March 16, 1997 25 Years Ago Today's Paper Has Community Fallout Shelter Plan — The new community fallout shelter plan for Carroll County is included in this newspaper. According to the County commissioners, "The information developed in the plan could save the lives of thousands of persons in the event of attack. "This information has been [...]
March 9, 1997 25 Years Ago St. Joseph's Closing School Doors This Summer — St. Joseph's parochial school will close following this semester. The school, situated with St. Joseph's Church on Route 194 in Taneytown, has been hit by a lack of teachers which is affecting the Maryland parochial system. More than 70 children affected by [...]
February 23, 1997 25 Years Ago Helicopter Beat Stork; Mother, Girl Fine— The helicopter beat the stork early Monday morning and Mrs. Samuel Grammer and baby are doing fine at Carroll County General Hospital. The child, a daughter, was born about 11 a.m. but the call came to the State Police at 3:50 a.m. Monday morning. [...]
February 9, 1997 25 Years Ago Taneytown Shopping Center Rejected By Town Council —The Taneytown Council, faced with their own reservations and petition-bearing residents, turned down the proposed shopping center for Taneytown at their February meeting and drew a caution from developer Robert Bankert to carefully weigh "precedent settling" decisions. The council took a more favorable [...]
January 26, 1997 25 Years Ago Marlin Hoff, Richard Grossnickle Tops Among States Young Farmers - Marlin K. Hoff of New Windsor won the top award and a trip to the national Outstanding Young Farmer awards congress March 5-8 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is a dairy science graduate of the University of Maryland. Mr. [...]
January 19, 1997 25 Years Ago Taneytown Response Favors Proposed Shopping Center - After one week of thinking it over, Taneytown residents have responded with some very definite opinions concerning a shopping center in their city. The majority are enthusiastic. Some want a shopping center but not in the residential area. Only one reader voted against [...]
January 12, 1997 25 Years Ago Taneytown Library Notes - 1971 is now history, and the staff of the Taneytown Library wishes to thank each friend who helped make the past year another milestone in their effort to serve the community with reading materials. Once again, library circulation is shown an increase over the past year! [...]
January 5, 1997 25 Years Ago Theft Leads County Crime—There were 181 breakings-and-enterings reported to State Police at the county's Westminster barracks during 1971 according to figures from Lt. Koontz of the barracks. The Lt. said there were 425 cases of larceny reported 37 cases of auto theft, and three burglaries. Narcotics cases came to 28. [...]
December 29, 1996 25 Years Ago Store Ransacked—Unknown burglars broke into the J. C. Penny department store over the weekend, ransacked the offices and stole a $1.59 flashlight from the basement work table, the Westminster city police reported. The city police erported that sometime Sunday evening or early Monday morning the burglar or burglars climbed onto [...]
December 22, 1996 25 Years Ago Seniors Hold Party—The Westminster Senior Citizens Club held its Christmas party on Tuesday evening, December 7, at 7:45 p.m. at Frock's with 54 members and 7 guests present. The devotions were given by Rhea Knouse followed by the repeating of the Lord's Prayer. The members and the guests were welcomed [...]