Auld

Slavery haunts us. It lurks in the shadows of our conscience, emerging only for painful confrontations in a museum or occasional book. Otherwise, we exorcise it from our memories. Sometimes, we do both at once; witness what recently happened to two infamous slave houses in Maryland. One was the home of Josiah Henson, a slave whose story was the basis for Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book so ignited anti-slavery passion in the North that Abraham Lincoln greeted the author by saying, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."

With its branches dark for more hours than most of those in neighboring counties, Anne Arundel County library officials want to extend the hours that all local libraries are open. The pitch for longer hours at the 15 library locations is expected to come as part of the library system's budget request for the coming fiscal year, which begins next July. And although the county is only one-third of the way into the current budget year, government agencies have begun looking ahead. "The hours is really our big push for this coming year," said Hampton "Skip" Auld, the library system's administrator.

On March 18, 2004, DIANNE M. COLDWELL (nee Auld); beloved wife of Ken Coldwell; loving sister of John Auld, Jerry Auld, Donna Wyatt and Debbie Auld. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. A Catholic prayer service at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave., on Monday, at 10am. Interment in Moreland Memorial Park. Visiting hours Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.

Slavery haunts us. It lurks in the shadows of our conscience, emerging only for painful confrontations in a museum or occasional book. Otherwise, we exorcise it from our memories. Sometimes, we do both at once; witness what recently happened to two infamous slave houses in Maryland. One was the home of Josiah Henson, a slave whose story was the basis for Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book so ignited anti-slavery passion in the North that Abraham Lincoln greeted the author by saying, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."

Laura Auld LaFoe, a longtime Bolton Hill resident, genealogist and friend of Gov. William Donald Schaefer, died Monday of respiratory failure at the home of her nephew in Bel Air. She was 94.It was Mrs. LaFoe's fascination with her ancestors who first settled on the Eastern Shore in 1690 that led her into the field of genealogy."

Wilson "Buck" Auld Jr., who as a determined reporter grabbed the nation's attention when he broke the Pumpkin Papers story and the lurid details of the Dorothy Grammer murder case, died March 17 of cancer at Good Samaritan Hospital. The Hillendale resident was 84.Mr. Auld, who began his newspaper career in 1929 as a copy boy for the old , was promoted in the late 1930s to police reporter and happily took to the streets of Baltimore.Respected in the news business for his vast knowledge of the city, Mr. Auld possessed all the credentials that would serve him well in his career as a reporter and later as assistant city editor before he retired in 1978.

Skip Auld didn't expect to be leaving Carroll County after nearly six years as branch manager of the North Carroll library.But when he had the chance to become assistant director of the nine branch libraries in Chesterfield County, Va., the job was too good to pass up.Mr. Auld, who joined the Carroll County public library system when the North Carroll branch opened in February 1990, starts his new position Monday. His family is set to join him after Christmas."I hated starting to look elsewhere," Mr. Auld said, noting that he and his wife, Noreen Cullen, moved to Carroll County before their older child started school several years ago to avoid having to switch schools.

Suddenly, on March 20, 2004; HARRY L.; beloved husband of the late Anna T. Mc Gowan; devoted step-father of Harry E. Auld and his wife Shirley L. Auld of Deltona, FL; Betty M. Hubbs and the late Anna T. Welling of Baltimore; brother of Samuel T. Mc Gowan of Cincinnati, OH, James D. Mc Gowan of Baltimore, Genevieve F. Gorman of Baltimore; and the late Turk and Oscar Mc Gowan. Also, survived by seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, 10 nephews, three nieces, 12 great-nephews and two great-nieces.

With its branches dark for more hours than most of those in neighboring counties, Anne Arundel County library officials want to extend the hours that all local libraries are open. The pitch for longer hours at the 15 library locations is expected to come as part of the library system's budget request for the coming fiscal year, which begins next July. And although the county is only one-third of the way into the current budget year, government agencies have begun looking ahead. "The hours is really our big push for this coming year," said Hampton "Skip" Auld, the library system's administrator.

Baseball PIRATES: Designated P Wilson Guzman for assignment. YANKEES: Signed C Jorge Posada to five-year contract with club option for 2007. Basketball KNICKS: Placed C Marcus Camby on injured list with torn muscle and bone contusion of right hip. Football CHARGERS: Hired Steve Crosby as special teams coach. Hockey CANUCKS: Recalled G Alex Auld, F Mike Brown and D Bryan Allen from AHL Manitoba. RANGERS: Sent G Dan Blackburn to AHL Hartford.

On November 15, 2005, SHIRLEY L. (nee Barker); beloved wife of Harry E. Auld; loving mother of Christina L. Craig and husband Chester W. Craig; dear sister of Roy L. Barker; dearest sister in-law of Betty Hubbs; loving grandmother of Tiffany Wilkens. Also survived by two cousins, Bettye Brown and Mark Barker and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were private. Donations may be made to the Heart Foundation or the Diabetes Foundation.

Suddenly, on March 20, 2004; HARRY L.; beloved husband of the late Anna T. Mc Gowan; devoted step-father of Harry E. Auld and his wife Shirley L. Auld of Deltona, FL; Betty M. Hubbs and the late Anna T. Welling of Baltimore; brother of Samuel T. Mc Gowan of Cincinnati, OH, James D. Mc Gowan of Baltimore, Genevieve F. Gorman of Baltimore; and the late Turk and Oscar Mc Gowan. Also, survived by seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, 10 nephews, three nieces, 12 great-nephews and two great-nieces.

On March 18, 2004, DIANNE M. COLDWELL (nee Auld); beloved wife of Ken Coldwell; loving sister of John Auld, Jerry Auld, Donna Wyatt and Debbie Auld. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. A Catholic prayer service at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave., on Monday, at 10am. Interment in Moreland Memorial Park. Visiting hours Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.

Sometime during the late 1960s, while making a cameo appearance on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, bandleader Guy Lombardo - who was known as "Mr. New Year's Eve" - stared into the camera and said, "When I die, I'm taking New Year's Eve with me." Well, almost. Even though Dick Clark replaced Lombardo with his New Year's Eve broadcasts, people still think of the great bandleader as the old year yields to the new. And more than likely on New Year's Eve, you heard a recording of Lombardo and his Royal Canadians playing their signature vibrato saxophone rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" at the stroke of midnight.

On April 11, 2003, ELIZABETH M. ( nee Auld ), belovedWife of the late Joseph Mueller, devoted mother of Catherine Severn, William Stielper and the late Henry Stielper. Also survived by 8 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home ( Overlea ) 7401 Belair Rd. on Sunday and Monday 2-5 & 7-9 PM. Friends will gather at Overlea Methodist Chapel Tuesday 11:00 AM at which time services will begin. Interment Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

Baseball PIRATES: Designated P Wilson Guzman for assignment. YANKEES: Signed C Jorge Posada to five-year contract with club option for 2007. Basketball KNICKS: Placed C Marcus Camby on injured list with torn muscle and bone contusion of right hip. Football CHARGERS: Hired Steve Crosby as special teams coach. Hockey CANUCKS: Recalled G Alex Auld, F Mike Brown and D Bryan Allen from AHL Manitoba. RANGERS: Sent G Dan Blackburn to AHL Hartford.

On April 11, 2003, ELIZABETH M. ( nee Auld ), belovedWife of the late Joseph Mueller, devoted mother of Catherine Severn, William Stielper and the late Henry Stielper. Also survived by 8 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home ( Overlea ) 7401 Belair Rd. on Sunday and Monday 2-5 & 7-9 PM. Friends will gather at Overlea Methodist Chapel Tuesday 11:00 AM at which time services will begin. Interment Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

The great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass and a descendant of the man who owned the abolitionist met yesterday on the gun deck of the Constellation, a ship that patrolled the coast of Africa to stop slavers in the early 1800s. Frederick Douglass IV, dressed in cutaway coat and stovepipe hat, was portraying his ancestor in a Black History Month program on the ship, docked at the Inner Harbor. He spoke of the "conflicted economics" of the 1800s that allowed a slave to become a ship's captain because his owner would get all the money, but kept some free whites out of that job. And he told of Hugh and Sophia Auld, brother and the sister-in-law of the elder Douglass' owner, Thomas Auld.

Millions celebrate arrival of the New Year with bells and whistles, songs and sirens, bursting fireworks and even blasting firearms. But on Navy and Coast Guard ships and at onshore stations around the world, seamen standing the lonely midnight to 4 o'clock mid-watch will mark the arrival of 2002 with ... poetry. On New Year's morning, the Officer of the Deck - or of the Day if he or she is ashore - traditionally writes the mid-watch log entry in verse. "But some are verse than others," observed a seaman aboard the USS Rainier off Vietnam on Jan. 1, 1969.

The great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass and a descendant of the man who owned the abolitionist met yesterday on the gun deck of the Constellation, a ship that patrolled the coast of Africa to stop slavers in the early 1800s. Frederick Douglass IV, dressed in cutaway coat and stovepipe hat, was portraying his ancestor in a Black History Month program on the ship, docked at the Inner Harbor. He spoke of the "conflicted economics" of the 1800s that allowed a slave to become a ship's captain because his owner would get all the money, but kept some free whites out of that job. And he told of Hugh and Sophia Auld, brother and the sister-in-law of the elder Douglass' owner, Thomas Auld.