Around Clear Spring

October 27, 2009|By CHERYL WEAVER / 301-842-0087

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Trick-or-treat to be held Thursday

Trick-or-treat night in the Town of Clear Spring and also in the Dry Run Road area will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. If you plan to participate, turn on a porch light.

Library event

The Clear Spring Library will hold infant story time Wednesday at 11:15 a.m. Those ages 6 to 18 months, along with an adult caregiver, are invited. Simple storybooks, nursery rhymes, music, action rhymes and other age-appropriate activities will be presented.

To register, call 301-842-2730.

Homemakers Club accepting new members

The Dry Run Homemakers Club held its monthly meeting Oct. 15. The group meets every third Thursday at noon at the Clear Spring American Legion Activities Building.

The group is seeking new members.

Washington County Homemakers is one of the oldest nonprofit organizations in Washington County. There are nine Homemakers Clubs serving the community with more than 200 members Members join to serve the community, to promote educational opportunities, for friendship and for self enrichment.

For more information, contact Mildred Wilson, president of the Dry Run club, at 301-739-1475.

Did you know?

Did you know that Clear Spring had a Cornet Band in the early 1900s?

It had about 20 members. Directors of the band were Harry Tosten and Professor Brown. They met above Pop Jamison's "Chicken Pie and Fried Oyster Sandwich Shop" in the center of town on Main Street.

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