Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10
BY Mollie w. Christie
WAverly 6.3525


area physicians, was honored
Monday when a host of his
friends arrived unannounced at
his home and put on a gala
party in celebration of his 73rd
birthday, Amid the array If
gifts and the festive birthday
cake, DR.. Broschart was toasted
and praised for his long service
to the community, his kindly
role as one of the vanishing spe-
cies of the country doctor; and
his befriending of countless
families Of the neighborhood.
DR.. Broschart came to Gath.
ersburg and began practicing
medicine here Al years ago. For
the past 16 years, his busy life
has been made even buster by
his duties as the county medical
examiner. He and Mrs. Bro
schart have three children and
16 grandchildren.
The well-wishers who came to
honor him included Lawson
King, Basil Waters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hershey, Bill Bro.
schart and Bill, jr., Harold Her
shey, Forte Sandison, Bill Re
Der, Mr.. and Mrs. William Som
merville, Henry L. Meyer, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Hershey, Roy
a Galloway, Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Cissel, Charles Allnutt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas P. Her
shey, Bill Broderick, Paul
Twigg, Donald Magrudef and j.
Dorsey Howes.
The traditional Christmas
choral concert of the Gathers
burg High School will be held
Friday, December II, in the
gymnasium at 8 pm. Students
and staff of the music depart.
ment, fresh from their triumph
in last weeks highly successful
band concert, have prepared
program worthy of the best ira
ditions of Christmas music. The
addition of 80 new choir robes
will add to the beauty of the
artistic Yuletide settings and
the performance of the senior
high chorus, the girls chorus,
and the smaller vocal groups.
Featured on the program will
be Christmas Roundelay," COM
posed by Ruth Young, a high
school student from Pikesville.
Her composition won first prize
at the biennial convention of
the National Federation of Mu.
sic Clubs. A new arrangement
Of Zone Little Candle" will be
presented by members of the
senior high girls chorus, who,
incidentally, are appearing on
several community Christmas
programs this month. Mr.. WI
liam Earl is the director of ehe-
raj music.
Members of the Beulah Class
of Epworth Methodist Church
gathered at the Musser Broth
ers' Florist Shop last Monday
evening, where Luther Thomp-
son, manager, presented a dem
onstration on the art of Christ
mas decorations. Mr.. Thompson,
whose home has won numerous
awards in Christmas lighting
displays, is a master of both in
door and outdoor arrangements
for the Yuletide season.
Following the demonstration,
the members adjourned to the
home of Mrs. Allyn H. Myers
for their regular meeting. Shar.
ing the hostess role with Mrs.
Myers were Sidney Stubs, Mrs.
Luther Thompson, Mrs. Charles
Walker and Mrs. Linwood Lag
erson.
Our best wishes for a quick
return to health are sent to
Charles Walker, who is recu.
perating at home following an
|ppendectomy at Montgomery
;Ounty General Hospital early
hst week.
Members of the MiZpah Class
bf the First Baptist Church are
holding their Christmas party
Fthis evening at the home of Mrs.
Alice Suddeth.
Mrs. Allyn H. Myers, jr., has
returned to this country and is
now at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Welsh
in Woodfield. Her husband, Sp/5
Myers, expects to be separated
from the Army in mid-January,
following the completion of his
present assignment in Stuttgart,
Germany. The enterprising Mrs.
Myers chartered a plane from
Stuttgart and assumed respon-
sibility for filling the passenger
quota of u persons. She is now
teaching in Dunloring, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter B. Sinnott
of Southern Pines, N. c., are
receiving congratulations on
the birth of son, Peter Thomp-
son Sinnott, on Saturday, No
vember %. Mrs. Sinnott is the
former Miss Betty Lou Schu-
macher. The event makes proud
grandparents DR.. and Mrs. Jack
Schumacher, and Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Schumacher are just
about the happiest great-grand-
parents imaginable.