Montgomery County sentinel., 1932-04-22
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Town and Country.
Funeral services for Edwin W. Monday
GA, for many years associated with the
District of Columbia Water Department
who died last Wednesday week at his
home in Rockville. were held at the home
last Friday afternoon. ...
The death of Isaac Sterling. IS. re.
moved from Takoma Park one Of its old
time residents. He was the father of Alex
ander, George. William and Albert Sterling
and Mrs Anna Miller and Mrs. Sarah
Glickman. Funeral services were held last
Tuesday week at 2 P. NJ. at the funeral
parlors of Danzansky in Washington.
Virginia Garden Week.-The week from
April rs to 80 has been set aside as "Gar-
den Week in Old Virginia famous
old estates will be thrown open to visitors.
Read the intensely interesting. illustrated
article on the gardens in The Washington
Stars Magazine. Sunday. April "a. and
order your copy of the Star from your
newsdealer today.
Continuing the observation Of the George
Washington Bicentennial by the planting
of trees, the Parent-TeacheF Association
of the Bethesda Elementary School last
week set out a white doewoOd on the
school grounds. Mrs. E. G. Bakersfield.
president of the association. placed the
first earth about the tree. The children
participated in the program.
Last Thursday week. The Montgomery
Medical Group elected Dr. Dexter NJ. Bull
lard, of Rockville. president: DR.. Claude
Mitchell. Silver Spring. vice-president ::
DR.. Jacob W. Bird, Sandy Spring. secretary
treasurer. and DR.. William L. Lewis. Ken
sington. censor. officers of the Montgomery
County Medical Society at meeting of the
organization at the Manor Club. Norbeck.
Died on Saturday. April 16. 1882. at her
home in New York City. Marian L. Shaw:
wife of Edward F. Shaw and daughter of
the late Captain Burke Boyle and Mollie
Rabbit Boyle of Washington. D. C. She
is survived by three daughters Mrs. Bruce
B. Stambaugh. Mrs. R. M. Markham, Mrs.
G. Meredith Winship. Jr.. all Of Washing
ton, D. C. Funeral services private with
interment on Tuesday April 10. at Forest
Glen, Nd.
Col. Tench Til sh man Chapter. Daughters
of the American Revelation. Of this county.
has offered 5-dollar gold piece to the
pupil of the seventh grade in a MontsOm-
cry County public or parocnial school who
writes the best essay on THE BOyhood of
George Washington" The essay must not
contain less than 500 nor more than 1000
words and be in the hands Of Mrs. Ray
mond GlOyd. chairman. Rockville. by not
later than June 1.
Rev. Charles R. O'Hara, pastor Of St.
Mary's Churh. at Rockville and St. Peters
Church. at Olney. has announced that the
supper held annually for the benefit of
these churches. will take place. as in the
past on the first Tuesday and Wednesday OF
August. at Rockville, and the second Tues
day of August. at Olney. The supper at
Rockville will. therefore. be held on Tues
day and Wednesday August End and Srd.
and that at Olney on Tuesday. August 9th.
Mrs. John r. Pyles of Barnesville was
made superintendent of the Montgomery
County group of Women's Baptist Mission
o.,, Coo;nt;oe ~ . r,aok;nd in tha Ronksak
Church here last Thursday week. Other
officers named were: Assistant superin-
tendent. Mrs. Eugene W. Scott of Rock
vile; secretary, Miss Eleanor Bowman of
Cedar Grove; treasurer, Mrs. Eleie Haw-
kins of Cedar Grove. Chairmen of the
various departments were also named as
follows: Mission study. Mrs. R, M. Hall of
Cedar Grove; young peoples work. Mrs.
Russell Conklin of Rockville, stewardship.
Mrs. Bowman of Cedar Grove. The meet
ing was conducted by Mrs. Pyles. Devo-
tional exercises of the morning were con-
Quoted by Mrs. Scott. The afternoon ses-
sion was featured by an address by Mrs.
Samuel Barnes.
The opening meeting of the Union Evan
eeliStic Campaign to be conducted by
Evangelist Gipsy Smith. Jr.. will be held
in the Rockville High School Gymnasium
Sunday evening, May s. Meetings will be
held, D. ", every night. except Saturday.
at 8 o'clock. probably preceded by an
opening song service. Gipsy Smith. Jr.:
is considered to be one Of the most sue
cessful evangelists in the country. II has
been twenty years Or more since he con-
Quoted in Rockville. the great revival
which stirred the entire community. An
attractive feature of every evening service
will be the singing of the large chorus choir to
to be directed by the evangelists expert
enced song leader. 1t is the plan of the
General Committee that this great evan
eelistic campaign be made county wide.
The cooperation of every church and pas
tor in the county is earnestly desired.
M ontgomery County's annual tax sale
held here Monday and Tuesday of last
week, involved property valued at approxi-
mately $4,000. County Treasurer J.
Forest Walker announced. About 1880
pieces Of property were sold for delinquent
taxes, most Of which was bought in by the
county This was about one-third of the
number advertised for sale in January
According to Mr.. Walker. this years sale.
compares favorably with the sales of 1880
1881 when fewer pieces were sold. but
about the same amount of property was
involved. This was the first year In which
the new law requiring advertisement and
sale of each individual piece Of property
instead of entire blocks as heretofore was
IN effect. The property can be redeemed
any time after so days and within two
years by payment Of the sale price ind 10
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