Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-02-13
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Friday February 49, 1881.
Gotsl and RrrsuuaI
Town and Country.

Monday evening at St. Mary's Hall. Rock
vile, at O'Clock.
Geo. M. Hunter. president of the Mont
eomery County National Bank. and Mrs
Hortense Hunter left here on Thursday Of
last week for Florida, where they will spend
several weeks.
E. Bushrod Gartrell, aged So years. g
retired farmer and lifelong resident Of the
county, died last Friday at his home neal
Brookeville, following long illness. He
was unmarried.
To fill vacancies caused by deaths the
directors of the Farmers Banking and
Trust Company here have elected DR.. Dex-
ter M. Billiard, of this town, and Richard
F. Green, of Kensington, members of the
board.
The Rev. and Mrs Frank A. Tyler, Of
Rockville. announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Miss Mary Fackler Tyler. to
Mr.. Robert Peter, Jr., son of Judge Robert
B. Peter, of Rockville. No date has been
set for the wedding
A decree of absolute divorce from How
ard T. Downs. of Laurel. was awarded
Mrs. Bessie M. Downs. Of Spencerville. last
week by Judge Robert B. Peter in the
circuit court here. The divorce was granted
on grounds of desertion.
Harvey A. Bush, member of the re-
portorial staff of the Daily Mail. Haeers-
town, has been appointed secretary by
Representative-elect David j. Lewis. and
will take charge of the congressman office
Washington beginning March LIST
Boyd Burdette, IA, of Boyds Station. was
fatally injured Tuesday when he was struck
by an automobile driven by Upton F. Glad
hill, of BrowningsviIle. The boy died at
the Frederick City Hospital, where he was
taken after the accident. He was a son
of John Burdette, farmer of near Boyds
Station.
Some Call 1t Luck. This is the title of
an intensely interesting article by the
noted writer. Roy Norton, in the Maya zine
of The Washington Star, Sunday, February
is. But it is only one of score of fea-
lures in the Magazine, so order your copy
of next Sundays Washington Star from
your newsdealer today.
Private Harry Nerson, of the county
police force, is investigating the lootine
last Friday night of the store of Hawkins
Bros, at Etchison. large amount of
clothing and many other things were
stolen, the value of the articles taken be-
ing estimated at between $400 and $500.
Entrance was gained through basement
window.
Rockvile's auction pitch team. composed
of dozen of the towns supposed best
players, journeyed to Poolesville on Thurs
day evening of last week in the hope of
breaking the long string of victories the
up-county cracks have scored over the
county seat experts, but was unequal to
the task, count at the end of two hours
of play showing Poolesville in the lead.
E. Clyde Algire and o X. Duvall. of
Silver Spring, and Warner E. Pumphrey,
of Rockville. have petitioned the county
commissioners for permit to develop
cemetery on what is known as the Ray
Woodward property, on the south side of
the Rockville Norbeck pike, about miles
from Rockville and close to Union Gene
terry and St. Marys Cemetery. AS the
tract of land is within the territory of the
Maryland National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, the matter was referred
to that body.
Samuel Maddox Jones, formerly deputy
clerk of the circuit court for this county,
and many years engaged in practicine
law in Baltimore, died on Thursday of last
week in a Baltimore hospital. aged IS
years. He had been i'll long time. He
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Katherine
Alder. of New York State. and a brother,
William X. Jones, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mr.. Jones, who was unmarried, was son
of the late Samuel and Cecilia Kilgour
Jones and was a native of this county.
Funeral services were held in St. Mary's
Catholic Church here last Saturday morn
ing and were conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Charles R. 0'Hara. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
An illness of several months resulted in
the death in a Washington hospital on
Wednesday of last week of Mrs. Cora Lee
Dall "a
of Boyd, this county. She was the widow
of George F. Pollock and is survived by
two sons. John Emory and George Finley
Pollock, of Boyd; sister, Mrs. Bradley H.
Dutrow, of Boyd, and three brothers, John
w. Williams, of Detroit; Jas. B. Williams
of Silver Spring, and Vim. W. Williams, of
Boyd. The funeral services were held at
the Presbyterian Church at Boyd on
Saturday morning and interment was in
Monocacy Cemetery at Beallsville. Mrs.
Pollock was daughter of the late James
E. Williams.
Tire thieves operate frequently in this
county, but it was an unusual THETA
gentleman among thieves-to whom Miss
L. Maude Boynton, 4502 Stanford street,
Chevy Chase. fell victim last Friday night.
The need for good tires was pressing. but
the gentleman thief just could not bear to
inconvenience any one by disabling their
car, especially a lady. So. running the
risk of apprehension, he lacked up Miss
Boynton's machine, which was standing
in front of her home, removed tire. tires
that was almost new, then took three old
tires from his own car and transferred them
to Miss Boyntons car. Neighbors told
police that they saw man in the street
working on the car, but thought nothing
was amiss.
Elmer Keplinger, 23 years old. of Criderr
Va. was taken to the Montgomery County