Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
I Germantown
High School
Pupil Gets
Singing Bid
By Deborah H. Lenz
WAyerly 6-0692

AAOAh 1oASAASA oOoA 3 AAiSll 0SilOOt
to sing in the State Chorus at
the Teachers Institute in Balti-
more next week is Howard Grit
fifth, a Gaithersburg senior. The
chorus is composed of about 200
students from all over the state.
1t will sing six numbers for the
teachers gathering. Buddy"
who sings baritone, will be in
Baltimore October 14-16.
DR.. and Mrs. Benton B. West
fall entertained for the past
month Mrs. Westfalps mother,
Mrs. William E. Burton, of st.
Petersburg, Fla. Mr.. Burton
Joined her for the last two
weeks of her stay. During their
visit, Mrs. Westfalrs two sis
tiers came for a family gather.
ing with members of their fam
lilies. These guests included Mr.
and Mrs. James McNeal and
daughter Connie from New
Haven, Conn, and Mrs. Harry
Pierce and three children, Au-
drey, Patricia, and David, from
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Sanford
of Williamsfield, Ohio, spent a
few days last week visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Willard w. Wi
ley, and family.
Last week Mrs. Waters Wood
field visited her sister, Mrs. Ma
zie Woodfield and two daugh.
tiers at their home in Damascus,
and her daughters, Mrs. Jerome
Offutt in Frederick.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Brown,
accompanied by Mr.. Browns
brother, from Brooklyn, N. Y,
spent several days last week
with their son and daughter
in.law, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Brown and their two sons. Kirk
and Curt, at the Cider Barrel
Trailer Park.
Mr.. Carson Harell of Balti-
more was a dinner guest at the
home of MIR. and Mrs. Wilbur
D. Watkins, jr., last Thursday.
Before Jon Westfall left Sep
TENDER % to enter the Navy OF.
ficers' Candidate School, in New
port, r. l., he had as his guest
for week at the Westfall home,
Albert Williams of Clawson,
Mich. During the summer OF
1854 and 1855 Jon and Albert
studied and travelled together in
Mexico and Central America.
Since that time Albert has grad
uated from the University OF
Michigan and spent three years
in the U. S. Navy. In September
he entered the Foreign Service
Institute in Arlington, Va.
Miss Nancy Watkins, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur D
Watkins, jr., observed her sew
enth birthday last Thursday. Or
Saturday she had as her guest
Miss Sue Kingsbury.
The Cedar Grove Baptist
Church observed its annual
Homecoming last Sunday. Fol
lowing the morning worship
service, a picnic lunch was held,
after which there was an after.
noon service and roll call. The
Rev. Charles Adams is pastor
of the church.
Three of the teachers at the
Germantown Elementary School
this year are both new to the
school and to the county. May
l introduce them to you? Two
are sisters. Miss Irene Hamer
is teaching kindergarten. This
is her first year of teaching
After graduating in 1919 from
Marywood College, Scranton
Pa, she worked in various fields
including interior decoration, for
a bus advertising company, and
in the office of an ice cream
company. When her sister Sc
cured teaching employment in
Germantown this year, Miss
Irene thought she would look
into the educational situation
for herself, with the result that
the two sisters came here 70
gether from their home in Ho
Ho-Kus, N. j.
Miss Sheila Hamer, teacher
in the fifth grade, was gradu
ated last June from st. Francis
College, Loretto, Pa. Fresh out
of college, she is making a place
for herself in the teaching pro
fession. The sisters are both en-
joying teaching, and share An
apartment in Bethesda.
Miss Helen King, who is teach
ing second grade at German
town, comes to us from Fred
erick County, where she has
done all her previous teaching
Her last assignment was at the
Parkway School in Frederick
Miss King attended Towsor
State Teachers College for two
years, then received her BIS
degree from the University Of
Maryland. Her weekends ara
spent at home in Frederick. Dur
ing the school week she shares
an apartment in Gaithersbure
with another teacher.
Here is reminder that the
Annual Turkey Supper, served