Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-17
Damascus Physician
To Mark 84th Year
By Mrs. Ulysses Griffith "
Clearwater 3.2G82

DR.. George Milton BOYER who
has practiced medicine for more
than so years in the Damascus
area and who will be "a Tuesday
was made very happy last week
by the birth of a grandson and
namesake, George Milton Boyer
II.
The infant boy who weighed
nine pounds one and threequar
ter ounces was born to DR.. and
Mrs. M. McKendree Boyer on
May 8 at Montgomery County
General Hospital where his father
is vice-chairman of the medical
staff.
This birth will thus perpetuate
for another generation the male
lineage of the Boyer family who
have lived in the Damascus area
since the Revolutionary War.
In 1778 Capt. Peter Boyer
moved from Pennsylvania to a
farm near Damascus which is
still owned and lived on by mem
bers of the family Capt Boyer
served under Col. Miller in the
Pennsylvania German Regiment
in the Revolutionary Armed
Forces. Capt. Peters father, Cas-
per Boyer, was chaplain in the
same regiment. John Boyer, son
Of Peter and grandfather of DR..
George Boyer, was born in Da-
mascus in 1890 Congratulations
to the family and good luck to
little George
The regular monthly meeting
of the Damascus PTA was held
May Z in the Damascus High
School auditorium with Mrs. Ros-
coe Buxton presiding. The invo-
cation was given by Rev. Ernest
Harrison and the flag salute was
led by the Cub Scouts.
Attendance awards were won
by Mrs. Roger Burdette's third
grade and Earl ShaW's 10-1. Ellis
Cline spoke on attitudes and in
terest of pupils and how parents
can help foster education by
showing and teaching respect for
schools, teachers and learning
Mr. Kincaid gave the elementary
school report for Mr.. Hoover.
Mrs. Maxwell Burdette, chair
man of the adult education pro
gram for the year, had prepared
an interesting display of students
work in rug making and clothing
construction. Roscoe Buxton, al
ternate delegate to the County
PTA Council, reported on the
councils previous meeting and
announced Mrs. Herbert S. Hyatt
had been elected a second vice
president of the PTA Council.
The chairman of the nominal
ing committee, Mrs. w. o. King,
presented this slate which was
unanimously elected. Officers for
next year are: Mrs. Roscoe Bux
ton, president; Graham Petrie,
first vice president; Mrs. H. S.
Hyatt, second vice-president; Miss
Grace Woodfield, secretary; Glen
wood King, treasurer; Clark King,
parliamentarian, and Miss Connie
Mullinix, historian.
A musical program was pre-
sented by the third grade under
the leadership of Miss Reynolds
and by Mr.. Murphy's girls chorus.
The column extends congratu-
lations to Benjamin Elliott on his
recent election as vice-president
of the Potomac Valley Chapter of
Maryland of the American Insti-
tute of Architects.
The Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of the state of Maryland
held its annual three-day business
and scientific session in Baltimore
last week. Four county doctors
were named members of the
House of Delegates representing
the county medical association.
They were Drs. John Ball, j. w.
Bird, Reid Calvert and M. M.
Boyer 1t is interesting to learn
that Montgomery County has the
second largest medical society in
the state, second only to Balti-
more.
The visitors who will canvass
for the every member campaign
for the church building fund will
meet Friday at the Damascus
Methodist Church for instruction.
The canvass will be made from
Sunday through next Thursday.
The goal for the building fund is
100000.
The Upper Montgomery County
Preachers Association met Mon
day with Rev. and Mrs. A. Dean
Kesler. A 4 pm. business meet
ing was followed by party given
in honor of Rev. and Mrs. f. T.
Harrison of Bethesda Methodist
Church in Browningsville. Mr..
Harrison is retiring in June and
plans to live in Florida. The asso.
citation presented the Harrisons