Evening star., 1943-08-15
5000 New Residents
Eligible 10 Vote in
Montgomery County
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. IA
cursory survey by F. Byrne Austen
clerk to the Montgomery County
supervisors of elections and member
Of the permanent board of registry
revealed that there are more
than 5000 new residents of the
county entitled to register to vote
in next years elections. They must
declare their intentions not later
than November g. Most of them are
in Bethesda and Wheaton districts
To register these people, five sup
Elemental boards of registry will
sit at various places in the county
from pm. to 10 pm. on 81 days
between September 27 and November
6, inclusive. Registry may be made
also at the Office of the supervisors
of elections in Rockville. where the
permanent board of registry is in
session daily except Sundays and
holidays during the usual Office
hours.
Horse Show Uncertain.
Unless the ban on pleasure driving
.,
the Montgomery County Horse Show
Association will not hold its horse
and colt show this year, it was de-
cided at a meeting of the directors
this week
Should the gasoline restrictions
be eased sufficiently, the exhibition
will be staged on the farm of E.
Alexander BarnSley, near Olney, as
usual, on September 25, instead of
the second Saturday in September.
The directors reelected these
officers Josiah J. Hutton, president;
Mahlon Kirk, 4th, vice president;
Stanley P. Stabler, treasurer, and
Robert H. Miller, treas
urer.
All Tax Bills Mailed.
F. Bache Albert, Rockville's town
clerk and treasurer, has announced
that all bills for town taxes have
been placed in the mails and that
interest on those remaining unpaid
starts October l.. The taxpayers
have also been reminded that all
real estate taxes not paid by January
! will be advertised for sale at public
auction. Last year there was no
delinquent list.
Rites for Miss Thompson.
Funeral rites for Miss Myra E
Thompson, II. who lived most of
her life in Montgomery County, were
held yesterday at the funeral home
of Ernest C. Gartner, Gaithersburg
The Rev. William T. Cover of
Gaithersburg, retired Methodist
minister, offlciated and burial was
in the cemetery sdjoining the Bap-
tist Church at Cedar Grove. She
died Wednesday at Takoma Park
rest home.
A daughter of the late Albert
Sarah Bowman Thompson, Miss
Thompson was born near Woodfield
She had lived in Gaithersburg many
years. Surviving her is sister,
Miss Glare r. Thompson, Wash
ington.
Walton League Elects.
Frank Dement, was reelected
president of the Rockville Izaak
Walton League Chapter at the
August meeting. Other officers
chosen were: J. Bradley Van Hoessen
and Owen Knight, vice presidents;
E. R. Lugenbeel, secretary, and
Frank Heideck, treasurer.
60 Teachers Off List.
Approximately 60 teachers have
left the Montgomery County school
system since the schools closed in
June, it was stated today by DR..
Edwin w Broome, county superin-
tencent of schools.
Only in few cases were reSig-
nations due to transfers to more
lucrative positions, the majority
leaving because their families moved
to other parts of the country In
duction into the military service,
marriage and illness were RESPONSE
BILE for others leaving.
Notwithstanding the designations
and the fact that about 25 more
teachers will be needed this year
than last, there is every indication
that the schools will have adequate
faculties DR.. Broome stated
Waters Farm Is Sold.
The far moi the late William A
Waters, near Germantown, was sold
through the real estate Office of
Buell. M Gardner and John E.
Kelly, Rockville, this week. to Frank
A. Cooper, electrical contractor of
New York and Washington. The
price was reported as $4,000. in
Guiding all equipment. The place
contains 400 acres and has long
been conducted as a dairy farm.