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While recently cleaning out some old files at home, Betty Christopher, a member of the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights and president from 1942-1946, came across an old photograph taken during World War II.The photo showed a North American P-51D Mustang Fighter with an inscription painted on its side, "Linthicum Heights Woman's Club -- Md. G.F.W.C." After realizing this photo was of historical interest, she gave it to the current president, Anne Yakaitis, for the club's archives.The Linthicum club is affiliated with the Maryland Federation andGeneral Federation of Woman's Clubs.

The GFWC Woman's Club of Westminster Inc., has begun sales of its 2012 ornament - this year depicting Baker Memorial Chapel at McDaniel College in Westminster. The ornament depicting Baker Memorial Chapel is the ninth in a series presenting historic buildings in the community of Westminster. Baker Memorial Chapel was dedicated April 20, 1958. The ornaments are $21 each. The ornament sale is a major fund raiser for the Woman's Club of Westminster, which for the last 101 years has provided volunteer service and support to our community.

I REMEMBER WHEN I was young, one of the yearly rituals was a shopping expedition to look for an Easter outfit. It usually meant a new suit, shoes, pocketbook, gloves -- and, of course, a hat. In those days, hats were important, worn not only on Sundays to church but on other special dress-up occasions, such as a formal tea. A hat is not a requirement to attend the "French Country Tea Party -- Featuring Chapeaux Extraordinaire," sponsored by the Woman's...

On April 3, 2005, ROBERT MARK TABOR, beloved son of Harmon and Marie Tabor, devoted father of Kevin Tabor, loving brother of Kathy Schauff and Michael Tabor. Also survived by wife Karen A. Tabor A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 16 at 11 A.M. at the Woman's Club of Catonsville, 10 St. Timothy's La., Catonsville, MD. Those desiring may make contributions to a charity of choice

WESTMINSTER -- After 40 years of serving Carroll through donations of money and time, the Junior Woman's Club of Westminster is still going strong.In a ceremony to commemorate their four decades of community service, past and present members gathered Thursday at Carroll Community College for a tree-planting ceremony.Merri Hollinger, president of the Junior Woman's Club of Westminster, and Carol Bare, who in 1952 was the club's first president, helped plant two cherry trees at the main entrance of the college.

THE Performing Arts Association of Linthicum presents a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, with the Naval Academy Wind Ensemble at Lindale/Brooklyn Park Middle School (the former Andover High School). This is a different location from the regular PAAL concerts.For information, call 859-8063 or 636-2579.Prayer breakfastThe Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights has scheduled its annual prayer breakfast at 9: 30 a.m. Wednesday at Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church.The Rev. Joel Settembrini, pastor of First Baptist Church in Shady Side, will be the speaker.

"EXCITING RECYCLING" will be the program topic at the monthly meeting of the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the clubhouse at 110 N. Hammonds Ferry Road. Ellen Heilmeier of the Charles County Woman's Club will relate the story of its "Re-Use Barn," which nets thousands of dollars annually for club projects. The barn accepts and sells usable furniture and many other items otherwise destined for the dump. Funds from the sales help support many worthy club projects, including aid for needy families - which also are given furniture from the barn.

Wide support made concerts a success On behalf of GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights I would like to thank everyone who helped make the club's 22nd season of Concerts in the Park a success. Thanks go to The Sun in Anne Arundel and writer Rosalie Falter for the fine coverage of the seven concerts in her Neighbors column. Coverage that attracted concert goers to Linthicum Park from throughout the county. [Thanks also to] those organizations and individuals who enabled the club to present a quality series of free concerts.

Jennie P. Sutton, a homemaker who was active in many organizations, died of complications from a blood infection Thursday at Blakehurst Life Care Community in Towson. She was 83. She was born and raised Jennie Phyllis Strayer in York, Pa. She moved to Towson in the late 1930s after her marriage to Eugene Clayton Sutton, a real estate broker. He died in 1998. Mrs. Sutton, who had lived in Knoxville, Tenn., from 1987 until returning to Towson in 2002, had been president of the Wiltondale Woman's Club and was a former member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Towson and soloist in its choir.

The Finksburg Planning Area Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Sandy Mount United Methodist Church. President Deborah Ridgely and Treasurer Martin Schmidt will make presentations and answer questions about the council's recommendations to the Finksburg Corridor Conservation Plan. Included in the council's proposal is reducing the amount of land zoned for conservation, rezoning some of it for agricultural use; preserving and improving stream buffers; and employment campus overlay development.

The Finksburg Planning Area Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Sandy Mount United Methodist Church. President Deborah Ridgely and Treasurer Martin Schmidt will make presentations and answer questions about the council's recommendations to the Finksburg Corridor Conservation Plan. Included in the council's proposal is reducing the amount of land zoned for conservation, rezoning some of it for agricultural use; preserving and improving stream buffers; and employment campus overlay development.

Jennie P. Sutton, a homemaker who was active in many organizations, died of complications from a blood infection Thursday at Blakehurst Life Care Community in Towson. She was 83. She was born and raised Jennie Phyllis Strayer in York, Pa. She moved to Towson in the late 1930s after her marriage to Eugene Clayton Sutton, a real estate broker. He died in 1998. Mrs. Sutton, who had lived in Knoxville, Tenn., from 1987 until returning to Towson in 2002, had been president of the Wiltondale Woman's Club and was a former member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Towson and soloist in its choir.

AT RECENT gatherings, members of the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights got to see the media book that won first place in a national contest sponsored by the public relations department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The book, compiled by publicity chairwoman Anne Skillman, includes newspaper clippings, church bulletins, community newsletters, programs, and other published information about the club. The award was presented to representatives of the Linthicum club Sept. 17 at a conference in Frederick.

Wide support made concerts a success On behalf of GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights I would like to thank everyone who helped make the club's 22nd season of Concerts in the Park a success. Thanks go to The Sun in Anne Arundel and writer Rosalie Falter for the fine coverage of the seven concerts in her Neighbors column. Coverage that attracted concert goers to Linthicum Park from throughout the county. [Thanks also to] those organizations and individuals who enabled the club to present a quality series of free concerts.

TAKE THE opportunity to bring the family to Linthicum Park on Aug. 4 for an enjoyable evening with free music, food and fellowship. The Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association will hold the All-American Picnic in the Park at 5 p.m. The picnic precedes the Concert in the Parks series beginning at 6 p.m. The Crabtowne Big Band, a perennial favorite, will play its brand of swing. The band has been entertaining audiences since 1981 with music from the era of the Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Count Basie Orchestras.

LINTHICUM RESIDENT Frances "Fran" Thomas recently was installed as president of the Southern District of the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs Inc. at a luncheon held at Rod 'n' Reel restaurant in Chesapeake Beach. The Southern District, composed of thirteen clubs, including the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights, is one of six districts in the Maryland Federation and is a part of the nationwide General Federation of Women's Clubs based in Washington. Thomas was installed by Jo Rousseau.

HELPING TO KEEP the community clean is the mission of the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights' SWAT team. The club's Stop Waste and Trash team has a contract with the state-sponsored Adopt-A-Highway program to pick up trash along a two-mile stretch of Camp Meade Road. This volunteer service is performed once in spring and once in fall.Erna Shuley, club member and chairwoman of the team, said that six to 10 women will work from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday, picking up trash and debris on Camp Meade Road from Maple Road to Aviation Boulevard.

JAMES TREVILLIAN, a sophomore at North County High School, recently spoke about Hugh O'Brian Youth -- a leadership skills program -- at the annual installation and awards ceremony luncheon for the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights at Snyder's Willow Grove Restaurant.James, who lives in Linthicum with his parents, Janice and Jeff Trevillian, was sponsored to attend a Hugh O'Brian Youth seminar by the club.A member of the National Honor Society, he is involved in track and field program at school.

The Woman's Club of Catonsville opened its thrift shop the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On Saturday, more than 60 years later, the nonprofit group closes the doors forever at its shop, a Catonsville institution where customers could buy secondhand dresses for $5, ties for 25 cents and handbags for $2. A staffing shortage because of dwindling and aging membership, combined with rising rent on the property at 706 Frederick Road, will end the...

GREGORY JUBB'S DAD, Robert, says he has shared his son's excitement about hitting a grand slam, but even that pales in comparison to how they felt when they learned that the St. John's seventh-grader had won a local writing contest. Joy Lane Fitz, a seventh-grader at Shiloh Middle School, knows the same thrill, because she also won the writing contest sponsored by the Woman's Club of Westminster Inc. Both young authors were honored last week during the club's monthly meeting at First United Presbyterian Church in Westminster.