Free Rides As all of you are aware, the Ellerslie

Volunteer Ambulance Service has provided 24 hour a day coverage for our community, as well as mutual aid coverage for out surrounding communities for 19 years. This service has always been provided free of charge, operating on a donation only basis. We are one of the last 2 ambulance services in Allegany County to operate without billing. We have, with regret, decided we can no longer supply adequate equipment, pay our insurance and miscellaneous expenses without a more dependable source of income. We will begin, in the near future, to have bills sent for our services. These bills should be covered by your insurance. We don't want anyone to do without ambulance service because of an inability to pay. There may be times when the insurance fails to pay 100 % of the billed amount, or you may not be insured. Prior to making "out of pocket" payment to the ambulance service, please contact a member first. We will also continue to ask for a yearly donation from our community members. We hope you understand that rising expenses have made this move necessary. We look forward to continuing to give you the same excellent service you have become used to over the years. If you have any questions, please feel free to — call either Vivian Jamison at 301-777-0476 or Dee Stallings at 301-724-6953.

Ellerslie Extra! Volume 2, Issue 4 August 1999

SPeitt Ree Stephen Bucy was recently honored to be chosen

by the Allegany County American Legion to attend Boys State 1999 at Western Maryland College in Westminister, MD. Four boys were sent from Allegany County. Boys State is a week long experience for boys teaching them the democratic process and military discipline.

Stephen also had the privilege of attending a Summer Seminar for a week at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. 360 honor stu-dents, who have finished ll th grade, were chosen from all 50 states to attend. While there he partici-pated in academic life, took advanced academic classes, and had challenging physical activities. Both weeks were a great learning experience.

At the end of the school year, Stephen was elected as the President of the student body for the 1999-2000 school year at Allegany High School. He is the son of Jim and Janie Bucy and the grandson of Clarence and Myrna Anderson.

Church Service Hours Changed The Ellerslie United Methodist Church has announced a change in its Sunday morning service hours. The Gathering will now begin at 8:20 AM with the morning Worship Service at 8:30 AM. Sunday School will start at 9:30 AM. This will be in effect until Sept 19, when regular hours resume. Those hours will be Sunday School at 9:30 and Worship at 10:45 AM.

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Baseball Participants Identified

You people are good! It didn't take but hours after the last edition to hit the streets before the first answer was supplied. Thanks for all the help. The first correct response came from Donna Jean (Reed) Myers. Formerly of Ellerslie, She now resides in Hopewell, VA. She was in town visiting for the Ellerslie Reunion.

Thaanswers provided are as follows: 1 st Row Left triRight Bobbie Sheetz, jack Lowery, Donald (Candy) Lowery, Terry Emerick, Teddy Femi, Lanny Madden, and kichard Lybarger. 2nd Row Left to Rid lit Assistant Manageredr ge Lybarger, Frank Hansrote, Steve Fat.ilkner (bat boy), Freddie Reith, Bob JohnsOk,ClarlO*11aster, Chuck Bockhouse, and Ted Femi (COach).

The photk*s of the first Elleirslie little league tearnffi the Penn Mar Little League, which vT, *:,Organized in December of 1950 with p1*.ttarting in the spring of 1951. This particular photo was taken at the Hyndman ballpark and the Hyndman High School band played for the opening ceremonies.

Ellerslie Reunion Continues to Grow

The 60 Plus Ellerslie Reunion was held on June 12, 1999 at the Ellerslie Outdoor Club. This year there were 152 people in atten-dance. There was a memorial service for 30 people that have died in the last 6 years. People attended from Maryland, Pennsylva-nia, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Delaware, Michigan, and California. All the participants enjoyed the activities and are looking forward to next year's event.

Baseball SSCISOMP

Concludes With Awards Banquet The Ellerslie Athletic Association recently

concluded its baseball season with the annual awards program. Several teams presented awards to their players. All the children in little league, 9-10 team, and Pee Wee teams were presented with their trophies by their coaches. Also presented that night vvere two hot stove trophies to MVP Chris Bloskey, and to the Rookie of the Year presented to Tate Hager. Both Hot Stove trophies were presented by Chris Crump. President George Knotts thanked all the people involved in a successful baseball year. The event concluded with a surprise birthday cake presentation by the Pee Wee Team 2 to their Coach Mark Williams. Just remember Mark, it was Marsha "Mother Hen" Clauson's idea. Special thanks to all the people involved with field maintainence and umpiring, two necessary jobs, that come with little respect. Thanks to all involved.

The third annual Ellerslie Athletic Assocication JCP soccer season will be starting at the end of the month. This year, the teams consist of over 50 total participants that make up 2 pee wee teams, 1 JV soc-cer team, and a cheerleading squad. The teams play home games at our community park. The Pee Wee season will conclude with the 3 rd Annual Ellerslie Pee Wee Soccer Tournament held in the middle to latter half of October. Please try to make plans to come out and support our teams.

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Community Personal Notes and Thanks

Congratulations - To Brian and Pam Korns on a new son. Trent Avery was delivered on June 5 th. The proud grandparents are Pastor Ken and Carole Korns. Congratulations - To Dr. Diane Anderson and Jan Prus on a new son. Nicholas Lucian was delivered on June 9th. The proud grandparents are Clarence and Myrna Anderson. Congratulations - To Greg and Joanna DuVall on a new son. Nicholas Allyn was delivered on July ll th. The proud grandparents are Glen and Leona Baker. Congratulations - to Mary Beth Kennell on her se-lection to the WMI All Region softball team as an infielder. Thanks - To all the people who gave their time to help with this year's baseball season. From the coaches, concession workers, umpires, and those who helped maintain the field, we appreciate your efforts. Thanks - To all the people who assist us in making this paper possible. The those who help us espe-cially with delivery. Thanks to Dick Fetters, Junior Lowery, Judy Lamp, Becky Shaffer, Jude Shoyer, Sam Kendall, Wayne and Darlene Logsdon,and Frank Clark. Condolences - To the family of Kathleen (Lovey) Kirby. Mrs. Kirby went to be with her Lord on July 30, 1999. She will be fondly remembered. Congratulations - To Gary and Stephanie Mills on the birth of Matthew James on August 15. Stephanie is the daughter of Dick and Delores De-yore of Shaffer Street.

Food For Thought

One hundred years from now, no one will care about the size of my bank account, the type of home I live in or the type of car I drive, but if I

can improve the life of just one child, then I may have changed the world.

Anonymous

THE LIVING WORD BY BILL DEVORE

"BUT HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRES- SIONS,

HE WAS CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE PUNISHMENT THAT BROUGHT US PEACE

WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED."

ISAIAH 53: 5 (NIV)

ARE YOU MISSING PEACE IN YOUR LIFE? ARE YOU AMONG THOSE WHO THINKTHERE IS

NO WAY OUT? ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM YOUR INIQUITIES?

ARE YOU SICK AND THINK THERE IS NO PLACE TO TURN?

TURN TO JESUS, HE IS THE ANSWER! HE PAID FOR ALL THESE THINGS 2000 YEARS AGO

ON THE CROSS AT CALVARY. HE GAVE HIS ALL, SO THAT WE MIGHT

HAVE ETERNAL LIFE! WON'T YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM TODAY?

YOU WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST

UNTIL JESUS LIVES IN YOU AMEN!!

Town Home to 1' Another Black .4=.

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Marcus Kendall is a 10 year old boy, who was recently awarded his Karate Black Belt. Marcus passed his test on June 26, 1999, at the Academy where he trains, The American Martial Arts Academy. His instructors there are April Twigg and Shawn Taylor. Marcus has been training for this big day for 3 and a 1/2 years. Marcus is still training at the Academy so he can move up to the second degree Black Belt.

Marcus is the son of John Allen & Trisha Kendall, the Grandson of Ron & Becky Shaffer of Ellerslie, and also the Grandson of Dickie and Betty

3 Kendall of Cumberland.

Local Girl Recog- nized for Writing ‘_

Kristi Lavin of Mt. Savage School was awarded a "Certificate of Appreciation of and Recognition for Active Participation in Americanism Essay

Contest.' The certificate was presented by the American Legion Auxiliary,

Farrady Unit 24 at Frostburg, MD

on May 106 , 1999. Kristi won third

place for her essay and read it at -th awards ceremony.

Kristi is the Daughter of Randy and Virginia Lavin, Ellerslie Road, and the grand daughter of Myrna Isner also of Ellerslie.

Our Readers Write From Norma J. Porter..

Regarding your wonderful article on the Mason Dixon line and the folks who did the research, I wish to add that many Ellerslie people are decendants of Moses Porter. Moses and his brother John worked as surveyors on the Mason Dixon Line. John was given land called Rose Meadows at Frostburg and Moses settled there also, and later on went to Wellersburg to farm. Some dates show Moses living at Wills Town with his wife Margeret McKenzie. William Porter son of Moses farmed an area where Fords Mill now stands. The mill at that time was the Porter Mill. William Porter's son William Nelson was the Father of Norman Porter who gave the land for the Porter Cemetary, and who first married Anna Stair, and when Anna died, Norman married the sister of Anna. Her name was Sarah. Norman and Sarah had three sons Harry, James, and John. Harry Porter married Lydia Lowery and their two sons were Edward and Robert and their three daughters were Erma Burkett, Hazel Griffey and Betty Jane Porter. Robert Porter married Norma Jene Shryock and their children were Darlean Wagner, and Harry Robert Porter. Janet Phillips is the only Porter now living in Ellerslie. Moses Porter was her Great Great Great Great Grandfather.

lAnd Write From Bob Porter.....

I enjoy receiving this paper, as it always triggers fond memories of home. Your photo of the Eller-slie Cardinals baseball team (Volume 1 Issue 10 September 1998) brought these memories back in a flood. This team was one of the best in the Tri-State area.

Norm Miller , Herb DeVore, and John Lowery were our pitchers. They could all throw the fast ball, but Norm had in his arsenal, a terrific drop (which now days is called a slider). Herb DeVore could just overwhelm the batter with sheer speed. John Miller, had speed plus pinpoint control.

Sassy Shroyer had a mix of curve ball, fast ball, and change up, which kept the batter baffled. Boy Shroyer was our catcher with a rifle arm. Art Miller at third, Fred Porter (my brother) at short stop, Fred Clapper at second and Bus Porter at first, made up the infield. Bus Porter was so tall and had such long arms, he could cover first base plus ten feet in all directions. He would lean so far toward the thrower, on an infield hit, that he would sometimes catch the ball and fall on his face. But he never dropped the ball.

As I recall, Lou Gorman, Mel Rankin and Cloyd Miller covered the outfield. Cloyd Miller was so fast, we knew any ball hit to center field would be caught. Earl Deihl was our manager for many years. Quentin Griffy, (a great carpenter) and Doc Emerick made up the coaching staff. Bill Lowery was always our umpire. Bo Wenrich served as a utility infielder and catcher. I'm sorry but I do not remember John Mullany and Mr. Shanhotzer very well. I believe they were pitchers.

Norman Miller, Cloyd Miller's Dad was a re-markable pitcher, and pehaps the best in our town for many, many years. He was a good friend to my father, Jim Porter, who was also a good pitcher in his younger days. Altogether it was a great team. Dick Close, a good friend, and the other Bob Porter (my cousin) were just a little too young to play with this team, but we did get to practice with them at times.

John Lowery was a great pitcher. We had lots of arguments in town as to which one was best, Norm or John.

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♦ .Annual fire dept. fruit sale starting in Sept.

♦ Town Halloween Parade at the end of October.

♦ Pee 'Wee Soccer Tourn. ♦ JCP .Air Star Game at

the Ellerslie yield

Resident Victim of [Where Are They Now

Malicious Prank The victim, who wished to remain

anonymous, was walking through town one day, along the post office near the highway. The alleged gunman was ap-parently behind the post office and hit the victim from behind, splattering their pants and shoes with lime green paint. Attention parents: If your child owns a paint gun, or has access to one, make sure that they are using them in the proper setting. This could have been a much worse situation. If the person had been shot in the face, they could have been blinded, or worse. Paint guns should not be used in an unsafe man-ner, and should never be used for mali-cious intent.

Don't Forget These Upcoming Events

Rhonda Lea (Clise) is the daughter of Virginia Ann Clise and the late Richard Charles Clise. Rhonda attended Ellerslie Elementary and Cash Valley Elementary school. She is a 1988 graduate of Mt. Savage High School where she was active in numerous activities including: FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), Student Council and Color Guard. While in her senior year of high school, Rhonda was accepted to International Correspon-dence School of Computer Training where she obtained a certificate for operations/programming. After gradua-tion, Rhonda entered the job market making minimum wage to support her future educational expenses. She has also composed numerous poems and short stories many of which have been published and acknowledged. In 1991, Rhonda completed studies at ACC, now Alle-gany College and received her A.A. Degree for Medical Office Assistant. At the same time she was accepted to the Southern Career Institute of Paralegal Studies Boca Raton, Florida. After 2 years of intense legal study and testing, Rhonda was awarded her diploma to practice with an attorney in the State of Maryland. Rhonda is now employed at the Law Firm of Allegany Law, Cum-berland, as a paralegal/legal assistant under the direction of Kathleen M. Callan, Esq. Rhonda has also been self-employed her business Transcriptions Unlimited which is in it's fourth successful year of operation.In 1993, Rhonda was married at the Ellerslie United Methodist Church by the Rev. Rebecca Vardiman to John Michael Roy.She currently resides in Cumberland with her hus-band, John and two sons, Cody Richard Michael Roy and DylanTanner Roy. John is employed as a Senior Boom Truck Operator for Flippo Construction Company, Inc., Forestville, MD. Rhonda and John plan to move to southern Maryland in the mid to late fall.

EUMC Notes • Rally Day - September 19th - Program at

9:30 AM with Worship at 10:45 (All are welcome to attend)

• Annual Bazaar - Saturday Oct 2nd • CPR Training in November - watch for further

information

(And Write

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From George and Judy Goeber

We are so happy to receive the local news of our for-mer hometown. We resided there in Ellerslie 17 years

and enjoyed the friendliness ofthe community. Our

children remark oitheir growing up years there and that is was the best. Our family has been living in Florida for more than 10 years now. We still look

forward to coming back and seeing all our friends and neighbors. Our families have good jobs here, but

George and I hope to come back when we retire in

that most serene little town we still call home.

0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/ V Thank the "Grinch" for v Your Stateline Delivery

Special thanks goes to the "Grinch" who delivers the papers for us at the stateline. She has threatened us on numerous occasions with bodily harm if we mention her name. So to protect us, but to ensure she gets the thanks she deserves, she has been apprecia-tively dubbed the "Grinch" for stealing our newsletter fun. Her identity will forever be protected in secrecy. Our lips are sealed but we do thank her sincerely.

By the way, be sure to read about her son's black belt in this issue.

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August - 1" Eddie Rockwell, Scott Miller, and Beth De-Vore, 2" Carole Wilson, 3 rd Judy Lamp and Shelby Logs-don, 4th Stanley Clayton, 5 th Jean Kitchen, 7 th Patty Goebel and Kaylee DeVore, 8 th Gloria Turner, 9 th Patrick Brewer, 10th Jim Davis and Will Lamp, 11 th Daniel Williams and Duane Shaffer, 12 th Wayner Bittner, 13 th

Karen Goebel, Steven Lowery, Faye Lemasters, and Lloyd Christner, 15th Bristol Burgess, 16th Rosemary Kitchen, 22" Rob Johnson and Eric Shaffer, 24 th Shelly Logsdon, 25th Virginia Lavin, Scott Riggleman, John (Slick) Ensminger, and Marie Fetters, 27 th Mary Ellen Shroyer and Marilyn Ann Jewell, 29th Don Shriner and Doug See, 30th Shane Riggs.

September -4 th Riki Logsdon, 5th Dylan Williams and Janet Lohr, 8 th Tom Logsdon, 12th Steve Burley, 14 th

Zuma Burkett and Raymond Sturtz, 16th Katrina Burley, Megan Michaels and Sara Sides, 17 th Rebecca Murphy and Michael Shaffer, 18 th Beth Shockey and Steve Cravey , 20th Ralph Frantz, 21" Jonathan Bucy, 22" Nicholas Logue, 23rd Tate Hager, 24 th Janet Phillips, 28 th Dick De-Yore Jr., 30th Sandy Wilson, Linda Marie Burley, Luke Merkel, Jennifer Troutman, and Jessie Shaffer.

Anniversaries 'V *

Wayne and Liesl Bittner

August 16 Ryan and Rhonda Ranker

August 17

Leroy and Lulu Belle Kennell August 26 Lane and Kathy Ahlburn

August 31 Izola and Earl Smith

August 31 Glen and Leona Baker

Sept 5 Sherry and Roland Stahlman Sept 28 Mark and Diane Williams Sept 30

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<vvvvs,NA,NA:vivvs:vvvvvvvvvvvvvs":s.4vvvvvs",#vvs/s,vvs) s Local Man Shares Memoirs of Journey Through Israel

Bill DeVore

Recently God granted me the opportunity to take a trip to the Holy Land. This has been a dream

of mine for some time.This wonderful experience lasted 11 days. We flew into Amman, Jordan and

the next day we took a bus and crossed over the Jordan River into Israel.Then we visited the Dead

Sea, the lowest point below sea level on Earth. The sea is 33% salt, you can't sink in it because of

the salt and minerals. Next we went to Qumeran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

These scrolls contain some of the earliest writings of the Bible known to man. We visited Jerico

and viewed the place where it is believed Jesus was tempted in the desert by the devil.

(In the next issue, Bill travels to Tiberias, Capernaum, Nazareth and Cana)

<Vs".4%.""A".1.4\""/SAAAA:SA".1".1".",\A","""A"A".""A"S"A".". 4> Local Lady Uses Brush to Capture Memories

Ever wonder how you will pass your retirement? What will you do with all your free time...? Well for one local lady, painting has helped to fill some of those hours. Ironically, Grace Miller, de-scribed herself as having no artistic ability until the early 1980's as she approached retirement from DeVore's Market. With a desire to learn, Grace began to take classes in art at Allegany Community College and at the Cumberland Senior Citizen's Center.

Unsure of herself, but after much coaching and encouragement from friends, Grace entered one of her first paintings into a local show at the Senior Citizen's Center. It was that painting, "Misty Morning" that captured best of show in 1983. The scene displays a flower filled meadow along a country road.

Mrs. Miller paints primarily in Acrylic paint, but has occasionally done some water color works. Primarly she paints beautiful outdoor scenes, most of which she has viewed in person. Included in those scenes are paintings of Mountian Thunder, the Pennsylvania Railroad, The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the Natural Bridge in WV, the Casselman Bridge, and several scenes of farms.

Mrs. Miller states that she spends approxiametly 8 to 10 hours on an average painting but she stated that "sometimes if flows together, and other times it can be a real struggle to get just the right mix"

Of her personal favorites, she includes "Misty Morning", "Texas Blue Bonnets", and a WV water driven mill. One of her unfulfilled dreams is to paint the Golden Gate Bridge, which she has also visited in her extensive travels. Although she had no current work in progress, she admitted that she must get busy. She has given all of her family members one of her paintings, however she is 3 Great Grandchildren behind.

Mrs. Miller is also an accomplished gardener and baker, capturing many ribbons at County fairs. An interesting note is that her painting "Misty Morning" has won several awards since that first best of show.

As the writer of this article, I was amazed at her ability to capture sheer beauty into a painting. I can almost envision her as a "Bob Ross" living right here in our home town.

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JV Team Coach: George Knotts

Tues. Aug. 24 Ellerslie 5 Hyndman 2 Sunday Aug 29 @ 5:30 Home vs Hyndman 1 Tues Aug 31 @ 6:00 Home vs Georges Crk II Thurs Sept 2 @ 6 PM Away @ Chanysville Tues Sept 7 @ 6PM Away vs Hyndman II Thurs. Sept 9 @ 6 PM Away vs Georges Crk I Sat. Sept 11 @ 11:30 AM Away vs Georges Crk II Tues. Sept 14 @ 6 PM Away vs Hyndman I Sat Sept. 18 @ 11:30 Home vs Georges Crk I Tues Sept 21 @ 6 PM Away vs Flintstone Sat Sept 25 @ 11:30 AM Away vs Mt. Savage Tues Sept 28 @ 6 PM Home vs Chaneysville Sat Oct 2 @ 11:30 Home vs Mt. Savage Tues Oct 5 @ 6PM Home vs Flintstone

Don't Forget!!!! Ellerslie Pee Wee Soccer Tournament

October JCP All Star Game @ Ellerslie Field

October 8

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CD Pee Wee Soccer

Coaches: Team 1 - Mark Williams Team 2 - Ansel Shircliffe

Sat Aug 28th Team 1 Home vs Mt. Savage Team 2 Away vs Flintstone

Sat Sept 11th Team 1 Away vs Georges Crk Team 2 Home vs Mt. Savage

Thurs. Sept 16 Team 1 Away vs Hyndman Team 2 Home vs Chaneysville

Sat Sept 18 Team 1 Home vs Georges Crk Team 2 Away vs Georges Crk

Thurs Sept 23rd Team 1 Away vs Flintstone Team 2 Home vs Hyndman

Sat Sept 25th Team 1 Home vs Chaneysville Team 2 Away vs Georges Crk

Thurs Sept 30th Team 1 Away vs Flintstone Team 2 Home vs Mt Savage

Sat Oct 2nd Team 1 vs Team 2 (Battle for the Ellerslie Championship)

Thurs Oct 7th Team 1 Away vs Mt.Savage Team 2 Home vs Flintstone

Sat Oct 9th Team 1 Home vs Flintstone Team 2 Away vs Flintstone

Thurs Oct 14th Team 1 Home vs Hyndman Team 2 Away vs Flintstone

Sat Oct 16th Team 1 Home vs Georges Crk Team 2 Away vs Chaneysville

Note: Game Start times are 6 PM Weekdays 1 PM on Saturdays

3-row T Contact Us Sarah and Rob Johnson

Dick DeVore

PO Box 46

PO Box 45 Corriganville, MD 301.724.6610

Ellerslie,MD 301.724.4577

sixsix@hereintown.net rdevore@mindspring.com

Mike Mathews PO Box 105 Ellerslie, MD 301.724.7131 mmathews@mindspring.com

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THE POTTERY INDUSTRY

At first, the idea of writing this story seemed very straight forward and up front. Upon beginning to dig up information into this business, nothing could have been further from the truth.

The Pottery industry, for those new to the area, was located in the now vacant lot at the rear of the cur-rent post office, just south of DeVore's Market. Although now vacant, the lot once contained a rather large business, twice destroyed by fire.

First mention of any transactions concerning the property occurred in 1816, when Samuel Tomlinson pur- chased the area from his father John Tomlinson. The Tomlinsons were a prominent family in the area at that time, involved in ventures such as banking and politics. The Tomlinsons were also responsible for the con-struction of the large brick house often referred to as the King Farm, and probably also were a part in the construction of the farmhouse located on the "Clauson Farm". This area were the pottery would eventually be built, was known at the time as "Nothing Left".

In 1832, 300 acres of "Nothing Left" was sold to John Buchanan. The Buchanans were another promi-nent family of the time. The property was held until 1873. At that time, Ellerslie was growing as prominent railroad town. John Buchanan sold 7 1/2 acres of "Nothing Left" to an investment group headed up by Isaac Reese. This group located in Pittsburgh, were attracted to the site because of its location to the railroad and the connection to Pittsburgh by rail. This group formed the Empire Firebrick Company in 1875.

At this time in County development, iron production was decreasing; consequently, firebrick provided a more stable means of employment for many labors.

In a few years, the investment group sold the property to the Gardner Brothers and a Mr. Stuart, also from Pittsburg. At this point, the name was changed to the Cumberland Firebrick Works. In this time pe-riod, the company employed several hundred men and was a key factor in the development of our town. In 1877, the Gardner Brothers purchased Mr. Stuart's share in the business and renamed it the Gardner Broth-ers Firebrick Company. It remained in the Gardner family until 1910 when it was sold to a businessman by the name of Andrew Ramsey.

The check next issue for Part II of this article as we further explore the pottery and clay mining.

It's Anniversary Time! With the next issue, the Ellerslie Extra! will be celebrating it's two year anniversary. That's quite an accomplishment for our small town. How has your life changed in the past two years? We would like to hear from you. Maybe you would like to take out an ad to help us celebrate! Call Dick DeVore or Sarah Johnson for information.

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Girl Scout signitip The Girl Scout Troop #650 will hold registration for the coming year on Thursday, September 2 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Ellerslie United Methodist So-cial Hall (Red Brick Church). Any girl from Kinder-garten to sixth grade is invited to join. Adults are in-vited to join and be Troop Assistants. There is a $7.00 registration fee. Meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of the month from 6 to 7 PM. in the social hall. The girls enjoy a variety of activities, such as do-ing projects to earn their badges, crafts, community projects and much more. The group is sponsored by the Ellerslie United Methodist Church. For more in-formation, please call Diane Williams, Troop Leader, at 301-722-2452.

Ok Folks, Try your hand at this photo. See how many of you can correctly identify this individual. One hint and one hint only. "This man is a direct ancestor of many of our town residents. Best of Luck. We think your gonna need it.