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Gaithersburg Holiday Theme Is Still Main One in Community By Mollie W. Christie WAverly 6-3525 Holiday activities continue to dominate the news this week, as the routine meetings of civic and community groups yield to the festivities of the season.: Christmas in Gaithersburg was probably very much like Christmas in countless towns across the nation—worshipers crowding candlelighted sanctu aries; a light covering of snow to give a Christmas-card look to lighted lawns and doorways; family gatherings around the tree; folks going out of town and out-of-towners coming in; reunions for the sumptuous Christmas dinners; and the glow of Christmas happiness in the eyes of little children—and of grownups, too, in this most wonderful of all seasons. Guests at the Asbury Home enjoyed a special service around their tree on the morning of the 25th. Later in the day, the Berg mann family of Washington were hosts to the Asbury folk at their annual Christmas din ner in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Berg mann. On Tuesday, November 29, Dr. and Mrs. Herman M. Wilson held their annual "at home" party for members of the As bury family and staff. Mrs. Rob ert Wilson was the soloist and Mrs. Richard Wilson presented several instrumental numbers. The Warren Shantzes went down to Atlanta, Ga., to spend the holidays with their daugh ter and her family in their new home there. Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Ga ouetet came down from Boston for a Christmas visit at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Gillis. One of the pre-holiday parties was the birthday buffet supper given by Mayor and Mrs. Mer ton F. Duvall in honor of Mrs. W. N. Hurley, jr. Guests at the fete were Mr. and Mrs. Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Cissei, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Clogg of Rock ville, Mrs Regina Kibler and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grogg. Mrs. C. S. Wilmarth of Amity ville, L. L, is the holiday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ham mann. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Powell left at the close of school on Wednesday for Statesboro, Ga., where they are visiting Mrs. Powell’s mother, Mrs. George T. Beasley. The Andrew Hugars, after Christmas Day at home, went to Phillipsburg, Pa., Saturday for a visit with relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Nicely and their son were in Knoxville, Tenn., for a Christmas sojourn at the home of Mrs. Nicely’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Dyer. Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson have as their houseguests his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Anderson of Boston, Mass., and his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Weisman of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Easton and their children are spending a few days in Wytheville, Va„ with Mrs. Easton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Umberger. Mr. and Mrs. John MacPher son have been in Johnstown, Pa., for holiday visits with their respective families. George Darby, jr., was host at luncheon Tuesday when he had a group of his schoolmates as his guests. Mrs. Elton McGhee spent last weekend with her family in Lynchburg, Va. One of delightful holiday par ties was that given on Saturday evening by Mrs. Kitty Rotruck at her Floral dr. home. Guests were treated to a view of the interesting pictures of Mrs. Ro truck’s European tour last summer. An early Christmas gift for Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Wilson arrived on December 19, when a daughter, Joanne Lillian, was born at the Montgomery Coun ty General Hospital. Christmas Day, Dr. and Mrs. Herman Wilson were hosts at a family dinner, having as their guests their four sons and their families. At last year’s Christ mas dinner, there was only one Wilson grandchild; but this year there were four of them to brighten the holiday get-to gether. Possibly the largest of the family dinner parties was that at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Perry on Christmas Day. The Perrys were hosts to their chil dren and their families—a grand total of 53 persons. Four dinner tables and a few card tables for some of the 23 grandchil dren accommodated the crowd that gathers each yuletide for dinner. As always, they conclud ed the day’s activities with carols around the piano—a choir of some magnitude. ALCOHOLICS = ANONYMOUS j:j DEcatur 2-1933 ; 80,''211, Rockville, Md. 1 Another large dinner was that given by Mrs. Howard G. Kin sey, when she enteretained the members of the Rau family, 41 in number, on Christmas Day. Guests came from the Gaithers burg area, Rockville, Damascus and Ijamsville. The holidays brought sadness to some of our families. Ad miral and Mrs. Merle Van Metre were called to Anderson, Ind., the weekend before Christmas Day by the death of his mother, Mrs. Essie Copeland. Sympathy is extended to the family of Arnold Stull, who passed away suddently last Monday, December 21. Services were held Wednesday, with in terment in Forest Oak Ceme tery. Word was received here of the death of James Ridolphi in Richmond on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Ridolphi is the former Miss Mary Rebecca Robertson, daughter of Mrs. W. D. Robert son. The staff of the Gaithersburg Post Office wishes to thank the public for the excellent coopera tion that made possible the speedy and efficient completion of the moving of a record breaking mountain of Christ mas mail. We think is only fit ting that on behalf of the pa trons, we extend our gratitude to all the postal employes for the cheerful and excellent work during the holiday season and their splendid service through out the year. And so we come to the last chapter in another year’s chron icle of the day-to-day activities of our town. We have a special word of thanks to those of you who have helped by calling out attention to the bits of news and interesting events that make up a town’s story. To all of you, our hearty greet ings for a bright and prosperous New Year. Sandy Spring New Year Parties Scheduled By Margaret Adelfio WAlker 4-3803 Let’s welcome the 60s with thanks for the peace and pros perity in our community and our country, and a prayer that they may continue. The actual business of welcoming in next year will be handled compe tently at neighborhood parties. The Bonifant clan and their friends will gather as usual at the home of Mrs. George Boni fant of Layhill on the evening of the 31st. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson will also entertain at their home at Brighton. Other holiday parties are hap pening thick and fast. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Manning opened their beautifully decorated home in Brinklow to friends for their annual Christmas Eve party. On Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. Richard Janney invited family and friends to their an nual party at noon at Brooke Meadow. Entertaining at Homestone on Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Johnsen. The party this year marked their tenth wedding anniver sary. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wood ward are spending Christmas and New Year with their daugh ter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Arnatt, and two granddaughters, Ronlyn and Sylvia, in Webster Groves, Mo. The Woodwards’ other daugh ter, Joy Shotts, her husband, Bill, and two sons are visiting their Shoots relatives in North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. John Beavers are also in North Carolina vis iting their daughter, Betty Hen dricks, Dr. Hendricks, and the children. Mr. and Mrs. A. Irving Smith have with them for the holiday season their whole family. Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Burkow (their son-in-law and daughter), and Robert, Lynda and Allen, drove here the weekend before Christ mas from their home in Bristol, Va. At Tanglewood, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Turner and their three children have been spend ing the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Fletcher have with them for the holidays Mrs. Fletcher’s father and sister from Massachusetts. Capt. Ru fus Taylor's mother is with the Taylors at Berkeley. k k HITT'S Electrical Service, Inc. A A 304 Stonestreet Avenue grafO. 2-2185 —Phones:— OL. 2-9156 Wi COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL |k RESIDENTIAL Poolesville 91st Birthday Is Noted by Mrs. Blake By Cathe C. Linthicum Diamond 9-35332 Mrs. Charles G. Blake, near Dickerson, celebrated her 91st birthday on December 6. She observed, “It was a wonderful day!” Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Burwell, Sellman, have re turned home after visiting with relatives in Winston-Salem, N. C. Everyone was invited to at tend the Christmas festivities at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Barnesville. On Christmas Eve music was enjoyed by the new amplification system recently installed in the church tower. The program consisted of caril lons from Luray, Va., and Princeton University, N. J., also Riverside Church, N. Y., with Virgil Fox presiding at the or gan. Candlelight carols at 11:15 p.m. were by St. Mary’s choir. The procession was at 11:45 p.m. with the blessings of the new stone statue of the Divine Infrant of Prague, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. Harry Boyce of Arlington, on the north ver anda. Solemn High Mass was solemnized at midnight by the Rev. Pastor Martin W. Hyland assisted by priests of the Ob late College, Catholic Univer sity. The Parish Family Mass was held at 8 and 11 a.m. on Christ mas Day, with carols from the tower all day. The Monocacy Citizens Asso ciation will hold its next meet ing Monday, January 18, at 8 p.m., in the Poolesville school. The order of business will in clude election of officers for the new year. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ward and three sons from Spencer ville, Ohio, are spending the holidays with Mrs. Ward's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace C. Burriss near Comus. A Church School Workshop was held in the Parish Hall of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Poolesville, Friday, December 18. Each class of the church school under the direction of teachers and parents, made var iaus Christmas decorations, toys, favors, etc. Refreshments were served. The same night the church’s Junior High School young people and their guests attended a dance at Parish Hall. On Tuesday the combined junior choirs from the Method ist, Presbyterian and St. Peter’s churches went caroling, return ing to Parish Hall for refresh ments. Christmas Eve the Midnight Festival celebration of the Holy Communion was held at St. Peter’s with familiar carols. The Holy Communion service, with out music, was held Christmas Day. On Sunday, December 27, Holy Communion was at 8 and the Christmas service of les sons and carols with the senior choir was at 11 a.m. At 4 p.m. a Nativity pageant consisting of a series of tableaus prepared and presented by the classes of the church school was given. Services for the New Year have been announced as follows: January 1, Holy Communion at 10 a,m., Sunday, January 3, Holy Communion at 8, and Holy Com munion and sermon with junior choir at 11 a.m. Church school classes as usual. On January 6, Holy Communion at 10 a.m., and again at 8 p.m. Please report your holiday ac tivities. And now God bless and keep you in the New Year. Have you tried a Sentinel classified ad lately? You’ll be surprised at the quick results. Expect the Best ; at Beautyland P yj PO. 2-6821 TV - HI-FI SERVICE 7 day* a weak f a.m. te 10 p.m. $3.00 HOME SERVICE CALLS FREE ESTIMATES Bethesda-Chevy Chase Television Service OL 4-47*4 • GA. 4-1772 Germantown New All-Purpose Room Inspected by Parents By Deborah H. Lenz WAverly 6-0692 The P-TA of the Germantown School held its Christmas meet ing on December 21. A record attendance filled to overflow ing the school’s new all-purpose room. After a brief business session a Christmas program was given. This presentation was prepared and presented by the pupils of the 4th, sth, and 6th grades under the guidance of the following teachers: Miss Julia Allnutt, Mrs. Elizabeth Setzer, Mrs. Estelle Bell, Miss Sheila Hamer. Mrs. Alma Kne sel and Mrs. Velma McNulty. On the curtain in the back ground were fastened pictures of three huge cathedral win dows, painted by Miss Allnutt’s class. Before this backdrop a pageant of “The True Story of Christmas” was enacted. The in troduction was made by Andrea Gibbs. Nancy Grimes, taking the part of the mother, told the Christmas story to her three children, played by Ann Graves, Hal Mclntosh, and David Fitz water. As the story was told, various scenes of the traditional Christmas message were living ly portrayed by the pupils, as a choir of 35 selected voices from the sth and 6th grades sang carols. Mrs. Bell led the choir, accompanied on the piano by Miss Ursual Cairnes, music director. In one of the scenes a maWIIL "BELLRINGER VALUES" at Safeway. .. 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Other pupils taking part in the program were Standford Sutphin, Wayne Savage, Joyce Purkey, Timmy Crawford, Tom my Cochran, Judy Holcomb, Dan Zarnesstorff, Ronny Phil lips, Tom Hamrich, Bruce Day, Tommy Crawford, Donna Brooks, Diane Poole, Terrie Stottlemeyer, Larry Tarter, Charles Gregory, Johnny Wal lach, Charles Stine, Ronald Printz, Dwight Warfield, Jimmy Golden, Kenneth Cooper, and Harry Hawkins. Attracting much attention at the school this holiday season has been the bulletin board dis plays of Christmas subjects. Each class decorated its board in its own way, under the teach er’s guidance, and the result has been a spectacular array of beauty, presented proudly, and appreciated deeply by all who viewed the project. Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Dale West of the Cider Barrel Trailer Court on the birth of a son, Dale, jr., on Sunday, December 20, at Suburban Hospital. Small Dale weighed 5 lbs., 2 oz. Mrs. Daisy Murphy spent sev eral days over the Christmas holiday with her sister, Mrs. Mamie Keefer of Washington, D. C. Last Wednesday before the regular rehearsal of the Senior and Junior Choirs of the Neels ville Presbyterian Church, mem bers of both choirs were enter tained at a buffet supper at the home of Mr. and Sirs. John E. Bigelow. After the supper, a carol-singing tour of the area was made. Mr. and Mrs. William Cross are spending three weeks in Del Ray Beach, Fla. Mr. Cross is the manager of the Cider Barrel Trailer Court, and man ages the apple and cider conces sion at the Cider Barrel. Mr. and Mrs. Dusan Dvorak of Washington, D., C., spent Christmas Day at the home of Mrs. Dvorak’s parents. Dr. and Mrs. Benton B. Westfall. Mrs. Dvorak is the former Sigrid Westfall. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cline dinst of the Cider Barrel Trail er Court are spending two weeks over the holidays in Palm Beach, Fla. Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. C. Staley Weller entertained the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Logwood, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Logwood, sr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Logwood, all of Alexandria, Va.; and Miss Mar garet D. Weller of New York City. All Germantown has enjoyed the Christmas music recorded by loud speaker at the Marylander Rest Home. Many groups of carolers sang to the guests at the home during the Christmas season, and all were made wel come and were served refresh ments. At the Home’s Cltristmas dinner 20 visitors, relatives of the guests, shared in the festive meal. Our local Girl Scout and SENTINEL Tu..d.y, D.c.mb.r 2, 1959 Gaithersburg Suit Won In Part by Town Heads Ex-Gaithersburg Town Coun cilmen won’t have to pay back approximately $3600 in service fees they charged the city. A Montgomery County Cir cuit Court ruling that the for mer city officials had to give back $7400 paid out over the years was partially reversed last week by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The appellate court said stat ute of limitations took all fees paid prior to April, 1954, out of the court’s jurisdiction. Fees paid since then, however, may have to be returned, the Brownie troops helped to make Christmas merry for the Mary lander guests. The Brownie troop made tray favors for the guests who are bed patients, while the Girl Scouts made Christmas cor sages for all the lady guests, and nut cups for the men. A recent birthday celebrated at the Marylander was that of Mrs. Katie Deßosia on Decem ber 18, who was 82. Originally from Ireland, Mrs. Deßosia has been a guest at the home for a number of years. We wish every reader a hap py, healthful and fruitful New Year. Win Cattlemen Posts Two area cattlemen are among . those serving on national com mittees of the American Na tional Cattlemen’s Association „ which will meet in Dallas Texas,- January 27-30. They are A. Leland Clark, ■ Poolesville and E. Brooke Lee,"! Damascus. appeals court decision said. Keith Seegmiller and Cecil E. Custer, co-counsels for the for mer officials, said they would confer with Attorney Barnard T. Welsh, representing Roy L. Talbott, who brought the suit against the townsmen. Both sides indicated they will pursue the case further to see how much, if any money, must be returned. Welsh conceded Seegmiller and Custer had won a victory in the reversal. P. G. Burdette Custom Home Building dear water 3-2345 or 2355 DAMASCUS. MD. SAVE ON DAVIS TIRES >: and WIZARD BATTERIES AT YOUR FRIENDLY ... . , Damascus, Md. CL 2-2254 MT. AIRY 22 5