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| April 18, 1999 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Carroll County Plans Its Own Special Festival—Annual Festival To Be Held For One Day Only This Year, On May 11th—Plans are now being made for "Carroll County Celebrate" 1974, the third annual special festival sponsored by the Carroll County Arts Council and the Farm Museum. In previous years the festival has been held for an entire weekend in June. This year the committee has decided to hold the event for one day only — Saturday, May 11, from 10: a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Admission for this event will be at a special carload rate of only $3.00. The Community Reporter, April 19, 1974.
50 Years Ago SENATOR TYDINGS DELIGHTS AUDIENCE—The invitations sent out by the Westminster Chamber of Commerce that Millard E. Tydings would make an address in the Westminster High School auditorium on Friday evening, April 8, drew an audience of over 500. Senator Tydings spoke on many interesting subjects that was food for thought to the audience. He spoke of being in the first world war when he served as Colonel, and how dreadful the second was over the first. But if another war comes it will be the most destructive in History and the U. S. will be involved deeply. He mentioned that the Marshall plan and the Atlantic Pact is something that will help prevent war if anything does. The binding of these nations into one pact will have a hostile country think before it strikes. Democratic Advocate, April 15, 1949.
75 Years Ago C. C. SOCIETY COMING HERE—The annual meeting of the Carroll County Society of Baltimore was held April 10. Preliminary plans were made looking to an excursion to Carroll County during the summer. The tour will include stops at a number of towns. A collection of valuable historical records, incident to the formation of Carroll county was presented to the society by Edwin Wilmer Shriver formerly of Westminster. Mr. Shriver, the originator of the rural free delivery system, explained its development. Mr. Shriver said the idea of rural free delivery occurred to him while driving along the Deer Park road, in August 1898, when requested to mail a letter addressed to a person whose home he would pass. He delivered the letter in person 42 minutes later although it would not have been delivered by mail until the second morning, 42 hours later. Democratic Advocate, April 18, 1924.
100 Years Ago The dwelling house of Daniel Bush, near Patapsco, with all its contents, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night, about eight o'clock. Mr. Bush and his family were absent at the time the fire occurred, and not a single article of their household effects was saved. All their clothing, except that they had on, was destroyed. The fire, it is supposed, was started by a spark falling on the roof or from a defective chimney. The loss approximates a thousand dollars. The insurance on building and contents was $600. Democratic Advocate, April 15, 1899.