Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-11-11
No. 11,055 Equity.
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object Of this suit is to
obtain for the plaintiff, Mary L.
Thompson, a decree of divorce q
vinculo mdtTintonii from the de-
PENDANT, BERTHE w. Thompson, for
custody of one Of their infant
children, to wit, Jacques r.
Thompson, and for such other re-
lief as the case may require.
The Bill states in substance /:
That the plaintiff is a citizen of
the State of Maryland and a res
ident of Montgomery County,
where she has resided for more
than two years; that the last
known address of the defendant,
BERTHE w. Thompson, was Gen.
eral Delivery, Pensacola, Florida ;
that the plaintiff and the defend
ant were lawfully married on the
9th day of October, 1920, in
Rockville, Montgomery County,
Maryland, by a Minister of the
Gospel, and that they lived to-
gether thereafter as husband and
wife until in the month of April,
1929; that as a result of the
above marriage four children
were born, namely, Margaret l..
Lawrence, twenty-five (22) years
of age, who is married; Robert
w. Thompson, twenty (20) years
of age, now in the u. s. Navy;
Alvin H. Thompson, nineteen (19)
years of age, now in the U. S.
Army; and, Jacques R. Thomp-
son, fifteen (15) years of age,
who is in the plaintiffs custody;
that in the month of April, 1929,
while the plaintiff and the defend
ant were living together at Cabin
John, Montgomery County, Mary
land, the defendant, BERTHE w.
Thompson, abandoned and de-
serted the plaintiff, and that such
abandonment and desertion is
without just cause or reason and
has continued uninterruptedly
since the month of April, 1929,
is deliberate and final, and the
separation Of the parties is
beyond any reasonable expecta-
ton of reconciliation; that ever
since their marriage the plaintiff
has conducted herself as a kind,
affectionate and dutiful wife to-
wards the defendant, BERTHE W.
Thompson.
~ That the plaintiff, Mary
L. Thompson, may be divorced q
UimcuLo mtGtrimOnii from the de-
PENDANT, BERTHE W. Thompson.
~ That the plaintiff. Mary
L. Thompson, may have the care
and custody Of one of their infant
children, to wit, Jacques r.
Thompson.
(3) That the plaintiff, Mary
L. Thompson, may have such other
and further relief as the exigen-
cies of her case may require.
1T is THEREUPON, this 18th
day of October, 1913, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, Sitting as a Court of Equity.
and by authority thereof, adj
judged and ordered that the plain
tiff, by publishing a copy of this
Order in some newspaper, print
ed and published in said Mont
gomery County, once in each of
four successive weeks before the
goth day Of November, 1943, CIV
ing notice to the said absent de-
fendant, BERTHE w. Thompson,
whose last known address was
General Delivery, Pensacola, Flor
ida, who is a nonresident Of the
State of Maryland, Of the object
and substance Of this Bill and
warning him to be and appear in
this Court, in person or by So
iicitor, on or before the 9th day
of December, 1913, and to an
swer said Bill and abide by and
perform such decree as may be
passed therein, or in the alterna-
tive by service of a copy of this
Order Of Publication personally
upon the defendant one month be-
fore the said 9th day Of Deem
Der, 1913.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True COpv-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
IL