Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
In and About Kensington
Town Council Rejects
Proposed Master Plan

rector of the library for the past
10 years and in each succeeding
year has felt the increased need
for more space. In fact part of
the library was farmed out at
Cleveland but with the increased
new facility it will be possible to
it.
According to medical experts
the National Library of Medi-
cine is the greatest collection of
literature in the world.
1t includes all books, pamphlets,
periodicals, thesis and other ma
terial that has been written on
medicine since 1900. Calls come
in from all over the world for
information from its various
sources. Col. Rogers says that
one out of 10 calls are from out
side the United States.
1t is expected that the new Ii
brary will be complied by 1861
which will be the 125th ami
versary of the founding of the
library. 1t will have a staff of
225 people, quite a few of whom
live in the Kensington area.
Queen Installed
Carol Ann Basil was installed
as Honored Queen of Bethel No.
80 of the International Order of
Jobs Daughters in the Masonic
Hall in Kensington Wednesday
evening. Other elected officers
include: Penelope Lindsay, Sen
ior Princess; Carol Johnson,
Junior Princess; Sandra Miller
Guide and Sylvia Sledge, Mar
shall.
Other officers installed were:
Barbara j. Ridgley, Chaplain;
Carol Lee Colwell, Treasurer;
Kathleen Black, Recorder; Ar.
lene Carpenter, Librarian; Bar
bara Conn, Musician; Barbara
Clinesmith, 5th Messenger; Don
ma Mitchell, 4th Messenger; Eliz-
abeth Kidwell, Bird Messenger;
Gayle Evan, End Messenger;
Barbara Holden, LIST Messenger;
Lorna Clark, Senior Custodian;
Alyce Arena, Junior Custodian;
Susan Weber. Inner Guard;
Mary Ann Gruber, Outer Guard;
Judy Funkhouser, Senior Page;
Linda Waters, Junior Page; and
Donna Farley, Historian.
Ten installing officers, some
from other Bethels, took part in
the colorful ceremony. The Elk.
ecutive Council of the local Beth.
ell includes Mrs. Marie Gruber,
Mr.. Claiborne c. Bagley, Mrs. Ell
leen Weber, Mrs. Norma Car.
penter and Mrs. Lucille Conn.
unIIAu- C.....
j. r. Heller III, better known
as Rod" graduated from
Princeton this week with the GOV.
eted "Maga Cum Laude" honors.
Among those of his family who
went up for the commencement:
activities were his parents, DR..
and Mrs. ]. r. Heller of Dunnel
Ia, his grandfather, E. H. Ayers
of Columbia, Tenn; his brothers
Haines, who Is a student at
Yale and Winder of Kensington.
Rod was home for a few days
last week and had with him a
classmate, William Macon, of
st. Louis. Other recent guests
In the Heller home were DIR.
Heller's sister, Mrs. James A.
Loveless and James and Rebecca
Loveless from Gallatin, Tenn.
Wins Prizes
Mrs. Ruth Herrick Myers OF
Garrett Park won first prizes in
two categories and honorable
mention in another in the an.
nual contest sponsored by the
Professional Writer Club of
Washington. She took first and
second prize in Published Adult
Stories, first prize in Published
Juveniles and Honorable Men.
ton in Unpublished Stories.
This week Mrs. Myers quietly
celebrated her 50th year of pro.
fessional short story writing.
She leaves today to spend the
summer with relatives at La
Grange, ILL.,, and Madison, Wis.
Personals
William D. Groom and Ray.