Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-30
Damascus
Women Set
For Talk
On Orient
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 1862

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will hold their May Fellowship
Day Friday at the Damascus
Methodist Church. Luncheon
will be served at one followed
at two by a business meeting,
worship and a speaker. The
speaker will be DR.. Richard
Halverson, pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church in Wash
ington who has Travelled exten.
sively in the Orient.
The Junior and Advanced
Mixed Choruses of Damascus
High will present a light oper-
eta 1.-THE Chimes of Normandy"
by Robert Planquette on Thurs
day and Friday, April 80 and
May i. Principal players in
clude Mary Kesler, Karen Am
brose, Tommy White, John
King, Kenneth Petrie and Rich
ard Doolan. Committee chair
men for the event are: Costum-
ing, Gay Roddis; Stage Prop
critics, Peggy Burdette; Pub
licity, Linda Pruitt; Tickets and
Programs, Carole Steckman;
Sales, Arthur Tackman; Make
up, Pamela Dame; and Stage
Party, Thomas White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Sla-
cum attended the TB and Heart
Association Banquet April 20 at
the Hughes Memorial Church.
Susan Freienmuth, Lynn Barron
and Anna Slacum of the Damas-
Gus intermediate MYF were also
on hand to receive a bronze
plaque for five years of serv-
ice to the heart fund.
Students who passed the gem
eral aptitude test at the Atomic
Energy Commission earlier this
year completed the stenographic
portion Of the job application
this past week. William STRAIT
ton, commercial teacher at the
school gave the test to Deborah
Warfield, Kitty Lewis, Louise
Beall, Mary 10 Watkins, Eileen
Beall and Charles Rhinehart.
Ten Damascus students had
entries in the county science
fair at B-CC High School. In
the field of architecture Curtis
Day and Ronald Cue received
top honors. In medical science,
a field In which there were 81
entries, Carson Meadors re-
ceived an honorable mention
which Is one of the first six
places In this field.
Ten schools participated in
the Damascus Invitational Track
Meet last week. Damascus won
with a total of 411z points; Wal
kersville was second with 20h;
Sherwood and Howard County
each had 10; Harriet Tubman
had 18; Carver IL; Gathers
burg, 81; Mt. Airy, 8; fancy
town, 21z; and Sykesville, 0. Da-
mascus individual scorers in
cluded-100-yard dash, LIST Louis
Abrahams; 220-yard dash, 4th,
Bobby Stup; 440-yard dash, Bird,
Woody Ward; 880-yard dash,
4th, Woody Ward; mile run, LIST,
Arthur Johnson and 4th, Tommy
Herndon; 440-yard relay, End,
Bill Matney, Frank Rice, Pete
Carlton, Louis Abrahams; 800
yard relay, LIST, Bobby Stup,
Frank Rice, Leonard King,
Frank Grimes; mile relay, 1st,
Pat DuvalI, James Watkins,
John Mayer, Leonard King;
high jump, Bird James Kempj
broad jump, Ord, Bobby Stup;
shot.put, Bird, Louis Abrahams
and 4th, Pete Carlton; discus,
LIST. Louis Abrahams and Bird
Pete Carlton.
Damascus Baseball team has
a new coach this year, Richard
Sprowls, math teacher at the
school. Team members are
Billy Auth, Danny Baker, Cliff
ford Burdette, Richard Keil,
Arthur Bowie, James Saunders,
Druid Clodfelter, Bobby Clod-
felter, Wayne Souder, Michael
Burdette, Nelson Rhinehart,
Howard Hawkins, Larry Cha
ney, Ronnie Watkins, Danny
Dennison, and Conrad Mills.
Court Da m ascus Catholic
Daughters of A m erica cele-
brated its fourth birthday Sat
urday, April 10, with party at
the Coon Club. All members Of
st. PauPs parish were invited.
Father Paul Meyer, pastor Of
st. Martins gave a talk followed
by Father Raymond Moriarty Of
st. Pauls. Other distinguished
guests included Miss Mary
Smith, District Deputy Of Prince
Georges County and Miss Mary
Gloyd former district deputy Of
Gaithersburg. A delicious buf.
fet supper was served followed