Gaithersburg
‘Grove’ Dinner Tuesday
Will Benefit P-TA Fund
By Mollle VV. Christie
WAverly 6-3525
The big turkey dinner of the
weekend is scheduled for this
Saturday at the Washington
Grove Elementary School,
where the Parent-Teacher As
sociation will serve a bountiful
family-style meal between the
hours of 4 and 8. Prices are
$1.50 and $.75 and all proceeds
e0 to the school projects of the
P-TA.
Connie Mills has been elected
president of the Montgomery
County Senior 4-H Council. The
election meeting was held on Oc
tober 19 at the home of Char
lotte, Donald and Jerry Savage.
Other new officers chosen in
clude: Bob Stabler, vice presi
dent; Jean King, secretary; Don
ald Savage, treasurer; Kathy
O'Boyle, reporter, Gloria King,
song leader; Barbara Windham,
song leader; Arthur Johnson,
Farm Bureau representative;
and John King, parliamentarian.
T. H. Owen Knight, super
visor of pupil personnel of the
Montgomery County Board of
Education, will be guest speak
er at the regular meeting of
the Gaithersburg Elementary
P-TA this Monday at the Long
view School. Mr. Knight will
discuss “How Can Children Be
Helped with Their School
Work?” At the business meet
ing preceding his talk, the 1959-
60 budget of the organization
will be presented for discussion
and adoption.
Mrs. Merle Ferguson was
hostess last Monday tg the
members of the J-O-Y Circle of
Grace Methodist Church.
Officers of the Upper Mont
gomery County Council of
Church Women for 1960 were
named last Friday at the World
Community Day meeting. They
are as follows: Mrs. Everett
Jones, Damascus Methodist,
president; Mrs, Alfred Watkins,
jr„ Salem Methodist, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Grayson Burnell, Up
per Seneca Baptist, secretary’;
and Miss Connie Fields, Ascen
sion Episcopal, treasurer.
Approximately 100 persons
were qn hand at the Washing
tonian on Saturday evening as
members of the Gaithersburg
Junior Chamber of Commerce
an dtheir wives celebrated the
fourth birthday of the group at
annual charter night festivities
The anniversary banquet was
followed by a dance.
Mrs. Douglas Diamond has
had as her recent house guests
Mr. and Mrs. Billings Wilson of
Clinton, Conn., and Lt. and Mrs.
Peter Wilson of Portland, Me-
On Sunday, November 1, Mrs.
Diamond entertained at a family
reunion in honor of her visitors.
Later in the week, the Billings
Wilsons and Mrs. Diamond en
joyed a few days in Williams
burg and Yorktown, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Uee Gartner
were hosts at a small gathering
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. I
Todd, who have recently ippved
frdm Charleston, S. C, to Fred
erick. Guests Included former
schoolmates of Mrs. Todd, who
will be more familiarly remem
bered here as MJssc Dorothy
Ayres.
Mrs. Merle Jacobs and Hrs.
Evelyn Darby were hostesses
on Saturday at luncheon and
cards at the home of Mrs. Ja
cobs.
The county music program
will be the theme of the pro
gram to be presented on Tues
day evening, November 19, at
the regular meeting of the
Washington Grove Parent-
Teacher Association. The 8 p.m.
meeting, to be held at the school,
will be visited by music super
visors from the Board of.Edu
cation.
Miss Rita Benson, now a soph
omore at Frostburg State
Teachers College, continues to
make a name for herself in the
college athletic program. She
has been elected sophomore
class manager of the hockey
team, and, in that capacity, en
joyed a very full schedule last
weekend. The team left Frost
bqrg on Friday for a weekend
of- hockey, golf and tennis at
the University of Maryland.
Their headquarers for the stay
was at the Meridian Hotel,
where they were guests for
both rooms and meals.
Jimmy Watkins was home for
several days last weekend from
his studies at the Charlotte Hall
Military School in Southern
Maryland.
Mrs. John Anderson was host
ess Tuesday evening to the
members of the Women’s Mis
sionary Union of the First Bap
tist Church.
If you haven’t thought about
your Christmas baking, may we
suggest that It is time that you
did. Members of the Beulah
Class of the Epworth Methodist
Church are now stocked with
pecan meats —grand for candies,
cookies, pies and rakes. In an
other week, they will have In
decorated tins old-fashioned
mints, peanut butter-crunch,
and cashew butter-crunch. Call
Mrs. Rodney Thompson to place
your order.
Mrs. Lawrence Perry was
hostess to her canasta club last
night.
A youth choir, for young folks
between 10 and 16, has been
started at Grace Methodist
Church. Mrs. Milton Walker,
the director, urges interested
persons to report to the church
on Saturday morning at 10:30
for rehearsal.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nutt
spent last weekend in Norwalk,
Conn., where they visited their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Nutt.
Members of Bethel 27, Inter
national Order of Job’s Daugh
ters, attended in a body the
morning worship service at Ep
worth Methodist Church Sun
day, November 8.
Six area ladies were at the Wil
lard Hotel last Friday to see
the Fashion Show sponsored by
the Lionesses of District 2?-C for
the benefit of the Eye Bank and
Research Foundation, Inc. Fifty
six fabulous Philip Robertson
creations were presented and de
scribed by Mr. Robertson, with
Hazel Markel doing the intro
duction. The local ladies attend
ing were Mrs. Donaud Nutt, Mrs.
Edgar Allen, Mrs. William Stup,
Mrs. Edwin Kinsey, jr., Mrs.
Alice Perry and Mrs. John Poole.
The Upmontco Neighborhood
Girl Scout banquet was held on
Saturday evening at the Flower
Hill Church of the Brethren,
with Mrs. Andrew Gibbs, neigh
borhood chairman, as mistress of
ceremonies. Honored guests
were Miss Martha Forman, dis
trict advisor, and Mrg. Peggy
Streeter, district chairman. Miss
Lou Gloyd presented films of
the Girl Scout Jamboree held
last summer in Colorado, films
taken during her attendance qt
the gathering.
Mrs. William Wyman was in
New York for several days last
week to be with her sister. Miss
Mildred Blandford of Louis
ville, Ky„ who was spending
the week In the Mg city. Miss
Blandford was the guest of the
Wymans on Sunday, stopping
off here on her return trip to
Louisville.
The Rev, and Mrs. .B. Frank
Foster had as their house guests
several days last week Mrs. Al
ma Emigh, Mrs. Foster’s moth
er, and Mrs. Edith Baker, a for
mer schoolmate, both of Coates
ville, Pa. On Saturday, the Fos
ters were in Baltimore for the
Navy-Maryland football game.
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Carr and
daugster, Ginger, are moving
this week to make their home
In Wytheville, Va. Mr. Carr, who
is with Allied Mills, Inc., re
ceived a transfer in the nature
of a promotion.
The Gaithersburg Chapter,
National Association of Retired
'Civil Employees, will meet off
Thursday, November 19, at 2
p.m. at the fire house. Members
are urged to be on hand for the
business meeting and the re
freshment period that will fql-
Iqw.
Poolesville
Community
Youths Pass
Fitness Test
By Cathe C. Llnthicum
Diamond 9-3332
A recent national survey, test
ing physical fitness of children
in grades 7-11. shows that the
children in this area measure
up quite well. Compared with a
national norm of 50 percentile,
boys from the Poolesville
school showed an average per
centile rank of 76.
Mansfield Daniel has re
turned to his home in Dicker
son after spending a week in
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Lewis
and daughter, Teresa, Dicker
son, recently returned from Cen
ter, Colo., where they spent sev
eral weeks with Mr. Lewis’ sis
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Burr Randles.
Mrs. Charles W. Norris, }r„
Bealls ville, was hostess at a
bridal shower Thursday night
for Mrs. Walter Wadsworth, the
former Shirley Pritchard of
Poolesville, who was recently
married. Mrs. Norris was assist
ed by Mrs. Jack Cubitt. About
30 guests were served refresh
ments in a pink and white set
ting of wedding bells.
Mrs. G. Robert Gray, Pooles
ville, is happy over the arrival
of another grandchild. Dr and
Mrs. Harry W. Gray, Frederick,
announce the arrival of thalr
first daughter, Carolyn Crist, at
Frederick Memorial Hospital,
October 31.
Nicholais Gutheim, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick A. Gutheim.
Dickerson, who is a student at
Fessenden School, West New
ton 65, Mass., would enjoy hear
ing from his friends.
Visiting the John W. Klmrner
lings In their new home in
Poolesville, Tuesday, were Miss
Mary Collier, Mrs. Edna Hawpe
and Mrs. Eleanor Gardner, all
of Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Roger Hughes, Barnes
ville, observed her birthday
Wednesday, November 4. Wa
know how many, but we won’t
tell. Congratulations!
Thomas Bodmer, Bcallsvllle.
is on a business trip to Texas.
Mrs. Herbert Brown, Pooles
ville, ia recovering from the
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Germantown
Exhibitors
Ready for
International
By Deborah H. Lenz
WAverly 6-0692
Germantown will be repre
sented in the making of entries
at the Eastern National Live
stock Sale at Timonium, No
vember 14-18, Becky Schaeffer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Schaeffer, Jr., will
have at the Baby Beef Sale her
Shorthorn steer which was
champion at the Montgomery
County Fair at Gaithersburg
last August, and also her An
gus. Her sister, Betty Lou
Schaeffer, will enter her Here
ford. Janet Hargett, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley D.
Hargett, will enter her prize
Shorthorn steer and also an
Angus.
Becky Schaeffer already has
a Hereford for next year’s Baby
Beef program and plans, also,
to have an Angus and a Short
horn.
On Friday, this week, the
Men’s Fellowship and the Dea
cons of the Neelsville Presby
terian Church will sponsor a
Father and Son Banquet in the
church social hall, for all the
men and boys of the church and
others in the area who are in
terested, at 7 p.m. The speaker
will be Special Agent David W.
Bowers of FBI Headquarters,
Washington, designated by Di
rector J. Edgar Hoover to be
bis representative. The dinner
will be prepared and served by
the Women’s Association.
Mrs. Beall W. Upglesbee was
pleasantly surprised recently by
a visit from her sister and bro
ther-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dal
ton H. Mulloney, of Columbus,
Ohio. They had been visiting
their son’s family in Philadel
phia. and after a brief visit
with Mrs, Ungelsbee, headed
back for Ohio. While here
they made a call on Mr. Dan
Dorsey, brother of Mrs. Ungels
bee and Mrs. Mulloney, who has
been seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward W. Fet
row have returned from a five
day trip to Lynchburg, Va.,
where they visited their son,
Ward, Jr., and his wife and
three children. Op the return
trip, Mr. and Mrs. Fetrow
stopped at “Monticello,” his
toric home of Thomas Jeffer
son.
Mrs. Glenn Gochenour is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Julia
W. Milliken, and her niece, in
San Francisco, Calif.
Mrs. Wesley D. Hargett was
hostess to the WSCS of the
Trinity Methodist Church, with
12 members present, on Wed
nesday, November 4. Mrs. Paul
mumps. Knowing it is just a
child's disease doesn’t help at
all!
Mrs. Windsor Day, near
Poolesville, is spending some
time with her daughter in Rich
mond, Va.
The Tuesday Junior and Sen
ior Bridge Clubs met last week.
Mrs. Benjamin White, Pooles
ville, entertained the senior
group, and Mrs. Lloyd J. Jones,
jr., Dickerson, was hostess to
the junior club.
Chuck Norris, Beallsville, has
returned from a successful
hunting trip for deer and bear
in Maine.
Mrs. Joseph Starkey, Mrs. R.
Lamond Thurston and Mr*. J,
H. Stonestreet volunteered their
services for clerical work during
the chest X-ray program in
Bamesville, November 3.
A number of local residents
attended the Farm Bureau ban
quet and meeting at the Agri
culture Center in Gaithersburg
Thursday night.
The Marching Unit of the La
dies Auxiliary of the Upper
Montgomery County Volunteer
Fire Department held a very
successful bake sale on October
30 at Selby's Store, in Pooles
ville.
In Olnay-Ashton-Sandy Spring
Community Flower Project Urged
An ambitious plan to beau
tify the fronts of all homes and
businesses In the Ashton-Olney-
Sandy Spring area will be un
veiled Monday at a meeting of
the Northeast Montgomery
Community Council.
Under the plan, all homes and
businesses in the community
would be participants in the
Clarksburg
6 Youth Week’
Plans Told
By Optimists
By Doody Burkett
The Optimist Club of Clarks
burg held Ladies Night last
week at Melody Inn, Middle
brook. President Russell King
presided. Rev. Howard Allwine
gave the invocation. A group
of visiting Optimists from the
Braddock Heights Club attend
ed this meeting. They were
President Frank A. Beachley,
Kemp had charge of the pro
gram arrangements, and Mrs.
Olga Zieger had charge of the
devotions.
Miss Patricia Lambert, stu
dent-nurse at the Frederick Me
morial Hospital, spent the
weekend at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Lambert.
Miss Becky Lambert spent
last weekend visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
McGraw at Twinbrook, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lam
bert and children, Jean and
Ann, of Saltville, Va„ spent last
weekend at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James C. Lambert,
and family.
Mrs. Gladys Clinedinst and
family have moved recently to
a new home on Mateny rd.
A Mother and Daughter din
ner will be sponsored by the
UPMONTCO Girl Scout Neigh
borhood on this Saturday at the
Flower Hill Church of the
Brethren, Redland, for which
121 people have made response,
including Brownie, Intermedi
ate and Junior High Girl
Scouts and their mothers. Sen
ior High Scouts will be guests.
Mrs. Clarence Streeter, newly
appointed District Chairman of
Girt Scouts will make an offi
cial visit. For the program
each troop will put on a skit.
Lou Gloyd, Senior Scout, at
tended the Round-up at Colo
rado Springs, Colo., and she
will report, and show slides.
The P-TA of the German
town Elementary School met
last Monday evening at the
school, and the guest speaker
was Dr. Henry W. Setzer, Jr.,
Assitant Curator for Mammals
at the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington. He supported his
address by showing slides of
trips taken to the Near East,
especially In Egypt.
The Men's Fellowship of the
Neelsville Church met at the
church last Monday, with the
president, M. Thomas Slater, in
charge. Plan for projects un
der the Fellowship were dis
cussed.
The Presbytery of Washing
ton City held its stated meet
ing on Tuesday, at the Lewins
ville Presbyterian Church, Mc-
Lean, Va. The Rev. Daniel C.
Manson of the Darnestown
Church, and the Rev. Albert W.
Lenz of the Neelsville Church,
attended. Mr. Harold F. Har
gett represented the latter
church.
The Westminster Youth Fel
lowship of the Darnestown
Church conducted the devotion
al service at the Presbyterian
Home for the Aged, under the
direction of the pastor, the Rev.
Daniel C. Manson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Petersen,
of the Cider Barrel Trailer
Park, are the proud parents of
a baby daughter, Sheryl Lynn,
bom on November 4, at the
Georgetown Hospital, Washing
ton. Mrs. Oscar Spolander, of
West Chester, 111., mother of
Mrs. Petersen, has been visit
ing here for a week.
The 4-H Club held its meeting
on Monday, November 2, at the
home of the Wachter sisters.
The following officers were
elected: president, Ruth Ann
Wachter; vice president, Bon
nie Wachter; secretary and re
porter, Jean Dorsey, treasurer;
assistant game and song lead
er, Amelia Jones. The next
meeting will be held on Decem
ber 19.
project and visitors would gain
a striking Impression of the
area. Both flower boxes and
flower beds would be used, un
der the proposal.
Edward C. Wilson, president
of the group, said the Olney Ro
tary Club has agreed to spark
the project in Olney and two
firms, Bradley Lumber Co. and
Secretary Grafton Cost, Past
president Horace Opal, Ronald
E. Loy, Harry L. Zimmerman,
and C. Richard Miller of the
Boys’ Committee. Mr. Miller
outlined the events scheduled
for the coming weeks in appre
ciation of our youth. He said
this was the first meeting sched
uled and was called the “Kick
Off” meeting.
Lt. Kenneth Watkins of the
Montgomery County Police De
partment, was guest speaker for
the occasion. He gave an excel
lent talk on the “Youth of Mont
gomery County.” Harry Zim
merman of Braddock won the
door prize. Sgt. at Arms Dorsey
Howes collected many fines
which were used to fatten the
pig for future boys’ activities.
Among the guests were Lt.
and Mrs. Kenneth Watkins,
and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kerr.
Members present were Presi
dent and Mrs. Russell King and
son, John; Secretary and Mrs.
Cy Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey
Howes, Mr. and Mr*. Albert
Clagett, Capt. and Mrs. George
Mellet Prevost and son, Ronnie,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rose, Past
Lt. Governor and Mrs. Arnold
Price, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Corey, Raymond King, Gaither
Draper, Rev. Howard Allwine,
Rev. Arthur Mott, Wilfred Mur
phy and Ralph Marti.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mabe re
cently journeyed to New Bern,
N. C., to visit their son. From
there they travelled on to visit
their daughter who lives in
Greenville, Tenn. They have
now returned home.
Mr. Jesse Tafer left Novem
ber 6 to visit his brother, Paul,
who Is a surgical patient at the
Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg.
The new Hand Book that has
recently been brought home by
your school youngster, repre
sents many hours of old-fash
ioned thought and elbow grease
(and It takes both of these to
run a new-fashioned school).
Read the hand book—learn
about our teachers and princi
pal—who they are —where they
come from and what they do In
their spare time. I ean hear
them scream, "What spare
time?” Mrs, Alta Rippeon, Mrs.
Mary Hayden, Mrs. Beverly
Hanvey, Mr. Clifton Crockett,
and Miss Jean Thomas worked
diligently to bring this Informa
tion to you.
Mr. and Mrs. John Redgrave
returned this past Sunday from
a vacation to the Skyline Drive
to view the autumn colors.
The MYF of Clarksburg and
Hyattatown have taken on spe
cial activities with which they
expect to raise funds for their
various needs. They are wonder
ful young men and women who
gather each week at their
churches for devotional serv
ices and programs.
The Clarksburg group will
sell fruit cakes for the coming
holidays. They will be In the
two, three and five pound sizes.
The Hyattstown MYF will sell
Christmas cards and other
items needed for the season.
Make your needs known to anv
one of the members of these
organizations. They will be only
too happy to serve you and the
proceeds will go for a very
worthwhile cause.
The next meeting of the
Clarksburg P-TA will be held at
the school on Wednesday, No
vember 18, at 8 p.m.
Clarksburg residents were be
ginning to believe there was a
flying saucer parked in one of
the fields around town, what
with the radios completely gar
bled. Even automobile radios
refused to operate In the area.
Televisions also had their share
of trouble. Sunday afternoon
about six trucks from the elec
tric and telephone companies
converged on a pole at Comus
rd. and 014 Route 240. In a mat
ter of minutes the trouble wss
located and Clarksburg was
once again "in the land of the
living.”
The hearing of the petition
for a special exception permit ‘o
build a trailer court on Shiloh
Church rd. has been continued
to another date. The hearing was
adjourned because of the late
ness of the hour on Friday.
J. H. Burton A Sons, nursery
men, respectively, have agreed
to donate lumber for the win
dow boxes and the flower plants.
At the meeting, to be held In
Sandy Spring Library, starting
at 7:45 p.m., John E. Clark, jr.,
chairman of the Governor’s
Committee to Keep Maryland
Beautiful, will apeak.
Damascus
Lions Ready
For Annual
Auction Sale
By Marlon Griffith
CLearwater 3-2682
Damascus Lions will be host
next Tuesday to a zone meeting
with the Gaithersburg and Mon
eoacy clubs. B. D. Gladhill,
program chairman announces
that the local club’s annual auc
tion sale of everything from
hams to household items will
be held that night. Null and
Null will be the auctioneers and
Jerry T. Wllilams, the clerk.
All proceeds go into the chari
table funds of the club. Jerry
Cook is promotion chairman.
The Damascus Volunteer Fire
Department held its annual ban
quet last Wednesday at Peter
Pan with 162 members and
guests present. Among the dis
tinguished guests who were in
troduced by E. Guy Jewell,
toastmaster were the following:
Rev. James Minter, state fire
men’s chaplain who gave both
the blessing and benediction;
Capt. Alton Harding of the
county police; Sgt. Joseph Kav
anaugh of the state police;
Ralph Small, jr„ president of
the state firemen’s association;
Vincent Simmel, secretary of
the Board of Trustees of the
state association; Matthew Dil
lon, training course instructor;
William Bliss, president of the
county association; Mrs. Earl
Pope, president of the Damascus
Auxiliary; Earl Pope and Mrs.
Raymond Snapp, eo-chairmen of
the department’s turkey sup
per; Joe Price, chief of Hyatts
town; Jesse Rippeon, president
of Hyattstown; Byron Miller and
Forte Sandison, chief and presi
dent of Gaithersburg; George
Hilliard, ehlef Upper Montgom
ery; Ronald Kile, president
Laytonsville; Donald Hobbs and
Jack Clark, chief and president
Mt. Airy; Charles Wilcom and
William Smith, vice president
and president of New Market;
W. Bartgls Storm, p4st presi
dent of the state association;
Floyd Heimer, secretary of the
state association; and the Rev.
Raymond Morlarty, pastor of
St. Paul’s Catholic Church in
Damascus who was the princi
pal speaker of the evening.
Chief Les Thompson reported
the department had answered
181 calls during the year with
a fire damage of $1,540. The
Chief also announced the ap
pointment of the following cap
tains and lieutenants and pre
sented their badges: Captain,
130 Utility, Deets Warfield, jr.;
lieutenant, William Rlggleman;
capt. 131, Robert Mulllnlx; it.,
Harry Merson; capt. 132, Monroe
Duvall; lt„ Lester Runkles;
capt. 133, Austin Muilinix; It.,
Donald Shipley; capt. 134,
Joseph Hawkins; It., Frank
Lelzear; capt. ambulance, Ken
neth Howes and lt, Martin
Darby. Fireman of the Year
Trophy was awarded to Donald
Shipley. Outgoing president
president Robert Muilinix pre
sented his badge to incoming
president Kenneth King who in
turn presented badges to all
other officers.
The P-TA met last week at
the high school. Attendance ban
ners were won by Mrs. Thomas’
eighth grade and Mrs. Tack
man’s first grade. Program
Chairman, Mrs. Irvin Wallen an
nounced that NBC Commentator
David Brinkley will be present
at the December meeting at
which time a film “Back to
School” narrated by Mr. Brinkley
will be shown.
Mr. Ellis Glime, principal in
ducted the following into the
National Honor Society: Sylvia
Pope, Carole Steckman, Sharon
Moxley, Linda Burdette, Mary
Kesler and Elaine Tobin. He
was assisted by society members
Paul Welsh, Peggy Burdette and
Susan Petrie. Jerry Duvall was
in charge of stage arrangements.
Mr. Robert Morrow of the
school board spoke on Board
Problems as seen by a member.
The following officers were
elected by the Damascus chapter
of tha National Honor Society
last week: Peggy Burdette,
president; Mary Kesler, vice
president; Carole Steckman, eec
retary; Linda Burdette, treas
urer; and Susan Petrie, chaplain.
The following were elected
officers of the school patrol
recently; Lela King, captain;
Gail Hurley and Ann Watkins,
lieutenants.
Senior students at DHS who
take College Entrance Board
exams are eligible to compete
for the 100 four year scholar
ships offered by General Motors.
Full details may be secured
from the Guidance Counselor.
Mr. Jerry Cook spent this
past week in Toronto, Canada
where he attended the National
Real Estate Boards Convention.
He Is a director of the county
board of realtors. Also attend
ing from the county was board
president Marvin Simmons and
secretary Naomi Laughlin.
The parishoners of St. Paul'a
Catholic Church made final ar
rangements this week for the
Smorgasbord dinner end bazaar
to be held Saturday from 3-8 at
the high school. Chairman Is
Mrs. David Cavanaugh; co
chairmen, Mrs. William Tench
and Mrs. Leroy Haneberger;
Turkey Dinner Planned
A turkey dinner will be held
at the New Liberty Grove Meth
odist Church in Burtonsville,
Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. It is
sponsored by the Woman’s So
ciety for Christian Service.
Home-baked goods and “white
elephants” will also be on sale.
Olney
Ghost Tales
Still Told
About Home
By Sheila Fleishell
WAlker 4-9174
"One man’s fact is another
man’s legend.”
An interview this week with
Mrs. Josiah Waters Jones clari
fied much of the local history
and even added spice ip the
form of a few local “ghost
tales.” Still spry and chipper
after 80-some years, Mrs. Jones
relates with evident gusto the
story of “Fair Hill.” Presently
the residence of Don Lamborne,
the developer of Williamsburg
Village in Olney.
Don’s home has had some
mighty interesting tenants in
years past. Built by Col. Rich
ard Brooke in 1770, a Quaker
who attained the rank of Colo
nel in the Revolutionary War,
the house later was sold, and
records indicate that it was used
as quarters for worker* em
ployed In a pottery business ip
Mechanicsville (now Olney
yroper). Then lt saw use a* a
Quaker school founded in 1819
and thus user for 46 years. The
ghost of Colonel Brooke was
supposedly seen riding up and
down the stairs at “Fair Hill,”
evidently because of his guilt in
departing from his Quaker be
lief In pacifism.
The eerie sound heard In the
house was supposed to have
been made by an Irish potter
who committed suicide by hang
ing himself In the cellar of the
house. Hearsay has lt that a
previous owner had the house
exorcised by a local clergyman
and thereafter the ghosts were
absent from “Fair Hill.”
Speaking of Hallowe’en, a
new tradition In the Olney area
has made this a very Interest
ing occasion for local residents.
Each year, the children from
the Olney Elementary School
parade through the Williams
burg Village section of Olney
appropriately costumed. This
year’s parade took place at 1:30
p.m. on Friday, October SO.
An Interesting event coming
up is the local appearance of
the "Little Singers of Paris”
scheduled for November 24 at
8:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Parish
Hall In Olqey. This world-fa
mous group hfts appeared in
over 35 countries and has mad*
seven ours in Canada and the
United States. Tickets, costing
from $3 to $5, are available at
either St. Peter’s rectory or at
St. Matthew's Book Stall, 1730
M st., n.w., Washington, D, S.
Another event of local Inter
est Is the annuel rummage sale
conductou by the Woman’s
Guild of St. John’s Episcopal
Church In Olney. The sale this
year will be held on Friday, No
vember IS,‘ from 10 a-m. till
A p-m., an don Saturday, No
vember 14, from 10 a.m. until
S p.m. Mrs. Warren Sargent is
vhalrmsn of this year’s sale,
and we understand some great
buys In household items, cloth
ing, furniture apd all manner of
useful articles.
Our thanks to all who have
called giving u* news and com
menting on this column.
bazaar chairman, Mrs. George
Kelly; bake sale chairman, Mrs.
James Welsh. The bazaar will
feature Christmas items. There
will be a door prize and musical
selections by LaClair Mattes.
Mrs. William Freienmuth,
Mrs. Howard Taylor and Mrs.
Willis Campbell attended the
Wives of Lions District 22C Eye
Bank and Research Foundation
benefit fashion show last week
at the Willard.
Mrs. Robert Floyd, Mrs. Irvin
Isaacs and Mrs. Irvin Wailsn
represented Damascus P-TA hut
week at the state convention
in Baltimore. They were Joined
Friday for dinner and the eve
ning session by Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis Glime. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hoover and Mr. Robert
Floyd. Mrs. Herbert S. Hyatt,
state membership chairman, at
tended the entire session.
Harold Morton, Jr., spoke to
Rotary Thursday on tha plans
for the Damascus Community
Swimming pool. •
Mrs. Emerson Slacum is a
patient at Washington Sanitar
ium.
A farewell reception is to be
held Friday at Walter Johnson
high school honoring Dr. and
Mrs. George Osterwise by the
high school principals and
supervisors association. Dr. Os
terwise expects to leave for his
new post in New York setate
about Dec. 1. A large group of
local school people plan to at
tend. Mr. Emerson Slacum is
chairman of the reception com
mittee.
The following officers were
elected by the Intermediate MYF
last Sunday: president, Harriet
SENTINEL
COUNTT/lm
Thursday, Nov. 12, 1959
Sandy Spring
Redland Hunt ’
Opener Held
Despite Rain
By Margaret F. Adelfio
WAlker 4-3803
The opening meeting of tha
Redland Hunt was on Saturday,
despite dampness underfoot and
threatening skies. There was
a good turnout of some two
dozen riders included were
about 10 junior members. R. H.
Hutchison, jr., who is Joint
MFH with T. T. Mott, was out,
and so were Secretary Joe Rich
ards, Whip Tom Mott, jr„ and
Huntsman George Willson.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Aus
tin offered a stirrup cup to Red
land members and friends at
noon on Saturday and the hunt
started from their home, Quail
Hill, on the Brinklow rd. Hunts
will be held regularly from now
on every Wednesday and Satur
day.
The nursing scholarship
which is offered by the Wom
en’s Board of the Montgomery
County General Hospital has
been named the Jean S. Bird
Scholarship in remeiyvbrance of
Mrs. Bird who was Instrumen
tal In Its creation. This was dla
cussed on Monday at the regu
lar meeting of the Board.
A recommendation was made
by the Women’s Board at the
same meeting that the name of
the Hospital be changed to
honor Its founder, Dr. Bird, If
sueh a move can be found to
be legally possible.
Mrs. Everett B. Wilson, chair
man of the Donation Day Tea
for the Hospital, has announced
plans for that event, which will
be he)d a* usual on the first
Saturday of December. The
date is December 5 and there
will be more about it later.
Our traveling postmistress,
Mrs. Muriel Easton, entertained
a group on Sunday evening at
the Community House by show
ing slides of her most recent
trip. Mrs. Easton spent five
weeks this summer In the north
west of this country and in Alas
ka. She went by bus and plan*
and arrived as far north as
Point Barrow, above the Arctic
Circle. Her pictures of Ice
floes, mountains and lakes were
exceptionally beautiful.
Mrs. William John Thomas is
leaving today to spend a few.
days viatUag Mr. and Mrs. Mal
colm Farquhar in Kennett.
Square, Fa. She is driving there
with Miss Dorothy Wetherald, -
who plans to visit a friend, Miss-
Marion Longshore, also near-
Philadelphia. *
Mr. and Mrs. Elgar H. Stabler
have some back from spending
a long weekend In North Caro
lina. Their three daughters,
Mrs. Carl Cochrane, Mrs. Yan
cey Culton and Mrs. Deborah
Cramer, and seven grandchil
dren, all live in Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Robert C. Turner and
two of her children, Posle and
Rob, drove down from Alfred
Station, New York, last weekend
to see her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. L. Thomas.
This is the time of year when
first frosts In the air bring on
hearty appetites. And there is
plenty of good homecooking
.available around here on Sat
urday nights at church suppers.
For those who prefer a change
from turkey the Men’s Club of
Oakdale -Emory Methodist
Church is offering a different
menu next Saturday. They will
be serving a Waffle-Pancake-
Sausage supper on November 14
at the Church from 4 until 8.
There will be a Bake Sale, too,
with the brave men doing most
of the baking.
The following Saturday, No
vember 21, the tables down at
Ashton Methodist Church will
be groaning under a feast of
oysters and ham with various
trimmings, another delicious
menu. That supper also will
he from 4 until 8 and there will
be a Sweet Shoppe and a Gift
Mart on the side.
About 30 ladies, members of
the Auxiliary of the Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Depart
ment met for their annual din
ner last Thursday evening. They
enjoyed a social hour before
the delicious meal at Olney Inn.
On November 24 the Little
Singers of Paris will give a per
formance at St. Peter’s Parish
Hall In Olney. The young boys
of the choir are giving various
concerts in this country, and we
are Indeed fortunate to have
one of those concerts right here
in the neighborhood,
Ann Stipe; vice-president, Terry
McCreery; secretary, Elaine
Wagner; treasurer, Lee Fer
menter; parliamentarian, Mari
lyn Doolan; sgt. at arms, Terry
Warshlpe.
Jerry Williams was among
those present at the buffet sup
per honoring Judge DeWitt S.
Hyde at Blair Mansion Inn last
week.
SIOO.BI was collected for
UNICEF on Trick or Treat
night In Damascus.
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