Evening star., 1946-08-11
Bethesda Lower Montgomery County
Residents Of Glen Country
Prefer Life ont Of Doors
By Lillian Arfhur

Residents OF Montgomery Coun.
tvs Glen country like the place
where they 1--we. At least that's thu
impression you get when you heal
that day or two ago one of tn.
Glen's families gave a party to cele.
brate the anniversary OF the day
they moved to the country along
Piney Branch, beyond Potomac ano
Just east of Travillah.
The Washington Irving Cleve.
lands wanted a place with a stone
house, a View and stream. Mr.
Cleveland wanted a place biz
enough to raise few vegetables
and Mrs. Cleveland wanted a place
for q rock garden and some ferns
The Richard Quay place had jus,
what the Clevelands wanted, Sc
they bought it, named 1t Piney
Thicket and moved In.
That was in August. 1945. Last
Friday, August 2, 1916, just a year
later. they celebrated the end OF
their first year OF living In the
Glen by giving supper party for
some Of the friends In the neigh
borhood.
Supper was served buffet style, in
the dining room, and the guests ate
on the porch where they could en-
Joy the view of Piney Branch VAL
ley and of the fern garden along
the nearby stream.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clevelands guests
from the Glen were Mr.. and Mrs.
Miner Hostetler and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Hamilton Knox, long time
friends Of the host and hostess, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Beale and
Comdr. and Mrs. William Quay of
River road.
Another guest at the supper whose
oh-the-record stories added much
to the enjoyment Of the occasion
was Maj. Rod O'Connor, just back
from Bikini and at present q house
guest Of the Clevelands.
They had hoped to have their
niece, Joan Bushman, who is now
on the way home from Germany,
with them for the party. However,
Miss Bushman, who has just COM
pleted two years service with the
ONCE Of Strategic Services, will not
be home until Thursday, 80 the
Clevelands will have another party
with their niece as honor guest
soon after she arrives.
Residents Of the Glen are out
door loving people. They ride and
hunt from the opening of the Po-
tomac Hunt in the fall until the
season closes in the spring, and
parties like the Cleveland party
Friday evening, comfortably in
formal, with not too large a guest
list, are a part Of the life of the
community.
On warm summer days they pic
mic at the Hostetler pool, or to put
1t more accurately, that is what
they did in the past few years. This
year, however, the pool is empty and
the picnic ground lies idly waiting
for the return of the picnic crowd.
For with the return of gas for
motoring they have this year gone
here, there and everywhere for va
cations.
Mrs. Randall Hagner and her
daughter, Miss Bella Hagner, who
add so much to the social life of
the Glen when they are at White
stone Farm, are vacationing in Nom
quit, Mass. and the McConihes-
Mrs. McConihe is Mrs. Hagner's
daughter-have been at Nonquit
with the Hagners for part of the
summer and are now in Narragan-
sett.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Moran are
ut Cape May until the end OF
August and their house on River
road is now occupied by DR.. Moran's
sister, Mrs. Leigh Wade.
Mr.. Ralph P. Counselman, the
M. r. H. Of the Potomac Hunt, sold
his farm on Persimmon Tree road
to Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling Rufin
Maddox and he and Mrs. Counsel
man are also at Cape May for the
summer. When they return they