Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-11-01


ah sored by the Band Patrons Asso-
= oiation, to be held in the high
school gymnasium, Saturday, No
~. vember 8. While the association
reports progress in collecting
funds for the band uniforms, the
= @ goal of two thousand dollars is
far from being reached. If you
want to spend an enjoyable eve.
ming and support this forthy pro-
ject at the same time, come to the
60 dance on November g..
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fox are
spending several days this week
visiting friends in Pittsburgh, Pa.
It's baby girl for Mr.. and Mrs.
aHarrf Smith. Congratulations.
Ss's Ernest Bump" Day, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Day, has returned
from Heidleburg, Germany, where
he has been stationed with the U.
S. Army for the past year. Bump
took advantage of this, his second
q tour of duty in Germany, and Wis
tied many European countries. He
sfI attended one of Mrs. Pearl Mes
~, tas parties for service personnel
when he visited Luxembourg and
-. reported a good time and plenty
/ of good food. Among the anus
"a. ing stories he told was one that
k = concerned the Sentinel" In his
outfit many of the men were from
Chicago, New York and other
large cities where, they informed
him, daily not weekly papers
y were published. Consequently,
when the Sentinel" would arrive
they were amused at Bumps be-
ing anxious to read the local news
z and would herald it's arrival even
to the point of putting the Gath
ersburg news on the bulletin board.
- Good advertising for the "Sentin-
p'-eh!
While everybody in Gathers
burg is happy that Rodney Thomp-
S...w,son has reopened his store, the
lucky prize winners during the
grand reopening last weekend are
especially so. Mrs. Alice Schaef-
fer won the radio; Mrs. Roy Tai
Lot, the toaster; Mrs. Glenn Gil
liam, the mixer; Shippers Waters,
the iron; Miss Mary Rabbit, the
<sclock, and Mrs. Ora Hostetter, the
&S'bssket of groceries.
Mrs. c. f. Crawford entertained
at dinner party for guest from
Washington and Gaithersburg on
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Leslie Webster of Sierra
Madre, Calf, is visiting her sis
a ter Mrs. John Larcombe.
se1 Mrs. Leslie Etchison and daugh-
ter, Sally of Savannah, Ca, are
az guests of Mrs. Edith Engle. On
Thursday (today) Mrs. Engle.
= Mrs. Etchison, and Sally will leave
@Sor a weekend visit with Mrs.
Engle's sister, Miss Alva Williams
o in Relay.
ss,sss Miss Kathleen Larcombe, daugh-
ter of Mrs. John Larcombe and the
late Mr.. Larcombe whose marriage
ssto 1t. Joseph Kuchta will take
" S.place in November, has been hon
or guest at several parties recent
,Qr ly. Last Wednesday Miss Nancy
p Lee Fox was hostess at shower
'SS at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority
house of the University of Mary
land where Miss Larcombe's sor-
=, ssority sisters "showered" her with
- S-gifts. On Monday of this week,
Mrs, William 0ffutt entertained
~ ! for her at another shower and his
time it was the girls from the class
Of 1948 of Gaithersburg High
9V School, who were on hand for The
- surprise, Last Saturday Mrs.
80 Frank Emmett and Mrs. Maurice
w 2 May Of Chevy Chase entertained
~ s at luncheon for Miss Larcombe at
the Columbia Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gwinn Kirkmau
and son Hunter motored to Hamr.
den Sydney College to attend the
Homecoming Day football game
After the game the Kirkmans went
to Victoria, Va, where they visited