May 31, 1998 25 Years Ago Smelser Makes Memorial Day Speech At Union Bridge—Union Bridge officially opened it's summer season last Monday, Memorial Day, with an evening parade sponsored by VFW Post 8806, followed by Memorial Day services at the post home. The ceremony included a presentation of flowers in memory of all war dead by [...]
May 24, 1998 25 Years Ago MESSIAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BURNS ITS MORTGAGE—Messiah United Methodist Church, formerly Messiah Evangelical United Brethren Church, has been integral part of Taneytown since 1840. In 1969 with the debt standing over $20,000, under the leadership of the present pastor and several key lay-persons, the congregation began to experience two things, [...]
May 17, 1998 25 Years Ago Union Bridge Now Eligible For Federal Flood Insurance—Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Thomas J. Hatem, has announced that effective April 16, 1973, the town of Union Bridge was made eligible for Federal Flood Insurance. Initially, flood insurance for this area will be provided under the "Emergency" Program in accordance with the National [...]
May 10, 1998 25 Years Ago In June Banks Serving As Lottery Ticket Centers—The Carroll County Bank and Trust, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank and Taneytown Bank and Trust Co. are among fifty-one banks around the State selected as distribution centers for Maryland State Lottery tickets. According to George P. Mahoney, Chairman of the State Lottery [...]
May 3, 1998 25 Years Ago Union Bridge Site Of Freedom Tree Fete—It was a scene straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting of America. Well planted deep in the rolling hills of Western Maryland, the little town of Union Bridge was the scene of a heart warming, good old-fashioned American celebration, the like of which [...]
April 26, 1998 25 Years Ago School Smoking Policy Extended—Although one Board member expressed disappointment over the results of the smoking policy in county high schools, the county School Board decided to extend the policy, at least for the time being, until a more thorough study can be made. Early in the school year, an attempt [...]
April 19, 1998 25 Years Ago Vandalism Forces Legal Action By Lions—At the regular meeting of the Hampstead Lions Club a discussion on the increased vandalism to the community playground was held. The 26-acre park and recreation facility operated by the Hampstead Lions Club for the community and public use has been the scene of destruction [...]
April 12, 1998 25 Years Ago An Editorial. Sixes Bridge Dam Considered. . .Again—To the concern of many and to the dismay of hundreds more, in Carroll and Frederick Counties, the Sixes Bridge Dam and Lake Project is back on the front burner again. Where these people breathed a collective sigh of relief last October when [...]
April 5, 1998 25 Years Ago Union Bridge Welcomes Hero Home—Friday morning started grey and rainy, much to the dismay of local residents of the Union Bridge area. For Friday was the day that Sergeant Peter Edward Drabic, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Drabic of Lightner St., was finally returning to his home town after [...]
March 29, 1998 25 Years Ago Bill Would Allow Assessment On Developers—Declaring that Carroll County is in a unique position to assure that future development be planned in an orderly and equitable manner, Delegate Raymond E. Beck (R. Carroll Co.) and Delegate Richard C. Matthews (R. Carroll Co.) have introduced a bill in the General Assembly [...]