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Historical Society of Carroll County Box Lunch Talk: The Impact of the HOPE

Historical Society of Carroll County Box Lunch Talk: The Impact of the HOPE

 

By Kevin Dayhoff July 15, 2025

 

July 15, 2025 Box Lunch Talk. In 1969, Bernie Jones became a charter member and served on the board of the nonprofit Home Ownership Purchase Effort to provide home ownership opportunities for low-income Black families. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

Historical Society of Carroll County historians, friends and family filled the Grace Lutheran Church – Grace social hall this afternoon for an informative Box Lunch Talk on The Impact of the HOPE Partnership in Westminster presented by Bernie Jones and Lynn Wheeler.

 

Lynne Wheeler began the presentation with an introduction to the background of the history of HOPE and African American housing in Carroll County. In 1969, HSCC board member, Bernie Jones became a charter member and served on the board of the nonprofit Home Ownership Purchase Effort (HOPE), to provide home ownership opportunities for low-income Black families.  HOPE purchased houses on Union Street, rehabbed them, and sold them at cost. Their groundbreaking work laid the foundation for Civil Rights success in Carroll County.

 

Thank you to the sponsors of this Diane Bowers, Diane Boettcher, Corynne Courpas, Dolores Snyder, and Acts Fairhaven. Thank you also to our volunteers and Program Committee (Doris Hull, Wendy Raith, Sherry Reigel, Steve Bowersox) for baking all kinds of goodies and helping at the event.

 

HSCC hosts robust programming every month including our popular Box Lunch Talk speaker series. Our BLTs are held every third Tuesday at 12 noon at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster. This event is $3.00 for members and $7.00 for non-members. Cost of admission helps offset expenses for the lecture hall, refreshments, and the production costs for the You-Tube recordings from the Community Media Center. Sponsoring a speaker for $75 is another great way to support the event.

 

As always, there is no registration for Box Lunch Talks. You bring your lunch, and we provide the drinks and desserts (thanks to our volunteers and staff). The cost is $3 for HSCC members and $5 for nonmembers.

 

Questions? Please contact Laura Bankard, Outreach & Events Director at lbankard@hsccmd.org or 410.848.6494 ext. 200.

 

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Dayhoff: Historical Society Shaken and Stirred event at Covalent well attended.

Dayhoff: Historical Society Shaken and Stirred event at Covalent well attended.

July 10, 2025 by Kevin Dayhoff

The Historical Society of Carroll County “Shaken and Stirred” event at Covalent Spirits Thursday night, July 10, 2025, featured a number of exciting speakers. Submitted photo courtesy the Historical Society of Carroll County.

The Historical Society of Carroll County “Shaken and Stirred” event at Covalent Spirits Thursday night, July 10, 2025, featured a number of exciting speakers.

Jason Illari, the Historical Society executive director explained in a media release on Thursday, July 10^th, 2025 that the “Shaken and Stirred” presentation was focused upon “Summer Fun and Leisure in Carroll County.” Find a copy of his presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/758051010570622

The speakers at the event included former Westminster Common Council President Sam Greenholtz, Bill Hudson, Galen Roop, Ryan Melhorn, and Terry Donofrio Snyder. Everyone enjoyed great snacks by Collision Course and wonderful special themed drinks by Covalent’s spirit artists Jenn and Drew.

Ryan Melhorn, according to information provided by the Historical Society, is the Supervisor of Secondary Social Studies for Carroll County Public Schools. He shared the history of cycling in Carroll County. Kevin Dayhoff photo.

Hudson is the president of the Former Students and Friends of Robert Moton High School. He shared his memories of African American baseball in Carroll County.

Greenholtz is currently the Executive Director of the Literacy Council of Carroll County and longtime Carroll County resident - born and raised! Find a video of Greenholz’ presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1084633820299232

Roop is a popular Carroll County story teller. He is also a well-known real estate agent with Cummings & Co. We can always count on Galen to be entertaining while he's sharing his memories for History: Shaken & Stirred - Untold Stories of Summer Leisure in Carroll County. Find a video of Roop’s presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1273154360870489

Melhorn, according to information provided by the Historical Society, is the Supervisor of Secondary Social Studies for Carroll County Public Schools. He shared the history of cycling in Carroll County. Find a video of Melhorn’s presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1181375787089733

Snyder is part of a legendary family with deep roots in Carroll County – the Donofrio family. She shared fun stories of growing up in Uniontown. Find a video of Snyder’s presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1390579851996542

Galen Roop is a popular Carroll County story teller. He is also a well-known real estate agent with Cummings & Co. We can always count on Galen to be entertaining while he's sharing his memories for History: Shaken & Stirred - Untold Stories of Summer Leisure in Carroll County. Kevin Dayhoff photo

Snyder is part of a legendary family with deep roots in Carroll County – the Donofrio family. She shared fun stories of growing up in Uniontown. Kevin Dayhoff photo.

About Covalent: According to a November 22, 2022 media release, “Covalent Spirits, LLC has opened its new distillery, tasting room, and event venue at 118 E. Main St in downtown Westminster, Maryland. In doing so, husband and wife co-founders Drew Cockley and Jennifer Yang have turned their passion for distillation into a business after two years of development perfecting their recipes. The initial line-up of their own distilled spirits includes bourbon whiskey, vodka, gin, and liqueurs…

“Yang and Cockley have unique education and professional backgrounds that lend themselves to sharing the wisdom and science of distillation with their customers: Cockley, as a former math teacher and now principal in Howard County, and Yang as a graduate of both MIT and Johns Hopkins University. Together they can dazzle you with their knowledge of chemistry, distillation, and the history of spirits.

“The distillery and tasting room is located in the newly renovated and historic City Garage building in Westminster, which was built in the 1920’s and is one of the last examples of its style of architecture. Yang and Cockley strived to maintain its architectural uniqueness while also incorporating modern aesthetics. Besides the historic significance of the building, Covalent Spirits continues Westminster’s legacy as the first distillery to open in the city since the Sherwood Distillery Company with its prominent smokestack in the city skyline closed down in the 1950’s.”

According to the Historical Society of Carroll County’s website, “The Historical Society of Carroll County was founded in 1939 to save the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House (1807) from demolition. As the organization grew, the Society expanded its historic campus to include the Kimmey House, Cockey’s, and the Shipley Memorial Gardens. Our historic buildings and gardens create the backdrop for the Society to tell Carroll County’s stories and place them within the larger context of the American experience. Currently, HSCC’s collections number nearly 40,000 items, including county-relevant archival documents, photographs, and three-dimensional objects. In 2023, HSCC’s Board of Trustees and Staff approved an ambitious Strategic Action Plan to reaffirm the organizations’ commitment to community and telling diverse stories of Carroll County’s past.”

Visit Collision Course at 61 East Main Street, Westminster, MD. Owned by husband wife team, Ashley and Tony Gerald, the popular restaurant in the historic downtown district of Westminster is a “southern inspired soul food restaurant”. For more information go to: https://collisioncoursemd.com/  

The event was well attended. Westminster Mayor Mona Becker, and Westminster Common Council Members Dan Hoff, Ann Gilbert, and this writer, Kevin Dayhoff were in the audience – as well as Carroll County Commissioner Tom Gordon, and New Windsor Mayor Kevin Cornick.

The next scheduled Shaken and Stirred event will take place at Covalent Spirits at 188 East Main Street in Westminster on October 9, 2025 at 6 p.m. The topic will be “Untold Ghost Stories of Carroll County.” If you would like to be the exclusive sponsor (a $300 cost) for any of the History: Shaken & Stirred events, please contact Laura Bankard, Outreach & Events Director, at410.848.6494 ext. 200 or lbankard@hsccmd.org. For more information visit: http://www.HSCCmd.org/

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Sylvère Maes of Belgium won the 1939 Tour de France

Sylvère Maes of Belgium won the 1939 Tour de France. He also won the mountains classification that year. The race took place from July 10 to July 30, covering a distance of 2,625 miles. There would not be another Tour for eight years – until 1947, two years after the end of WWII. Route of the 1939 Tour de France By Andrei Loas.

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Kevin Dayhoff: The Rights and Responsibilities that Come with July 4th

Kevin Dayhoff: The Rights and Responsibilities that Come with July 4th

Time Flies column for Sunday, July 6, 2025 by Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

Last Saturday was the 4th of July. In the history of the world, July 4th 1776 marks the beginning of a series of events that can only be accepted as the providence of a higher being and a true testimony that as Americans; we have been tested and blessed. 

With that blessing, come equally great responsibilities and purpose. “God did not bring us this far to drop us on our heads” and we must understand that in the memory the great sacrifices and hardships endured by the Fathers and Mothers of the Declaration of Independence and this great nation, we are required to accept even greater responsibilities. 

So many folks these days want to talk about their “rights”.  So many do not seem to understand that these rights have been as a result of enormous and unimaginable sacrifice and hardship and that, what we ought to be preoccupied with, 229 years later, is our responsibilities. 

The American Declaration of Independence and the ensuing American Revolution are events in history, whose success was forged by unparalleled heroism and an indomitable spirit, which has carried the United States to unmeasured achievement against all odds.  However, it is only a wonder that our great experiment with Freedom and Democracy did not fail - almost as it began.

Perhaps it is because the Fourth of July is a part of our nation’s collective historic Zeitgeist which commemorates the shared common experience of a great nation surviving against overwhelming odds.  

Interestingly enough – 2025 is the 250th anniversary of the Army on June 14, 1775; Navy on October 13, 1775; and Marine Corps on November 10, 1775.  

History is written by the winners, and it is often sanitized and romanticized to an extent that the events portrayed by historical accounts, would be unrecognizable by the participants.  

This great experiment we call democracy, freedom and America, should have failed any number of times in history and yet we prevail.  

After the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress, which was only a revolutionary government in formation since September 5th, 1774, immediately set about the struggle to form a national government among states that did not get along, delegates that did not like each other and regions of the colonies that had diametrically opposed interests.  

On July 3, 2005 historian George Will wrote that when General George Washington “arrived outside Boston in July 1775 to assume command of the American rebellion, he was aghast. 

“When he got a gander at his troops, mostly New Englanders, his reaction was akin to the Duke of Wellington's assessment of his troops, many of them the sweepings of Britain's slums, during the Peninsular War: ‘I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.’

“You think today's red state/blue state antagonism is unprecedented?  Washington thought New Englanders ‘exceeding dirty and nasty.’”

And so began the American War of Independence.

Meanwhile, the Continental Congress had adopted a resolution for Independence on June 7th, 1776. After the fact, Congress asked Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and two other delegates to write up what a “Declaration of Independence” might look like; which Jefferson essentially wrote in one setting. 

After the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress, a revolutionary cabal in formation since September 5th, 1774, immediately set about the struggle to form a national government among states that did not get along, delegates that did not like each other and regions of the colonies that had diametrically opposed interests.  

Congress proposed the Articles of Confederation (a firm league of friendship between sovereign states) on June 11th, 1776. It managed to adopt them on November 15th, 1777. Most of the States signed the Articles right away, except Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. New Jersey signed in 1778, and Delaware signed in 1779. Maryland continued to hold out until Virginia and New York ceded their western lands.  Maryland did not sign until March 1st, 1781, and then, only after Virginia had proposed to leave Maryland out of the Confederation. 

The American Colonists should have, by all measurable accounts, never ever won the American Revolution. The war was not supported by a majority of the colonists. Graft, corruption, desertions and traitors were rampant. European historical accounts reflect that the English essentially gave up fighting because the English public and government were financially exhausted and public sentiment did not support the war, much less Englishmen being killed by a bunch of ungrateful “rebels and terrorists” in a far distant land.  

Between 1775 and 1783, England’s national debt had almost doubled fighting the war. 

After about a hundred years of what was practically a world at war, Europe’s finances were collapsing. Spain and France had joined the war against England; and France was pouring thousands of troops and the power of its navy into the American Theatre. Cornwallis was left high and dry on the Yorktown peninsula, mercifully surrendering on October 19th, 1781. 

After the Revolutionary War, the American colonies were essentially bankrupt and devastated.  Immediately after the war, the only thing that kept the Continental Army from revolting in a military coup was the influence of George Washington. 

If it were not for Adams convincing Holland to loan us millions of dollars, we may have never made it.  The United States was in debt to the tune of $42 Million Dollars by 1783. $8M was owed to Holland, France and Spain.  Congress had no power to levy taxes.  It could only “ask” the states for money.  

In the following four years, the states only gave the Continental Congress approximately $2.5M a year and America was about to fall in arrears on repaying its debt. After the war, fighting broke out among the states and between the states and the territories. States began to refuse to send delegates to the Congress and for a while, Congress could not even get a quorum in which to as much as ratify the peace with England.  

In 1784, the French minister reported to the French government that America had no government, no President, no administration and appeared to have dissolved as a union. 

It is indeed, only by divine intervention that we made it. I hope that you spent the 4th of July with your families and enjoyed the fireworks. Hopefully you reflected upon the fact that yes, we have rights and freedoms, but with those rights come responsibilities as individuals - and as a nation.  

Although we may enjoy the rights and freedoms to disagree among ourselves we have a responsibility to our men and women in uniform, to the world, to freedom and to Democracy.  

The 4th of July has always been one of my cherished holidays. As a student of history, I have accepted July 4th as the celebration of the American Spirit. I have written about the 4th of July innumerable times. Much of this discussion has been published before. Happy 4th of July. 

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How to disable Copilot in MS Word

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Annual Good Friday Cross Walk in Westminster Friday, April 18, 2025

Annual Good Friday Cross Walk in Westminster Friday, April 18, 2025

ICYMI - Annual Good Friday Cross Walk in Westminster Friday, April 18, 2025: The Crosswalk begins at 11 a.m. at Ascension Church on Court Street. There are ten stations as the walk circles over to the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial, the court buildings, and concludes at the Westminster Cemetery

 Excerpts from the media release: “Each year, the Westminster Ministerium hosts an ecumenical Good Friday Cross Walk as an opportunity for Christians to gather during Holy Week to bear witness to Christ’s crucifixion. The Ministerium is inviting the community to participate in the 2025 Cross Walk on Good Friday, April 18th at 11am. The walk will begin at Church of the Ascension, 23 N Court Street, Westminster, MD 21157…

 “Participants of the Crosswalk include Grace Lutheran Church, The Church of the Ascension, Westminster Church of the Brethren, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Westminster United Methodist Church, Trinity UCC-Manchester, St. Matthew’s of Pleasant Valley, and The Shepherd’s Staff as well as many other churches.

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Good Friday Cross Wal in Westminster on April 18, 2025:

Station 1: Jesus Washes the feet of his disciples – John 13:1-5, 12=17

  Location A: In front of the Ascension Church

Station 2: Jesus commands his followers to love each other – John 12-17

  Location B: Vietnam Memorial next to Old Court House

Station 3: Jesus is arrested in the Garden – John 18:1-11

  Location C: Horseshoe Garden Benches next to the Vietnam Memorial

Station 4: Jesus is taken to Annas – Peter Denies Jesus the first time John 18:12-24

  Location D: Old Court House

Station 5: Jesus is taken to Caiaphas and then to Pilate – Peter denies Jesus two more times John 18: 24-28a

  Location E: Corner of the Circuit Couty

Station 6: Jesus comes before Pilate. Pilate has Jesus flogged and then condemned John 28b – 19:16

  Location F: Infront of the Circuit Court (Preferable) – (F1Alternative: corner of District Court

Station 7: Jesus is crucified. Guards cast lots for Jesus’ clothes - John 19:16-25a

  Location G: Northwest Corner of Cemetery

Station 8: The women and John at the cross. – John 19:25b – 29

  Location H: Southwest corner of Cemetery (H1Alternative – North back entrance to cemetery- will have to be unlocked)

Station 9: Jesus dies, John 19 :30-37

 Location I: Entrance to Cemetery (I1Alternative – Halfway up the hill to the top of cemetery)

Station 10: Jesus’ body is placed in a tomb – John 19:38-42

    Location J: The Top of the Hill in the Cemetery – location of the urn.

Depart from Cemetery

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Wednesday, March 30, 2005: A Tribute to Richard N. 'Dick' Gehr Firefighter

Wednesday, March 30, 2005: A Tribute to Richard N. 'Dick' Gehr Firefighter, Veteran, Husband, Father, and Friend

On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, the greater Westminster community suffered a great loss with the passing of Richard N. "Dick" Gehr.

Dick Gehr was born in Westminster on June 25, 1917, and lived here for 87 years. Uncle Dick was the son of the late Denton and Anna A. Whitmore Gehr. He was the husband of Charlotte L. Marker Gehr, to whom he was married for 25 years, and the late Dorothy V. Starner Gehr, who predeceased him in 1977.

Dick Gehr graduated from Westminster High School in 1934 and attended Western Maryland College. He served in the Navy during World War II. 

He was retired from the state of Maryland, where he worked as a project engineer. Following his retirement, he worked for Wadel Kitchens and for auctioneers, Russell Kerr and David Redding.

Dick Gehr was an active life member of Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company No. 1, having served since August 2nd, 1939, and was one of the last members with over 50 years of service. He served as president, secretary, and chaplain of the fire department. He later served on the Fire Police Auxiliary. 

Dick Gehr was a member of the American Legion Carroll Post No. 31, the Maryland Retreads, and Maryland Gold Wings and was an avid antique collector.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are son Terrence N. Gehr of Westminster; stepdaughters Tamara Teaff of Lexington, Va. and the Rev. Sue Shorb-Sterling of Lusby; sister-in-law Juanita Senseney of Westminster; grandsons and spouses Anthony and Deborah Gehr of Manassas, Va. and Timothy and Juliana Gehr of Westminster. And step-grandchildren Elizabeth and Robert Teaff, Margaret Sterling Brubaker and George and Christopher Sterling; great-grandchildren Kelsey, Dylan Richard, Zachary, Madison and Emily Gehr; nephews and spouses Thomas and Barbara Senseney, Jeffrey and Jill Senseney and Christopher Senseney.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his wonderful family as they adjust to life without him. Our community will miss Uncle Dick very much. 

This memorial tribute was signed in Westminster City Hall, this April first, in the year Two Thousand and Five by then Westminster Mayor Kevin E. Dayhoff

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Adobe Acrobat 8 - Get Back Missing Thumbnails View

Dec 1, 2022: A short help video on how to get back missing page thumbnails in Adobe Acrobat 8, and also how to reinstate the menu bar if that gets deleted by accident.

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Funeral held for fallen West York Borough Police Officer Andrew Duarte

Friday, February 28, 2025: YouTube video of the Funeral held for fallen West York Borough Police Officer Andrew Duarte, February 28, 2025 on Fox 43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUA55-pv4Lo&t=4019s 

It was one of the hardest fire, police or military funerals I have attended in 50 years. Fortunately I was with several of my brothers and sisters in the Westminster Police Department and Carroll County Sheriff’s office. 

I took a number of pictures of the procession. I will post them later. 

The toughest part of the funeral occurs during the presentation by West York Borough Chief Matthew Millsaps. Chief Millsaps began his presentation at the1:00:00 mark.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke well. His remarks begin just after Pastor made some introductions at the 30:45 mark. 

The remarks presented by the Ocean City Police Lt. Dennis Eadie made a great presentation. His remarks began at: 39:00.

Moreover, the presentation by Lt. Alan Ma, Sgt. Ethan Robinson, and Corporal Aaron Botts. They were three DRE and DUI enforcement officers from the Denver Police Department who served with Andrew Duarte when he served in the Denver Police Department. The remarks were led by Lt. Alan Ma were also great and began at: 47:45. 

In the presentation by Police Chief Millsaps, he explained that in his small borough department “We only really needed to have 3 rules… rule number one is mission first. If every decision and action you make comes from the heart and is based on what's best for the mission, you will always stay within the general boundaries of what some people call the rules. There's an inherent symbiosis between doing what's right and remaining within guidelines. In a small department we have flexibility. Do what's best for people and let the mission guide you. Always look at everything from mission from a mission first standpoint….

The 2nd rule is “give a damn. On the street, the people you deal with may not look like you, they may not act like you, they not, they may not smell like you or live like you. But someone loves them, or one [they] did. Care about them always. Same for your co-workers and your teammates, and same for yourself. Give a damn. 

The 3rd rule “… time cures everything. Nothing else in this world heals quite like time.

At the end of his presentation Chief Millsaps explained how Duarte died: “On Saturday, patrolman Andrew Duarte … was dispatched to a hospital in a neighboring community for the report of an active shooter. 

“The 2nd or 3rd to arrive, he got out of his car and in one fluid motion slung his rifle over his shoulder and extended it … while running into the front door. Along with another officer, he made his way hastily to the area the shooter was purported to be in, covering down on any potential avenues of escape or threat while also looking for the injured… officers assembled and were made aware that this was a hostage situation. 

“Drafting a plan for a hostage rescue. A mission that serves no higher calling. A threat emerged with a hostage in one hand and a firearm in in another. And engagement ensued. War is a game of angles, inches, and seconds. The hostage was rescued. The threat was eliminated. But sometimes those angles and inches don't play out in our favor. Andrew was shot, and he knew he was shot. He verbalized it and said as much.

“Andrew had made it to cover, but once there saw a downed officer still in a compromised position. Andrew's last physical act on the face of this earth was to run back towards the threat area and help drag the downed officer to safety while holding his hand. When they made it to cover Andrew collapsed and died. He had run towards the threat. He was part of a team that saved the life of a hostage and numerous other people. And as he was dying, he held the hand of a brother officer who he had helped drag to cover. He put the mission first and he gave a damn. I only pray that I'll go the same way.”

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