Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-19
Guithersburg

was surprised Saturday morn
ing when he was presented with
a $25 award and an honorary
recognition certificate given for
a suggestion he made to the
Post Office Department for i'm
proved mail service. The pre-
sentation was made by Maurice
Spalding, local postmaster, on
behalf of M. r. Clarke, regional
operations director, whose let
ter of commentator was also
read.
Jimmy's suggestion was to
place notices on apartment
house mail receptacles to en-
courage patrons to provide
name cards on their mail boxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Pace are
spending this week in Morris
town, N. j., where they are visit
ing their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pace.
Rear Admiral (Ret.) and Mrs.
Merle Van Metre has as their
guests last week his brother and
sister.in-law, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. T. j. Van Metre. The visit
ing Admiral Van Metre has just
retired from the Navy, his last
duty having been as Command
ing Officer of the u. S. Naval
Station in Norfolk, Va.
MIR. and Mrs. Madison E. John
son announce the marriage of
their daughter, Sandra Lee, to
. Mr.. Carl Edward Shipley, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl L. Ship
! ley of Germantown. The mar
rage took place on November
a. After December 1, Mr.. and
. Mrs. Shipley will be at home
. on North Frederick ave.
MIR. and Mrs. Glenn Gillian
and Mr.. and Mrs. Donald King
spent last weekend in Harri-
sonburg, Va, where they visited
Miss Carol Gillian, who is a
freshman at Madison College.
Coming up to join them was
Miss Sandra Lee King, a stu
dent at Radford State Teachers
College.
Helen McGraw, well-known
Gaithersburg pianist, is appear
ing as the guest artist today
at the regular meeting of the
Woman's Club of Gaithersburg.
Miss McGraw, who appears in
concerts at the National Gal.
lery of Art, the Phillips Gal,
lery, and in various east coast
cities, is presenting a program
of selected piano numbers for
her hometown friends. Mrs.
Willard McGraw and Mrs.
Charles K. Davies, jr. are joint
. hostesses for the meeting.
James w. Hane, town attor-
ney, was in Frederick last week
for the convention of the Mary
land Municipal League. Mayor
Merton F. Duvall was also in
attendance at one of the SEES
sions. Mr.. Hane had excellent
reports on three of the panels:
q discussion of subdivision reg
ulations; a report from the
Commission on Economic De-
velopment, with emphasis on in
vestment of idle funds and mu-
nicipal borrowing; and a dis
cussion of special assessments
In capital construction.
Mrs. Bruce Stubblefield spent
several days last week at Selby'
on.the-Bay, where she Joined a
group of Washington friends in
a reunion with some longtime
friends from New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mulvehill,
sr. entertained last Wednesday
for a birthday party for their
daughter, Paula Annette, who
was celebrating her eleventh
birthday. Invited in to share
the festivities were Rita Gloydi
Peggy Player, Virginia Meyer,
Mildred Wyman and Mary
Frances Federline.
, DR.. and Mrs. Robert ]. VIII
! son were in Westminster on
4, Saturday for the Homecoming
activities of Western Maryland
Z College.
Gaithersburg Lions joined
} the Lions Clubs of Damascus
{ and Monocacy in a dinner meet
ing on Tuesday evening at the
! Damascus High School.
Z Former members and old
time friends of the Grace Meth
odist Church are invited to join
/, the present congregation al
morning worship on Sunday
November %, when the annual
Homecoming will be observed
Following the services, there
will be a coffee hour, at which
time acquaintance may be re
newed. Lawrence Best is gen
eral chairman for Homecoming
Sunday.
Mrs. Lucy Barnsley, now liv
ing in Rockville with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Fred Maxwell, writes
that she has sufficiently recov
cred from her recent illness tc
be gallivanting about to her
various organizations and ac
renting sneakinp ENGAGEMENTS