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| September 21, 1997 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Taneytown Music Festival Draws Almost Three Hundred—Last Friday night's Music Festival held at the Taneytown Carnival Grounds was rated as an excellent youth activity and as a real success by all concerned. Co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and Ministerium of Taneytown together with Junction Inc., local bands and visiting groups performed for nearly three hundred people of all ages. Dick Feeser, Kiwanis Club President, and his attractive wife, Pat, were elated at the large turn-out and the obvious enjoyment of all attendees. "This may be the first of a number of youth oriented programs which we Kiwanians will be sponsoring in the Taneytown area," Feeser said. "It is an ideal way," he added, "to keep our youngsters off the streets and highways and avoid the problems that arise when there is nothing wholesome for them to do." The Carroll Record, September 21, 1972.
50 Years Ago Nothing Wrong With The Atomic Bomb—Washington D. C., September—An official committee known as the United States Atomic Energy Commission is beginning an investigation into various fields of industrial health and safety with the hopes of gaining specific control of radio, logical hazards and atomic energy, and using their knowledge on behalf of health and public safety. However, the atomic bomb keeps Russia shivering in its boots, and that's enough to expect. There isn't any chance of using the atomic bomb for any purpose, unless Russia forces us to employ it in preserving the peace of the World. The United States never attacks-but it always wins its wars. Democratic Advocate, September 19, 1947.
75 Years Ago NEWSPAPER MEN COMING—On Monday and Tuesday the Maryland Press Association will be here for its fall meeting. Outside of the representatives of the various newspapers Gov. Ritchie, Attorney-General Alexander Armstrong and United States Senator Blair Lee, will be with them and address the paper men in the parlor of the Westminster Hotel, at 4 p.m., Monday, after which a banquet will be held at the Westminster Hotel. On Tuesday a trip to Gettysburg will be made in automobiles. Democratic Advocate, September 15, 1922.
100 Years Ago Mr. Geo. M. Hyder, jeweler and optician, West Main street, this city, exhibited in the SENTINEL office on Monday last, a California horned toad, an interesting little creature which was presented to him by Prof. S. Simpson, of Western Maryland College. This peculiar batrachian is furnished with something like an armour, its skin being well covered by small bony like triangular scales, which protect it from serpents, as they prevent these reptiles from swallowing it. Its head is small and is capped by something like a crown, from which several horns project. It has a rather dangerous look but is, nevertheless perfectly harmless. American Sentinel, September 18, 1897.