Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-09-11

Undoubtedly IHe mOSL ulSCuSScu
topic this week was school and
the most popular spot in town Mon
day afternoon was Murphy's where
practically every mother in town
was in tow, buying school supplies.
The opening of school marks an
ether year and another milestone
in the lives of our youngsters, and
real challenge to that splendid
corps of men and women-the
teachers Observation-Disclosures work
is more important than any other
we know.
= At the Rockville Elementary
School, more than 900 boys and
= girls, and nearly 100 little kinder
gardeners, entered school on Mon
day. Shortly after ten o'clock the
halls were cleared and classes had
begun-due to the efficient organ
ization of the Principal, Albert Glib
son, and his secretary, Mrs. Wini-
fred Reid. The first day of school
Is an experience beyond descrip-
tion-hundreds of little bright. and
eager faces, all shining and scrub
led, many renewing acquaintance,
and for some few tears. By the
middle of the week, the enrolment
st Rockville reached 626 in the first
tc the sixth grade, with 100 en-
rolled in kindergarten. Chats a
lot of children to place in sch oil
that was built to house 350). The
''town" childrenAthose who walk
home from school, or whose parents
fetch them-will be dismissed at
3 pm. this year rather than the
former dismissal hour of $40 pm.
The bus schedules will remain much
the same as previous years.
i Everybody lis talking, too, about
the Dick Cplps beautiful party
Sunday afternoon. They enter
tanned large group of friends
from four to six at their lovely,
rambling home on Falls Road. AL
though originally planned for out
cf-doors, the weather-as 1t usually
does-prevented. However, the
Culps' guests gathered throughout
the spacious house and enjoyed one
of the incest, gayest parties given
ia Rockville for a long time.
The w. M. Waddells are at home
after a 3,000-mile motor trip which
took them to Minnesota and North
and South Dakota. They visited in
Anoka, MINI. with Mrs. WaddelPs
sister, Miss Jennie Blankenhorn,
and in Pine Island, MINI. with an
other sister Mrs. James Gordon,
and her husband. After a visit
through North and South Dakota,
the Waddells headed home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Beall, Sr.
are at home, too, after a motor trip
covering some 10000 miles. They
visited in Vancouver, B. c. with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bamford
(she is a cousin of Dorothy Daw-
son). From there they went on
TO Yellowstone, Glacier Park, Yose-
mite, Sequoia, and several others.
They visited in San Francisco and
went down to Boulder Dam, Los
Vegas, and stopped off in st. Louis
for visit with friends. They
spent one entire week in Yellow
stone National Park, where they
enjoyed life in the open-they
tented there. In Pittsburgh, Pa.
they stopped off for visit with
Mrs. Beall's nephew, and his wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Powers. (Mr.
and Mrs. Powers and their young
son, Tom, have been visiting the
Realls and returned to their home
on Sunday.) One of the highlights
OF their trip was visit in Mime
apolis, Mimi. with Miss Christine
Nelson, a former principal of the
Rockville Elementary School. They
spent three days with Miss Nelson
and had a wonderful visit with her.
The Bealls were away for two
months.
Harry S. Beall, Jr., who has
been away for two months on a
trip which took him to Northern
Africa, locked in New York on
September 3 and, after a reunion
at home with his parents, has re-
turned to his work in New York,
with the Columbia Artists Bureau,
Harfy's trip took him to number
Of places In Northern Africa. He
also visited Gibraltor, Portugal,
Spain, the French Riviera and
Italy. While attending the music
festival in Salzburg, Austria, whom
should he meet, but Charlie Fox,
OF Salem, Ohio, friend of his
PARENTS. and whom they visited en-
route West on their trip.
Another one Of those incidents
that conyinces US more and more,
ut is a small world" From there
Harry went on to Genoa where he
embarked for the return trip home.
Each year, large number of
Countians journey to Florida for
a winter vacation and always there
is one member of the group who
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