570/Maryland Manual

Somerset-Worcester Foster Care Review
Board—Somerset County members
Evelyn H. Odoms Hall, 1985; Robert S.
Dunkin, 1987; Gertrude J. Stevenson, 1987.

Children's Council
Caroline Johnson and Ruth Todd, Co-chair-
persons

Commission on the Aging
Sherri L. Marshall, Chairperson

Recreation and Parks
Robert J. Purnell, Director

Recreation and Parks Commission
Eimo Dryden, County Commissioner; Donnie
Chelton; Samuel Davis; Robert Kelly; Van
Muir; DeWayne Whittington.

Planning and Building

Planning and Zoning
Vacancy, Director

Planning and Zoning Commission
King B. Miller III, Chairperson, 1985; Eimo
Dryden, 1986; Robert L. Chamberlain, Jr.,
1987; James T. Sterling, Jr., 1987; Nolan K.
Good, 1988; Richard Murray, 1988; Arthur
H. Tawes, for County Commissioners.

Zoning Inspector
James Windsor

Board of Zoning Appeals
J. Lowell Stoltzfus, Chairperson, 1986; Hor-
ace Webster, 1985; Robert A. Pinto, Jr.,
1986. Alternates: James B. Williams, 1986;
Clarence Wilson, 1987.

Technical and Community Services
Ronald D. Atkins, Director

Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board
John Murray, Chairperson; John L. Ent, Sr.;
Ralph Lankford; H. William Overholt; Wil-
liam G. Vessey. Terms expire 1989.

District Forestry Board
Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., Chairperson, 1987; T.
Boise Beauchamp, Jr., 1985; Robert Owens,
1985; Jackson L. Cook, 1986.

Historic District Commission
John Jeffries, Chairperson

Sanitary Commission
Robert C. Street, Sr., Chairperson, 1985;
Mabel Bozman, 1987; Betty Ray Tyier,

1987; Norris A. Dashiell, 1988; Charlene
Kelly, 1988.

Roads Board
Board of County Commissioners, ex officio.
William Daugherty, Clerk.

Roads Engineer
Robert Maddox

Transportation

Airport Commission
Harold Sauter, Chairperson

Alcoholic Beverages

Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Francis Ballard, 1985; Steve Marshall, 1985;
Mary Ann Ward, 1985.

Liquor Control Board
0. Melvin Bozman, 1987; Carl L. Outten,
1987; H. Carlton Drewer, 1987.

Tidewater Affairs

Oystermen's Tongers Advisory Committee
Roland H. Evans, Chairperson; Edgar
Brimer; Eddie Evans; David Lee Laird;
Johnnie C. Marshall.

Oystermen's Dredgers Advisory Committee
Jessie Thomas, Chairperson

Extension and Soil Conservation Services

Extension Agents
Geraldine W. Hammond, County Director;
Julie Homer; June W. Rhodes; Joseph W.
Trumbauer.

Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Frederick W. Nelson, Chairperson, 1986;
Willard L. Smith, Sr., 1985; William Colt-
man, 1987; William Ralph Smith, 1989;
Cecil Schrock (County appointee); Joseph W.
Trumbauer, Extension Agent, Secretary (non-
voting). Richard W. Hardy, District Conserva-
tion ist.

TALBOT COUNTY

County Seat: Easton 21601

Origin: The form of the creation of this county is
not known, but was probably by virtue of an
order of the Governor in Council. It was in
existence by February 18, 1661/62, when a writ
was issued to the sheriff.