“Dutch Picnic Centennial in 1951” Carroll County Times Article for 12 August 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal This summer marked the 125th Annual Dutch Picnic Festival at Trinity Lutheran Church on Deer Park Road near Smallwood. Traditionally held on the first Saturday in August, the event featured an old fashioned picnic with outdoor activities. Fifty years ago the event [...]
“Carroll’s Law and Order League” Carroll County Times Article for 5 August 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal The ratification of the 18th Amendment in January 1919 ushered in Prohibition but also spawned efforts, legal and otherwise, to thwart the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages. A majority of Carroll Countians had supported Prohibition and some took an [...]
“Carroll Theater Opened in 1937” Carroll County Times Article for 29 July 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal The Carroll County Arts Council’s redevelopment of the former Carroll Theatre on W. Main St. in Westminster opens a new chapter in the history of the building. The Art Deco style movie theater opened on Thanksgiving Day 1937; a highly [...]
“The Bat Semi-Panic of 1976” Carroll County Times Article for 22 July 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal Carroll’s American Bicentennial celebrations were interrupted by a panic over rabid bats during July 1976. The Carroll County Health Department was inundated and made an effort to calm concerned citizens bent on eradicating the creatures. The story was front-page news in [...]
Carroll County Sheriff in 1926, Part II” Carroll County Times Article for 15 July 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal Last week’s column contained the first half of a lengthy article about the Carroll County Sheriff that appeared in the July 16, 1926 issue of the American Sentinel newspaper. Editor Joseph D. Brooks continued with his concerns about the ‘listlessness’ [...]
“Carroll County Sheriff in 1926, Part I” Carroll County Times Article for 8 July 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal The front page of the July 16, 1926 issue of the American Sentinel newspaper included an interesting story about the role of the Carroll County Sheriff. Editor Joseph D. Brooks felt that the State’s Attorney had assumed too many of [...]
“Local Banks Merged in 1951” Carroll County Times article for 1 July 2001 By Jay A. Graybeal Local banking history predates the founding of Carroll County in 1837 and contains many interesting developments in the industry. Fifty years ago two local banks, the Westminster Deposit & Trust Company and Union Mills Savings Bank, merged to become the [...]
“A Fad That Would Make Grandma Blush” Carroll County Times Article for 24 June 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal Fifty years ago, most Marylanders were enjoying their summer blissfully unaware of the impending disaster at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, that would plunge the nation into war. During that last peaceful summer a new fad appeared among the [...]
“Robert J. Walden” Carroll County Times Article for 17 June 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal In 1878, New York horseman Robert Wyndham Walden moved his training facility to Middleburg. The move proved highly successful and Walden’s horses won numerous races including the 1888 Preakness. Walden’s son Robert J. inherited the property and his father’s interest in horse racing. The [...]
“Davis Library Dedicated Fifty Years Ago” Carroll County Times Article for 10 June 2001 by Jay A. Graybeal Fifty years ago the Davis Library building was dedicated in Westminster, a generous gift to the community from Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis. The dedication ceremony was described in the June 1, 1951 issue of the Westminster Democratic Advocate newspaper: [...]