Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-14
oIney
Pupils Win
HOnOrs
By Sheila Fleishel
walker 1914

Several students from the I'll
ney area had prize-winning ex-
hibits in the recent Science Fair
held at Sherwood High School.
Betsy Haave's fine exhibit on
"conic sections" in the mathe-
mates division, won a first
prize at the Sherwood Fair and
an honorable mention in the
Montgomery County Science
Fair. Others were William
Mann with his geology exhibit,
a first place winner; Charles
Packer, who won a second place
with his "made at home" oscil-
loscope, and Diane Hicks who
was awarded an honorable men,
ton for her study of Siamese
fighting fish. Other Olney area
entries were by John Kinney,
with an exhibit on zoology, Wal
ter Bond and Spencer Robbins,
who made a working model of
a seismograph; Judy Allen, a
study of the human digestive
system, Charlotte Meyers with
her exhibit on the ear, and Kay
Yeager who featured a display
on photography.
Another sign of the rapid de-
velopment of the Olney area is
the news of the recent forma-
ton of the Olney Acres Area
Council. Elected were: Claude
E. Towery, president; Henry
Hirrlinger, vice-president; Mrs.
Henry Hutteman, secretary and
Edward H. SchwarZ, treasurer.
This group, formed by residents
of the Olney Acres subdivision,
has as its immediate goal the
improvement and Identification
o fthis section of Olney. At
present, officers of the group
are engaged in drawing up a
charter and have made arrange
ments to send members two
newsletters a month to keep the
membership informed of events
affectin gthe area. The group
plans also to contact other civic
groups in the area in regard to
Olney plans and problems.
Margaret Elgar Gilpin of the
Briers, in Olney, will be one of
the members of the st. Mary's
Seminary Junior College Choir,
which will present program of
varied choral music at st.
Johns Episcopal Parish Hall on
April 20. The choir, now on its
annual tour of Maryland, Penn
sylvania and the District of Co
lumbia, is composed of 80 voices
and is under the direction OF
Brantley D. Greeson. The pub
lie is invited to attend the con
cert, which will start at 8 pm
All area churches have SEIZED
uled special services for Easter
Sunday. At st. Peters Catholic
Church masses will be held al
7:30 in the old church and al
9, 1890 and IL noon in the new
building.
st. Johns Episcopal Church
in Olney will hold a Holy Com
munion service at 7 am. with
a morning prayer service SEIZED
uled for 9:45 and a Holy Com
munion service and special ser
mon at Ills.
The Reverend c. G. Muradian
pastor of the combined Brooke
vile Mt. Carmel Methodist
Church, will be the guest speak
er at the Good Friday services
held at the Liberty Grove Meth
DIST Church in Burtonsville.
Reverend Muradian will off
ciate at Easter services held al
the Mt. Carmel Methodist
Church at $3.50 on Easter Sun
day and the mixed choir, under
the leadership of Robert Nash
will participate. At IL am
Easter music by the mixed choir
under the direction of Mrs
Richard Sellman.
The children's choir will sing
at the $3.50 Easter services al
the Emory Methodist Church
and at the IL am. service the
adult choir, under Mrs. David
Brigham, will participate.
The East Montgomery County
Council of Churches will hold
their annual Easter Sunrise
Service at Greenwood Farm
two miles north of Brookeville
on Route 81. Guest speaker
will be the Reverend Frank B.
Mullins, pastor of the New Hope
Baptist Church. All area resi-.
dents are invited to attend, as
the service-which will start al
$40 a.m.-will be interdenomi.
national and interfaith.