Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association

President's Message - June

Our June 13th, 2007 General Membership meeting will be held as usual at the Lindale Middle School Media Center at 7:30 p.m. Our speaker will be Cathy Welker of the Office of Emergency Management to give us up to date information about the effect of our National Guard’s deployment to Iraq ...

Linthicum Centennial Celebration Plans Underway

Ten decades ago six young men in the Linthicum family, who together owned a large portion of farmland to the south and west of Baltimore, were facing a critical decision – what to do with their property.  The Linthicum men -- Sweetser Jr., George Milton, Wade Hampton, William, Seth Hance and J. Charles -- were all professional businessmen … doctors, lawyers and business owners.  In June of 1908 they decided to sell their properties for residential homes and Linthicum the community was born.

President's Message - May

Park Clean-up: We have one more park clean up on May 12th from 10 a.m. to noon.  Please help and bring gloves and a rake. This has been a successful project for the LSIA in conjunction with the Woman's Club of Linthicum, so let's keep it going. Without the cleanups the park will not be as pretty for the Summer Concerts in the Park as it has in the past. There are several projects for the Recreation and Parks Department to do this year if we can get them to. The tennis courts need repair as the cracks have again opened up. The fence needs to be replaced and other smaller items need repair. And don't forget the always enjoy able "Free Picnic" offered by the LSIA, usually the last Sunday in July or the first Sunday in August. The date of the 2007 Picnic will be published in The Monitor.

Howard’s Subway: Linthicum’s Village Pub

This is an excerpt from Skip Booth's Linthicum Vignette on Howard's Subway.  For the complete version, please buy a copy of the 2006 Linthicum Vignettes (available at all LSIA events).

Recently a British couple visited Howard’s Subway. After an enjoyable visit, the couple remarked to Mike Sensibaugh how much Howard’s reminded them of their village pub. Mike and his sister, Karen Gallion, are the third generation of Sensibaughs to operate this local landmark. In 2006, Howard’s celebrated its 60th anniversary.

Howard Sensibaugh was working at Westinghouse. He was very gregarious and outgoing. After working as an evening bartender at Snyder’s Willow Grove, it was a natural progression to open his own bar. On July 16, 1946, Howard and Ruby Sensibaugh opened a small bar and restaurant in the basement of their Hammond’s Ferry Road home. They served draft beer for a nickel and charged a quarter for a homemade crab cake on a saltine. The crab cakes and coleslaw were handmade by Ruby.

As the little bar’s popularity grew, she had to get up earlier and earlier to prepare the day’s food. She began picking crab meat at four in the morning. Howard’s vision for this little bistro went beyond food and drink. He wanted it to become a “place where friends could meet.” His rules were simple. No foul language would be tolerated. Proper dress was required. If a woman came in alone, she left alone. This was not a pick-up place – it was a family place. If things got too noisy one would eventually hear Mrs. Sensibaugh pounding a broomstick on the floor. This was the signal to keep the noise down. Howard’s son, Norman, said ...