Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-18
Edmund G Davis. retired farmer and

and burial was in Rockville Union Gene
terry. Mr.. Davis was an ardent devotee Of
fox hunting and his farm near Colesville
was for years a favorite gathering place
for lovers of the sport
Henry F. Baker, of Rockville, has made
application to the Maryland Public Ser
vice Commission for permit to operate a
bus service between Rockville and Chevy
Chase Circle by way of Garrett Park. Ken
sington and Chevy Chase Lake. 1t is stated
that the Washington Railway and Electric
Company will file objections, so far as the
route from Rockville to the road leading
into Garrett Park from the Rockville pike
is concerned. on the ground that the
company's subsidiaries, the Washington
and Electric Railway and the Montgomery
Bus Lines. already furnish adequate ser
vice between those points.
While visiting at the home of her son
V. Wellington Crawford, in Washington,
Mrs. Sarah r. Crawford, of Gaithersburg,
widow of George L. Crawford, developed
pneumonia and died last week after an
illness Of ten days. She is survived by a
daughter, Miss Lola Crawford, and three
sons, Howard, George and Luther Craw-
ford. all of Gaithersburg neighborhood
The funeral took place from the Presby-
terrain Church at Neelsvile. Rev. Thomas
n Rinhardc fnrruar Oh IF fha phnrnh
conducting the services Burial was in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Crawford form
erly was Miss Case.
With percentage of 99.3, the one-room
school at Avery made the best attendance
record among the 70 public schools of
county in December, so a statement issued
by Prof. Edwin w. Broome, county super
intendent of schools, shows. Colesville was
the banner attendance school among the
two-room institutions, its percentage be-
ing 96. Among the graded schools, Sandy
Spring made the best record, with a per-
centage of 80. The Takoma Park-Silver
Spring School. with a percentage of 93.8,
led the junior high schools. while among
the high schools Sandy Spring led with a
percentage of 946. The attendance per-
centage of the other schools ranged from
62.4 up.
Through Attorneys Edward Peter. of
Rockville, and Wilson L. Townsend of
Kensington, John W. Coffman, publisher of
the Takoma Park Journal, has entered
suit in the circuit court here against the
Silver Spring National Bank and E. Brooke
preferred stock. par value $4,000, and a
like number Of shares of the common stock
of the Maryland Publishing Co., of which
Mai. Lee is president. The bill represents
that Mr.. Coffman d deposited the stock il
the bank as collateral for a loan of $500,
and upon visiting the bank 10 response tC
a notice that the note had matu ed found
the stock had been sold without prope
notice to him.
Stricken by a heart disease attack as he
was delivering a lecture before the Wash
ingtOn Chapter of the American Institute Q
Banking on Thursday night of last week
B. Ashby Leavell, trust officer of the Mer.
chants Bank and Trust Co., died half al
hour later despite the efforts of his bank
ing pupils to revive him. Mr.. Leavell, VIII
has been prominent in banking circles il
| Washington for many years. was lecturint
on trust functions lie had been speak
ing for about half hour when he suddenl.
collapsed face forward to the floor. Mr.
Leavell, who was SO years old, resided a
81 East Bradley Lane. Chevy Chase, thi'
county,
The will of Asa NJ. Stabler who dice
recently at his home near Sandy Spring
aged 81 years. has been pTobated in the
orphans court here. 1t bequeaths to Caro-.
/ line L. Merritt. of HarrlsOnburg, Va. and
Frances N. 0sbOurne. a erin law, $500
/ each; Newton and Mortimer o. Staber,
sons, IL acres of land near Spencerville
Willard Stabler. grandson, gold watch
and chain, and Herbert o. Stabler. oil
Washington, a son. Sc $50. to Offset like
amount advanced to each of the other two
sons. The residue is to be equally divided
among the three sons. The will exc
cuted December %. 1926, names Mortimer
4 o. Stabler, son. executor, to serve without
bond Ii authorizes the executor to sci
TO Newton Stabler and wife, Mary II.
Stabler, Sunnyside. near Sandy Spring, fo
many years and at the time Of his de atf
the home Of the testatOr, for $4,000.