The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-25


enough to read in the papers the
names of those who had won ribbons
for their exhibits, you would be I'M
mediately struck by the number OF
times the name, Carolyn Long, was
mentioned.
Back some eight or nine years
ago a young lad came into the Scout
Room of Troop at the Presbyteri-
an Church, of which was Scout
master, and told me he had just
moved to Hagerstown and would
like to transfer to my Troop.
AS was my custom, | dropped out
one evening to his home to talk to
him and his parents, so that l could
get some line on the boys back
ground and ambitions and it was
thus that 1 met Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
A. Long, who now reside at 1875
Roessner Avenue extended, and their
son and daughter, Robert and Car
olyn.
Mrs. Douglas and myself soon be-
came close friends with the Long
family and that friendship is still a
very happy one.
l have taken a great deal of inter
est in both Robert and Carolyn, as
they grew up through the years.
Bob, after serving in the U. S. Navy
in World War II, entered college and
after his graduation accepted posi-
ton with a large New York bank,
with which he is still affiliated. But
he never comes home to spend
week end with his parents and sister
without dropping into see meas so
many of my other former Scouts
continue to do-over which 1 am
very happy.
Right here l would like to tell you
a little instance that happened during
the Christmas holidays, that illus
trates Bob's fine character.
Bob and Carolyn dropped by to
see us and while there a heavy snow
storm got started. When they left
to go home the snow was pretty deep
and sticky and when 1 looked out
my front window to see how they
were getting along crossing the
street, l got a great kick out of see
ing Bob, when he got to the curb,
pick his sister up in his arms and
carry her across the snow right to
the car.
But this story really belongs to
Carolyn and her work in the All
Girls Club of Halfway, of which she
is vice-president.
Carolyn, who is now Is years of
age and a junior at Hagerstown High
School got interested in All work
some five years ago when she joined
the club to which she still belongs.
In 1947 she entered a feed sack,
draw-string, skirt in the All exhibit
at the Hagerstown Fair and her first
entry won blue ribbon award.
Since then Carolyn has earned no
less than IS awards in the Hagers-
town Fairs of '49, '49, 80, 81 and so,
as well as in All Achievement Day
exhibits through the same years, and
she capped it all by receiving the
purple award, the highest award
given to All club member, for her
exhibit of four pieces of textile
painting at the All Club Achieve
ment Day program in 1852. Then,
as if that wasn't enough honor, her
exhibit was sent on to College Park
for the State All exhibit at the Uni
versity of Maryland, and the four
pieces of textile painting won the
blue ribbon award there as we'll
Carolyn's ribbons, which include:
1 purple (top honor); 43 blue First
place.; 81 red (second); and IL white
third, covered nearly everything
you could think of in All work. She
had exhibits in vegetables, cookies,
pickles, clothing, basketware, stamp
books, and craft work, to mention
just few.
One would think that these activi-
ties would take about every moment
of a young girls spare time, but not
with Carolyn Long. She is fine
pianist, enjoys dancing and swim
ming, is an active rooter for the high
schools football and basketball
teams, an ardent stamp collector (she
exchanges stamps with pen pal in
New Zealand), enjoys playing ca
nasta and bridge and even has time
for number of other collections,
such as old pennies and buttons.
When I asked Carolyn what her
eventual plans were, she thought she
would pursue the Home Economics
field and that perhaps she would