Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24

Damascus
Water Firm
Directors
Reelected
By Mrs. Ulysses Griffith Nv
Clearwater 1862

AT the regular annual meeting
of the stockholders held this
month the following directors Of
the Damascus Utilities Company
were all reelected for one year
terms: Perry G. Burdette, Edwin
D. Fry, Bernard D. Gladhill, Har-
ry K. Green, Herbert S. Hyatt,
Everett r. Jones, Clark F. King,
Roscoe E. Pearce, H. Deets War.
field, Jr., Guy D. Watkins, Jerry
+. Williams, and Osborne E.
Williams.
An organizational meeting of
the Board of Directors was held
April Is at which the following
officers were elected: Herbert S.
Hyatt, president; Clark F. King,
vice president; Jerry T. Williams,
secretary; Bernard D. Gladhill,
treasurer and Perry G. Burdette,
chairman of the board.
All of us in this area were
pleased and happy to learn of
the special honor received by
Mrs. Norman c. Bailey of
Orange, Va. Mrs. Bailey, one of
whose seven children is Damas-
GUS own Mrs. Emerson Slacum,
was named the Virginia Mother
of the Year last week. Mrs.
Bailey is an active member of
Trinity Methodist church in
Orange, has been president of
the Virginia Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs, treasurer
Tor ID years of the Associ-
ated Clubs of Virginia and Road.
side Development, and has been
district chairman of the Virginia
Federation of Garden Clubs in
addition to raising seven children
and having a hand in the raising
of nine grandchildren. Our best
wishes to Mrs. Bailey and now
we who know Martha and don't
know her mother realize where
she gets all those wonderful
qualities we admire so.
The Northern Montgomery
County Women's Democratic
Club will hold a coffee hour at
the Damascus Firehouse on Fri.
day, May 2 beginning at 1880
AM. to meet the entire state.
wide Harmony group of candi
dates. Every member of the club
is urged to be present and tc
bring their friends.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Walker were Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Denny of Brandywine
Md.
The Browningsville Lewisdale
Homemakers Club met April 1e
at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Luhr
with 10 members and three
visitors present who answer to
the roll call of do You Have
a Sewing Center"
An Easter poem by Damascus
high school student Mary Jo
Watkins was read. Mrs. Gather.
inc Rhodes, county demonstra.
ton agent spoke and showed
slides pertaining to organizing a
sewing center in the home, and
proposed many ideas on how to
make sewing time more interest.
ing and convenient to use.
The recently organized Dorcas
Society is meeting each Thurs
day morning at the Damascus
Methodist Church and is making
new clothing for needy families
particularly children. Mrs
Bernard Mayer teels us that the
group could use quite a few more
to help with the sewing. If you
have time. please come out. Mrs
Mayer also told us that the grouI
delivered its first batch of new
things the other day and that i
was worth lot to see the chill
dren's faces when they saw
pretty new things, not old hal
worn ones.
Dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. James Mckenzie wer
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stup anC
Connie, Mr.. and Mrs. Merhlt
Giesler and Jimmy, and Mr.. anC
Mrs. Frank Gladhill. Donna ant
Sue.
Mrs. Grace Knapp is a house
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Lew
Cladhill.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Damascus Fire Department will
meet Thursday, April "a at Pm
at the firehouse.
Attending the 10th biennial
council of the Maryland State
Court of the Catholic Daughters
of America in Baltimore on April
Is, 10 and 20 were Mrs. ROY
wv N 49,