Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-12-18

| DarnSIey celebrated the tWenty-nfth an
niversary Of their marriage at their home
near Oakdale. last Saturday evening. AS
sistine Mr.. and Mrs. Barnsley in receiving
were Mrs. Barnsley's mother. Mrs. Mahaskt
Broadly. and Mrs. Dallas Watson of Wash
ineton and Arthur Bready of Olney. whC
served as flower girl and rinebearer, re-
spectively. at the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs
Barnsley.
Montgomery Chapter. No. 80. Order Of
the Eastern Star, of Rockville. held its an.
nual election of officers in Masonic Hall
The following were named: Worthy ma.
tron. Mrs. Philip W. Gates; worthy patron
Russell Karn; associate matron. Miss
Dorothy Welt; associate patron. William
r. Humphrey, IT,; conductress. Miss Olive
Edmonds; associate conductress. Mrs. Les
ter Boeley; secretary, Mrs. Curtis L. Ward
treasurer. Mrs. Russell Karn: trustee, P. W.
Gates. The new officers will be installed
at the January meeting of the chapter.
Plans for holding Christmas party were
discussed.
Poolesville. in common with a number
of other localities of the county. is arrans-
ing to have community Christmas tree.
1t will be sponsored by the faculty of the
Poolesville High School. with the people of
the neiehborhood cooperating. and Tues
day evening of the holidays large crowd
is expected to gather around the tree and
join in singing Christmas carols. listen to
an address and enjoy other featuress Il
is planned to erect the tree in front Of
the Poolesville Bank building. Mrs. Arthur
Elgin heads the entertainment committee
and Merrick Wilson and Mr.. Cooney com
pose committee to arrange for the erec-
ton and decoration of the tree.
Joseph W. Howes, aged 40 years. first
chief of the Rockville Volunteer Fire De-
partment and for 81 years in business in
Rockville, died last Saturday afternoon at
his home here. following long illness of
an affection of the heart and complica-
tions. The fire department. of which he
was chief the first six years of its exist
ence. was dear to him and. in compliance
with his expressed wish. the funeral took
place from the fire engine building at 2
Tuesday afternoon and burial was in Rock
vile Union Cemetery. Mr.. Howes is sur
vived by his wife. Mrs. Mary E. Howes.
formerly Miss Bean, of Colesville district /;
three children, William. John and Mary E.
Howes. and his mother. Mrs. Betty Howes,
of Rockville. He was lifelong resident of
this county.
To consider the feasibility of establishing
creamery or cheese factory at Dickerson,
this county, special meeting of the Dick
erson Community League was held last
week in the high school building at that
place. j. A. Conaver. dairy specialist of
the University of Maryland. explained what
either of the projects would involve in the
way of financial outlay. cooperation and
marketing. and Albert A. Ady, assistant
county agricultural agent. talked along
somewhat similar lines and cautioned those
Interest," to be sure to look before they
leap. The discussion was also partici-
pated in by various others in attendance
The meeting. which was well attended,
was conducted by George Fureer. president
of the league, and he was authorized to
appoint committee to study the matter
and report at the next meeting of the or
ganization.
Two persons were injured last Saturday
night when Miss Mary N. Talmadee. man.
ager of the Baptist Home for Children at
Alta Vista. this county. lost control of the
car and collided with street car on the Old
Georgetown Road. near Maple Ridge Road.
Miss Talmadge was driving north when
car in front of her slowed suddenly, she
told Policeman James S. McAuliffe. of the
Bethesda Satisfaction. In an effort to avoid
an accident she turned sharply to the right
and lost control. her car climbing a small
incline into the path of the approaching
street car, operated by H. N. Vinson. The
auto nearly cleared the track. but was
struck on the left rear side by the street
car, being badly damaged. Miss Talmadge
was taken to the Office of DR.. Benjamin C.
Perry. at Bethesda. and treated for abra-
sions on the forehead and a hand and
severe shock. with possibility of more seri-
GUS injury. Donald Clark. youthful passen-
ger, was cut on the face and hand. Both
later were removed to the Baptist Home.
The tenth annual banquet of the ST.
Johns Mems Club. of Olney district. was
held last Friday night in the fire engine
building at Sandy Spring with approx
mately so members and others in attend
ance. Josiah j. Hutton. president of the
club. acted as POSTMASTER and delivered
the address of welcome. The principal
toast was by Joseph A. Burkhard, of the
Washington bar. whose subject was "ser
vice." Others who gave talks were Josiah
W. Jones. president of the MONTGOMERY
County Farm Bureau; Otto W. Anderson
county agricultural agent; DR.. William 7
Pratt, county health officer; E. J. Murph,
of Chevy Chase, G. Rust Candy of Coles
vile. Allan Farquhar of Sandy Spring anG
Walter w. Dawson of the Rockville bar
The SIS eoldpiece donated by E. j. Murph,
for the member having the best attend
ance record upon meetings of the scluI
during the year was awarded to Stanley
Brown. Nine. however, tied for the homo
with perfect records. and. in drawing TO
the prize, Brown drew the lucky number
Wilton Boswell and James Welsh wert
presented SIS goldpieces for having married
during the year. F. Barnard Welsh. of tn,
Rockville bar, being the donor. The ban
quet was served by a committee of tn,
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Sandy Spring Fir,
Department under the direction of Mis-