Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Historical Society Was
Founded by Mrs. Stone
BY MRS. j. w. NICHOLSON,
HONORARY PRESIDENT,
MONT. co. HISTORICAL soc.

MONT. co. HISTORICAL SOC.
At the invitation of the Mary
land State Historical Society, the
Montgomery County Historical
Society was founded June '29,
1914 by Mrs. Lilly c. Stone at
meeting at her home in Bethesda.
Sen. George L. Radcliffe, pres
ident of the State society, and
James w. Forster, its director, at
tended and assisted in the organ
ization.
Charter members were Mrs.
Joseph Francis Betterley, Miss
Byrd Belt, Mrs. Hattie IngersoL
Mrs. c. H. Becker, Mrs. Richard
Cunningham Henry Marchalk,
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, Mrs.
Peter p. Stabell, Mrs. Frank p.
Wilcox, Mrs. Euldlle Mckacnern,
Rev. and Mrs. ]. Raymond Mel
son, Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Coop
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Craddick Coins,
j. Barnard Welsh, Mrs. Rudolph
]. Bopp, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Phillip
Schaeffer, and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Dunbar Stone.
Mrs. Stone was first president.
She, Mrs. Nicholson and Col. H.
Grady Gore are now honorary
presidents. Other society presi-
dents have been r. Bentley
Thomas, Capt. William S. Par.
kins, Col. Gore, and Col. Robert
c. Jones.
During Mrs. NicholsonS ad.
ministration the organization de-
cided to hold an annual dinner
honoring the newly-elected off
GERS.
A Embarrassing campaign to buy
a historical home began when
Mrs. A. Lothrop Luttrell gave the
first 500, and Mrs. Stone fol
lowed with a $500 contribution.
The sale of life memberships net
ted the society about $4,000 for
its home fund.
During Col. Cores admins
tratiOn drive for new MEM
bers was initiated, with the re-
suit that the membership in
creased from 600 to 1000. 1t
was also during his presidency
that the historical home was
purchased.
1t is Glen View, an old man.
sion with % acres of grounds,
located on Norbeck Rd. near
Rockville. The house cost $780,
600. The society now holds its
meetings there and allows other
civic organizations to use it. 1t
is being fitted out as a museum,
with relics Of the County's early
days.
With the continued school
shortage in Montgomery County,
the Historical Society has leased
its building for use as a school
for 10 months, to raise funds to
help pay off the mortgage on its
property.
Meetings are held regularly, ex-
cept in the summer months, on
the third Monday of each month.
Before Glen View was bought,
the society met at the homes of
members.
On June %, 1917, a commemor.
alive tablet was erected by the
society at the centennial celebra.
ton of the completion of St. Pet.
ers Church at Poolesville. The
church was founded as Monocacy
Chapel, chapel of ease, on a
site 2ia miles north of its present
site, in 1877 1t was the first
church west of Great Seneca
Creek in the province of Mary.
land.
On the anniversary of the
founding of the County, the soc.
iety placed marker in Rockville
on the site of the old Hungerford
Tavern. Gov. Theodore r. Nc.
Keldin and Mrs. James B. Patton,
president-general of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution,
spoke at the ceremonies.
The next event scheduled by
the society is a barbecue to be
held September 10 on the Glen
View grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Gar.
vim E. Tankersley, Of Potomac,
have donated steer for the bar.
beque. Tickets at So each, may
be obtained from Robert NJ. Han.
son, house committee chairman.
Current officers are Col.
Jones, president; Judge Sted.
man Prescott, Mrs. Louis VI.
DENT, Frank Malcolm White,
Mrs. AdOlph GUIDE, and Wilmer
Frank Sickle, vice.presidentS;
Col. Willis Bergen, chaplain;
Mrs. ElOn 6. Salisbury, cor.
responding secretary; DIR. Hen.
Ty Dec. Adams, recording sec.
rotary, and II. Clark Helms, as.
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