Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
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the women of Mcdonald Chapel. at Ounce
Orchard, with large membership and the
following officers President, Mrs. Wilson
Briggs; vice-president, Mrs. Jacob Ham,
mann; secretary. Mrs. Samuel Peddicord {;
treasurer, Mrs. Markell Garrett
Announcement has been made by Mr..
and Mrs. Austin L. Powell. of Brookeville.
this county. of the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Rachel Dolores Powell. to
Mr.. Felix Patout Broussard. son of Senator
and Mrs. Edwin S. Broussard. of Louisiana.
The wedding will take place in June.
The work of constructing Rockville's new
court house, which has been underway for
several months. has reached the point where
the huge stone pillars which are to adorn
the main entrance to the building are being
erected. These pillars, six of them. weigh.
it is said. approximately IL tons each and
cost around $500 each.
Former Gov. Samuel r. McKelvie, of Me-
braska, member of the Federal Farm
u,
the Montgomery County Farm Bureau here
tomorrow. The meeting will be an all-day
session, starting at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and will be held in the court house. DR..
F. B. Bomberger, of the University of
Maryland, who is associated with the Fed
eral Farm Board, also will address the
meeting.
John WOODBURY., aged rs years, of Char
lotte, N. c., night Waterman at the new
court house now under construction here,
died suddenly early last Saturday morning
in the temporary Office of the construction
company, presumably of a heart attack.
He was found stretched upon the floor
dead when employees arrived at the Office
Saturday morning. The body was sent to
North Carolina for burial. He is UNDER
stood to be survived by his wife.
The stockholders of the Germantown
Bank held their annual meeting at the
bank at Germantown last week and re-
elected these directors: Harry L. Watkins,
DR.. Upton D. Nourse, Chas. E. King, Smith
Hoyle. John A Slower. j. W. Boyer. Bowie
F. Waters, Edward M. Beall. Charles A.
Boyer. William A. Waters. Thomas C.
Darby, William Waters, Charles T. John
son and Augustus R. Selby. The directors
reelected Augustus R. Selby president,
William A. Waters vice-president, John A.
Slower cashier, VIM. o. Young assistant
cashier, and BowieF. Waters attorney.
Edward Fitzgerald, aged II years. re-
tired business man, died at his residence.
2400 Sixteenth street. Washington, last
Monday. Death was ascribed to heart
disease. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Molle Fitzgerald; son. F. Scott Fitz-
gerald, the writer, who is now in Europe;
a daughter. Mrs Clifton Sprague. wife of
Lieut. Comdr. Sprague, U. S. N. of An
napolis; sister, MIS- Eliza X. Delihant.
of Norfolk. Va, and brother. John H.
Fitzgerald. of Washington. A native of
this county, Mr.. Fitzgerald was the son of
the late Michael T. and Cecilia A. Fitz-
gerald.
At the annual meeting uf the stock
holders of the Bank of Damascus. held at
the bank in Damascus. the following di-
rectors were elected DR.. George M. Boyer,
Delaney F. Brown. Alvie A. Monkey. VIM.
R. DeLashmutt, Archie W. Souder. DR.. YER
non H. Dyson, S. Webster Beall, Raymond
G. Brown. P Ray Souper. Samuel E. Null
link. G. Webster Watkins. Bradley ".
Woodfeld and Sherwood Duvall. Officers
were elected as follows: President, VIM.
R. DeLashmutt; vice-president, DR.. George
M. Boyer; cashier, Archie W. Souder as
sistant cashier. John P. Hager; attorney,
Kenneth Lvddane.
Died on January 9th. 1881. at Cleve-
land. Ohio, John E. Stephens. veteran Of
the World War. Funeral services were
held at Community Church, Edenburg. o.
with military services. He leaves his father,
James Stephens, of Germantown, Nd his
wife and baby, of Edenburg, Ohio. His
wife was daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pslaun.
of Dundee, III. The following brothers and
sisters survive him: Mrs. Clagett. of Gath
ersberg, Md. Cable Stephens. of Herndon,
Va, Oscar Stephens, of Washington. D. c.,
Mrs. Marth. of Germantown. Nd, Mrs.
Brown, Copley, Ohio. Charley and Margery
Stephens, of Akron. Ohio.
The average attendance of pupils in the
public schools of this county during the
month of December was 92.5 in the ele-
mentary schools and 90.9 in the high
schools, according to statement issued
by Edwin W. Broome, county superin-
tendent of schools. The banner school
among the % one teacher schools was
Kings Valley, with an average attendance
of 96. Darnest0wn. with an average Of
97.7, led the is two-teacher schools. while
Sandy Spring carried off the honors among
the 10 graded schools. its average being
96.2. Among the nine senior high schools
Rockville made the best record with an
average of 945.
Funeral services for William E. Ward,
aged 81 years. retired carpenter at the
Washington Navy Yard, who died on Thurs
day night of last week at his home. 523
Seventh Street northeast. Washington. fol-
lowing an illness of several months, took
place Sunday afternoon from his late resi-
dence. lnterment was in Rockville Union
Cemetery. Mr.. Ward had been employed
at the Navy Yard for many years. He
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him are his wife, Mrs. Henrietta M. Ward ;
three sons, John S., Harry and Newton B.
Ward three daughters. Mrs. Carrie Wat
kins. Mrs. j. 7. Harrell and Mrs. Mary
Carter; eighteen grandchildren and two
ereat-grandchildre
Montgomery county's quota Of the $l0.-
100000 drought relief fund the American
Red Cross has undertaken to raise has