WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

P.O. BOX 3622

BALTIMORE, MD 21214

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NEXT WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY MEETING

When: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 @ 7:30 PM

Where: Harbel (5807 Harford Road)

Get Involved Join WIA today! With membership your vote is counted and your voice heard in the community. Receive your monthly WIA newsletter to stay on top of what is happening in your neighborhood. Please complete the form below and send with your payment to: Waltherson Improvement Association P.O. Box 3622 Baltimore, MD 21214

September 2015

Recycling every Tuesday! Trash every Thursday! Bulk Trash (Call 311 to schedule) Street Sweeping 3rd Wednesday – Even Sides 4th Wednesday – Odd Sides

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President’s Letter Have you ever gone to Belvedere Square on a Friday night where everyone brings their lawn chairs to sit

around & enjoy the entertainment? Or maybe you have gone to the one in Little I taly & watched a movie

on the side wall of one of the row homes. Well, we can enjoy the same thing right near our own back

yard. A week ago at Harbel we had our very own movie night… outside! People brought their chairs &

visited with others. The kids rode bikes, threw footballs, played kick ball & twirled hula hoops. Once

nightfall came, everyone sat back in their lawn chairs with popcorn & watched the Smurfs. It was very

well received. We often hear that the kids have nothing to do. This is a great way to meet your neighbors

& keep the young folks from boredom. The next activity is hopefully in October & will be a bowling event.

We’ll keep you posted & put up flyers.

A special thanks to those who came out to help clean up Biddison Cemetery. This is a private cemetery

whose members have long passed but local neighbors have taken the time to clean it up. Our community

has cleaned it several times, which is an all-day event & quite a lot to do. This cemetery goes back over a

hundred years when tomb-stones gave the exact number of years a person was alive: (ie: Helene Quinn:

lived 56 years, 9 months, 2 days). Once restored, it looks great again. Many thanks!

On a stronger note, I’m sure you’ve all felt the influx of crime in & around our area. Please remember to

report suspicious activity. Take note to get a full description: clothing colors, distinguishing

characteristics, type of vehicle, time of day, how many involved, etc. Call even if you have doubt. Start

to track the time of day if it is a continued behavior & you see a trend in a specific area. Daytime is a

common time for thefts because most folks are at work. So, be cognizant of what is going on around you,

walk alert if you are outside & lock your doors, even during the daytime.

Hats off to our Police department who recently caught four teenagers in the act of a robbery near the

block I reside. The Police helicopter followed the youths during a reported crime & as the youths bailed

out of the vehicle, which was discovered to be stolen the night before, the Police swarmed in to arrest all

four. I specifically drove by to see if I recognized the guys & was relieved that I did not. I know most of

the kids in our neighborhood & would’ve been so disappointed if it was someone I know. Our Police are

hard working to support our areas. Please take a moment to thank them as you see them.

I hope to see you out & about on some of our neighborhood festivals & events in the fall. Now that school

is back in session & summer vacations are over, let’s try to enjoy the great weather & still be outside for

a while. Head out for a snow ball at Walther Gardens & enjoy meeting some neighbors in the chairs they

provide. I sure have. Before you know it, the holidays will be here!

Be well,

Helene

WIA President

president@waltherson.org

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IN AND AROUND WALTHERSON Upcoming Neighborhood Events:

September

4th – First Friday Art Crawl o Hamilton Gallery 5502 Harford Road

o Hamilton Bakery, 5414 Harford; 5-9 http://www.hamiltonbakery.com/events-and-

specials/ (free cupcakes!)

o Mutt Mart Yappy Hour. Bring your dog for a free treat! 2904 Hamilton Ave.

o Creative Arts of Maryland 5424 Harford Road https://www.facebook.com/creativeartsofmd

o 4300 block of Harford Road and the Market Connection Space September 5th, 6-9 pm.

Food, Wine, Shopping at the The Gift Cellar and Market Connection, Art Openings,

"side-walk snips" a la the The Chop Shop!

o Charmed Life Gallery, 4505 Harford; o Additional details http://www.hamiltonlauravillemainstreet.blogspot.com/

8th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road

15th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road

22nd - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road

29th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road

At the Pratt Book Discussions:

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown-Thurs, 9/17 6 PM Movies

Fast and Furious 6 – 9/10 4 PM Fast and Furious 7 – 9/21 4 PM

Programs for Children: Reading Tails - Saturday 8/1 @ 2 PM

o Come read to a dog from Therapy Pets Unlimited. You pick the book. Ages 5-12. Lego Club – Mondays @ 3 PM Mother Goose Baby Steps – Wednesdays @ 10 AM Preschool Leaps – Wednesdays @ 11 AM Bedtime Stories Thursday 8/6 & Monday 8/17 @ 6:30 PM

o Come in pajamas and hear stories, sing songs, and do a craft. Ages 3-7. Back to School Book Tasting – Tuesday 9/15 4-5 PM

Just for Teens Makerspace – Mondays 6 PM

o A place for creation, innovation, and collaboration Wii Wednesdays – Wednesdays @ 3:30 PM Teen Iron Chef – 9/22 3 PM

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August’s Biddison Cemetery Cleanup Thanks to everyone who got together on August 15th to clean-up the Biddison Cemetery at 3821 Forrester Ave. Below are before and after panoramic before & after pictures of the cemetery taken by Dylan Lesperance.

Friends of Biddison Cemetery: https://www.facebook.com/groups/106947799650071/

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History surrounding the Biddison Cemetery On February 5th, 1950 the Baltimore Sun carried an article titled “Men in the Street: The Biddisons” that discussed some of the Biddison Family that are now interred in the cemetery on Forrester Ave. Below are some details from that article.

"It was John S. Biddison, Abraham's son, who founded the family's strong political tradition. John was an outspoken, God-fearing--he donated the land for Andrew Chapel, the first Southern Methodist Church in Maryland--and forceful character who was a leader in Baltimore county politics for years, and often-elected delegate to the Assembly and a strong Southern sympathizer.

So strong a Southern sympathizer, in fact, the United States Government locked him up in Fort McHenry for the length of the Civil War. The experience did not dampen John's ardor; County Judge John E. Gontrum, his great-grandson, remembers that the 'vigorous old man' remained an 'unreconstructed rebel' until his death in 1896."

John S. Biddison was a former Maryland State Senator serving as Senate President Pro Tem in 1910, an office currently held by Senator McFadden.1

His son, Thomas was Baltimore City solicitor in 1950.

On the following page is a picture of the Plat of Land belonging to the John S. Biddison that was surveyed in 1986 after he passed away; this map was shared on Facebook with the Northeast History Roundtable by Michael Miller. The map shows a network of streams and two springs that would have been buried beneath our streets and incorporated into the city’s new drainage system as our neighborhood was developed in the early 20th century. Belair Road is shown at the bottom of the map with Biddison Lane moving up ending at the family cemetery. 1 Archives of Maryland Senate Presidents Pro Tem 1822- http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/senprot.html

Grave of John S. Biddison (passed 1896)

Grave of John. S. Biddison (passed 1952) Grave of Thomas Biddison (passed 1958)

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Biddison Family Plat circa 1896

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Unity Urban Garden (4001 Southern Ave) We have a lot of great interest this year with the Unity Urban Garden on Southern Ave. A cleanup of the garden was done on June 13th and a planting day

occurred on June 21st. Come check out the garden. The aim is to have work

days during the evening on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 PM and Saturdays at 10:30 AM.

You can check out

the blog or Facebook group linked to below for

more information on the garden and to confirm work

days. Hope to see you

around on one of the work days!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/92662950090/

http://unityurbangarden.blogspot.com/

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http://bmoremainstreet.com/discount-cards/

http://www.belair-edison.org/resources/belair-edison-beer-wine-festival/

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First Friday Hamilton Gallery 5502 Harford Road Hamilton Gallery presents Daniel Sherman: Artifacts of Growth and Decay September 4 – September 27, 2015 First Friday Opening Reception - Friday, September 4, 5-9pm Hamilton Gallery welcomes all guests and neighbors to join us in enjoying our neighborhood and our city. In this series of photographs Daniel Sherman seeks to record the inherent beauty of the the worn down, forgotten and overlooked. Daniel works to illustrate time and history by simultaneously depicting growth and decay. Most of his subjects have long since stopped being "new" or "the best" but they record time in the details of their physical appearance. Devoid of human subjects, many of these images still reverberate with humankind's latent presence. Daniel works to illustrate what has been hewn from the land and subsequently, what nature has taken back. Also exhibiting this month Hamilton Gallery artist members: Jude Asher, Ron Cohn, Salvadore Delvisco, Ned Epps, Marcus Dagold, Amy Klainer, Karen Klinedinst, Ania Milo, Charles Mens, Bob Paulding, Lynn Poshepny, Angela Raincatcher, Theresa Reuter, Cara Sue Richard, Peter Smith, Valerie Smith, Grace Sweeney, Bridget Z. Sullivan, Richard Sullivan, Maxine Taylor, Alex Vanicky & Richard Gordon Zyne. Hamilton Gallery 5502 Harford Road Baltimore, 21214 NEW SUMMER GALLERY HOURS Friday 4-8pm, Saturday noon-8pm, Sunday 11am-3pm http://www.hamiltonarts.org/

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Creative Arts of Maryland 5424 Harford Road

“Guest Artist” Kelly Burke “Kelly Burke has worked with paint and colors for over 25 years as a professional painter. In 2011-2012 she had the opportunity to live abroad in Germany when she started studying drawing and painting seriously. She first worked in the fall 2011 with Mira O'Brien at the Berlin Drawing Room: http://berlindrawingroom.blogspot.de/ For most of 2012 she studied with Klemens Wuttke in Nuremberg at his Atelier Eins: http://www.atelier-wuttke.de/. Since returning to the States in the fall of 2012, she has continued to study drawing and painting with various teachers at MICA, the Schuler School of Fine Arts, and the Mitchell School of Fine Arts. Her studio is in Baltimore, Maryland. She paints Abstracts, Pet Portraits, and Still Lives using mediums from oil paint and acrylic to charcoals and pastels.” Please come and join us on September 4th and 5th, Friday and Saturday evenings from 5pm to 9pm at the Creative Arts of Maryland gallery for our ‘opening reception’ as we host ‘Fine Artist’ Kelly Burke for September! Come and also see the talented works by all our “Gallery Artists” Pat Bauer – Brad Ferrone – Karl Franz – Margo Franz – Maximilian Franz – Megan Franz Dawn Grodnitzky – Linda King – Linda Magsamen – Sandi Naecker – Tamara Neal Jerry Palucki – Susan Smith – Lynn Trevino – Jasina Wise – Yusuf Yahya

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Four Hour Day Lutherie 4305 Harford Road The Lutherie is proud to present the music of Scott Patterson this coming Friday, September 4 as part of Lauraville/Hamilton's First Friday celebrations! Music starts at 6, come to listen, sing and play. 4305 Harford Road.

Red Canoe 4337 Harford Road

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Waltherson Improvement Association Officer Elections Our elections will be held in the November community meeting for Waltherson’s 2016 board. Mike Hilliard has agree to chair our nominating committee for our election. If you are interested in holding a position in 2016 please e-mail Mike Hilliard at mikehilliard@harbel.org.

Officer Positions & Duties

President

Community representative/liaison to other organizations & local government Chairs monthly meetings; sets agenda in conjunction with other Board members Chairs monthly board meetings

Writes President’s column for monthly newsletter Co-ordinates community input related to zoning requests

Vice-President

Chairs meetings in the President’s absence

Participates in monthly Board meetings Assists with community association activities as needed

Second Vice-President

Participates in monthly Board meetings Assists with community association activities as needed

Secretary

Records & maintains the minutes of the monthly meetings Participates in monthly Board meetings

Assists with community association activities as needed

Treasurer

Handles receipts and disbursements

Maintains the official books of account and renders monthly reports to the community association

Reconciles bank statements monthly Prepares annual 990 filing & other regulatory reports as needed

Provides a monthly report at Board meetings Assists with community association activities as needed

Parliamentarian

Makes sure that Robert’s Rules of Order govern all meetings

Member-at-Large

Serves as liaison between Membership and the Board. S/he attends all Membership and Board meetings

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NECOP – Northeast Citizens on Patrol

In Northeast Baltimore we have a district wide Citizens on Patrol program called NECOP. The reasoning behind the COP program is that regular neighborhood patrols can make criminals feel uncomfortable and drive them out of our neighborhood. Participants meet at the Northeast

Police station at 1900 Argonne Drive near Morgan State and get a walkie talkie to keep them in contact with the Police and then proceed to patrol their neighborhoods in their cars. Patrols normally go out each Thursday and Friday from about 7:30 - 10:30. For anyone interested in

the Citizens on Patrol program, please contact Rob at Robert.walshe@gmail.com Upcoming Traffic/Roadwork Projects DOT updates:

The reconfiguration of Frankford intersections at Hamilton Ave & Corse Ave have been postponed due to funding issues. They anticipate installation in Summer of 2015.

Early 2016

Harford Road Herring Run Bridge Reconstruction begins o Harford Road will be closed at Herring Run for two years during reconstruction

Proud Member of:

WIA Volunteers Officers:

President 1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Secretary Treasurer Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms

At-Large Member

Helene Quinn

Frank Will iams

Ronisha Moore

Rob Walshe

Sue Kessel Lisa Hom Francis Beane

Irona Thompson

Standing Committees and Representatives:

Housing Traffic Schools & Child Advocacy

Harford Road CRP Rep.

Garden Sign & Projects

Digital Outreach &

Communications

Police Liaison / NECOP

Chairman Robert Walshe, Sue Kessel, Helene Quinn, Frank Williams

Terrye Muratore

Vacant Main: Sue Kessel Alt: Rob Walshe

Ron Derr Robert Walshe Sam Kimani