Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
By Mrs. Ulysses Griffith Nv
Clearwater 3-2682

IL OlAA tllC - Shy VI
Maryland. Club members will
visit the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Andrews, Mr. and Mrs.
c. c. Parker and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Papiermeister. The Mary
land specialist will point out de-
sirable types of planting to be
used about the house and grounds
in each case.
The Homemakers got quite a
bit of Informative knowledge on
rheumatic fever at their meeting
last Thursday. A film on rheu-
matte heart diseases was shown
by Mr.. Wilson of the Montgom-
cry County TB and Heart Asso-
citation. After the film a discus
sion on the subject was held and
literature to be taken home and
read was given out.
Sixteen members of the club
attended the University of Mary
land centennial on March 6. The
club has been invited to visit the
Brooke Johns farm and to attend
the Saturday morning program
over radio station WIDOW on
April Z
Club members will make
smockS and play aprons for the
children in Children's Hospital on
Tuesday. The meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. Simon GLAND
with Mrs. Purdum Poole and Mrs
Edna B randenburg as co-host-
eSSeS.
The regular meeting of the Da-
mascus PTA was held last Mon
day. The meeting was opened
with the flag salute led by Red
bird troop and the invocation by
Harold Watkins, chairman of the
character and spiritual education
committee of the PTA. Attend
ance awards went to Richard
Shaw's 10-1 and Mrs. Dorothy
Burdette's third grade.
Charles Hoover of the Elemen-
tary school announced Easter hol-
idays will begin March % and that
school will resume April 9. PTA
president Mrs. Roscoe Buxton an
nounced that William Freienmuth
and delegation had gone to the
Board of Education to object to
the fees charged by the board for
the use of the school,
William Kincaid spoke on the
duties of safety patrol in the ele-
mentary school Mrs. Kenneth
King, chairman of the Band Boost
ers, spoke on band needs. Mrs.
Buxton announced an up-County
PTA workshop on the evening of
April II at Gaithersburg High
School. Mrs. Frank Blood report
ed on the value of the Montgom-
cry County General Hospital and
it's Women's Board to the commu.
nifty in general.
The meeting broke up into
grade groups for discussion OF
general problems conducted by
the following Junior high, Yer.
non Simpson; senior high, Ellis
Cline; grades one-three, Mrs
Dorothy Burdette and Mrs. Eliza
beth Davidson and grades four
six, Mrs. Emerson Slacum and
William Kincaid.
Red Cross Sunday will be OBJ
served next Sunday at the Da
masus Methodist Church. A
speaker from the County Red
Cross will give a three-minute
speech at the morning service fol
lowed by the regular Lenten ser.
mon by the minister.
This Monday the Upper West
Washington District Preachers
Association met with the laymen
of the area at the KemptoWn
Methodist Church hall. Follow
ing a covered dish supper dis
cussion of the church's financial
and missionary program was held
Attending from the Damascus
Methodist Church were Mr.. and
Mrs. o. E. Williams, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph A. Rice and Everett
Jones represented Damascus
Methodist Church at the meeting
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Davis, Jr., were
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Davis, Sr.
Miss Tanya Davis, Mr.. Engle, Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Ward. Tommy
and Jimmy, Miss June Snapp and
Mrs. Mary G. Ward.
Mrs. z. c. Magdeburger, Sher
man c. Hackett. Mrs. Dorothy
Cover, and Mrs. George w. Bower
attended the Spring Country Club
luncheon for friends of the Thrift
Shop at the Columbia Country
Club was Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John King and Mr.
and Mrs. Garner Duvall were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. b
M. Woodfield last week Wednes
day.