Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Damascus
Mack Day
Enplanes
For Europe
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 3.2622

the Foreign Exchange Program
OF the State Department. Mack.
whose parents are former Da-
mascans and who has many rel
atives in the Damascus area, is
to be president of the Student
Council at Montgomery Blair
this coming fall.
Youngsters taking part in this
program are chosen on the basis
of their scholastic record, char.
acter, morals, sonality.
craftsmanship and on recon-.
mendation of the school author.
tiles. Mack arrived with his par
ents last week in New York ex.
pecting to join large contin-
gent of other exchange students
who would leave by boat for
Western Europe. However, the
boat was crowded and Mack
found himself one of 20 students
who were placed on an airplane
and flown to Europe where they
will await the arrival OF the
others by boat and have an Cd.
portunity for 4 few extra days
of sightseeing. He will live with
a family in Denmark and join
them in all their activities.
The annual Damascus Fire.
mems Carnival came to an end
Saturday as perfect weather
and Fourth of July fireworks
brought out A huge crowd,
Thomas Bellison, chairman OF
the food booth at the carnival
has asked the column to ex,
press his thanks to all who
worked so hard to prepare and
serve the food during carnival
week.
Here are the winners in the
annual parade which was held
last Wednesday. Best appearing
marching company with band,
the Hyattstown Fire Company,
$50 and trophy. Trophies went
to the following: Best county
pumper, Gaithersburg-Washin
ton Grove; best out of county
pumper, Sykasville; company
coming longest distance, Brook
Ign, Md; oldest piece of motor.
lied equipment, Mt. Airy; best
ambulance, Bethesda c Il y
Chase Rescue Squad; best la.
dies auxiliary, Hyattstown; best
non-fire, non-commercial float,
Damascus Methodist Youth Eel
lowship; best commercial float
Julia Mayer School of Dance;
best comic entry, Black Ankle
Volunteer Fire Department;
best antique auto, 1911 Ford. Ir
vim Long, Damascus; best chill
dren's entries: first, S. to Car
olyn Lonas, second, $3.50 to the
Brake children, third, $1.50 to
the Proett children and fourth,
81, to the Friendly Bluebird.
Here are the results of the
second annual bicycle derby
sponsored by the Damascus Ro.
tary and held in connection with
the firemens carnival. Prizes for
each first place winner were a
trophy and So; second place, 81;
third place, 81. Each contestant
won a chance for the new b.
cycle which on drawing went to
Robert Low. In Class d 60
1st, Michael Allen Hughes; 2nd,
Harry James Merson; 3rd, Cliff
ford Bennett. In Class c (8-10)
LIST, boy, Billy Johnson, LIST, girl,
Mollie Cornor; End, boy, James
Meadors, 2nd, girl, Linda Sue
Hershey; 3rd, boy Bruce Glad
hill; girl, Patricia Matthews. In
Class B (11.14) LIST Jeffrey Bur.
dette; 2nd, Larry Gladhill; Bird,
Billy Allen.
In Glass A t14-l6), LIST, Paul
Black; End, Thomas Low; Bird,
Phillip Steele. The committee in
charge of the derby was made
up of Charles Beaver, chairman,
assisted by George Fetrow, John
Hood, Walter Brown. Lew Glad.
hill, John McNaughton, and
Carlton Brandenburg. Judges
were DR.. John r. Steelman. Ed
win Fry, Fred Jones, Eugene
Casey and George Fetrow. Tro-
plies were donated by Gladhill
Bros, of Damascus; Irwin Sales
Co., Gaithersburg; George Fet.
row & Son, Germantown. and
G. d. Armstrong, Laytonsville,
Winners of prizes at the car.
nival on Saturday evening were
as follows: the 1859 Ford went
to F. E. Harrison of Ri. No. l
in Woodbine. The three-piece
lawn set from the Ladies Aux.
iliary went TO Esther Sims of
Marriottsville; the permanent
wave donated by the Damascus
Beauty Shop went to Jimmy
Gladhill, and the punch bowl
donated by the Gayla Gift Shop
went to Luther Burke. The
American Legion's midget racer
was won by Mrs. Marjorie
Spooner Of Camp Springs, and
the legion Auxiiiary's picnic
table and charcoal brazier went
to Dicky Souder, The Lions