Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-12
Mrs. Wa|ser Heads
Board Of Education
In Montgomery
Commencement Dates
Set for High Schools;
New Teachers Named

The Montgomery County Board of
Education Yesterday reelected Mrs,
Daniel c. Walser president and F
K. Metzger vice president in reor-
ganizing for the next school year.
Commencement dates for the
senior high schools OF the county
also were approved as follows
Poolesville, May 20: Montgomery
Blair, June 8: Richard Montgomery
June 9; Gaithersburg, June IA;
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Damascus
and Sherwood, June Is.
Teachers Appointed.
Four teachers We're appointed bv
the board. They were Ellen N. Clark
Damascus Elementary School; Mrs.
Verna S. Towne, Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School: Mrs Edith F..
Halperin. Montgomery Hills Junior
High School; Mrs. Charles Hamilton,
Richard Montgomery High School.
-Four teachers were granted leaves
of absence. They were Elizabeth B.
Seegar, Damascus High School;
Daniel w. Salamone, Richard Mont
gomery High School; Mrs. Esthelene
Morgan, Montgomery Hills Junior
High School; Helen Day, Richard
Montgomery High School.
On recommendation of the pupils
and the Parent-Teacher Association,
the board named the East Bethesda
School "Lynhrook." designations of
Charles 5. Moore and Mrs. Arthur
L. Smith as trustees Of the Somerset
and Clement Schools, respectively,
were accepted.
A summer school to be conducted
at the Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, East-West highway, Be-
thesda. was approved. 1t will be for
high school students and two units
will be the maximum credits allowed.
The courses will last seven weeks
and Mrs. Mary E. Reeming will be
the director.
Trustees Named.
School trustees named to serve
three years were:
august Priebe: Redland, R w. Farmer
hyattstoWn, Mrs w. Burdette: Clarksbure.
Jonn Lewis; Germ antown. r. M. Smith and
J. J. Snyder; Poolesville, Mrs Robert Gray:
Rockville Elementary. Mrs. Rose DaWson
Montrose. Mrs. Ethel Leighton Garrett
Park, Clarence Buck; Colesville. Mrs Elsie
Peters: Burtonsvile. Mrs Arthur Beall
Fair!and. Mrs. o. w. Robey: Jamestown,
William Miles: Bethesda. Mrs j. c. Gard
ner; Glen Echo-Cabin John, Edward Pagan;
Che,y Chase, Mrs. W. Kemoton Crosby; Le-
lard. G. Henderson Sweet: Westbrook Dr..
oscar Blackwelder: Sherwood. DR.. Stephen
Q. Beebe: Gaithersburg, Rodney Nc
Cathran; Potomac. Wesley Curtis: Dicker-
son, Mrs, Leo Robertson: Damascus. Dr..
George Boy0r: Woodside, Mrs Beryl r..
Enelisn: Glenmont, Loran A. Stanley: Ia
5oma Park: Mrs. G. NJ. Francis; fakoma
Junior High. DR.. John R Wagner; East
Silver Spring. Mrs. Edith Popenoe; Park
side, Harold A. Wood Silver Spring Inter
mediate, Mrs. Louis Metcaf.
CoIored
Laytonsville Samuel Fisher: Clarksburs,
M. NJ. Mason; Poolesville. Samuel Cope
land: Rockville Elementary, James John
son; Lincoln High George Johnson
Spencerville.. Arthur Humphrey; Smithville
Joseph Smith; Germantown, Sandy John
son; Ounce Orchard. Samuel Holman;
River Road. Cassius Parker: Sandy Spring,
Samuel T Hill; Norbeck, Charles Forbes
Washington Grove. Frank Duvall. Clop-
ners. William Jackson; Stewardtown,
George Plummer: Sellman. William Ham
lion: Linden. Wilbert Young: Ken Gar
Clement Pratt; Takoma Park, Miss Bessie
Beaman.