March 22, 1998 25 Years Ago Union Bridge Welcomes POW—On Monday, March 19 a contingent of about 21 persons, including Mayor Richard Stultz and family, former Mayor and Mrs. Edward Williar, Councilmen Richard Grinder and Elwood Myers, VFW Commander Thomas Engle and Robert Myers of Mitchell Transport, accompanied the family of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Drabic [...]
March 15, 1998 25 Years Ago Girl Scouts Hold Hobo Party—With seven ringing cheers and full tummies, 70 Girl Scouts of the Taneytown area joined the Royal order of Hobos Monday night. The occasion was a "Hobo Party" planned by the scout leaders and girls of Brownie Troop 171, Junior Troop 657 and Cadette Troop 31 [...]
March 8, 1998 25 Years Ago New Windsor Contracts For Water Tower; Revenue Sharing Looked To For Help—Banking on Revenue Sharing money to help upgrade their water system, the New Windsor Town Council Tuesday voted to construct a new $118,000 stand pipe water tower. The positive action followed a month-long analysis of various ways for financing [...]
March 1, 1998 25 Years Ago Schools To Stress Agri-Science—The Board of Education Wednesday accepted an in-depth report and recommendations of citizens committee interested in up-grading the number and calibre of Agricultural Science courses in the Carroll County School System. The report analyzed agriculture oriented course offerings presently available in the schools and concluded that the [...]
February 22, 1998 25 Years Ago 'Vo-Tech' Filling Skilled Workman Gap—Ask almost anyone you meet about the problems of getting a plumber when the pump breaks down, a carpenter for that new roof on the garage, or a body man to repair that dented fender, and they will likely say, "You just can't get a skilled [...]
February 15, 1998 25 Years Ago The Bowling Brook Story: Benefactor Relied On Trustees' Discretion—In the legal confrontation last week, Judge Weant denied the petition of James J. Wolfe, a heir of Raymond Richardson, for the removal of the Trustees. Sweeping aside the legal mask covering the actions of Mr. Wolfe, Judge Weant said, "It seems [...]
February 8, 1998 25 Years Ago New Windsor Council Agrees On Need of Water Tower—The New Windsor Town Council had a "Citizen's Hearing" Tuesday night on the proposals to build a $120,000 storage tank for the town's water system. Considering the specifics of an engineering firm's offer, in the informal but democratic manner of a New [...]
February 1, 1998 25 Years Ago Union Bridge Soldier Among Returning POW'S—After four and one half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, Eddie Drabic, 25, is coming home. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Drabic of Lightner St., Union Bridge, received the good news Saturday night about midnight. They had known only that their [...]
January 25, 1998 25 Years Ago Polluters Foiled—The Mad Polluter and assorted bums, hippies and litter-bugs were decisively defeated Friday in three battles at the Taneytown Middle School. In three plays presented by the Seventh and Eighth Grade Science class, the forces of cleanliness and good order were victorious in a "knock down" fight against the [...]
January 18, 1998 25 Years Ago County Buys Land For New School—The Carroll County Commissioners have approved the purchase of 43 acres of land in Taneytown for construction of a new Middle School and for recreational purposes the School Board reported last Wednesday. The school, which will be designated the Northwest Middle School, will be located [...]