Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-18
DateIiMe Damascus
Mrs. Ulysses Griffith Damascus 1882
Damascus 1882

william MulllnlX. Mrs. Everett
Jones gave a most interesting talk
on missionary work and opportun-
tiles in Africa.
Graduation exercises for the
sixth grade of Damascus Elemen-
tary School were held June Is
at 10 am. at the high school. Par
ents and friends attended. Good
citizenship awards from the OAR.
and the American Legion We're
presented.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. Odell
Osteen and family are leaving this
week for vacation visit in Fort
Worth, Texas with Mr.. Osteen's
parents. They expect to return
early in July.
During Mr.. Osteen's absence
there will be the following guest
pastors at the Damascus Church.
Sunday, June IA, the preacher will
be DR.. John C. Wengatz.
DR.. Wengatz who now resides
in Florida is a retired missionary
who formerly worked in the mis-
sion field in Liberia, Angola and
the Belgian Congo.
On Sunday, June 81, the speaker
will be the Rev. Paul Bohi, execu-
tive secretary of the Board of Ed
ucation of the Baltimore Confer
ence of the Methodist Church.
Sunday, June 20, will be the
annual children's day program
with Mrs. Herbert Hyatt, Supt.
of the Children's Division in
charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stipe have
as their guest this week Mr.. Stipe's
mother, Mrs. Blanche Stipe, of
Bunker Hill, w. Va.
Jerby Hyatt and odell Osteen,
Jr. spent Saturday at Westminster
where they attended the Methodist
Youth Conference at Western
Maryland College.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mullinix
and Kenneth were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Mullinix of Long Corner.
Mrs. James P. Kerr returned
Friday from a five day visit in
New York City where she was Il
delegate from the Montgomery
County Women's Auxiliary of the
Medical Association to the Medi-
cal Association Convention.
Sunday, June was a big day
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Burdette of Damascus. Their ten
children, 26 grandchildren and a
great many relatives and friends
helped to make it a big celebra-
ton. The occasion for the big
family reunion was the return to
this country from San Diego,
Chile, of son Roger, his wife and
Natalie and Carol.
Roger has been in Chile for the
past two years where he is an
of the United Nations
under the point four program
working in the field of agricultural
He will return short
ly for another two year period.
The other children and their fam
lies who enjoyed the hearty Buff
fet dinner were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Burdette and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Beall and children, Mr..
and Mrs. William Browning and
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Burdette, Jr, and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Reed and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Kelley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bur-
dette and children and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Burdette and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eldon Dayhoff and children.
In addition to the immediate
family the following friends and
relatives were also dinner guests,
Mrs. Mary Virginia Deets, JENNIE
Ray Deets, Mrs. Ollie Smith, Mrs.
Mary Browning, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Smith, ST., Mrs. Effie Pope,
Mrs. Ina Burdette, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Pope and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Pope and baby, Mr..
and Mrs. Lansdale Burdette, Mr..
and Mrs. Thurston King, Mrs.
Laura Wordsworth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Wordsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man Kline, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Davis and daughter and Mrs.
Claudia Browning.
After dinner the Roger Burdettes
pictures they had taken
in Chile and in other South Ameri-
can areas.
Here are some school dates:
Sunday, the Senior Sermon will be
given by the Rev. Thomas Sunder-
land; Tuesday, June 16, Senior
High graduation with DR.. Edwin
Sponseller, associate professor of
at Hood College as the
speaker. Mr.. Emerson Slacum,
will present the special
awards and our up-county repre-
tentative on the school board, Mr..
Harrlsion King, will present the
diplomas to the graduates. We'd
lesday, June II, Junior High
graduation and Friday, June 10