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July/August 2008

Click below to view a video of The Isaacson Family of historical Brick House Farm in Cecilton — Winners of Cecil County Farm Bureau's 2007 William D. Cissel Award for Outstanding Farm Operation.

Members of the Zippy Zioneers "get a kick out of 4-H" in the 1984 Cecil County Fair 4-H Parade. (Facing camera, L-R) Amy Smith, Nicole Orr, Megan Hartgrove, Stephanie Orr.
(courtesy of Beverly Hartgrove)

After forty five years apart, Lena Sumner Spotts married her high school sweetheart Floyd Hansen on May 27, 2008. Lena, a retired Cecil county school teacher, raised two sons in the Calvert area with her fi rst husband Ralph who passed away in 1999. When Floyd came back home from California for a visit a year ago, his sister invited Lena to dinner and the two reconnected. Their honeymoon was a ten-day meandering road trip back to California where they will live until Floyd retires, at which time they plan to return to Cecil soil. At left, Lena and Floyd exit the Cecil County Circuit Courthouse after their wedding ceremony. Below are two photos from their high school days.

Lena and Floyd, dressed for prom Spring 1961

   
Lena and Floyd at Camp Chesapeake, August 1963

Delores Reynolds Letts, in Germany 1962

2008 Elkton High School Alumni Association Annual Banquet and Reunion On June 14, 2008
The Class of 1938 celebrated their 70th Anniversary. (L-R) Margaret Johnson Ferguson, Adelaide Swift Wendling, Allison Ott Powell, Camillus Kirk, Boynes Crowgey, Dorothy Bedwell Mew, Kathryn Robinson Hoey, Jane S. Dutcher and Helen Hoy Spengler, sitting. Alumni not present were Lucy Able Antrim, Ann Diebert Herstine, Pearl Zeveney, John K. Burkley, Henrietta Bouchelle Sebold, Nowland Ellison, Pearl Jones Grant, Cecil Shirling, and Mary Ann Conway Carroll.

Robert Foard, Sr., playing ball as a teenager

Hillary Spotts and James Moore dressed and ready for Rising Sun High School's "Magical" Prom at Willow Valley Conference Center on April 25, 2008

Jessica Ritchie and Josh Bielicki prepare to attend the North East High School Prom at Waterfall Banquet & Conference Center in Claymont, Delaware on April 18, 2008

I really miss you, Grandma!! -N.

Robert, Sr., and Jayne Foard graduated from Chesapeake City High School in 1946. The class of 1946 is shown on the steps of the old high school here. Jayne is in the 3rd row back, 3rd girl from the left.