Potpie luncheon set for June 19

Parkhead Church will hold its monthly Senior Saints Potpie Luncheon Tuesday, June 19, at noon at the fellowship hall behind the church. 

The community is invited to attend. Donations will be accepted.


For more information, call Edna at 301-842-2649.

Movie night planned at church

St. John’s UCC will hold a free movie night Friday at 8:45 p.m.

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” will be shown in the church yard at St. John’s, on the corner of U.S. 40 and Md. 68. 

Refreshments will be served. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Language classes

Foreign language/culture classes for students entering third through sixth grades will be offered by Friends of Washington County Free Library in June and July.

The classes are free and are for students with limited knowledge of foreign languages. Offered this summer in Clear Spring will be French and German. 

Each class is usually two hours long and will be held on four consecutive days either in the morning or afternoon. Register for classes at the branch where the class is held. 

For more information, call 301-416-0677. 

Happy birthday and congratulations

Happy birthday and congratulations to Adam Proctor, who turned 18 on June 7, a special day as he also graduated from high school the same day.

His Nan and Pap Blevins, Mom and Dad, sister, Kelsey, and girlfriend, Devon, would like to wish him congratulations and good luck in the future.

Did you know?

Did you know that there once was an apple orchard at Stafford Hall Farm on Cohill Road? 

Not just an apple orchard — it was one of the largest apple orchards in the surrounding states. It once produced more than 50,000 bushels of apples a year.
 
The orchard employed hundreds of area residents. Big canning factories like Musselman bought its apples. Stafford Hall apples were shipped all over the U.S., and even to England and France.

One thing that a lot of people remember is that in the 1930s, lightning struck the packing house and killed two workers.