Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-01-19

ditures, at the January meeting of
the Gaithersburg Home Demonstra-
ton Club held in the High School
building here with fair representa-
ton of the club members in attend
ance. Preceding this talk from which
many new ideas were gained, q
brief business session was conducted
by Mrs. Harvey Selby, the club
president. How to select Patterns
will be the topic for the regular
monthly meeting in February.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutheran Amonette,
of Washington, d. G. have issued
cards announcing the marriage of
their daughter Thelma Lee, to Mr..
Arthur Berkeley Otley of Washington,
the ceremony being performed on
New Years Eve by the Rev., G. D.
Sampson, pastor of the Wilson Me-
mortal M. E. Church. The bride,
who was gowned in hyacinth blue
crepe, with accessories to match, is
graduate nurse of Garfield Hos
pital, Washington, D. c., Class of
'29. Immediately after the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Otley left for a we'd
ding trip South and are now at
home to their friends at 204 Willow
Ave-, Takoma Park, Md. Mr.. Otley
is brother of Mrs. William Nc
Balm of Gaithersburg.
The origin, early Indian inhabi-
tants, land grants and earlier fam
lilies together with an account of the
Centennial in 1874 were some of the
most interesting phases of the lee
tur, Rambling in Montgomery
County delivered in st. Martins
Hall, Gaithersburg by Frances ].
Hewelt, Phi. D., professor of English,
Catholic University, Washington,
D. c., under the auspices of Mont
gomery Council No. 1928, X. of C.
Other entertainment features includ-
ed several musical selections on the
banjo by Stokes Moulden, of Rock
vile. Approximately forty mem
bers and guests were in attendance
at this first meeting of the Council
for the New Year presided over by
F. Guy Roirdan, Grand Knight of
Laytonsville.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank, Gaithersburg, at their
annual meeting held in the Banking
House, here on Tuesday afternoon,
January 10, elected the following
directos: A. F. Meem, Bates Fitch
ison, F. B. Severance, Herbert l..
Diamond, Joseph C. Higgins, 2. M.
Cooke, Edgar Fulks, all of Gathers
burg; Charles C. Jones, of Kensing-
ton, and William w. Hodges, of
Comus. Edgar Fulks was elected as
a new director in place of Clarence
H. Hoskinson, deceased. The direc-
tors elected the following officers
President, A. F. Meem; vice presi-
dent, Bates Etchison; cashier, Frank
B. Severance; assistant cashier, Her
bert L. Diamond; bookkeeper, Leona
Fulks; assistant bookkeeper, Charles
Hershey.
Mrs. J. A. Otley, Lincoln, Va,
entertained at family dinner on
the 18th, in honor of her husband,
Mr.. ]. A. Otley's eighty-fifth birth
day. Guests from distance included
Mr.. and Mrs. William McBain of
Gaithersburg, son-in-law and daugh-
ter of the honored guest. Mr.. Otley,
who was a teacher in the Virginia
schools for over thirty-ive years
was the recipient of a beautiful
birthday cake from one of his first
year pupils in addition to a large
number of gifts and cards from
other pupils of former years who
are scattered all over the United
States even as far West as Cali
fornia.
That the greatest need of the age
is men in the highest sense of the
word, with good homes, godly teach
ers, closer cooperation between the
home and the school as necessary
requisites were points emphasized in
the able address care Your Chill
dren Safe, presented by Rev. Frank
Tyler, D. D., pastor of Grace M. E..
Church, as the guest speaker at the
January meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association held in the
High School auditorium here with
approximately two hundred patrons
and friends of the school in attend
ance.
Other entertainment features of
the program included several num-
bers by the High School orchestra,
under the direction of Mrs. Helen
Biclmore with vocal solos by Prof.
Harry Bertschey of the school fac
ulty. The business session was char
acterized by reports from the stand
ing committees, Mrs. Merle Jacobs,
chairman of the Improvement COM
mittee reporting an enthusiastic meet
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