Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-08-04
Life Saving
Badges Are
Won by Six
BY MRS. GEORGE DARBY
GAITHERSBURG $50

Awards were given last week
for achievement in the Girl Scout
swimming program which ran
from July 5 to July %. Fifty-six
girls completed the program.
Six junior life saving badges
were given the girls who did their
life saving course last year and
assisted the instructor, Mrs.
Lowell Olsen, and guarded the
pool this year. Those who re-
ceived these badges were Ann
Allen, Sue Boland, Laurie Davies,
Sue Farmer, Sandra Lee King
and Rosalie Sandison. Five girls
received the swimmer award
Carolyn Cissell, Sue Gloyd, Mar
ian Hagen, Marian Hell and
Christie Olsen.
TWenty-three informed e
awards were earned by: Barbara
Bennett; Patsy Bohrer; Margaret
Bourdeaux; Carolyn Cissell; Bar
bara Costello; Donna Crown; Ell
len Deppa; Patty Finnegan; Sher-
ril Fraley; Lou Gloyd; Sue Bo-
land; Emily Gallaher; Carol Gil
liam; Ann Gruver; Jane Hagan;
Marian Hagen; Marian He'll;
Martha Kephart; Arlen Olsen;
Carolyn Mills; Christie Olsen;
! Sue Gloyd; and Patsy Stanifer.
Passing the beginners test
were Barbara Bennett; Patsy
Bohrer; Wanda Briggs; Margaret
Bordeaux; Eileen Bradley; Nam
cy Bradley; Nancy Burton; Susan
Burton; Karen Christie; Nancy
Cornelius; Barbara Costello; Ell
len Deppa; Beverly Federline;
Patty Finnegan; Sheriff. Fraley;
Patty Gloyd; Ann Gruver; Tina
Gruver; Barbara Hagen; Jane
Hagan; JEANNE He'll; Barbara
Hershey; Mary Ann Hershey;
Sandra Lloyd; Patty Marchu;
Shannon Mcconnell; Judy Mag
ruder; Carolyn Meyer; Arlene Oh
sen; Gale Seaton; Maureen
Thompson; Sandra Wightman;
and Elizabeth Wyman.
Mrs. Olsen, leader of Troop It's,
is a trained Red Cross water
front program instructor. She
was ably assisted by the six jun
ior life savers whom she trained
last year. This is the fifth year
the community has had a Girl
Scout swimming program.
Special thanks to DR.. and Mrs.
!, Grant Hagen who graclously let
' the group use their pool and to
the taxi cab company that gave
a special rate to the Scouts for
transportation to and from the
pool.
This will be good news to the
residents of Gaithersburg and
surrounding communicative
new Ben Franklin Ten Cent Store
viii officially open on August II
with August II and 13 as grand
opening days.
And do be on hand for the
grand opening-free orchids for
the ladies'; balloons, rulers and all
kinds of gifts for the children,
and what's more door prizes-a
bicycle; electric mixer, steam
iron, and ladies' hose. Just sign
YOUR name on dotted line and
you will be eligible to win prize.
Merle Barbour, owner and
manager, said that 1000 differ
ent articles will be in stock and
compare that with the usual 5000
articles found in most small town
five and ten cent stores and you
will realize that the Ben Franklin
q is to be stocked out of this world.
Head sales person will be Mrs.
Kenneth Reck.
Maybe there should be a word
about the store itself. OF course
it is located in the building that
formerly housed the Continental
Five and Ten Cent Store that
was operated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Schein for eighteen years
However, you will never recog-
niZe the place for if ever l saw a
complete face-lifting job, this is
it.
The floor space has been IN
creased, a new floor with pretty
asphalt tile covering; a large
storage space and office in the
rear of the building, new light
ing and very adequate, too; and
the walls are done in pale yellow
and green ben Franklin Store
colors).
A completely modernized store
is what you will find when you
visit the Ben Franklin on open
ing day.
Plans for big day i'm CATH
ersburg on Labor Day are now
in the making and before long
news about the celebration will
be released. In addition to the
usual attractions new ones
have been added this year.
From advance notice il sounds
like a bigger and better Labor
Day than ever. Plan TO be i'm