Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-02-21
Damascus High School
News Notes
"Saint Patrick's Dance"

trlck S Dance on Marcn Ii, lS4o. III
will be held in the Damascus High
Gymnasium and the music will be
furnished by Esquire's Orchestra.
Honor System"
The student council of DIS. is
revising the honor system. There
will be two awards given, letter
"D" for athletics and pin for
scholarship. In previous years,
athletics and scholarship were
combined but in the revised sys-
tenn we feel that all outstanding
students will be recognized.
Recent Visitors
The recent visitors at Damascus
High. School for basketball game
were: Pvt. Frank Glahill, who is
stationed at Fort Meade, Md. Pvt.
Hubert Snapp, who is now station
at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Edsel Watkins who is working on
farm, and Maize Barnes, who is
working at the Johns Hopkins
University. They are all former
students of Damascus High School.
Maize Barnes graduated in 1916.
Miss Hyatt Married
We have a new teacher at DIS.
although few of us realize it, be-
cause she is only new by name.
Miss Hilda Hyatt ceased to exist
and she became Mrs. Kenneth
Howes. Mrs. Howes is the girls
athletic coach and science teacher
at Damascus. The students Of
DIS. wish to congratulate her
and wish her much happiness in
married life.
Damascus vs.. Sherwood"
On January 81, the DIS. girls
beat the Sherwood girls on the
victor's court. The high scorer for
Damascus was Phyllis Stanley who
made IL points. The lineup fol
lows.
Damascus VS.. POOlesville"
The Damascus girls again bat
tied their way to victory, this
time,ov Poolesville. Ada Stanley
was high scorer with 10 points.
Damascus Tops State School"
On January 81, Damascus wor
its sixth victory out eight starts
by defeating the Maryland State
School for the Deaf on the win.
ners court. Damascus was ahead
from the start and took the game
by score of 32-16.
Student Council
Representatives elected to the
Student Council are: Eva Bur.
dette, 18th; Delmar Thacker, 11th;
Carol Schaeffer, 10th; Mary Lou
Use Burdette, 9th; Joe Clay, 9Th;
Robert Mullican, 18th; and Bar
bara Ann Burdette, 7th.
Clothing Drive
Catherine Hilton, chairman Of
the clothing drive, reports that
over 100 pounds of clothing were
brought in by Junior High and
High School students.
DIS Jr. High VS.. Leland
On February 7th the Junior
High School girls played Leland
at Bethesda. The Damascus girls
lost by only one point, final score
being, Leland rs, Damascus "a.
Marshall was high scorer with II
points.
DIS DOwned by Frederick High
On February 7th DIS. bowed
to 26-12 defeat by Frederick
High School at the Frederick
Armory. 1t was the third loss for
Damascus High out of nine games
and they were out-played through
the entire game. High scorer Of
the night was Marenett Of the
visitors who Tailed ten points.
Damascus vs.. Gaithersburg
The DIS. girls were defeated
by Gaithersburg on February
18th, with a final score of Gath
ersburg 81, Damascus II. Betty
Brown was high scorer for DIS
with points.
ID. II. s. W.. Rockville
On February 18th, the DIS.
quint downed Richard Mont
gomery High School at Rockville
on the losers court by a score Of
25-13. Both teams were handicap
ped by the new county eligibility
list which eliminated some play
ers. Willis Beall Of Damascus
was high scorer with 10 points.
Fire Drills
The Damascus High School has
been having practice fire drills so
that everyone will know what to
expect if there is a real fire. We
are trying to keep down excite
ment and TO move along smoothly
and quickly.
PIT. A.