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Baltimore Children Visit Frederick County Farm Picnic
Frederick High School graduating class of 1966 notes 109 Baltimore children from McKim Center, aged six to sixteen, visiting Bert Thornton farm north of Burkittsville on Md 17 for a four and a half hour event. Volunteers from Frederick United Presbyterian Church fed and entertained them with food donated by local churches and merchants. Activities included pond fishing, swings, games, singing, dancing, pony rides, and friendly recreation supervised by Olive Engle and church youth groups.
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Potomac Telephone Company