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APRIL 2017 | Vol. 22 | Issue 4 | Mail Run: 8,500 | Total Print Run: 11,500
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Mount Men’s Basketball First Summer in Forty-two
Shows Nation Effort and Skill Years Without a Swimming
in NCAA Tour Tournament Pool in Emmitsburg
The Mount St. Mary’s University over in the second session and won James Rada, Jr.
men’s basketball team took on the 76-56. The Mount’s Miles Wilson,
defending National Champion C’20, led all scorers with 22. Emmitsburg Mayor Photo Courtesy of the Town of Emmitsburg
Villanova Wildcats in Buffalo, New Although they came up short in their Richard Sprankle’s remarks
York on March 16, 2017, during effort, the Mount showed the nation dedicating the VFW swimmers in the pool, and 49 kids
a nationally televised broadcast how they can play with the best in Memorial Community in the wading area.
on CBS. The Mount trailed by just the country. Pool in 1975 were all wet.
one at the half, but Villanova took Literally. And every summer since then,
…Story continued on page 27 area children and their families
“At the close of the have been able to escape the heat
Photo Courtesy of Mount St. Mary’s University dedication ceremonies, of the summer in the cool waters
Sprankle and new Park of the community pool—except for
Commissioner Eugene this summer. In summer of 2017,
Rosensteel were tossed there will be no local swimming
into the new $250,000
Z-shaped pool, which has …Story continued on page 3
been named the ‘VFW
Memorial Community
Pool,’” the Frederick Post reported
in 1975. The pool was named in
honor of the VFW because the
Emmitsburg VFW donated $40,000
to the project.
The Gettysburg Times reported
that several hundred people turned
out for the dedication. That first
weekend the pool was open, the
Frederick Post reported that it
was filled to capacity, with 391
Former Thurmont Resident Owns Trolley Graveyard
James Rada, Jr. Photo by James Rada, Jr.
During the 1980s, Ed Metka the Frederick station on the MARC they saw a temporary resurgence
lived in Thurmont and made the line hadn’t opened yet. during WWII. The large vehicles
long daily commute to Washington, running along streets, powered by
D.C., where he worked for the Army Ed would have used it because he a thin pole connected to a wire,
Corps of Engineers. At the time, has been fascinated with streetcars caught Ed’s attention.
he would have appreciated a quick since he was a child. He grew up in
form of transportation to work, but Chicago in the 1940s. Trolleys were “I was five years old, and it
starting to lose ridership to cars, but always fascinated me to see these
things come down the street on a
EDDM track,” he said.
PAI D Ed would ride on the streetcars
with his mother and stand next to
U.S.POSTAGE the motorman, pretending to be
driving the trolley.
ECRWSS
PRSRT STD PORSeTsAiLdCeUnStiTOalMECRustomer As a teenager living near San
Francisco, he discovered that
The Catoctin Banner Newspaper • 515B East Main Street • Emmitsburg trolley museums existed, and he
…Story continued on page 13
www.thecatoctinbanner.com Your Good News Community Newspaper, Serving Northern Frederick County, Maryland, Since 1995 www.epluspromotes.com
Mount Men’s Basketball First Summer in Forty-two
Shows Nation Effort and Skill Years Without a Swimming
in NCAA Tour Tournament Pool in Emmitsburg
The Mount St. Mary’s University over in the second session and won James Rada, Jr.
men’s basketball team took on the 76-56. The Mount’s Miles Wilson,
defending National Champion C’20, led all scorers with 22. Emmitsburg Mayor Photo Courtesy of the Town of Emmitsburg
Villanova Wildcats in Buffalo, New Although they came up short in their Richard Sprankle’s remarks
York on March 16, 2017, during effort, the Mount showed the nation dedicating the VFW swimmers in the pool, and 49 kids
a nationally televised broadcast how they can play with the best in Memorial Community in the wading area.
on CBS. The Mount trailed by just the country. Pool in 1975 were all wet.
one at the half, but Villanova took Literally. And every summer since then,
…Story continued on page 27 area children and their families
“At the close of the have been able to escape the heat
Photo Courtesy of Mount St. Mary’s University dedication ceremonies, of the summer in the cool waters
Sprankle and new Park of the community pool—except for
Commissioner Eugene this summer. In summer of 2017,
Rosensteel were tossed there will be no local swimming
into the new $250,000
Z-shaped pool, which has …Story continued on page 3
been named the ‘VFW
Memorial Community
Pool,’” the Frederick Post reported
in 1975. The pool was named in
honor of the VFW because the
Emmitsburg VFW donated $40,000
to the project.
The Gettysburg Times reported
that several hundred people turned
out for the dedication. That first
weekend the pool was open, the
Frederick Post reported that it
was filled to capacity, with 391
Former Thurmont Resident Owns Trolley Graveyard
James Rada, Jr. Photo by James Rada, Jr.
During the 1980s, Ed Metka the Frederick station on the MARC they saw a temporary resurgence
lived in Thurmont and made the line hadn’t opened yet. during WWII. The large vehicles
long daily commute to Washington, running along streets, powered by
D.C., where he worked for the Army Ed would have used it because he a thin pole connected to a wire,
Corps of Engineers. At the time, has been fascinated with streetcars caught Ed’s attention.
he would have appreciated a quick since he was a child. He grew up in
form of transportation to work, but Chicago in the 1940s. Trolleys were “I was five years old, and it
starting to lose ridership to cars, but always fascinated me to see these
things come down the street on a
EDDM track,” he said.
PAI D Ed would ride on the streetcars
with his mother and stand next to
U.S.POSTAGE the motorman, pretending to be
driving the trolley.
ECRWSS
PRSRT STD PORSeTsAiLdCeUnStiTOalMECRustomer As a teenager living near San
Francisco, he discovered that
The Catoctin Banner Newspaper • 515B East Main Street • Emmitsburg trolley museums existed, and he
…Story continued on page 13
