Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-12

Every week adds to our list of
neighborhood young men in Ser
vice. Bill Candy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Rust Candy, left Monday,
March 8, for Newport, R. l., where
he has entered the Officer Candidate
School of the U. S. Navy. Bill
spent few days in Buffalo, N. Y.
last week visiting his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
d. Candy and their young son, Tom,
jr.
Tommy Stabler, grandson of Mrs.
Albert Stabler, Sr., is now at In
diantowngap, Pa. for basic training.
He was indicted on February "a.
Bob Webb, grandson of Mrs. Ro-
bert Miller, ST., has finished leader
ship school at Indiantowngap and,
after ten-day visit with his par
ents in Montclair, N. J.
reported to Fort Lewis in Tacoma,
Wash. on Wednesday to await fur
Their assignment. Last week Mr..
and Mrs. Webb and Bob went to
Boston to spend a few days with
Conant, Jr. who is at Harvard Medi-
cal School.
Private and Mrs. Byron Forbush
are still in San Antonio, Tex. where
fvt. Forbush has just completed
with distinction a course in medical
rehabilitation techniques. He will
have another month of advanced
training, also at Brooke General
Hospital, before being reassigned.
Incidentally Brooke Hospital is
named for native son of Sandy
Spring, the late General Roger
Brooke who made distinguished
record in the United States Army
Medical Corps. The Forbushes
have been warmly welcomed to
San Antonio by Mrs. Francis Kirk
and her family, as well as by Mrs.
Mahlon Kirk, Sr. and Major and
Mrs. Dan Howe. The Forbushes
live very near Mrs. Francis Kirk,
and news from them tells of how
pleasant it has been to be warmly
welcomed by these former Sandy
Spring residents.
S/Sgt. Charles Hurley is now in
f. Puerto Rico on maneuvers with his
Marine unit. While he is away
Mrs. Hurley with her two young
sons, Peter and Earl, will be with
her mother, Mrs. w. Arthur Carr.
They expect to be here until the
middle of April.
DR.. and Mrs. Karl Wilson of
Rochester, N. Y. will arrive Friday
to spend the weekend with Mrs.
wilson's brother and sister-in-aw,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Bentley. The
Wilson's, who are on their way home
after visit of several weeks in
Alabama and Florida, will be en-
tertained Saturday evening by Mrs.
Wilson's sister, Mrs. William John
Thomas at Clifton. Mrs. Thomas
has invited the wives of some of
those who are going to the Enter
prise club that evening as we'll as
few others, for game of bridge.
The National Flower Show was
mecca for visitors last week. The
Friendship Garden Club made a
trip to the show in place of their
regular March meeting. Eleven
members of the club were in the
group as well as two guests, the
latter being Mrs. Frank Sharpless
and Miss Margaret Farquhar.
Another group, which went in
TO see the show Friday, included
Mrs. G.. Rust Candy, Mrs. T. Y.
Candy, Mrs. l.. A. Snead and Mrs.
w. j. Thomas. Still others were
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Kirk " and
Mrs. Eugene Scott. Mrs. J. J. Hut
ton, Mrs. j, Aubrey Powell, Miss
Jean Coulter and many others also
enjoyed this preview of SprinC.
A regular meeting of the Oak.
dale Emory w. S. c. S. was held
Thursday at the home of Mrs. NJ. F.
Mayne. There We're II members
present, and the program was
continuation Of the study of the
book, Toward Understanding the
Bible" Mrs. Edward Mayne and
Mrs. Merrill Mayne, Jr, daughters
in law of the hostess, were guests
at the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Snowden
left on Wednesday for Crescent
City, Fla. where they will spend
two weeks with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Morris. However, the Snowdens
confde that the real attraction is
their three grandchildren. Mary