Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-08-07
20 Attend
Thompson
Get-Togetlner
BY Mollie w. Christie
Gaithersburg' $50

August never fails to bring
stories of family reunions, of
vacationers leaving town and
of visitors coming to our
town.
More than 20 persons We're on
hand on July II when the 33rd
annual reunion of the ]. y.
Thompson family was h e d at
the Agricultural Center. Plenty
food, a business meeting, must
cal numbers and recreation
marked the reunion at which
Rodney Thompson presided,
Among those who took part in
the program were David Pur-
dom. Earl Linthicum, Nell
Browning, Jimmy Barber and
Mrs. Jean Thompson, Next years
reunion will be under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Virgie Beall and her
family
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank
Hoadley, with Jack and Kenny,
have come down from Bingham
ton, ~ Y. for visit with Mrs.
Hoadley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall Walker. Next Sunday,
August 10. the Rev. Hoadley will
be the guest minister at the
Grace Methodist Church in the
absence of the Rev. Henry
Muller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phoebus
are vacationing this week in St.
Petersburg, Fla.
DIR. and Mrs. Carlos Wilbanks
of GAINESVILLE, Ca, have been
visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Walker. The VIII.
bankses, former residents of Cal.
thersburg, have numerous friends
in the area who have enjoyed re.
newing old acquaintance.
Mrs. George Darby, with
George, Jr., and Scott. is spend.
ing a week with her family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Foster
have been down from Long Is
land for the past several days
visiting friends and relatives in
and about Gaithersburg.
Miss Mary Nicol and young
Barney Nicol have returned from
a two-week vacation in Miami.
Fla, where they were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nicol
Also just back in town is j. B.
Nicol, who enjoyed weeks stay
at Sharbot Lake, Ontario,
Canada.
Mrs. j. G. Stone of Ogden.
Utah, is spending two weeks here
as the guest of her son-in-law
and daughter, DR.. and Mrs.
Roger Sears.
Also visiting at the Sears home
this week is DR.. Sears sister,
Miss Martha Alice Sears, a stu
dent at the University of Utah
in Salt Lake City.
Miss Marian Curling and Mrs.
Howard Miller are leaving tOm0r.
row for Minneapolis. There. Miss
Curling will attend the national
convention of Delta Kappa Gam.
ma, national honorary Organiza-
ton i'm the field of education.
She Is the program chairman for
Alpha Beta state. After the con.
vention, which will close on
August 16. they will enjoy a
leisurely trip home, stopping at
various places EN- route for short
visits with friends.
Recent guests at the home of
Miss Curling and Mrs. Miller
have been Mr.. and Mrs. z. r.
Laub, with their daughters, Mary
Jane and Joyce Lee, of Braden-
ton, Fla; Mrs. w. II. Womble,
with Leonard and Judy, and Miss
Elaine Mahoney, all of Ports
mouth, Va.
Mrs. Webster Monkey, with
James and Russell, is visiting in
Sarasota, Fla, at the home of
her brother. Stanley Hawkins.
On Saturday, Mr.. Monkey, accom-.
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Monkey, will go down to Sarasota
for a weeks stay.
DIR. and Mrs. j. Davis Gold
smith, Sondra and Pete left on
Saturday for a vacation of sew
eral weeks in Bentonville, Ark.
En- route, they stopped in John
son City, Tenn. for a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Stubblefield.
During DR.. Goldsmith's alb
sence. the pulpit of the First
Baptist Church is being filled on
August 3 and 10 by Chaplain
Richard Bareiss and on August
IL by the Rev. B. Frank Foster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Christie
III, with their daughters, Karen
and Susan, have returned from a
vacation through Quebec and the
New England states.
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Harris are
on tour of the Great Smokes.
Before they return home, they
plan TO spend a few days in
Mays Head for some swimming
and deep-sea fishing.
Mrs. Olive Atkinson of Bergen.
field. n. ]. and Mrs. Mamie