Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19

n Wei gay anu NOlOA LII
party was held Saturday evening
at the Damascus High School I'M
der the sponsorship of the Student
Council. Gayly decorated cookies,
cupcakes and candy hearts as well
as fruit punch all made by the stu
dents added just the right touch.
Milton Pearce as King of Hearts
and Betty Sibley as Queen of
Hearts attended by Mary 10 Boyer,
Shirley Monkey, Mary Jane Day,
Allan Monkey, and Billy Watkins
ruled over the affair. Leroy John
son was master of ceremonies and
Mrs. Margaret Thomas was faculty
sponsor. A large number of par
ents as we'll as children attended
the party.
Mrs. George Stevens of Liberty
town, Md. was a weekend guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mullinix.
Mrs. Ernest Lipford and Mrs.
Noah Ifert entertained the mem
bers of their Sunday School classes
at a Valentine party Saturday af-
ternoon.
The children of Miss Eleanor
Darby's second grade entertained
their parents at tea Tuesday af-
ternoon at 1:30 as the eliminating
project of their work this year on
foods. The children made and
served gingerbread and fruit punch
to their parents and explained what
they had learned about correct eat
ing habits during their study.
Reserve the date of the after
noon of March 1. At that time the
Lions and Lionesses of the Damas-
Gus club will hold a luncheon and
fashion show in the high school
auditorium. Proceeds will go to
the charitable fund of the Lions
which is used for many worthy pro-
iects in the community during the
year.
Damascus played the Capitol
Page boys in basketball last Fri
day winning easily by a score of
60-40. Next Friday the Varsity
and Junior Varsity will play Sher-
wood at Damascus with the first
game at 7:15. This will mark the
close of the official basketball sea-
son for the high school. However
the Damascus team which is the
county winner in Class C basketball
will play in the state district champ
ionship playoffs at Western Mary.
land College FRIDAY, March 6. If
victorious they will play on the
same floor the next night.
The official board of the Damas-
Gus Methodist Church met at the
home of Mrs. Leslie Woodfield,
Thursday, Feb. 10.
There will be a special assembly
at'the high school Monday, Feb. 23.
The subject will be archery and
will be an introduction to the sporp
which will be introduced in the.
nhvsical education program at
Damascus for the first time this
spring. The 9Th and 9th graders
are also invited to attend.
On Tuesday. Feb. 2. the Mon
ocacy, Damascus, and Gaithersburg
7 ions Clubs will hold their annual
dinner meeting at Gaithersburg.
Word has been received here of
tn announcement of the engage
n1ent of Miss Marta Howard
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Hamilton Howard of Westfeld.
n. J. to Dr. James O'Rouke of
Trenton. Miss Howard is a niece
of Mrs. Bradley Woodfield of Dam
ascus and Mrs. j. o. Harvey of
Olney.
Memorial Services were held
Thursday, Feb. IL in st. Johns
Church, Olney for Mrs. Julia V.
Thornton who died Feb. 9. Service
was conducted bv the Rev. James
Valiant. Mrs. Thornton was an
Aunt of Mrs. Bradley Woodfeld of
Damascus and Mrs. j, o. Harvey
of Olney.
DR.. and Mrs. James P. Kerr at
tended the annual benefit of Bon
Secours Hospital, Baltimore at the
Al"azar on Thursday evening.
The upper county high school
principals and councillors met at