"Dan Hartzler Lecture - October 20, 1994" Carroll County Times Article for 9 October 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal Very little research has been done on the craftsmen of early Maryland, and because of this, the state has been overlooked to a certain extent by the antiques world. Artisans of great ability and associated mechanical geniuses [...]
"Carroll County Place Names from the Carroll Record Histories, Part 1" Carroll County Times article for 16 October 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal The origins of community names throughout the county are frequent research topics of library patrons at the Historical Society. The Society's new publication entitled, The Carroll Record Histories of Northwestern Carroll County Communities provides a [...]
"19th Century School Pranks from the Carroll Record Histories" Carroll County Times article for 2 October 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal Prior to the establishment of the modern public school system in Maryland, local communities undertook the construction and staffing of a school for their children. The local school often became a cornerstone of life in [...]
"Ascension Episcopal Church 150th Anniversary" Carroll County Times article for 25 September 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal Last evening nearly 200 members and friends of the Ascension Episcopal Church in Westminster gathered to break bread and celebrate the 150th anniversary of their church. One of the evening's highlights was the unveiling of a new church history [...]
"Brethren Service Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary" Carroll County Times article for 18 September 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal Fifty years ago the world was at war. By the fall of 1944, the tide had turned in favor of the Allies and, although great battles remained to be fought, the Axis defeat was only a matter of [...]
"History of the Pipe Creek Brethren Church" Carroll County Times Article for 11 September 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal "Situated on Sam's Creek, two miles from Linwood, and on the boundary between Carroll and Frederick counties, is the village of McKinstry's Mills." So wrote J. P. Garner as he introduced his history of McKinstry's Mills published [...]
"The Taneytown Militia" Carroll County Times Article for 4 September 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal During the first half of the nineteenth century, local militia units were active throughout the county. These units ranged from amateurish "corn stalk regiments" to finely drilled uniformed companies. Dr. Clotworthy Birnie wrote a lengthy, and sometimes humorous, description of militia [...]
"Humorous Anecdotes from the Carroll Record Histories" Carroll County Times article for 28 August 1994 by Jay A. Graybeal Throughout the nineteenth century, humorous stories about practical jokes, human foibles and tall tales were frequently published in local newspapers. Most of the writers who submitted the histories of their communities to the Taneytown Carroll Record in the 1890s included favorite [...]
"New Windsor Bank Robbery, 1869" Carroll County Time article for 21 August 1994 By Jay A. Graybeal When Frank J. Devilbiss prepared his 1895 history of New Windsor, he wrote that no one living would ever forget the robbery of the National Bank in January 1869. Mr. Devilbiss provided a brief history of the bank and [...]
"St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Harney" Carroll County Times article for 14 August 1994 By Jay A. Graybeal During the summer of 1889 a group of Harney Lutherans met to discuss building a church. The early history of St. Paul's Church was written by J. P. Garner and published a century ago in the Taneytown Carroll Record [...]