Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-09-18
ssSandy Spring Neighborhood
MRS ALLAN BROOKE Fulton s.4ls7
MRS ALLAN BROOKE


The 23rd Annual Montgomery
County Horse Show was the big
event of Last weekend. In was
: held on the Martins Dairy Farm
: near Oakdaie "a new location
Athis year. Dick Jenney, as usual,
did the running commentary, al
-terpately praising the perform
ances and Gliding the slowness of
some in getting in the ring. Dicks
/ singing entertained during the
lulls.
The unusual features of the
show - the draft classes - are
rapidly diminishing, and each year
we are reminded that we may not
see many more six-horse teams
! With driving contests such as those
won Saturday by Ralph Leishear.
Another interesting class was
that of Fine Harness in which
there was only one entry. During
/ the lunch recess fine harness" of
I another day paraded the grounds.
This was DIR. Thomas Ladson, jr.'s
"a s9l2 Ford'in which Jimmy Ladson
psand Dick Janney were passengers.
I 4 Col. and MRS. William Kricker
were .honored on "a Sunday evening
recently when thirty of their
friends gave them a housewarming
at their home, Roslyn. The Krick-
ers were presented with six yews
and the guests even planted
Them. This activity was followed
by tarhamburger lookout on the
open fireplace.
S. Brook Moore and Lotion s..
Wesley were the speakers at a
meeting at the Friends Meeting
House in Sandy Spring on Sunday
evening. Mr. Wesley and Mr..
Moore reported on the Friends
World Conferences held in Oxford,
England, in-early August MIR
Moore also showed some of the
color pictures taken during his trip.
Mr. and Mrs. William John
Thomas Bird entertained at large
p;cnicx on Saturday afternoon, the
guests being Mr.. Thomas associ-
ates at the Applied Physics Labora-
tory of Johns Hopkins University
in Silver Spring with their families.
There were about 60 in all, and
each family took picnic supper,
some using the open fireplace.
The afternoon was rounded out
with games of all kinds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coles and
their daughter, Marjorie, of
Moorestown, N. j. spent the week,
end at Norwood with Mrs. Coles
mother, Mrs. Milton Bancroft.
They were en- route to Mary Wash
ington College which Miss Coles
is entering this fall. II
Ensign Thomas NJ. Bancroft, jr.,
Mrs. Bancroft's grandson, will
spend the next few weeks at Nor
wood while he is stationed in
Washington, Ensign Bancroft is a
recent graduate of the Naval En-
sign School at Newport, R. l,
Rear Admiral John Hopkins was
a weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
2. Dorsey Downey. Admiral Hos
kins is Commander, Pacific Divi-
sion, MATS, with headquarters in
Honolulu. 1t was good to hear
news of John, Jr., and Renfro. The
former is is the Navy and at pre-
sent is on a destroyer near Eng
land. Kenny is working for Pan
American in Honolulu. The Hos
lins lived a Brookeville while
Admiral HoSliins was at sea and
have many friends here. On the
return trip Admiral Hoskins will
spend two days in Kentucky, over
night in Dallas and will be back
in Honolulu Friday morning.
Lawrence Stabler of Wallingford
spent the weekend at Edgewood
with his mother, Mrs. Albert Stab
Ter, who has been spending the
summer at Alloway, will return to
Maryland University this fall,
Jimmy Stabler will be a freshman
at Earlham College in Richmond,
Ind.
Among those who have gone
away for their first college year
are Miss Elizabeth Dallam ana
Miss Rhoda Wesley, the former to
st. Mary's, and Rhoda to De Paw.
Stuart Wesley returned to De Paw
Tor his senior year.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Rust Candy
spent last weekend M Rehoheth