The official record of the Elkton PD, the police blotter, provides around-the-clock entries as life unfolded and the community interacted with its lawmen. Most of these fleeting encounters would have been quickly lost in time were it not for the brief items penned into the ledgers. This long run of volumes provides day-by-day insight into the Elkton of an earlier era, capturing life as it unfolded in the short entries. Here, from the police blotter, are a few moments that would have been quickly lost to the shadows of time. (
They were donated by the Town of Elkton to the Historical Soceity of Cecil County.
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THE BLOTTER
April 17, 1959 – 11:30 a.m. – Air raid alert
Aug. 25, 1960 – 10:00 a.m. – With Mayor & Commissioners on North St – Radar demonstration
Dec. 1, 1962 – 9:30 a.m. – Presidential train guard Red Mill & RR Station;
Dec. 1, 1962 – 4:00 p.m. Christmas lights on.
Dec. 1, 1962 – 5:00 p.m., Presidential train guard Red Mill & Railroad station;
Oct. 21, 1963 – 5:00 p.m. 25 cows loose in Elkton heights Hi Ho Silver
Dec. 4, 1963 – 2:30 p.m. Complaint of beatniks acting up on Main St. Ran same out of town.
Sept. 7, 1968 – 01:13 a.m. – Cross Burning in front of courthouse
1/21/1970 – CALL – UFO
Oct. 24, 1973, 8:08 p.m. – CALL: UFO over 279 and North Street.
