Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-24


pital, Baltimore, following
spinal surgery, and is staying
during her cOnvalesence at
the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Selby. Her
recovery is slow, and she
would welcome visitors.
Gary Crowell, son of Mrs.
Betty Hersperger, was mem
Der of the cast in a play on
May II at McDonogh School,
where he is a senior. He en-
acted the role of Captain
Queeg in "The Game Mutiny
Court Martial" Gary has been
accepted by Colgate University
in Hamilton, N. Y, where he
will enter in September.
On May ID, the two fourth
grade classes at the German
town Elementary School made
a field trip to Washington.
They were accompanied on the
bus trip by three teachers, Mrs.
eBtty Setter, Miss Julia Allnutt,
and Mr.. Cecil Shrewsbury, and
two parents, Mrs. Joseph La
fleur and Mrs. Charles C.
Modzel. They visited the Smith
Betty Setter, Miss Julia Allnutt,
first toured the u. S. Natural
sonian Institution, where they
History building. They were met
in the rotunda by DR.. Henry w.
Setter, Curator of Mammals,
who took them through
the Hall of Mammals. He also
served as their guide in the
Hall of Birds and the Hall of
Minerals. In the rotunda they
saw the largest elephant ever
taken and some dinosaurs.
The Space and Aircraft build
ing across the Mall was next
in their tour. The pupils were
greatly interested in the rock
cts outside the building and in.
side they were particularly ex-
cited by seeing the capsule of
Freedom VII in which Astro.
naut Alan Shepherd took his
historic space trip. They were
able to look inside the capsule
and see the instrument panel,
and a dummy astronaut made
the situation realistic.
A tour through the building
of Arts and Industries was
h Uric d but comprehensive
Especially interesting was the
transportation section with old
locomotives on display. Further
items of interest on the tour
were the display of the in
augural gowns of u. S. Presi
dents wives and the Jade
Room. Bag lunches enjoyed or
the bus preceded the return
trip to the school.
All ~ student Safety Pa
trolls of the Jamestown EIe-
mentary School attended the
baseball game at the ID. c.
Stadium on Thursday, May
10, along with other Safety
Patrols Of the area, a trip
sponsored by the American
Automobile Association. The
game was between the Wash
ingtOn Senators and the
Kansas City Athletics. The
group shared a bus with
Gaithersburg Patrols, and &C.
cOmpanying the Jamestown
contingent were Miss Kath-
crime FlOti, Miss b. WaddelI,
MIR. Burdette, and Mr.. Robert
Barton.
Jamestown S afety Patrol.
taking part in the Nationa
Safety Patrol Parade in Wash
ington on May II were Jacl
Weber, Tammy Thrasher, anC
Maurice Ward.
On May z, members of thu
Travilah Darnestown Home
makers Group and friends wer'
guests of Mr.. Joshua B. Eat
man, Director of Public Rela
tons, Maryland-National Capi
tai Park and Planning Com
mission. Taken on an Aida,
park and highway bus tou
through Montgomery an,
Prince Georges Counties, tn,
group visited the many recre
alton centers and parks AM
viewed the work already don
on our highways as well a
work now in progress. The,
were shown the many facilitie
available to citizens.
During the noon hour tn
group stopped off at tn
Wheaton Regional Park an
Nature Center, where Mr.. Johl
P. Hewitt, Director of Parks
displayed chart, pointing ou
the many accomplishments il
this area as well as plans TO
the future. At this park, thos
in charge are anxiously await
ing the arrival of trumpete
swans from the northwest TO
their lake, and the opening, eA
pected during September, of tn
indoors and out-of-doors horse