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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
True Copy-Test:
Walter c. Clarke,
Register of Wills
State of Maryland

STATE OF Maryland
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS -
STATE ROADS PROJECT
SEALED PROPOSALS for cree
ton of steel plate pipe arch as
follows:
MONTGOMERY COUNTY =
CONTRACT NUMBER: M-521-1-
BIS:
For erection of 1913" span x 81"
rise So long, steel plate pipe
arch over branch of Rock Creek
on State Route 666 (St. Paul
Street, Kensington). Project also
includes removal of existing stone
and brick masonry arch culvert,
backfilling and slope protection.
The State will furnish the steel
plates for the pipe arch and the
Contractor will be required to COM
pletely erect same. All materials
required for slope protection,
backfills, etc., will be furnished
and erected by the Contractor.
Pavement is not included in the
contract. Traffic will be detoured.
The employment agency for
furnishing labor on the above pro-
ject is: MARYLAND STATE EN-
PLOYMENT SERVICE, 934
ELLSWORTH DRIVE, SILVER
SPRING, MD. will be received by
the State Roads Commission at its
offices, 10S East Lexington Street,
Baltimore 3, Maryland, until
IL NOON d. s. T.
JULY 81, 1853
at which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read.
QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS
REQUIRED.
Bids must be made upon the
blank proposal form which, with
specifications and plans, will be
furnished by the Commission upon
application and cash payment of
$500 for each separate project.
NO REFUND WILL BE MADE
FOR RETURN OF SPECIFICA-
TIONS AND PLANS.
No bids will be received unless
accompanied by a certified check
or bid bond payable to the State
Roads Commission of Maryland, in
the amount as set forth in the
proposal form, as required by
Chapter 730, Acts of 1949.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to give bond and comply
with the Acts of the General AS
sembly of Maryland respecting
contracts.
The Commission reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
BY ORDER of the State Roads
Commission this 7th day of July,
1858.
RUSSELL H. MCCAIN,
Chairman
C. R. PEASE,
Secretary 1927
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
the Subscriber of Montgomery County,
las obtained from the Orphans Court
of Montgomery County, In Maryland,
Ancillary, Letters Testamentary on the
personal Estate of
MAURICE p. WEAVER
late of Montgomery County, deceased
All persons having Claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit.
the same, with vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated to the subscriber on or
before the Bird day of January next /:
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this Both day
of June in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.
MARY A. w. HOLLAND
2101 Wisconsin Ave, NV.
Washington, ID. c. 257
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Order of Publication

The object of this suit is to
procure divorce vinculo matri-
monii from the defendant, Doris
J. Stedman.
The bill alleges that the parties
hereto were united in marriage at
Willowvale, New York, on the 18th
day of January, 1916; that no is
sue was born of this marriage;
that on or about December %,
1948, the parties hereto voluntar-
lily separated by mutual consent
and that such voluntary separation
has continued without interruption
for a period of more than three
years next prior to the filing of
this complaint; that there has been
no cohabitation between the parties
since the aforementioned voluntary
separation; that plaintiff has con-
tinuously resided in Maryland
since the aforementioned voluntary
separation; that defendant resided
for period of time in Kensington,
Maryland, and in Washington,
DC; and that plaintiff has not
seen the defendant for over three
years and has no knowledge of
her present whereabouts.
1t is thereupon this 7th day of
May, 1858, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Mary
land, in equity, ordered that the
plaintiff, by causing a copy of this
order to be published in some
newspaper in Montgomery County,
Maryland, once week for four
successive weeks before the 18th
day of June, 1868, giving notice to
said absent defendant whose last
known address was Woodley Road,
NV, Washington, DC, of the
object and substance of this bill
and warning her to appear in this
Court in person or by solicitor on
or before the 3rd day of July, 1858,
to show cause if any she has why
a decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk $50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Order of Publication

The object of this proceeding is
to procure a divorce vinculo ma
trimonii for the plaintiff, Viola T,
Pence, and from the defendant,
Jackson H. Pence.
The Bill of Complaint states,
among other things, that the plain
tiff, Viola T. Pence, is resident
of Montgomery County, Maryland,
and the defendant, Jackson H.
Pence, is a nonresident of the
State of Maryland, his last known
address to plaintiff being in Char
lotte, North Carolina; that the
plaintiff and defendant were mar
ried on April 10, 1921, at Great
Bend, Kansas, by Minister of the
Gospel; that no child or children
were born of the marriage; that,
although the conduct of plaintiff
toward defendant has always been
that of a kind and affectionate
wife, the defendant, notwithstand-
ing, without just cause or provo
cation, willfully deserted. and
abandoned plaintiff on, to-wit, De-
cember 25, 1851; that said aband-
onment and desertion has contin-
ued uninterruptedly since that
time; that said abandonment was
defendants deliberate and final
act; that the separation of the
parties is beyond any reasonable
expectation of reconciliation; that
the parties have not lived or CO.
habited as husband and wife since,
to-wit, December 25, 1851; that
there are no property rights in
volved.
1t is, thereupon, this 30th day
of June, AID. 1858, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, Sitting as a Court of
Equity,
ORDERED, that the plaintiff,
by causing a copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper
printed and published in Montgom-
cry County, once in each of four
successive weeks before the 3rd
day of August AID. 1858, giving
notice to the said defendant of the
object and substance of this Bill
of Complaint warning him to be
and appear in this Court in per-
son or by solicitor on or before the
21st day of August AID. 1858, to
show cause, if any he may have,
why a decree might not be passed
herein as prayed, or in the al
tentative, that copy of this order
be served personally upon the said
defendant on or before one month
before the 21st day of August,
AID. 1858.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk 266
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Order of Publication

ORDERED, this 1st day of July,
1868, by the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland,
Sitting as a Court of Equity, that
the above named Plaintiff give no.
tice that the contract filed in said
cause for the sale of a piece or
parcel Of land, together with the
improvements thereon, in Mont
gomery County, Maryland, being
Lot One (D, Block Fourteen (14),
in a subdivision of land known as
and called "Section la, Chevy
Chase, as per plat thereof duly
recorded among the Land Records
of said County, in Plat Book A,
Plat $40, to Alan F. Wohlstetter
and Joyce B. Wohlstetter, his wife,
for Thirty Three Thousand Dol
lars 1888, 000.00), will be submitted
to the Court for ratification on or
after the 81 day of July, 1853, I'M
less cause to the contrary be shown
on or before the 25th day of July,
1858; provided a copy of this Order
be published in some newspaper
published in said County once a
week for three successive weeks
before the 25th day of July, 1858.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk 277
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Sheriff's Sale
OF Valuable Personal Property
State of Maryland

OF Valuable Personal Property
State of Maryland
Montgomery County, To Wit:
By virtue of Writ of Fieri
Facias issued out of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, and to me as Sheriff
OF said County directed at the suit
OF Western Auto Supply Co. VS.
Ted Bisel, 1 have this 18th day of
June, 1858, seized and taken into
execution all the right, title, claim,
interest and estate both at law
and in equity of the said Ted
Bisel of, in, to and about the fol-
lowing described property, to wit:
One DeSota two-door black club
coupe. Serial No. 5804804.
| hereby give notice that I will
sell all the right, title, claim, in
terest and estate both at law and
IN equity of the said Ted Bisel of,
in, to and about the above de-
scribed property to the highest
bidder for cash at Moore's Mobile
Service Station, 10755 Colesville
Road, Silver Spring, Md. on
TUESDAY, JULY 81, 1853
AT 1890 AM.
Terms: Cash.
CHARLES S. LAWRENSON,
Sheriff Montgomery County,
Maryland 337
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Equity No. 1918
Order of Publication

The object of this proceeding
is to secure the foreclosure of all
rights of redemption to the fol-
lowing property, namely, part of
a tract of land called Burgundy"
containing 18 acres and 16 square
perches, situate, lying and being
in Montgomery County, Maryland,
as described in Deed recorded in
Liber E.B.P. 2, folio 653, except
ting that part thereof described in
a Deed recorded in Liber E.B.P.
5, folio 1862, among the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County, Mary
land, sold by the Treasurer of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
for taxes due and in arrears for
the levy of 1888 to Virgie Meads
and conveyed by mean conveyance
to the Plaintiffs in this proceed
ing; the property having been
sold in the name of Mary Brash-
ears.
The bill states among other
things that the amount necessary
for the redemption of said tax
sale has not been paid although
more than a year and a day from
the date of sale has expired.
1t is thereupon this 9th day of
July, 1858 by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Mary
land, ordered that notice be given
by the insertion of a copy of this
Order in some newspaper having
a general circulation in Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, once a
week for four (4) successive
weeks on or before the 10th day
of August, 1853, warning Mary
Brashears and all other persons
having any interest in the said
property to be and appear in this
Court by the 9Th day of Septem-
Der, 1853 and redeem the prep
erty aforesaid and answer the Bill
of Complaint for thereafter a
final decree will be rendered fore
closing all Rights of Redemption
in the said property and vesting
in the Plaintiffs a Deed free and
clear of all encumbrances.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk. $50
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Notice of Hearing

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
THAT:
Application has been received by
the Mayor and Council of Rock
vile for construction and opera
ton of an outdoor Theatre on a
parcel of land owned by Eugene
w. Owens and Richard C. Cowell
located on, West side of Route 240
adjoining Carver Junior High
School and North of Martins Lane.
Notice is hereby given that a
public hearing upon said applica-
ton will be held in the Circuit
Court Room, Court House, Rock
vile, Maryland on
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1858
AT 8:15 PM, EDIT.
at which time parties in interest
and citizens shall have an oppor-
tunity to be heard.
The Mayor and Council
BY SARA A. MORTIMER,
Clerk 27S
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Equity No. 16,597
Order of Publication

The object of this suit is to pro-
cure divorce a vinculo matri-
monii by the Plaintiff, Carlisle B.
Hill, from the Defendant, Louise
Emma Lee Hill. The Bill of Com
plant states in substance, as fol-
lows:
That the Plaintiff is resident
of Montgomery County, Maryland,
and has been for more than one
year Immediately preceding the
filing of this suit. That the de-
PENDANT is nonresident of said
county and state, residing at 2013
Que Street, NV, in the District
of Columbia.
That the parties hereto were
lawfully married in February,
1947, at Detroit, Michigan, by a
Minister of the Gospel.
That there We're no children
born as result of said marriage.
That Immediately after said
marriage the parties hereto lived
together as husband and wife I'M
til the defendant, without any
just cause or reason, abandoned
and deserted the plaintiff. That
said abandonment and desertion
has been continuous and uninter-
rupted for more than eighteen
months Immediately preceding the
filing of this suit, is deliberate and
final, and the separation of the
parties is beyond any reasonable
expectation of reconciliation.
That the plaintiff was always
a kind and dutiful husband.
1t is thereupon this 9th day of
July, 1858, ORDERED by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, in Equity, that the plaintiff,
Carlisle B. Hill, by causing a copy
of this order to be inserted in
some newspaper published in
Montgomery County, Maryland,
once a week for four successive
weeks before the 10th day of Au-
gust, 1858, giving notice to the
defendant of the object and sub
stance of this bill, and warning
her to be and appear in this
Court, in person or by Solicitor,
on or before the 28th day of Au-
gust, 1858, to show cause, if any
she has, why decree should not
be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K. Watkins, Clerk. 349
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the subscriber of the District of Column
bia has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Montgomery County, In Mary
land, Auxiliary, Letters Testamentary
on the'PersOnal Estate of
HUBERT l.. KING
late Of the District of Columbia, de-
ceased. All persons, resident and nom
resident, having Claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit and file the same, in said Court,
with vouchers thereof, on or before the
10th day of December next they may
otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said Estate. All persons. in
debted TO said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of June i'll the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty three.
HUBERT GRAHAM KING
Auxiliary Executor
Sl7 Investment Building
Washington g. D. c. lat
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e. A. Chadwick, Attorney
Southern Building


Washington DC.
In the Matter of the Estate of
ANNA S. ROLF, Deceased
ORDERED this 28th day of APP
ril, 1853 by the Orphans Court
of Montgomery County, Maryland
that G. A. Chadwick, Jr., the ex-
ecutor named in the Will'of Anna
S. Rolf, give notice by publication
of a copy Of this order in some
newspaper printed in Montgomery
County once each week for the
space of 2 weeks to the unknown
next of kin and heirs-at-law Of
Anna S. Rolf, decedent, to appear
in this court on or before 1000
am. on the 18th day Of May, 1858,
to show cause, if any there be,
why the Will Of the said Anna s.
Rolf dated the 18th day of Aug
ust, 1851 should not be probated
by this court.
MILLWARD C. TAFT,
CHARLES II. SQUIRE,
VIM. TYLER PAGE, JR.
Judges Of the Orphans Court
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16

Law Office
Conroy, Williams & Nylen
1920 X Street, NV.
Washington, DC.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
AS a Court of Equity
JAMES CLARKE MURPHY
JOHN M. CONROY, Trustees
VS.
ELWOOD M. ISENBERG
MARY M. ISENBERG, his wife
No. 1851 Equity
Order Nisi
ORDERED, this 7th day of July,
AID. 1858, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, as a
Court of Equity, that the sale
made by James Clarke Murphy
and John M. Conroy, Trustees to
Loyola Federal Savings and Loan
Association and reported in the
above entitled cause, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the Bird day of August,
next: Provided copy of this or
der be inserted in some newspaper
published in said Montgomery
county, once in each of three sue
cessive weeks before the said Bird
day of August, 1868.
The report states the amount of
the sale to be 100000.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
1928
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
has obtained from the Orphans Court
the Subscriber of Montgomery County,
Auxiliary Letters of Administration, c.
t. a. on the personal Estate Of
0PHELIA KERLEY
late of the District of Columbia, de-
ceased. All persons resident and nom
resident, having Claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
and file the same, in said Court, with
vouchers thereof, on or before the 18th
day of November next: they may other
wise by law be excluded firm all bene-
fit of said Estate. All persons indebted
TO said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of May In the year of our Lord ono
thousand nine hundred and ffty-three
JAMES r.. MILLER
Auxiliary Administrator C. t. a.
Rockville, Md. Sol
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16

The Lewis and Clark expedition
from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Coast and back again lasted
from May, 1904, TO September,
1906, and 81 men were in the Of
fetal party. Yet the entire trip
was made on a budget Of $4,000,
according to the National Geo
graphic Society.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Order of Publication

Inc ODJecC OF CnlS sui is TO pro-
cure a declaratory decree or de-
crees determining the validity of
a contract for the sale and pur-
chase of real estate, the right of
the plaintiffs to receive back their
deposit, the conditional title to the
land, and an injunction prohibit
ing the disbursement of said de-
post.
The petition states that all of the
above named parties are interested
under a written contract for the
sale and purchase of real estate
in Montgomery County under the
terms shown in a copy of the said
contract filed with the petition.
Said copy shows the contract to
relate to the sale of 21.15 acres,
more or less, on the Persimmon
Road, Montgomery County, Mary
land, is dated April II, 1858, and
accepted April "a, 1853, at the pur-
chase price of SAT, 10000, the de-
post of 100000 to be financed in
part by a first trust of $25, 100000
and in part by a second trust to
the sellers of 81, 10000. The petit
ton states further that the And
ersons are outside the United
States and that the petitioners
have no certain knowledge that the
Andersons did in fact accept said
contract. The said petitioners al
lege that they were induced to
enter into said contract by Randall
H. Hagner and Company, Inc,
agents, upon a misrepresentation
as to the amount of rental being
collected for three certain build
ings and premises upon said land
and that the petitioners relied up
on said Misrepresentation; and
that the said agents knew that the
petitioners required said rentals
with which to meet the obligations
under the deeds of trust mentioned
in said contract. The petitioners
further allege that said properties
are subject to the Rent Control
Act of the United States, although
represented to the contrary by the
agents. The petition further states
that the petitioners are informed
that one of the tenants intends to
attach said real estate for recovery
of damages for rent over-charges.
The petition states that the
agents have refused to refund the
deposit of the petitioners and that
the said Andersons, by their at
torneys, have made demand for a
settlement, and threaten a suit for
specific performance. The petition
further puts into issue the question
of whether or not the title to said
premises is "of good record and of
fact. That the said Rose f. And
erson and John p. Anderson are
non-residents.
1T is THEREUPON, this 18th
day of June, 1868, ORDERED by
the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County in Equity that the plain
tiffs, by causing a copy Of this
Order to be inserted in some news
paper, published in said Montgom-
cry County, once in each of four
successive weeks before the goth
day of July, 1853, give notice to
the said absent defendants Of the
object and substance Of this Bill,
warning them to appear in this
Court, in person, or by Solicitor, on
or before the 7th day of August,
next, to show cause, if any they
have, why decree or DEGREES ought
not to be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland.
True Copy Test
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Clitus o. Bourdeaux, Atty.
Rockville, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the Subscriber of Montgomery County,
has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Montgomery County. in Maryland.
Letters Testamentary on the personal
Estate of
GARNETT w. ETCHISON
late of Montgomery County, deceased.
All persons having Claims against the
deceased are hereby warned TO exhibit
the same, with vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated to the subscriber on or
before the 10Th day of December next :
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said Estate All
persons indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of June in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.
JEANETTE ETCIIISON
EXecutriX
Gaitherskurg, Md. 149
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Harry s. Boteler, Jr., Sol.
6S05 10th Street
Chevy Chase is, Md.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
Sitting as a Court of Equity
VIOLA T. PENCE,
5410 Wilson Lane,
Bethesda, Maryland,
Plaintiff,
VS.
JACKSON H. PENCE,
Go Pennsylvania Oil Co.,
Charlotte, North Carolina,
Defendant.
Equity No. 16,703
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16

Some fish jump to overcome OBJ
stacles en- route to their spawn
ing grounds. Others jump to obtain
food, but scientists believe that
mullet jump merely as an exhibi-
tion of nervous energy or vitality.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-16
Sheriff's Sale
OIICI III ; OdIC
Of Valuable Personal Property
State of Maryland

State of Maryland
Montgomery County, To Wit:
By virtue of a NONRESIDENT At
tachment, Petition and Order of
Court issued out of the Circuit
Court of Montgomery County,
Maryland, and to me as Sheriff of
said County, directed at the suit
of Pickwick Construction Com
pany, corporation, VS. Juan Mont
anes, l have this 9th day of
March, 1868, seized and taken in
to execution all the right, title,
claim, interest and estate both at
law and in equity of the said Juan
Montanes of, in, to and about the
following described property, to
wit:
1-1946 Oldsmobile, a door Sedan,
Serial No. 98L-8756.
hereby give notice that / will
sell all the right, title, claim, in
terest and estate both at law and
in equity Of the said Juan Mont
anes Of, in, to and about the above
described property to the highest
bidder for cash at office of Pick
wick Construction Company, a
corporation, 5000 Old Bladensburg
Road, Silver Spring, Maryland, on
TUESDAY, JULY 81, 1853
AT 11:15 AM.
Terms: Cash.
CHARLES S. LAWRENSON,
Sheriff Montgomery County,
Maryland 1888