Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
By Elaine WOjtanOwski
GA 1883


brought capacity ,tourn-out. The
program for the evening, natu
rally, was presented by the chill
dren.
The junior Singettes made their
debut, singing three patriotic
songs appropriate to the month
of presidents. The second grad
erS and their veteran counter
parts, the choral group composed
of fourth, fifth and six graders,
were all brightly and becom-
mingly attired in wide white col
lars almost capes) and red bow
ties.
These collars were designed
and cut by Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Rapp,
Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Chakan and
sewn with the help of 40 other
room mothers. The room moth
ers and their many and varied
contributions to the welfare of
our children were the subject of
the evenings discussion.
Making garment bags for the
coat hangers, supervising bus
traffic, and serving as hostesses
for the schools open house are
part of their routine duties.
An appeal by the Red Cross for
blood donations was made at this
meeting. The local supplies have
been low for some time and re-
cent disasters have made the stu
alton critical. The bloodmobile
will be at the Christian Church
in Rockville on March 30. All
able bodied citizens are asked to
contribute.
This years school fair will
be fraught with mystery, in
trigue and excitement. The sus.
pense will start building" next
week. Watch this column for
clues.
Walter Eddy of Norfolk, Va,
has been visiting his daughter
and son-in-law, Esther and Ar
thur West. Their neighbor on
Okinawa Avenue, Howard A.
George, visited friends and rela-
tives in New York and New Jer-
sey this weekend while attending
reunion at the Presbyterian
Church in Newark last weekend
Don Gingery, one of the orig
inal Twinbrook builders, has grad
uated from our modified Cape
Cod" to New England type
house in his latest offering in
Hungerford Towne.
AS native New Englanders we
venture to say the original was
never so lush. The houses, which
have two living rooms, dining
area and kitchen which occupy an
area as large as our whole house
are loaded with innovations
which are a JOY to behold.
In one, the kitchen is so built
in and artistically blended with
the decor we were in it for some
time waiting to ask where the
kitchen would be-, before we
recognized a katy-cornered bar
as the sink. In this house there
and four tremendous bedrooms
and two and one-half baths, and
sliding glass doors open onto a
patio.
In two other houses there are
three bedrooms, bevy of baths,
the kitchen is entirely separate
(for purists who want to cook
in the kitchen, dine in the din.
ing room, keep in the keeping
room.
In one keeping room Mr.. G has
a mammoth fireplace set in a
starkly panelled (walnut l think
wall. This room is separated
from the living room, and run
ming parallel to it by a planting
in box of the same paneling
The effect is nothing short of dra
matte.
The inimitable Trudy Morse
has calculated that it would be
possible to have seven children
sleeping upstairs and foul
squares Q6 couples) dancing
downstairs.
Because Hungerford Towne ha.
evolved rather directly from
Twinbrook as well as the fac
that the PTA census indicate.
many of the expanded attics here
are rapidly filling up, this new
> and much larger version of hous
. ing for young moderns will be o
: interest to most Twinbrookers.
Shirley Hatch, who has re
Gently resigned from "Puppee
(the portrait people, has set VI
shop in her home on Bradle,
Court. That should be studio no
, shop, l guess.