Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
PooIesViiIe
Annual Fete
of FLA
Group Held
By Cattle c. Linthicum
Diamond 1882


The annual Parents-Son ban.
quet of the Poolesville Future
Farmers of America was held
at the school Wednesday night.
The program consisted of short
talks by members of the FLA
who also supplied the entertain.
ment.
Mr.. Russell Umstead was hon.
ored in the Honorary Chapter
Farmer ceremony. Robert T.
Crawford, presented medals to
John King, third in the dairy
judging contest, and Michael
Umstead, third in vegetable
judging contest at the recent
FFA-Sponsored contest at the
University of Maryland. Chuck
Wade and Michael were also
given cash awards by the Chap
ter for carrying the most prof.
ect work in the ninth and 10th
grades and the 18th and 18th
grades respectively.
Among the guests were Pro.
fessor Smith, of the Vocational
Agricultural Department of the
University of Maryland, and the
Vo.-Ag teachers and presidents
of the FLA Chapters from Da.
mascus and Gaithersburg
schools.
Mr.. William B. Hilton, Barnes.
vile, has been a surgical patient
at Frederick Memorial Hospi.
tai.
The new president of the
Poolesville Garden Club is Mrs.
Lathrop E. Smith, Boyds, who
succeeds Mrs. Fred S. McCorkle,
Poolesville. The election took
place at the home of Mrs.
George A. Meerdink, Poolesville,
Tuesday. Mrs. Meerdink is vice
president, Mrs. Herbert Brown,
Poolesville, secretary-treasurer,
and Miss Cora Clever, Boyds,
program chairman. Committee
chairmen will be announced by
the president later.
Mrs. Smith and Miss Clever
were in charge of the program
on dried flowers. The members
held an exhibit of the dried ar.
engagements and studied and dis.
cussed them. After the business
and social hour the group toured
the hostess garden. The next
meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Brown, at which
time they expect to have a guest
speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace C. Bur-
riss, near Comus, have received
word of the arrival of a seven
and half pound grandson born
Thursday to Mr.. and Mrs. 10.
seph Barnes of Anderson, S. C.
Mrs. Barnes is the former Betty
Burriss.
The Monocacy Citizens Asso.
citation met Monday, May 10, at
8 pm. in the Poolesville school.
1t was decided at the meeting
that discussion of the erection
of an elementary school in
the GAINESVILLE Comus-Dickerson
area as well as the proposed ele.
mentary school in Poolesville be
held at the next meeting of the
Association June IS, 1859, at 8
pm. in the Poolesville school.
All residents interested in this
discussion are invited to attend
as this is the last meeting of
the Association until September
1859.
Meeting Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. Sam w. Lindberg,
GAINESVILLE, the Comus Home.
makers Club busted themselves
with plans for a family picnic
to be held in July at the Agri-
cultural Center. The date will
be announced later.
A number of toys were
brought in, and Mrs. William
Warren, the Toys chairman, an.
nounced aprons with roomy
pockets were especially needed
by the hospitals for their young
patients. Mrs. Robert F. Barton,
Civil Defense chairman, spoke
OF the last practice alert and
stressed the importance of know.
ing what to do and the proper
equipment to have on hand, as
everyone would be affected eli.
Their directly or indirectly in case
OF attack. This concludes the
clubs business meetings for the
summer months. They will re.
sumo in September at the home
OF Mrs. Barton in Boyds.
Changes During the Last One
Hundred Years" was the subject
of the exhibit put on by the fifth
and sixth grade social studies
classes of the Poolesville Ele.
mentary School Friday after.
noon and Monday. Committees
We're set up on the following 10
subjects: Art, Buildings, Cloth.
ing, Communication, Food, Edu.
cation, Medicine and Health, Rec.
reation, Safety and Transporta.
ton. The students spent a lot of
time in research, reports, discus.
sions and interviews. They