Hereford fire company selling woven blankets with 13 area historic sites

A woven blanket that includes scenes of 13 historic places in and around Hereford is now on sale.

The cotton, washable blanket is 48 inches by 68 inches and costs $50. Proceeds will benefit the Hereford Volunteer Fire Company, which sold 500 blankets in 1999 to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

"We decided to do another blanket since there are so many new people out here since 1999," said Mark Gardner, a Hereford volunteer who is in charge of the blanket sales. "We changed the blanket a little and switched two places from the original with two new sites."

New sketches are of St. James Episcopal Church in Monkton, 1750, the oldest church in the area, and the Glencoe Post Office, 1927, that was relocated to Oldfields School campus in 1980.

The blanket also contains: Merryman farmhouse, 1714; Hereford United Methodist Church, 1777; Hereford Volunteer Fire Company, 1924; First Baptist Church of Hereford, 1842; Foster's Store, 1840; Foster-Masemore Mill, 1787; Sparks School, 1909; Hereford School, 1840; Bunker Hill Bridge, 1880; Monkton Mill, 1860; and Monkton Train Station, 1832.

Blankets are available for $50 at the Hereford Volunteer Fire Company, 510 Monkton Road. Shipping is available for an extra $8.

For information, call the fire company at 410-887-1934 or Mark Gardner at 443-791-2289.

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