Thurmont Celebrates Bicentennial With Pageant and Tours
Thurmont marked a week long bicentennial celebration with judged exhibits, a buffet, and a concert. Winners of the decoration contest await announcement next Wednesday as Queen Elizabeth II is crowned. Today tours of Shoe Company Moore Harness Forms and Claire Frock open, followed by a pageant The Gateway To Mountains directed by Mildred Ovett featuring a large cast and include Indian participants.
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Urmont
Elizabeth Id
Moorerness Forms
Claire Frock
Thurmont
Mildred Ovett
Lee Munshour R
Jeanne Barnhart
Alice Hiner
Peggy Blair
Lucy Carl
Jve Duble
Evelyn Green
Naomi Ickley
Betty Miller
Lois Munrd
Irma Rice
Bernadette Warfeltz
Patsy Wolf
Harold ‘Tner
Raymond Boller
James Ker
Emmett Rice
Emory Stormyer
Daniel
Harold Pubright
Madeline Iman
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Local Cast List Features Dozens of Pioneers Roles
The cast includes Don Rogerson Murray Miller Frank Martin Dickie Creager Gerald Freeze Jim Hoffman Cal vin Sawyer Donald Lynn Mickey Miller Terry Miller Ernest Rash Dorothy Bailey Dorothhy Barnhart Laura Clabaugh Claudia Hoffman Ethel Jean Gardner Ruby Lidie Elizabeth Reid Beth Roger and Mrs Margaret Carback Mrs Raymond Creager Mrs How ard Damuth Mrs Lee Martin Mrs Murray Miller Mrs William Ston er MrsJohn Weddle June Brown Barbara Bittner along with Shirley Broadbent Sara Gray Claudia in supporting roles.
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Don Rogerson
Murray Miller
Frank Martin
Dickie Creager
Gerald Freeze
Jim Hoffman
Calvin Sawyer
Donald Lynn
Mickey Miller
Terry Miller
Ernest Rash
Dorothy Bailey
Dorothhy Barnhart
Laura Clabaugh
Claudia Hoffman
Ethel Jean Gardner
Ruby Lidie
Elizabeth Reid
Beth Roger
Margaret Carback
Raymond Creager
Howard Damuth
Lee Martin
William Stoner
John Weddle
Farm Queen Named for Carroll County at 4-H Fair
Westminster July 25 Kathrine Schaeffer a Westminster 4-H club member was chosen Farm Queen of Carroll County at the fifth annual fair and Farm Bureau rally. She will represent the county at the State Fair in Timonium August 25 where Miss Maryland Farm Queen will be selected. Miss Schaeffer is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell W Schaeffer of Westminster Route 2.
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Westminster
Katherine Schaeffer
Carroll County
Farm Bureau
Timonium
Miss Schaeffer
Russell W. Schaeffer
Tax Reduction Seen As Possible Says Governor
Chesapeake Beach July 25 47 Governor McKeldin said a state tax reduction remains a possibility though not promised. He spoke at the Maryland Tobacco Growers Association meeting noting rising costs force careful budgeting. urged continued support for state services and purchases.
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Chesapeake Beach
McKeldin
Maryland Tobacco Growers Association
Governor rules out special session on teacher pay raise
The Maryland Governor announces there will be no special legislative session to consider a teacher pay raise. He cites preference for action by the General Assembly in regular session and aligns with broader tax policy debates. The day includes education and governance discussions as lawmakers and officials outline positions on taxation and state funding. In other news, the Maryland Holstein-Fan Association hosts judging schools at Springfield State Hospital and Frank Hull's Farm. Letters of administration are granted in the Henderson Wilkerson estate, valued at about $300, with one daughter surviving in Washington and another in Baltimore.
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McKeldin
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Frank Hull
Manchester Road
Westminster
Florence V. Henderson Wilkerson
Etta &. Stevenson
Washington
Orphans Court
Clara Allen
Baltimore
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Charleston
Board of School Finance
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Earl E. Rains
John Chambers
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Wilson Heats
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Maryland Holstein-Fan Association
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