Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-04
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 1852

NA<Col WotOl O7SOON
The annual oratoriacal contest
on the American Constitution
sponsored by the American Le-
gion will be held on Tuesday,
February 9 at 800 am. at the
high school. Judges will be
Mrs. Jack Day, Mrs. Herbert S.
Hyatt, Mrs. Roscoe Buxton, DR..
E. M. Douglas of Gaithersburg
and David Brigham of Brooke
vile, national executive commit
teeman of the American Legion.
The local winner will compete in
Rockville with other area win
ners. Raymond Wilson, Amer
icanism chairman of the local
post is in charge.
At its meeting last week, the
Damascus Chamber of Com
merce passed a resolution that
a letter be written to the Mont
gomery County Council express
ing the Chambers opposition to
the viewpoint recently ex-
pressed by the county Financial
Advisory Committee to the
effect that families with in
comes below $4,000 and houses
below $4,000 be discouraged in
Montgomery County. New mem
bers to the local chamber were
Roscoe Pearce, Hubert Snapp,
Raymond Wilson, Garlic n
Brandenburg, John Neumann,
and Joseph Warfield.
The Chamber also discussed
local coming problems but de-
cided to remain neutral al.
though they would promote dis.
cussions of the problems for bet
ter understanding. The Cham
Der is also interested in provid-
ing future parking space in
Damascus and a committee con.
sitsing of P. G. Burdette, Roscoe
Pearce, George Boyer, B. D.
Gladhill, B. M. Woodfield and
Stuart Dorset was appointed to
report to the local businessmen
at special meeting in the near
future.
The Damascus Woman's Club
will meet February IL at 8 pm.
at the home of Mrs. George
Pope. Mrs. Luther Moore, pro.
gram leader for the evening will
instruct members in the art of
Swedish embroidery.
The WSCS of the Damascus
Methodist Church meets today
at l pm. at the church. Miss
Frances Kieffer, parish worker
for the Broadway East Balti.
more parish will speak on city
missions. Hostesses are Mrs.
Ralph Nash, Mrs. Joanna Hub
bard, Miss Ruth Boyer and Mrs.
John Newell.
The fourth quarterly confer.
ence meeting of the Damascus
Methodist Church will be held
on Friday. A covered dish sup.
per will be served at 6:45 fol.
lowed by business meeting.
All members of the parish are
invited.
A panel of service men from
the Navy, Army, Marine Corps
and Air Force will present a
program of information to in.
terested members of the Senior
class at DIS on Friday during
the Senior Problems Class pc.
Rod. An effort is being made to
have a member of the Woman's
Army Corps present also. Sgt
Edward Brown of the Rockville
recruiting office will be moder
ator. Mr.. Harry Stipe is re
sponsible for the program in CO
operation with the high school
guidance department.
Mr.. Milton Proett, Junior
class advisor and the prom com
mittee for the Junior-Senior
prom have made arrangements
for the prom to take place al
Brooke Johns Country Club in
Olney. The student committee
is made up of Linda Burdette
Kay Brandenburg, Jane Mullin
eaux, Carole Steckman, Elaine
] Tobin, Ronnie r. Watkins anC
Ronnie L. Watkins.
The advanced mixed and ninth
grade choruses at DIS will pre-
sent the operetta Robin HooC
under the direction of DonalC