Mildred Norwood recalls a full century in Mount Airy
Born in 1902, Mildred Norwood remembers Mount Airy as a 700 resident village. She recalls church and movie theater life, early prices, and walking to school before buses. Now in the Maryland Odd Fellows Home, she reflects on change, family ties, and a life spent in the Calvary United Methodist Church area.
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Bam Yu Mildred Norwood
Mount Airy
Mildred Norwood
Maryland Odd Fellows Home
Frederick
Calvary United Methodist Church
Odd Fellows Home
Black face entertainment protested at retirement dinner
A group of Black police officers protested outside a retirement dinner for a white officer in Parkville after a singer in blackface was hired. The Blue Guardians union and Baltimore County NAACP issued letters opposing the act, while some attendees said the entertainment did not bother them.
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Parkville
Baltimore County Police Department
Baltimore County
Eth Prien Wise
Blue Guardians
Police Union
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peoples
Blue Guardian
Lawrence
Mom honors AIDS quilt patch for late son Jere Trout
Nancy Trout of Thurmont presented two AIDS quilt patches honoring her son Jere Trout and his friend Shane Reydos at Frederick Community College during AIDS Awareness Week. Jere, 30, died of AIDS in 1992 after graduating from Catoctin High, FCC, and James Madison University.
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Nancy Trout
Jere
Ms. Trout
Thurmont
Shane Reydos
Cami Reynolds
Frederick Community College
Kussmaul Theatre
Jere Trout
Catoctin High School
FCC
James Madison University
George Washington University
Stadt
Bam Yu
Cami Center
Frederick County
Shane Regdos
Roger Nicodemus
Beneath My Wings Productions
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Travis
Black Face Entertainment
Herman Kline
Mom
Son
Matthew Barreat
News-Post
Bode
Bo Garnet
Garin
Kuala
Karisma
Saxony
Consumer Assurance
Anso
Feahinati
Joors & Carnet
Tio
Raat As
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