Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-10-29

Farmers of America and the Flu
ture Homemakers of America with
big assist from the P-TA and
fhe Maryland State Fair Board the
fair everyone agreed was the big
gest and best ever. Following are
the names of the Grand Cham
pions in the various classes. I'm
doubtedly the judges most popular
choice was in awarding the grand
champion trio of Pekin ducks and
the champion single male Pekin to
1S-year-old Larry Burdefte who
still confined to a wheelchair is
making a valiant fight to come
back from the attack of polio which
crippled him in August, 1852.
Other winners were Female NAL
lard ducks, Louise Mann; Indivi-
dual female bantams, Everett Null
link, MI. Airy; individual male
bantams, Walter Stern, Gathers
burg; White Leghorn hens, Ken
meth Fry, Smithsburg; trio of New
Hampshire reds, Henry King, Da-
mascus; individual Barred Rock
pullets, Kenneth Fry; individual
White Leghorn cockerels, Kenneth
Fry; old trio of White Leghorns,
Kenneth Fry.
Grand champion vegetables:
White potatoes, Leonard Monkey,
Damascus; single ear of hybrid
corn, Bo Carlisle, Dickerson; 10
ears of hybrid corn, David Beall,
Clarksburg; Alfalfa hay, Jack
King, Damascus.
Top canned goods winners:
Fruits, Mrs. T. ]. Brandenburg,
Damascus; vegetables, Mrs. Joyce
Beall, Lewisdale; meats, Mrs.
Charlotte Clark, Damascus; pickl-
es, Miss Ellen Beall, Browninsville;
jelly, Mrs. Harry Green, Damas
Gus; preserves, Mrs. Monroe Beall,
Browningsville.
Baked goods grand champions:
cake, Mrs. Silas Beall. Lewisdale;
cookies, Mrs. Edward Beall, Cedar
Grove; breads, Mrs. Anna Linhi
cum, Hyattstown; pies, Mrs. Bur-
dette, Woodfield.
Needlework and sewing, Mrs.
Aubrey Burch, Damascus and Ruth
Ellen Burdette, Woodfield; oil
paintings, Paul Taylor, Mt. Airy
and metal work, Mrs. William
Nehouse, Monrovia.
The Damascus M.Y.F. went on
a hay ride and attended fhe sub
district Halloween party at Lis
bon Monday night, October 26.
On Sunday, October 25, special
evening missionary service spon-
sored by the Commission of Mis-
eions and the Missionary Study
Group was held at the Damascus
Methodist Church. The worship
service was led by the spiritual
life secretary of the W.S.C.S., Mrs.
William Waters assisted by Mrs.
George w. Boyer and Mrs. Joseph
Rice. Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Jones
showed film slides which they took
during two years of missionary
work in Africa. A period of fellow
ship with refreshments followed.
All our hunters, Raymond Kemp,
Jerry Brandenburg, Deets War
field, Herbert Hyatt, ST., Col. E.
Brooke Lee, Chester Leishear, John
King, and Upton Gladhill return
ed from South Dakota this past
week with plenty of good yarns to
tell and bag per man of the Is
pheasants they were allowed by
law to shoot. The pheasants now
resting in South Dakota will be
shipped East come cold weather so
remember this list and maybe
you'll be able to know where to go
for a pheasant dinner.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emerson Slacum were Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Hearn, Mr.. Edward
Hean and Miss Hilda Ford all of
Baltimore.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Da-
mascus Volunteer Fire Depart
menf met Thursday at the fire
house. A report was made of the
exact amount cleared on the tur.
key supper, $224S.3s. All of this
money is turned over to the men to
meet expenses of the department.