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29 Thursday, March 21, 2013
The County Times
St. Mary’s Department of Aging
Programs and Activities
Join us for a Tour of the U.S. Capitol
and the Library of Congress
On Wednesday, April 10, spend the day in Washington,
D.C. We will arrive and go to the Visitors Center
and then tour the Capitol. After a self-pay lunch
on site, we will head to the Library of Congress for
an afternoon tour to include the newest exhibit on
the Civil War, or the Bob Hope, Gershwin, or Early
America exhibits. Wear comfortable shoes as a great
deal of walking is required. Transportation is provided
by motor coach bus. Bring your own travel
snacks. Bus leaves from the Garvey Senior Activity
Center in Leonardtown at 7:30 a.m. or the Northern
Senior Activity Center in Charlotte Hall at 8 am. Return
time is approximately 5:30 p.m. Call 301-475-
4200, ext. 1063 for more information. Fee: $35 (includes
motor coach bus transportation and driver tip).
Lunch is additional.
Blue Crabs Baseball Game
The St. Mary’s County Department of Aging
and Human Services will sponsor a trip to Regency
Furniture Stadium to see the Southern Maryland Blue
Crabs take on the Sugar Land Skeeters on Wednesday,
May 8. A ticket to the Senior Day Brunch includes
entrance to the game, access to the air conditioned
Legends Club Room (which includes private restrooms),
full wait staff, and available outside private
seating. You will also have a two hour all-you-can eat
brunch buffet of eggs, potatoes, muffins, bagels, fruit,
sausage, bacon, coffee, tea, and soda. The cost is $23
per person. Reservations can be made by calling the
Garvey Senior Activity Center at 301-475-4200, ext.
1062. Payment is due by April 13. Make checks payable
to St. Mary’s County Department of Aging and
Human Services. Limited transportation is available;
inquire when making reservations. Those providing
their own transportation should meet at Regency Furniture
Stadium no later than 9:45 a.m. Game time is
at 10:35 a.m.
Northern Breakfast Café
On Wednesday, April 3, at 9 a.m., let us do the
cooking and cleanup in the morning while you enjoy
a great start to your day and good conversation with
others. Enjoy these morning comforts of Chipped
Beef Gravy over Biscuits, and fruit. Breakfast is
homemade and served with complimentary beverages.
Cost is only $2 per person and payment is due
by noon the day before. Please call 301-475-4002 ext.
1001 with any questions.
Tickets on Sale for Spring Fling
Dance
On Friday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. enjoy
your favorite music, including R & B, Oldies, Top
Hits, and line dancing at the Northern Senior Activity
Center. The party will begin at 9 a.m. with a hospitality
table featuring complimentary beverages and
snacks, music by D.J. ‘Mean Gene’ from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., lottery drawing, door prizes and best dressed
prize for the Spring’s Finest. Tickets are available for
the suggested donation of $7 to be purchased by April
3, at the Northern Senior Activity Center, or while
supplies last. Limited seating. Please call 301-475-
4002 ext. 1001 with any questions.
Trip to see Orioles Play San Diego
Padres
On Wednesday, May 13 the Department of Aging
& Human Services will take a trip to see the Baltimore
Orioles play. Game time is 12:35 p.m. Pick-ups in St.
Mary’s County begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Loffler Senior
Activity Center, Garvey at 9 a.m. and Northern at 9:30
a.m. Forget driving and parking hassles, take a luxury
bus to this game. Cost of $60 includes transportation,
ticket (seats are under sun cover for your comfort), tip
for driver and snack on the bus. Stop by any of the
SENIOR LIVING
Senior Activity Centers in St. Mary’s County to make
your payment (thus reserving your space). Call Joyce
at 301-737-5670, ext. 1656 for more information.
Spring Décor for Your Door
Get ready for spring - start with your door. Toni
will show you how to make a beautiful bouquet to
hang using silk flowers and an umbrella. This project
will take place on Friday, April 5 at 10:30 a.m. at Loffler
Senior Activity Center. (Note - in New Beginning
this project was scheduled for April 12. It was moved
to April 5 due to a scheduling conflict.) Bring a pretty
umbrella (not too big) in your favorite spring color.
Ribbon and flowers will be supplied. For more questions
or to sign up for this project call 301-737-5670,
ext. 1658 before Wednesday, April 3.
Core and Abs Class on Wednesdays
Do you want to strengthen your core muscles
which may help with lower back pain and maintain
posture and balance? Certified instructor, Dave
Scheible teaches this class on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. at
Loffler Senior Activity Center. You can try it out for
free and if you like it you can continue coming using
a fitness card. (Fitness cards are $30 and are good for
10 fitness classes of any type at any of the St. Mary’s
County Senior Activity Centers). For more information
call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.
Law Day
Do you need help with making Advance Directives?
St. Mary’s County Department of Aging and
Human Services, in conjunction with Elville & Associates,
presents Law Day on Wednesday, May 1 at
the Northern Senior Activity Center. The topic of discussion
will be advance directives and attorneys will
be on site to answer any questions and to help prepare
necessary forms for advance directives at no charge.
Appointments are required. Call the Garvey Senior
Activity Center 301-475-4200 ext. 1050.
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001; Ridge Nutrition Site, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.
Visit the Department of Aging’s website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.
A Journey Through Time
The
Chronicle
Founding of Maryland,
A Time Line
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
1632: George Calvert, first Lord
Baltimore, was posthumously granted a
part of Virginia by King Charles I. This
included all of what are now Maryland,
Delaware, and the southern part of
Pennsylvania up to about present-day
Philadelphia. This grant amounted to
about seven million acres.
1632-1633: Cecil Calvert, second
Lord Baltimore, designated his younger
brother Leonard Calvert as governor of
the new colony. Plans were carefully made to ensure the
success of the venture. Although established as a Catholic
colony, religious affiliation was not to be an issue. Catholic
settlers were admonished to be “silent upon all occasions
of discourse concerning matters of religion, at land as well
as at sea.”
Skilled workers such as coopers, brick makers and carpenters
were recruited with the promise of land ownership-
-something most of them could never achieve in England.
Those who could not afford to pay passage indentured
themselves for 5-7 years to work six days a week, 10-14
hours per day.
November 22, 1633: The “Ark” and the “Dove” set sail
from Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The names of many
of the passengers are not known. Besides approximately 45
crewmen, estimates of passengers range from 128 (more
likely) to 340 (far too high in my opinion), the vast majority
of them men. As Pete Himmelheber has pointed out on
many occasions, they weren’t sailing on a ship the size of
the “Queen Mary.”
November 25, 1633: During a ferocious storm, the two
ships were separated. The “Ark” sailed on assuming the
“Dove” had sunk.
January 5, 1634: The “Ark” arrived at Barbados to
make needed repairs to the ship, rest, and take on supplies.
About three weeks later, much to the delight of all, the
“Dove” arrived as well.
February 7, 1634: Both ships arrived at Point Comfort,
Virginia where they dropped off some of their passengers
and took on needed supplies.
March 3, 1634: The ships arrived in Maryland territory
but remained on the ships while the territory was explored
by Governor Calvert accompanied by Henry Fleet.
They sailed further up the Potomac River to meet the emperor
of the Piscataway Indians who “gave leave to us to
sett down where we pleased.”
March 25, 1634: At St. Clement’s Island Father Andrew
White celebrated mass and a wooden cross was erected to
mark the official beginning of Maryland. In 1634 this island
contained approximately 400 acres; only 40 acres remain
today.
March 27, 1634: Selected for its vantage point and
the best place for defending the colony, Governor Calvert
bought the village known as Yaocamico from the Yaocamico
Indians renaming St. Mary’s City.
The Yaocomico and Piscataway Indian tribes were
instrumental in the success of the Maryland colony. For instance,
they taught the colonists to build wigwams and grow
vegetables such as maize, squash, potatoes, and pumpkins
(foods unknown in England).
May 1634: The “Ark” returned to England. In 1635
the “Dove” left for England too but never arrived and was
presumed to have been lost at sea.