Kent County News from Chestertown, Maryland • Page 5

100 years ago March 12, 1910 Dreamland Park has been organized at Betterton and will doubtless be a success. The Park has been leased from Col. S. H. Suplee and is beautifully situated on the bay.

The stock is selling rapidly at $1 per share, Betterton people having taken nearly 2,000 shares. Mr. W. F. Stoops, the hustling Cliffs City merchant will take charge of the Pomona store about April 1.

Capt. Chas. Kerr, Capt. Stevens, Mr. Reybold Wilson and the Messrs.

Davis, all of Rock Hall, visited Annapolis this week in the interest of the purse net bill. Congressman Covington has nominated William Rodney Price, son of John H. R. Price, of Warwick, for appointment as midshipman at the Naval Academy. Mary Emily Usilton, of Baltimore, has obtained a divorce through the Circuit Court of Kent County from George W.

Usilton, of Sandy Bottom. John D. Urie, attorney, has sold the Thompson Hotel at Gratitude, near Rock Hall to Mrs. Kate Gerhity, of Baltimore for $3250. Mrs.

Gerhity will keep an up-to-date hotel there. Messrs. Albert Rawleigh and George Gardner caught the first herring of the season on Monday Feb. 28. Several have been caught during the past week by other fishermen.

50 years ago March 11, 1960 Just about free of the grip of an 11-inch snowfall on March 2 and 3, Kent County was hit by another six-inches Wednesday night and Thursday of this week. The eight-day total was 17 inches. Awaiting further information from the State Roads Commission, Council Monday night tabled a proposal concerning electronic traffic control at the intersection of Maple, Spring and Washington avenues. Kent County had the best traffic record of any of 23 counties during January, State Police report. There were only 10 accidents here and only five injuries resulting.

Kent was one of eight counties which went through the month without an auto death. That some improvement to the upper Chester River is long overdue was indicated today in a letter from Congressman Thomas F. Johnson which shows that the last maintenance was accomplished there more than 30 years ago. Chestertown High, due to face North Caroline in the opening game of the District Four tournament here tonight, Friday, has outscored its opponents this year, 1,022 points to 881. Leading the scoring parade for the local schoolboys is Hadaway, who has registered 262 points in 20 games.

25 years ago March 13, 1985 Saturday, January 26, at 7 p.m. Rev. Albert Burton performed a double ring ceremony at Wesley Chapel Church, uniting in Holy Matrimony Oneida Elizabeth Clark and Gerald Lewin Jacquette. The bride is the daughter of Bobby O. Clark, Sr.

and Loretta M. Clark of Rock Hall. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W.

Jacquette, Sr. of Rock Hall. Norris Hall was entertained at a surprise 50th birthday celebration given by his wife, Harriette and children Friday in Chestertown Fire Hall. The evening was filled with dancing to the music of Dave Brand and numerous palatable treats. Honored for fifteen years of service, Alan E.

Pinder, tank truck driver for Nuodex, recently received an award from plant manager Herman Wefelmeyer, Jr. Army Pvt. Leroy F. Black, son of Leroy F. and Evelyn F.

Black of Chestertown, has arrived for duty in Wuerzburg, West Germany. Black, an infantryman with the 3rd Infantry Division, was previously assigned at Fort Jackson, S.C. He is a 1983 graduate of Kent County High School. Bill Coleman, of Chester Harbor, established a new single series record with 524 pins Thursday at Queen Bowling Centre. Coleman surpassed the record 502 by doubles partner Bobby Walls.

Dr. and Mrs. P. David Gavin announce the birth of their second child, a daughter, Melissa Jayne, born February 4 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Mrs.

Gavin is the former Jan D. Bonnett, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Norton Bonnett of Chestertown. 10 years ago March 16, 2000 A five-year study of the Chester River has uncovered residual toxic wastes and has led some federal and state officials to declare the river an of with potential adverse effects on aquatic life.

Sophomores Joey Kirwan and Willie Leonard and junior Jacob Kirwan were inducted into the District VII-VIII Wrestling Hall of Fame, joining last inductees Donnie Yerkie and Mikey Blake. As finalists in the Class state tournament, all five instantly became hall of famers. Mr. and Mrs. James D.

Usilton Jr. of Chestertown became the parents of a baby boy on Feb. 26, 2000. Tanner Joseph Usilton weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Mrs.

Usilton is the former Laurie Sterling. Rock Hall High School Class of 1949 held its 50-year reunion Nov. 6 in the Rock Hall Firehouse. Seventeen of the 28 graduates participated in the alumni The Class of 1949 was the first graduating class to have a junior- senior prom and the last class to graduate from the 11th grade. Magnolia Hall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Chestertown held its annual King and Queen Contest for its residents.

The King and Queen are nominated and elected by the staff. This winners are Queen, Williana Sorrell of Chestertown and King, Kenneth Baker of Millington. The King and Queen were honored at a Day Party. Pete Thomas captured a pair of gold medals and Aaron Cades, Jennifer Hackley and Amy Collyer also won gold medals in skiing to highlight the Special Olympics State Winter Games held Feb. 27-29 at the Wisp Resort in Western Maryland.

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Call your guesses into the Kent County News, 410-778-2011. The first person with the correct answer gets a $10 gift certificate from Stam Drugs. (Gift certificates must be picked up within a month. Winners must wait a month to guess again.) 1907 trial was that Thaw was insane at the time of the murder, driven by extreme jealousy, but that his sanity returned after the murder. For that reason, Evans said, he should be set free.

According to the New York Times catch phrase led to considerable amusement and astonishment, and brought great notoriety to its The jury buy it as a defense in the Thaw case, however. The murderer was committed to an insane asylum. Released in 1915, he was soon recommitted after being charged with a separate case of sexual assault. life con- tinued to read like a convoluted soap opera until his death in 1947. The Thaw case continued to haunt conscience into modern times.

It was documented on celluloid in the 1955 movie titled Girl in the Red Velvet starring Ray Milland as White, Farley Granger as Thaw and Joan Collins as Nesbit. A documentary produced in 1995 was called Experience: Murder of the And Evans? Dr. Britton Duroc Evans, who began his medical career in Millington and gave us the word died Jan. 14, 1920 from a heart attack while still on the job as medical director of a New Jersey insane asylum. THEN From Page A4 Readers can bring Mystery Pictures by the Kent County News office during business hours and have them scanned and returned immediately.

Pictures can also be dropped off at any time and picked up later. Otherwise, digital images may be emailed to or mailed to Mystery Pictures, Kent County News, P.O. Box 30, Chestertown, MD 21620. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for their return. We prefer snapshots of Kent County people who clearly can be identified.

Please include identification of the people in the picture with the Mystery Picture candidate. Some pictures just work, but be happy to look at any possible Mystery Picture. Of course, those who submit Mystery Pictures would be ineligible for the $10 gift certificate at Stam Drug Store offered as a weekly prize for identifying the photo. For more information, call 410-7782011. Mystery pictures are sought.