Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-06-27


Forest Glen, Nd, will be on August 7th.
Announcement has been made that the
annual lawn fete of the Ladies' Guild OF
the Chapel of the Redeemer. at Glen Echo.
will be held ON the evening of July LIST.
Judge Robert B. Peter. in the circuit
court here, has signed a decree granting
to Mrs. Marjorie Mae Land. of Rockville.
an absolute divorce from Roy Land. of
Washington on the ground of desertion.
The ladies of Salem M. E. Church. Cedar
Grove, will have all kinds of sanWitches.
ice cream and cake for sale on the church
lawn on July 4th. commencing at a P. M.
Everyone is welcome. Come and meet
your friends.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Verna Thelma God
frey. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Cod
frey. of Laytonsville. and Mr.. Upton B.
Hlpkins, of Bethesda. The wedding will
take place on June 2Sth.
According to the new census figures.
Montgomery County will gain another men,
Der in the Maryland House Of Delegates
increasing the number from four to five.
the latter representing the county in the
1891 session.
Julian Fairfax Walters. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian F. Walters. of Rockville. was
one of the students who received diplomas
at the graduating exercises on June 18th.
of the Mckinley High School. Washington.
DC.
Announcement has been made of the en-
Placement of Miss Hortense Loretta Hunter,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Hunter,
of this town, and Mr.. William Basil Mobley,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter W. Mobley. of
Derwood. The wedding date has not been
fixed.
The engagement has been announced of
Miss Rebecca L. Barnsley. daughter of Mrs.
Lewis W. Barnsley of Baltimore. formerly
of Olney, this county, and Mr.. William
Dewey Wolf OF Reisterstown, Md. The
wedding will. it is understood. take place
in the fall.
Mrs. Nellie G. Thrasher. Il DaNestown.
has been granted an absolute divorce by
Judge Robert B. Peter. in the circuit court
here. from Albert L. Thrasher. also of the
Jamestown neighborhood, on the ground
of desertion. The decree also awards her
the custody of the couples two children.
Investigations are under way into the
collapse of a l00-foot span of the State
road bridge over the Monocacy River at
Frederick junction on Thursday afternoon
of last week, when a stone-laden truck
drove on it. causing the death of three
workmen and the injury of seven. Seven
teen men were at work on the structure
when the crash occurred.
The family residence on the Rockville
pike. near Rockville. and $500 year are
bequeathed to Mrs Mary Veirs, widow of
the testator. for life by the terms of the
will admitted to probate in the orphans
court here of William C. Veirs Upon the
death of Mrs. Veirs the entire estate goes
to the only child of the testator. Eugene
A. Veirs. of near Rockville. who is named
executor. to serve without bond. The in
strument was executed July |. 1928.
Next Sunday at the II A. Nj. service of
the Rockville Baptist Church. kev. E. o.
Clark. pastor of the Chevy Chase Baptist
Church, will be the preacher. and Rel. b.
M. Oseood will occupy the pulpit of the
Chevy Chase Baptist Church. The pastors
sermon topic for the P. NJ gospel service
will be: What Shall We Do With Our
Sundays?" The Sunday School will meet
at 10 A. n. and the Young Peoples So
ciety at 7:l5 P. M. The mid-week devo-
tional service will be held on Wednesday
at 8 P. M.
Charles M. Jones. A. Guy Watkins and
Wilbur S. Day have, it is stated here, been
certified by the United States Civil Service
Commission as eligible for appointment as
postmaster at Rockville, to succeed the
late Willis B. Burdette. and it is under
stood that Representative Frederick N
Zihlman will soon recommend one of the
trio for the place. There were eight ap-
plicants for the position. Ever since the
death in February Of Postmaster Burdette,
the assistant postmaster. Geo. W. Mullican.
has been acting postmaster.
The annual field day of the Montgomery
County All Holstein Club. which has a
membership of twenty-seven boys, and
cattle breeders. will be held June 3Oth at
Pleasant Hill Farms, near Jamestown,
owned by DR.. J. Thomas Kelley. of Wash
ington and this county, according to an
nouncement by Albert A. Ady. assistant
county agent. In the morning. the boys
will be given instruction in dairy cattle
judging. and in the afternoon they will be
separated into classes and further in
structed in judging and in fitting cattle
for shows. Judging contests will also be
staged. Dorsey Howes. president Of the
club. will be in general charge. The MEN,
bers of the club own fifty-eight Holstein
cattle. according to Mr.. Ady.
Pneumonia, of which he had been il
about week. resulted in the death at hi,
home, near Jamestown. last Friday even
ing Of William Griffith Cissel, one of the
best known farmers of Darnestown district
aged 81 years. He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Pauline j. Cissel. formerly a Miss
Jones, and two daughters, Edna and Loi,
Cissel lie was brother of Humphre,
and Thomas Cissel of Washington. Eugene
W. Cissel of Rockville. Alert Cisscl Of
near Darnestown, Mrs. Julian B. Waters Of
Germantown and Mrs. John T. Williams
The funeral took place Sunday Afternoon
from his late home and burial was II