Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for October 22, 2000 25 Years Ago Ugly Contest? It’s Just Part of Halloween -- Festive Party Being Sponsored Here October 25 by Lions Club and Jaycees – The Mt.Airy Lions and Jaycees are having a beauty contest -- and an ugly contest, too. To be held in [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for October 15, 2000 25 Years Ago MVA Cites Rules on Studded Tires – Snow tires equipped with studs meeting state design standards may be used from October 15 to April 15, the Motor Vehicle Administration has announced. The standards, according to Ejner J. Johnson, State Motor Vehicle [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for October 8, 2000 25 Years Ago Trick or Treat Night Gets Okay of Town Council – Go ahead and trick or treat on Halloween till your bag busts, kids. The town fathers have said it’s okay. “When should we set trick or treat night?” a town councilman [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for October 1, 2000 25 Years Ago Mt. Airy Firemen Kept Busy by Severe Flooding in Area – The Mount Airy Fire Department was kept busy during the flooding this past week. The volunteers clocked 136 man-hours in 36 flood related calls from September 25 through 28. Most [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for September 24, 2000 25 Years Ago Community Show This Weekend at Linganore -- Five Girls Competing for “FFA Sweetheart” Title -- Y. D. Hance to Speak – The second annual Linganore and New Market Community show begins at 5 p.m. today and will continue through Saturday at [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for September 17, 2000 25 Years Ago Work Experience is Now Available to H.S. Students -- New Program Offers Opportunity to High School Youths to Earn Money Working in Non-Profit Agencies – First it was NYC now it is YWE Baltimore educational jargon. No these are the shortened [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for September 10, 2000 25 Years Ago Town Board Sets Hundred Dollar Fee for Water Hook-up -- Revenues to be used for Development and Expansion of System -- in Addition to Present $350 Fee – A $100 “Water Benefit Charge” will now be required of Mt. Airy residents [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for September 3, 2000 25 Years Ago South Carroll To Meet Crowded Conditions There -- Rooms not Designed for Classroom use put into Service – Principal Elders Requests Portable Buildings – South Carroll opened Tuesday with about a hundred more students than last year’s 1660; To relieve crowding, [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for August 27, 2000 25 Years Ago Local School’s Attendance is Now Increasing -- Elementary Classroom Enrollment Given -- List of New Teachers in Area Schools – With 595 students now enrolled, Mt. Airy Elementary School expects about 50 more students this year than the 557 which were [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for August 20, 2000 25 Years Ago Over 17,000 Pupils Will Ride Carroll Busses During 1975-76 School Year Which Begins Tuesday, September 2 – Carroll County Public Schools are scheduled to open on Tuesday, September 2, and according to Leo F. Kuhn, Director of Pupil Transportation, approximately 17,300 [...]