Gaithersburg - Washington Grove
By Sylvia Tate Horan
Jane Pughe Chosen
For Study in Finland
Miss Jane Pughe, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Pughe of
Washington Grove, was selected
as the representative for the
International School Program to
go to Finland for the summer
session. She'will sail from Mon
treal on the M. S. Seven Seas
in June. In Finland she will be
living with the family of a high
school principal while attending
the school session. The Ameri
can Field Service is responsible
for the program, and this is the
first year for Gaithersburg
High to participate. The local
chapter is supported by stu
dents and several community
service clubs.
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Mrs. Willard J. Erickson, jr.,
the former Susan Webb, and
her two daughters, Cathy and
Carol, have been visiting her
parents, Captain and Mrs. J. C.
Webb of Chilly Hills Farm. She
has returned to her home at
Mt. Holly, N. J.
* * *
Music lovers will have a rare
opportunity to hear some fine
music when the Peabody Wind
Ensemble performs at the Jun
ior High School on Tuesday,
May 2, at 8:30. There is no
charge, to students and the nom
inal charge of 50 cents for
adults.
• * *
Miss Jackie Bridewell was
home from St. Mary’s Seminary
and had as her guest, Miss Anne
McClaughay.
• • •
The Methodist Men’s Group
of Washington Grove meet to
night at the church. Newly
elected officers are James
Stang, president; Jacob Carter,
secretary; Russell Pope, treas
urer. Program chairman is Les
lie Frye.
Mr. Stang, Mr. Frey and Mr.
Carter recently attended the
Conference at the Methodist
Men’s Rally in Baltimore. A
number of members of the As
buby Methodist Home went with
them.
• • •
Mrs. Kathryn Rotruck will
present “High Fashions and
Fabrics” on May 3 at the Agri
cultural Center at 8 o’clock for
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ter 38, Order of Eastern Star.
Mrs. Rotruck, a well-known au
thority on the Bishop Method
of clothing conrtruction, will
show 50 different creations on
models and expalin “How to Se
lect Fabrics and Work with
Them.” There will be a question
and answer period following the
program. Tickets for $2 are
available from Mrs. Mary
Your.gkins, WI. 8-3842.
* * *
Earl Hall, editor of the Ma
son City Globe Gazette of Ma
son City, lowa, is visiting Mrs.
Clayton G. Hart of Washington
Grove.
* * •
Gaithersburg High’s Junior-
Senior Prom was held at the In
dian Spring Country Club Fri
day night. Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
McCutcheon entertained the fac
ulty after the dance.
* *
Artie Van Why celebrated his
eighth birthday with a party at
home Saturday.
* * *
Eighth grade students of St.
Martin’s accepted for high
school in the fall are Regina
Moses and Sandra Hoyle for
Notre Dame Academy, Janet
Fink, Barbara Richardson, Ju
lie Griffith and Joan Martens
for Holy Cross, Christine Chael
lino for Holy Name, Elaine Ert
letz for Ursuline and Kathleen
Miller for Stone Ridge.
* • *
The honor of being chosen
May Queen at St. Martin’s went
to Priscilla Johnson. Barbara
Richardson and Mary Ann
Strohm were chosen as attend
ants by class vote.
• • •
J. W. Depps recently ad
dressed the Casual Gardners of
Frederick.
* • *
Members of Lions and their
wives and friends enjoyed the
annual Charter Night celebra
tion Saturday evening at Manor
Country Club.
* • •
St. Catherine’s Guild of As
cension Chapel met at the home
of Mrs. Douglas Diamond last
Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Charles Michalski was elected
president ;Mrs. L. M. Griffith,
vice president; Mrs. Cloyce
Bidewell, secretary, and Miss
Elizabeth Wanner, treasurer.
Mrs. W. E. Thompson reviewed
C. S. Lewis book, “Screwtape
Letters.”
* • •
Mrs. Dorothy Drew attended
the Montgomery County Red
Cross Gray Lady luncheon at
the Columbia Counrty Club to
day.
• • •
The Gaithersburg Elementary
School’s new music interest cen
ter was recently introduced to
parents by Mrs. Best’s fifth
grade class. This was the first
of a series of workshops
planned by the music director,
Mrs. Toby. Mrs. Marian Wright,
principal, and Dr. Charles Horn,
music supervisor, were also
present.
• * •
The Washington Grove Wom
an’s Club luncheon was held
last Thursday at the clubhouse.
Helmut Freitsch, an exchange
student at Gaithersburg High,
gave a very stimulating talk of
life in Germany. The members
expressed their appreciation by
presenting the young man with
an autographed copy of Presi
dent Kennedy’s book, “Strategy
for Peace.”
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. King re
cently attended the Maryland
Holtsein Association’s Annual
Banquet at .ne Francis Scott
Key Hotel in Frederick.
* * •
Mrs. George Peter of Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., was a recent
houseguest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Lawson King.
Coale Heads PTA
Allen R. Coale was elected
president of the Montgomery
Hills Junior High School P-TA
for the 1961-62 school year at
the group’s recent meeting.
Other officers elected were:
Robert J. Freejling, vice presi
dent and program chairman;
Mrs. John Benedict, secretary,
and Fielding Ogburn, treasurer.
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County Red Cross, will be guest
speaker at the annual Gray
Lady luncheon meeting at the
Columbia Country Club on
April 27 at 12:30 p.m.
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B.v Bill Kennedy
Wheaton Man Cited
In a recqnt issue of the
Scouter Weekly Digest Richard
Schlenker was given recogni
tion for his work in Scouting.
Mr. Schlenker heads a staff of
18 neighborhood commissioners
who provide leadership for 50
Scout units. Dick is a native
of Pennsylvania and came to
this area in 1941. He is em
ployed by the C&P Telephone
Company of Md., and is a Rul
ing Elder in the Presbyterian
Church. His avocation in addi
tion to Scouting is as Director
of Music at the Wheaton Pres
byterian Church.
Dick was a Scout as a boy
and has served as Pack Com
mitteeman and Neighborhood
Commissioner before being se
lected as the Assistant District
Commissioner last year.
He holds the Scouter Train
ing Award, the Honor Arrow
head Award, and Wood Badge
Training.
• • •
Six Receive Eagle
Six Montgomery County
Scouts earned the coveted Eagle
Badge this month. They are:
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