Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-31
Sandy Spring
Community
Is Proud of
Sam Rice
BY Margaret F. Adelfio
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This neighborhood can now
number among its residents
member of basebalps Hall of
Fame.
Sam Rice, who has lived on
his farm in Ashton for many,
many years, was elected to the
honor this week. He was a
pitcher, then an outfielder with
the Washington baseball team
for most of his long major
league career during the 1920's
and 1905.
Peggy Zimmerman, senior
at Sherwood High School, Is
another award winner, it has
just been announced. She won
the OAR. Good Citizenship
Award from Sherwood, and, in
addition was one of four run.
ners-up for the Countrywide
award, which was won by
Greta Smith of Walter Johnson
High School. Award winners
will be honored on Feb. % at a
luncheon with Gov. Willard
Tawes In Annapolis and a tour
of the state capitol.
Peggy, who is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Zim.
norman of Dominion Drive in
Sandy Spring, also counts
among her previous awards
math scholarship which entitled
her to study at Lehigh Univer-
slty last summer. She plans to
go to Maryland University next
year.
The Lutheran Church, Mis-
souri, Synod, is in the process
of establishing a new church
in this immediate area. Under
the auspices of the Pilgrim Luz
theran Church in Bethesda
with the help of the two closest
Lutheran churches, in Glen
mont and Montgomery Hills,
the new group plans to begin
holding regular services about
March /. For the present they
expect to meet in the all.pur-
pose room of Sherwood Ele-
mentary School.
The Peace and Social Con-
Germs Committee of Sandy
Spring Monthly Meeting will
hold a series of discussions be-
ginning on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
The group will meet on the
first Wednesday of each month
at 8 pm. in the lounge at Sandy
Spring Friends School for dis
cussions on the general topic of
THE Individuals Responsibility
to Society"
At the Feb. 6 meeting, Bar
nard WEIGH, County lawyer and
columnist will be present and
the theme for discussion will
be capital punishment. All in
terested persons will be well
coined.
Among the college students
who have been at home re-
Gently for mid-winter break
following exams have been Jim
Austin who is a student at Ho-
bart College in Geneva, New
York, and Brad Fletcher from
Brown University.
Miss Alma Waldie of Sea.
gi1t, N. j., has been a recent
houseguest of Miss Dorothy
Wetherald at Plainfield. Miss
Weatherald drove her friend
back to her home last week
end, then spent several days
visiting in the Philadelphia
area.
A group of ladies from this
neighborhood plan to make UP
two tables at the annual Heart
Luncheon, which this year is
being held at the Kenwood
Country Club on February Z.
Among those planning to go
are Mrs. Francis A. Thomas,
Mrs. William John Thomas,
Mrs. A. Irving Smith, Mrs. Ray
Roberts, Mrs. Francis Miller,
Mrs. Nathan White and Mrs.
George Vault.
Mrs. Frank Wilson enter.
tanned her bridge club at Olney
Inn last week. Guest substi.
tutes for the afternoon were
Mrs. White and Mrs. Vault.
Mr.. Elbrey Staabler of Mo-
bile was here for a few days
recently which he spent with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert o. Stabler.