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| September 7, 1997 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Silver Fancy 'Day At Antrim' Saturday Includes Guided Tour—The public is invited to participate in "A day at Antrim" on Saturday, September 9 from noon until five o'clock. This event will be held at the Pre-Civil War mansion of George W. Crouse in Taneytown. Since a highlight will be guided tours of the historic house, guests are requested to wear low-heeled shoes. Local artists are invited to display their work. Mrs. James Baumgardner and Mrs. Hewitt MacPherson will receive exhibits from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. the day of the show. Mrs. Simon Klosky and Mrs. Charles Smith urge gardeners to bring entries for the informally judged horticulture show. Garden flowers and small branches of trees and shrubs should be in coke bottles. Vegetables and fruits will be displayed on paper plates. Herbs can be presented in any adequate container. A class for house plants has been added to the previously announced schedule. All exhibits are to be entered between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Sept. 9. The Carroll Record, September 7, 1972.
50 Years Ago Retail Merchants To Have Parade—An automobile show will be one of the added features of Westminster Days sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association of Westminster to be held Thursday and Friday, September 25 and 26. The president, John R. Byers, with his committee arranged to have the dealers display new cars in a reserved section on East Main street, near the railroad, on Thursday night and on Friday night on West Main street. They will also be in the parade scheduled for Thursday night. The "Buying in Westminster" event will afford the citizens of the county standard merchandise at marked-down prices in addition to new lines of fall apparel and other goods. This is the first sales event of its kind since before the war. Democratic Advocate, September 5, 1947.
75 Years Ago We trust that when our old friend and former Carroll countian, Jacob P. Hull, takes his airplane trip from Harrisburg, Pa., to Silver Run, next Saturday, a goodly number of his old friends will be on hand to greet him when he steps from the machine. It will be Mr. Hull's 76th birthday anniversary and the flight will be made in the air by W. C. Metzgar. If the day is favorable the landing will be made at 2:30 p.m. The plane will remain at Silver Run until Sunday and if there are any who wish to take an air trip they will be given an opportunity to do so. Democratic Advocate, September 1, 1922.
100 Years Ago We have to thank Mrs. Samuel P. Everhart, of this city, for two bound volumes—Nos. 1 and 5—of the CARROLLTONIAN, now the AMERICAN SENTINEL. The first volume dates from June 1833, to June 1834, and the fifth from 1837 to 1838. The place of publication was Westminster, then in Frederick county. Col. John K. Longwell was the founder, editor and publisher, and one of the prominent features of the paper was is constant, unceasing and effective advocacy of the creation of the new county of Carroll. From a cursory glance at these volumes we are strongly impressed with the idea that Col. Longwell, through the CARROLLTONIAN, was the most effective promoter of that object and aided very largely in hastening its consummation. We again tender to Mrs. Everhart our sincere thanks for her kindness in making the SENTINEL this interesting and valuable gift. American Sentinel, September 4, 1897.