Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-12-05
Damascus School News
P-TA Convention

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convention of the Maryland Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers
held in Cumberland last week. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Watkins, Rever-
end and Mrs. Jacob H. Snyder,
Miss Nora Frances Lynch and
Miss Ann Rice attended the two
day session.
P-TA Attendance
The Elementary PIT. A. attend
ancc Banner for November was
won for the second time this year
by Miss E. ,Mullinix's first grade.
The High School Banner was won
by Miss Lynch's ninth grade
homeroom.
FILA. Initiation
The Damascus Chapter of the
Future Homemakers of America
held initiation ceremonies Thurs
day, November IA. The following
rev members were brought int
the club: Geraldine Bosley, Marie
Hawse, Audrey Shipley, Rose Ma
RE King, Margaret McGraw, DORIS
Shipley, Hazel Burdette, Norma
Lewis, Katherine Howes, Marion
Marshall, jeanette Grimes, and
Betty Rinehart.
Student Council Dance
The Student Council of DIS.
is sponsoring a record dance on
Friday, December 6, from 8 till
IL.
Our next dance will be an or
chestra dance on Saturday, De-
cember 81, sponsored by the Senior
Class.
School Census
Our faculty and pupils have just
completed the biennial school cen
sus. This has been a special prof.
ect Of the Problems of Democracy
and 9Th grade social studies classes
under the supervision Of Harry V
Stipe and Mrs. Gladys Day. Ada
Belle Stanley was student chair
man. The census includes all chill
drcn under twenty-one years of
ara -, N,,x ,o1n0l o,.oo
FLA. Scrap Metal Drive
On November 7, the FLA. boys
of DIS. went on a scrap metal
drive. The boys also collected 697
pounds of paper and about five
tons of scrap metal. The purpose
of this drive was to build up the
Treasury of the Damascus Chap
ter and to buy. needed equipment.
The money realized from the sale
Of this metal will go into the treas
try of the FLA! to build up the
agriculture department. l"f if1''
Alumni Notes
Armistice Day Alumni visitors
were as follows:
Class of '45-Betty Jean King,
Class of '46-Phyllis Stanley,
Rodney Duvall, Irwin Long, Don
aid Nicholson, and Vincent Wood
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Purdum are
residing at Cedar Grove on the
Guy Watkins farm. Mrs. Purdum
was the former Lois Monkey of
the Class of '45.
Eye Care Contest
Betty Gladhill, a senior, was
chosen as our schools representa-
tive in the finals of the recent con-
test on the care of eyes. The
elimination contest was held as a
project of the senior English class
on Tuesday, November IL, with
Mrs. Cleveland Hyatt, Mrs. Os-
borne f. Williams, and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Maxwell serving as judges.
The finals were held at Mont
gomery Blair on Monday, Novem-
Der 10 with contestants from six
of the seven senior high schools
of the county participating.
Neat p. 4. A. Meeting
The next Damascus P. T. A.
meeting will be held on Monday,
December 16, at the high school.
1t will be considered Family
Night" A special Christmas pro-
gram is being arranged and
prize will be awarded to the
largest family present.
The Practice Teacher
D. H. S. has a practice teacher,
Miss Jewell Haines, a senior from
Western Maryland College, for a
month. Miss Haines will be under
the direct supervision of Miss
Lynch. and staff members of
Western Maryland College. While
l!ere she will observe all classes,