Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-04-19
With a large number of patrons and

With large number of patrons and
others Of Gaithersbure and vicinity in at
tendance, the annual Community Day OF
the Gaithersburg High School was observed
at the school last Friday. In the morning
the visitors attended the sessions of the
various classes and in the afternoon an
Arbor Day program was given under the
direction of Miss Rebeccc Nourse Of the
school faculty. an interesting feature being
the planting Of a tree by the senior class.
The County Board Of Education has an
nounced the dates for graduation exercises
of the various high schools of the county
The Gaithersbure, Takoma Park-Silver
Spring. Dickerson, Bethesda Chevy Chase
Junior and Sherwood High Schools will
hold exercises on June 18th. The Rock
vile. Glen Echo-Cabin John. Damascus
and Falkland High Schools will hold exer-
cises on June 18th the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Senior and Poolesville High Schools
on June 18th. and the Germantown High
School on June 14th.
Under the direction of Miss Irene
Schwartz. of the school faculty. the three
act comedy. welcome Home. Jimmy" will
be presented by pupils Of the Rockville
High School in the school auditorium
Friday evening. April 18th. The caste
will include Miss Maude Wilson, Miss
Marian Speare. Miss Betty Selby, Miss
Dorothy Wootton. Miss Eleanor White.
Claude Orndorff. Somervell Dawson, Francis
jenkins and Lawrence Matthews The play
will be given for the benefit of the General |
school fund I
The services of the Rockville Baptist
Church next Sunday will be featured by
special music from the choir and soloists
and the pulpit messages of the pastor. The
pulpit theme for the II A. NJ. service of
divine worship will be- Sabbath Ohserv-
ance A Neglected Law of Prosperity" and
for the P. M. gospel service. THE Sin of
Achan." The Sunday School will meet at
10 A. M and B. Y. P M under the leader
ship Of the new president. Miss Alma
Baker. at 7:30 P. M II will be worth
while to resist the lure Of the automobile
and the radio and attend these services.
Following an illness of two weeks, Henry
Edwards. well known Colesville district
armer, died on Friday last at his home
near Falkland. aged So years. An affection
OF the heart was given as the cause of his
death. He is survived by his wife. formerly
Miss Arianna Greenfield. and fifteen hill
dren. He was brother of Wallace Ed
wards. of Washington. and Clay B. and
Geo. dwards. of this county The funeral
took place Sunday afternoon from Liberty
Grove Methodist Church. Burtonsville. and
burial was in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards was a native of Virginia, but
had lived in this county many years.
The Londonderry Farm, located on the
Frederick pike at Henderson's Corner. about
four miles above Gaithersburg. in this
county, has been sold for the Henderson
estate, to Harry Hoskinson. vice president
of the Sanitary Grocery Company. This
property contains 1875 acres and is on both
sides of the pike at this point The land
is in high state of cultivation and there
is residence Of IL rooms on the property.
in addition to an 8 room house, dairy
barn. other outbuildings and three EN-
plOyes' houses 1t is reported that the
price paid was about 100000 The sale
was negotiated by John A. Brickley, of the
real estate Office of Moore & Hill, Inc, of
Washington. D. C.
DIR. Lucien B. Ernest. Mayor of Kensine-
ton. has announced that he will resign
his commission as first lieutenant in the
Howitzer Company. stationed there, of the
LIST Maryland National Guard Infantry.
He is severing his connection with the
guard owing to pressure of business. His
Lieut.. Ernest has had more than rs years
of service with the National Gaurd. l6 of
them with the National Guar Of the Dis
trict of Columbia. where. from 1909 to 1915.
he was captain OF Company X. of the End
Infantry then known as the Y. NJ. C. A.
Company of the Gaurd. In the latter
year he moved to Chicago and resigned
his commission in the District Guard He
entered the Maryland militia at Kensine
ton in 1920 and has served continuously
since. having assisted in the organization
Of the Howitzer Company.