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| October 5, 1997 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Five Boys Garner Support On Recreation From Council—Five Taneytown boys got off their store front perch Monday night and crossed the street to ask the City Council's assistance in locating or providing a recreational facility for the young people of Taneytown. Caught by surprise, the Council first went on the defensive, citing reports of vandalism. However, the City Fathers, recognizing the sincerity and merits of the request, soon got into an earnest discussion of "how to do" something practical and positive. Council President George Hemler started the ball rolling when he said, "You five boys may have started something very positive in this community." The Carroll Record, October 5, 1972.
50 Years Ago Series of Talks on United Nations To Be Given—A series of five informal talks on the "United Nations" will be given by Dr. S. Paul Schilling, of the faculty of the Westminster Theological Seminary. These meetings are sponsored by the Westminster Council of Church women and are open to the public. The first meeting will be at 8 p.m. Friday, October 10th at St. Paul's Reformed church; other meetings will be as follows: Oct. 17th, Westminster Methodist church; Oct. 24th, Grace Lutheran church; Oct. 31st, Church of the Brethren, and the final meeting will be in November, the date to be announced. The committee for this project is composed of Mrs. Wm. H. Rath, chairman; Miss Carrie Mourer, Miss Catherine Stoner, Mrs. Robert Unger and Mrs. J. Edmund Lippy. These meetings are interdenominational and it is hoped that citizens of Westminster and the surrounding community, both men and women, will avail themselves of this opportunity. Democratic Advocate, October 3, 1947.
75 Years Ago Successful Flower Show—The first annual Flower Show which was held in the County Agent's office was a great success. Naturally the main exhibits were of dahlias, and they were sent in very generously. Only three blooms of a variety was asked for by the committee. Over 200 entries were made. The largest collections coming from Mr. Sprinkler, of Hampstead; Mrs. Sheets of Westminster; Mrs. Stauffer, Mrs. Yingling and Miss Fannie Naille, of New Windsor; Mrs. Mahlon Brown, of Taneytown; and Mrs. Wheeler, of Bird Hill. Mr. Vincent increased the value of the show by sending about fifty varieties of his beautiful blooms, besides a big basket of his show dahlias. They were tagged and people were seen all day, with pencil and paper picking out their favorite varieties and jotting them down for further reference. An educational feature of the exhibit was a talk on dahlia culture by Mr. Ballard of Extension Service of State University. Democratic Advocate, October 6, 1922.
100 Years Ago The annual statement of the receipts and expenditures of this county, made by the County Commissioners and attested by Mr. A. T. Buchingham, clerk and treasurer, will be found in the SENTINEL this week. It will be seen by comparison with last year's statement, that while expenditures were increased considerably in consequence of the cost of assessing property and putting into operation the election machinery under the new law, the receipts from all sources were not quite $600 less, with the tax rate reduced from 49 to 45 cents. This was due, in a considerable degree, to the increase in the basis of taxation by bringing in property not heretofore taxed, thus affording relief to that extent, to farmers and other real estate owners. American Sentinel, October 2, 1897.