Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-21
Damascus
FLA Stages
Patterson
Annual Fete
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 1862

ne DdIIldSCuS OIldpl6E Oh the
Future Farmers of America
held their annual Patterson
banquet April 10 at the high
school During the day and eve
ming the chapter was also host
to the Region 8 meeting of
Future Farmers Chapters.
Groups meeting include the
eight high schools in Montgom-
cry County, Howard and Car
roll counties which have voca.
tional agricultural classes.
During the day contests were
held in tractor driving and land
judging. Winners in the land
judging contest were: LIST,
Speedy Clark of Glenelg; End,
Howard Grimes of Glenelg; 3rd,
Donald Bell of Glenelg; 4th,
Earl Miller of North Carroll;
5th, George Gulick of Glenelg;
tied for sixth, Mike Umstead of
Poolesville and Dave Harris of
North Carroll; 9Th, Robert Beall
of Damascus; 9th, Roger Arm.
old of Mt. Airy and 10th, Robert
Richardson of Howard. High
School team winners were 1st,
Glenelg; End, North Carroll;
3rd, Mt. Airy; 18th, Howard; 5th,
Damascus.
Winners in the tractor driv-
ing contest were: LIST, John
Beall of Damascus; David Muel-
Ter of Mt Airy; Bird, Raymond
Blacksten of Francis Scott Key;
4th, Wayne Danner of Francis
Scott Key; 5th, Ronnie Vessel
of Glenelg; 9th, Donald Hough
of North Carroll; 7th, Leonard
Moxley of Damascus; 9Th,
George Kruhm of Howard; 9th,
Mack Burdette of Gaithersburg,
and 10th, James Purkey of
Gaithersburg. Team winners
were LIST, Francis Scott Key;
End, Damascus; 3rd, Gathers
burg; 4th, North Carroll; 9Th,
Mt. Airy and 9th, Poolesville.
Following the b anque t
Wednesday evening the region
al public speaking contest was
held. Winners in the Junior divi-
sion were LIST, Kennedy Stiles
of Gaithersburg who spoke on
Jersey cows; End, James King
of Damascus who spoke on
safety on the farm; and Bird,
Douglas John of Francis Scott
Key who spoke on the advan.
tage of a cooperative.
In the Senior public speak.
ing division winners were: 1st,
Richard Ensor of Francis Scott
Key who spoke on the oppor-
tunities in professional agri.
culture; End, Larry Moxley of
Damascus who spoke on farm
life versus city life and Bird,
Ronnie Vessel of Glenelg who
spoke on how to Judge the
efficiency of a dairy COW.
Judges for the public speaking
contests were Miss Nora Lynch
of the Damascus faculty; DR..
Clodus Smith from the U. of
Md; Mr.. Baldwin of the Mt.
Airy High School faculty; John
Thompson, a senior at Mary
land and Lester Frank, a jun
ior at Maryland.
Among t h distinguished
guests attending the banquet
were DR.. and Mrs. c. Taylor
Whittier and their sons, Charles
and Timothy; Harry Mcdonald,
state supervisor of vocational
agriculture; Prof. H. Palmer
Hopkin, head of the agriculture
education department of the
University of Maryland; Paul
Galbreathe, state extension soil
conservation specialist; Win
ston Burdette of Gaithersburg
High, state FLA president; and
the vocational agriculture teach
ers in each of the eight schools
represented.
Three gentlemen, Mr.. Albert
Warfield, Mr.. Merhle Warfield
and Mr.. Irwin King and one
lady, Mrs. Margaret Thomas,
were presented with plaques
and made honorary members of
the Damascus Chapter of the
Future Farmers.
Rain or shine the congrega-
ton of the Damascus Methodist
Church will hold an auction
sale for the benefit of the
church building fund on Satur-
day, May Z beginning at 1890
am. The sale will be held on
Rt. 124 in the building formerly
known as the Bargain Barn di-
rectly opposite the church. AL
bert S. Tabler, jr., will be the
auctioneer. All sorts of items
will be offered for sale includ-
ing some antiques from two re-
Gently closed estates, furniture,
dishes, bric-a-brac, etc. The
WSCS Of the church will serve
luncheon. Mr.. Emerson Slacum
is chairman of arrangements
for the sale.
Kenneth Young and Amy
Hamburger, eighth grader at
DIS received honorable recog-
milton in the field of earth
astronomical sciences at the
County Science Fair held last
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