Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-12-19

he GAINESVILLE Community Leasee bel:
its annual election Of o6icers As, vses
and selected the following Pres5d.at. I
". Sherman; vice-pSesident. Eoeriy 7
Dixon; secretary. Mrs. Lawrence 4. Prize
treasurer, Mrs Charles oxne: Chairman a
program committee. Mss Anna Yoqo<
chairman Of membership COMMITTEES. Ms
John o. Pyies-
John Rufus Jones. aged 81 years. : ~rsH-
known farmer Of this county. died soi-
denly at his home near Dicke-soo- He q
survived by his wife. Mrs ADELAIDE Jooes
formerly Miss Hsdnes. Of this county,
and the following children; Mrs Joha B
Odutt and Lnwood Jones. Of Pcolesville
district. and Clarence and Maurice Jooes.
Of Washington. The funeral took 2lacs
Monday morning from ST Mays Cs,hol5c
Church at Barnesyille and bu-izI vas in
MonOcacy Cemetery at BeaIlsyiIls.
Despondent % account Of an arsunsa,
with her man friend. Mss Loaiss Sullivan.
aged q years. shot and critically wounded
herself Aooday at the home Of her en-
psoyers. Mr.. and Mrs ThoS Youns. in this
town. according to the police The gin -as
discovered by Mrs Lola Barton. Who lives
on the floor above the Young apartment
She found the girl On the fooC With bad
Of shot from q shotgun in her sbdonen-
After irst-aid treatment By Dr.. c. z Hawks.
the girl was taken to the Montgomery
County General Hospital.
W. Harrison Dickerson. for many years
in the mercantile business at Dickerson.
this county. committed suicide in bis home
at Dickerson last Sunday morning BY shoot
ing himself in the mouth with revolver.
His body was found stretched across his
bed by his wife and he is believed to have
been dead about an hour when discovered.
Mr.. Dickefson had suffered from heart
trouble for some time and had only re-
Gently returned from Washington, where be
underwent treatment The act is thought
to have been instisated by his health.
The December meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary Of the Henderson-Snith
Edmonds Post. No. SO. was held at the
home of Mrs Philip ". Gates, near Rock
vile. ARRANGEMENTS were made to take
charge of the Christmas relief work for the
needy of an ex-service man of the county.
Christmas greetings were to be sent to i'll
members of the local post DOnstions ~ere
approved by the chapter for the National
Committee Christmas work 10 various Vet
Grams Hospitals The regular Janusry
meeting will be held at the home of Ms.
Hugh R. Thompson in Rockville.
Mrs. Emma Warfeld Warthen, aged 81
years, wife of Alfred c. Warthen. died at
her home at Kensineton on Tuesday last
She was stricken with an attack Of apo
plexy lat Monday afternoon and the end
came early Tuesday morning. Prior to her
marriage Mrs Warthen was a Miss War
field, of Rockville. She had been a resi-
dent of Kensineton for about 80 years
She is survived by her husband. a N. David
Warthen. and the following stepchildren;
Gerald and Willard Wsrthen, Mrs Carol +
Duvall aid Mrs William E. Gardner. all of
Kensineton. and Miss Louise Warthen, OF
Washington. The funeral took place Thurs
day afternoon and burial was at Damasc1 ;
MANY present and former members ana
Others attended the celebration in Grace
Methodist Church. Gaithersburs, last Sun
day of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
dedication of the present church edltce.
Rev. Thomas J. Lambert. of Baltimore,
Presiding Elder of the Baltimore District of
the NJ. E. Church South. who was pastor Of
Grace Church when the present structure
was erected, preached in the morning. and
at night the sermon was by Rev. Arthur
E. Owens, former pastor Of the church. now
pastor of Marvin NJ. E. Church South.
Washington. Rev. Denny L. Frlnger. pastor
of the church, led devotional exercises and
otherwise participated in the exercises at
both services. and special music by the
church choir, under the direction OF Mrs
Clyde Thomas and Mrs. Edgar Rogers.
proved enjoyable. Among those in at
tendance at the morning services were
three members of the committee in charge
of the construction Of the building
D. Briggs, James X. Walker and William
H. Talbot.