| Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:38 | • 40 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 28, 1973):
Dundalk prepared as plans for the annual Independence Day parade were announced. Emceed by Joe Knight and Larry Walton of radio station WCBM, the parade also featured the Rev. R. Henry Neikirk, pastor emeritus of St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, as grand marshal and Brig. Gen. Victor F. Kilkowski of the Maryland Air National Guard as honorary grand marshal.
Watersedge Liquors was the scene of a second holdup within a year on June 23, as a young man entered the store with a pistol and demanded cash. The man, assisted by two accomplices, fled after taking employees’ wallets as well as $2,073 in cash and $130 worth of guns from the safe.
Winners were announced in a pull-tab contest held by Union 76 service station on North Point Boulevard. The service station challenged local residents to make chains out of drink can pull-tabs. By the conclusion of the contest, 28,106 feet of pull-tab chain had been submitted. The tabs were set to be used to make trinkets to be sold to aid handicapped children.
Dundalk resident Louise Cooper was honored by the American Cancer Society’s Baltimore County Unit for 25 years of service to the group.
• 30 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 23, 1983):
The Dunmanway-based Human Resources Development Agency (HRDA)was set to host a Hot Air Balloon-A-Thon to benefit unemployed and disadvantaged people in the Dundalk area. As part of the event, a dozen hot-air balloons, sponsored by local organizations including The Dundalk Eagle, and their passengers, were to travel from Hunt Valley for a maximum of 10 miles. Participants collected donations to go to the HRDA.
Marty and Marie Toskov and their three small children were left homeless after fire destroyed their St. Gregory Drive home on June 13. As the family struggled to recover, individuals and community groups, including Battle Grove Elementary School and the Greater North Point Jaycee Women, came to their aid, flooding them with donations.
A “Pause for the Pledge” was taken on Flag Day, June 14, as the Greater North Point Jaycee Women, Berkshire Cub Scout Pack 782 and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Boy Scout Troop 409 took a moment to say the Pledge of Allegiance at Eastpoint Mall at 7 p.m.
In order to prepare students for the “computer revolution,” Dundalk Community College announced a Computer Camp for Young People, set to begin on July 11. Topics were to include learning the BASIC computer language, drawing basic geometric shapes on the computer and using an Apple II computer.
• 20 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 24, 1993):
North Point police cracked an Edgemere car theft ring, arresting and charging a 17-year-old with 72 counts of car theft. The 17-year-old was alleged to be part of a ring that was responsible for stealing cars from Edgemere to Pennsylvania. During a search of the youth’s residence, police recovered pictures of stolen property and a video of the youth stealing a car from Loring Court in Edgemere.
In response to community concerns about crime, Baltimore County Executive Roger B. Hayden held a forum at the North Point Government Center on June 19. At the forum, Hayden urged residents to be alert and report suspicious activity. He also touted funds included in the county budget for grants to aid communities in local crime prevention efforts.
Flag Day celebrations around the area included flag-raising ceremonies held at Dundalk Memorial VFW Post 6694 and Chesapeake Terrace Elementary School.
Students and staff at General John Stricker Middle School celebrated the school’s 25th anniversary with festivities that included performances by students, historical displays and a birthday cake.
• 10 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 26, 2003):
The Heritage Association of Greater Dundalk announced the headliners for the upcoming Dundalk Heritage Fair. Among the acts announced were returning favorites Ronnie Dove, the Mahoney Brothers and local band Great Train Robbery.
Sparrows Point Middle School graduate Josh Pleasant wagered his copious hairdo against the chance that 70 percent of his sister Brianna’s sixth-grade class at Sparrows Point would pass the Maryland Functional Math Test. With 74 percent of the class passing the test (up from 52 percent the year before), Josh’s hair was shaved off during an assembly at the school.
The Peninsula X-Treme United under-14 girls soccer team celebrated multiple victories after winning the Baltimore Classic Tournament and the Hampden (Pa.) Memorial Day Tournament and topping their division of the Central Maryland Soccer Association under-14 league.
Activist and presidential candidate Ralph Nader was set to address a labor rally at the United Steelworkers of America hall on Dundalk Avenue on June 26.
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| Wednesday, 12 June 2013 11:21 | • 40 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 21, 1973):
A congressional subcommittee voted unanimously to block disposal of Fort Holabird after hearing testimony from 2nd District Rep. Clarence Long. Long opposed the Department of Defense proposal to let go of the property. Baltimore City announced plans to turn the area into an industrial park if the government relinquished the property. Long agreed to consider the proposal only after further studies were done. (Closed in 1973, Fort Holabird became an industrial park.)
Shelley Harmon, a 1970 Patapsco High School graduate, was crowned Miss Independence 1973 in a pageant sponsored by the Dundalk Jaycees.
Township Road resident Charles Boyd, age 12, caught a 9 pound, 8 ounce flounder while fishing with his brother at Massey’s Landing.
The Rev. Gardner Koch was welcomed as pastor of Watersedge Baptist Church on June 17. He had been pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Nesses, S.C.
• 30 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 16, 1983):
The Optimist Club of Dundalk announced plans for the upcoming Independence Day parade, scheduled for July 2. According to organizers, the parade was set to feature a variety of marching bands from five states.
The Key Highway Shipyard, formerly owned by Bethlehem Steel, was sold to Baltimore-based Swirnow Cos. Joint Venture and Alexandria, Va.-based Advanced Marine Enterprises. (Eventually, the Key Highway Shipyard property was redeveloped to make way for luxury condominiums.)
Three new businesses moved into a newly constructed development on the southern end of the Logan Village Shopping Center. A dry cleaner, beauty supply store and discount shoe store were slated for the new space. (Today, the Greens at Logan Field senior complex is being constructed nearby on land once owned by Logan Village Shopping Center.)
Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Jerome M. Grollman, who served 40 years in the Maryland National Guard, was honored as the Dundalk Armory on North Point Boulevard was dedicated in his name.
• 20 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 17, 1993):
A controversial plan to offer a pre-kindergarten through second grade elementary magnet program as well as an alternative middle school program at Eastwood Center (formerly Eastwood Elementary until it closed in 1979) was adopted by the Baltimore County Public School system. (Eventually, the school became a magnet elementary school for grades kindergarten through five before being slated for closure at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.)
Longtime Dundalk High School princlipal George P. Dausch III said goodbye to Dundalk after being reassigned to the top job at Chesapeake High School for the 1993-1994 school year. Dausch had been an administrator at Dundalk High for 11 years and had previously served as principal at Gen. John Stricker Middle School.
Fourteen-year-old Salisbury Avenue resident J.R. Plienis was set to compete in the Cadet World Wrestling championships in Germany in July.
The Heritage Association of Greater Dundalk announced Janet Carroll & the Hollywood Jazz Cats as headliners for the 1993 Dundalk Heritage Fair, set for Friday, July 2, through Sunday, July 4.
• 10 years ago (from The Dundalk Eagle of June 19, 2003):
Veritas Capital, the company that purchased the Sparrows Point shipyard from Bethlehem Steel in 1997 and renamed it Baltimore Marine Industries, declared bankruptcy on June 10. (In 2004, Barletta-Willis LLC bought the site and renamed it the Sparrows Point Shipyard and Industrial Complex.)
Three Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke School students were winners in a U.S. Army-sponsored competition based on their investigation of erosion and runoff in the Chesapeake Bay. The students were Anthony Decint, John Emmerich and Kenneth Whittaker.
The United Steelworkers of America announced that it had ratified an agreement with new Sparrows Point steel mill owner International Steel Group. The new agreement included hourly wages between $15 and $20.50, a new pension plan and benefits. (The steel mill would change hands a few more times before being closed for good in June 2012.)
The under-8 Norwood Nitro soccer team beat Eastwood 9-1 to finish its Southeast Regional Recreation Center season undefeated.
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