Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-22
BY Mrs. Ulysses Griffith Nv
Clearwater 3-2682

saturday evening LOT TIE lOIIlldl
installation of their new officers
for the $3.50 year.
Mrs. Henry Woodfield, retiring
president, called on the sergeant
at arms to present the newly
elected auxiliary Officers to the
installing officer, Mrs. Miriam
Frey, auxiliary treasurer for the
department of Maryland.
New officers installed were:
president, Mrs. Georgia LIE e
Shaw; first vice president, Mrs.
Ada Burns; second vice president
Mrs Barbara Van Petten; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Reva Mae
Pearce; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Peggy Bellison; treasurer
Mrs. Shirley Murray; color bear
ers, Mrs. Ann Meyer and Mrs.
Nikki Smith; sergeant-at-arms,
Mrs. Goldie Gladhill; and chap,
lain, Mrs. Mollie Gladhill.
Installing officer for the post
was Area A Commander Albert
Coleman. Among the honored
guests of the evening was the
newly elected Department of
Maryland Commander, David
Brigham, of Sandy Spring, who
installed the Post I'll Comman-
mfer, Paige Medairy.
Other officers are: first vice
commander, Roscoe Pearce; sec
ond vice commander, Phillip
SOuder; adjutant, Darlington
Riggs; finance officer, Kenneth
Boone; chaplain. Raymond S.
Wilson; historian, Albert Somers;
sergeant-at-arms, Walter Shipley.
Also taking part in the cere-
mony was the Southern Mary
land color guard.
Another special feature of the
evenings program w the
awarding of the medal and GER
tificate of the American Legion
for outstanding heroism to Hal
Crawford and Cleveland Hyatt
for their part in saving the life
of Gladys Hunt in the Potomac
near Edwards Ferry last June.
The elementary school prin-
cipal, Mr.. Hoover, gave the COM
plete registration figures for the
school as of Monday as follows:
kindergarten, IS; first grade, 103;
second grade, Sc; 3rd, SO; 4th, go;
5th, II; 9Th, 80. This makes a
total school population of GIG.
This is a record enrolment par
! ticularly in kindergarten and
= first grade. Plans are under way
for weighing and measuring the
children, giving vision and audio.
meter tests.
No health nurse has as yet
been assigned to the district but
it is expected one will be avail
able by October l. She will be
at the school every Thursday.
In the meantime, Mrs. Garrett,
the supervisor, is filling in for
the Thursday work.
At the high school Mr.. Cline
was very happy to report that
a new agriculture teacher has
been hired. He went to work at
the school Monday. His name is
George Donald Higgs and he has
just been released from the Air
Force. Mr.. Cline was most
happy about the way complete
registration was accomplished at
the high school on the very first
day of school. A week ago Mon
day 374 registered and as of this
past Monday only two more have
come in making a total of 376 in
the school and making the total
D elementary and high school popu.
lation in Damascus as of Mon
day, 992.
Mrs. Herbert S. Hyatt is chair
man Of Damascus district for the
Community Chest drive which
begins October 1. In order to
make plans for the local drive,
Mrs. Hyatt is entertaining the
local captains at luncheon on
Friday. Captains for the Damas-
Gus area are Mrs. o. E. Williams,
Mrs. Lindsey McElfresh, Mrs.
Bernard Gladhill, Mrs. Catherine
Hunt, Mrs. Pearl Beall, Mrs. Hal
Crawford and Mrs. Robert Cline.
Next Sunday will be rally day
at the Damascus Methodist
Church. Awards for Sunday
School attendance will be given
at the II am. service.
The ladies of the Damascus
Church are in for busy week.
On Wednesday a large group at
tended the Missionary Training
Institute at Petworth Methodist
Church in Washington. Today,
Thursday, they are attending
WSCS workshop at Bethesda
Methodist Church. Friday will
see two meetings 49, the Swartzell
Home Guild meeting at the home
in Washington and the WSCS fall
conference at the Dundalk Meth.
odist Church near Baltimore.
The Official Board of the
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