"Historical of the Forest and Stream Club, Part I" Carroll County Times article for 22 October 1995 By Jay A. Graybeal It was on a Monday evening May 11th 1874 that a number of gentlemen met at the office of Dr. Geo. S. Yingling, in the building now occupied by the Westminster Savings Bank, for the [...]
"Westminster in the 1880s" Carroll County Times article for 15 October 1995 by Jay A. Graybeal One of the earliest landscape photographs of Westminster was taken from College Hill in 1869. The unknown photographer recorded an impressive view that captured not only the prominent structures but also the back lots, gardens and fences of modest homes [...]
"Carroll County Quilt Lecture" Carroll County Times Article for 8 October 1995 By Jay A. Graybeal While reading the local papers of the last century, one often comes across articles about prize agricultural products and livestock. The mention of a item in one paper often brought a counter claim from the other partisan paper. Such was [...]
"Family history Month Open House" Carroll County Times Article for 1 October 1995 By Jay A. Graybeal Do you ever wonder who your ancestors were, or want to know where they lived and in what kind of house, or where they are buried? Perhaps you have collected bits and pieces of family history and you are [...]
"Sale of the Fireman's Hall" Carroll County Times Article for 24 September 1995 By Jay A. Graybeal The Westminster Fire Department has outgrown its fire hall, put its building up for sale and is moving to a new location. If this sounds familiar, you may be surprised to learn that it happened a century ago. The [...]
"133rd Anniversary of Antietam" Carroll County Times article for 17 September 1995 by Jay A. Graybeal Today is the 133rd anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg as it was known to Confederates. The casualties of the one-day battle were nearly 23,500 men killed, wounded or missing making it the costliest single day in American [...]
"Women Get the Vote" Carroll County Times article for 10 September 1995 by Jay A. Graybeal The ratification of the 19th Amendment in August 1920, which gave women the vote, was the second of two successful reform movements in the World War I era. A year earlier the 18th Amendment had begun the era of Prohibition. [...]
"HSCC Bus Tour to the Shenandoah Valley" Carroll County Times article for 3 September 1995 by Jay A. Graybeal The Historical Society will sponsor its fall bus tour to three historic homes in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley on Thursday, October 5th. The rich history of this region is linked with our own local history. During the 18th [...]
"Back to School in 1920" Carroll County Times Article for 27 August 1995 by Jay A. Graybeal Three-quarters of a century ago, local children and teachers prepared to go back to school. The 1920 annual report of the State Board of Education reveals that the educational experience of this generation was quite different from that of [...]
"World War II Victory Celebration" Carroll County Times article for 20 August 1995 by Jay A. Graybeal Fifty years ago the world entered the atomic age with the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. While the decision to drop the bomb has been hotly debated in recent years, there was only excitement [...]