Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-24

What with the measles reaching
near epidemic proportions in some
quarters, good many local folks
have been confined this week, and
will be for few more. Still,
others, we hear, have been "con-
fined" to their TV sets, viewing
the hearings of the Senate Dis
trict Crime Investigating Com
mittee.
News comes from Garrison, N.
Y thai the measles have reached
there. The Eric Purdons, who
were que to sail for London for
their rev post on the 25th, will
not be able to sail zen masse" as
planned. Young Sandy has re-
Gently come down with the now
famous measles and so Mrs. Pur-
don and the other two children
will have to remain in the states
until he is fully recovered (and
probably the other two.) So far as
we know, Cmdr. Purdon will sail
as scheduled and Mrs. Purdon will
lemain in Garrison with her mo-
Their, Mrs. William Benjamin, I'M
til such time as the family is well
enough to sail.
The week end found number Of
visitors in Rockville as guests of
their friends and families. At the
Oliver H. Perry's home on South
Adams Street, Mr.. Gerard Cox Of
Mt. Vernon, N. Y. was a guest.
Mr.. Cox, who is Mrs. Perry's bro
ther, is frequent visitor to Rock
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Bowman of
Williamsport have been recent
guests of Mr.. Bowman's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis o. Bowman, Sr. of Croydon
Avenue.
Wexford Mason was down fron
Philadelphia, Pa. for a visit with
lis mother, Mrs. Theodore Mason,
Sr. at their home on North Van
Buren, Street.
Mrs. Clarence Clay of Ashland,
Ky. and Mrs. Clifton Veirs, Jr. err
joyed a brief visit together. Mrs.
Clay enroute to her home in Ken
lucky was an overnight guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Veirs.
AT the Crmond S. Munger s
home on West Montgomery Ave
nue., Mrs. Marjorie Lawrence of
Canton, Ohio, is a house guest.
Mrs. Lawrence, who is Mrs. Nun
gers sister, plans to make her
home in this vicinity. Mrs. John S.
Lacey is also with the Mungers and
plans to make her home with her
sQn-in-law and daughter.
Regular meetings of the local
bridge clubs have resumed after
the rush of the holiday activities.
Mrs. Wendell R. Turner was host
ess to the Monday Night Bridge
Club at her home on Forest Ave
nue. this week.
Mrs. Fred w. OSWALD of Shady
= Grove Road was recently called
10 her home near Little Rock, Ark.
due to the death of her father.
While everyone is delighted To
hear the news about Charles Alb
ert's wonderful new job with tie
Bell Telephone Laboratories IA
New York, his many friends viii
MISS him, and June, on the local
scene. They expect to be leaving
Rockville around the first of July
and VIII probably make their home
in New Jersey.
sFridey night January 20, the
Guild Of ST. Mary's Church will
give a benefit party for the school
building fund in the Parish Hall
beginning at 8 pm. Mrs. Abel
Norris and Mrs. J. ]. Tarallo are
co-chairmen forthe affair and
several unusual prizes will be Civ
en-, including door prize.
Good reports come from the Ma
val Hospital in Bethesda that Mrs.
Helene Ashton, who is q patient
there, is getting along nicely
Mrs. Ashton is one of the second
grade teachers in Rockville Ele-
mentaty School Her pupils and
many friends wish her a speedy
recovery and hope that she will
soon be "back on the job" again.
Mrs. J. Somervell Dawson and
her daughter, Jane, are at home
again after spending several week.
visiting Mrs. Dawsons parents i
Mullins. S. c.
Among the Rockvillians seer
oancing Saturday night. at Ken
wood Club were Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
N ney Welsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Newman
Butts, Mr.. and Mrs. William DIS
pard, Mr., and Mrs. ormond S
Munger, Mr.. and Mrs. jim CHS
well, and Mr.. and Mrs. ALVIN
Veirs. The dance is one Of severa
being held in the County for tn,
benefit of the Montgomery Count!
Chapter Of the National Founda
ton for lnfantile Paralysis.
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