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Re-Elect
ELLERY ADAMS
Judge of the
Orphans Court
Classic Cars • Vintage Cars • Barn Finds
(Especially Mustangs, Shelbys, and Convertibles) INTEGRITY
COMPASSION
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Authority, Christian E. Jensen, Treasurer
410-320-7522
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It was said that in the 1930s, a yacht basin was built on the river Wright and wife, and Jesse A. Wright and his wife for $150.
as part of the Water Progress Association project. Th e yacht The schoolhouse was built the following year and classes held
club corporation sold stock at $100 a share. It is not known until 1928.
what happened to the yacht club or how many members it
may have had. The general store, as today, was very important to early
Choptank residents. In addition to Jesse A. Wright and Jehu
But in 1969, the county-owned boat basin was officially T. Blades, stores were kept by Samuel West on the waterfront;
dedicated, and a sign erected calling it CHOPTANK – TOWNE Charles Andrews, Charlie Perry and John Spence on Main
BOAT BASIN. It has 54 slips, enlarged to 70 during 1983, boat Street; Watson Fluharty, William and Ray Dillon, and John
ramps and a large parking area. Price at the store now owned by the Coughenours.
In May, Russell Dukes will be acting as dockmaster at the The history tells us that other businesses were: a barber shop
marina to sell gasoline and assist boaters. He fishes and traps operated by Peter Cooper, a millinery shop operated by Maya
muskrat in the wide marshes along the Choptank, moving here Wright Jump, and an ice cream shop operated one summer
about six years ago. by Mrs. Frank Whiteley and the Price girls.
Today, there is only one small store in the village, about a block We are also told that Samuel West left Choptank and eventually
from the marina, operated by Albert and Aubrey Coughenour. became mayor of Baltimore City.
She was one of a committee of nine residents who put together
the only published history of the town back in 1976. There were many humorous stories told in the history. One
involved the first time that REA ran electricity to the town.
Called “MEMORIES OF CHOPTANK: 1679-1930,” the For a while everyone was afraid to open the store door or to
28-page booklet has become scarce, and Mrs. Coughenour touch a car for fear of a sudden jolt. One enterprising group
is thinking of trying to raise funds to have it reprinted for the with the help of a battery even wired an outhouse.
350 anniversary year of Maryland during 1984.
th
One of the community’s oldest residents, Mrs. Estelle Wright
The history tells that on May 1, 1891, the county commissioners at 92 still lives in her own home and is featured in the recently
bought 91.7 perches of land on Main Street from John R. published “VOICES FROM THE LAND; A CAROLINE
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