Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-05
Kennedy
Visits Here
Next Week

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Sen. John F. Kennedy
brings his campaign to Mont
gomery County next Thurs
day in a tightly-knit tour
schedule to be highlighted
by his address before the
spring luncheon of the United
Democratic Women's Clubs at
Indian Spring Country Club.
According to Blair Lee II,
county campaign manager for
Kennedy, the Massachusetts
presidential aspirant will be in
the county from 8:15 am. until
2:30 pm. Stops are planned at
Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rock
vile, Wheaton and College
Park.
Kennedy and his party will
be met at Georgia and Alaska
ayes. in Silver Spring by Lee
and other members of the local
Kennedy-for-P resident Commit
tee. He will visit with employees
of the Johns Hopkins Unive--
sity Applied Physics Labora-
tory and the Emerson Research
Laboratories before joining
members of the Women's Club
of Bethesda for a 9:35 am.
coffee hour at the clubs head
quarters at $500 Sonoma. I'd.
Neighborhood Democrats have
been invited to attend.
Moving to Rockville, the can
didate will call on County Dem
ocratic Chairman Ward w.
Caddington at the office of the
Board Of Election Supervisors
in the county courthouse at
1918 am. and, If time permits,
will tour the County Office
Building.
A tour of the Wheaton Plaza
Shopping Center will precede
Senator Kennedy's noon appear
ance at the Indian Spring Coun-
try Club, where he will be the
guest of honor at an informal
reception a half an hour before
the scheduled start of the Dem
ocratic Women's luncheon.
Luncheon guests will include
most of the States top Dem
Ocratic officials, among them
Gov. and Mrs. j. Willard Tawes,
Comptroller and Mrs. Louis L.
GOldstein, Secretary of State
Thomas Finan and all of the
States Democratic congress
men.
According to Mrs. Mary L.
Wilson, State chairman of the
United Democratic Women, in
terest in the luncheon has been
greatly stimulated by the an
nouncement that Senator Ken
nedy would be the speaker.
Officials of the group origin
ally had anticipated on attend
ance of about 500, but the esti-
mate now exceeds 1900, she re-
ported.
Due to the heavy demand,
tickets will be sold on a first
come, first served" basis, ac-
cording to Mrs. Wilson. They
may be obtained from indi-
vidual club presidents and d
limited number are available at
Mason's flower shop in Whea-
ton.
Arrangements for the lunch
con are under the supervision
of a committee composed of
Mrs. Actual Allen, Mrs. E.
Brooke Lee, Mrs. Genevieve
Wells, Mrs. Ruth Fleming, Mrs.
Harper M. Smith, assisted by
the presidents of the county
clubs associated with the group.
Meanwhile, Lee this week an.
nounced the personnel OF the
Kennedy-for-P President Commit
tee in the county.
Officers, in addition to Lee,
include Claude J. Desautels,
vice chairman; Mrs. James L.
Lynch, executive secretary;
John B. Sterling, treasurer;
Mrs. B. L. Chambliss, Bethesda
area chairman; County Coun.
Gilman David l. Cahoon, Rock
vile chairman; Mrs. E. Brooke
Lee, upper county chairman;
Mrs. George F. Bonifant, Coles.
vile chairman, and Frank S!
Ketcham, Potomac chairman.
Among m m bers are 10
seph B. Simpson, jr., Takoma
Park; Charles H. Jamison,
Poolesville; Wallace M. Cohen,
Chevy Chase; Frank Novotny,
Silver Spring; Mrs. Ralph A.
Wells, Manor Club Estates;
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