Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
Hits for Mrs.
BY Dorothy b. Waleski
Garden 4-SSS9


you there are around - million people over 65
in the United States and that Montgomery County
them? Each year this number increases the miracles
medicine help more and more of live longer and longer
What to when we reach this magic
of retirement? There still miracle drug
the feeling of uselessness being going
live life expectancy years that's
long time spend just "asetn about
the increasing number of that will clipper even 80
years young?
Three years County people felt that this was
problem that here stay organized Aging
This committee has been supported by the health
ces and the Federation of Womens Clubs It's cochamen
Clark 1fbbett and Mrs. Charles Upton
As result there five active for senior
citizens sponsorship one already organized
is expected to join this fall.
The first of these THE Golden Hour organized by the
Bethesda Womens Club present members
and under the leadership Quasebach
every
The largest membership is in Rockviles young Heart
Club which organized February direction of
Mrs Lucy Barnsley chairman CHRONOLOGY
in both the national and County Womens Clubs
city the Episcopal Catholic Method
list Baptist Presbyterian and Christian helped develop
ment so that the 10 members at the first meeting
the present &C.
the Methodist Church folds bandages Bethesda Hospital
and since last November knitted Korea
Its Oldest member Mrs Lee Offutt is 80
KensngtonGarret Neghbors number S. with
the Oldest go Last winter under the direction of
Davis neghbors took millinery lessons
their own hats At the annual June picnic of the clubs the
bers modelled their creations.
They also collect secondhand clothes cleaning
mendng them turn them the Welfare's Christmas
Bureau which is the order department
County people in
This with Silver Springs Super Sixties
which begun last Christmas already
Mrs George Stevens leader Knitting sechn handcrafts
are included in this clubs projects
Up in Laytonsvie, Mitchell the leader of the
20 members of the ~ organized years ago club
project handmade quilt being sold for the
benefit of the club Suffng Chdens
interest of the "U c Me-.
The Committee Aging looking adding group
in Takoma Park with 25 George Cook that
has been working with the Red
As in other fields, Montgomery County way
Of the rest of the state in organizing its yOung heart
three old traditional picnic
Gaithersburg Ag Center mis- year.
Held on the last Monday June this getogeher
lures s the corsages lady the
coming the farhest distance guests
from the Asbury Home for the box supper coffee
The Committee Aging hopes larger percentage
of the counys older residents this year SENTINEL
will begin monthly of the a to
this end This isn't all alruism eher-Tm aiming
get of those living four
miles from Gaithersburg either.
Most of the above information Lucy Bansley
Miss Lucy Aunt Lucy she generations
of her students in Rockville had hoped
Miss Lucy but after following her round the
last Saturday morning decided that column place
length book!
Having taught county years. 30 of them at
Rockville Elementary she too well known
pie would be presumptuOus try
their Miss Lucy.
Also the in 1885, her life history was
written by those who after one in
terview Besides how would Lucy to write
There's the who glance grown into sumt
ling suffering 10ear Odds while young stand
openmouthed
The other Miss Lucy played on her ontem
poaIies dressed and did limitations
of parents and teachers their of
search but that's the book would
title for it. Miss Lucy How You Behaving"
Now I've Seen Everything the
phones sight of the
in the Districts FoXa Road section neghbohood three
chauers every garage) was chds lemonade stand with
matching aluminium chair 1t obviously superdelx
package ready assemble pitcher glasses hand
painted sign ice Kod Lemnaid cash register
hide everovn blue eyed world
coming you!
Bowed Head RivisiOn Dr. teaching at STAN
ford this reported last attending workshop
there The only thing dieting ghened my