Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-05
Sandy Spring
School Set
To Open on
September II
By Jane Day
WA 4.9648

SANDY Spring Friends School
opens next Wednesday for its
third year with two new build.
ings underway and several ad.
ditions to its faculty. One build.
ing, to be ready perhaps by
late fall will house an infirm.
airy, faculty quarters, classroom
and music practice space. The
second building will be a pre-.
fabricated utility building for a
shop, classroom and group
use. 1t should be ready within
the next week or so.
Headmaster Sam Legg has
announced appointment of sew
eral faculty members: Miss
Margaret Eliot of Brewster,
NY, as a full.time nurse; Mr..
Emory Jones of West Virginia,
science teacher, and his wife,
Sandra, who will serve as sub.
stitute nurse; Mr.. Ware
Baird, an English teacher; and
MIR. John Mcdonald, from Sc.
attic, science and math.
Another innovation reported
by Mr.. Legg is that the school
for the first time will be oper.
ating with a deficit budget. The
first two years it enjoyed an
operating surplus, but now,
according to the headmaster,
with new buildings, new teach.
ers, 1.-THE same enrolment, how
ever, we're back to normal
with a deficit budget"
Two events of interest are
scheduled this weekend: Satur.
day, the Redland Pony Club
show will take place at DR.. and
Mrs. Charles Ligon's home. The
show offers a variety of class.
es, ribbons, and is open to in.
terested riders under IS.
Sunday the Sandy Spring
Quarterly Meeting will be held
at the Meeting House and will
feature a talk on race relations
by Mrs. Helen Baker, who with
her husband, DR.. Percy H.
Baker, has been active in the
American Friends Service Com
mittee. The day begins with a
Ministry and Counsel meeting at
9:45 followed by worship at II
am. Lunch will be served to
all in attendance. Anyone in.
terested is welcome to attend
Mrs. Bakers talk, expected to
begin about 1:30 pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Ashel.
man and their children have re.
turned from a months camping
trip through western states.
They spent some time in the
Grand Tetons where son Randy.
Is. climbed 13,000-foot Grand
Teton. Eric Ashelman, who
spent the summer in Guadala.
lara, Mexico, with a Mexican
family, Joined his parents,
Randy and sisters, Sri and
Lisa, for the trip home. Peter
Ashelman spent part of the
summer in Europe and has re.
turned to do graduate work at
the University of Pennsylvania.
Returning in time for the
Labor Day weekend and the
opening of school were the
Thomas Lansdales and their
children from a month at
Dewey Beach. Mrs. Lansdale,
a skilled water.skier, sprained
an ankle at her favorite sport
but is now on the mend. Mrs.
Tom Ladson and her children,
recent guests Of the Lansdales
at Dewey Beach, also were
home by the weekend.
Mrs. Roger Whiteford OF
Washington recently spent two
weeks visiting her cousin, Miss
Elizabeth w. Murray of Brooke.
vile.
Donald Maddy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Keith Maddy, has recently
been made an Eagle Scout -
scouting's highest award. Don
aid, just IA, is one of the
youngest boys ever to become
an Eagle Scout and the first
from his roop-759-of Ashton.
He will receive his award at a
presentation at the Ashton
Methodist Church. Sept. 20.
Donald began his scouting as a