by James Rada, Jr.
October 1921, 100 Years Ago
New Ice Machine
Wisotzkey Bros. are installing another ice making and refrigerating machine. …
It is a Frick machine and it will make two tons of ice every twenty-four hours, and at the same time take care of the hardening and cold storage rooms.
– Catoctin Clarion, October 27, 1921
Large Pepper
Mrs. H. C. Foreman brought to this office last week a large green pepper. It is formed of three peppers grown together; its largest circumference is fifteen inches and measures five inches from top to bottom.
– Catoctin Clarion, October 20, 1921
October 1946, 75 Years Ago
Rites For Admiral Waesche To Be Held Monday Afternoon
Admiral Russell Randolph Waesche, longtime commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, who died Thursday at Bethesda, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Waesche of Thurmont, where he spent his boyhood days and received his scholastic education in the public schools. He left Thurmont in 1904 to enter the Coast Guard Academy and since has been stationed in many parts of the world.
– Frederick News, October 18, 1946
Better Mail Service For North County
Residents of Emmitsburg, Rocky Ridge and other northern County communities will get better mail service after November 1 it was learned Thursday when Congressman J. Glenn Beall advised that the Postoffice Department extended to Thurmont the star-route from Emmitsburg to Emmitsburg Junction.
– Frederick News, October 27, 1946
October 1971, 50 Years Ago
Firemen from Emmitsburg, East Berlin and Arendtsville won top trophy awards in the annual Adams County Fire Prevention Day program hosted by the Biglerville Fire Company at their fire hall last Sunday afternoon.
Approximately 500 persons attended the event in which 20 area fire companies participated.
Emmitsburg firemen won the first place trophy in the hook-up contest with the best time of 46 seconds.
– Emmitsburg Chronicle, October 7, 1971
Break Ground For New Store Here
Central Maryland Corporation of Thurmont, Maryland, will break ground today, October 14, for a new High’s Dairy Products Store on Route 97, on the west end of Emmitsburg. The store will be owned by Central Maryland Corporation and operated by High’s, carrying over 2,000 convenience items, and opened from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., 7 days a week.
– Emmitsburg Chronicle, October 14, 1971
October 1996, 25 Years Ago
Town Meetings To Be Held At Community Center
Town Manager Yvette Semler has announced that monthly town meetings will now be held in the medial room at the Community Center on South Seton Avenue rather than the Town Office. This new arrangement begins with the October 7 meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. It was decided to make this move to better accommodate the increasing number of residents attending the meetings.
– The Emmitsburg Regional Dispatch, October 1996
Renovation Of Community Center About To Begin
Several months ago a report on the Space Requirements and Building Evaluation on the Emmitsburg Community Center was presented to the Frederick County Services Division. The purpose was to identify the need to renovate and reconfigure the center and to plan for full and efficient utilization of the building in the future.
The wheels of government decision-making turn slowly, but now bids for the first phase of renovation will be let in October. Work is expected to begin somewhere around the 1st of February, 1997.
– The Emmitsburg Regional Dispatch, October 1996
