Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Boyds
Harry Ahalts
Visited by
"a Relatives
By Mrs. James p. Kerr
WAverly 6.3828

"A large Dutcnerlng look place
on Thanksgiving Day at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Ahalt in Boyds, when 10 hogs
were butchered. Seventy-four
relatives and friends gathered
for the holiday and a dinner
was served from four tables.
Several other family groups
gathered to celebrate the day,
among them was the family OF
Mrs. Smith Hoyle.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hallack, Is relatives
had dinner together, and at the
parsonage, DR.. and Mrs. James
P. Kerr and family of Damas-
Gus, had dinner with Rev. and
Mrs. Kerr.
Mrs. Beulah Orem had as
guests for dinner that day, her
two daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elgar Shorts and three children
from Rockville and Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith, from Washington.
The annual Homecoming
Day" of Boyds Presbyterian
Church was held on Nov. %, at
IL am. with a good attendance,
Both the Junior Choir and the
Senior Choir sang selections and
Rev. Mr.. Kerr preached an APP.
propriate sermon, after which a
social hour was enjoyed in the
Church Hall, where a beauti.
fully decorated table held sand.
witches, cookies, cakes, ETC., and
presided over by several ladies
of the church, Mrs. Edna Reffit,
chairman.
Another covered dish" sup.
per is planned for December II
in the Church Hall and the
Christmas entertainment of the
Sunday School will be held on
December 20 at z pm.
The Boyds Mems Club is fur
nishing the trees to be used in
the Church this year, as well as
a large one for the whole com
munity, to be erected across
from the general store in Boyds.
On November %, the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Burkett was christened by the
Rev. Kerr at the morning serv'
ice, his name being "Jeffery
Jay"
Several college students were
home for the holiday, among
whom was Miss Joan Pickrell,
from Radford College, Virginia,
and the Misses Alice and Gym.
thia Heisler, both from the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Also home for Thanksgiving
day were the Misses Marianne
and Barbara White of Barnes
vile, from Grove City College,
Grove City, Pa. and their broth
er, John from Geneva College In
Beaver Falls, Pa.
Visiting her mother, Mrs.
Krause in North Carolina for a
few days, were Mrs. Rufus Gil
liam, her daughter Mary and
son, Randy, who returned home
on Sunday.
Miss Joy Stonham, of near
Boyds, has returned home after
spending a year of study in Bos'
ton, Mass.
At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lamonte Thurston in Barnes
vile, a turkey dinner was
served on Thanksgiving day to
a group of relatives, which in.
cluded the Marshall White fam.
lily Of GAINESVILLE and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hunter and son,
Teerce, of Silver Spring.
Rev. and Mrs. James p. Kerr
and two daughters were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Burdette of Clarksburg on Sun
day, November 20.
On Monday, November %,
Rev. and Mrs. Kerr went to
Annapolis to visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Emma d. Weakley, re-
turning home on Tuesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Edward Gault,
of Baltimore, visited at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Kerr on
Friday, November n.
An unfortunate accident oc-
CURED on Thanksgiving day,
when Kenneth Savage was acct
IDENTIFY shot In the shoulder by
his brother, Melvin, while on a
hunting trip.