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

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auditorium.
The men of Washington
Groves Methodist Church spent
last Saturday house painting.
The project took them to New
Windsor to the John Evans
house, the shrine of the first
Methodist convert. Religious
meetings were held here from
1768 to 1909. They have also
been painting the interior of the
Aiken house, recently acquired
by the church to be used for the
Sunday Schools youth group.
On Saturday, starting at II
am. an auction will be held in
the Grove auditorium. Brake r.
Fraley will be auctioneer. Some
OF the items will include fur
nishings from the Aiken house
and contributions from the par
ish congregation and Grove
residents. The young people are
in charge of the lunch. Mrs. Les
lie Frey is chairman of the
bake table.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walker
will be attending a meeting of
the D. c. Savings and Loan
League at the Homestead in Hot
Springs this week end.
Harry Helms is a patient at
Montgomery General Hospital.
Last Saturday our school pa.
troll members attended their
annual ballgame in Washington
at the new stadium. Accompany
ing the students were Mrs.
Gladys Best, Miss Helen Porter,
Mrs. Robert Stiles, James
Smith and Maurice Spaulding.
Next years patrol officers
were elected by the students
and were assigned their posts
on Monday. Gary Floyd is
captain; Jimmy Schwartz,
first It., Martha DaIzeIl, sec.
Ond 1t, Kitty Cooper, SER
geant, and Michael Peck, cor
pOral. The captain and the
first lieutenant will attend
the patrol camp at Belair the
week before school opens.
The annual social gathering
of the faculty of Gaithersburg
Elementary was held on Tues
day evening at Peter Pan.
At the annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Asbury
Home, DR.. Albert B. Shirley,
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Church, was elected president,
The trustees and their wives
were the guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Herman Wilson.
The Library has received
many new juvenile books for
young readers. Included on the
new-book list for adults are
George, an Early Autobio-
graphy," Emlyn Williams;
This is the World" Pringle;
a new book on American guns
and frontier fighters; one on
rug braiding, on bulletin boards
and displays, and a book for
the moviegoer.
The Methodist Mems group
of Washington Grove hold their
dinner meeting this evening at
seven. Rev. Edwin Schell, a
member of the Historical So
ciety of the Baltimore Confer
ence, will be the guest speaker.
The men from Asbury Home
will also be guests.
Jack Hassett, Director of
Public Relations for Montgom-
cry County, brings us some
word on the Shady Grove Music
Fair, which opens June Is with
Dorothy Collins in "Brigadoon."
Mr.. Hassett says the producer
is interested in obtaining Sleep
ing rooms for extras and chorus
members of the cast in the
Gaithersburg area on a weekly
basis. He also states that there
will be opportunities available
for local people to work in the
box office and other areas con-
nected with the Music Fair. In
quiries may be made by tele-
phoning WI. 8-3408 after June /.
The Rev. and Mrs. Andrew
l.. Gum will hold a reception
at the parsonage this evening
for the new members Of the
church during the past confer
ence year.
The Washington Grove Ele-
mentary School sixth grade
students, with their teachers,
Mr.. Cram and Mr.. Lewis, took
a trip to Mt. Vernon last Friday.
Tomorrow, the fifth grade stu
dents. who have been studying
world culture, will visit the Pc
lish and the Iranian Embassies.
Herman viii, Board of Christ
ian Social Concerns for the
Methodist Church, has arranged
the tour and will accompany
the students with their teachers,