Sara Taylor Miller
October 31, 1941 to August 27, 2024 Sara Taylor Miller, 82, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2024, at York Wellspan Hospital, York, Pennsylvania. Born October 31, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland, Sara always enjoyed the magical, whimsical, and “witchiness” the Halloween celebration exudes, along with an affinity for Star Trek and its memorabilia, as well…
EHS Alumni Association Offers Scholarships
The Emmitsburg High School Association is accepting Scholarship Applications. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in May to deserving students. Any Catoctin High School senior or graduate who is enrolled in an institution of higher learning is eligible if he/she resides in the Emmitsburg School District. This includes Emmitsburg 21727, Rocky Ridge 21778, and Taneytown…
Emmitsburg Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Old High School
James Rada, Jr. When Joyce Bruchey was a senior at Emmitsburg High School in 1962, the principal came into her class and asked her and another student to substitute teach in the first-grade class. It was an experience that changed her life. “I had wanted to do something with agriculture, but at that point, I…
EHS Alumni Association Offers Scholarships
The Emmitsburg High School Association is accepting scholarship applications. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in May to deserving students. Any Catoctin High School senior or graduate who is enrolled in an institution of higher learning is eligible if he/she resides in the Emmitsburg School District. This includes Emmitsburg 21727, Rocky Ridge 21778, and Taneytown…
Our Neighborhood Veterans
Sergeant Kenneth Lionel Krom by Jim Houck, Jr. Author’s Note: I originally wrote this article about Kenny Krom in July of 2012. I interviewed his mother, Betty; his brother, Ronnie; and high school friends, Gary Valentine and Gerry Orndorff. I am sorry to report that Kenny’s mother, and brother, Ronnie (they were the last of…
Destined to Be Together
Earl A. Rice, Jr. and Mary (Gene) Eugenia (Matthews) Rice were meant to be together. Some of the family members joke that their marriage was an arranged one. Earl and Gene first met in the backyard of the old Rouzer home in Thurmont, from which, the wall paper, now in the Diplomatic Reception Room of…
Emmitsburg High School Alumni Banquet
The Emmitsburg High School 92nd Annual Alumni Banquet will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016. All graduates of Emmitsburg High School and all who attended the school at some time are invited. They are asked to seek out classmates and encourage them to attend. Graduation is not a requirement. Teachers of the Emmitsburg School…
Reminiscing...
Deb Spalding “Some days I wonder if it’s a blessing or a curse to live to be as old as I am,” said Emmitsburg native and ninety-two-year-old World War II Veteran, Tom Hoke. “I’ve lived plenty of good times and plenty of bad times. I hope, when it’s my time to go, that I go…
