Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
By Susie Kaplan
10 4.7368


What does it take to get more
than 400 people to attend a PTA
meeting? Often the question is
raised at many PTAs as to what
kind of program will interest most
of the parents in a school.
Evidently the Oakland Terrace
Elementary School PTA must
have the formula for successful
participation of many parents
and teachers of that school, for
consistently they have huge at
tendance for their monthly meet
ings.
At their last Tuesday meeting
more than 400 parents were on
hand to witness the teacher serv-
ice awards given to the local
teachers.
The program was initiated in
accordance with Gov. McKeldin's
declaration making March Teach
er appreciation month in the
State of Maryland. These awards
in the form of bronze, silver and
gold pins, are to be given for five,
10 and 20 years service in the
Montgomery school system.
At the meeting the following
teachers were honored: silver pin
to Mrs. Alice Howard, principal
of Oakland Terrace Elementary
School, for Ia years; bronze pin to
Mrs Mildred Hunter, eight years
service; Mrs. Marian Mize, Mrs.
Jean Collision, Mrs. Marie Fon-
SEGA, all five years service.
Sam Furash, publicity chair
man for Oakland Terrace, hopes
that through the promotion and
publicity of these token awards it
will help focus attention on the
Importance of the role of the
teaching profession.
The Pleasantview Swimming
! Pool Association has elected its
officers and board of directors.
They are Irving Rotkin, presi-
dent; Sidney Chernick, vice presi.
dent; Polly Gurewitz, secretary,
and James Burlington, treasurer
Felix Putterman, Allen Saylor
James Grunig, Seymour Lutzky,
Larry Newdick, Emmett Bedford,
F. A. Truck, Earl Smith, Donald
McQuivy, Lane Kirkland and Viii
liam Bestimt, are the men who
were elected to serve on the
board.
Seymour LutZky is chairman of
sthe membership and community
1relations committee; Larry New
dick will head up the operations
committee and Bill Bestimt has
taken on the craftsmanship of the
building and grounds committee.
Now that the association has
taken an option on land for the
pool, membership applications
are coming in regularly.
For those of you who haven't
COINED yet and keep putting it off
because of one little problem or
another, l would advise you to
contact Polly Gurewitz, 10 1892
as soon as possible. The member
ship is filling up rapidly and GER
tainly you don't want to be left
.out of this community venture.
The Friends of Music Commit.
tee that was organized separately
by parents of Wheaton High TO
raise money for band uniforms
and choral robes, was mighty
pleased with the results of big
roast beef dinner that was given
at the high school on February %
The committee cleared $500
which is fine. But they still have
a long way to 90 before the goal
of $4,000 is raise, for that is the
amount estimated will be needed
TO outfit all of the students.
The people who are responsible
for this tremendous undertaking
are Fred Hartman, chairman;
Mrs. Straus, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Kyle, Mr.. and Mrs. Everette
De Hanas, and Mrs. Harold A
Kahn. Mrs. Holcomb, choral di
rector of Wheaton High and Mr.
Felmet, band director cooperated
with the committee.
Many of the students put on a
program during the dinner. The
Nightingales sang John Clough
played the piano, Marc Jacobs