Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-17

Girl Scout week. The girls
Drugs and rum buns from the
Olney Inn.
A background of organ music
was provided by David Hearn.
Olney women scored quite a
triumph at the recent Washing
ton Flower Show. Mrs. Thomas
A. Ladson won two blue ribbons
(for first place. in two separate
categories and Mrs. Howard
Sharpless won two red ribbons,
placing second in two contests.
Mrs. Ladson's awards were for
her efforts in the Dynamic
Thought and Spiral Design en-
misconceptions which called
for rigid standards and quite a
challenge for even the most
skilled in flower arrangement.
Mrs. Sharpless scored in the
Vertical Design contest and in
the Challenge grouping, in
which the participants had to
use materials chosen by the
judges. Also, the Friendship
Garden Club, of which both la
dies are members, won second
prize in the Garden of the Flu
ture exhibit. At present, the la
dies of the Friendship Garden
Club are busy planning the de-
tails of the Flower Show to be
held May IS at the Community
Center in Sandy Spring.
Area school girls and their
mothers, who are handy with a
needle, are urged to participate
in the make a Dress Sewing
Contest being sponsored by
the Olney Grange. The contest,
which opened in February, is
for the purpose of choosing a
local winner to compete in the
State finals. The winner of the
state finals will be eligible for
the national finals, which will
be held in June in New York
City. Prizes in the National Con-
test will total $4,000 and var
ious awards can be won at the
local levels. For entry blanks
and rules, contact Mrs. Sarah
Haviland at Spring 1924 or
Miss Lucille Priest at EV. a.
95O5.
After several postponements
due to the recent SHOWS, the Oh
ney-Norbeck Homemakers Club
met last night at the home of
Mrs. Henry Hutteman. Assist
ing Mrs. Hutteman as co-host.
ess was Mrs. Daniel Grimes.
This months project for the
Homemakers was Your Fam
ily's Health and Mrs. William
Wendler gave a demonstration
and short lecture on Poise and
Posture for the Family.
The Health Center Clinic for
babies, maternity cases and pre-.
school children, located in the
former Geist store in Sandy
Spring, lacks many necessary
items. Toys and books for small
children, 2 basinettes, a play
pen, dishes (cups, saucers,
plates and bowls), silverware
(knives, forks and spoons), and
magazines for the reception
room to mention just a few Of
their needs. AS spring house
cleaning time will soon be here,
why not check that attic-if
you can be of help, call Mrs. U.
o. Hutton at SIP. 4-21S8.
On March %, IS children
from the Olney Elementary
School will board two chartered
buses and journey to Washing.
ton to attend the third In a Sc
ries of Children's Concerts pre-
scented by the National Sym
phony Orchestra. Accompany
ing the children will be the prin-
cipal, Mr.. Schumate, and several
teachers, and representing the
mothers will be Mrs. Wallace
Mann, Mrs. Brooke Johns and
Mrs. r. B. Butts. The popular
ity Of these performances has
grown year by year. Four years
ago, the first year that the Oh
ney Elementary School partici-
pated, only II children attended
the concerts. At present, So is
the number of tickets allocated