Womer, Ben

Ben Womer was a retired steel-worker and community historian. In this interview, he discusses the company store at Sparrows Point; early Sparrows Point disasters; and Fourth of July celebrations in the early 1920s.

In this interview, Charles A. Masson discusses the early history of the Maryland National Guard Air Wing formed at Logan Field, Dundalk, Maryland in the 1920s; the Ninth Tactical Command during World War II; First parachute jumps at Logan Air Field; first air-to-ground messages; explosion of the Graf Zeppelin. Mentions Eddie Rickenbacker, Billy Mitchell, Gen. James Doolittle, and Temple Joyce.

Joseph Heim was a farmer in the North Point Road area. In this interview, he discusses: early nineteenth century Methodist meeting house at North Point which was torn down in 1920; the graveyard there; Mergler mine laying; Fort Howard in 1910.

Margaret E. Lindeman was an office worker for forty-nine years for Bethlehem Steel Company. In this interview, she discusses the history of Sparrows Point and the steel company. Her two sisters also participate in the conversation.

Roy Blalock was a resident of Dundalk, Maryland. In this interview, he discusses: Logan Air Field, Turner Station, Avondale in the Dundalk area; work as a crane operator in an aluminum plant in North Carolina, 1916-17; explosion of the ship Alum Chine; women's suffrage.

Theodore R. McKeldin was Mayor of Baltimore (1943-1947, 1963-1967), and Governor of Maryland (1951-1959). In this interview, he discusses: his early life; primary election votes; and airplanes and aircraft plants in Dundalk, Maryland.