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Emmitsburg’s Oldest Citizen Passes Away
James Rada, Jr.
So she began campaigning She graduated St. Joseph’s
door to door and was elected as College in Emmitsburg and went on
the town’s parks and recreation to attend the University of Madrid
commissioner in 1981. in Spain; Trinity University in
She remembers as she lowered Dublin, Ireland; and the University
her hand after taking the oath of of Galway in Ireland.
office, Mayor Eugene Myers, who As an adult, Boyle taught
had just sworn her in, told her, “I school in the Hagerstown area and
must tell you there’s no money in the Chatham Hall School in Virginia.
budget for parks and recreation.” Boyle also remembered the
At that point, Boyle knew she Emmitsburg town fountain when it
had her work cut out for her. ran. The town fountain was installed
A member of St. Joseph’s in 1884 in the middle of the square.
Catholic Church, she also attended Traffic flowed around it going
St. Euphemia’s School in the through the center of town.
1920s. The school opened in 1889 Boyle remembered the fountain
and was named after Mother from her childhood. “The fountain
Euphemia Blenkinsop, recently would spray out all over the place.
Joan Boyle deceased superior of the Daughters It was lovely, but the cars had to
of Charity. It operated until 1956,
go around it. As the years went by,
June 4, 1913 - July 11, 2015 when the elementary school ceased the area around it became smaller
and the building was used by St. and smaller as more trucks and
Joseph’s High School. cars came through town.” It was
Emmitsburg lost its oldest Boyle remembered a big event destroyed when a car hit it in 1927.
citizen on July 11, 2015, when Joan for the school that she recounted in A Memorial Mass was held for
Boyle passed away at St. Joseph’s her 2007 interview. “The principal Boyle on July 16 at St. Joseph’s.
Ministries in Emmitsburg. She was told us if we can do plays for 25 In lieu of flowers, memorial
102 years old. cents a person, we can start putting contributions can be made to
Boyle was born June 4, 1913, in in indoor plumbing. At that point, the Emmitsburg Public Library
Adams County, Pennsylvania, but I wasn’t sure what indoor plumbing Children’s Programs, 300 S. Seton
she spent much of her life trying to was,” Boyle said. Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727.
improve Emmitsburg.
She was elected in 1981 as an
Emmitsburg town commissioner and
served for a term. In an unpublished
2007 interview she gave to the
author, she said that she decided
to run for the same reason many
people get involved in politics at the
local level.
“I remember I would pick up
the paper and read about what was
going on, and I thought, ‘It’s such a
mess,’” Boyle said.
Because she had taught a civics
class during her twenty years of
teaching in Washington County, she
believed she had enough knowledge
to run a town.
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Emmitsburg’s Oldest Citizen Passes Away
James Rada, Jr.
So she began campaigning She graduated St. Joseph’s
door to door and was elected as College in Emmitsburg and went on
the town’s parks and recreation to attend the University of Madrid
commissioner in 1981. in Spain; Trinity University in
She remembers as she lowered Dublin, Ireland; and the University
her hand after taking the oath of of Galway in Ireland.
office, Mayor Eugene Myers, who As an adult, Boyle taught
had just sworn her in, told her, “I school in the Hagerstown area and
must tell you there’s no money in the Chatham Hall School in Virginia.
budget for parks and recreation.” Boyle also remembered the
At that point, Boyle knew she Emmitsburg town fountain when it
had her work cut out for her. ran. The town fountain was installed
A member of St. Joseph’s in 1884 in the middle of the square.
Catholic Church, she also attended Traffic flowed around it going
St. Euphemia’s School in the through the center of town.
1920s. The school opened in 1889 Boyle remembered the fountain
and was named after Mother from her childhood. “The fountain
Euphemia Blenkinsop, recently would spray out all over the place.
Joan Boyle deceased superior of the Daughters It was lovely, but the cars had to
of Charity. It operated until 1956,
go around it. As the years went by,
June 4, 1913 - July 11, 2015 when the elementary school ceased the area around it became smaller
and the building was used by St. and smaller as more trucks and
Joseph’s High School. cars came through town.” It was
Emmitsburg lost its oldest Boyle remembered a big event destroyed when a car hit it in 1927.
citizen on July 11, 2015, when Joan for the school that she recounted in A Memorial Mass was held for
Boyle passed away at St. Joseph’s her 2007 interview. “The principal Boyle on July 16 at St. Joseph’s.
Ministries in Emmitsburg. She was told us if we can do plays for 25 In lieu of flowers, memorial
102 years old. cents a person, we can start putting contributions can be made to
Boyle was born June 4, 1913, in in indoor plumbing. At that point, the Emmitsburg Public Library
Adams County, Pennsylvania, but I wasn’t sure what indoor plumbing Children’s Programs, 300 S. Seton
she spent much of her life trying to was,” Boyle said. Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727.
improve Emmitsburg.
She was elected in 1981 as an
Emmitsburg town commissioner and
served for a term. In an unpublished
2007 interview she gave to the
author, she said that she decided
to run for the same reason many
people get involved in politics at the
local level.
“I remember I would pick up
the paper and read about what was
going on, and I thought, ‘It’s such a
mess,’” Boyle said.
Because she had taught a civics
class during her twenty years of
teaching in Washington County, she
believed she had enough knowledge
to run a town.
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