Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-26
Guifhersburg
Community Overflows
With Holiday Plans
By MOllie w. Christie
WAverly 6-3525


will be marked by special
church services, by the arrival
] of out-of-towners for holiday
visits, and by the departure OF
some of our folks to spend the
weekend elsewhere.
Ascension Episcopal Chapel
will observe Thanksgiving at
services scheduled for Thurs.
day at $3.50 am.
At 10 am, the Rev. Chester
w. Rill will lead the congrega.
ton of the Washington Grove
Methodist Church in their an.
nual Thanksgiving service.
The joint worship service of
the Grace and Epworth Meth.
odist Churches will be held this
year at Grace at 1890 on
Thanksgiving Day, with the
Rev. Malcolm F. Wright, pastor
of Epworth, bringing the ser.
mon. The combined choirs of
the two churches will present
Thanksgiving music. A nursery
will be provided for small chill.
dren.
At the First Baptist Church,
Thanksgiving worship is SEIZED
uled for Wednesday evening at
7:3O.
At 8 pm. on Wednesday eve
ming, special services will be
held at st. Bartholomew.
Gen. and Mrs. Harris Jones
and Miss Jeanette Humphreys
Of Asheville, N. c., arrive here
on Wednesday to spend the long
holiday weekend with Col. and
Mrs. Robert Ransom. On Satur.
day, the Ransoms and their
guests will be in Philadelphia
for the Army-Navy football
classic.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Nor
man will be in Culpeper, Va, to
eat Thanksgiving turkey at the
home of Mrs. Norman's mother,
Mrs. ]. T. Norman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin F. Bur-
dette, jr., had as their guest
last weekend Charles E. Brown,
III, of Kansas City, Mo. Mr..
Brown was enroute to Newport,
r. l., where he will attend the
Navy school for legal officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin West ar
rived on Thursday from st.
Petersburg, Fla, for a visit with
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover K. Walker.
Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. N. Hurley were their son-in.
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Spiers, jr., of Radford,
Va. Joining the family in Wash
lngtOn for a days reunion was
another daughter of the Hur-
leys, Mrs. c. M. Hinsley, of vii.
mingtOn, Del.
OF interest here are the invi-
tations issued by Mr.. and Mrs.
William S. Gilliland, Clarified,
Pa, for the wedding of their
daughter, Brenda Ann Foor.
Her marriage to Mr.. Thomas O..
Shugarts will take place on
Thanksgiving morning in St.
Francis Catholic Church, Clear
field. Mr.. Shugarts is a mem
Der of the faculty of Gathers
burg High School. The newly
weds will make their home
here.
Gaithersburg loses one of its
very active families this week
as DR.. and Mrs. George l..
Osterwise and their four chill
dren move to Schenectady, N. Y,
to make their home. DR.. Oster-
wise, who recently resigned as
director of secondary education
In the Montgomery County
schools, will become superinten-
dent of a system Of four schools
In New York State. He will be
in charge of schools serving the
towns of Ballston Spa, Charl.
ton, Malta and Milton. On be.
half of their many friends and
the numerous organizations
they have served, we wish the
very best to the Osterwise fam
lily.
The Women of Ascension
Chapel met on Wednesday eve.
ming at the home of Mrs. Basil
Waters; with Mrs. Roy Talbot
as eo-hostess. A program en-
titled 1.-THE Mission of the Town
and Country Church was pre-
scented by a panel of three Of
the members: Mrs. Waters, Miss