
the west side of which the high school
faces, will be prohibited. The regulations
provide penalties from 81 to $50 for each
violation.
Walter Henry Stone. proprietor of the
Stone Dahlia Gardens at Gaithersbure.
formerly in the employ of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company for long
time, died suddenly of heart disease in his
home at G ,ithersburg on Thursday OF last
week. aged 81 years. He is survived by
his wife and a son. Carl Stone, both OF
Gaithersbure The funeraltook place Satur-
day with burial at Haeerstown. Mr.. Stone
was native Of West Virginia, formerly
lived in Hagerstown and for IS years had
been resident of Gaithersburg
d. c. Kelsey. Of Washington. was the
victim of the first cunning accident OF the
current season Of this county. AS reported
by the police Kelsey was not engaged in
hunting but accompanied a party of sports
men to the game territory near Dickerson
The accident occurred when Lewis Jones.
a member Of the party. and resident in
the D.ckerson vicinity. while re-loadine his
gun, following the shooting of a rabbit.
accidently pulled the trigger. the full load
of shot entering the calf of Mr.. Kelseys
leg.
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Linthicum. widow
of George F. Linthcum. died at the home
of her son and daughter-in-law.M Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles G. Linthicum, near Clarks-
burg, aged So years. She is survived by
four suns-G. Best Linthcum. LLOYD G.
Lnthcum and Charles G. Linthicum. Of
ClaIksburg. and George F. Linihicum. Of
MontrOse two sisters. Mrs. II. c. Thomas.
of New York. and Mrs. G. S. Haines. OF
Laytonsville. and two brothers. Martin
Best, of Brookeville. and John L. Best. Of
Townsend, Md. The funeral took place
Thursday afternoon of last week from e
Presbyterian Church at Neelsville.
Mrs. Edith Stanley Prescott. aged So
wife of Alexander F. Prescott, ST.. died at
her home in Rockville on Thursday Of last
week. Beside her husband. she is sur
vved by seven children, Mrs. E. Cecil
Alnutt. Z. Stedman Prescott and Mrs.
Gordon W. Daisley. Of Rockville. and Alex
ander F. Prescott. Jr.. Mrs. Edmund Jones,
Morrison, of Washington. Her mother. Mrs.
Bettina E. Kellogg. and brother. Augustus
G. KELLOGG. of New York. also survive. The
funeral services were held Saturday after
noon at her late home and burial was in
Rockville Union Cemetery. Mrs. Prescott
was daughter Of the late Commander
Augustus C. Kelloee. u. S. N. She was
native of Ohio and had been resident Of
Rockville for forty-fve years.
Exercises were held in celebration OF
Armistice Day at the Gaithersburg iish
School on Monday morning. November 18th.
Mr.. Harold c. Smith. a member Of the