Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
Damascus
High School
Will Exhibit
Pupils Work
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 3.2682


Clearwater 3-2682
The 18th annual Indus.
trial Arts Department Exhibit
will be held at the Damascus
High School on Monday evening
June from Z to 10 and again on
Tuesday, June 2 from 9 am. to
A pm.
Among the many fine exam
pies of the craftman's art which
will be shown are four Eli Ten.
ny shelf clocks made to approx
imately 2/3 the size of the orig.
inals. This type of clock invent
ed by Eli Tenny, jr., in 1925 was
the first clock to be produced
on an assembly line thus max
ing it possible for the average
man to buy one. In addition
there will be fine reproductions
of Colonial, Chippendale and
Sheraton periods of display. Mr.
Robert Cairns and Mr.. John
Proctor are the sponsors of the
exhibit.
The Damascus P-TA met May
IA at the high school. The fol
lowing were elected to serve as
officers for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Robert Floyd;
first vice president, William
Freienmuth; second vice presi
dent, Graham Petrie; secretary,
Mrs. Irving Isaacs; treasurer,
Maurice Purdum; historian,
Mrs. Ira Stockman; and parlia.
mentarian, Leonard Tolley. The
DIS band will give a concert
at 3 pm. on May 81 at the
school. 1t was voted to give SIS
each to the elementary and high
schools for use in improving the
teachers lounges. Attendance
banners were won by Mrs.
Kings second grade and Mr.,
Flaherty's IL.
The Damascus Lions also
elected officers for the coming
year at their last meeting. They
are: President, William Freien.
muth; first vice president, Rob.
ert P. Sumner; second vice pres.
ident, Jack Day; third vice pres.
ident, Robert Floyd; Lion Tam,
er, Lee Sellers; secretary, Har.
old Anamosa; assistant secre.
tary, Richard Shook; treasurer,
Basil Burdette; tail twister, Her.
bert Layton; chaplain, Rev. A.
Dean Kesler; directors: Roger
Burdette and Irwin Isaacs. Rich.
ard Whiteman and Roland Green
were held over as directors.
Here are the results of the
Student Courcil election held
last Friday after a week of Wig.
orous campaigning. President,
Jack King; vic president, Mary
Kesler; secretary, 10 Ann War.
field; treasurer, Sharon Monkey;
chaplain, Jane Watkins; and the
election for parliamentarian was
so close between the two candi.
dates, Thomas Low and Curtis
Day, that a recount had been
ordered which was not com.
pleted as this was written.
Two awards assemblies will
be held at the high school on
May % and June 5. At the first
awards will be given for Eta,
FILA, FLA, Hunting and Fish
ing, Cheerleaders, Band, Patrol
and Athletics. On June S awards
will be for yearbook and student
council work, attendance, honor
awards and honor roll pins; 9th
grade OAR Citizenship awards,
letters Of appreciation for serv.
ice to the school and the senior
class will present its gift to the
school.
The Northern Montgomery
County Women's Democratic
Club will travel to Annapolis on
June 3. While there they will do
bit of sightseeing, have a
luncheon meeting and then go
on for tea in the afternoon al
the Governors Mansion where
they will be guests of Mrs. Mil.
lard Tawes.
Mrs. Henry S. Heine enter.
talned al luncheon on Satur-
day in honor of Mrs. Arthur S.
Fleming. Guests in addition to
Mrs. Fleming were the Mes.
danes Frank Hoffecker, Thomas
Warren Hoffecker, Martin Carl.
son, Gus Richardson, John Lang,
B. M. Woodfield, McKendree
Boyer, Frank Blood, E. c. Mag.
deburger, Paul Bauer, Harold
Rowe, Ray Palmer, and Foster
Nixon. Also DR.. Susan Harmon,
Dean Adele Stamp, Miss Alvina
Preinkert, Miss Eta Preinkert,