25-50-100 Years Ago -- Oct. 23

Susan Guynn, The Frederick News-Post, Md.
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Oct. 22—100 Years Ago

Oct. 23, 1923

Hood has received recently two additions to campus equipment, two pillars at the southwest entrance and two paved walks along Brodbeck drive. Through P.T. Kuhn, who provides the labor, the Frederick Brick Company furnishing the brick, and the Mentzer Manufacturing Company of Harrisburg, Pa., the stone caps, the erection of two pillars at the entrance will be made possible. These pillars will not be topped with electric lights, as those at the Fifth street entrance, but with stone caps.

A movement for the re-routing of the Susquehanna Trail so that it will pass through Gettysburg and Frederick, has been started by the Chambers of Commerce of both these towns. The Susquehanna Trail, comprising about 400 miles of improved highway connecting Buffalo, N.Y., and Washington, is one of the most famous and highly traveled tourist routes in the country. It has been pointed out that by missing Gettysburg and Frederick, a much more beautiful and historic as well as a more direct route, is lost.

50 Years Ago

Oct. 23, 1973

The Walkersville chapter of Future Farmers of America walked off with its share of honors at the National Future Farmers of America Convention, held last week in Kansas City, Missouri. Gary Grossnickle and Carroll Crum, both members of the Walkersville Chapter FFA, and Paul Stull, adviser and teacher in the Walkersville area, were nominated and presented these awards at the convention.

Thirty-five farmers crowded the Middletown Fire Hall last night to debate land use plans and their impact on farmers in the last of four land use seminars held by the Frederick County Farm Bureau and Pomona Grange. More than 120 farmers attended the meetings last week and Monday, listening and debating studies of land use plans made this summer by their farm representatives. Any land use plan must provide farmers compensation for loss of any land rights and local administration of the plan, Pomona Grange Master Jesse Burall said as the meeting closed.

25 Years Ago

Oct. 23, 1998

Gaithersburg developer Marc Silverman faced his first friendly Frederick audience in awhile Thursday when his proposal for an $11 million, six-story building along Carroll Creek was discussed by the city planning commission. Mr. Silverman's project has come under fire from some city residents who say the design doesn't fit in with the city's historic architecture. But by planning commission standards, the plan is fine, said Catherine Parks, city zoning administrator.

The 6th annual Frederick County Marching Band Festival was held Thursday at Catoctin High School. Seven Frederick County high schools competed and the Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Band presented an exhibition at the conclusion of the performances.

A 29-year-old woman who last month was denied a protective order by a District Court judge was attacked with a claw hammer in her northeast Frederick apartment Thursday by her estranged husband, the Frederick Police Department and court papers said. She sustained a fractured skull and a broken pelvis, wrist and arm, police said. A Middletown man who was at the woman's apartment at the time of the attack also was critically injured with a fractured skull. Within minutes of the attack, the estranged husband was taken into custody during a traffic stop about a mile away, police said.

(Editor's Note: The News-Post does not have access to archives from 20 years ago for April 16 through December 2003. The "20 Years Ago" summary will return Jan. 1, 2024.)