Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-05-14
Washington Grove LAYTONSVILLE

Allie Messer one of our younger
farmers, was second among Mont
gomery farmers in the amount OF
butter fat obtained from his dairy
cows last month, with a daily av-
erage of 34.8 from his herd of At
Mr.. j. w. King of Woodfield was
second with his % cows, averag-
ing 1876 pounds daily.
William R. English son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Raymond J. English has
enlisted in the Navy and is sta
toned at Norfolk. The English
family reside at the William Ma
gruder place near Goshen, which
they purchased last year from Ivan
Barnsley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merhle Haines
Billy Haines and Mrs. Warren
Ellis visited some of their rela-
tives in Frederick on Sunday
Among them the "a year old broth.
er of the late Granville Samuel
Haines, Jesse Haines, the last OF
family of eight.
"There is not thing wrong with
the Spoilers Post here except
there should be more people to man
tiff everyone took their turn, nc
one would be overworked," so says
Mr.. Lehman who has been the
faithful leader of the effort, and
the no less faithful Rev. Mr.
Groves. Come out to the meeting
arranged for Friday evening at s
P. M. at the school house. Let's
do this thing voluntarily-for the
Army says we will do it "volun-
tarily of else.
Miss Mary Ryan and Townsend
Kirkland were weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stewart
Samuel Riggs was also home from
Camp Lee. When Sam next comes
home he will sport another stripe
Corp. Riggs, if you please.
With the death last week of Sam
Fisher we lose another of our old
er colored residents. When your
correspondent came here twenty
five years ago Sam was "teamster'
for James C. Christopher, his
wife, Bessie was cook and "Exie''
was house maid, and they lived in
the kitchen part of the Christopher
home, now Rolling Ridge the J. H.
Small place. Sam used to shine
with pride when he drove his team
with their cleaning harness trim
mings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Clarke
spent last week in Atlantic City
and New York City. Mrs. Clarke
is the former Genevieve Griffith
of this place and is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. nj. Griffith.
Mr.. Clark is to be inducte&5 into
the army May 16.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Davis and
their children have moved into
their new home in the beautiful
Alton Vista section. Members of
the Davis and Riggs families gave
them shower recently. Mrs.
Davis was Miss Ann Riggs, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elgee Riggs.
A number of her friends and
former neighbors in Laytonsvile
are being entertained at a dessert
party by Mrs. Charles Hobbs,
Wednesday afternoon.
Four generations of the Haw-
kins family recently participated
in family reunion-Mrs. William
B. Worthington, of Hagerstown,
aged 81; her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Burdette, Of Bethesda, whose age
is %, her small daughter, Jacque-
Inc Burdette, aged 2 years, and
Jacqueline's great grandmother,
Mrs. Nettie E. Hawkins of Etchi-
son. Before her marriage to JOS
eph Clagett Hawkins, Mrs. Nettie
Hawkins was Miss Nettie Duvall.
She is a descendant of the French
Hugenot Mareen DuVal, who set
tied on the Patuxent several CEN
turtles ago.
Twenty-Five children from the
Laytonsville School were taken
into Washington to attend the
Folk Festival Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Vestus Wilcox, Mrs.
Merhle Haines, Miss Grace Roberts
and Miss Elizabeth in charge of
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