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| March 14, 1999 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Aerobic Dancing To Be Explained At Meeting Here—Acrobatic dancing? No. Arabic dancing? Oh, no! It's Aerobic Dancing, and its the program for the Tuesday, March 12th meeting of the Ida Dawson Circle for Young Mothers at Calvary United Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m. Aerobic dancing is not merely exercising to music; its a series of simple dances which improve and maintain cardiovascular and muscular fitness. This activity involves a mixture of sliding, stretching, hopping, jumping, skipping, rhythm running, and swinging as well as a great variety of dance steps. The dancers move not only to the music's beat but also to its mood and each individual decides for herself when to exert and when to rest. If you'd like to dispel the winter "blahs", be there on Tuesday morning! Babysitting for preschoolers is provided. The Community Reporter, March 8, 1974.
50 Years Ago Businessmen To Organize C. of C.—About 25 business men of Hampstead met in the show room of the Hampstead Implement and Supply Company on South Main street, Wednesday night in the interest of the temporarily-organized body of merchants, preparatory to a permanent organization. The group accepted the by-laws as submitted by the committee appointed to draw them up, and formed a permanent organization to be called the Hampstead Chamber of Commerce, Inc. A nominating committee, composed of Robert Bankert, Milson Rill and Richard Matthews, was asked to nominate a board of directors. The board will elect officers at a later date. The committee which had been appointed to work with committees of other civic organizations of this community to improve the condition of the roads in this vicinity, reported that a delegation of these committees will go before the chairman of the State Road Commission to ascertain just what is contemplated to be done for the roads in Hampstead vicinity. Democratic Advocate, March 11, 1949.
75 Years Ago They Were Good Marksmen - And Mr. Brown A Good Collector—There was quite a little excitement on Liberty Heights, Thursday evening. Mr. Harry Schwam on returning home from work noticed a flock of wild ducks in Mr. George E. Benson's garden. He gave the alarm, and quite a crowd of sportsmen ran for their guns. Mr. Elmer Caple and Raymond Benson were the lucky ones to capture the game. Raymond Benson shot three and Mr. Caples caught one. There was great rejoicing over their evening's sport until a representative of our enterprising huckster, Mr. Paul Brown, put in his appearance and told them to come across with $1.50 each for his Indian Runner ducks, which took all the joy out of life. Democratic Advocate, March 14, 1924.
100 Years Ago Accused of Shop Lifting—Mrs. Emma S. Powell, formerly Miss Emma W. Weybright of Double Pipe Creek, and now of Baltimore, recently had a very trying experience. As she was leaving the store of Hochschild, Kohn & Co., Howard and Lexington streets, Anna Page, a female detective, arrested and took her to the Brown Detective Agency, where she was subjected to a number of questions as to some laces she had and finally taken into a private room and searched. She showed receipts for the goods bought, and was then asked where she got the money to buy them. Her treatment seems to have been humiliating and outrageous, and she swore out warrants for assault against Miss Page and Detectives David C. Smart and Oliver J. Miller. They were given a hearing before Justice Grannan on Thursday morning, who withheld his decision. At the hearing the accused had some good witnesses in their behalf, including a female clerk from the store of Hochschild, Hohn & Co., but the cross examination given them by Robert Crain, Mrs. Powell's attorney lead them into contradictions, which Mr. Crain denounced as lying. If Mrs. Powell proves her case, as seems certain she will; she ought to sue, for heavy damages. There is too much suspicion indulged in by private detectives and they should be taught a lasting and severe lesson. Democratic Advocate, March 11, 1899.