Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-07-19
By Mrs. Ulysses Griffith ~
Clearwater 3-2682

SOTlIlS swimming classes Tor the
young people in the area served
by the Lions Club again this year.
The dates for the classes this year
will be Monday through August
Z. The place will be Kramers
Pool.
The buses will leave from the
Druid Theater each morning at
9:15 and the classes will be from
10 to II with the children get
ting back about 1. Children from
eight years of age up are eligible
Already there are 153 children
signed up for this years pro
gram SO vacancies are just about
nil. However, if you haven't
signed up and want to, contact
Jack Summer, Lion in charge Of
the program.
Congratulations to the Lions
for their community service in
again meeting the expenses in
volved in bus transportation, ETC.
in order that Damascus area
youngsters may have the oppor-
tunity to learn to swim. All les
sons will be given by well trained
Red Cross instructors.
Court Damascus of the Catho
lie Daughters of America held a
family picnic at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Marshall of Etchi-
son on Sunday. Softball games
involving teams of the men, wom
en- and young boys in rotation
provided fun and laughs as did a
clay pigeon shoot for the men and
rides in two Mexican burros for
the children. The picnic was at
tended by more than 100 persons.
The court will meet Monday
evening for a social gathering.
The regular business sessions
have been dispensed with for
July and August.
Well, the great and glorious
Damascus Fire Department car
nival is over for another year
From the comments of the men
and women who worked at the
various booths we understand il
was very successful but that two
weeks almost put them under the
table with exhaustion.
Herbert S. Hyatt, carnival
treasurer, tells me that the car
nival crossed a little over $4,000
well over the take of previous
years. While there are expenses
for two weeks of operation in
stead of one to be taken out, Mr..
Hyatte believes the net proceeds
will also be larger than in any
other year. The actual net from
the carnival will not be known for
a few days until all bills and eX
penses are taken care OF.
There were several lucky happy
people on Saturday evening as
the winners in the various rufles
were drawn. Little Deborah Lynn
Welty of Hampstead, was the
winner of the ladies auxiliary
chair rattle; Mack Thrift OF
Clarksburg won the permanent
wave. Carl Snapp of Damascus
won the Lions Club TV set. Ro
land Poole OF Damascus won the
floor polisher ratified by the
American Legion and Donald
Shreffler of Woodfield the ali
conditioner also raffled by the
Legion. And the big prize, the
new car, went to Jesse Stine OF
Germantown. Everyone was
happy to see most of the prizes
won by local area folk.
Congratulations are in order tc
carnival co-chairmen Carltor
Brandenburg and Leslie Thomp
son and to the scores OF hard
working members of the fire de
partnent and its auxiliary anc
their friends in Damascus who
worked long hours to put the an
nual event over the top.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Griggs anC
family and Miss Dale Cline are
vacationing in Maine.
Mary Lou Kerr, Sandra Poole
Jo Ann Warfield, Druid Clodfel
ter, Allan Burke, Eddie Smitf
and Leonard King attended th'
Methodist Church junior higl
fellowship conference at Western
Maryland College in Westminstel
last week.
The Ladies Auxiliary to th'
Montgomery County Association
of Volunteer Firemen held lts an
nual banquet at Peter Pan las
Wednesday. Among those at
tending from the Damascus Aux
iliary were Mrs. Mollie Gladhill
Mrs. Bernard Gladhill, Mrs. Rog
er Poole, Mrs. Paul Watkins, Mrs
James Perry, Mrs. Sterling Day
Mrs. Albert Senseney, Mrs. Gill
ford Davis Sr., Mrs. Clifford Da
Wis Jr., Mrs. Susie Burdette, Mrs
Robert Mullinix, Mrs. Luthe
Burke. Mrs. Robert Cline, Mrs
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