Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
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Club on Saturday evening at Sun
nyside.
The Silver cup which is the Star
award for the best garden in the
professional section of the Ma
tional Capital Flower and Garden
Show, held in Washington, was
won by neighborhood resident,
John H. Burton.
Congratulations also to another
neighborhood resident, Frank Pal
mer of Olney, who has been elected
director of the Citizens Bank of
Riverdale at Riverdale, Md.
A regular meeting of the Oak
dale Emory WSCS was held
Thursday, March 6 in the Bethesda
home of Mrs. D. H. Fooks. Mrs.
Robert P. Soper of Olney and Mrs.
Fooks entertained % members of
the group at a buffet luncheon
preceding the meeting. The St.
Patrick's motif was carried out in
the decorations and luncheon menu.
Mrs. Thomas B. Hammaros pre-
sented the program on '"The Dea-
coness of Today"
The surgical dressings unit of
this group met Wednesday with
Mrs. J. Aubrey Powell at her
home, Brookdale Farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powell had as din
ner guests on Saturday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sydney Butterfield of New
ark, New Jersey.
Plans for st. Johns Episcopal
Church annual May Festival, to
be held in Olney May 80, are al
ready under way. Mrs. Charles
Gland, who is general chairman
of the event, held meeting Mon
day evening of the chairmen and
workers of the various committees.
Twelve members of the Friend
ship Garden Club attended the Ma
tional Capital Flower and Garden
Show on Friday. Their next
meeting will be with Mrs. Will
liam Martin.
Walter Argenbright and his
son, Walter, Jr., have returned
from a trip to Jacksonville, Fla,
where they visited Mr.. Argen-
bright's son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Doss and
their son Wayne. Mr.. Doss is at
the Naval Air Station.
Mrs. George Rust Candy flew
to Niagara Falls Saturday for y
weekend visit with her son, Mr.
Thomas D. Candy and Mrs. Can.
by.
Miss Margaret Brooke has
returned from Hobart, Indiana
; where she was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Henderson. Mrs
, Charles Tumbleson, who is also
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson
will remain in Hobart for a long
er stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Farquhal
: entertained at small dinner par
, ty on Friday evening, the occa
sion being Mr.. Farquhar's birth.
day. Their guests were Mr.. anC
Mrs. Jack Bentley and Mr.. anC
Mrs. Robert Chichester.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Garland Igor
were hosts to the Monday Evening
Bridge Club recently. Substitutes
were Mr.. and Mrs. A. I. Smith
Mrs. William Dinwiddie and Mrs
Frank Sharpless.
Anne Elgar Gilmore, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert C. Gil.
more, jr., of Bethesda, will be
guest of honor at a party at the
Briers on Friday, March IA, a.
1890 am. The attractive invi.
tations which were sent out BY
Mrs. William H. Gilpin, invited
the young guests to 'p!ease bring
an escort" (parent or grandpar-
ent.) Anne will be three years
old on March II. Those invited
were Mary Lynne Sharpless, Su.
san Meyer, Sandra Wilson, Tim.
my Ladson and Charles Hobbs
III of Glenwood.
The Montgomery County Ii.
brary has placed at Sherwood high
school shelf of about $50 books
which will be on loan for few
weeks, after which they will be
exchanged for a new collection.
The current selections include ar
excellent distribution of new anc
old fiction and non-fiction for high
school readers. Mrs. Pike, librar.
ian at Sherwood. reports that the
books are greatly appreciated by
the students who descended or
! the shelves like a swarm of 10.
Gusts"