In keeping with its "100 years of Faith" theme for it 31st annual
Prayer Breakfast, the GFWC Linthicum Heights Woman's Club chose three
members of the two oldest congregations in Linthicum to be the
Centennial honorees. Honored from the Linthicum Heights United
Methodist Church were Margaret "Marge" Tydings and Dorothy Mellor,
lifelong friends, and from St. John Lutheran Church, Henry J. Imwold.
Marge (left) was born in Baltimore City and moved to Shipley Road in Linthicum as a little girl. Both she and her husband, Thomas, grew up on Shipley Road. They have been married more than 70 years. Marge came from a very church-oriented family and taught Sunday School for many years. Her mother also taught Sunday School and played the portable organ in Holly Run Church.
Dorothy (right) was born in Norwich, Conn., started school in Bridgeport and moved to Linthicum in 1924 when her father was offered a job with the W.B. & A Railroad. She lived on Maple Rd. with her parents and twin sister Doris until 1946 when the family moved to Hammonds Ferry Rd.
Marge and Dorothy were confirmed in the Methodist church on March 31, 1929. They attended Linthicum Elementary School and Glen Burnie High School. After graduation Dorothy attended Baltimore Business College and thoroughly enjoyed secretarial work in the business world for 45 years. Marge chose to be a "stay at home mom" to her family which included two sons and her husband. Neither of the women were ever too busy to participate in the life of the church. Marge taught Sunday School and Dorothy sang in the choir. They worked together in one of the church"s most active circles which they organized 60 plus years ago. The circle, says Dorothy, started out as a young business girls' circle and met in homes. Later the circle's name was changed to the Wesleyan Service Guild and then the Evelyn Keller Circle. The group still meets every month at the church. Both women have many Linthicum memories from their growing up and adult years in the community.
Henry J. Imwold's family moved to Linthicum in 1921 from South Baltimore. While his father built a brick home a few blocks away on property bought from John Stoll, the family lived in a small house on Medora Rd. He has lived in his Medora Road home since its completion in 1925. He, too, attended Linthicum Elementary School. After his graduation from Glen Burnie High School in 1935, his first job was as an auto mechanic. Next he worked at the Equitable Trust Company in Baltimore as a runner for the grand sum of 10 cents an hour and worked his way up to head teller. Later he was employed by a wholesale marine supply company for 33 years and is now enjoying retirement. At the bank he met Mary Elizabeth Poe. Married in 1948, they will celebrate their 60th anniversary in June. They have three daughters: Susan Hrybyk, Barbara Rose, and Carol Dyas, three sons-in-law, and six adult grandchildren. His memories of his membership at St. John's are many: inspirational sermons from five pastors and present associate pastor, the confirmation and marriage of his daughters plus the baptism of two of them. And then there were the oyster dinners, pancake breakfasts, strawberry festivals and church picnics. Many of the first picnics, which were all-day affairs, were held at swim beaches on the Chesapeake Bay. Later picnics were held on the lawn at John Stoll's residence on John Ave. and on St. John's field. Among his hobbies is metal detecting. In 1983 he received permission from the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights to search the clubhouse's front lawn for coins. When he and his partner were finished, they had found more than 200 coins including a silver Liberty quarter worth $13 and dated 1917, the year of his birth.
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