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| July 4, 1999 | ||||||||
25 Years Ago Existing Design Is Recommended For New School - Ad Hoc Committee Favors Duplication Rather Than Original Design For Southeast Area Facility—The Board of Education of Carroll County met in special session on June 26th at Eldersburg Elementary School. The discussion mainly had to do with the construction of the southeast area high school. Ernest G. DiPalo, chairman of the Ad Hoc committee appointed to decide whether or not it desires duplication of the North Carroll High School or an original design, recommended duplication of the existing design. The Community Reporter, July 5, 1974.
50 Years Ago Kiwanis Playground Program—The Westminster Kiwanis club will sponsor the first playground program in a series of special events to be held on the Westminster playground for the children. The annual bicycle, tricycle, doll carriage and wagon brigade will be a gallant event for the boys and girls of Westminster and will take place on the playground on Tuesday evening, July 5 at 7:30 o'clock. The Westminster Kiwanis club will donate three prizes for the best decorated entries in each class. Children are asked to bring their entries to the tennis courts. The judges will be three members of the Kiwanis club: Paul Bonsack, David Scott and Stephen Lerda. Democratic Advocate, July 1, 1949.
75 Years Ago County Tax Rate $1.50—For the Advocate. The County Commissioners of Carroll County announce that the levy for county taxes for 1924 will be at the rate of $1.50 on the $100, on an assessable basis of $35,155,500.00, an increase of 10 cents over 1923, when the rate was $1.40. They state that the rate for 1924 would have been considerably less than that for 1923, if it had not been for the extraordinary expense for the repair or construction of bridges destroyed by floods, about $30,000.00, and the increase in mandatory items in the school budget, and the Act of the Legislature of 1924, compelling the county to raise annually the sum of $8,000.00 for the volunteer fire companies of the county. Democratic Advocate, July 4, 1924.
100 Years Ago The Western Maryland Railroad announces that 4th of July holiday excursion tickets will be sold to and between all stations, on July 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th, at the low rate of 2 cents per mile. These excursion tickets will be good on all regular trains and valid to return until Wednesday, July 5th (inclusive). The minimum rate will be 15 cents. The low rates will induce many to exchange social and patriotic greetings with friends residing along the line of the Western Maryland Railroad. American Sentinel, July 1, 1899.