Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16

V~S eAAS Va 6oiASl. lie SPEAKER
of the evening was the Rt. Rev.
William F. Creighton, Bishop
Coadjutor of the Episcopal Do
cese of Washington.
Prior to the service the Rev.
and Mrs. Wilson entertained at
tea honoring Bishop Creighton.
Friday evening, June II, will
be graduation night for the
DIS seniors. Miss Dorothy En-.
erson, State Director of All
work, will address the gradual
ing class. DIS Principal Ellis
Cline will give out the senior
awards. Among the awards to
be given are the Danforth
Foundation -Four Square" De-
velopment, the DR.. George M.
Boyer Award to the class vale
dictorian, the Daughters of the
American Revolution Good Citi-
zenship Award, the Mrs. Leslie
Woodfield Award to the senior
girl most outstanding in the
home economics field, the Lions
Club Industrial Arts Award and
the Girls and Boys Athletic
Awards.
Mr.. Robert Morrow of the
Board of Education will give a
short talk. Diplomas will be
awarded by Mr.. Cline and Mr..
Vernon Simpson. Graduation is
under the direction of Pat Poole,
overall chairman and Mr.. Harry
Stipe and Mrs. Richard Wilson,
faculty advisors.
The Wesleyan Service Guild
of Damascus Methodist Church
will serve businessman's
luncheon this Thursday at the
church from 1880 to 1870.
Pvt. Allan L. Burke has COM
pleted his basic training course
at Fl. Jackson, S. c., and is
home on furlough until June "a
when he is to report to Fl. Sill,
Okla, for a 10 weeks school in
radar.
The Damascus Methodist
Church will hold a Daily Vaca-
ton Bible School for two weeks
beginning June u. There will
be no session on July 4. Classes
will run from 9-11:30 am. Mon
day through Friday. Mrs. Ber-
nard Frenzel is director of the
school and those wishing to reg
lister for the sessions are asked
to contact her so that final ar
engagements for classes may be
made.
The DIS Student Council en-
1oyed an outing at Frocks'
swimming pool near Westmin-
ster, last Thursday. Mr.. Charles
McCreery is the groups spon-
sor.
Testees of the National Merit
Scholarship Test, 18th graders,
and National Educational Devel-
opment Test, ninth and tenth
graders, are being given the re-
suits of their examination
scores through the guidance Of
flee at DIS. With these results,
students are made aware of
their weaknesses and are guided
into courses and programs to
correct them.
The Damascus Chapter Of the
Future Teachers of America
elected the following officers to
serve for next year: Mary Kes-
Ter, president; Linda Burdette,
vice president; jeanne Duvall,
secretary; Sylvia Pope, treas
urer. Miss Mary Mather, school
librarian, is the groups advisor.
Damascus Lions are sponsor
ing a chicken barbecue this COM
ing Saturday, June IS, from 2
10 8 pm. at the American Lee
gion Home. This is the clubs
major fund raising activity of
the year for their community
welfare fund. Tickets are S1.75.
All persons under II and over
so will be charged only 80 cents.
Roger Burdette is general chair
man.
Mrs. N. c. Bailey of Orange,
Va, spent several days last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Emer-
son Slacum.
Mrs. Martin Darby and Mrs.
Emerson Slacum took the Jun
ior MYF of Damascus Method
list Church to Braddock Heights
Sunday afternoon for an outing.
Damascus Volunteer Firemen
have been hard at work this
past week preparing the
grounds for their big annual
carnival. Dates for this years
event are June n through July
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