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The accompany
ing story tells of q 1''sA
movement on the part of the U. S
to acquire the canal for a park and
road This old waterway carried
coal proftably until the end of the
century The big flood of 1924
washed out the banks and traffic
was never started again. The writ
er of the article closes by saying,
Occasionally S m e b y thought
| the canal would make a good road
Then, if war comes, the sponsors OF
the idea say there will be a good
one-way road for moving Govern
ment records and personnel out of
Washington to safety"
Shown are flood scenes of Han
cock, March IA, 1886; the wreck of
the Zeppelin, Hindenburg, in which
SO of its passengers and crew died,
on the first 1897 crossing of the
North Atlantic; the 3,164-foot Han
cock bridge, longest in Maryland, to
soar over road, canal, Potomac river
and two railway lines, and group OF
| "a attending a dinner at the Wood
mont Rod & Gun Club at Hancock,
at the opening of the upland game
season, 1886. Henry F. Bridges was
secretary and treasurer and Edward
E. Jankins, president This Wood
mont Rod and Gun Club event was
considered a record throng OF
sportsmen. Speakers were Mayor
Jackson, of Baltimore; Addison E.
] Mulliken, of Baltimore; John H
Trumbull, Plainfeld, Conn, former
governor of Connecticut; Henry
Roemer, president of the Pitts
burgh Steel Co., and Archibald Rut-
ledge, Mercersburg, Pa, notable
writer of game stories.
Another story told of plans of St
Thomas Episcopal Church at Han
cock, to celebrate its Tooth anniver-
sary. The article said: Several
visits in 1880 and 1881 by Bishop
Meade to Hancock are recorded and
in 1929 services were held there
twice a month, with L. H. Johns, mis-
sionary of the church from Cumber-
land, presiding. On his visit tC
Hancock in 1929, Bishop Stone con-
firmed seven white people Later
he made another visit to find that
the congregation had grown con-
siderably. The congregation OF
St. Thomas Church listened
for many years to the strains of the
first pipe organ brought to the Uni
ted States. That organ, brought
from England to America in 100, is
now in the Smithsonian Institute al
Washington. The pipe organ, which
has Is broken pipes, was first pur-
chased by the Port Royal, Va.
church, and later sold to Christ
Church at Alexandria, Va, where
Washington worshiped Later il
was sold to Trinity Church, Shep-
herdstown, and bought in 1869 by
St. Thomas Church and brought to
Hancock on a canal boat. 1t was in
! continuous use from that date until
1905, when it was sent to the mu-
scum. To its strains John Hays
Hammond, noted inventor, and his
bride, marched up the aisle at ST
| Thomas Church. In the early days
of the church each vestryman to be-
come such was assessed $40 and this
obligation was considered the same
as any other debt. The present
graveyard, in which some of Han.
cocks best known citizens are
buried, was purchased and opened
for interments in 1841 The origi.
nal cost of the church building was
$3,335,15 ID, most of which money
was raised in Hancock. The frs
church bell was cast in Frederick ir
1885 and cost $8937 Stonewal
Jackson's army was stationed on the
Henderson farm across the river
and shelled the church building
where Union forces were stationed
Shells struck the building. The
church after the fight was used az
a hospital, while the horses ano
mules of the Union army were
quartered in the basement of the
building"
A scene reminiscent of the hal
storm of June 6, 1917, is shown. The
picture was taken at the w. Md. Ry
station. The path of the storm