Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-09


The big week in Damascus ended
Saturday evening and tired volun-
teer firemen and ladies of the auxi-
liary stopped frying hamburgers,
cooking hot dogs, etc. and went
home to get some sleep. 1t had
been a big week. Over 5000 turn
ed out to watch the parade We'd
tnesday. Prizes were awarded as
follows: Mt. Airy Vol. Deartment,
best appearing fire company and
marching unit; Kensington, best
/. appearing Montgomery County
pumper; Falls Church, best APP
pearing out of county pumper;
Powhatan Beach, fire company
coming longest distance; Sykes
vile, oldest piece of equipment;
Hyattstown, best appearing ambu-
lance; New Windsor, best appear
ing Ladies' Auxiliary; Lewisdale,
All best appearing float; Damas
Gus Insurance Agency, best comic
entry; Browningsville Band, best
band. The talent show and the
fireworks also drew large crowds.
Saturday was a big night. The
lucky winner of the car was ~
year old Pat Duvall, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon Duvall, the plas-
tic platform rocker was won by
Ronald Cue, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Cue, and the permanent
donated by the Damascus Beauty
Shop got chuckle when the lucky
winner was a man, Mr.. Walter
Souder. All the winners were local
area residents. Sunday afternoon
came the business of checking
receipts and the grand total of
groEs receipts turned out to be
$4,000. Congratulations.
Eleven young people are attend
ing the Junior High Camp at
Westminster this week. They are
Resale Mullinix, Joy Green, Ellen
Saylor, Kay Gladhill, Barbara
Mcdaniel, Linda Houts, Frank
Rice, Robert Mcdaniel, Jerry Her.
bert Hyatt, Odell Osteen, Jr., and
. Clifford Burdette.
The ladies Auxiliary to the
Damascus Volunteer Fire Depart,
menE met Monday at the Fire
House. Mrs. Clifford Davis and
Mrs. Edward Williams, delegates
to the fire department convention
at Ocean City gave interesting
reports of their activities. 1t was
also reported that the Marching
Unit had placed third in the West
minister parade and had won SIS
and that they had placed in the
the Burtonsville parade and been
awarded trophy.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Pope enter
tanned at a buffet supper Wednes-
day evening before the Firemen's
parade. Guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Pope, Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Fleming and family, Mrs. William
Bogley and family, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Moore. Little Bar
bara karole Fleming is staying on
for a vacation with her aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. David Pope.
Mrs. Annie Speck of Green
Meadows and Mr.. John Allnutt Of
Washington were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Luther Moore.
A Mr.. and Mrs. George Slider and
family were weekend guests of
Mrs. Sidler's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Manuel of Claysville,
Penna. Mrs. Sidler's two sisters
Judy and Linda Manuel accom-
panied the Sdlers to Damascus
for a weeks visit.
Elec. Bird class and Mrs. Emory
Lewis were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Snapp. Mr.. Lewis
returned Monday to his base in
Charleston, S. c. while Mrs. Lewis
stayed on for a visit with the
Snaps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schaifer,
DR., have moved from Damascus
ana taken an apartment in Fred
erick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Watkins
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred FRIES
spent the weekend at Solomons
Island, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Green and
Ray spent the weekend with Mr..