Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-22
Hundreds Are I'm the S,Uim as
TiUinbrOOk Pool Opens Gates =
By Elaine Wojtanowski
GA, 1888

OI oepleIIlDel, 1900, the WlIlDIOOk
Swimming Pool opened. AL
though the day dawned cool and
grey few hardy souls were on
hand even before 10 o'clock, and
they reported to the assembled
spectators that it was warmer in
the water that it was out.
The Board of Directors of the
TwinbrOOk Swimming Pool Cor
pOratiOn has voted to establish
a waiting list of no more than
rs prospective members from
the areas originally invited to
Join, that is, TwinbrOOk,
BrOadwOOd, ROckland, Rock
land, -ROckcrest, Silver Rock
and Arrow Rock.
The light attendance on Satur-
day was great help in setting
up the admissions system so that
when the crowd "a thousand
strong) arrived Sunday, there was
almost no delay at the gate.
The little guys and dolls en-
joyed the wading pool, and very
few of them were tempted to
come up to the big pool once they
saw what was provided for them.
Joy ruled the day, and Twinbrook-
erS are entitled to another pat on
the back. Each one may pat his
own, but it's more fun to pair off
and pat each other.)
Twinbrook is about to suffer
a grievous loss. Donald and Ro-
berta Mellon are leaving for For
mosa, where he will join General
Chenault's Airline, as an account
ant. Seven-year-old Tim and baby
Nancy are not especially enthus-
iaStic.
When the glamor and excite
ment of the East are weighed in
the balance with Is or 20 innocu-
lationS, a young man is apt to
conclude that there's no place like
home.
Roberta reports that they eX-
pect to live in a hotel for at
least six weeks while their things
are being shipped by boat. They
were allowed a total shipping al
lowance for the whole family of
500 pounds. They sent the re-
frigerator! Now that must have
left them room for at least 4 pairs
of shoes and a box of Kleenex.
Mrs. John Maley, Mrs. Ben An
derSon, and Mrs. Dawson Wooten
were co-hostesses at a gala neigh
borhood party bidding the Mel
Ions, farewell and swift return.
The MELONS are renting their
house here and cottage on the
bay, so we can count on their
eventual return.
The Melons trip also provides
a little private disenchantment.
Somehow we just never thought
the Flying Tigers had account
ants. Well never feel the same
about Terry and the Dragon
Lady, knowing they have to fill
out a VIZ form when they fin
ish carousing in the opium den.
Our second graders are happily
installed in the Glenview Man
sion, which is a sight to be seen.
However, DR.. Larrimore would be
pleased if parents who have not
yet seen it, wait until the teach
ers have their open house. AS
the school is currently arranged
there are one small and two large
classes downstairs with one bath
room for boys and one for girls.
Upstairs there are two small
classrooms and one average size
classroom, with a bathroom for
each class. Two of the upstairs
rooms have access to screened
and glassed in balcony which
runs along one side of the man
sion.
The transportation difficulties
of the first few days are grad
ually Strengthening themselves
out. There are now three BUSES
assigned to carry the IT'S students
at Glenview. The busses have a
capacity of 60 each. Teachers
have solved the problem of chill
dren's not knowing where to get
Off by making tags with the chill
dren's name, address and bus stop
and marking it with color en-
abling the driver to make quick
check of his passengers. Now if
we could just get the kids TO keep
the tags where they'd show.
In spite of lone, the Tea had
its first meeting of the year Mon
day night. Mary McQueeney
Vice President, called the meet.
ing TO order. (Mr. Dudley has
finally decided TO follow the doc.
tors ordersD
Plans were made to change the
formal of Twinbrook Life to make
its operation more profitable
This of course is contingent upon