200-pound bell stolen from Mount Airy church - Carroll County Times: Crime

200-pound bell stolen from Mount Airy church - Carroll County Times: Crime: "Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:00 am

By Kelcie Pegher Times Staff Writer http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/crime/pound-bell-stolen-from-mount-airy-church/article_4cc732c1-f682-54fb-9165-c1625ddf7a6d.html

A 100-year-old church bell was stolen from storage in Mount Airy within the last two weeks.

The bronze belfry bell weighs between 150 to 200 pounds, said the Rev. Laura Schultz, of the Howard-Chapel Ridgeville United Methodist Church.

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Schultz said the bell has quite a bit of history to it — it was from the United Methodist Church that closed in 1993 on Ridge Road."

Read more: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/crime/pound-bell-stolen-from-mount-airy-church/article_4cc732c1-f682-54fb-9165-c1625ddf7a6d.html

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