Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-03-27

<ufa' sud Personal
Town and Country.

been made one Of the directors of the
Bethesda Bank.
Theodore Ricketts,. of this town, has beer
appointed crier Of the circuit court for thi'
county to succeed Turner W. Welsh anC
has entered upon his duties.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Rockville
Methodist Church will hold food sale al
the Office of the Gas Light Company on
Saturday morning. April 4th. 1881, begin.
ming at 10 O'Clock. Cakes, pies. doughnuts
salads. chickens, ETC.. on sale.
Holy Week will be observed at the
Jamestown Church, beginning on Monday
evening, March 30th. and continuing every
evening until Friday. The pastor will be
assisted by local ministers. You are in
vited to attend these services.
A complication of diseases resulted in
the death at the home of her eranddaugh-
ter, WIS. Orville Dodson. at Redland. last
Monday night of Mrs. Mary Evelyn Lin
thicum. aged 70 years. wife of Garrett D.
Linthieum, of Hyattstown. She is sur
vived by her husband and several children.
Mrs. Linthicum was formerly Miss Lewis.
of Hyattstown.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Virginia
Poole. aged 81 years, wife of Arthur Poole.
who died 10 Washington hospital follow
ing long illness were held last Friday at
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Be-
thesda. and were conducted by the pastor.
Rev. James j. O'Connor. Burial was in
Rockville Union Cemetery. Mrs. Poole was
formerly a Miss Atwood. of this county.
Under the will of Miss Louisa H. Koontz'
who died at Shepherdstown. W. Va, the
residue of her estate, after few specific
requests, will 60 to the Home for the Aged
and Orphans at Gaithersbure, this county.
The will provides that she be buried in
walnut casket. that a granite or marble
stone be erected, and that nieces and
nephews share in the distribution of her
personality.
The Montgomery Country Club House here
was the scene last Saturday afternoon of
a lovely affair when Mrs. Brownell Riggs
entertained at a bridge shower for Miss
Mary Tyler, whose marriage to Mr.. Robert
Peter, Jr., will take place soon. The club
was attractively decorated. the color scheme
being green and orchid. Miss Patsy Riggs
and Miss Mary Ann Dawson brought in
the presents to Miss Tyler.
Montgomery Chapter. No. 80, Order of
Eastern Star. will hold an Easter dance on
Monday night. April 9th, at the Rockville
High School gymnasium from ten to one
O'Clock. Music will be furnished by the
Les Colvin Marceron orchestra. Committee
in charge Mrs. Lester Bogley. Misses
Olive Edmonds. Mildred Karn, Virginia
Karn, Mary Somervell. Dorothy Welt. Helen
Ramey and Mildred Ward. Subscription.
$3.50.
Following an illness of about year.
wife of Rev. Henry H. Nicoll. pastor of the
Baptist Church at Cedar Grove, died last
Friday morning at her home. She is sur
'vived by her husband. but leaves no chill
dren. Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon in Cedar Grove Baptist Church
and burial was in Mount Carmel Gene
terry, Baltimore county. Mrs. Nicoll was
formerly Miss Zance of Baltimore county.
First honors in the recent one-act play
contest sponsored by the drama depart
ment of the County Federation of Womens
Clubs have been awarded the Womans
Club of Bethesda for their presentation of
Fourteen" according to an announcement
just made by the judges of the five plays
which were entered in the tournament.
The contest was held for the purpose of
selecting the best play and cast for pre-
sentation at the annual meeting of the
county federation to be held this spring.
The suit of G. Robert Gray. Poolesville
merchant. against Fred J. Hughes, of
Poolesville district, for damages in the
amount of $4,000 for alleged assault.
instituted in the circuit court here several
months ago, has been compromised and
the docket shows the entry "settled and
off," The terms have not been disclosed.
On the charge of assault preferred by Gray.
Hughes was tried in the police court here
and fined 500 and costs by Judge Charles
W. Woodward. 1t was shown that during
a controversy over trivial matter Hughes
struck Gray and knocked him down. the
affair occurring to the rear of Gray's place
Of business. The civil action followed.
The total value of farm lands in Balti-
more county leads Maryland. with Mont
gomery. Frederick. Hartford, Prince Georges
and Washington counties following in order.
figures of the 1882 agricultural census just
released by the Census Bureau show. The
SAB farms in Baltimore county have
of $48.326.266. The total acreage of
those farms was placed at 249.744. &C.
cording to the report, and crops were har-
vested from liz. sos Of these areas. Mont
eomery county was next on the list with
1871 farms worth $34,955.7l9 for both
land and buildings. The total farm acre
age in the county was 238, 1928. the report
stated. and 95.678 produced crops.
Mrs. Ann Clements Mcclure. formerly a
longtime resident Of Rockville and later
frequent visitor here. die recently at Sara
toea Springs. N. Y, according to informa-
ton received here during the past week,
aged 80 years. She was the widow of DR..
Nicholas MCGUIRE, United States Navy. and
daughter of the late Judge Richard
Clements, ST.. of Washington. Ind who was
native of Maryland, She is survived by
son. Harry Clements Mcclure. of New
York. Mrs. McGuire's father went to the
Middle West many years ago and prac'
ticed law some years before being made a
Judge. He was succeeded upon his dealt