Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-10-25
Cats and Blue Ribbons

Road are the proud owners of a
string Of blue ribbons won by their
rSiamese kittens and cats, at the
recent show in Silver Spring. They
had seven entries in the show, all
in the ribbons, but their four
month-old Siamese kitten, Vanar's
Ptola, took top honors. She was
adjudged best Bluepoint kitten in
both the all-breed show and the
I Siamese speciality show, and best
female kitten in the Siamese spe-
cialty show and the all-breed
show. A member of feline arisuo-
crazy she is a granddaughter of
Klonlost 70 Yo, the only Seal
point Siamese cat making cham
pionship in England last year. The
Van Ripers plan to show their fe-
line blue blood in other shows
Z along the East Coast during the
winter.
Back Home
, The Walter Taylors of West
Montgomery Avenue are happy to
be at home in Rockville again af-
ter a fascinating six weeks trip
f.abroad which took them to Eng
! land, Wales, Holland, France and
Switzerland. Their two sons,
Mark and Ken, and -Ken's fance,
! 10 Anne Young, came down from
Z Middletown, Conn.,, where the boys
attend Wesleyan College, and
were on hand to welcome them
iwhen the DeGrasse locked in New
SYork on October 10. The entire
iparty returned to Middletown for
: the weekend, and the Taylors re-
turned to Rockville Sunday eve
sning.
confirmation Class
I Mr.. and Mrs. William Randolph
RTalbott of South Van Buren, Street
lspent the weekend at the Williams
sburg Inn in the lovely historical
Virginia town. Last week, Mr..
kand Mrs. Jesse A. Higgins of Gin
cinnati were house guests of the
sTalbotts. On Saturday, the Hig.
gins We're guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mcdonald. Mrs. James Mar
dock of Washington Joined the
5group for dinner on Thursday and
THE Talbotts and their guests at
blended the meeting of the Mont
Sgomery County Historical Society
Ekeld at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Lothrop Luttrell of Wall Lane.
Early this week, the Talbotts re-
ceived word from their son, Will
liam R. Talbot, Jr. that he and
Mrs. Talbot and their yong daugh-
tdr, Robin Randolph, had arrived
in Vallejo, Calf. Mr. Talbot, who
isl in the USAF will report to
Travis Air Field near San Fran
cisco.
On Sunday The Right Rev. An
gus Dun, d. D., Bishop of the Do
ceRe of Washington, visited Christ
Church in Rockville to confirm a
class of 20. Those presented to
him for Holy Confirmation We're:
Mhsdames Marie G. Cornell, Vir-
GINA Person, Lenore Preston,
and Vivian van der Veer; the Miss
es .Arlena NJ. FURNACE, Rachel NJ.
Munger, Penelope O. Pickett, Grct-
chen d. Van Dyke, Shirley A. Wor-
sham, and Evelyn Zollman; the
Msssrs. John B. Diamond w., Al
thhr Mel. Hildreth, Walton r.
Kdnner, Kenneth r. Lee, Otis A.
Lihthicum, Edgar f. Norment,
Charles w. Pickett II, John E.
Preston, PETER W. van der Veer,
and John B. Worden.
Miscellany
The Brooke Edmonston family
is busy these days getting settled
in their new home on South Van
Buren, Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dawson, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Wootton, and Miss
Emma Wootton, expect to spend
the weekend at Lexington, Va. Tor
the Homecoming. celebration at
Washington and Lee. w. and L.
viii play Davidson College. The
Dawson's son, johnny, is a fresh
man at w. and L. this year.
A surprise visitor to Rockville
on Sunday was Dick Diamond who
flew in from Florida and who was
here on business which took him
tc Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York. He brought good new
from Miami sof Mrs. Diamond ard
their two young daughters, 10
Ranney and Liz Wilton. 1t was
also good to have news of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Nicol of Miami,
who lived in Montgomery County
for so many years and who have
so many friends here.
Whenever there's a horse show
in the vicinity, two people you will
always find there are Val Wilson
and Bill Barnsley. On Sunday,
the Barnesley family and the viii
son family and j. B. Diamond, "
were among those who journeyed
to Burtonsville for the Iron Bridge
Hunt Show.