Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
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ground for depth of four feet or more.
Willard F. Peake, of Bethesda, county
champion, recently won the second annua
contest at horseshoe pitching. On the 18th
instant he will 60 to Baltimore to enter the
State contest.
Hubert B. Spessard, of Silver SPRING ha:
been granted an absolute divorce by Judge
Robert B. Peter. in the circuit court here
from Ruth E. Spessard. who is said to be
making her home in Denver, Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Mcdonald, of this
town, have returned from motor trip oil
ten days to Virginia Beach, Va, and Ashe.
willie, North Carolina. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunbar
Stone, of Bethesda. accompanied them on
their trip.
In the course of his Statewide campaign
Governor Richie will speak at Rockville
on October II. He will begin the campaign
at Elkton October and employ every day
until the 25th instant, closing atSalisbury,
at night, on the last mentioned date.
Under the direction of James L. Kidwell
leader, the Silver Spring Community Band
gave a concert at the County Home. near
Rockville, Sunday. 1t was the third annual
event of the kind and was attended by all
of the inmates and many other persons
from various parts of the county.
At a recent meeting of the vestry of
Prince Georges Parish, of which Christ
Episcopal Church. Rockville, is a part,
Washington Hicks was elected senior war
den in place of Thomas C. Groomes, who
has removed to Washington, and Thomas
M. Anderson was chosen junior warden in
place of the late James W. Mcfarland.
The Rockville and Poolesville auction
pitch teams, composed of the supposedly
best players of the two neighborhood, met
at Poolesville last Friday night in the first
of series of contests to be played by the
two teams during the fall and winter
A count at the conclusion of the playing
showed Poolesvlle in the lead with IS
games to AZ.
Briarly Hall Academy, at Poolesville,
was reopened last Wednesday by Rev. Geo.
C. Minor, pastor of the Rockville Christian
Church, who will be in charge. 1t will, it
is stated, be conducted as school for
problem" children and will. it is under
stood, start with an enrolment of about
20. DR.. Minor and his son. RoyalC Minor,
will constitute the faculty for the present.
Miss Rebecca Louise Barnsley, daughter
of Mrs. Eva Barnsley and the late Lewis
W. Barnsley, formerly of Olney, this county,
and Mr.. William Dewey Wolfe. of Reisters-
town, Md, were married in Wilson Memo
rial Methodist Church, Baltimore, last Sat
urday afternoon in the presence OF large
gathering. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Forrest j. Prettyman pastor of
the church, assisted by Rev. W. A. Cover,
retired, of Gaithersbure.
Mrs. W. Robinson. traffic agent, Ashton,
will act as company representativei in charge
of the business affairs of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company of Balti-
more City for this central office area. On
matters concerning the public. Mrs. Rob-
inson will report to H. C. Ransom, manager,
who supervises the telephone company's
affairs in this area. The Ashton central
Office is now served by 513 telephones, an
increase of SO since the first of the year.
William C. Crawford, retired farmer and
longtime resident of this county, died on
Wednesday of last week at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Charles Bowman, at
Germantown, aged rs years. He had been
i'll about a year of complication of dis
eases. He is survived by two daughters
Mrs. Walter W. Thompson, of Washington
Grove, and Mrs. Bowman. The funeral
took place Friday afternoon from the
Neelsville Presbyterian Church, the SER
vice being conducted by the pastor, Rev.
VIM. H. Topping. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Rev. John Henry Schooley, aged 81 years,
of Jarrettsville, Md, formerly pastor OF the
Rockville Methodist Church, who was at
tending the Methodist Church Conference
in Washington, died last Friday morning
at the residence of his nephew. Clarence
E. Schooley, following heart attack. Dr.
Schooley, a native of Virginia, had been
methodist clergyman since 1895. His
clerical activities had been confined to
numerous parishes in West Virginia and
Maryland. He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Martha Schooley; a brother, George
P. Schooley, of Hamilton, Va, and foul
sisters.
Two safe robberies were reported to the
county police Monday. with the total loot
said to be about $404. Four hundred dol
lars were taken from the strong box OF the
Standard Oil filling station at Kensineton
according to Samuel Nolan. manager. En-
trance was gained by opening window
in the rear of the building. and the safe
apparently had been opened by the us'
of the combination. The other theft &C
Cured at the Potter Radio Co.. in Snve
Spring. where $398 was taken and thu
safe relocked. This strong box. also. showed
signs of having been opened by the com
bination.
At a conference here last Monday even
ing between officials of the Washington
Gas Light Co. and the Mayor and Council
of Rockville. tentative agreement wa
reached under which the Washington cor
poration Is expected to install within tn
towns corporate limits between 10 and |:
miles Of GAS mains at an Approximate cos
to the company of 100000. The provis
ions of proposed ordinance, submitted b
the gas companys representatives. wer
discussed. but the mayor and counc
thought there should be a number Of ad
ditions to properly safeguard the interest