Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-07-18
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The annual festival for St. John 8 Churcl
Forest Glen, Nd. will be on August 7th.
The annual picnic by the Germantown
Council, No. 1871. Jr. o. U. A. M, will b
held on Thursday. August 7th.
Mrs. Margaret Graham Riggs. widow o
G. William Riggs. aged 66 years, died a
her home, in Rockville. on Tuesday last, o
heart trouble.
The Union Sunday evening service o
the Rockville Protestant Churches will b.
held next Sunday in the Baptist Churcl
at s o'clock.
The annual chicken and meat supper o
the Hunting Hill M. E. Church will be helt
in the Hunting Hill hall on Thursday. Jul!
oath, from to 10 P. M.
The GAINESVILLE picnic will be held or
Wednesday. August 18th. A cordial invi
tation is extended to the people of the
county to come to the grounds on the
above date to meet their friends and &C.
quaintances.
The annual picnic. supper and festiva
ofSt. Martins Catholic Church. Gathers
burg, will be held in the grove adjoining
the church on July 80 and 81. AS fea.
ture Of the closing evening. it was decided
to hold dance.
Thomas C. Waters, of Olney. was granted
an absolute divorce from Mrs. Florida p
Waters. whose address is given as the
Home for Incurables. Baltimore. on the
ground of desertion. last Friday by Judge
Robert B. Peter in the circuit court here.
Judge Robert B. Peter signed degree in
the circuit court here last Friday granting to
Mrs. J. Blanche Wright Ridenour. of Chevy
Chase, an absolute divorce from F. Berton
Ridenour, civil engineer of Washington,
AMI allowed her alimony at the rate of
$ll0 per month.
Following a long illness of II complica-
ton of diseases, James Adams Mills. life
long resident OF Gaithersbure district. died
Monday at his home. in Gaithersburg. aged
76 years. He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Mills, and the following
children: Mrs. Ernest D. Wallach of Wash
inston, Mrs. Fred Briggs and Robert f.
Mills OF Gaithersbure.
William F. Hedges, aged 81 years. died
at the home of his sOn-in-law and daueh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob See, in Rockville.
on Sunday last of complication of dis
eases. He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Alice E. Hedges, formerly Miss Burriss,
of this county, and six daughters by a
former marriage Mr.. Hedges was native
of Virginia. but had lived in this county
for number of years.
Two Big Stories. -Included in the score
Of features of the Magazine of The Wash
ington Star for Sunday, July 20. are two
outstanding articles of special local inter-
est. One concerns the discovery of an
ancient boat used on the George Washing
ton Canal. The other describes the thrilling
work boat races of Chesapeake Bay. Order
your copy of next Sundays Washington
Star from your newsdealcr today.
A barn, silo, dairy and other Outbuild-
ings, 400 bushels of barley. farming i'm
Elements. calf and a large quantity of
dairy feed were destroyed by fire on the
farm OF William Thompson. near Burdette.
on Wednesday night of last week. The
loss is placed at around $4,000. The
Rockville and Gaithersburg Volunteer Fire
Departments responded to the alarm. All
members of the family were away from
home when the fire broke out.
State Treasury receipts from the gasoline
tax for 1880 will increase ten per cent over
1929, collections for the first six months
indicate. This will maintain the record Of
a gain each year since the tax was estab-
lished, VIM. S. GOrdy. Jr.. State Comptroller,
has announced. Approximately $685..
024.28 was received by the State in
gasoline taxes in the first six months of
this year. it was said. Last year for the
same period collections amounted to ST.
73764332.
Bids for the erection of Montgomery
county's proposed $450,000 court house
building were opened here Wednesday by
the county commissioners. The contract
was not awarded. however. as the commits
siOners are anxious to fully ascertain the
financial and business status of the con-
tractor before letting the contract. Men,
bers Of the general court house building
committee and its subcommittee were
present at the opening of the bids. About
IS contractors were furnished with speci-
fcatiOns.
Misses Katherine and Margaret Hicks,
OF this town, entertained on Thursday of
last week at a bridge luncheon in honor
Of Miss Loretta Hunter. whose marriage to
Mr. Basil Mobleyis to take place on August
End The other guests were Misses Anita
Lamar, Katherine Beall, Frances Pierce,
Catherine Dawson, Laura Bradley, Dorothy
Clark, Olive Edmonds, Helen Ramey. Betty
Wilson, Mary Tyler. Margaret Tyler, Mrs
Reuben Riggs. Mrs. Gordon Keys. Mrs. Al
bert Ady and Evelyn Pratt.
Three colored men. thought by police to
De the same trio which has robbed several
laund'ies in Washington within the past
Two months. broke into laundry at II
Laurel avenue. TaSoma Park, early Tues
DAY morning and beat into insensihility
charlie Get. 47-year-old Chinese, when he
resisted the attempted hold-uP. Two col
ored men were arrested few minutes latel
oy Seret. Earl H. Burdine. of the count,
police force, a short distance from the
laundry as they were about to board q
'axlcab, Although they denied any con
hection with the affair they are bein! helC
Tor investigation.