The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-02-03

deep SNOW, in many instances shell
tering house being reached none too
soon. Quite few county officials and
business men did not make any effort
to get home preferring to spend the
night in their offices. Saturday night
the thoroughfarCS were literally aban-
doned.
On Sunday morning everyone looked
out on mountains of drifted snow which
practically buried small buildings and
made trip to the barn worth your life.
A second glance showed that all snow
which had not landed in your most
Travelled path had driftcd ON to the
public road. Thoughts of the milk
train and church were abandoned as
all the men ON the place took Il good
, grip on ShovelS and charged the drifts.
| The work of opening up roads began
IN some sections on Sunday by farm
erS having their boys ride through the
drifts horseback and then pulling
drag through with big teams. This
was a comparatively easy task the
| first day, hut once a crust had formed
horses were greatly hampered and the
drivers had to resort to shovelS. fN-
eiywhcre dairymen We're anxious to
get their milk to the station and the
spirit of cooperation shown was NIGH
ty fine.
Emmorton farmers were the first
to reach Bel Air, several four horse
teams being followed by lot of single
teams and men who shoveled way
through when the going became too
stiff. Jarrcttsvllc came out of her
shell Monday afternoon, IL bob sleds
and 100 men beating their way thru
to Forest Hill with big load of milk
Several hundred men dug out the
Baltimore pike Monday. several cars
which We're stuck making town, but
the first bus did not get in until Tues
day. The Churchville road was in ter
riblc condition and did not open up
for through travel until Thursday.
Conowingo pike was open for machines
by Tuesday afternoon. In each ca 81
it was necessary to resort to fields in
quite Il few places.
The FOWL" train on the Maryland 4
Pennsylvania went to roost near Shcp-
pard station and did not hit any furth-
or until the next morning, passengers
having to get the best comfort they
could out Of the Sleeper" accommo-
dations offered. Sunday, however. the
little railroad shook herself and clear
ed the right of way in short order.
Trains went through fairly promptly
and the little road proved she is more
dependable than trucks in such cmrr-
gencies.
BY Thur Sday practically everyone
could get around with moderate com
fort and business resumed its even
course. In the evening" all the pretty
girls were told what brave fellows
their beauN had been % come Ia 81"
them. while Father and Mother re-
counted how tins storm was only u he
ginncr Of what they saw in their child
hood days.
Bel Air Out OF The Storm
For the first time we can recall il was
necessary TO haul snow Off the streets
in BE! Air to get really passablr
roadway. BaiIir Lutz's men went at
the task of opening up town with n
will and by means of heavy drag
gave fair path for pedestrians befor"
pavements were cleared. Later he
opened up CUTTERS in good shape thus
lessening the Inconvenience to walkers
later on when water began to flow.
Our town folks bucklcd down to the
task of cleaning pavemcnts and many
IA sore back Monday was n testimonial
of work well done,
Now everyone is shuddering in eX-
pcctation of the day when Old Sol
gets in his work and water begins to
run knee deep,
Schools Come Back to Life
The telephone of County Supcrin-
tcndent G. Milton Wright was kept
bu2zing Monday by teachers who had
gone home Friday afternoon and then
couldn't get back ON the job Monday.
Incomplete reports indicate that nigh
ty few schools were open Monday but
after that the percentage in duty in
creased rapidly.
Bel Air High School reported an at
tendance of about onc-third on Mon