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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Legal Advertisement


Lot numbered Four ca and
part of Lot numbered Five go
containing 24,451 square feet, in
Block lettered "B" in the subdi-
flsion known as Potomac Hills"
S per plat recorded in Plat Book
No. As, Plat No. 1888 among the
Land Records of Montgomery
County, Maryland.
The property is improved by a
'welling with living room, dining
DOM, kitchen, four bedrooms,
wo and one-half baths, basement
md one car garage in basement
TERMS OF SALE
A cash deposit of ten per cent
# the purchase price will be re-
ruired at the time of sale. The
,alance in cash, with interest at
tx per centum per annum from
he date of sale to the date of
ayment payable within ten days
'fter final ratification of sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, pub
&c charges and special or regular
assessments will be made as of
he date of sale and thereafter be
ssumed by the purchaser. Title
Examination, conveyancing, State
nd Federal revenue stamps and
IL other costs incident to settle
nent are to be paid by the pur-
'haSer.
Compliance with terms of sale
hall be made within ten days
fter final ratification of sale or
eposit shall be forfeited and the
roperty resold at the risk and
he cost of the defaultant pur-
haser. The property will be sold
ubject to a prior encumbrance,
he terms and conditions of which
will be announced at the time of
he sale.
CARLTON L. SAUNDERS
JOHN B. LOGAN
Trustees 1929
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Legal Advertisement

as the same is recorded in Plat
Book 4, plat 3O3, one of the
Land Records of Montgomery
County, Maryland.
subject to the mortgage from
Richard R. Vetter and Eva B. Vet
ter, his wife, to the Montgomery
Mutual Building and Loan Asso-
citation, corporation, said mort
gage dated the 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1855, recorded in Liber
2049, folio ID, one of the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland.
This property is improved with
five room and bath frame dwell
ing house with basement.
TERMS OF SALE: Purchaser
to pay all cash, a deposit of Five
Hundred Dollars ($50000), cash
or certified check required at the
time of sale. Balance of purchaser
price to be paid in cash upon rat
ification 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 stamps, exam
ination of title, if any, at the cost
of the purchaser or purchasers.
CHARLES c. JONES
Attorney named in mortgage
to make sale. 1850
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Legal Advertisement

the above-entitled cause is the
adoption by Kinsey L. Plummei
and Irene N. Plummer, of a
Baby Girl Berry, an infant and
the daughter of Irene Berry, borl
out of wedlock
The Petition states in sub
stance that Kinsey l.. Plummel
and Irene N. Plummer, his wife
are residents of Montgomer,
County, Maryland; that the in
FAINT sought to be adopted wa
born February 10, 1856, to Iren
Berry, who was not married t,
the father of said child; that tn
natural mother of the said Bah
Girl Berry has left the child wit
your petitioners for purposes
adoption, and cannot be reached
and that the last known address
of Irene Berry was Cornell Un
versity, Ithaca, New York.
The Petition then prays that
Decree be passed, decreeing tn
said infant to be the adopte
child of Kinsey L. Plummer an
Irene N. Plummer, and that tn
said infant be given the name @
Nancy Lee Plummer.
IT is THEREUPON, this 14tl
day of March, 1857, by the Gil
cult Court for Montgomery Cour
ty, Maryland, ORDERED tina
the Petitioners cause a copy o
this Order, with the object an
substance of the Petition, to b
inserted in some newspaper
general circulation in Montgon
cry County, Maryland, once /;
week for three consecutive
weeks before the 18th day
April, 1857, giving notice to tn
said Irene Berry, a non-residen
of the State of Maryland, to az
pear before this Court in person
or by Solicitor, on or before thu
18th day of April, 1857, to SHOW
cause, if any there be, why g
Decree shall not be passed as
prayed.
THOMAS M. ANDERSON
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Md
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins. Clerk.
(2332)
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STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
Notice to Contractors

Notice to Contractors
SEALED PROPOSALS for the
following project:
FEDERAL AID PROJECT
Montgomery County - Contract
No. M-485-24-32O; Federal Aid
Project No. I.4S9(3):
COST OF PLANS-S15.0O
Construction of steel beam
bridge on Maryland Route 1877
over Washington National Pike
near Rockville. Length 219'; Two
81 drives, 16' median.
Minimum wage rates for this
project have been predetermined
as required by law and are set
forth in the bid proposal.
The employment agency for fur
nishing labor on the above project
is: Maryland State Employment
Service, 952 Sligo Avenue, Silver
Spring, Maryland.
Bids will be received by the
State Roads Commission at its
offices, 108 East Lexington Street,
Baltimore 3, Maryland, until II
Noon, Eastern Standard Time on
the 9th day of April, 1857, at
which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read. PRE-
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 pay
ment noted. NO REFUND FOR
RETURN OF SPECIFICATIONS
AND PLANS.
No bids will be considered un-
less accompanied by a certified
check or bid bond payable to the
State Roads Commission of Mary
land, in the amount as set forth
in the proposal form, as required
by Section 10, Article BOB, Ammo
tated Code of Maryland, 1851 Edi-
ton.
The successful bidder will be
required to give bond and COM
ply with the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland respecting
contracts.
The Commission reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
BY ORDER of the State Roads
Commission this 18th day of
March, 1857.
ROBERT O. BONNELL,
Chairman
c. R. PEASE,
Secretary
Order F-8852 1851
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CONROY, WILLIAMS e. NYLEN
1920 X Street, N. w.
Washington, ID. G.
Trustees Sale

OF Valuable Improved Real Es-
tate, located In Montgomery
County, Maryland, improved by
Premises Known as 1904 Val.
leywood Drive, Wheaton, Mary
land.
By virtue of the power and au
thority contained in a Deed OF
Trust from Desmond Leroy Jack
son and Julia p. Jackson, his wife,
to the undersigned Trustees dated
the 18th day Of December 1853,
and recorded among the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland, in Liber 1873 Folio
131 and at the request of the par
ties secured thereby, default hav-
ing occurred in the terms and
conditions thereof, the under.
signed Trustees named In said
Deed Of Trust will sell at public
auction at the premises on
TUESDAY, APRIL Z, 1857
AT $3.50 A. NJ.
all that property in said Deed Of
Trust described as follows:
Lot numbered Ten (10) in Block
numbered Forty.three (43) in the
subdivision known as "CONNEC.
TICUT AVENUE ESTATES" as
per plat recorded in Plat Book
No. 38, Plat No. 2672, among the
Land Records Of Montgomery
County, Maryland.
The property is improved by
one story frame dwelling with
five rooms and one bath.
TERMS OF SALE
A cash deposit Of ten per cent
Of the purchase price will be re.
qulred at the time Of sale. The
balance in cash, with interest at
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Charles c. Jones, Sol.
Rockville Md.


Mortgage Sale of Valuable I'm
proved Propertv. KensingtOn
View, Montgomery County,
MARYLAND.
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority contained in
a certain MORTGAGE from Richard
r. Vetter and Eva B. Vetter, his
wife. to VIII Stackhouse. Jr., said
mortgage being dated the 18th
day of April, 1855. recorded in
Liber 2049. folio %, one of the
Land Records Of Montgomery
County, Maryland. Default hav-
ing occurred in the payment OF
the indebtedness secured thereby,
the undersigned attorney named
in the mortgage to make sale will
offer for sale at public auction
In front of the Court House, Rock
vile. MARYLAND. on
MONDAY. APRIT. % 1857
AT 1000 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
EASTERN STANDARD TINE
the land and premises described
in said mortgage to wit:
Lot numbered One ID in Block
lettered D. Kensington View,
Montgomery County, Maryland,
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Mortgages Sale
OF Real Estate

BY virtue of the power and
authority contained in a certain
mortgage from Clarence G. Moy-
er and Ruth L, Meyer, his wife,
to The Citizens Building and Loan
Association of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Inc, dated August "a, 1858,
and recorded among the Land
Records of Montgomery County
in Liber 1880, folio 424, the UNI
dersigned, one of the attorneys
named in said mortgage for the
purpose, will, on
MONDAY, APRIL Is, 1857
AT $3.50 O'CLOCK p. M,
offer for sale at public auction in
front of the Court House door
in the Town of Rockville, in said
County, all of the land and prop.
erty conveyed by said mortgage,
same being known and distin-
guished as Lot numbered Five
81, in Block numbered One %,
in a subdivision of land in said
County known as and called
"PLUMGAR" as per plat record
ed among the Land Records of
Montgomery County in Plat Book
%, Plat 1873, and being all the
same land conveyed to Clarence
G. Meyer and wife by deed from
Margaret H. Gardner, ct al, dated
the sixth day of January in the
year nineteen hundred and fifty.
three, recorded among the Land
Records of Montgomery County
in Liber 1750, folio 356.
This property is located two
(2) miles north of Gaithersburg
on u. S. Route 240. Turn right
approximately 200 yards to prop
erty on right.
Improvements consist of brick,
one-story dwelling, containing six
rooms, liz baths, composition
roof, oil H/W heat and septic
sewer system.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, of
which a deposit of $4,000 will
be required on day of sale. Bal
ance upon ratification of sale.
Taxes and insurance to be adj
justed to date of ratification of
sale. Conveyancing and all rev
enue stamps at cost Of the pur-
chaser.
Charles w. Prettylnan
or
William F. Prettyman
1880
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Sheriff's Sale

OF Valuable Personal Property
State of Maryland
Montgomery County, to wit:
BY virtue of Distraint for Rent
issued by Rockville Development
Corporation, landlord, and to me
as Sheriff of said County di-
rected at the suit of Rockville
Development Corporation VS..
Gene E. Crown l have this 18th
day of March, 1857, seized and
taken into execution all the right,
title, claim, interest and estate
both at law and in equity of the
said Gene E. Crown of, in. to and
about the following described
property, to wit:
l Single Bed
l 'R.C.A. Table Model TV
l Living Room Chair
2 End Tables
l Coffee Table
2 Lamps
/ Sofa
/ Dinette Table with 4 Chairs
/ hereby give notice that / will
sell all the right, title, claim, in
terest and estate both at law and
in equity of the said Gene f.
Crown, of, in, to and about the
following described property to
the highest bidders for CASH at
Apartment is, 404 Blandford
Avenue, Rockville Maryland on
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1857
At 1890 AM.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
LUKE J. BENNETT, Jr.,
Sheriff,
Montgomery County, Md.
(2344)
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Notice
OF AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
TOWN OF GAITHERsBURG

Notice is hereby given that the
Mayor and Council of Gathers
burg, on March 4, 1857, duly
adopted a Resolution to amend
the Charter Of the Town Of Cath.
ersburg by deleting Section 52-23
Of the Montgomery County Code
(1955 Edition. and by enacting a
new Section 52-23. and by chang
ing the section to be designated
as Especial Assessments; proce-
dures, etc" Said enactment gener.
ally amends and revises the said
Charter with respect to the au-
thority Of the Mayor and Council
Of Galthersburg to levy and col
lect taxes in the form Of special
assessments within and for the
Town Of Gaithersburg. A fair
summary OF the proposed amend.
ment is as follows:
Section 1928 Special Assess
ments; Procedures, Etc.
Special Assessments. The town
shall have the power to levy and
collect taxes In the form Of spe-
cial assessments upon property
in a limited and determinable area
for special benefits conferred
upon such property by the install
latlon or construction Of storm
water sewers. curbs, and cutters
and by the construction, and paw.
ing OF public ways and sidewalks
or parts thereof, and to provide
for the payment of all or any part
Of the above projects out Of the
proceeds of such special assess.
ment. The cost Of any project to
be paid in whole or in part by
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Sheriff's Sale
OF Valuable Personal Property

OF Valuable Personal Property
STATE OF MARYLAND
Montgomery County, to wit:
By virtue of Writ of Fieri Fa-
cias issued by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, and to
me as Sheriff of said County, di-
rected at the suit of Jack E. Bish-
op VS.. Ralph G. Ecker and Gladys
A. Ecker, have this 21st day of
February 1857 seized and taken
into execution all the right, title,
interest, claim and estate both at
law and in equity of the said
Ralph G. Ecker and Gladys A.
Ecker of, in, to and about the
following described property, to
wit:
B Glass counters, small STOOL
small desk, work bench, 5 small
cabinets, large cabinet, white cab
met, clothes hamper, wall cabinet,
trash can, 2 buckets, 10 miscel-
laneous cartons, lot assorted
watch bands, lot assorted mems
and ladies' watches, lot mems and
ladies wedding rings, lot assert
ed mems and ladies' rings, ear
rings, ear rings and necklace sets,
lot cuff links and tie bars, IL
electric clocks, baby necklaces
and bracelets, lot Identification
bracelets, religious medallions,
money holders charm bracelets
cigarette lighters, assorted pins,
.Rosaries, men and ladies' electric
shavers, ankle bracelets, Spiedel
Photo-Ident bracelets, assorted
friendship rings, belt buckles, dia-
mond rings, lot assorted children's
rings, children's watch bands,
ring holders, lot Eversharp pens,
pocket watches, l spy glass, 1 dis
play case Spiedel watch bands
Big Ben and Baby Ben clocks, and
other items too numerous to men
ton.
1 hereby give notice that will
sell all the right, title, interest,
claim and estate both at law and
in equity of the said Ralph G.
Ecker and Gladys A. Ecker of. in.
to and about the above described
property to the highest bidders
for cash on
TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1857
AT 1890 A. Nj.
at the Bavne and Scates Ware
house, 2412 Linden Lane, Silver
Spring. MARYLAND
TERMS OF SAFE: CASH AND
ALL ITEMS ARE TO BE PAD
FOR AS THEY ARE SOLD.
LUKE ]. BENNETT, JR.,
Sheriff
Montgomery County, Md.
1853
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Legal Advertisement
Sheriff's Sale
OF Valuable Personal Property
STATE OF MARYLAND

Of Valuable Personal Property
STATE OF MARYLAND
Montgomery County, to wit:
By virtue of Distraint for Rent
issued by Blandford- Casey Corpo-
ration, landlord, and to me as
Sheriff of said County directed at
the suit of James C. Thomas VS..
Blandford-Casey Corporation 1
have this 18th day of March 1857
seized and taken into execution
all the right, title, cuaim, interest
and estate both at law and in
equity of the said James C.
Thomas, of, in, to and about the
following described property, to
wit:
l Sofa
/ Arm Chair
L Occasional Chair
l Coffee Table
2 End Tables
l 81" Motorola TV.
Dining Room Table WA
Chairs
2 Hollywood Beds
l Chest
/ Dresser
l Refrigerator
l Small Wood Table
l Wringer Washer
Floor Lamp
l Rug
Miscellaneous Scatter Rugs
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 James c..
Thomas of, in, to and about the
above described property to the
highest bidders for CASH at
Apartment No. 6, 604 Monroe
Street, Rockville, Maryland, on
FRIDAY, APRIL IL, 1857
AT 1890 A. M.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
LUKE ]. BENNETT, JR.,
Sheriff
Montgomery County, Md.
1854
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Order of Publication

The object of these proceedings
is to secure the abandonment Of
certain lots, blocks, streets, roads,
avenues, lanes, alleys, and ways,
in a subdivision of land in Mont
gomery County, Maryland, called
Spring Lake Park" the said vari-
Gus properties being more particu,
larly described in the Petition
filed in the above entitled pro-
,ceedings at the office of the Cir
scuit Court for Montgomery Coun-
Fly, Maryland.
The affected properties are gen
orally described as all of Blocks l,
2, 3, Ia, IS, 16, 10 and 10, and parts
of Blocks II, 20, 81, % and %,
Spring Lake Park" and certain
avenues in said subdivision called
Talbot Avenue, Cecil Avenue,
Garrett Avenue, Prince George
Avenue, Morgan Avenue, and
parts of Montgomery Avenue,
Hartford Avenue, and Carroll
Avenue, of said subdivision called
Spring Lake Park" according to
a certain plat thereof which is re-
corded in Plat Book b, Plat 3.
For a more specific description of
the properties involved, reference
is made to the Petition filed in
the above entitled matter.
The Petition states, among 9TH
er things, that the petitioners
are the owners of the land de-
scribed in the Petition; that the
streets, avenues, and undesig-
mated ways referred to in the
Petition have never been opened
or used by the public, or accepted
for maintenance by Montgomery
County, Maryland; that the lots
in the various blocks of land re-
ferred to are unsuitable for devel-
opment, generally remote from
disable streets, not near any water
supply or sewage disposal pipes;
and that the property described
in the Petition is bounded gener-
ally on the south and east by
cemetery property which creates
the terminal point for said Prince
George Avenue and Montgomery
Avenue; that your petitioners de-
sire to abandon the subdivision
"Spring Lake Park" as the same
Is described in the Petition and
owned by the petitioners, and to
reconvert the same into one tract
or parcel; that no damage can
N anywise be sustained other
than by the petitioners If their
petition be granted.
It is thereupon this 18th day
Of March, A. d., 1857, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
~, Maryland, Sitting as Court
Of Equity
ORDERED, that notice be given
by the insertion Of this publica-
ton in some newspaper having
general circulation in Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, for four
successive weeks, beginning on
the 18th day of March, A. d.,
1857, warning all persons Of the
nature Of said Petition, and warn
ing them TO be and appear in this
Court to show cause, If any they
have, on or before the 22nd day
Of April next, why the prayers
Of the petitioners should not be
granted; or otherwise a decree
will be passed as prayed
JOHN r. REEVES,
Judge.
True Copy-Test
CLAYTON K. WATKINS.
Clarlx 4f.22.1Q
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Paul @. Cuddy
Attorney at Law
729 18th ST, NV.
Washington, D. c.
Trustees Sale

of Valuable Improved Property IN
Montgomery County, Maryland
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in GER
tain deed of trust from Joseph A.
Menowsky and Margaret Menow-
sky, his wife, to Samuel W. Hau-
ser, Robert N. Taylor and VIII
liam T. Leith, Trustees, dated No
vember a, 1854. and recorded No
vember II, 1854, in Liber 1888,
Folio 354, one of the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County,
Maryland and, at the request of
the party secured thereby, default
having been made in the indebt-
edness secured by said Deed of
Trust. the undersigned Trustees
will offer for sale at public auc-
ton in front Of the premises on
MONDAY. APRIL %, 1857
AT 400 p. NJ.
The property described in said
Deed of Trust is as follows:
Lot numbered TWO (2). Block
FOUR az. in the subdivision
known as "GLENHAVEN' as per
plat recorded in Plat Book 40
Plat 2913, among the land rec.
ords of Montgomery County
Maryland.
Said property is improved by
a one-story detached dwelling,
consisting of 6 rooms; one bath.
and full basement; dwelling is of
Brick; and known as premises
1912 Albert Drive, Silver Spring.
Maryland.
TERMS OF SALE
All cash. A deposit Of $4,000
will be required at the time of
sale: balance upon ratification OF
the sale by the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Order of Publication

The Petition of Burton Build
ers, Inc, and Goldberg Enter
prises, Inc, seeks the abandon
ment of a portion of Nathan
Drive in Parkcrest per Plat Book
81, Plat 4577 of the County Land
Records, and the abandonment of
twenty foot right-of-way extend
ing along either side of the prop
erty line between the aforesaid
Parkcrest Subdivision and the
property acquired by Burton
Builders, Inc, by Deed recorded
among the Land Records on Au-
gust "a, 1856.
The Petitioners allege that
when Parkcrest was subdivided
Nathan Drive, now Glenmoor
Drive, ended on curve in a
Northerly direction and a prelim.
mary plan for the Burton Build
ers, Inc, property makes it ad-
vantageous to swing this curve to
the Westward and to carry Glen
moor Drive through the Burton
property as a continuous street
to intersect Spring Hill Lane.
The proposed relocation of
Nathan Drive, now Glenmoor
Drive, and the extension of this
street is shown on Exhibits J.,
2 and 3 filed with the Petition,
and the portion of the original
Nathan Drive to be abandoned
is outlined and Matched in red 1on
Exhibits 1 and 2.
Regarding the right-of-way, it
is alleged that Austin Waller Gre
ated a twenty foot right-of-way
extending from the then Jones
Bridge now Jones Mill Road, in
a straight line to the North com
mon corner between Parkcrest
and the Burton land, and then in
a straight line along either side
of the property line between
Parkcrest and the Burton land;
said right-of-way being particu-
larly described in Deeds recorded
in Liber 354, Folio 1913 and Liber
458, Folio SO, which right-of-way
North of Briefly Road, as shown
on Exhibit l, has been abandoned
for more than twenty years and
all property heretofore served by
it for the original purpose of such
right-of-way, is now served by
public roads and dedicated streets.
And the Petitioners pray the
abandonment of the right-of-way
for its entire distance through the
properties of the Petitioners.
TT Is, TIIEREUPON. this 1st
day of March, A. D., 1857, or
dered by the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland,
in Equity, that all persons having
an interest in or affected by the
abandonment of the said part of
Nathan Drive, now Glenmoor
Drive and said right-of-way, as
set forth in the said Petition, APP
pear herein and show cause, if
any they have, why an order shall
not be passed as prayed on or
before the 9th day of April, A. D.,
1857; provided a copy of this
Order be inserted in some news
paper published in Montgomery
County, Maryland, for three sue
cessive weeks before the 23rd day
of March, 1857.
KATHRYN j.. LAWLOR,
Judge
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K. Watkins, Clerk.
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