Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

members Joined the club: Fran
ces Reidy, Joan Watkins, and
Nancy Watkins.
Mrs. Annie Hackey's kinder
garten class at the Darnestowr
Elementary School has beer
studying Children Around the
World" Two guests recently
have brought home to the class
how children live in China ano
in Holland. On Tuesday, April
10, the special guest was Mrs
Donald Tsai of Potomac. Mrs
Tsai, who is a native Chinese
displayed Chinese dolls, ivory
chopsticks, and books used by
primary children in China. She
demonstrated the art of origami
paper folding) and taught the
pupils to count to ten in Chinese,
To illustrate Chinese food, the
guest provided almond cookies
Then on Thursday, April H.
Miss Lura Winters, the speech
therapist at the school, who has
spent some time in Holland, was
the guest of the class. She told
the pupils how the children OF
the Netherlands help their mo-
theirs by cleaning and keeping
shiny the pots and pans they
hang over their fireplaces. When
the children go to school in Hol
land, Miss Winters declared
they leave their wooden shoes
outside the door. Imported
Dutch cheese was enjoyed as a
sample of food from Holland.
The fOurth.grade class of
Mrs. Elizabeth Sell and ten
Camp Fire Girls from the
fifth-grade class at the Cedar
Grove School recently made a
field trip to Washington. They
toured the Pakistani Embassy,
had an interesting question
and-answer session about PAX
istan, and viewed a film about
the Pakistani navy. A tour of
the White House was next on
the agenda, and finally the
trip eliminated i'm a visit to
the Washington Monument.
On the grounds there the
group enjoyed the lunches
they had brought from home.
Accompanying the pupils on
the school bus were, in addi.
ton to Mrs. Sell, the two
Camp Fire leaders, Mrs. Max.
inc Beall and Mrs. Margaret
King, and several other
mothers.
The Wednesday Afternoon
Circle of the Jamestown Pres.
byterian Church met April 4 at
the home of Mrs. Donald Wag.
ner. Devotions were led by Mrs.
John w. Kitterman, and Mrs
Wagner presented the Bible
study. Discussion was continued
on several projects suggested
last month.
A field trip to the Safeway
Store in Gaithersburg was the
class project of the third grade
taught by Mrs. Ouida Noffsing,
er at the Jamestown School
Thursday, April 5, in connec
ton with the class's social stud
les unit on the production, pres
ervation, distribution, and con
sumption of food. A guided tour
OF the store was given the class
by the store manager, Donald
Magruder. Alos included In the
learning process We're arithme
tic and language. Each pupil
had a specific purchase to make
suggested by his parents)
which required change to be
made. Back at school short es
says of the trip were writer
by the pupils as a language as
signment. Mothers accompany
Ing the class and their teacher
were Mrs. Ace Esworthy, Mrs
Robert Rawlings and Mrs. Rol
lin Mead.
Mrs. M. Thomas Slater has
recovered from a severed,
sprained ankle suffered recent
ly. She has returned to her sec
retarial position at the Acc.
Fred M. Felmet, principal
OF the Jamestown School, re.
Gently attended the three-day
convention of the Department
OF Elementary School Princi.
pals Of the National Education
Mrs. w. Gordon Hannaway
and daughter, Beth, and son