Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Damascus
New Officers
Picked for
Junior MYF
By Marion Griffith
Clearwater 1862

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The Junior MYF of the Da.
maScus Methodist Church held
its first meeting of the fall sea.
son Sunday at the church. The
following officers were elected:
President, Barbara Darby; vice
president, Nancy Kelly; treas.
urer, Andrea Nash; and secre.
tary, Margaret Slacum. The
group will meet on the first
Sunday evening of each month
Final plans have been made
by the committee for the fall
Good AS New" sale to be held
October Is, 16, and II at the
Damascus firehouse for the
benefit of st. Paups Catholic
Church. Those in charge of ar.
engagements are Mrs. Henry H.
Woodfield, chairman, assisted
by Mrs. David Cavanaugh, Mrs.
Earl Marshall, Mrs. Edmund
Rhodes, Mrs. George Smith,
Mrs. Winfred Day, and Mrs.
Robert E. Price. Many attrac.
tive items will be displayed and
the sale will be open Thursday
from 3-9 pm; Friday from noon
to 9 pm, and Saturday from 9
am. to noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hor.
man, Dawn, Randy and Nancy,
Mrs. Helen Duvall and Miss
Grace King were Sunday guests
of Mr.. Albert Scott.
The Damascus VOLUNTEER Fire
Department burned down the
former John Lewis residence
near the Shell Filling Station in
Damascus on Sunday. The fire
was in the nature of a practice
drill for Damascus Department.
They were aided in the drill by
the members of the Lisbon Vol
unteer Fire Department.
The Damascus Volunteer Fire
Department will hold its an
nual turkey supper at the high
school on Saturday beginning
at 2 pm.
Tommy White. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd White has begun his
freshman year at Johns Hop
kins University in Baltimore. He
is studying under an engineer.
ing scholarship.
DR.. Marion Creeger, execu-
tive secretary of the General
Commission of Chaplains in
Armed Personnel, was the
preacher at the Sunday service
at the Damascus Methodist
Church. DR.. Creeger was for
merly District Superintendent
of Hartford district of the New
York East Conference.
Mr.. Richard Newell took the
members of his Sunday school
class and others interested on a
tour of the NIKE site on Snouf.
fer Schoolhouse I'd. Sunday.
The Damascus Area Campfire
Leaders held their monthly
meeting Wednesday lat the
home of Mrs. Emerson Slacum.
The group worked on crafts for
the festival of giving in Novem-
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Lieurance
Of Wellington, Kan, and Mrs.
Arnold Berry of Canon CITY,
Colo, were houseguests last
week of Mrs. Mollie Gladhill.
The Damascus Homemakers
meet tonight at the home OF
Mrs. Raymond Kemp. Mrs. Clar.
ence Lindsey is co-hostess.
Damascus Rotary held It's
fourth annual Charter Night on
Saturday evening at the Amer
lean Legion Home. Charles
Beaver was chairman of ar.
rangements for the dinner and
dance which featured the eve
ming. Ward Fellow, jr., is presi
dent of Rotary. DR.. John Steel
man served as POSTMASTER and
spoke on four years of growth
and development of Damascus
Rotary.
Mrs. William Freienmuth en-
tertained at a luncheon for the
pre-school department Sunday
School teachers of the Damas
Gus Methodist Church. Guest,
we're Mrs. Maurice Purdum
who is the new superintendent
of the pre-school department, re
placing Mrs. Freienmuth whC
served in that capacity las
year, Mrs. Earl Shaw, Mrs
Charles Senseney, Mrs. Irvir
Anderson, Mrs. orion Butler
Mrs. Mack Clark, Mrs. Bros
chart Richards, Mrs. ]. r
Meiklejohn and Mrs. Evelyi
Hessler.
Congratulations are in ordel
for the Damascus Cross Coun
try team which won its frs