Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Damascus
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 3.2682

observing national FLA week
February 20-27 with a variety
of activities.
The local chapter acted as
host on Tuesday evening to the
chapters from ! Gaithersburg
and Poolesville High Schools
when the University of Mary
land Collegiate FLA Chapter
raised the Montgomery County
FLA Green Hands to the de-
gree of Chapter Farmer in cere-
monies held at Damascus High
School.
The chapter participated In
the swine judging contest held
Saturday in Frederick. Also
this past Tuesday the chapter
initiated its annual Farm Safe
ty and Fire Prevention Cam
paign. The local chapter won
the state farm safety campaign
last year and as a result the
chapter president and the chap
ter advisor attended the Nation
al Safety Congress in Chicago.
During this week the chapter
members will make spot an
nouncements over the school
public address system concern
ing the group and its activities.
There will also be bulletin board
displays.
The local chapter has pur-
chased over one hundred baby
chicks, which will be raised and
sold as broilers by the chapter
as a fund raising project.
The first service of the Da-
mascus Episcopal Church was
held Sunday with 70 persons
Mr.. Frank Blood and Mr.. Her
bert Cain, lay readers conduct
ed the service and the Rev.
Herbert w. Lamb of Grace
Church in Silver Spring was the
guest preacher. Church School
will be held beginning next Sun.
day at the same time as morn
ing service under the direction
of 1t. William Mackey. A cot.
fee hour will be held each Sun
day after the morning service.
The congregation of the new
church wishes to express its
thanks to the various churches
in the Diocese Of Washington
which have contributed prayer
books, hymnals, altar appoint
ments and church furniture.
They are: All Saints, Chevy
Chase; Christ Church, Kensing.
ton; the Colesville Mission,
Grace Church, Silver Spring;
Redeemer, Glen Echo; Holy
Trinity, Collington; and AL
Souls, Epiphany, st. Adams,
and st. PauPs in the District.
Miss Bruce Bailey of Orange,
Va. was a weekend guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Emerson Slacum.
The intermediate MYF solici.
ted in the Damascus area Sun.
day for the Heart Fund. SOS
was collected. This is the
largest amount which has been
taken In in the last four years
since the young people started
to make this canvas in the Da'
mascus area.
On Ash Wednesday, March 2
there will be a Holy Commu
Mon service from 8-9 pm. al
the Damas cus Methodist
Church. This will be the only
communion service during the
month of March.
On March 3 the WSCS will
hold its annual membership
luncheon. Mrs. Edwin Ross
wife of the pastor of the Mar
vim Me m orial Methodist
Church will be the speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Watkins
entertained Saturday at a birth
day party at their home honor
ing the sixteenth birthday Of
their twin daughters Ann anc
Phyllis.
The Lutheran Church OF the
Redeemer will hold a series o.
Lenten services beginning Ash
Wednesday at 8 pm. in the ele
mentary school auditorium. Thu
services will be built around Z
series of great art master
pieces depicting the passion o.
Christ. There will be a ques
ton and answer period follow
ing each service. Services viii
be conducted by the pastor
Rev. Thomas Sim.
Turnabout Day will be HEX
at DIS March / under tn
sponsorship of the Studen
Council and the Future Teach
ers Of America. Paul WelsI
will serve as principal; Edwart
Burdette as vice principal; San
dy Newell as Guidance Coun
selor; Sharon Moxley and Bett.
Leishetar as secretaries, an
Jerry Rhinehart as librarian
Mr.. Charles McCreery and Mis-
Mary Mather are faculty ac
visors.
An Honor SooiStv asssmblI