Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
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ing the field trials at Loon maven tnl
week. He awarded Misty Lem" first priz
in the Derby for settlers, run on Monday.
The board of directors of the Farmers
Banking and Trust Company of Rockvill
has elected E. Brooke Lee as a directo
and third vice president of the bank. t
succeed W. W. Darby. resigned.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Push. daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew D. Pugh. of Wood
mont, and Mr.. Otis Wilbur Watkins. o
near Rockville, were married last Saturda!
evening at the home of the brides parents
the Rev. Carroll c. Burruss, pastor of Cen
trail Methodist Church. Bethesda. officiating
James W. Clagett, colored. of Gathers
burg, driver of the automobile which STRUCK
and killed 5-year-old Audrey Dimes, col
ored, near Germantown. on September 20
was given a preliminary hearing before
judge Charles W. Woodward, in the police
court here, and held for the action of the
November grand jury on charge OF man.
slaughter. He was released on $500 bond.
Twenty three-month-o Pauline Smith,
who was struck by train near her Wash
ington Grove home. died at the Montgom-
efy County General Hospital on Thursday
night of last week. The child did not recover
consciousness after being taken to the
hospital. Pauline was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Kirby Smith, of Washington Grove.
Miss Eleanor Morrison Tourney, daughter
of the Rev. DR.. Parke P. Tourney. pastor
emeritus of the Bethesda Presbyterian
Church, and of the late Mary Moore Smith
Tourney, died last Monday at the home of
her father, 1922 P street northwest. Wash
ington City, after an extended illness. Her
remains were inferred in the cemetery at
Old Bethesda Church.
Following a short illness of an infection
of the stomach, Edward E. Elder, long
time and well-known resident of Hunting
Hill neighborhood. died on Wednesday OF
last week, aged So years. He was unmar-
ried. and the nearest relatives by whom
he Is survivor are d huihOCA Va hiNSSS O'
nephews, all of this county. The funeral
took place Friday morning and burial was
in St. Marys Cemetery. near Rockville.
Following a long illness Miss Mary Viz
tinia Umstead, daughter of the late VIM.
and Elizabeth Austin Umstead. died last
Sunday at her home at Kensineton. She
is survived by three sisters and three
brothers, Misses Annie. Sallie and Willie
Umstead and William j.. Edward and
Maurice Umstead The funeral took place
from St. Johns Church, Forest Glen, Tues
day morning and burial was in st. Mary's
Cemetery. Rockville.
At party given by Mrs. Lee Bickmore.
of the Gaithersburg High School faculty.
the ENGAGEMENT of Miss Ella Wootton and
Mr.. William Bamford was announced.
Miss Wootton is the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Wootton, of Silver Spring
and is a member of the Gaithersburg Ele-
mentary School faculty, and will resign
her position in the near future Mr. Bam-
ford is from White Horse, Alaska. at which
place they will live after the wedding IN
November in California.
While wheat threshing was in progress
on the farm of Samuel j. Jarboe, near Ed
wards Ferry, last Monday spark from
the engine started a fire which resulted IN
the destruction of two large stacks OF
wheat. A large number of neighbors and
the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department
responded to the alarm and prevented the
flames spreading to another stack OF wheat
and a large rick of straw. The stacks were
in the center of large field. and no build
ines were endangered. The loss is placed
at $1,000.
1.-THE Prodieal Sons Brother or the Man
Who Will Not Go To Church" will be the
subject of the pastors sermon at the Rock
willie Baptist Church next Sunday morning
for the IL o'clock service. The topic for
the evening gospel service at 1880 O'Clock
will be: THE Dangers of Fog at Sea and
in Modern Religious Life" The Sunday
School will meet at 10 A. M. and the
Young Peoples Society at GAS P. M, The
mid-week devotional service will be held
in the assembly room on Wednesday at
7:3OP. M.
The funeral of Samuel NJ Montgomery. |
O well-known resident of Rockville and for
a number of years engaged in the auto
mobile business in Washington, who was
killed near Littlestown. Pa, on Wednesday
of last week, when his automobile was
struck by a train. took place Friday after
noon from his late home here. Burial was
in the cemetery at Jamestown. Mr.. Mont
eomery was 46 years old and was the son
of the late Moses B. Montgomery, promi-
nent farmer of Travilah neighborhood. He
is survived by his wife. Mrs. Louise Mont
eomery, formerly Miss Rice of this county,
and two daughters. Julia and Elizabeth
The Norman Price Post. American Legion
has elected the following officers; Com
mander, William Gilpin; treasurer. Edward
Snowden; adjutant, John Bancroft; histo-
rian. Robert Kemp; chaplain, Reuben
Brigham sergeant at-arms, F. Barnssley
color bearer, Francis Thomas. The execu-
tive committee was named with the follow
ing men: William Gilpin, j. Ferguson
A. Douglas Farquhar and Mahlon
Kirk, 4th. Plans for the annual banquet
to be held on November II will be in charge
of Albert Wilson, J. Ferguson Barnesley
and Francis A. Thomas. The legion went
on record as opposed to the sale of the
Rockville Fair Grounds to the county for
school purposes.
At well-attended meeting of Court Of
Our Lady of Lourdes, Catholic Daughters
of America, of Bethesda. which was con-
Quoted by the president, Mrs. Robert M.