Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-02
By Mrs. Ulysses Griffith
Clearwater 3-2682

1 J
terday the Damascus post office
will be open from $3.50 am. to Z
pm. This means an extension of
hours from the old 4:30 pm. clos
ing time. There will be no win
!, dow service during the extra time
but persons having boxes may
come in to pick up their mail.
The Funnybone Follies of Sc is
now another page in Damascus.
community history, but many
people are still chuckling over
what somebody did or said. The
performances were we'll attended
with 300 present at the Friday
show and something over $50 at
the Saturday performance.
Congratulations to Lion chair
man Don Byrnes and his commit
tee and to all who took part. The
Lions Club Health and Welfare
Fund is riched too by some $3.50.
1t would be impossible to list
everyone to whom thanks should
go, but the Lions would like to
express their appreciation to
groups outside the club who
worked to make the show possible
to Mrs. Julia Mayer and her
dancing school students, to Miss
Barbara McGrath and her stu
dents from the elementary school
for their special act, to Jerry
Cooks radio band, to Mrs. Beth
any Cook who was pianist for the
show, to soloist Mrs. Mary Ann
Davis and to the mothers who
helped dress and make up the chill.
dren as well as to every member
of the cast go very special thank
you from the Lions.
Incidentally the Lions who di-
vided into black and blue teams to
compete in ticket sales wound up
practically in a dead heat with
just about 81 difference in tickets
sold
Wanda Poole of Damascus High
School has earned the right to
represent the local school in the
Betty Croker Homemaker of To
morrow competition. Wanda
earned the highest score in a writ
ten examination testing home
making knowledge and attitudes
among the senior girls in the
graduating class.
She will be entered in competi-
ton to name the Maryland State
candidate for the All American
Homemaker of Tomorrow and
will be considered for the runner
up award in the State. Wanda
has received a golden award pin
and the school has received a cook
book from Betty Croker.
Damascus varsity and junior
varsity boys basketball teams
played Poolesville Friday night.
The varsity won 1892 and the
junior varsity won 1926. This
game which was played at Pooles-
vile was the first meeting for
the schools this season.
Since Poolesville is the only
other Class c high school in the
County, Damascus has only to
win it's return engagement with
Poolesville at Damascus to earn
the right to enter the Class c
division of the State basketball
tournament.
Attention, parents of kindergar-
ten children. AS of Monday, the
kindergarten sessions will be re-
versed. Children now attending
morning kindergarten will go to
> the afternoon session and children
now attending the afternoon class
will go in the morning.
The PTA will meet Monday
evening.
Mrs. David Crawford of Fair
mount, ND, is visiting her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hal Crawford.
Mrs. Robert H. Monkey and Mrs
F. o. Day left Sunday by plane
for Miami where they joined their
husbands for a Florida vacation
Mrs. Willis Campbell has re-
turned from Raleigh, NC, where
she visited her parents while Mr.
Campbell was on a business trip
to st. Louis.
Mrs. Graham Petrie is conva-
lescing following an operation at
Doctors Hospital in Washington.
The Mt. Airy sub-district meet
ing of the MYF was held Monday
evening at Mt. Airy. Mrs. Fran
ces Bartlett, retired missionary,
who had worked in India, was the
speaker.
A joint quarterly conference Of
the Methodist Churches in this
area was held yesterday at Mt.
Airy. Discussion conferred on the