Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-04-03

Rriuay Morning""..."..April 8. 1881
Town and Country.

Methodist Church will hold food sale at
the office of the Gas Light Company on
Saturday morning. April 4th, 1881, begin
ming at 10 O'Clock. Cakes. pies, douehnuts
salads. chickens. ETC., on sale.
Died, on Saturday. March 20. 1881. at
her home at Westmore. this county. Mrs
Martha Rebecca Shannon. widow of Thos.
F. Shannon. in her 10th year. The funeral
took place Tuesday from St. Mary 8 Catholic
Church here and burial was in St. Mary q
Cemetery.
Mrs. Frances E. Oliver. Of Takoma Park,
has been granted an absolute divorce by
Judge Robert B. Peter. in the circuit court
here, from Gilbert M. Oliver, of Washing
ton. on the ground of desertion. The decree
gives the plaintiff the right to resume her
maiden name Of Belbin.
Rev. Frank A. Tyler, of the Methodist
Church, officiated at the marriage here
on Thursday afternoon Of last week Of
Miss Jane F. Plummer. Of Silver Spring,
and Mr.. Thomas Earl Norman. of North
Platte. Neb., the ceremony taking place at
the home of the minister.
Three perfect likenesses hang upon an
inner wall of the Farmers Banking and
Trust Company of this town, placed there
recently by the officials of the bank in honor
of three of the most prominent founders of
that institution-William Veirs Bouic. Jr.,
judge Edward C. Peter and Samuel L.
Phillips, now dead.
Not croak of the frog has been heard
this spring, is the local observation of
many persons. 1t is an uncommon thing
not to hear the sound of the frogs at this
season of the year. The superstition is
that the entire family has become extinct.
caused by droueht-parched marshes. the
homes of these animals.
Easter features.-The Magazine of The
Washington Star for Sunday. April 5th.
contains a number of special Easter fea-
lures. But there are features for all mem
bers of the family fact and fiction
forming the complete magazine. Order
your copy of next Sundays Washington
Star from your newsdealer today.
Sauce for Goslinss" and How the Story
Crew." to be directed by Mrs. Robert l..
Harrison and Mrs. John Kingdom, respec-
lively, will. it has been announced. be
presented in the public school building at
Garrett Park the evening of Saturday
April 18th, under the direction of the
Ladies' Guild of Garrett Park Chapel.
Miss Elizabeth Breckenridge. of Bethesda
has been selected as one of the % Vassar
sophomores who will carry the daisy chain
on class day. Miss Breckenridge has re-
sided at Bethesda with her mother. Mrs.
R. B. Breckenridge. for the last five years.
She was born in Monterey. Pa. She at
tended Holton Arms School in Washington
from which she was graduated.
With the sale day but ten days of. there
are, according to j. Forest Walker. county
treasurer, several hundred pieces of county
real estate upon which State and county
taxes for the year which began July last
remain unpaid and the law requires that.
unless such taxes are paid before Monday.
April IS. the property affected be offered
for sale, at public auction. in front of the
court house here.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Clifford Stiles enter
tanned relatives and friends from Rockville,
Washington, Gaithersburg and other places
at their home. near Derwood. few even
ings ago in celebration of their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary. Among those
present being the couples IL children and
8 grandchildren. There were no formali-
ties but fine dinner was served and a
good time generally had.
Montgomery Chapter. No. SO. 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 Boeley. Misses
Olive .Edmonds. Mildred Karn, Virginia
Karn, Mary Somervell. Dorothy Welt, Helen
Ramey and Mildred Ward. Subscription.
$3.50.
The Gaithersburg Fire Department has
decided to drop the special taxing area for
the present and to conduct campaign for
contributions from property owners within
what is properly regarded as the Gathers
burg ashineton Grove Fire Department
area, and to prosecute the drive COM
mittse composed Of Mayor McBain. Zadoc
M. Cooke, Brawner Harding, Granville Kin
sey, Harry B. Kanode and Dorsey Schwartz
was named.
The operetta. THE Toreadores." will be
presented in the Gaithersburg High School
auditorium the evening of Wednesday.
April 9th. by Gaithersbure school students
1t will be directed by Mrs. Helen Bickmore
and prominent in tine cast will be Miss
Gertrude Offutt. Miss Doris Palmer, Miss
Margaret Plummer, Miss Janet Walker.
Emory Fillmore. Norman Jacobs, Malcolm
King, Richard Wayland and Adolph Wolf
son.
The funeral of Mrs. Laura v. Woodfiield'
aged rs years, widow of James Woodfield
who died at Gaithersbure last Saturday
morning. was held Monday afternoon from
Grace Methodist Church, Gaithersburs. SER
vices being conducted by Rev. Denny l.
Finger. assisted by Rev. Herman M. vii.
son, superintendent Of the Methodist
Church for the Aged. Gaithersburg. Burial
was in Forest Oak Cemetery, Gsithersbure.
Mrs Woodfield was formerly Miss Green
Of Clarksburs neiehborhood. and was life
ions resident of this county.
Miss Doris Elizabeth Ferry, rs Kennedy
Drive, Chevy Chase, this county, has beer
elected president Of the Vassar Colleg'
Students Association, which is the out