Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-02-23

gland came up from Richmond and
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
sisters in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Mccormick
Howard, Mrs. Remus Riggs, Mrs.
Merhle Haines and Mrs. Fink attend
ed the Institute held in Rockville on
Friday by the League of Woman
Voters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgee Riggs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Blunt, Mrs. William De
Vries and Johnson Morgan of this
place attended the Victory Ball at the
Manor Club on Friday evening.
Mr.. Thomas Allnutt, celebrated his
seth birthday on Saturday at his
home on the Laytonsville- Etchison
Road. Mr.. Allnutt is in very good
health for his age and on fine days
walks over his farm and directs the
work. Mrs. Annie Speck and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Hanson, Mrs.
Louise Moore visited him during the
weekend.
Mrs. Snyder, who is making her
home this winter with her son Rus
sell near this place has been confined
to her bed, but is improving.
Miss Brust primary supervisor Wis
tied Laytonsville School on Friday
and Miss Nelson, supervisor of the
elementary grades spent Monday
morning with them.
Miss Carey Blunt is in Florida for
few weeks having been down with
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Blunt
of Port Huron are staying in the
home near Goshen this winter.
Mrs. William T. Warfeld, Mrs. 2.
M, Waters, and Mrs. William DeVries
were guests of Mrs. Merhle Haines
for lunch and contract on Tuesday.
Mrs. Uriah Griffith entertained the
Laytonsville Auction Bridge Club and
a few others at luncheon in her home
here on Saturday afternoon. Those
present were: Mrs. H. Samuel Riggs,
Miss Maud Dorsey, Mrs. David
Clarke, Mrs. Greenberry Griffith,
Mrs. Mary Riggs, Mrs. Gordon Keyes,
Mrs. William T. Warfeld, Mrs. Elgee
Riggs, Mrs. Edward Blunt, Miss Mary
Waters, Mrs. William DeVries, Miss
Maud England, Mrs. Thomas Griffith,
Mrs. 2. NJ Waters, and Mrs. Merhle
Haines.
Club prizes were won by Mrs. H.
Samuel Riggs and Mrs. Elgee Riggs,
guest prize by Miss Mary Waters.
The next club meeting will be with
Mrs. David Clarke.
The old Washington Bowman home,
now part of the dairy farm of Gin
ton Wachter, was destroyed by fire
shortly before midnight on Wednes-
day. It had been unoccupied for sew
eral weeks, and Mr., and Mrs. Thomas
Adams, formerly of Virginia, had
moved some of their effects into the
house that day, included among them
was load of new furniture just pur-
chased. They had not made fire in
the house before going to the home of
relatives near Woodfield for the night,
so the cause of the blaze is a mystery.
The fact that the front door was open
when neighbor arrived at the fire,
caused an investigation by authorizes,
to ascertain if some one had stolen
part of the things and fired the rest,
but the Roadway the flames had gain
ed before any one arrived prevented
any certainty. The Adams family lost
everything they had but the clothes
they wore, and had no insurance. The
house was insured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hawkins of
Etchison had as their guests for sup
per on Wednesday of last week, Mr..
and Mrs. Merhle Haines, Miss Grace
Roberts, of Laytonsville, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Ernest Hawkins, Joseph and
Mrs. N. E. Hawkins.
Mrs. Mary C. Haines entertained at
luncheon recently, Mrs. Edward Rior-
dan, Miss Catharine Riordan, of Lay
louisville; Mrs. Albert Hargett, Miss
Nellie Hargett of Lay Hill; Mrs. N.
E. Hawkins and Mrs. Ernest Hawkins
of Etchison.