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Monday, January 5, 2015

Recent articles in the Carroll County Times by Kevin E. Dayhoff


  • December 10, 2014 |column

    Winchester embraced opportunity

    ...recorded and preserved by generations of local residents and others who love history. The website, with a lot of input by Kevin Dayhoff, and other writings by Catherine Baty, Anne and George Horvath, Mary Ann Ashcroft and others give us a glimpse of how Westminster...




  • April 22, 2014 |Article

    Westminster celebrates 250 years and Arbor Day with tree planting

    ...One of those families is that of Kevin Dayhoff, mayor of Westminster from 2001 to 2005...Westminster for generations, according to Dayhoff, and as it happens, the Willis Street...were both part of the Longwell Farm," Dayhoff said. "It just all comes together and...
  • January 2, 2015 |Article

    A love story that began on New Year's Eve, 1945 [Eagle Archives]

    A love story that began on New Year's Eve, 1945 [Eagle Archives]
    Much of the time, history can be the dry stuff of names and facts or memorized dates found in textbooks. Nothing can bring history alive more than our own memories or growing up listening to the recollections of our parents or grandparents.

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  • December 30, 2014 |Article

    Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s

    Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s
    Powder, serving with the U.S. Army's 6th Cavalry, was waiting to be deployed to Cuba when he wrote to his sister, "Mrs. Wm. Stansbury," from Tampa, Florida: "Dear Sister. I and our troops are still here.

The Wars of the Roses – and the Battle of Towton, March 29, 1461

The Wars of the Roses – and the Battle of Towton, March 29, 1461

Shakespeare Henry VI, Part 3, Act 2, Scene 5


December 31, 2014



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The author of the bestselling book "The Plantagenets" picks up the story of the English crown where his last book left off. It describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart and was replaced by the Tudors.

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Battle of Towton March 29, 1461

According to an article in the Sunday Times on August 28, 2008, by Adrian Anthony Gill, the Battle of Towton was fought on a Sunday, March 29, 1461. “By all contemporary accounts, allowing for medieval exaggeration, on this one Sunday between 20,000 and 30,000 men died. Just so that you grasp the magnitude, that’s a more grievous massacre of British men than on the first day of the Somme.

Without machineguns or shells, young blokes hacked, bludgeoned and trampled, suffocated and drowned. An astonishing 1% of the English population died in this field. The equivalent today would be 600,000.”

In an article by Martin Kettle for The Guardian, on Friday, August 24, 2007:

“It is often said that the bloodiest day in our history was July 1 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, when 19,200 soldiers went over the top and were mown down by German guns. As a result, the Somme has become synonymous with the frightful, mindless slaughter of a whole generation of young British men. It traumatised the survivors so much that they barely spoke of it. But it hangs over our country still, nearly a century later. Merely to think of it can make one weep.

Yet Towton was bloodier than the Somme. When night fell on March 29 1461 - it was Palm Sunday, and much of the battle took place in a snowstorm - the Yorkist and Lancastrian dead numbered more than 20,000. It should be said that the figures are much disputed and rise to as many as 28,000 in some accounts, and there were countless wounded besides.

Now remember two other things while you absorb that. First, that while the population of Britain in 1916 was more than 40 million, that of England in 1461 was considerably less than 4 million, so the proportionate impact on the country must have been seismic. One in every hundred Englishmen died at Towton. Its impact must have been a bit like an English Hiroshima.

And, second, that, this being 1461, not a shot was fired. This was not industrial killing from a distance. Every Englishman who died at Towton was pierced by arrows, stabbed, bludgeoned or crushed by another Englishman. As a scene of hand-to-hand human brutality on a mass scale, Towton has absolutely no equal in our history. It was our very own day of wrath.


Towton is not a secret. It is in the books and on the maps. If you visit, there is a memorial. The same river which was so packed with corpses that men fled across them from one bank to the other still runs through it. If you study the Wars of the Roses, you learn it was a decisive Yorkist victory. If you go online you can discover some of the detective work done by the University of Bradford on mutilated skeletons exhumed from some of Towton's mass graves. And if you go to a performance of Henry VI Part 3, you will see that the national poet himself set potent scenes at Towton, where, in the thick of battle, a father finds he has killed his son and a son that he has killed his father, and where the watching and hapless Lancastrian king wishes himself among the dead - "For what is in this world but grief and woe?"
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July 10, 1840 Burgess WM. SHIPLEY, Jr. of Westminster Maryland: Paving Notice for King Street

July 10, 1840 Burgess WM. SHIPLEY, Jr. of Westminster Maryland: Paving Notice for King Street

I hereby give notice that the ordinances of the corporation of Westminster, requires that the sidewalks of the main street of the town "King Street," be graded and paved with stone or brick, on or before the 1st day of October last.-

-And I hereby give notice to the owners of houses and lots situate on King Street, between the Washington road and the Alley immediately east of Davis' tavern on the south, and between Wampler's Mill road and the south west corner of John S. Murray's lot on the north, that have not graded and paved as directed by said Ordinances of the town, to forthwith comply with the requirements of the ordinance.

And I hereby further give notice that every part, parcel, lot or lots of ground on King Street, that remains unpaved, on the first day of September next, I will by the authority in me vested, proceed immediately to grade and pave the same at the proper cost of the owner or owners of the lots.

WM. SHIPLEY, Jr. Burgess.

The (Westminster) Carrolltonian, July 10, 1840.

Notes: 18400506 18410506 William Shipley Burgess May 6, 1940 – May 6, 1841 PAVING [Westminster Main Street Known as "King Street" as late as 1840.]


18400710 Paving King St Notice Burgess Shipley
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Carroll County Maryland Sheriffs from 1837 to 1934

Carroll County Maryland Sheriffs from 1837 to 1934
Courtesy of research by the Historical Society of Carroll County

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/carroll-county-maryland-sheriffs-from.html

1837 Nicholas Kelly
1839  Jacob Grove
1842  J. Henry Hoppe
1845  Lewis Trumbo
1848  Hanson T. Webb
1851  William S. Brown
1853  John M. Yingling
1855  Joseph Schaeffer
1857  William Wilson
1859  William Segafosse
1861  Jeremiah Babylon
1863  Joseph Ebaugh
1865  Joseph D. Hoppe
1867  Thomas B. Gist
1869  Thomas Tracey
1871  George N. Fringer
1873  Edward Devilbiss
1875  James W. White
1877  Peter Woods
1879  George N. Fringer
1881  Edward W. Fuhrman
1883  George A. Shower
1885  John T. Lynch
1887  George N. Fringer
1889  Samuel Carr Wicken
1891  Albert A. Dorsey
1893  Elias Arnold
1895  John Oliver Murray
1897  Ephraim Haines
1899  Goerge W. Motter
1901  Francis A. Crawford
1903  William H. Wilson
1905  Joseph L. Franklin
1907  J. Belt Townshend
1909  Benjamin D. Kemper
1911  Elias N. Davis
1913  Albert L. Davis
1915  James M. Stoner
1917  Edwin M. Mellor, Jr.
1919  William Bloom
1921  Edward Martin
1923  William Phillips
1926  George C. Fowble
1930  Ray Yohn

1934  John C. Shipley
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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Jan. 6, 2003 Sean Barry Frederick Md News-Post: Braddock Heights Volunteer Fire Co accident in the snow

This Day in History - - Jan. 6, 2003 Sean Barry Frederick Md News-Post: Braddock Heights Volunteer Fire Co accident in the snow

Fire truck hits, injures man By Sean Barry News-Post Staff January 6th, 2003

BRADDOCK HEIGHTS -- A fire engine slid down a steep, snowy road Sunday, striking and critically injuring a pedestrian before rolling over and injuring three firefighters, police said.

John Main, 44, of Middletown, had gotten out of his car to help another motorist when he was hit by Braddock Heights Volunteer Fire Co.'s Engine 121, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

Mr. Main was listed in critical condition Sunday night at Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown. The firefighters had lesser injuries.

The accident occurred about 10:25 a.m. when the engine slid down Old Swimming Pool Road near South Clifton Road as the crew was responding to a two-car crash, sheriff's Sgt. Tom Winebrenner said.

The cars were blocking the roadway, and the engine failed to stop because of the steep grade and the snowy conditions, Sgt. Winebrenner said.

The engine, a 1992 Grumman with its lights and siren activated, rotated sideways before leaving the roadway and striking Mr. Main, Sgt. Winebrenner said.

The engine then rolled down an embankment, coming to rest on its wheels, Sgt. Winebrenner said.

Firefighter William Lenhart, 68, the driver, and Chief Patrick McTighe, 25, the front passenger, were treated and released at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
Firefighter Jamie Daily, 25, in the rear seat, was listed in stable condition at Washington County Hospital.

Chief McTighe didn't respond to a request to be interviewed. Others at the station declined comment.

The extent of damage to the fire engine was not clear.


Mr. Main is a Hawbottom Road resident. He has worked in landscaping and lawn service.
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Sept. 17, 1992 Frederick County Maryland Commissioners notice to bidders for incontinent briefs

This Day in History - - Sept. 17, 1992 Frederick County Maryland Commissioners notice to bidders for incontinent briefs


Sept. 17, 1992 Frederick County Maryland Board of Commissioners notice to bidders “for furnishing and delivering Professional Medical brand underpads and incontinent briefs for the County…
September 17, 1992


19920917 FCBOC ad incontinent briefs
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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Saturday evening services at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster Md. #GoRavens

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Carroll Gardens was once an important part of the history of the business of agriculture in Carroll County

March 1994 Carroll Gardens perennial mail-order catalogue

Carroll Gardens 444 East Main Street, Westminster, Carroll County Maryland 21157

Labels and keywords: plants, horticulture, perennials, mail-order catalogue, Carroll County, Westminster, Maryland, agriculture, history


I recently came across a box of old plant catalogues, invoices and papers from the years I made a living as a nursery stock farmer, 1974 to 1999. I raised perennials, shrubs and trees. To further make ends meet, I also did landscape design and contracting and property management. It kept me very busy for 25 years. I’ve now been retired from farming for over fifteen years and I still miss it.

I worked for Pasquale Donofrio at Carroll Gardens in the late 1960s. I loved working there.

I also enjoyed working with Alan Summers beginning in 1984, when he purchased the business. It was great to take my landscape design customers there to pick out plants. Mr. Summers was a wealth of knowledge and worked tirelessly to make Carroll Gardens weather the changes in the market and the economy.

The plant mail-order business that Carroll Gardens did so well, was a natural outgrowth of the mercantilist economy that made Carroll County Maryland an agricultural and economic powerhouse for over a hundred years after the American Civil War in the early 1860s.

The unfinished goods were brought to Westminster and Carroll County and exchanged for finished goods. This resulted in accumulated capital that was leveraged into public infrastructure, factories plant and equipment, manufacturing, agri-business and a great quality of life for Carroll County citizens.

The mail-order plant business was a great economic model that we see today repeated in the internet – on an even more global scale. Carroll Gardens did it well.

I retired as a nursery stock farmer– perennial grower in 1994. Changes in the business compressed profit margins and the increases in doing business and difficulties in the regulatory climate, especially in Maryland, simply made it too difficult to continue. Or at least, I was certainly not smart enough to adapt.

Carroll Gardens was once an important part of the history of the business of agriculture in Carroll County - that will no doubt fade into history and it makes me sad...


Economy blights a beloved garden center

Debt, poor sales forcing owner to close Carroll Gardens at end of this month

By Susan Reimer Baltimore Sun reporter

June 2, 2009

Carroll Gardens, a quaint and slightly ragged cinder-block garden center at the end of a dirt road in Westminster, is closing at the end of this month after having been a resource for gardeners since the 1930s.

Alan Summers, who has owned Carroll Gardens since 1984 and hosted a garden talk show on WCBM-AM for nearly as long, announced his decision Saturday on the show, stunning customers and disappointing longtime employees who had hoped against hope for a reprieve….

No hyperlink to this story is readily available…

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Carroll Gardens to Suspend Business

Effective June 30th, 2009, Carroll Gardens will suspend accepting orders for shipment. Our store in Westminster is also scheduled to close on that date. The Saturday morning call-in radio show, which we have provided for the last 20 years, will continue for the foreseeable future. (The Garden Club; WCBM-680AM; 7-8 a.m. Saturday Morning)

To satisfy our creditors, we must raise cash. Our loss is your gain! All products and plants on CarrollGardens.com and in the store are being sold at 25% off, subject to availability and first come first served. If you have gift certificates or credits, please use them now. Your credit card will not be charged until your order is shipped and there can be no backorders.

If Carroll Gardens can resolve its financial problems, we will resume business. We have the potential of an investor which may allow Carroll Gardens to continue. There is one last thing that we are requesting of you. If Carroll Gardens returns, I would like it to be better than it is now. Please send me a brief email describing what Carroll Gardens means to you and what you will miss without Carroll Gardens. (Please send emails to info@carrollgardens.com.)

Carroll Gardens was founded more than 75 years ago as a mail-order company. Through these years, it has been our pleasure to serve you and we truly regret having to suspend business.

Alan L. Summers

President
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Obituary for Joseph Edward "Big Joe" Spangler

Obituary for Joseph Edward "Big Joe" Spangler

Joseph Edward Spangler Sr. “Big Joe”, 72, of Finksburg, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at his home.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Labels: Firefighters


Born August 15, 1942, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Francis Joseph and Doris Jeanne Fitzgerald Spangler. He was the loving husband of Patricia “Pat” Spangler whom he was married to for 52 years.

He attended St. Johns High School until the 10th grade where he then went to work for his father at Spangler's Market in Finksburg as a teenager. He was later employed with Rowan Controller and Maryland Cup. He was also an independent owner, operator truck driver, and then worked for Roadway Express Inc. both in Westminster and Hagerstown for over thirty years until his retirement. He was a member of the Teamsters Local Union #557.

He joined the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company in 1961 where he was a life member with over 50 years of service. He was also a member of the Carroll County Hall of Fame. He served the company in many roles including: Trustee, Corresponding Secretary, Chairman of the Board, Captain, Chief from 1984-85, and President of the Fire Department for over 14 years. He was also an Apparatus Driver for many years. He was a Delegate to the Carroll County Fireman’s Association and the Maryland State Fireman’s Associations serving on different committees for both organizations. He was very active in fundraising for the fire department and helped with bingo, the annual fireman carnival, and many benefit feeds and banquets.

He played on the Reese Fire Department slow pitch softball team and also enjoyed playing golf.

Surviving in addition to his wife are Son, Joseph E. Spangler Jr. and wife Patricia Lynn (Condon) Spangler, of Owings Mills; Daughter, Janet Marie (Spangler) Saunders and husband Michael Saunders of Ellicott City; Grandchildren, Michelle, Jonathan, and Chelsea; brothers, James Spangler and Thomas Spangler; and sister Bette Hoffman.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2 to 8pm at the social hall of the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company, 1745 Baltimore Blvd., Westminster, MD 21157, where a Fire Company Memorial Service will be held at 8pm.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11am at the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company with Deacon Charles Barnhart Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg.

Memorial donations may be made, in his name, to the Reese Volunteer Fire Company or to the American Diabetes Association, Suite#110, 2002 Clipper Park Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211.

Online condolences may be offered at www.prittsfuneralhome.com.


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Joseph E. Spangler Sr., trucker and fire chief by By Jacques Kelly The Baltimore Sun

December 30, 2014


Joseph Edward Spangler Sr., a former Carroll County fire chief and truck driver, died Dec. 25 at his Finksburg home. His wife, Patricia Brown Spangler, said she found him unresponsive, and no cause of death was determined. He was 72.

Known as "Big Joe," he was born in Baltimore and raised in Pimlico, the son of Francis Joseph Spangler and Doris Jeanne Fitzgerald Spangler.

He attended St. Ambrose School in Park Heights and St. John's High School in Westminster until the 10th grade. He then began working alongside his father at Spangler's Market in Finksburg. He subsequently worked at Rowan Controller and Maryland Cup.

Mr. Spangler was an independent truck owner and driver who later worked for Roadway Express Inc. in Westminster and Hagerstown for more than 30 years. He was a member of the Teamsters Local 557.

He was a life member with more than 50 years of service at the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company, which he joined in 1961. He was its chief from 1984 to 1985 and was president of the organization for 14 years.

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