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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Notice of Adoption
of a Resolution

Notice is hereby given that the
Mayor and Council of Rockville,
on January %, 1857, duly adopted
Resolution No. 8-57, to amend the
Charter of the City of Rockville
by deleting Section 1886 of the
Montgomery County Code 1955
Edition. and by enacting a new
Section 1896, said new section
to be designated as the sub-head-
ing Borrowing Money" The ex-
act text of said proposed new Sec
ton 1896 is as follows:
Sec. 1896. Borrowing Money.
a. The Mayor and Council of
Rockville shall have the power
to borrow money for any proper
public purpose and to evidence
such borrowing by the issue and
sale of its bonds or notes, includ.
ing tax anticipation notes, in the
manner and on the conditions
hereinafter prescribed. The word
bonds as used herein shall be
interpreted to include notes.
b. All such bonds shall be au-
thorized by ordinance of the May.
or and Council, which ordinance
shall contain the following:
Cd A statement of the public
purpose for which the proceeds
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Charles c. Jones, Atty.
S. Perry Street
Rockville, Md.
Mortgage Sale

Of Valuable Improved Property
Gaithersburg District, Gathers
burg, Maryland.
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority contained in
a certain mortgage from William
H. Downs, Jr. and Leila M.
Downs, his wife, to the Montgom.
cry Mutual Building and Loan AS.
ISOLATION, a corporation, said
mortgage being dated the 31st
day of August, 1855, recorded in
Liber 2108, folio q, one of the
Land Records of Montgomery
County, Maryland, default having
occurred in the payment of the
Indebtedness secured thereby, the
undersigned attorney named in
mortgage to make sale will offer
for sale at public auction in front
of the Court House, Rockville,
Maryland, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1857
AT lI:0O A. NJ, EST.
the land and premises described
in said mortgage to wit:
All that one ID acre of land
lying on the north side OF the
road leading from Gaithersburg,
to Laytonsville. Being the same
land and premises conveyed to
Benjamin c. Woodward and wife
to William H. Downs, Jr., and
wife by deed of conveyance dated
the 18th day of December, 1915,
recorded in Liber 991, folio 408,
one of the Land Records of Mont
gomery County, Maryland.
This property is improved by a
five room frame dwelling house
and garage.
TERMS OF SALE: Purchaser
to pay all cash, deposit of Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00l cash
or certified check required at time
of sale. Balance of purchase
price to be paid in cash upon
ratification of the sale by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, Maryland.
Taxes, insurance and interest to
be adjusted to date Of sale. Con-
veyancing, recording charges,
state and Federal revenue stamps,
examination of title, if any, at the
cost of the purchaser or pur-
ehaSerS.
CHARLES c. JONES,
Attorney named in mort
gage to make sale.
2122
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Order of Publication

The object of this suit is to pro-
cure a decree of divorce a vincuIo
matrimonii by the Plaintiff from
the Defendant and for general re-
lief. The Bill of Complaint states
IN substance that Plaintiff is an
adult citizen of the United States
and is a resident of Montgomery
County, Maryland, and that he
has been so resident for more
than one year prior to the filing
of the Bill of Complaint; that De-
PENDANT is an adult citizen of the
United States. whose present
whereabouts is unknown but
whose last known address was
6603 Poplar Avenue, Takoma
Park, Maryland; that Plaintiff
and Defendant were married on
the 2Sth day of October, 1914 in
Silver Spring, Maryland, by a
Minister of the Gospel; that one
child was born of said marriage;
that though the conduct of the
Plaintiff toward Defendant has al.
ways been kind, affectionate and
above reproach, yet, nevertheless,
on or about the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1947, the Defendant did,
without just cause or reason, de.
sert and abandon the Plaintiff;
that such abandonment and de.
sertion has continued uninter-
ruptedly since that date and is
deliberate and final, and the sep
aration Of the parties is beyond
any reasonable expectation of re-
Cancellation.
II is thereupon this 9th day of
February, 1857, 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 published in Montgom.
cry County, Maryland, once in
each of four successive weeks be-
fore the 18th day of March, 1857,
give notice to said Defendant of
the object and substance of this
Bill, warning her TO appear in
this court, in person or by soil.
citor, on or before the 18th day
of March, 1857. to show cause, if
any she has, why a decree should
not be passed as prayed, and file
her plea, answer. or other defense
within fifteen days thereafter.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
True Copy--Test
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk
1885
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Legal Advertisement


signed to Harold c. Smith, At
torney for the Purpose of Fore
closure, default having occurred
in the terms and conditions of
said mortgage, the undersigned
as said Attorney for the purpose
of foreclosure, will on
WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH DAY
or MARCH, 1857
AT THE HOUR OF 1880
O'CLOCK A. NJ.
in front of the Court House Door
at Rockville, Montgomery Coun.
ty, Maryland, offer for sale al
public auction, all of the land and
premises described in said mort
gage, to.wit:
All that, piece or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in Mont
gomery County in the State OF
Maryland, which is described by
metes and bounds, courses and
distances in a deed from Samuel
P. Hopkins and Laura S. Hopkins
his wife, to Lucinda L. Hopkins
bearing date the 22nd day of
February A. d. 1927 and duly re.
corded among the Land Records
of said County in Liber 438, Folio
BIG. Beng all of the same land
devised to the said julius M. Hop.
kins by Lucinda L. Hopkins by
the name of Lucy Hopkins by will
recorded in said County in the Of
flee of Register of Wills in Liber
HG.C. IL, Folio 299.
This property is improved by a
small house.
Terms of Sale: AS prescribed
by said mortgage; all cash upon
ratification of sale by the Court,
a deposit of 1917 will be required
when the property is knocked
down. All costs of conveyancing,
including Certificate of Title,
Deed, State and Federal Revenue
Stamps, ETC., to be paid by the
purchaser.
HAROLD c. SMITH,
Attorney for the Purpose
of Foreclosure 1896
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Legal Advertisement
front of the premises, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 10. 1857
AT 2.2O 0'CTnCK DNr

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1867.
AT 2:3O O'CLOCK PM,
the property described in said
Deed of Trust as,
Lot numbered Five 81, in
Block lettered "a" in a subdivi-
sion known as ROCKY
BROOK PARK" as per plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book
No. IA, plat 926, one of the
Land Records for said Mont.
gomery County.
The property is improved by a
two-story detached frame shingl-
ed dwelling, containing 5 rooms
and bath on first floor, and UNI
finished second floor, oil-fired
heat
TERMS OF SALE: All cash
upon the ratification thereof by
the Court. A deposit of $4,000,
cash or certified check, will be
required at time of sale. All con-
veyancing, recording, certificate
of title, Federal and State stamps,
ETC., at the cost of the purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied
with within days after the final
ratification thereof by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County;
otherwise the property will be re-
sold at the risk and cost of the
defaulting purchaser.
The property viii be sold sub
ject to a first Trust, the amount
and terms of which will be an
nounced at sale.
ETHEL M. HOFFLER,
Trustee
FRANCIS c. HEIGLE,
Trustee
1417-L Street, Northwest
Washington, D. C.
WILLIAM E. HUTCHINSON
Attorney for Trustees
925-15th Street, Northwest
Washington, D. c. 2123
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Leqcl Advertisement

parties secured thereby, the I'M
dersigned Trustees to sell named
in the said Deed of Trust will Of
fer for sale at Public Auction in
front of the premises ZIG Leigh
ton Avenue, Silver Spring, Mary
land, on
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 20, 1857
at the hour of
1000 O'CLOCK AM. (EST)
all of the property in said Deed
of Trust described as follows:
Lot numbered Six 60 in Block
lettered IS" in the subdivision
known as Section 5, Seven Oaks
as per plat recorded in Plat Book
IA, Plat No. GAL, among the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland"
This property is improved by
a one story, detached frame, four
room dwelling containing cellar,
composition roof, oil hot air heat;
premises known as ZIG Leighton
Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.
TERMS OF SALE: A cash de
post of Six Hundred ($60000)
Dollars will be required at the
time of the sale, the balance to be
payable in cash upon the ratifi-
cation of the sale by the Court.
Taxes to be adjusted to date of
sale. United States Revenue
Stamps, State Tax Stamps, and
all conveyancing charges, etc, at
the cost of the purchaser or pur-
hasers. Trustees reserve the
right to reject bid if inadequate
ALTON H. HELM,
EDMUND M. EMMERICH,
Trustees. 2124
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Sheriff's Sale

~ N@Au0OhC NCTSOthtA EEODcTbY
STATE OF MARYLAND
MONTGOMERY CO., to wit:
BY virtue of Distraint for Rent
issued by the Casey Development
Corporation, landlord, and to me
as Sheriff of said County, direct
ed at the suit of Casey Develop
ment Corporation VS.. Eugene
Harner / have this 10Th day of
February 1857 seized and taken
into execution all the right, title,
claim, interest and estate both at
law and in equity of the said
Eugene Harner of, in, to and
about the following described
property, to witt,
1 Sofa Bed
2 End Tables
l Coffee Table
l Kitchen Table VIZ Chairs
1 Rocker
l Motorola TV
3 Table Lamps
l G. E. Refrigerator
l Cedar Closet
/ Double Bed
i Chest of Drawers
l Maytag Washing Machine
2 Rugs
l hereby give notice that 1 will
sell all the right, title, claim, in
terest and estate both at law and
in equity of the said Eugene Hor-
ner of, in, to and about the above
described property to the highest
bidders for CASH at Apartment
No. 2, 211 Lee Street, Gathers
burg, Maryland on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1857
AT 1880 AM.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
LUKE ]. BENNETT, JR.,
Sheriff
Montgomery Co.. Md.
2143
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
David 1. Abse
Attorney at Law
425 18th Street, NV.
Washington 4, D. c.
Trustees Sale

OF Valuable Improved Real Es-
tate Located i'm Conn. Ave. Es-
tates, Wheaton, Maryland
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in a GER
tain End Deed of Trust from
Oliver Leroy Davenport and Vir-
GINA c. Davenport, his wife, to
the undersigned Trustees dated
October "a, 1852, and recorded
among the Land Records of Mont
gomery County, Maryland, in
Liber 1923, at page PAT, default
having occurred under the terms
thereof, and at the request of the
holders of the note secured there
by, the undersigned Trustees will
offer for sale at public auction in
frdont of the premises on
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1857
AT $50 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
all that property in said Deed of
Trust, described as follows: Part
of Lot q, Block Z, known as the
premises 1922 Centerhill Street,
Wheaton, Maryland, as per plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book 35,
Plat No. 1880, one of the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Md.
The above described property is
a single, improved brick home,
two and one-half years old, in a
new residential community and
containing all modern improve
ments. The property win be sold
subject to a First Deed of Trust
now encumbering the premises in
the approximate sum of $1,000,
the exact amount of which will
be announced at time of sale.
TERMS OF SALE
Cash deposit of $1,000 will be
required at the time of sale, the
balance payable within five 80
days after ratification of the sale
by the Circuit Court for Mont
gomery County, Md. Adjust
ment of all taxes, public charges,
special and regular assessments
and water rent will be made as of
the date of sale and thereafter
assumed by the purchaser. All
costs of conveyancing, State and
Federal revenue stamps, to be
paid by purchaser. Terms of sale
to be complied with within five
C5) days after final ratification by
said Court; otherwise the proper
ty will be resold' at risk and cost
of defaulting purchaser.
JOHN N. CONROY,
EDWARD w. NYLEN.
Trustees. 1928
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Notice of Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the
Montgomery County Council will
conduct a public hearing at
200 p. nj. ON
TUESDAY, MARCH S, 1857
in the County Council Hearing
Room, County Office Building,
Rockville, Maryland, ON a pro-
posed ordinance to control the ex.
cessie emission of smoke and the
pollution of air in Montgomery
County, Maryland. Copies of the
proposed Ordinance may be OBJ.
tanned in Room 615, County Office
Building, Rockville, Maryland.
WILLIAM B. MCKINNEY,
Clerk
County Council for
Montgomery County, Md
2144
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Harold c. Smith, Sol.
Rockville. Md.
Mortgage Sale

BY virtue of the power and au.
thority contained in a mortgage
from Julius M. Hopkins, unmar.
ried, 10 Elsie Hopkins, dated the
9th day of May, 1887. and re.
corded among the Land Records
Of Montgomery County, Mary.
land, in Liber C,K,W. 669, at Fo.
Ito 1877, and subsequently as
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Notice of Adoption
of a Resolution

Notice is hereby given that the
Mayor and Council of Rockville,
on January %, 1857, duly adopted
Resolution 1857, to amend the
Charter of the City of Rockville
by deleting Sections 1852 to 49-71
inclusive, and Sections 1913 to
1886 inclusive, Of the Montgom-
cry County Code 1955 Edition.
and by enacting new Sections 49,
81 to 1882 inclusive, and by
changing the section designation
of Section 1872 to Section 1888,
said new sections to be desig-
mated as the sub-heading Water
and Sewers" Said enactment gen
orally amends and revises the said
Charter with respect to the au-
thority of the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of Rockville to construct, oper-
ate, maintain and finance a water
system and sanitary sewerage sys-
tenn for the City of Rockville. A
fair summary of the proposed
amendment is as follows:
THE Mayor and Council of
Rockville is designated the Water
and Sewer Board for Rockville
and as such Board they are au-
thorized and empowered to con-
struct, operate and maintain a
water system and water plant, a
sanitary sewerage system and a
sewage treatment plant, storm
water drainage system and storm
sewers. Said Board shall have full
control over said water, sewerage
and storm water systems, with
authority to do such acts as may
be necessary or proper to carry
on the same. Title to said plants
and systems and all lands, es-
tates, waterways, conduit pipes,
buildings, structures, machinery
and all other parts thereof shall
when completed or acquired, vest
in the Mayor and Council of Rock
vile. Said Mayor and Council is
authorized and empowered to ac
quire such property by purchase,
gift, bequest, devise, lease, or by
condemnation in accordance with
the procedures provided by Arti-
Gle 33A of the Annotated Code of
the Public General Laws of Mary.
land 1951 Edition, as amended)
The Mayor and Council is au-
thorized and empowered to bor-
row money in such amounts and
from time to time as may be nee.
esSary to carry out the powers
set forth in this sub-heading in
the manner prescribed by Section
1896 of the Charter of Rockville.
The Mayor and Council of Rock
vile is empowered to provide by
ordinance for raising sufficient
annual revenue to provide for the
construction, maintenance, opera
ton and repair of said water, sew.
erage and storm water drainage
plants and systems and shall have
the power to charge and collect
such service rates, water rents,
ready-to.serve charges, or other
charges as it deems necessary for
water supplied and for the re-
moval of sewage. All individuals
and corporations having buildings
structures, works. conduits
mains, pipes, tracks or other ply
steal distractions in, over or un
der the streets, alleys, highways
or any public way in said City
which shall block or impede the
progress of said systems shall
upon reasonable notice from said
\ Water and Sewer Board, proper
\ ~ so shift, adjust, accommodate
or remove the same at their owr
cost and expense. Any public serv
ice corporation, company or in
dividual, before beginning any
construction Of or placing of, OF
! changing the location Of any
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28

Stuart H. Sweeney
Solicitor for Plaintiff
S415 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
Sitting as a Court of Equity
CHARLES KENDALL PRINCE
1920 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, Maryland,
Plaintiff,
VS..
THELMA JESSE PRINCE
Address Unknown,
Defendant.
No. 1876 Equity
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Trustees Sale

AONOO0 OaAC
OF Valuable Improved Real Es-
tate situated in Rocky Brook
Park" Montgomery County,
Maryland, known as Premises
No. SO8 Tanley Road.
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in the
certain Deed of Trust from Rich
ard f. Mason and Matte Eliza
beth Mason, his wife, to Ethel
M. Hoffler and Francis c. Heigle,
Trustees, dated September %,
1852, and recorded October l,
1852, in Liber 1713, at folio 339,
one of the Montgomery County
Land Records; default having
been made in the payment of the
Indebtedness secured by said Deed
of Trust, and at the request of
the party secured hereunder, the
undersigned Trustees will offer
for sale, at public auction, in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Order of Publication

That the object to this suit is
to secure the appointment by de-
cree of a new trustee in the place
and stead of John Dick and Merle
R. Dick who We're named trustees
in a certain deed of trust given by
Alvin c. Legate and Edith M.
Legate, plaintiffs herein, to the
said John Dick and Merle R. Dick
on December II, 1854, and record
ed among the Land Records of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
on March %, 1855, in Liber 2037,
folio /. The Bill states, among
other things, that the plaintiffs
are citizens of the United States
of America, and residents of the
State of Oregon; that the defend
ants, Herman R. Reimer and
Mary A. Reimer, of the State of
Pennsylvania, are sued as hold
ers of that certain deed of trust
note hereinafter mentioned; that
the defendants, John Dick and
Merle r. Dick, are adult citizens
of the United States and are sued
as trustees under that certain
deed of trust hereinafter men
toned, and that the whereabouts
of the said John Dick and Merle
r. Dick are unknown to the plain
tiffs; that the plaintiffs are the
owners as Tenants by the Entire
ty, of that certain parcel of land
situated in Montgomery County,
Maryland, known as Lot 10, in
Block 4, in the subdivision called
"GLENMONT VILLAGE, as per
plat thereof recorded in Plat
Book "a, Plat No. 2297, among
said Land Records of Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, which said
property is now subject to a Deed
of Trust from Alvin c. Legate
and Edith M. Legate, to the said
John Dick and Merle r. Dick;
that the Indebtedness secured by
the said Deed of Trust has been
paid in full; and that although
the said note has been paid in
full the plaintiffs are unable to
secure a release of the lien secur-
ing the same by reason of the
inability of the plaintiffs to ascer-
tain the whereabouts of the said
John Dick and Merle r. Dick,
trustees under the said Deed of
Trust.
1t is thereupon, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, this 1st day of Feb
ruary, 1857, Ordered that the
plaintiffs cause a copy of this
Order to be inserted in some news
paper having general circulation
in Montgomery County, Mary
land, one a week for four success
sive weeks, before the 18th day
of March, 1857, giving notice to
the said John Dick and Merle r.
Dick, whose whereabouts are I'M
known, of the object and sub
stance of this Bill, warning them
to be and appear in this Court,
in person or by solicitor, on or
before the
18TH DAY OF MARCH, 1857
to show cause, if any they may
have, why decree should not be
as prayed, and file his
pleas, answer or other defense
within fifteen days thereafter.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K Watkins,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28

of Valuable improved property
located in Seven Oaks, Mont
gomery County, Maryland.
Under and by virtue of a power
of sale contained in a certain
Deed of Trust from Harold L.
Buckley and Agnes d. Buckley,
his wife, to the undersigned trus-
tee, dated Aprail "a, 1856, and
recorded among the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County,
Maryland, on April 25, 1856, in
Liber 2197 at folio rs, default hav-
ing occurred under the terms
thereof and at he request of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
STALEY AND PRESCOTT
Attorneys for Executrix
I1O4 Trinity Place
Silver Spring, Md.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Subscriber of Montgomery County, has
obtained from the Orphans Court of Mont
gomery County, in Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the personal Estate of
RAY FRANK FEHRMAN
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 LIST day
of September next: they may otherwise BY
law be excluded from all benefit of said
Estate. All persons indebted to said Estate
are requested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 10th day of
February in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven
ERNESTTNE HAGINS FEHRMAN
1912 Long Branch Parkway
Silver Spring. Md
Executrix 2023
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-28
Legal Advertisement


Howard Larcombe, Sol.
1922 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Md.
N THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
MARYLAND
ALVIN c. LEGATE
EDITH M. LEGATE
Beaverton, Oregon,
Plaintiffs.
VS..
JOHN DICK and
MERLE R. DICK, Trustees,
Address unknown,
HERMAN R. RElMER and
MARY A. REIMER,
Altoona, Pennsylvania,
Defendants.
Equity No. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
Man With Lots Of Time
By RUBY C. MEACHAM

thought to be around 400 years old. This
21z-foot clock, with q wooden case which
Is ebony black and trimmed In gold leaf,
Is the center attraction in the living room.
Its case has glass insets through which
It Is possible to watch its movements.
It strikes on the hour. followed by q folk
tune played on q nest Of eight graduated
bells. and 1t tings once on the quarter hour.
when We move, our friends say they
miss our clocks and their striking almost
as much as they miss Us" says Mrs. Bowyer.
And when make out an order list Of
our household items in preparation for
Government moving approval they always
think I've made q mistake when they come
to the clock list" says the colonel.
"Once during meeting Of my morning
music club" Mrs. Bowyer relates. "the
guest speaker was asked TO talk only until
noon. With four striking clocks In the
living room and clocks all over the house,
felt confident the speaker would not talk
overtime. But ! was mistaken, the clocks
struck IL, the Dumier on the mantle gayly
played its folk-tune, but the speaker con-
tinued. Fifteen minutes later, however.
when the Dumier tinged, the speaker
calmly remarked. I believe it's IL O'Clock,
and quickly sat down"
Another time the clocks worked Just
the opposite. A guest artist was giving q
CONTINUED
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