Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03
Damascus School
The Press Club

The Press Club
Once again the Damascus High
School press club notes will ap-
pear in this paper. Watch closely,
Damascus is a growing COM
munity. Club officers are:
Editor-in-C Chief, Walter Lee Wat
klns; Associate Editor, Alice Clay;
Secretary, Jane Souder. Report
ers-Betty Jane King, Ada Belle
Stanley, Claire Watkins. Thomas
Bellison, Grace Woodfeld, Betty
Cladhill, and Marjorie Watkins.
P. T. A.
Damascus School will have it's
first P. T. A. meeting of the year
en- Monday evening, October 7th.
The speaker of the evening will
be Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin
Of Baltimore. Mr.. Purdy, an ex-
change teacher from England, as
guest soloist, will be accompanied
by Miss Lucille Johnson, element
ary supervisor.
The new principal, Emerson P.
Slacum, and other new teachers
will be introduced. New policies
and programs of the school will be
explained. A social hour will fol
lew the regular meeting.
The P. T. A. officers for the
school year 1946-47 are as follows
President-Howard R. Watkins
Vice-President = Roland Ward
Secretary-Miss Ann Rice; Trea-
surer-Mrs. John King.
The Class of 46,
The members of the Glass OF
'46 are following many different
vocations. For example:
Betty Clay-employed at Acacia
Life Insurance Company, Wash
irgton, D. c.; Catherine Hilton
! at Lewisdale; Harry Poole-work
ried to Frank King now living al
Purdum; Rose Darby-at home
Lyndall Woodfeld-employed a
G. D. Armstrong; at Laytonsville
, Elva Burdette-enrolled at East
ern Nozerone College in Mass.
Thelma Shipley-employed a
Gude's in Rockville; Winnie
ewis-W Working in Washington
Willis Beall-working on the farm
at Lewisdale; Harry Poole-work'
/ ing on the farm; Rodney Duvall-
Working for Charles E. Stanley
contractor and sbuilder; Richard
Hines-carpentering for Eugene
Casey; Donald Nicholson-enrollec
at Montgomery County Juniol
College, Bethesda; Vincent Wood
field-enrolled at Bliss Electrica
School, Silver Spring; Irwin Ions
employed at his fathers garage
Claggettsville.
The New Teachers
D. H. S. has five new members
of the faculty. Three of these are
full-time teachers and the Other
two teach part time. The principa
is Emerson P. Slacum, a graduate
Of Washington College, Chester
town and Duke University, N. Z
He previously taught four years
at Margaret Brent High Schoo
in st. Mary's County and five anc
one half years at Gaithersburg.
Teaching mathematics is J. Roy
Barron. Jr., who halls from Soutf
Carolina. He has degrees IRON
The Citadel, Charlestown, N. Z.
and from Columbia University, N
Y. During his four years in the
Army he taught two years at the
Coast Artillery School at For
Monroe, Va. He also spent t"C
years in Panama and was dls'
charged a few months ago VIII
the rating of "Major."
Vernon Ray Simpson, OF M''
Airy. is the new Social Studies
teacher. Graduated from Western
MARYLAND College in 1885, ne
taught at Sherwood High for 1our
Years. In 1910 he entered tne
| Army as a Second lieutenant
! During his five years of service ne
vas attached to Tank Destroyers
and the Infantry. He taught one
half year at Poolesville after MS
discharge last year.
There was no music teacner
last wear. This year Mrs. Julla
Ward Walker will teach TWO u"y = =
each week. She is a graduate oil
Gaithersburg High and "eS'e'"
Maryland College. -.
Due to the shortage Of teachei'
D. H. S. has been without al III
agriculture teacher. TINS yea,
William w. Miles will teach al
poo1o,,,;ro IN the morning and at