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Bryan C. Ebling

Board of Education District 1
Bill & Son Mower Repair November 3, 2020

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conditions. The public is invited to come out and see how our

grandparents farmed and old-timers can reminisce of the good
old days. For more information, call 410-754-8422, 410-673-
2414, or visit us on Facebook. GPS address: 5806 Federalsburg
Hwy., Federalsburg, MD. There will be plenty of good food with

fried chicken dinners, hamburgers and hot dogs.
We would like to remind people to please follow the CDC
COVID-19 guidelines, social distance and not bunch up in
groups. Please wash your hands and use hand sanitizers oft en.

The two were taken at our first show in 1961. This photo was Also, please consider visiting at “off -peak” times, perhaps on

1961 at the first show. There was only the steam engine and Friday and Sunday when the crowd is usually smaller. We feel
thresher out along the road in the wheat fi eld. that the community needs something to help bring a sense of
normalcy to their summer, since so many events have been
cancelled. We are having the show for you, please help us
out by reading and following the posted signage concerning
COVID-19. While extra sanitizing procedures will be in
place, exposure to COVID-19 is an inherent risk in any public
location where people are present. It is up to the attendees to
follow this guidance in order to maintain the safest possible
conditions for all. While we would love to see you at the show,
if you are feeling sick, have a fever or a compromised immune
system, please stay home and take care of yourself. You can
always come next year.
Shirley Layton (Jackson) and Brenda Layton (Stant), with
their grandfather Herman Layton on the engine in 1961.

This photo from 1962 shows how much the "show" had grown

in just one or two years. Bud Hutton, editor of the Federals-
burg Times, put the event on the Associated Press in 1962.
People came from all around to see threshing like it was done 1918 Engine Running Rock Crusher” is from one of our recent

in the old days. shows. The rock crusher is always very popular.
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