| November 30, 1997 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Victor Weybright Donates Gifts To Three OrganizationsVictor Weybright of Keysville and New York City, last Friday announced gifts totaling of $150,000 to three Carroll County Organizations. The beneficiary organizations, each of which will receive $50,000 are: The Carroll County Farm Museum; The Historical Society of Carroll County and The Keysville Union Cemetery at Keysville. Mr. Weybright, 69, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Weybright of Detour and Keysville, moved more than twenty years ago from the Hollow Rock Farm, along the Monocacy River, where he was born, to New York City to become co-founder and Chairman of the Board and Editor-in-Chief of the New American Library World Literature Corporation. As a publisher, Mr. Weybright has, since 1946, distinguished himself as a leader and a positive force in directing the paperback revolution and the dispersal of quality books in inexpensive editions. The Carroll Record, November 30, 1972.
50 Years Ago Holstein Makes RecordBrattleboro, Vt., November 8 A registered Holstein-Friesian cow in the dairy herd by Logwood Farms, Westminster, Md., has recently completed a 341-day production record of 502 pounds of butterfat and 13,856 pounds of milk in Herd Improvement Registry test. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America announces. Her official name is Lauxmont Safemaster Penolina. She was milked three times daily and was 5 years, 5 months of age when she began her test period. Testing was supervised by the University of Maryland, in co-operation with The Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Democratic Advocate, November 28, 1947.
75 Years Ago W. C. T. U. Holds MeetingWell attended, and in every way interesting and profitable, was the W. C. T. U. meeting held at Mrs. Howard Koontz's home, Thursday evening, November 23rd. Promptly at 8 o'clock the meeting opened with singing "America." Miss Mary Snader at the piano, and Mrs. Clayton Myers leading. Prayer followed. The topic for the meeting was "Child Welfare." Texts of scripture relating to the care and training of children were given by most of the ladies present. Mrs. Frank Myers, who is Child Welfare Superintendent for the County, read a very comprehensive article, on the child, in the factory, on the farm, in the street, in the tenement sections of the great cities, as newspaper carriers and as helpers in the support of the family, and especially emphasized the fact that if we are to have strong, healthy men and women for tomorrow, the children of today must be properly nourished, clothed, housed and not too heavy burdens put upon them in childhood. Democratic Advocate, November 30, 1922.
100 Years Ago WestminsterThanksgiving day was observed in this city by the general cessation of business and by religious services in most of the churches. The union service at the Methodist Protestant Church was attended by a large congregation. The sermon on the occasion was delivered by the Rev. C. S. Slagle, pastor of St. Paul's Reformed Church. American Sentinel, November 23 1897.