Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-05-25
GAITHERSBURG

Bible" with Rev. W. Joyce Russell
pastor of the Church of st. Thomas
the Apostle, Washington, d. c., as
guest speaker, featured the regula,
monthly meeting of the Catholic
Evidence Guild held in St. Martins
Hall, here on Tuesday evening, Nav
IL, with a good attendance of the
members and friends. Vocal selec.
tons by Miss Mary o. Donohue and
Mr.. Joseph Pease of Washington
with Mrs. Hannah L. Schwartz and
Miss Helen Mclaughlin, of Rockville
as accompanies added enjoyment. In
honor of the third anniversary OF
the organization of the Guild, an
informal reception with refreshments
featured at. the conclusion of the
program. This will be the last meet
ing until fall according to an an
nouncement by Miss Marie Stang,
chairman, who presided.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Neighborhood Garden
Club was held in the Epworth Hall,
Methodist Home on Wednesday morn
ing of last week. Mrs. Bates Fitch
ison, president, presided.
A splendid miscellaneous program
consisting of playlets, songs, panto-
mines, etc., was rendered by twenty
five members of the Young Peoples
Division of the Hyattsville M. E.
Church South at the Epworth Hall,
Methodist Home here, on Friday eve
ming of last week. On Tuesday eve
ming, May 16, the Baltimore Home
Guild made their annual tour to the
Home and held their yearly meeting.
Fifty Guild members were in at
tendance.
Featuring the annual Community
Day" of the Gaithersburg High
School held here on Friday, May 10
was the attendance of approximately
one hundred patrons who observed
the work in the different class-rooms
of the High School and Elementary
Departments during the morning ses-
sion and witnessed the athletic
events, staged by the boys and girls
in the Senior and Junior High
triangular track meet in the after
noon with Damascus, Poolesville and
Gaithersburg schools in competition.
Gaithersburg Senior High track team
with 156 points and Gaithersburg
Junior High with las points was an
easy winner over Damascus and
Poolesville, the total number of
points won by Poolesville Junior High
being 70 and Damascus 70, while
Damascus and Poolesville Senior
High counted 81 and rs points re-
spectively as their totals. The COM
mittee in charge of the luncheon
consisted of Mrs. Lawson King, pres
ident; Mrs. Norman Belt, Mrs. L.
w. Shippers, together with the grade
mothers composed of Mrs. Lewis
Reed, Mrs. Sydney H. Karr, Mrs.
William Cooley, Mrs. Carroll Walker
and Mrs. w. o. Dosh. The financial
returns from the luncheon and the
cake and candy ON sale were very
satisfactory according to their re-
port.
Fellow Travellers on the Way"
by Marian Lowe won first place in
the annual forensic contest between
the eight young speechmakers of
the 'Gaithersburg High School held
in the school auditorium here, on
Wednesday evening, May II, with
large attendance of patrons and
friends of the school. Norman Ja-
cobs who spoke on the Social Sig
nifcance of the Constitutional Amend
ment won second place, and Betty
Ward, third, her subject being "a
River" Other contestants included
Alverta White, Mary Lee Griffith,
Gladys Liskey, Jack Haske and Ellen
Freeman.