At the April 1961 Prince Georges Area Science Fair Leonardtown High School sent seven students and Great Mills High school sent three students. The St. Marys County Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Robert King, Jr. also went to announce the Junior High Division awards. Here is the St. Marys Team that went to that fair:

Senior Division in the category of Botany
George Clark III from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "Environmental Factors That Influence the Kind and Concentration of Bacteria in Air"
Kris Neilson from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "Environmental Conditions That Cause Rapid Growth of Algae for Production as a Food"
Linda Perkins from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "Nature Under Glass"

Junior Division in the category Botany
Sandra Bee from Great Mills High School exhibited a project titled "A Forest Terrarium"
Gary White from Great Mills High School exhibited a project titled "The Effect of Sugar on the Development of Lettuce Seeds"
Linda Dunklee from Great Mills High School exhibited a project titled "The Study of Plant and Animal Growth"

Senior Division in the category of Architecture and Planning
Earl Lee from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "The Progress of Man as Shown Through Architecture"

Senior Division in the category of Medical Sciences
Sharon Cryer from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "The Rate of Development of Intelligence of a Retarded Child"

Senior Division in the category of Zoology
Mary Dean from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "Similarities Between Man and Mouse as Shown Through Reactions to Stimuli"
James Mandel from Leonardtown High School exhibited a project titled "Light Sensitivities of the Earthworm"

Again I don't know how well they did at the fair. This information came from the PGASF program booklets I have been scanning for the 60th annual PGASF. If anyone has more information please send it along.