Looking Back
by James Rada, Jr. Early Public Education in Emmitsburg Emmitsburg has always had plenty of schools. Of the 158 one-room schools in Frederick County in 1890, more than 20 were near Emmitsburg. This doesn’t even include the private and parochial schools in town at the time. In a 1908 Emmitsburg Chronicle article, an old-timer recalled…
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…
Emmitsburg’s Oldest Citizen Passes Away
James Rada, Jr. Joan Boyle June 4, 1913 – July 11, 2015 Emmitsburg lost its oldest citizen on July 11, 2015, when Joan Boyle passed away at St. Joseph’s Ministries in Emmitsburg. She was 102 years old. Boyle was born June 4, 1913, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, but she spent much of her life trying…
