HERITAGE NEWS
From Westside Historical Society, Inc.
www.Barrencreekheritage.org
Sylvia Bradley, Editor
Volume 16 No.6
June-July 2012
WHS Planning A Family Field Day in July
Mark your calendars for Sunday afternoon, July 22! Westside will sponsor an afternoon of oldfashioned fun at the FAMILY FIELD DAY from 1 to 4 pm at Layton’s Chance Winery near Vienna. There will be
games and contests for kids and adults alike – the kind of fun activities some of our readers may remember
from some years ago! Things like Push the Orange, Duck Walk Race, Human Wheelbarrow or water bucket
races, relays like 3-legged or sack races! Or how about competing in the Watermelon seed spitting contest,
Bean Bag toss, horseshoes, or football toss?! For moms and dads there will be a new twist on the old 50-50
raffle—this one called “heads or tails” 50-50 – loads of fun!! For the kids there will be pony and mini-train
rides, a dime toss game, and more! Also look for demonstrations of the traditional art of making rugs from
rags, pumping water from an old hand pump, and trying your hand at some old farming skills. PLUS music,
and plenty of good food! We’ll have some great items to bid on in a silent auction, including a Vera Bradley
bag, free kayak rentals, terrific restaurant coupons, sports tickets, and more. We also will have a white
elephant table and are looking for donations for that table. (see the notice below!) Vendors will offer some
terrific buys, and several have really interesting heritage displays. Folks at the Winery also will be offering
tours of the vineyard and winery operation. Best of all, there is no admission fee to this event. This will be an
old-fashioned, relaxed, day of summertime fun. Don’t miss it!!! If you would like to be a vendor or would like
more information contact the folks at Westside at 410-726-8047, or 302-875-7601, or call the Winery at 410228-1205.
You did it! You helped make our first
Book Fair a Success!
Thanks to everyone who shopped at Barnes & Noble Book Store on
June 2, our first Book Fair fundraiser was a success. We raised some
money, did a lot of promotion for Westside Historical, and met some
great new friends.
Many, many thanks also to all those who helped pull everything
together. To Laura Layton and Dixie Eddye, who helped at the “meet and
greet” table, and to Laura who did a story-time reading for young readers,
to Peg Rider and Herman Fletcher who came to help demonstrate some
of the things WHS does, to Newell Quinton who came to talk about the
Rosenwald school in San Domingo and Mr. Julius Rosenwald who
created the school-building program in the 1920s, and to Mark Evans and
his Northwestern Elementary School student singers who gave a terrific
mini-concert – Thank You All!!! Finally, thanks to Hannah Miller of
B&N, without whom we never would have been able to organize this
fundraiser. Will we do it again? You bet. And next year look for an
even better event!
Top left: Dixie Eddye &
Sylvia Bradley in lobby of
B&N.
Bottom: Newell Quinton,
Malik Cannady, Herman
Fletcher, and Peg Rider
in vintage gown. More
pictures inside.
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Laura Layton and Barbara Bailey will
have a White Elephant Table on July
22 for WHS but they need your castoff treasures! To donate you can
drop them by the winery or call 410228-1205 for pick-up!
Northwestern Student Choir and their
parents gave up their Saturday morning to
join WHS at the Book Fair, and wowed
everyone! Great job !
Newell Quinton gave a fascinating talk about the
Rosenwald school history. Included in the audience
was English author Ron Burrows, seen here, who
was at B&N to sign copies of his book, a trilogy of
historical novels set in 18th century England and the
colonial Eastern Shore of Maryland!
historic sites – no prior experience necessary! In
order to keep our 501c3 and non-tax status, we
have to commit to be open to the public on a certain
number of days each year. We have promised to be
open almost every Sunday this summer, through
September. Right now, we have volunteers
scheduled for 5 of those Sundays. But, we especially
need volunteers here on these 8 dates: July 8, July
29, August 12, Aug. 19, Aug. 26, Sept. 2, Sept. 16,
and Sept. 23. If you can help on any of those days,
please call Polly Majors or Sylvia Bradley as soon as
possible. The hours on those Sundays are 1 to 4, and
your help will be very much appreciated!
2. Education Aide - Help present lessons and tours for
student groups in the Museum and Church, or help
present a “Traveling History Trunk” presentation in
local schools. This is a job we will especially need help
for in the fall and spring.
3. Clerical Aide - If you can help file documents and
records, enter data in our computers, mark donations
with ID numbers, make copies, scan photos on our
printer/scanner, check inventory, or help prepare
newsletters and other materials for mailing, we need
you to work in the office in the Bennett-Layton house.
Happy Birthday, Miss Katherine !
On June 28th “Miss Katherine” Bennett
Hass was 101 years old!! Born and
Raised in the Mardela Springs area she
Now lives with grandson John Dominic
in
Elkton. Still sharp as a tack, she is a
living textbook on life in Mardela in the
early 1900s!!
Calling all Volunteers!!
Remember the “Uncle Sam Needs
You!” posters? Well, Westside
Historical Society needs YOU !
As we gear up for the summer
and fall – always a busy time of the
year anyway – we are putting out
the call for help from our friends and
supporters. Can you give an hour or
two to WHS this summer as a volunteer? Doing what?,
you say. Take your pick! Here are some of the things
we need help with.
1. Host or Hostess - Interpreter/Docents in Barren Creek
Heritage Museum, or Barren Creek Springs Church and
Spring House. We will give you help in interpreting our
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4. Exhibit Development Assistant – help put up, repair,
or develop museum exhibits; write or help write exhibit
labels; or assist in creating art work and graphic
illustrations, we need you. If you have an artistic bent,
like to sew or paint, or have some basic carpentry skills,
this is a job you will love!
5. Fundraising & Public Relations Assistant – help
develop promotional activities and events; take
pictures, Organize video advertising and promotions,
create “virtual tours”, organize fundraising/heritage
programs and events such as Heritage Festival. Do you
like to spread the word about our work? This is YOU!
6. Keep our Web Page and Facebook current – are you
computer savvy? If you can help us to routinely update
our web page, create new and interesting pages, and
generally manage our site, as well as post WHS
developments on Facebook, or even develop a blog, boy
could we use your help!!
arrived in Matapeake 13 hours late after spending the
night on fog-bound Ches. Bay, the second time
passengers had had to spend the night on the Bay in a
few weeks. In January, another ferry had gone aground
in heavy ice and was 13 hours late.
Ironically, plans for building a bridge across the Bay
began in 1927. But those plans did not materialize until
the Ches. Bay Bridge opened in 1952.
The “John M. Dennis” ferry boat was only one if the fleet
of boats in the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry. The ride took long
nd
enough that travelers could go up to the 2 level and get
something to eat.
If you can donate any hours to help with any of these
tasks, please contact Sylvia Bradley ASAP!
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Crossing the Chesapeake Bay Before the Bridge
Would any of our
readers share their
memories of
crossing on the
ferry? Or the
backups in Mardela
as traffic tried to
cross the old bridge
at Vienna? Or of
“going around” the
top of the Bay to
avoid the long
waits for the ferry?
Recently, in the midst of processing some of the
photograph collections in WHS archive/documents
holdings I ran across two interesting small cards that
brought to mind the very different experiences we all
had when we crossed the Bay to go to the western
shore in the mid-1900s.
The first serious attempt to create a ferry across the
northern part of the Bay was in 1916, but that came to
nothing more than an idea. Three years later some New
York promoters actually began the Claiborne-Annapolis
Ferry Inc., and people marveled at how the ferry cut 6
hours from the old mail time crossing the Bay. But this
effort also fell on hard times. One of the 2 ferries, the
General Lincoln in 1920 ran aground, stranding the csars
on board for over a month. The next year a paddlewheel box broke and lifeboats were needed to rescue
the passengers. So the original bankers pulled out and
the service was taken over by a Maryland group headed
by former Gov. Emerson C. Harrington, an Eastern
Shoreman. A new ferry, the Governor Albert C. Ritchie
was added in 1926, then soon after, the John M. Dennis
and the Governor Harry W. Nice. By 1930 the route
which originally landed in the tiny town of Claiborne in
Talbot County was changed to add a landing just a bit
south of Claiborne in Matapeake, shortening the
crossing time form 1 ½ hours to 45 minutes. The card
shown here, dated 1937, shows the leaving times for
both Matapeake, by then obviously the more popular
landing site, and Claiborne. Even then, often there
were accidents and delays. In 1940,the Gov. Harry Nice
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Old Mardela Cemetery Company Continues
To Serve the Town
In the latter 1800s the town of Barren Creek Springs
(soon to become Mardela Springs) began to grow fairly
rapidly. Not only were more houses built as more families
moved into town, but the economy also boomed with several
new industrial and commercial businesses. In 1871 a new
Methodist Protestant Church was built on Main Street in
town and the next year a churchyard cemetery was begun
behind the church. (When the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist
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Protestant branches were united in 1939 and placed under one
Peninsula Conference, the church was named Emmanuel Methodist
Church.) Perhaps this was the inspiration for what happened
When the stockholders declined so much they could no
longer administer the cemetery effectively, they turned the
task over to the town’s Hommakers Club.
In early June, the cemetery company, all but defunct in
actual practice, began a reorganization effort. The last two
officers, Donna Short and Pat Robinson, both having decided
to retire, have asked local residents and any associated with
the cemetery (i.e. having family members or others buried
there) to renew the organization. A meeting will be held in
the Mardela Fire House at 5:00 pm on July 22 to work
toward that end. Anyone interested in helping is invited to
attend this meeting.
12 years later when in December 1884, a cemetery company
was organized for the town, not affiliated with any church. In
a small booklet printed at the time, the founders of this
cemetery explained:
Owing to continual changes of ownership in landed estates,
by which almost the entire ownerships of a generation back
have changed, and in very many instances passed entirely out
of the hands of the descendants of former owners, the old
custom of maintaining private or family “graveyards” on
farms is no longer practical or desirable. As time grows older,
and new settlers come among us, the impracticability of this
old custom is made still more plainly apparent. Therefore, to
accommodate ourselves to these changed conditions, and the
better to provide for those to come after us, the “Barren Creek
Springs Cemetery Company of Wicomico County,” has been
organized and incorporated under the Laws of the State of
Maryland, for the purpose of providing and maintaining a
place where families can still have a place forth burial of their
dead, without the fears of a change of ownership, and the
final obliteration of these spots so sacred to their memory,
but with the assurance that they will ever be cared for and
kept in decent order. And not only is a place of burial provided
and cared for, but a record is kept of the name of the
deceased, and the spot where buried, so that in after years
the descendants may find the exact spot where lie the ashes
of their forefathers, even if there be no tombstones or other
marks put to their graves. And furthermore, provision is made
for the recording of obituaries or a genealogical account of
the deceased, when desired by the family or friends. The
importance of this unique feature in the management of
cemeteries, may not be apparent to many at present, but
future generations will find in the records of this cemetery, a
source of interesting, and in many cases, of valuable
information that otherwise would be lost. This feature will
grow in importance as generations come and go. …..
And in this way the Old Mardela Cemetery Company was
created, originally known as the Barren Creek Springs
Cemetery. A board of seven directors were elected annually;
the directors elected a President and Vice President from
their own body, and a Secretary and a Treasurer who might
or might not be from their group. The first elected board was
Thomas B. Taylor, President; Rev. James S. Eaton, Vice
President, James B. Armstrong, Secretary-Treasurer; James A.
Venables, Benjamin S. Bradley, Lambet H. Cooper, and
George T. Robertson. The company was legally incorporated
in 1885 and 100 shares of stock were sold; ground was
bought in January of that year for $280 from a tract formerly
belonging to Joseph Brattan. The cemetery was laid off in lots
10’ x 20’ to be sold for $10.00 each. Roadways and fencing
were also provided for. The minutes for the Cemetery
Company are extant from 1886 to 1929 and for some
meetings after that. Gradually, the number of stockholders
diminished until in 1931 only 13 remained. Over the next
several years, more land was bought, including eventually
land on which the town’s first two schools stood.
Five Shares of stock bought by James Bacon in April 1889,
bought for $5 per share. [from WHS Archives Collection]
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Who Were the Sons & Daughters of Liberty?
A recent donation to WHS collections included a
small booklet entitled the By-Laws of Victory Council
No. 10, Located in
Athol, Md. These bylaws were for the
Sons and Daughters
of Liberty, apparently
formed in 1919 just
before the ending of
World War One. The
Officers listed were :
C.E.Evans, Chairman;
James M. Bradley;
Etta Calloway; Lillie
M. Evans; Maggie
Truitt, and John F.
Hatton. Also, this
was part of a larger
organization, since it
says the By Laws
were approved at
state level in June 1919. This appears to be an
organization which was for social and mutual welfare
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purposes, but little else can be discerned from the bylaws. Does anyone know more of it???
long ago. But now I don’t feel as proud as I used to.
When I come down your street you just stand there
with your hands in your pockets and I may get a small
glance and then you look away. Then I see the children
running around and shouting. They don’t seem to know
who I am. I saw one man take his hat off, then look
around. He didn’t see anybody else take theirs off, so he
quickly put his back on. Is it a sin to be patriotic
anymore? Have you forgotten what I stand for and
where I’ve been? Anzio, Guadalcanal, Korea and now
Vietnam. Take a look at our Memorial Honor Rolls
sometimes, of those who never came back to
keep this Republic free – One Nation Under
God. When you salute me, you are actually
saluting them. Well, it won’t be long now
when I’ll be coming down your street again. So,
when you see me, stand straight, place your
right hand over your heart, and I’ll salute you
by waving back. And I’ll know you
remembered.
Weddings at Barren Creek Church
Barren Creek Springs Church was the setting for two
weddings this spring – one in May and one in June. Isn’t
that a beautiful place for a wedding picture?
Kelly Calder and and their wedding party chose the
church yard for a wedding picture. Kelly and Josh Elliott
married on May 19. Kelly is the daughter of WHS VicePresident Vivian Calder.
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“I Remember Fourth of July Fetes
at Mardela Springs”
FLAG DAY was June 17 – Did You Remember It?
This article appeared in a local newspaper in the 1970s. It
was recently donated, along with a collection of clippings of
newspaper articles about local and Maryland history, to
WHS by Bud Walter on behalf of his mother Beverly
Robinson Szameit. We repeat this article here because it still
seems relevant. It was written originally by George E.
Surgeon, supervising principal of Brooklyn Park Elementary
School.
“Some people call me Old Glory, others call me the
Star Spangled Banner, but whatever they call me, I am
your Flag, the Flag of the United States of America.
Something has been bothering me, so I thought I might
talk it over with you because it is about you and me.
I remember some time ago people lined up on both
sides of the street to watch the parade and naturally I
was leading every parade, proudly waving in the breeze.
When your daddy saw me coming, he immediately
removed his hat and placed it against his left shoulder
so that the hand was directly over the heart.
Remember? And you. I remember you. Standing
there straight as a soldier. You didn’t have a hat, but
you were giving me the right salute. Remember your
little sister? Not to be outdone, she was saluting the
same, as you with her right hand over her heart.
Remember? What happened? I’m still the same old
flag. Oh, I have a few more stars since you were a boy. A
lot more blood has been shed since those parades of
by Mrs. Travers (Myra Eversman) Willing. Sunday Magazine,
The Sun Balto MD June 23, 1963
I was only a little girl when my great uncle, Edward
Austin, ran the Mardela Springs Hotel, but I remember
the big celeb rations held there on the Fourth of July
and the square dances – and the taste of the mineral
waters that flowed from the spring near the hotel.
All summer long – and in the winter, too – people
from other parts of the Eastern Shore and from
Baltimore would come to Uncle Ed’s hotel to drink the
health-giving waters. The spring was covered with an
octagonal pagoda, and it was always cool and quiet
inside this. Guests would stroll down the footpath from
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the hotel to it. On hot summer evenings they would
often spend an hour or so in the springhouse, just
talking and drinking the irony, flat-tasting mineral
water. A circular bench that ringed the inside of the
springhouse held up to 25 people.
The hotel was a three-and-a-half story frame
building. It was painted either yellor or white – I’ve
forgotten which, and was trimmed with dark green and
brown. It had between 25 and 30 rooms, each furnished
with a bureau, bed, and a couple of chairs. Each room
also had its own washstand and bowl. A guest could
have a jug of the spring water taken to him in his room,
if he wanted. My father always tried to keep several
jugs of it in the icebox for his own use. I really don’t
think he liked “regular” water.
Every week there was at least one square dance. We
had a special room for dancing in the small, two-story
section at the far end of the hotel. On nice nights,
though, the caller and the fiddlers would move outside,
and people would dance on the two long porches.
The biggest event at the hotel was the annual Fourth
of July celebration. On that holiday the whole
community of Mardela Springs joined the hotel’s guests
on the lawn. Various groups from the town set up
booths and sold homemade candy, gingersnaps and
lemonade – for a penny a glass. The hotel would be
decorated with red, white and blue bunting, and flags
would fly from just about everything. In the evening
there was always a fireworks display.
WWII bomber pilot who was held as a POW in Germany.
Rob is an officer—Official DAR LIAISON for both SAR and
DAR. Trudy is at the end of her 3rd year as Vice Regent
of Big Cypress Chapter, DAR & is a State Officer &
Committee chair.
Left: Trudy & Rob
Withey
below:
Rob and past
Naples SAR Pres.,
Roy Richardson.
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How To Plant Your Garden
By now, if you have a garden, it should be producing some great fresh produce. But here is some
good advice for both gardeners and non-gardeners.
First, you Come to the garden alone,
while the dew is still on the roses.
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Rob Withey Takes Part in Historic Ceremony
Rob Withey, who for several years was President
of Wicomico Historical Society, and a long-time leader
in heritage related activities on the Eastern Shore, now
lives in Naples Florida but continues to be active in
similar events. Recently, he and wife Trudy participated
in a program involving the Sons of the American
Revolution and the awarding of the Legion of Honor.
Rob, a member of the S.A.R., was honored by being
asked to carry the French flag in the ceremony in which
his friend, French born Brigitte van den Hove-smith,
received the
Legion of
Honor medal
in April. Also
receiving the
Legion of
Honor was
another
friend, 88
years old
Eugene
Pettinelli, a
FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT
THREE ROWS OF PEAS :
1. Peace of mind; 2. Peace of heart; 3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one
another
NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings; 2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another
TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN YOU MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for God
2. Thyme for each other
3. Thyme for family
4. Thyme for friends
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH
LOVE. THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN
BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
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Just For Kids Page
The 4th of July – Remembering the Signers
organized and began to experiment with ways to convince
people to buy certain kinds of products. Here are some you
probably will recognize.
The Jolly Green Giant - The
idea of a green giant originally
referred to a large variety of
pea; everyone's favorite Green
Man was first introduced by the
Minnesota Valley Canning
Company in 1928.
The Quaker Oats Man: Larry,
that emblem of healthy whole
grain living, has had numerous
makeovers throughout his 135year life. In his newest 21st
century iteration the
wholesome Quaker has lost a
little weight and now stands out against a red background
Planters Peanuts: Mr. Peanut was
invented courtesy of a 14-year-old
boy: In 1916, the Planter's Peanuts
company held a contest to create a
company logo, and Antonio Gentile
submitted his drawing of a dandy
gentleman Peanut Man named
Bartholomew Richard FitzgeraldSmythe. The top hat, monocle, and cane were added later.
Recently, the company debated adding more accessories
like cuff-links, but public opinion kept Mr. Peanut in his
familiar uniform.
Kool-Aid Man: Kool-Aid was
invented in Hastings, Neb. in 1927
when Edwin Perkins realized he
could concen-trate a flavored
drink mix and therefore ship it
much more cheaply and easily.
The iconic Kool-Aid Man wasn't
introduced until General Foods acquired the company in
the 1950s. Today, Kool-Aid Man--known for bursting into
houses to provide drinks for happy children—has been
featured everywhere from the Museum of Modern Art to
comic books and video games.
Pillsbury Doughboy: The iconic
giggler actually has a name
besides Doughboy: he's
officially Poppin' Fresh. The
character was created by an
advertising firm in the 1960s,
and has been featured in
commercials, unchanged, almost continuously since then.
The biggest switch was when Doughboy's exclamation
changed from a giggle to a
"Woo-hoo!" Tony the Tiger:
Since 1951, this festive beast has
been roaring "They're
Grrrrrreat!" when handed a
bowl of Frosted Flakes. The
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men
who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers
were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured
before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and
burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary
Army; another had two sons captured.
None of the 56 fought and died from wounds or
hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they
pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large
plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they
signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well
that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader,
saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He
sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in
rags.
Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he
was forced to move his family almost constantly He served
in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in
hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty
was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall,
Clymer, Salton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Rutledge, and
Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr. noted that
the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson
home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General
George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed,
and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few
months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was
dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his
gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in
forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and
his children vanished.
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but
we shouldn’t. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your
4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not
much to ask for the price they paid. Patriotism is NOT a sin,
and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and
baseball games.
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Some Other Kinds of Super Heroes
Did you know that a 55-foot tall statue of the Jolly Green
Giant looks over the town of Blue Earth, Minnesota? Or that
Mr. Peanut was invented by a 14-year-old boy? Or did you
realize that we have not always had fun characters
associated with the food we eat? These figures appeared in
the early 1900s when big advertising companies were
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tiger was a winning entry, by Eugene Kolkey, to design a
mascot for a new breakfast cereal. In a public voting
contest, Tony beat out Katy the Kanga roo, Elmo the
Elephant, and Gnu the Newt for the job.
Trix: The happy rabbit
debuted in a 1959 television
commercial and seemed
doomed to never eat the
colorful cereal. But in 1976
and 1990 Trix held a voting
campaign, and the nation's
children overwhelmingly
voted to "Let the Rabbit Eat Trix”
Snap Crackle Pop: This trio of elves was inspired by a 1930's
radio advertisement for Rice
Krispies. "Have you ever heard
your food talk?" asked the
announcer. Snap, Crackle, and
Pop were the words your bowl
could speak. After the success of
the ad, an artist drew the characters and they've had visual
representation ever since. In the 1950s a fourth elf, Pow,
temporarily joined the three, and the elves were gussied up
in super hero form during the 1990s, but have since
returned to their classic elf outfits.
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If you jump off a Paris bridge you are in Seine.
When she saw her first strands of gray hair she
thought she'd dye.
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
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A British Hero of the American Revolution
Fun With Words
Colonel Isaac Barré was a British army officer and
later, a member of Parlieament. His opposition to the
taxation of the American colonies earnedhim deep
admiration among the American colonists. His
experience in North America during the French and
Indian War had given him valuable insights into the
causes of the colonists’ developing discontent with
British rule. In a speech before the House of Commons,
it was he who first styled the colonists the Sons of
Liberty. In this painting, the artist, Sir Joshua Reynolds,
has Barré pointing to a map of North America,
emphasizing his subject’s political convictions.
Colonists in Pennsylvania later honored him by
naming a town for him, along with John Wilkes –
Wilkes- Barré.
Do you know any words with double meanings? Here
are a few double meaning sentences. See if you can find
the double meaning words.
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was
a small medium at large.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
The professor discovered that her theory of
earthquakes was on shaky ground.
The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog
your memory.
A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
A will is a dead giveaway.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes inverse.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell into the upholstery machine was fully
recovered.
You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.
A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'Taint mine.
He had a photographic memory which was never
developed.
When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a
mall.
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An interesting picture of the symbol of American Freedom,
the eagle, sitting on a gravestone in a military Cemetery.
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NEXT BOARD & FRIENDS MEETING
of Westside Historical Society
Will be on
July 16, Monday, at 6:30 pm
At the
Bennett-Layton House
24957 Delmar Rd., Mardela Springs MD
Refreshments will be served!
Items to be discussed:
Election of officers:
Nominees for the Board of Trustees:
Blan Harcum
Robert Freeman
Pat Hooper
Mark Evans
Fundraising
Fall programs
Finding Volunteers
Westside Historical Society Inc.
P.O. Box 194
Mardela Springs MD 21837
Fashionable swimsuit from the early
1900s  6 decades latter – the
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Bikini !!
Laura Layton
Tami Brown
Bill Wilson
Nanci Catlin