Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-09
Biographical Sketches Of
Charter Candidates

Brinklow, Md; election district 8
precinct 2; occupation, construc-
ton engineer; business address,
1910 Ridgewood Avenue, Balti-
more, Md. Mr.. Lyon was born and
raised on Virginia farm, and
later graduated from the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. He moved to
] Maryland about the year 1908, and
to Montgomery County in 1917. He
has wife elizabeth Hartshorne)
and five children. He started a
/ general contracting and engineer
ing business in 1920. He operates
two farms, including a 360-acre
stock farm at Brookeville. He is a
member of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Draft Board No. /; member
of the Enterprise Farmers Club of
Sandy Spring; Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Vice
President of the Savings Institu-
ton of Sandy Spring; member
of the Board of Directors of the
First National Bank of Sandy
Spring; member of the Board of
Directors of the Montgomery
County General Hospital; and a
member of the Engineers Club of
Baltimore. He is a registered
Democrat.
Council District No. 2 Barnes
UilLe, Clarksburg, and Gathers
burg election districts):
Augustus R. Selby. Home adj
dress, Germantown, Md; election
district 2; occupation, -four and
feed milling; business address,
Germantown, Nd. Mr.. Selby was
born and raised on a farm in How
ard County, Md, and moved to
Montgomery County in 1918. He
has wife and two children. He is
Secretary-Treasurer and Manager
of the Liberty Milling Company of
Germantown; President of the
Germantown Bank; a member of
the Board of Directors of the First
National Bank, Gaithersburg;
Vice President of the Citizens
Building and Loan Association,
Silver Spring; a member of the
Board of Directors of the MiIlers'
Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
Harrisburg, Pa; a member of the
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce;
a member of the Millers' National
Federation; and a member and
past president of the Rockville
Rotary Club. He is a registered
Republican.
Council District No. 8 (Da,nes-
tom. Poolesville, and Rockville
election distYicts):
Thomas C. Kelley. Home add
dress, Jamestown, Md; election
district 6, precinct /; occupation,
lawyer; business address, 100
South Perry Street, Rockville, Md
Judge Kelley, the son of Montgom
cry County's beloved DR.. ]. Thorn
as Kelley, was born and raised in
Washington, D. c., but spent most
of his summers as a boy upon his
grandfather's farm near barnes
town. He graduated from the Uni
verslty of Maryland, and then as
sumed the management of the
farm, known as Pleasant Hills
Farms, near Jamestown where he
has since resided Later he studied
law, and, in 1884, having been
elected a judge of the Orphans
Court of Montgomery County, he
became the first lawyer to serve on
that bench. He has a wife and
three children. Since 1888. he has
devoted most of his time to his law
practice in Rockville. Following
election of the Board of County
commissioners in 1916, he was an
pointed assistant attorney to the
Board, but resigned in November,
1913. He has taken an active part
in civic and community affairs. He
is Vice-President and Trust OF. !
hcer OF the Montgomery County
National Bank; Treasurer of the
Social Service League; past Presi- |
dent of the Rockville Rotary Club. |
President of the West Montgom- |
cry Citizens Association; member
OF the Board of Directors of the
Montgomery County Charter Com.
mlttee; and Treasurer of the
Board Of Trustees of the Presby-
terrain Church at Darnestown. He |
is registered Republican
Council District No. / (Bethesda
a"d Potomac election districts).
Dorothy S. Himstead. Home adj
dress, 2l0 Rosemary Street. Chevy
Chase Is, Md; election district I
precinct g; occupation, housewife:
business address, none. Mrs. Him.
stead was born in Baltimore. Nd
ne daughter of John A. Scott. who
later became head of the Classical
Language Department at North.
western University. She aradu.
ated from Northwestern and later
studied French abroad. She taught
French at Illinois College and AZ
Parsons College. She married
Ralph E. Hinfstead, now General
Secretary Of the American Associ-
alton of University Professors
and has a son. She and her family
moved to Montgomery County in