Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art One-half Banana Stems

Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art One-half Banana Stems - www.kevindayhoff.com Address: PO Box 124, Westminster MD 21158 410-259-6403 kevindayhoff@gmail.com Runner, writer, artist, fire & police chaplain Mindless ramblings of a runner, journalist & artist: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, technology, music, culture, opera... National & International politics www.kevindayhoff.net For community: www.kevindayhoff.org For art, technology, writing, & travel: www.kevindayhoff.com

Saturday, August 15, 2009

The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn





The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn

July 6, 2007 Kevin Dayhoff
Updated August 15, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/osxrb9
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Restaurants%20Buttersburg%20Inn

We had a wonderful dinner yesterday at the Buttersburg Inn on Main Street in Union Bridge.

http://www.thebuttersburginn.com/

The Buttersburg Inn, Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland
Locally owned and operated by Jim Rowe and Frank Tunzi
The Buttersburg Inn
9 North Main Street
Union Bridge, MD 21791-9100
Phone: (866) 920-5608
Fax: (410) 775-0541
info@thebuttersburginn.com
Hours of Operation:
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Wednesday 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Thursday–Saturday, 7:00 a.m.–8:30 p.m.

Enjoy the pictures:

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Updated August 15, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/osxrb9

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http://twitpic.com/dyg3f The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn 5 Union Bridge MD 7/6/2007 http://tinyurl.com/osxrb9

http://twitpic.com/dyg92 The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn 6 Union Bridge MD 7/6/2007 http://tinyurl.com/osxrb9
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Off Track Art Tracks August 2009 Newsletter




Off Track Art Tracks August 2009 Newsletter

Off Track Art
===============Tracks

11 Liberty Street (Side Entrance) Westminster, Maryland
M-W, noon - 6 PM
Th-F, noon - 7 PM
Sat, 10 AM - 5 PM

In the Gallery

August

At work in the gallery

Aug. 12, noon - 6 PM and Aug. 19, noon - 4 PM. Watercolors and decorated
journals by Mary Decker

Aug. 20, noon - 3 PM and Aug. 28, noon - 5 PM. Wirework and knotting by
Charlotte Laslo

Aug. 31, noon - 6 PM. Art inspired by Mexico! Susan Williamson

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Off Track Art participates in this offering from Johansson's Dining House, 4 W. Main Street, Westminster, Maryland.
Have One On Dave!!
Show your receipt from any Downtown Main Street Merchant in Westminster and receive one free 10oz. House Draft Beer. Must present a valid, same day purchase receipt from Westminster Main Street Merchant (Off Track Art!).
This promotion excludes food and convenience stores.

September

Come play a game with us! During the month of September, all OTA artists will hang a 'mystery' piece of art in addition to their installed works. Look at the work in the Gallery, then look at the unlabeled work. Can you follow an artist's voice through different media, times of life, themes? Enjoy sharpening your looking skills!

Out and About

Off Track Artists exhibit in the 7th Annual Members Exhibit, August 13 to September 25 at the Carroll Arts Center, 91 West Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157 (http://www.carrollcountyartscouncil.org/). Come meet the artists and see fantastic creativity at the opening reception: August 13, 5:30 - 7:30 PM.

Melinda Byrd (Byrdcall Studio) http://www.byrdcallstudio.com/ will be at the following venues:

Sat., Aug. 15 Hot August Blues festival at Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville, MD. Noon - dark. I'll be selling my hand-printed woodcut shirts along with other works. Visit hotaugustblues.com for details.

Wed. Aug. 19 Mt. Airy Farmers' Market ART MART in downtown Mt. Airy. 3:30-6:30 PM. Mostly hand-printed shirts.

Sat., Aug. 22 Opening Reception for Gallery Exhibition at Cafe Mark in Cumberland, MD. Visit cafemarkcumberland.com/. This exhibition of woodcuts, linocuts, oils, and acrylics will run through Nov. 19. (No printed shirts.)

Sat., Dec 5 Holiday Mart in Howard County's Centennial High School 10-5:00

Mary Decker http://www.chartreusemoose.com/ will be exhibiting at the Irvine Nature Center, 11201 Garrison Forest Rd, Owings Mills, in a show titled, "Height of Beauty: Garden Insects and Native Flora". Show runs from Aug. 7, 2009 to Sep. 16, 2009.

Cathy Sawdey exhibits in Local Color 2009, a juried exhibition of regional artists (http://www.artistsgallerycolumbia.com/). The show runs Aug. 3, 2009 to Aug. 28, 2009 at the American City Building, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044 (M-F: 10 AM - 5 PM; Saturday: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM).

Also, Linda van Hart's upcoming show: September 4- October 16 with opening reception 9/11 6-8 Howard County Center for the Arts features Maryland Guild of Metals with three works of LVH including: Cabernet Sauvignon Circlet, Taos Morning Glory Bracelet, and the Diego Rivera Heart Armor


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Sarah Abel-DeLuca
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Melinda Byrd
http://www.byrdcallstudio.com/
Kevin Dayhoff
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/
Mary Decker
http://www.chartreusemoose.com/
Gail Elwell
http://gailelwell.com/
Judy Goodyear
Charlotte Laslo
Becki Maurio
Bob Sapora
Cathy Sawdey
Gordon Wickes
Linda van Hart
http://www.tollhousestudio.com/
Bobby Waddell
Susan Williamson
Pamela Zappardino

Thank you for visiting Off Track Art

20090808 Off Track Art Tracks August Newsletter

Recent Explore Carroll columns by Kevin Dayhoff



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Not a great president, but Harding sure was a busy guy
Published August 9, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... his death was caused by a heart attack, triggered by complications of exhaustion. Gee, I wonder why? When he's not feeling sorry for Mrs. Harding, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com or visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/....

Dr. Ira Zepp, 79, McDaniel College and Westminster civil rights leader, dies
Published August 4, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
The Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp Jr., professor emeritus of the religious studies department at McDaniel College, died peacefully at his home on Aug. 1. He was 79. In a memorial tribute by McDaniel College president Joan Develin Coley, she recalled that Dr. ... ...

Charles Carroll influenced world view of 'Democracy in America'
Published August 2, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... Maybe we inherited it from our namesake. Or maybe we've just read enough of "Democracy in America." When he's not channeling Charles Carroll, Kevin Dayhoff may reached at ... or visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/....

High winds in Sykesville might not be a twister
Published July 27, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle
SYKESVILLE — Strong winds whipped through Carroll County’s rolling hills Sunday evening was enough to cause damage to homes, but the National Weather Service says that it did not appear to be a tornado. The storm downed trees and power lines, damaged cars ... ...

Lighting the faces of children, and a dark day for taxation
Published July 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... of state and national government, we may be feeling "very blue over the outcome" for many years. When he is not feeling blue over taxes, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at ..., or visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/. ...

Hoby Wolf advocates for things the county has already done
Published July 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... on this project.They have. On Feb. 26, 2007, Commissioner Michael Zimmer visited Harford County's facility (along with Eagle columnist Kevin Dayhoff.) Then, the board traveled to York, Pa., on April 30, 2007, to view that operation. They have also been to ... ...

Westminster council meeting details city improvements and comprehensive plan
Published July 25, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... for the annual Christmas parade.With that, council president Damian Halstad gaveled the meeting to a close and folks quickly paraded out the door. Kevin Dayhoff may reached at ... or visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/...

Jackson's death created a wave of empathy in Westminster
Published July 19, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
... our citizens on hearing the mournful intelligence of Jackson's death ..." When he is not listening to the music of the "Jackson 5," Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at ..., or visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/....

Hampstead man arrested for setting Greens Apartments fire
Published July 13, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
... damage is estimated at $450,000, according to fire marshals.Kevin Dayhoff contributed to this report....

DAYHOFF: 11th Air Cavalry Troop memorial recalls service of Carroll natives
Published July 11, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... to help honor these men and their families, as well those others named on the memorial who paid so dearly in the service of their community and nation. Kevin Dayhoff may reached at ..., or visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/ ....

http://explorecarroll.com/search/more.php?f=news&y=0&p=1&s=Dayhoff

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Dinner with my wife


Dinner with my wife

August 10, 2009 - August 13, 2009

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinner-with-my-wife.html

Dinner with my wife at Ledo’s. It must have been a mistake that neither Caroline nor I had a meeting last Monday evening and we could actually have dinner together. (On Twitpic here: http://twitpic.com/dftqm)

Of course, we took our child, Mr. Moose.

There were quite a few folks in the restaurant that enjoyed the fact that we took Mr. Moose with us. Mr. Moose has become quite a litmus test about people.

I frequently find it amusing to find folks who do not seem amused with Mr. Moose. For me, it is sort of a test as to who is human and who is not… And yes, I still deny that I am a cylon…q.v. http://tinyurl.com/ovlbrb and http://twitpic.com/8qsyp or http://tinyurl.com/psljze

However, some folks do not get it. Usually an indicator that such folks should get a life.

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Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops


Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops

By Frank Roylance Baltimore Sun “Maryland Weather” blog

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/rainy_spring_may_cause_vomitox.html

Retrieved August 10, 2009

Pictured is the Deoxynivalenol (DON) molecule (Click here for a larger image) http://twitpic.com/dp66h

The Maryland Department of Agriculture is warning farmers and grain elevator operators to check their wheat and barley crops for the presence of a fungus known as "vomitoxin" in their stored or unharvested grain. The troublesome pest does well when conditions are wet, as they were across much of the state this spring.

The fungus, more formally known as Fusarium head blight, or scab, produces a chemical called deoxynivalenol that renders the crop unmarketable, and unusable as feed. If animals eat enough of it, it causes excessive salivation, and irritated oral and gastrointenstinal tissues. The name alone suggests its symptoms.

Read the rest here: Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops

By Frank Roylance Baltimore Sun “Maryland Weather” blog

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/rainy_spring_may_cause_vomitox.html

20090810 Roylance Rainy spring brings vomitoxin to grain crops

http://twitpic.com/dp66h Deoxynivalenol molecule Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops http://tinyurl.com/l63wr4

Deoxynivalenol (DON) molecule Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The talking fingers


The talking fingers

August 11, 2009

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A colleague’s fingers do all the talking as they glide across the keyboard in an effort to keep up with reports and paperwork.

20090811 Talking fingerse

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/talking-fingers.html

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Facebook acquires social media giant "JamieKelly"

Facebook acquires JamieKelly

By Kevin Dayhoff, Kant BeTrue and New Bedford Herald news staff reports.

Facebook acquires “JamieKelly,” a new age, cutting edge social media networking empire founded by a mysterious mid-west social media guide

August 11, 2009, Cedar Rapids Iowa - - Earlier today, Facebook successfully acquired “JamieKelly,” a cutting edge social media networking site that is considered by to be a hot property among the much sought after 18 to 35 female demographic.

Jamie Kelly, also known as “JK,” a service based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is named after the charismatic – some say, messianic founder, by the same name, who is quoted to have said, that his service was first launched when he was a sophomore at Dickenson College, a nationally recognized and highly selective liberal arts college located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

When reached for further comment as the exciting news broke across the wire services, Kelly said, “I’m wearing a bow tie today was just a set up for my master plan. One day, I'm coming to work in a tux with tails, spats, and a walking stick.”

As he shuffled away to his office, he noted, “I just mailed out a bundle of letters. Next thing, I'll be hunting a saber-tooth tiger.”

Young women were reported to have gathered outside the world headquarters of JK at 500 3rd Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, chanting “Jamie Kelly” and holding sounds which read, “We love U,” and “JK Rocks.”

Whatever.

This the latest in a series of tech wars, and mergers and acquisitions after the recently announced Microsoft-Yahoo search deal.

JamieKelly's 12-employee team will join Facebook family.

The four founders of JamieKelly – Emily Johnson, Boris Hartl, Carrie Ann Knauer and Jamie Schmidt Wagman, will take senior positions in Facebook's Engineering and Product teams.

Currently, the acquisition amount is undisclosed but JamieKelly looks happy with the acquisition and the joy was obvious in a recent interview with Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly, who have been good friends for many years.

JamieKelly was looked upon as close competitor of Twitter, microblogging service for the same task - sharing information online.

However, both services combined don't have enough users to match up Facebook's more than 250 million user base. Facebook couldn't buy Twitter, a service that has seen a tremendous growth since its inception, so, the next close substitute was JamieKelly.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, “I've admired their team for creating such a simple and elegant service for people to share information.”

As of now JamieKelly will work as it is and the founders are yet to lay out future plans for integration of both services.

Facebook's JamieKelly acquisition is buzzed as directly challenging Google and leapfrogs Twitter.

JamieKelly service went out cold until they had announced the second version of their API this month. So, now Facebook will make use of ex-Google's excellence in expanding Facebook platform to the next paradigm: Real-time search.

If Google and Twitter are listening to this, they better sit together at least for mutual partnership on Twitter's search technology.

Asked what’s next on the horizon for JamieKelly, Kelly, a former rap star from Pittsburgh, PA, said quixotically, “The music industry is proposing a new format for digital music…”

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Linda Collison: “Star-Crossed”

Posted August 11, 2009

For a larger image click here: http://twitpic.com/dhez8

Linda Collison’s - my Westminster High School Class of 1971 classmate - first novel, Star-Crossed (Knopf; 06) was chosen by the New York Public Library to be among the Books for the Teen Age -- 2007. For more information: http://www.lindacollison.com/

According to published materials:

“The novel was inspired by the three weeks she spent aboard the HM Bark Endeavour, a replica of Captain James Cook's 18th century ship. Linda is a mother and grandmother, and at long last chatelaine of her castle…

“Linda Collison is a jack of all trades and master of none, just as her mother feared she would become.

“Linda has managed to kluge a composite career, making a living as a registered nurse, skydiving instructor, waitress and shoemaker, to name a few of her occupations.

“She has published in a wide and sundry assortment of publications, from literary magazines to Ladies Home Journal.

“In 1992 her life changed dramatically (again!) when she married fellow skydiver Bob Russell. With Bob she wrote two guidebooks, Rocky Mountain Wineries; a travel guide to the wayside vineyards and Colorado Kids; a statewide family outdoor adventure guide (both books by Pruett Publishing.)”


20090810 sdosm Linda Collison Star Crossed
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Monday, August 10, 2009

How to lose your job on Facebook

How to lose your job on Facebook

August 10, 2009

Simply amazing! For a larger image click here: http://twitpic.com/dendz

How to lose your job on Facebook Hat Tip: “London Interesting” http://twitter.com/LDN Be careful what you post on Facebook http://bit.ly/COt9X (via @dudleywild) Find it here on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/3807697268/

20090810 How to lose your job on Facebook
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http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-lose-your-job-on-facebook.html

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Falling Rocks

Falling Rocks

From Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/dddj4

Has anyone seen one of these signs before? ;) on Twitpic

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Drs. J. W. Hering and Ira Zepp, Sacred Places and Westminster City Hall

Drs. J. W. Hering and Ira Zepp, Sacred Places and Westminster City Hall

The death of Dr. Ira G. Zepp has reminded me of one of my columns which was published in http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on July 25, 2008. Find it here: http://tinyurl.com/6yb23j or find the full story on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ here: http://tinyurl.com/krebky

The column was titled, “Westminster's sacred places are shrines of community life,” and it was about a 1981 book by Dr. Ira Zepp and Marty Lanham, "Sacred Spaces of Westminster."

Concurrently, another local historian and I were recently discussing the work, “Recollections,” by Dr. J. W. Hering, from the mid-1800s; which also brought me back to the same column.

I am working on re-posting the longer, unedited-for-word-length, draft of the July 2008 column, until then; here is an interesting tidbit about Westminster City Hall and Dr. Hering:

Westminster City Hall is considered by many to be one of the many sacred places in Carroll County.

Westminster purchased it from the estate of George W. Albaugh in September of 1939 for $11,000. After extensive renovations and improvements, without impairing the original features of the structure, the City offices were moved there from the old Westminster Fire Department building at 63 West Main Street, during the administration of Mayor Frank A. Myers.

Once, while attending a council meeting I looked around and imagined all the history that room and the building we now know as Westminster City Hall has seen since it was built in 1842 by Colonel John K. Longwell.

I wonder what it was like to have lived there right after it was built by Colonel Longwell...

Or what it would have been like to have been there in August 1863?

That was when, as Frederic Shriver Klein writes in “Just South of Gettysburg” that over forty prominent Westminster citizens were arrested by Union soldiers on the charge of “general disloyalty.”

Those arrested included Dr. Mathias, Dr. Trumbo, Dr. J. W. Hering, Colonel Longwell - and their wives.

According to “Recollections” by Dr. Hering, at Mrs. Longwell’s “trial” on August 27th, 1863, in Westminster, she was told that “among other things, you are charged with feeding the rebel soldiers…”

“Well,” she replied, “I did, I would feed a hungry dog who came to my house. I would even feed you, if you came to my house hungry.” At that, it is reported that Mrs. Longwell’s husband, Colonel Longwell, “nearly collapsed.” Reportedly, Mrs. Longwell subsequently took the oath of allegiance. Others, however, did not and were imprisoned at Ft. McHenry.

Meanwhile: find the column, as published… here: http://explorecarroll.com/community/411/westminsters-sacred-places-are-shrines-community-life/

Or here: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2008/07/westminsters-sacred-places-are-shrines.html
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Sunday, August 09, 2009

Drop Forged Chocolate

“Drop Forged Chocolate”
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/drop-forged-chocolate.html
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/drop-forged-chocolate.html

http://tinyurl.com/ntd28z

February 11, 2009 – August 6, 2009

By Kevin Dayhoff

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Mooses Come Walking by Arlo Guthrie

Mooses Come Walking

by Arlo Guthrie

Mooses come walking over the hill
Mooses come walking, they rarely stand still
When mooses come walking they go where they will
When mooses come walking over the hill

Mooses look into your window at night
They look to the left and they look to the right
The mooses are smiling, they think it's a zoo
And that's why the mooses like looking at you

So, if you see mooses while lying in bed
It's best to just stay there pretending you're dead
The mooses will leave and you'll get the thrill
Of seeing the mooses go over the hill


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Westminster High School in the 1920s

Westminster High School, Westminster, MD, in the 1920s

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/westminster-high-school-in-1920s.html

http://tinyurl.com/kmgez3

Catching with some old friends today, coupled with some recent reader questions, reminded me of a piece I wrote in March 2007 on the Westminster High School building on Longwell Avenue in Westminster.

The image above is from 1908, is the first Westminster High School building, 1898-1936, at Center and Green Street in Westminster, MD. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/d936f

This image is a 1977 picture of the second Westminster High School building, 1936-1971, at Longwell Avenue in Westminster, MD. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/d92z2

Westminster High School in the 1920s

March 28th, 2007 by (c) Kevin Dayhoff

East Middle School, located on Longwell Avenues just north of Westminster City Hall, originally opened as a new “Westminster High School” on November 30, 1936. It is one of two buildings in Carroll County built in the Art Deco style. The other is the Carroll Arts Center which opened as the Carroll Theatre on November 25, 1937.

Art Deco was all the rage from 1920 to 1940 but some argue that the style had a significant presence in architecture and art from 1900 to 1950. A highly decorative and elegant style, it was considered ultra-modern in its day.

The 1936 school building was not the “first” Westminster High School. The first was located at the corner of Green and Center Streets in Westminster and was built in 1898. By all accounts it was the first “public” high school built in Carroll County. It is accepted that the first “public” high school in Maryland started in Talbot County in 1871. By 1907 there were still only 35 public high schools in the entire state.

It was not too long after the 1898 structure was built that complaints began about the inadequacy of the physical plant. As with so many infrastructure improvements in Carroll County, getting a new high school built was fraught with a great deal of acrimony and dissent. In 1921, the Westminster High School yearbook, “The Mirror,” editorialized the increase in enrollment since 1898 with alarm. It had increased from “less than fifty” to over 260 students.

In those days the school housed all 11 grades. There were 7 students in the graduating class of May 1900. Compulsory school attendance was not passed into law until 1916; however, Lisa Kronman reported in an account entitled a “History of Public Schools in Westminster,” “the attendance rate was 93.8 percent of school age children.”

The Mirror lamented “we have seen the school out-grow its surroundings. The present building and equipment are entirely inadequate to the needs of the school…” The editorial explained dire consequences would result if the school were not replaced quickly. Of course, “quickly” in Carroll County took another 15 years.

According to historian Jay Graybeal, there were 139 schools in Carroll County in 1920. 107 had only one teacher. There were approximately 7500 students and 208 teachers. 158 of the teachers were female and only 9 were married as marriage was strongly discouraged for the county’s female teachers. As a matter of fact, a resolution, passed by the school board in the 1928 – 1929 school year, barred female teachers from getting married unless a special exception was granted.

Mr. Graybeal explained that high school teachers were paid an average $903.70 and “elementary teachers in white and black schools had average salaries of $537.85 and $431.87 respectively… Teachers who had served twenty-five years, reached the age of sixty, were no longer able to continue their duties in the schoolroom, and had no other means of comfortable support received $200 per annum” from a state financed pension system.

In 1920, the Carroll County public school budget was $204,000 and the school administration was a staff of four; Superintendent Maurice S. H. Unger, Miss L. Jewell Simpson, Supervisor; G. C. Taylor, Attendance Officer and Charles Reed, Clerk. In 1916, the state board of education was run by three individuals.

The Union Bridge Pilot reported on February 18, 1921: “Teachers' pay are being withheld owing in lack of funds and it appears the county has reached the limit of its credit.”

It is in this air, atmosphere, and environment that the county unsuccessfully tried three times, May 15th, 1922, September 26, 1927, and April 3, 1934, to get the voters to approve bond bills for roads and schools – to include a new Westminster High School.


Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
E-mail him at: kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com r visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/
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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Dr. Art Peck, Carroll County community leader dead at age 86

Art Peck, WWII veteran of the Vosges Mountain Campaign, local veterinarian, conservationist, church and community leader, dead at 86

By Kevin Dayhoff August 5, 2009


Dr. Arthur Howard Peck, 86, of Westminster, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009, at his home.

He was a community leader who wore many different hats in Carroll County.

Many folks will recall that he was the popular veterinarian who came to Westminster after he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1950.

He joined the veterinary medicine practice of Dr. Charles Kable in Westminster. After Kable retired, Peck maintained the practice until he retired and sold the practice in 1985.

He was born Sept. 23, 1922, in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the oldest son of the late George Newberry and Lillian Howard Peck; who made a living farming and raising their own livestock, food and vegetables.

He was married to Barbara Cole Peck for 62 years.

Before he enlisted in the Army in 1942, he attended school in Barre, Massachusetts, the Wilbraham Academy in Wilbraham, Mass., and went on to Massachusetts State College before World War II interrupted his studies.

During World War II he served in the 100th (Century) Infantry Division, commanded by Colonel John M. King, 397th Infantry Regiment of the Seventh Army, commanded by Gen. Alexander Patch, in Europe.

He was seriously wounded on November 30, 1944, while fighting in harsh winter weather and rough terrain in eastern France.

The Seventh Army was advancing on the well-established fortifications of Vosges Mountain portion of the Maginot Line - near the Rhine River and the German border, just above Switzerland. His unit was up against Hitler’s own Wehrmacht's Army Group G in the “Vosges Mountain Campaign,” (October 1944--January 1945.)

The Vosges Campaign was on the southern periphery of the Battle of the Bulge, which began on December 16, 1944, and is studied to this day.

Gerhard Graser, a German combat veteran of the Vosges Campaign, and the author of “Zwischen Kattegat und Kaukasus,” 1961, the official German history of the German 198th Infantry Division; wrote:

“The fighting [in the Vosges] always consisted of small battles in the underbrush, man on man. The American infantrymen, accustomed to the protection of superior air power and artillery, and used to advancing behind tanks, suddenly found themselves robbed of their most important helpers. The persistent bad weather hindered their air force, and the terrain limited the mobility of their armor to a significant degree. Here the individual soldier mattered the most… both sides fought with unbelievable bitterness andseverity.”

Another debated, but relatively definitive account of the battle has been written by Keith E. Bonn, a West Point graduate who wrote, “When the Odds Were Even: The Vosges Mountains Campaign.”

For his part, Peck earned the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star for meritorious service and the Combat Infantryman Award for skill and heroism while engaged in active ground combat. Peck received a medical discharge in June 1945.

Over his many years in professional veterinary practice in Carroll County, he served as state president of the Maryland State Veterinary Medical Association from 1973 until 1974 and president of the Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners from 1974 to 1984.

From June 17, 1988 until 1993, he served on the Board of Review of the Maryland Department of Agriculture, having been appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Maryland Senate.

He was also a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the Maryland Wildlife Administration, the Science Advisory Board, and the National Wildlife Health Foundation.

Aside from his many accomplishments in the field of veterinary medicine, he once served as President for the Carroll County PTA and was a life member of the Carroll County Farm Museum. He helped set up the display of Veterinary Surgeon's office at the museum in 1985.

He served on the Hashawha Environmental Center board; the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board, and a county solid waste disposal committee in the 1990s.

The Carroll County commissioners appointed him to the Carroll County Farm Museum Board of Governors in 1984 where he served as chairman from 1986 until 1989.

The commissioners appointed him to the county Industrial Development Authority (IDA) in 1989, where he served as chairman from 1994 until he retired from the IDA in 2008.

He was honored on February 5, 2009 by the commissioners with a proclamation which recognized his 19 years of leadership “advancing economic Development in the county,” according to the Carroll County office of public information.

The county, “in cooperation with the City of Westminster, named a street in the Westminster Technology Park after him. Arthur Peck Drive will serve as the gateway entrance into the park from Maryland Route 97.”

Peck also served on the Board of Trustees of the Raymond I. Richardson Foundation for 14 years and was president of that group from 1988 to 1992.

He was a member of the Westminster Rotary Club since 1952, served as president in 1958, and was elected a Paul Harris Fellow in 1988. He was honored, with his wife, as Outstanding Citizens of the Year in 2001.

Peck was active in his church, St. Paul's United Church of Christ, as deacon and elder, chairman of the Consistory, Building and Grounds and co-chairman and member of the Finance and Investment Committee.

He was a member and past president of the Forest and Stream Club in Keymar, which is one of the oldest conservation groups in the United States.

In 1979, he was instrumental in starting the Carroll County chapter of Ducks Unlimited, the nation's largest nonprofit wetlands conservation group, and served as a past chairman.

At the Carroll County chapter’s annual dinner at Pleasant Valley Fire Hall, in early 2002, Peck was recognized for his decades of outstanding volunteerism for Ducks Unlimited.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a sister, Joyce P. Riffenburg, of New York; daughters and sons-in-law Linda Bloedau, of North Carolina, Babs and Jerry Condon, of Westminster, and Sue and Chris O'Dell, of Colorado; grandchildren Katherine Bloedau, of North Carolina, A.J. and Gregory Condon, of Westminster, Erin and Kelley O'Dell, of Colorado; and a great-grandson, R. J. Haney, of North Carolina.

He was predeceased by a brother, Dr. Donald E. Peck. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Pritts Funeral Home, 412 Washington Road, Westminster.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Bond and Green Streets, Westminster, with the Rev. Marty Kuchma officiating.

Private interment will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Memorial contributions, for a scholarship for a Carroll County student to attend veterinary school, may be sent to the Dr. Arthur H. Peck Scholarship Fund, c/o Community Foundation of Carroll County, 255 Clifton Blvd., Suite 203, Westminster, MD 21157.

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