Germantown
By Deborah H. Lenz, WAverly 6-0692
By Deborah H. Lenz
WAverly 6-0692 1
A night fire destroyed the 1
home of the Robert Golden fam- i
ily early last Friday morning, 1
when a furnace pipe became 1
overheated and set fire to the i
living room floor. Eight-year
old Debbie Golden roused the 1 1
family at 1 a.m. when smoke! ]
had already filled the house. |!
and Mrs. Ray M. Smith, who <
called the fire department and j <
took In some of the family for; ]
overnight. It was less than a <
year ago that both Mr. and ,
Mrs. Golden were injured in an j
automobile accident, which nec-' j
essitated lengthy hospitalization 1 1
for Mrs. Golden. She has only 11
recently been able to resume 1
her usual activities. With the : t
Golden family were living two i
married daughters with their j i
children, making seventeen I
young children in the house.
Mrs. Smith cared for seven over- !
night; the other family mem- <
bers went to the homes of rela- ]
tives in the county. Temporary
shelter is being arranged for.
but the family will be needing 1
other essentials in the weeks to i (
come, particularly clothing and j i
food. If anyone wishes to con- .
tribute, please get in touch with '
this column.
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Cub Scout Pack 1095 received j <
its renewed charter for 1962 at i
a rechartering ceremony Mon
day evening, January' 15, at the
Christ Episcopal Church, Rock- I
ville. The pack, sponsored by i
the P-TA of the Germantown 1
Elementary School, will have <
the following committee mem- 1
bers: Institutional representa- <
tive, Rev. Roy Bedell; Cubmas- 1
ter, Henry Stange; committee i
members, Ronald Murad, chair- '
man; William Potocko, treas- ]
urer; Arthur Douville; Robert 1
McMullen: Richard Randles; ]
Mrs. William Potocko, Den
Mother, den 2; Mrs. Betty Rich
len, Den Mother, den 3. 1
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A representative group of the 1
United Church Women of Up
per Montgomery County met on
Wednesday afterpoon, January 1
17, at the Neelsville Presbyter- j 1
ian Church, with three state rep- i
resentatives from Baltimore. ;
Colorful Inspiration for the
Spring flower show was the
order of the day when the Mon
ocacy Garden Club held its Jan
uary meeting at the home of
Mrs. Herbert Brown in Pooles
ville.
Planning to use as its theme
for the show arrangements in
spired by paintings, the mem
bership was treated to a wide
display of floral art created by
well-known as well as lesser
known painters in an informal
speech by the newly-elected
president, Mrs. Leon Loeb,
Wellcome Farms, Urbana.
The show committee hopes to
attract area painters to exhibit
their work in conjunction with
the flower show, which will be
held in the Poolesville High
School May 5. Details of the
competition may be obtained
through Mrs. Kenneth H. Endi
cott, Dickerson, chairman of
the flower show.
The executive board for 1962
is composed of the following
officers: Mrs. Loeb.
Mrs. Willson Poole. Bamesville, !
vice president; Mrs. John E.
Harrell. Poolesville. secretary;
and Mrs. R. Edwin Brown, near
Dickerson, treasurer. On the
board are the following com
mittee chairmen: Mrs. Joseph
A. McVickers. Beailsville. pro
gram; Mrs. Charles E. Knill,
Sellman, publicity; Mrs. G. Mal
let Prevost, Clarksburg, mem
bership; Mrs. John W. Garvey,
Bamesville, tours; Mrs. Frank
Martin. Comus, education; Mrs.
William B. Everett, 111, Dicker
son. library; Mrs. Herbert
Brown, Poolesville, junior gar
dening; and National Capital !
Garden Club League represen- j
tatives, Mrs. George V. Men
ke, Bamesville, and Mrs. J.
Francis Moore. Dickerson. Also
on the executive board are
Chairmen of three newly-estab
lished committees: Community
planting, Mrs. Endicott; garden
therapy, Mrs. Herbert Brown; |
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The purpose of the meeting was
to decide whether or not to con
tinue the local organization, and
to learn how the group can
function more in accord with
the national set-up. Local pres
ident, Mrs. C. A. Watkins, jr.,
was in charge, and presented
the state representatives, Mrs.
Milton C. Lang, president of
Maryland United Church Wom
en; Mrs. Samuel M. Kent, Lead
ership Education chairman;
Mrs. E. Lester Keyser, State
chairman World Day of Prayer.
After helpful talks on the pur
pose and function of the local
group, it was decided to con
tinue. Miss Connie Field was
named local chairman of the
World Day of Prayer commit
tee. This service will be held
at the Asbury Methodist Home
on March 9.
•
Attending the Pennsylvania
State Farm Show in Harrisburg
on January 8, were Mr. and
Mrs. C. Staley Weller.
* * *
The Afternoon Circle of the
Darnestown Presbyterian
Church met on Thursday. Jan- i
uary 11, at the home of Mrs.
John Andrews, sr. Devotions
were led by Mrs. Guy Hough.
Mrs. Andrews, who is circle
leader, presided, and also pre
sented the Bible study in Rom
ans.
* * *
Mrs. Merhle U. King enter
tained the members of the Aft
ernoon Circle of the Neelsville
Presbyterian Church on Thurs
day, January 18. Mrs. Ward
W. Fetrow assumed her duties
as circle leader, and also led
the Bible study, the first lesson
in Paul’s Letter to the Romans.
There were twelve members
present, including two guests,
Mrs. William Birgfeld and Mrs.
Martha Cross.
* * *
Safety Patrol of the Week at
the Darnestown School is sixth
grader, Maurice Ward, elected
by her fellow patrols.
• * *
Mrs. Ward W. Fetrow gave a
book review at the meeting of
the Bethesda Book Club’ meet
ing Tuesday afternoon, Janu
ary 16, at the home of Mrs.
Poolesville
By Cathe C. IJntliirum Diamond 9-3332
and hospitality, Mrs. John R.
Hall, Poolesville.
The February 1 meeting, a
luncheon, will be hosted by Mrs.
Julian J. Chisolm, 11. in her
Beallsville home. Dr. Wilbur
H. Youngman, garden editor of
the Washington Star, will be
the guest speaker.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A.
Gutheim. near Dickerson, enter
tained a group of friends at
Comus Inn January 13.
* * *
Miss Katherine Linthicum,
president of the Woman's Soci
ety of Christian Service of the
Hyattstown Methodist Church,
was hostess to the members
when they met in the Sunday
School room January 11. Mrs.
John McElfresh will entertain
the group at her home in Fred
erick at the next meeting to be
held February 1.
* * *
Beautiful slides of Japan
were shown to members of the
Sugar Loaf Homemakprs Club
at the home of the club’s secre
tary. Mrs. Frederick A. Guth
eim, near Dickerson, Thursday.
The slides were shown by Mrs.
George Poffenbarger, Boyds,
who took them when visiting
that country.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon War
field and three children of Mar
riottsville spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Warfield's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. F. Malcolm
White, at White Acres near
Dickerson.
• • •
Representatives of the Ladies
Auxiliary of Upper Montgom
ery County Volunteer Fire De
partment heard a Civil Defense
speaker from this county at the
meeting of the Montgomery
County Fire Auxiliaries at Sil
ver Spring Fire House No. 3 on
Friday night. The local mem
bers attending were Mrs.
I Charles W. Fritz and Mrs.
i Joseph Knapp in Bethesda. Us
• ing a book about her native j
I Nebraska, Mrs. Fetrow review
i ed two short stories from the
I I collection called ‘The Battle of
-! the Wild Turkey” by Alvin 1
, j Johnson.
I| • *
Mrs. Norman Mills is a pat-!
■ ient in George Washington Uni
• versity Hospital, following!
• major surgery on January 16.
Speedy get-well wishes go out
i to her.
* * *
The annual meetings of the!
1 congregation and the corpora
■ tion of the Darnestown Church
i were held on Wednesday eve
i ning, January 17, following a
• covered-dish fellowship supper.
I The following officers were
elected: .Dr. Everett Johnson,
1 Dr. George Paffenbarger, Fred
! Zimmerman, and John Kitter
man, elders; Edward Byrd, Ron
ald Malet-Prevost, Donald Wag
ner. Paul Kelley, deacons: Ted
I Noffsinger and John Curlis,
trustees. Newly-elected audi
tors are Mrs. George Paffen
barger, Miss Barbara Mills, and
Bruce Bendigo. The Women’s
Association took charge of the
supper arrangements, with Mrs. |
; Albert Cissel, Mrs. John An-!
| drews, sr., and Mrs. Kelley Rice,
hostesses.
* * *
The new daughter of Mr. and
| Mrs. Marvin Shoe has been
named Mary Estelle.
* * *
Four members of the Clarks !
• burg 4-H Girls met Monday eve
-1 ning, January 15, for a sewing j
session. They are Anne All- j
nutt, Anne Jones, Mary Alice
Murphy, and Lois Fisher. The 5
girls are working on dresses
for themselves.
* * •
The Men’s Fellowship of the
Neelsville Church met Tuesday
evening, January 16. Francis
Foster, president, was in charge.
Final approval was given for
I the purchase of church name
signs which will be placed in
four different highway loca
tions. It was agreed to invite
’ the women to the next meeting
on February 20, at which time
a film on the life of Albert
Schweitzer will be shown.
Claude D. Reddick, Polesville,
Mrs. Greydon S. To]son. Sell
man, and Mrs. Ward A. Fulton, I
president, Barnesville.
* *
Dieters usually forsake all |
caution on the night the March- j
ing Unit of the Junior Auxiliary j
to the Fire Department serves j
its annual pancake supper at
the Beallsville Fire House. So
count your calories until Shrove
Tuesday, March 6, at which I
time the supper will be served
to adults for $1.25 and to chil- j
dren for 75 cents.
On March 28 the same group
will hold its semi-annual hat
show also at the Fire House.
The line will include such acces
sories as jewelry, gloves,
purses, umbrellas, boots, rain
coats. etc. At the same time
some lucky winner will receive
a SSO gift certificate from a
dress shop which will be re
vealed later. These plans were
made by the 15 members pres-!
ent at the regular monthly \
meeting of the Unit on Wednes
day night at the home of Mrs. j
Martin Noffsinger. Gaithers-1
burg. The February meeting i 1
will be held at the home of
Mrs. Thomas E. Mosley, Pooles- i
ville.
Family Series Concert
The Montgomery County!
Youth Symphony Orchestra will
present a concert at 3 p.m. on
January 28 at Montgomery
County Jewish Community,
2901 East-West hwy., Chevy
Chase. The event is part of the
Sunday afternoon Family Series i
sponsored by the MCJC Sister-j
hood. Admission is 25 cents.
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Sympathy Is extended to Mrs.
William H. Snyder and Gerald
A. Kingsbury on the death of
their father. Ambrose C. Kings
bury, of Frederick, on January
14, as the result of burns suf
fered in a fire in his home.
Sympathy is also extended to
the family of Russell Smith
Hoyle of Boyds, who died at
his home on January 15. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs.
Smith Hoyle: a brother, Earl; |
and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Rus
sell.
• • •
A third recent death was that j
of Forest King, sr., of Rock-1
ville, on January 13. Area sur
vivors include three brothers,
Lawson and Gabriel of Gaith
ersburg, and Merhle of German
town; and a sister, Mrs. Joseph
Howes of Germantown. Sincere
sympathy goes to his family.
♦ 0 •
Mr. A. H. Paul spent several
days in Kansas City recently
on business.
• * *
The Rev. Philip J. Lee and
his family moved into the manse
of the Boyds Presbyterian
Church on Friday, January 12.
Newly called to serve the Boyds
Church, the Rev. Mr. Lee was
accepted by the Presbytery of
Washington City at its meeting
on January 9 at the New York '
ave. Church, Washington. His
first service was a Communion
I service on January 14.
A service of installation for
Mr. Lee will be held at the
Boyds Church on Sunday eve
ning. January 28, at 7:30 p.m. j
Mr. Lee is married to the for
mer Roberta Williams of Rich- j
j mond, Va., and they have a
daughter, “Sadie,” nearly two
' years old.
Prior to their arrival, the lad- j
ies of the Church had redecorat- j
ed the manse and held a pantry
! shower to stock the kitchen
5 shelves.
Mr. Lee succeeds the Rev.
James P. Kerr, now pastor
emeritus, who served the Boyds
church for 31 years before his
retirement in June 1960. Mr.!
and Mrs. Kerr and their two
daughters now live in Walnut
Hill, Gaithersburg.
* *
Michael Norris is spending
the semester recess at Shepherd
College at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nor
ris. He has as his house guest
a college friend, Ronald R.
Reeder, of Hlllcrest Heights.
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Elected
Director
Thomas W. Perry, jr., was
elected to the Fanners Banking
j and Trust Company board of
j directors at a stockholders
I meeting January 17.
Perry is a member of the ad
: visory board of Citizens Build-
I ing & Loan Association, vice
| president and general manager
| of Thomas W. Perry, Inc., and
i is past chariman of the Bethes-
I da-Chevy Chase branch of the
j YMCA.
Other newly elected directors
are F. Bache Abert, Guy F. All
nutt, Louis D. Bell, Albert M.
Bouic, Dexter M. Bullard, E.
Austin Carlin. Richard F. Green,
Winship I. Green, Henry B.
Hickerson, Stephen N. Jones,
Blake D. Merson, Thomas W.
Perry, sr., Robert A. Pumphrey
and Lewis Reed.
Center Receives
I Prevention Award
The National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, has been
awarded honorable mention in
! the military division of the Na
: tional Fire Protection Associa-
I tion’s 1961 Fire Prevention Con
! test.
This is the second consecu
i tive year that the Medical Cen
ter has received the award; it
is the only Navy Medical De
partment activity to be mention
ed in the 1961 contest.
Competition was in the mili
tary division under medium ac
; tivities having 1500 to 3500 per
| sonnel. A total of 105 Nava)
! activities competed in this con
|test.
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