Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
By MOllie w. Christie
WAverly 6-3525

clans ldSC saturday at NlcolS-
worth, the Washington Grove
home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Will
liam Nicols, when Nicols, Met
calls, Diamonds, Saubles and
friends gathered for a family
picnic. There were Is persons
on hand to join in food, fellow.
ship and fun.
The guests of honor were DR..
and Mrs. Boyd Metcalf and their
daughter, Jeanne. from San An
tonic, Tex. DR.. Metcalf is now
on his way back to an assign
ment at Kindley Air Base Hos.
pital in Bermuda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Lager
son are back from a three-week
northern vacation. Two weeks of
their time were spent at the
camp of Ma. Lagerson's brother
on Lake Watchic in Maine, from
which point they launched out
into frequent sightseeing trips
to various of Names scenic at
fractions. They also went over
into Canada and spent some time
at Niagara Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Keir
have returned home from a
weeks vacation in Atlanta, Ga.
Members of the Junior Cham.
Der of Commerce enjoyed a
weekend camp-out at Seneca,
where they spent Saturday and
Sunday boating and fishing.
Warren Perry spent the past
two weeks at Indiantown Gap
Military Reservation at the sum-
mer encampment of the 9829th
Engineer Replacement Training
Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Demory
have had a wonderful tWo-week
vacation in the southwestern
states. Points OF scenic interest
included in their trip were the
Grand Canyon, the Painted Des-
ert, the Fortified Forest, Hoover
Dam, Bryce Canyon, Zion Ma
tional Park, SeqUoia National
Park and Death Valley. The
Demorys report three successive
days of 115-degree heat, and
that Is hot. However, they note
that they did not mind the heat
in that dry climate so much as
we have minded the sticky, mug
gy days of SO and 81 degrees.
All of which goes to prove once
more that it isn't the heat; it's
the humidity.
p1. ara Mrs. J. Davis Gold
smith, Sondra and Pete, left on
Sunday for a two-week stay in
Bentonville, Ark.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Swyter,
with Billy and Jimmy, Joined
friewAs from Kensington in a
weekend visit to Norfolk, Will
liamsburg and jamestown, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Belt,
ST., have had a hectic time of
it lately, but things are looking
up these days. Mr.. Belt recently
sustained a very serious fall that
brought on a conclusion, a
cracked vertebra and a crushed
bone. When Mrs. Belt ran to
summon help, she sustained an
injured ankle and had to finish
her journey by crawling. After
a week in traction at the Mont
gomery County General Hospi-
tai, Mr.. Belt is recovering at
home. We hope that their mis-
fortunes are at an end and that
they may continue the interrupt
ed enjoyment of their new Rose
mont home.
The Misses Catherine and
Patricia Sykes of Silver Spring
were the guests of Miss Nancy
Painter several days last week.
Altman and Mrs. Fred Gar
bers of Riverhead, L. l., have
returned home after a visit here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Becraft. With them
were their two sons, Rick and
Mark Irwin. Last Monday young
Rick celebrated his second birth.
day with a festive party. Guests
invited in for the occasion were
Jimmy, Michael and Steven En-.
brey of Silver Spring, Ed Be-
craft, and Jenny, Sonia and Bar
bara Mainhart.
Miss Barbara Becraft is back
from a weeks vacation that in.
cluded visits to Atlanta, Ca, and
Charleston and Myrtle Beach,
S. C.
A note from the Ira Darbys,
formerly of Gaithersburg and
now of Miami Beach, tells us
that they are enjoying a ten.
day vacation in Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Fink are
back home after a visit in Bloom
er, Wis, with Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Mowry. Mr.. Fink and Mr.
Mowry were buddies in World
War II. The Finks also visited
Wisconsin Dells, and en- route
home they stopped over in Chi
cago.
Capt. and Mrs. Robert NJ
Walker and their three children
returned home to Eau Gallie