Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Potomac
New Bank
Facility
Now Open
BY Cissy Morgan
Oliver 2-0427

Oliver 2-0427
The Potomac National Bank
opened for business on April
20. Prior to the opening day
there were receptions for stock
holders, bank, State and govern
ment officials and members Of
The community.
On Saturday evening the Pc
toInac Band gave a concert at
the bank, climaxing the week
end pre-opening ceremonies.
The bank hours are $3.50 to 2
Monday through Friday and q
to $3.50 on Wednesday and Fri.
day evenings.
The Potomac Hunt annual
meeting was held April II at
the kennels. Samuel Bogley |
was reelected Master of Fox
Hounds for The 1959-60 season.
Mr. Raymond Norton, ST., re-
signed from his duty as chair
man of the hunt committee, but
was elected to permanent
honorary position on the COM
mittee. Mr.. Norton had been
chairman for 10 years. Succeed
ing him as chairman Is Mr..
Preston King. New members
elected to the committee this
year other than Mr.. King, are
Gibson Semmes Val Wilson and
Jack Kneipp. Other elected
officers of the hunt are George
deFranceaux, treasurer; Claude
Owen, secretary; and Mrs. Rol-
lin Atwood, chairman OF the
ladies' committee.
Weekend guests for Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Morgan hailed
from Mrs. Morgan's native
Louisville, Ky. The luncheon
club of Louisville, a club or
ganized IS years ago by group
of Louisville's leading ladies,
combined visit to the Morgans
with a Virginia garden tour, to
bring them north for the week
end. Six of the nine members,
Mrs. Thurston Morton, Mrs.
John Seller, Mrs. Walter Halde-
man, Mrs. Neville Blakemore,
Mrs. Robert Wood and Mrs.
Pennington Kemp, made the
trip. Mrs. Morgan entertained
for them at the Capital Hill
Club on Friday, and invited
guests for cocktails on Satur-
day at their home TO meet the
ladies.
Another highly successful
weekend event was the pony
club gymkhana held April 10
at the kennels. Nearly 100 chill
dren participated In the four
hour event piloted by Col. and
Mrs. Edward Parker.
Potomac's point-to-point races
were run April 10, after a
weeks delay due to inclement
weather. Mr.. Clayton Doing,
chairman of the nine-race event,
was the winner Of the featured
race the Potomac Hunt Bowl,
on his Junior jim" The real
thriller of the day, however,
was the Bloody Mary Bowl"
a two and oneIhalf mile race
over fences for juniors. Diane
deFranceaux, riding her
Roman Candle" and Ray
Little astride his "After Dark"
traded leads around the entire
course until Diane pulled out in
front Just in time to clinch the
trophy. The William Barnsley
family OF Rockville had a real
family day when daughter
Betsy won the Dunboyne Plate
and father Barnsley captured
the Homestretch Bowl with his
Twice Teddy"
I've heard that per-sale
house tour tickets are still
available for this weekend
when st. Francis members are
staging the annual fund rails
ing tour for the chapel building
fund Eva Paine is hos
pitalized with bursitis f.. Patsy
Murphy Douglass and daugh-
ter, Betsy. have returned to
New Mexico the youth
group of the Potomac Church
had a Saturday night outing at
Glen Echo last weekend :.
Neill Allis celebrated his eighth
birthday April Is with a party
at his home Cmdr. Andy
Andrews weekended with the
Tom Colemans. He came up
for the bank opening festivities
-. Warren Steiner entertained
April IL at a 4:30 to Z supper
party celebrating his eighth
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Peters
of Falls I'd. have welcomed
their fourth, William Sidney,
born April l at the Washington
Hospital Center. Wee William
has two older brothers, John
and Jim, and an older sister,
Nancy.