Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
By Elaine WOjtanOwski
GA 1888

With an old-fashioned straw
berry festival at the Lutheran
church, a traditional midway and
carnival at st. Mary's, our ultra
modern swimming pool and dane
| ing girls Saturday at the Coun-
ty Office Building), we are sure
the Atlantic City Chamber of
Commerce is beginning to worry
about Rockville competition.
Representing Twinbrook on the
Strawberry Festival committee
are Mrs. Peter Massaro, Mrs.
Donald McMullen, Mrs. William
Miller, Mrs. Raymond Oswald,
Mrs. Louis Darling and Mrs. Law
renee KoontZ. Mrs. Joe Nair, who
is chairman of the committee,
tells us that it will be a social af-
fair, an opportunity for neighbors
as well as church members to get
together on the lawn of the
church Cat Viers Mill and Broad
wood and enjoy a tantalizing
program: Strawberries, plain,
with sugar and cream, on va
nilla ice cream, in Shortcake, in
punch, in frosting on cupcakes
or in homemade strawberry ice
cream. Coffee will also be served
to make this dessert menu com
plete.
The cultural program for this
weekend will be presented at 3
pm. Saturday, in the County Of
flee Building auditorium by the
Cooperative dance group in this
area. There will be an informal
demonstration by the young dane
ers of the various forms they
have studied ballet, tap and
modern dance. Parents and
friends are invited and there is
no admission charge.
The swimming pool is being op-
Grated for the season by Aquatic
Enterprise, Unlimited, which in
turn has appointed Fred Procopio
of Atlantic Avenue as manager.
Fred is teacher and coach at
Wheaton High School during the
school year.
The weld on one of the under.
water lights gave way on the east
side of the pool sometime last
week and Bob Rapp was playing
boy-at-the-dike all day Sunday
(using shovel and pump instead
of his thumh) so that members
could enjoy the weekend swim.
BY Sunday night close to mid
night the leak had been repaired,
but it was decided to prevent any
possibility of future complica-
tons by adding several inches in
height to the concrete reinforce
ment behind the light To accom-
plish this it was necessary to
lower the level of the water in
the pool while the cement was
poured, and in consequence there
was no swimming on Monday.
However, very few people suf
fered the acute disappointment
of arriving at the pool and being
turned back, thanks to Shirley
Hatch's Paul Revere tactics. She
printed signs at the crack of dawr
on Monday morning, but instead
of lacking them up at the poo
gate she had small Sybil holC
them up in the car window anC
drove all over the development
spreading the word while the ali
was still cool and the disappoint
ment minima.
The Bernard Place Sewinj
Circle devoted its last meeting t,
a farewell party for Mary Schmid
who with her husband and chill
dren is "off to Baltimore" thi
week where Nick is going to worl
for Glen L. Martin. My mothe
used to sing a song, one line o
/ which was, Goodbye, love, Tn
y off to Baltimore" but nobod
1 seems to recognize it when
sing il thew lust don't writ
songs the way they used to.
L The annual dinner party of tn
Civic Unity Committee which Wi
be held this evening at Carve
High promises to be a stimulating
occasion because of the divers
fled backgrounds of the member
ship as well as their enthusiasm
n