25 Years Ago Tickets On Sale For Youth Circus On August 6th - Event being Sponsored By Mt. Airy Kiwanis Club—To Be Held In Middle School Gym — Tickets are now on sale for the Circus Kingdom, the unique youth circus set for August 6 at the Mt. Airy Middle School gym. Ticket donations are $1 for the children and $2 for adults. However, on circus day, ticket donations will be $1.50 for children and $2.50 for adults. The Circus Kingdom is a totally different circus — the only one of its kind in the world. Its 20 performers and 10-piece brass band represent more than 15 different U. S. universities - and the performers, themselves have come from throughout the U. S. The show is a full scale circus - trapeze, cloud swing, aerial ladder, aerial ropes, circus wheel, uneven parallel bars, aerial rings, tumbling, trampoline acrobats, juggling, unicycles, balance beam tight wire - and of course, a congress of rollicking clowns! The Community Reporter, June 14, 1974.

50 Years Ago Westminster Wins $50 First Prize—Westminster Fire Co. was the winner of the first prize of $50 at the annual Union Bridge Firemen's carnival parade held last Friday evening. There were twenty-one pieces of apparatus and two Drum Corps and one band in the line of march. Second prize of $25 was given to Manchester. Uniform Company with out band or drum corps; prize of $10 was awarded New Windsor Ladies Auxiliary; first prize of $25 was captured by Hampstead and second prize of $15 went to Sykesville. A decorated bicycle prize of $5 was given Jerry Harris and most comical child's float prize of $5 was given Douglas Ricketts. This was one of the finest parades held in the company's history and the carnival gross receipts were nearly $7000. Democratic Advocate, June 10, 1949.

75 Years Ago Westminster High Graduates 42—Commencement exercises were held in Alumni Hall on Tuesday evening before an audience that filled the Auditorium. Many favorable comments were heard of the advantage in holding the Commencement exercises in Alumni hall instead of the Armory. Forty-two members of the graduating class, followed by the Board of Education, Dr. Elderdice, Dr. Straughn, members of the faculty, and the girls' chorus entered the stage from the side, marched to the rear, down the center aisle, and took the places assigned them. The girls all wearing white dresses which they had made in the Home Economics Department, carried a bouquet of red roses, which was to represent the Class Flower. Democratic Advocate, June 13, 1924.