Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
By Elaine WOjtanOwski
GA, 1888


1t may be just midsummer mad.
ness or much ado about some
thing, but in any case things are
buZzing at the swimming pool
With high finance the topic OF
the day, the Wall Street Journal
becomes a must, unless you're the
practical type who's willing to
put up the money and save the
discussion. The news this week is
that the pool has been opened tc
the Georgetown Arts Group for
their swimming classes in another
attempt to raise money The
"area guest program backfire6
somewhat last Monday afternoon
when the guards were unable tc
handle the crowd, and guests, ac
companied by members were
turned away.
A general meeting has beer
called by 100 members who hope
to get sufficient support from the
rest of the membership for a pro
poSal to increase the dues and
eliminate the many makeshift
programs now being attempted
Work has been started on the
CONSTRUCTION of a small concrete
apron outside the bath house to
facilitate the operation of a cole
drink and ice cream concession.
In an undertaking as large as
the pool there is bound to be
some misunderstanding, and
some unhappiness, but the most
valid complaint we've heard,
came from a three-year-Old as
he was retrieved from the bot
tom of the pool after 40 sec
Ond misadventure. II don't like
that part of the pool. The air
is too juicy"
Fridays rain made a clean
sweep of Twinbrook, taking a gen
erous layer of topsoil and flowers
with it on its turbulent way to
the creek which reached a depth
of over four feet at the bridge
into Twinbrook Park. At the
height of the storm the water al
the intersection of Stillwell anf
Atlantic (Which is a rather steer
inclined was a foot deep. The cur
rent was fast enough to move q
house brick along. The force o.
the water was such that the last
section of the oVer-taXed storm
sewer which empties at the bridge
broke off and slid into the creek
too The concrete abutments or
the bridge over the Twin" brook
where it crosses Atlantic Avenue
were also undermined by the
Washout.
Fortunately the city had start
ed last Thursday to install a re
tanning wall at the playground, a.
the base of the giant tree whose
exposed roots have been two sor
three feet above the ground leve'
for several years. The wall,
which in addition to looking very
smart will prevent further erosion
and possible loss of the tree, wa
undoubtedly responsible for the
limited damage along the steep
bank in that area.
Last Wednesday was All
Achievement Day at Gathers
burg and the Morse youngsters
came home bedecked with ribbons
again. Ilene won blue ribbons for
her beige two-piece tailored wool
suit which she modelled in the
fashion show, for her embroidery
work and for her better-storage-
for-clothes project. She was
awarded a red ribbon for care Of
room in strapless evening gown
(Now that is an achievement +.
unless my notes are wrong and
she got two separate awards)
Alan Morse's major project this
year was room improvement an@
decoration of kitchen. For this as
well as his gardening, clothes stor-
age, and room care he won blue
ribbons. He's still practicing on
his BURBERRY mullins which won
only a white ribbon.
The pre-schOOl playground
groups are in full swing now
with over 100 children regis
tered at each of the parks. At