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On the cover: It takes a village to plant trees! Punxsutawney’s village includes (front, from left) Debby Elder, Garden Club treasurer; Gloria Kerr, Garden Club president; Marlene Lellock, former Chamber of Commerce director and now Weather Discovery Center director; (back, from left) Ben White, Punxsutawney Borough Manager; Jake Ferko, Chamber of Commerce director; John Stockdale, mason; Dale Kerr; Dennis Fetterman, Eagles Aerie 1231 secretary; Bob Peace, Eagles trustee; and Patrick Fleckenstein, former Chamber director. (photo by Hometown staff) ‘Punxsutawney Hometown’ magazine © Copyright 2017 — All Rights Reserved.

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It Takes a Village to Plant a Tree!

Dale Kerr (left) works with professional mason John Stockdale, The Memorial Brick Garden recognizes the “village” – the donors to the Tree who advised the Punxsutawney Garden Club on the design of the Beautification Project – with nineteen engraved bricks commemorating those Memorial Brick Garden and then cut bricks to fit that design. (sub- who helped fund the most recent tree replacement effort. (submitted photo) mitted photo)

The Downtown Beautification Project

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By Gloria Kerr for Hometown magazine lanting a tree, or rather twenty-two of them, in downtown Punxsutawney this past April was the culmination of a project that took almost three years and a village to complete. How could that be? Well, here’s the saga.

A history of tree-planting in Punxsy Punxsutawney is a little town with a big reputation because of Groundhog Day and furry Phil’s weather prognostications every February 2. Understandably, borough officials, the Chamber of Commerce, and civic

She soon activated a beautification committee composed of interested Chamber and community members to replace aging trees planted along the downtown length of Mahoning Street twenty-five years earlier.

Conferring with a local landscaper, Bill Gresock, and a Penn State Extension arborist, Scott Sjolander, the committee chose to buy twenty-five Prunus serrulata, “Kwanzan,” a widely planted cherry tree specimen. The tree grows to about twentyfive feet in height, with a similar width. Its

double, light pink blossoms, gorgeous in the spring, are one of the stars of the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. Indigenous to the Far East, Kwanzan cherry trees bear no fruit.

The committee secured a grant from the Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council. The committee also raised money to buy the trees by selling memorial bricks for $250. These bricks would be placed under individual trees. One of the tree - Continued on next page

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Chad Young (right) and his landscaping crew picked up the Jack pear and the Royal Raindrop crabapple trees from Two Lick Nursery in Indiana, Pennsylvania. They planted the twenty-two trees, bearing their spring blossoms, in April 2017. (submitted photo)

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Volunteers Dale Kerr (left) and Butch Troutman do the “dirt work” for the Memorial Brick Garden, showcasing donor bricks, along Mahoning Street in September. (submitted photo)

It Takes a Village Continued from previous page

donors was former Punxsutawney mayor Jim Nelles (1982-85) and his wife, Joanne Villella Nelles, who had moved sixteen years earlier and were living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He sent this note with his tree donation: “Keep up the good work in Punxsutawney. Even though we left 16 yrs. ago, I still subscribe to the Punxsy Spirit and keep up with news and happenings in the area. … I planted the current trees while I was borough manager between 1976-79. I’m glad new trees are now taking place after all these years. Keep up the good work. Jim” All told, five different Chamber of Commerce directors have been involved in downtown tree beautification efforts: Jim Nelles, Marlene Lellock, Michele Neal, Patrick Fleckenstein, and current director Jake Ferko.

Like the current tree replacement committee, Lellock’s group had to get permission to plant trees along “main street” and remove the trunks and root systems of the aged trees planted during Jim Nelles’s 1970s term as borough manager. Borough Council, the Department of Public Works, and the Punxsutawney Garden Club cooperated with the Chamber of Commerce committee. Finally, John Goss was hired to pick up the trees and plant them in 2001.

For about fifteen years, the downtown Kwanzan cherry trees were lovely, especially in the spring. But any street tree in this area bears the stress of salt spread on streets in the winter, freezing and thawing with temperatures occasionally reaching minus 20 degrees, pollution from automobile traffic, and summer heat that reflects from concrete and pavement. Thus, several years ago some limbs of the Kwanzan trees began to die and

Garden Club members and officers Gloria Kerr (left) and Debby Elder grout the finished brick layout with polymer sand. (submitted photo)

their trunks split open – the life span of these Asian beauties was about spent.

At this point in the history of the downtown street tree, as in almost any community, pessimists and naysayers will say (and have said), “The only place for a tree is in the woods,” or “Why plant trees downtown at all? They’re just going to die!” or “I wonder how long before this tree gets vandalized.”

That kind of defeatist attitude is like saying, “No sense mowing the lawn; the grass will just grow again,” or “I’m not putting a new roof on this house; it’ll just need replaced in the years ahead.” Luckily, our town has an abundance of the positive, hopeful thinkers, the optimists and the visionaries, those who operate on the “I think I can, I think I can” philosophy like the little engine that could.

Downtown tree replacement planning Rick Nesbitt was one of the positive, “I think I can” members in the early stages of the efforts and planning of the 2015 Downtown Tree Replacement Committee. At an 8 a.m. meeting at Laska’s Pizza in the spring of 2016, initial planners sat around a table hugging mugs of hot coffee. Representing the Chamber of Commerce were Katie Laska, Rick Nesbitt, Katie Donald, and Jodi Presloid; the Garden Club was represented by Dotty Jekielek, Debby Elder, and Gloria Kerr. (Pat Prushnok was absent.)

Since borough council had already approved the plan to replace downtown trees, fundraising to buy and plant the trees was next on the agenda. Someone remarked that raising more than $5,000, a fair estimate of the project’s cost, was going to be a chore because the area’s economy was stressed and local businesses were always being asked for donations.

At this point, Rick Nesbitt spoke up, “Oh, I think we’re going to get more money than we need for the trees and have money left - Continued on page 6

The Streets (and Avenues) Where We Live

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By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine ne of the purposes of street names in communities and cities is to reflect the history of people who were settlers, businessmen, leaders, or residents of a particular section where the streets were ordained and opened. Such memorial naming is very common and is done usually to commemorate a person after his or her death.

Historically, until the early 1900s, names of streets in published form did not capitalize the word “street.” This is seen in a news brief in the Punxsutawney Spirit in September 1889: “A new street has been opened to the public, running from West Mahoning street at J.H. Morrison’s residence to the creek.” Over time, a street name was formalized with the use of capital letters for both words – for example, Jefferson Street, Penn Street, Cherry Street, Jenks Avenue, Clark Avenue, Morrison Avenue, etc.

In 1821, the Rev. David Barclay laid out lots and streets in his Plan for Punxsutawney. All but one of the planned roadways in his plan of eight squares were named as streets, with Mahoning street (here, using the capitalization of the time) as the main road. There were Findley street, Jefferson street, Penn street and Front street running north and south. And Liberty street and Union street running east and west.

Farmers’ Alley was the street that created the northern boundary of the small village.

Also, in Clayville (now Punxsutawney’s West End), farmland south of the Mahoning Creek was developed as town lots in the 1880s. And all the roads were named “streets” without respect of direction east, west, south, or north. Except for Martha Street, streets east of South Main Street were named after Pennsylvania governors or U.S. presidents. West of South Main Street the traveled roads were named as “streets” after local citizens of the Clayville area.

As time passed, the word “street” for local naming and signage was displaced by “avenue.” By the late nineteenth century, it was common practice by city planners to name east-west roadways as “streets” and northsouth roads became “avenues.” As an example, when Punxsutawney’s East End was developed in the 1880s, Oakland, Woodland, Rockland, Highland, Clearfield, Greenwood, and Dinsmore were named as “avenues.” Running east and west were Juniata, Blair, Cambria, Spring, and Washington streets.

The borough limits of Punxsutawney were extended in 1889 to include new developments in sections around the original town. The ordinance of November 20, 1889, laid out and established the new several streets and alleys of the expanded areas. What is now Blair Street in East End was first named “Indiana street.” In that ordinance, the old roadway that meandered from the valley on the South Side of town to the top of a hill leading to the community of Indiana was named Hill Street. That hill is what we now call Indiana Hill.

Through the twentieth century, the use of “streets” was replaced by more showy, grandiose names for traveled neighborhood streets, as in lanes, drives, and terraces.

From a current map of Punxsutawney borough, a recent count of streets, avenues, etc.

- Continued on page 8

Among the street signs in Punxsutawney are several that make note of activity in industry and commerce in Punxsutawney history. In Punxsutawney’s West End (formerly Clayville) is Foundry Street. Railroad Street recognizes the arrival of the railroad into Punxsutawney in 1883, following the opening of the Walston mine. (photos by S. Thomas Curry)

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Continued from page 6 over for maintaining them.” He was right. A generous donor – the Punxsutawney Eagles Aerie 1231 – approached Garden Club via member Kerri Stebbins’s husband, Dr. Nate Stebbins, to offer support. The village was doing its work, reaching out through networks to offer help where help was needed.

Generously, the Eagles contributed a sum that funded one-half of the total project cost!

Deciding what kind, and how many, trees

Albert Corte (left), mason and brick seller in Indiana, found the best bricks for the donors’ brick garden. He recommended Bob Nastase to do the engraving. Nastase, a former mine engineer, is a gifted engraver and owns Crooked Creek Creations in Indiana. (submitted photo)

to buy became the main task of the Garden Club. Members Dotty Jekielek, Patricia Prushnok, Debby Elder, and Gloria Kerr mapped out the 2001 trees still standing and determined their conditions. They judged that at least seventeen of the original twentyfive still in place were sick or dying, prompting the following questions: Do we replace only the sick trees, or should we replace them all? What kind of tree will best survive for the longest term on Punxsutawney streets? What growth or size limits are best?

Who will remove old trees, and who will plant the new ones – caring amateurs or skilled professionals?

Working with Chamber member and professional landscaper Chad Young, who operates Chad’s Lawn and Landscaping Service, Garden Club officers researched tree choices, also relying on expert advice from professionals at C & A Trees in Clarion. The final choice was to plant two different trees: ten Royal Raindrop crabapple trees, which flower pink in the spring, at the ends of blocks, and twelve Jack pear trees, which bloom white in spring, between the crabapple trees along the sidewalk.

Tree replacement becomes a reality On a chilly fall day in 2016, Garden Club officers Debby Elder, Gloria Kerr, and Pat Prushnok took their tree map and located specific spots for the twenty-two new trees, three fewer than were planted in 2001. They considered symmetry as well as business owners’ requests not to have trees block their signs. In April 2017, Chad Young’s landscaping crew picked up twenty-two native trees from Two Lick Nursery in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the low bidder among five local growers contacted, and planted the crabapple and Jack pear trees. All are quite healthy and thriving at the present time.

In October 2016, the dying Kwanzan cherry trees had been removed by the Public Works Department, headed by Dave Bofinger. The Garden Club had asked the department for help at a borough council meeting, citing the borough’s employees’ knowledge of the downtown infrastructure – knowledge that made them the best choice for taking out the trees without any downtown disruptions.

The crew worked early in the day over a series of weeks to remove trees as their other assignments allowed.

Tree donors and brick inscriptions A garden of engraved bricks that name all donors who contributed to the current tree project, as well as the bricks recovered from donors who contributed to downtown tree projects in the past, has been created. The attractive, five-foot-square brick garden is located along the Mahoning Street sidewalk between Beatty Jewelers and the Chamber of Commerce office in front of Hair Trends.

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Much deserved recognition goes to these donors who made possible the 2017 tree replacement project: the Punxsutawney Eagles, a major donor; Acme Welding & Machine Co; Beatty Jewelers; Career Women’s Club; Dave’s Metal Roofing (Dave Schlabaugh); Randy Doverspike; the Duffell family; Dunkel Roofing; IUP’s Allegheny Arboretum; McDonald’s; Miller Brothers Furniture; Proform; the Punxsutawney Garden Club; the Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild; R & B Drilling (two bricks); Shop ’n Save; Dr. Nathan and Kerri Stebbins; and Dr. Michael Vancheri.

Building the Brick Memorial Garden The idea to put the bricks all together in a memorial “garden” came from Pat Fleckenstein, who was Chamber director in 2015.

Other members of “the village” who have made civic projects in Punxsutawney successful came on board to help with this phase of the project. Katie Donald, executive director of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, recommended seeking the best bricks for new memorials from Albert Corte in Indiana, who has sold and laid bricks for almost sixty years. The Groundhog Club uses his bricks at the entry to Gobbler’s Knob.

At age eighty-four, Albert Corte turned out to be a most diligent seeker of the relatively few bricks needed in Punxsutawney – bricks that resist crumbling and engrave well. Finally, in July 2017, he arranged for a single pallet of Punxsutawney bricks to piggy-back on a large truck load of bricks being delivered to Rural Valley, Pennsylvania. When the garden design came together, seventeen more bricks were needed to fill out the square. Albert Corte got on the phone and found matching bricks at his old friend Joe Ollinger’s Brick business in Altoona. Altogether, Dale and Gloria Kerr made six trips to pick up the eighty total bricks needed to complete the brick garden design.

Albert recommended Bob Nastase, owner of Crooked Creek Creations in Indiana, to engrave the bricks because of his artistic skill and the quality of his work. A former mine engineer, Nastase works with the Punx-

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Employee Rick Yenzi had that piece cut in short order. Next, all the pieces were put together.

Asked to lend his expertise, Johnny Stockdale, a professional mason and bricklayer, volunteered to help design the brick layout and cut bricks to make the design work at no charge. He suggested to Dale Kerr, a woodworker and the husband of the Garden Club president, that he build a five-foot-square frame, place it in a flat area in his workshop, and “play” with the brick arrangement and then number the bricks’ exact placement before taking the pieces to the sidewalk square, where the brick memorial garden is now located. Dale Kerr, Johnny Stockdale, Debby Elder, Butch Troutman, and Gloria Kerr installed the bricks during the third week in September 2017.

Missing donor bricks Before workers from the Department of Public Works removed the old Kwanzan cherry trees in Fall 2016, Garden Club members gathered all the old memorial bricks found under those trees. These brick are now part of the Brick Memorial Garden. According to Chamber records of 2000 tree project donors, the following fourteen bricks are missing and not part of the Brick Garden: Mahoning Hardware Co.; Paul and Bev Johnston and family; In memory of Ronald Phillips 1915-1988; Jon, Peggy, and Anna Johnston; In memory of Robert Robinson Denny 1/19/1920-10/24/2000; Hampton Family; Punxsutawney Mayor Jim Nelles 1982-85 & Joanne V. Nelles; In celebration of Adam L. Morris & Hannah E. Morris; In memory of William “Billy” Gresock 19272003; In loving memory of Emilio “Curly” Esposito. His loving family; In memory of Taylor North; The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy established 1990; Fox’s Pizza Den; and In memory of Fred Dubensky by his - Continued on page 12

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By the Coal Memorial Committee for Hometown magazine ather John B. DeVille, a native of Moena, Trentino Province, Northern Italy, became a mission pastor at Adrian under the tutelage of Father Joseph Zubriski. He was assigned to St. Anthony’s mission at Walston. Father DeVille was well equipped to converse with the residents of Walston having grown up in an area occupied at various times by Austria, Turkey, and Italy, where speaking multiple languages was a necessity.

Father DeVille’s first recorded baptisms were of Steven Farcus, born at Walston

use them to celebrate in all ways. Every time a baby is born, there is a general fusillade. A birth is announced by three revolver shots from the home if it be a boy, and two if it be a girl. Immediately

thereafter all the friends hoist their windows and begin shooting in celebration of the event. Father DeVille is endeavoring to induce them to celebrate in some less hazardous way, but they are hard to wean

from their old habits.”

Despite his early efforts, Father DeVille, as the Italian Catholic Priest, was placed in the position of being the spiritual advisor to two men required by juries to pay the ultimate price for their crimes.

On June 14, 1903, Michael Pallone, Rosso Crocco, Lewis Trunzi, and three other Italians were playing cards and drinking at Adrian. Tony Balero of New Florence entered the room and was immediately accosted by Pallone for not having left a keg of beer at his house the previous Saturday night. Pallone drew his gun. Crocco stepped between the two men, and Lewis Trunzi also tried to defuse the situation. Pallone, angered by Balero’s escape, shot and killed Crocco and wounded Trunzi.

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and baptized on January 8, 1897, and Louis R. Nase, born at Frostburg and baptized on May 15, 1897. Father DeVille said his first Mass at Walston on May 16, 1897.

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for grain and flour, blacksmith shops and foundries for metal items and tools, wood shops for chairs, cabinets, doors, and shops Continued from page 5 such as retail grocers. revealed seventy-one streets, fifty-two avAs mentioned earlier, the northern boundenues, ten alleys, eight lanes, and a few terary of the Rev. Barclay’s Punxsutawney races and drives for street signs or Plan was a narrow road named Farmers designations. (Has anyone ever heard the Alley. Activity expanded around the Public signs described as “avenue signs”?)

Square. About 1850, William Campbell purchased the land north of the Public Square from the Barclay heirs. He donated a strip of that land, along Mahoning Street between Jefferson and Penn streets, to Punxsutawney. It was to be used as a market place where farmers could bring their wagons of crops and meats for public purchase. The land was called “the Plaza” in old writings. In 1895, there was a proposal to build a 30 x 150 feet “market house” on the land. It was never built.

A map of 1866 shows Merchant Alley between Union and Liberty Streets, and east of Penn Street.

The railroad has had an important part in Punxsutawney history from the 1880s through the midtwentieth century. In the fall of 1883, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway (BR&P Ry), later to become the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), was the first to enter the Punxsutawney region to reach bituminous coal fields.

A news article in the Punxsutawney Spirit on November 23, 1882, alerted local people about A detail from the 1895 lithograph drawing illustrates build- the activity: “The engineers of the ings, travel by horse and wagon in the downtown, and the extensive railroad to the north of the downtown. Compare Rochester and Pittsburgh railroad the artist’s view with a 1915 photograph of North Findley were in this place last week. They Street at the railroad crossing. At top-center is the trolley surveyed another line from the passenger station and Railroad Street near the cemetery. main road to the coal mines north (1915 photo courtesy Punxsutawney Area Historical & Geof town, crossing the creek at nealogical Society) Spruce Hill, opposite Clayville, Some street names indicate local indusand running up Sawmill run.” The tries and commercial activities associated Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Comwith a particular section. The development pany (R&PC&I) opened the well-known of Punxsutawney from a small village to a Walston mines in 1882, followed by mines large commercial and industrial center in at Adrian, Eleanora, and Florence, all a few Western Pennsylvania can be seen in some short miles from Punxsutawney. of those names. Among them are Farmers The BR&P railroad made its appearance Alley and Merchants Alley (in the Rev. through Punxsutawney in the area north of Barclay’s plan in 1821), Railroad Street, Farmers Alley in the downtown. A U.S. Foundry Street, and Meter Street.

Post Office map from 1895 shows a narrow Before the opening of coal mines and the Railroad Street beginning at a location near arrival of railroads in the 1880s, almost all the North Findley Street Cemetery and runbusiness ventures of the early settlers in the ning east to North Penn Street. Prior to Punxsutawney area were related to agricul1889, what is now Ridge Avenue was ture and farming. Among the many settlenamed Railroad Street, paralleling the railments were sawmills for lumber, grist mills - Continued on page 10

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A close examination of a rare 1895 map of Punxsutawney reveals streets and alleys named for the work and commerce in the village before the industrial boom that began in the late 1880s. Indicated are Railroad Street, Farmers Alley, Merchants Alley, Tanners Alley, and Race Street. (map from collection of S. Thomas Curry)

The Streets

Continued from page 8 road line as it entered town.

Punxsutawney’s Railroad Street, as it has been known for more than a hundred years, does not exist in close proximity to the railroad tracks. What does run parallel to the railroad track is Clark Street today, running continuously from North Findley to Jenks Avenue and Ridge Avenue. The street was named for Daniel H. Clark. a director of the Jefferson Traction Company, successor to the Punxsutawney Street Passenger Railway Co., which expanded trolley service from Punxsutawney to nearby mining towns.

In 1892, the Punxsutawney Street Passenger Railway Company was organized to operate a trolley line from the East End to Clayville (now the West End of Punxsutawney). At the corner of North Findley Street below the cemetery was the trolley passenger station. The repair shop was located to the east of the station at North Penn Street. After street car service was aban-

Among a few signs added to Punxsutawney’s streetscape in recent years are Meter Street and Jensen Drive, off Horatio Street in the West End. In the left picture, Meter Street runs parallel to a building erected for a new industry in 1955 – Superior Meter Company. Jensen Drive is a roadway named for International Jensen Company that occupied the building after the meter company ceased operation. (photos by S. Thomas Curry)

doned in the Punxsutawney area, and the assets of the company sold in 1927, Clark Street was opened to the public from North Findley Street to Jenks and Ridge Avenues.

In a manner similar to that of Punxsutawney, Clayville experienced population growth in the early 1890s as a result of the opening of coal mines over the hills at Horatio. The small community was described as “a struggling part of the Punxsutawney area” by writers chronicling the arrival of the coal and coke industry.

A January 1891 news story in the Punxsutawney Spirit announced that “the Berwind White Coal Company is making preparations to sink another slope near No. 1 drift below Clayville, situated on the opposite side of the creek (Mahoning Creek) and will tap an extensive body of coal.”

By March, Eureka slope No. 6 , opposite No. 1, was operating and “progressing finely.” It was estimated that a large number of men would work in the new mines.

The Berwind White Coal Company was a leading bituminous coal company in Pennsylvania operated by Harry A. and Charles Berwind.

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By June 1891, the Spirit announced: “The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company has had the old Rees property in the west end of Clayville surveyed and laid out in town lots which they are offering for sale at very low prices. Considering that they are so close to the works of the company we expect to see a nice little town there in a few months.”

The town lots on a hill above Horatio, “in a very pretty part of town,” were laid out in streets and alleys on land that became known as the Eureka Addition to Clayville.

Another advantage was the fact the street car line from Punxsutawney would be extended to a point near the site. In August 1892, the first electric trolley car was in operation over the track from its East End depot to the jointure of North Main and South Main Streets in Clayville, a distance of a mile-and-a-half in length. (That point is where Grace Way begins in West End.) From that development, maps would include the streets of Eureka, Berwind, Pennsylvania, and New York in an area south of North Main Street and west of Perry Street.

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An early map of Clayville “from actual surveys” appeared in a larger collection of maps published in 1866 as a Map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, by A. Pomeroy of Philadelphia. The map showed landowners, residences, coal veins, and major streets that included only Main Street, Harris Street (now Perry Street), Mill Street, and Foundry Street.

Foundry Street was named in recognition of Jacob Hoover’s life and contributions to the founding of the area. The then twentyyear-old Hoover entered the forest area in 1814 and built a log cabin along a natural spring. The industrious and ambitious young man built a dam along a stream flowing from the north into Mahoning Creek and erected a saw mill. The pioneer Hoover built a crude grist mill in the same area. The stream later was named Saw Mill Run. In addition to the saw mill and grist mill, in 1840 Hoover built a foundry, recognized as the first foundry “in this or surrounding counties,” by D.R. White in his early writ- Continued on page 22

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How New Treatments for PTSD are Helping American Veterans

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hen U.S. servicemen and women return from war, they often return home plagued by anxiety, depression and sometimes Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a disorder that develops in

figures suggest that psychological trauma is a staggering burden on active-duty troops, veterans and society.

“Returning home and resuming normal life can be a challenge for any service member.

But for someone suffering from PTSD, it can be a crisis,” says Captain Keith Stuessi, M.D., a former Navy doctor and member of the board of Help Heal Veterans, the nation’s largest provider of free therapeutic arts-andcraft kits to U.S. veterans and active duty military personnel.

Because the science of PTSD was not well understood until recently, past treatments varied from heavy © Monkey Business - Fotolia.com drugs to hospitalization some people who have experienced shockto simply telling patients to forget about their ing, frightening or dangerous events. And experiences. But today, clinicians increaswhile the number of affected veterans is high, ingly believe it’s important to employ emergemerging treatments are improving their ing therapies along with psychotherapy and chances for recovery. medication in a holistic treatment approach.

According to the Department of Veterans • Mindfulness. According to a new study, Affairs, PTSD afflicts up to one in five from adding mindfulness to traditional therapy Iraq and Afghanistan in a given year, and as could be beneficial for soldiers with PTSD. many as one in three veterans from earlier Mindfulness means focusing attention on conflicts, like Vietnam, during their lifetimes. sensory perceptions and bodily sensations As of 2013, roughly 400,000 veterans affiliand includes meditation, yoga, breathing exated with the VA carried this diagnosis. These ercises and tai-chi. Mindfulness has been

shown to decrease heart rate and blood pressure.

• Art therapy. When someone expresses feelings through art, the mind can begin to let go of trauma by transferring images and ideas to another object of the patient’s creation. Art therapy can help veterans communicate memories, relieve stress and reduce symptoms of trauma-related disorders.

• Craft Therapy. Craft therapy has been proven to be an extremely effective PTSD treatment, and ample evidence suggests it has a positive overall impact on brain function.

Foremost, craft therapy helps vets take their minds off events that may have led to their illness. Engaging in craft activities has been shown to address cognitive, neurological and sensory-motor needs by targeting performance skills. It has been shown to help promote the use of right- and left-brain functioning and help maintain cognitive functioning. More information about craft therapy can be found at HealVets.org.

“I’ve seen firsthand how instrumental these emerging therapies can be. Craft therapy, in particular, gives veterans a sense of pride, purpose and productivity, as well as opportunities to connect with family and friends,” says Joe McClain, Captain USN (Retired), CEO of Help Heal Veterans. “The sad reality is that many vets will come home with psychological wounds. Fortunately, the medical community is learning more about effective treatments every day.”

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It Takes a Village Continued from page 6

wife. These bricks may have been damaged over the years during winter sidewalk plowing, or caring family members may have retrieved them.

The end of the story?

Helping to beautify downtown Punxsutawney is, and has been, one of the Punxsutawney Garden Club’s primary missions since it was founded in 1933. Spring comes, and the Garden Club plants; fall comes, and the Garden Club cleans up dead plant debris and puts perennials to bed for the winter.

Spring comes again, and Garden Club starts over – replanting, renewing, tending, and watering.

Sometimes, the Garden Club must remove and replace spent perennials in some of its nine beautification projects in town. But that’s the natural cycle of life among mortal living things. Botanist and artist Fernand Lequennne (1856-1932) observed this truism about gardening: “If you really want to draw close to your garden, you must remember first of all that you are dealing with a being that lives and dies, like the human body.” Like him, Garden Club members know that their work, planting and tending, will never be done; that’s the joy of nurturing plant life, seeing new sprouts and leaves and flowers.

Will the 2017 replacement trees last forever? Of course not! But that fact will give future Chamber directors and community groups like PRIDE, the Garden Club, and all the caring volunteers out there in “the village” of willing hands their opportunity to do the satisfying work of making Punxsutawney beautiful again – in their time.

Gloria Kerr is president of the Punxsutawney Garden Club.

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By Marty Armstrong for Hometown magazine mong the many immigrants who came to the Punxsutawney region are a number of individuals who are recorded as having served in the U.S. military during World War I. Those so noted (there could be many more) include Alfred Lill (Nottingham, England), Steve Yambor (Austria-Hungary), Gennaro Perri (Motta, Santa Lucia, Italy), Pete Mondi (San Pier, Niceto, Italy), Cataldo Scarantin (Italy), William Butkewich (Dilma, Poland), and Carl Hetager (Christiana, Norway). n The son of Joseph Lill, miner in the Sykesville area, Al Lill, though severely wounded by gunshots to both legs during WWI, was active in the Punxsutawney and Sykesville communities, belonging to the American Legion, the John W. Jenks Masonic Lodge, the Coudersport Consistory and the Jaffa Shrine. He was married in 1921 to the former Verna Mowery of Soldier. n A miner prior to enlistment, Steve Yambor, of Horatio, returned to that work following the war. His military registration card describes him as an alien, having been born in Austria-Hungary. He was a member of Ss. Cosmas & Damian Roman Catholic Church and never married. n Twenty-three-year-old tailor, Jene Perri, a naturalized citizen at the time of his enlistment, married the former Mary Gigliotti of Walston on the last day of December 1917. After WWI, Perri operated the Perri Tailoring and Dry Cleaning Shop on North Findley Street in Punxsutawney for fortyfive years. He was a member of Ss. Cosmas & Damian Roman Catholic Church and belonged to the Elks, Eagles, Moose, and the American Legion. A son, Frank, served with the United States Air Force in England in later years. n Pete Mondi of Walston, not yet a citizen, wrote on his registration card that he was declaring his intention to become a citizen. Employed in 1917 by the Kurtz and Rinn Coal Co. prior to enlistment, Mondi sustained wounds overseas in October 1918 and returned to the U.S. in June of 1919. He married the former Lena Farbo of Walston in 1921 and continued to work as a miner.

He was a member of the St. Anthony’s Church in Walston and belonged to the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, the Moose, and the American Legion. n Cataldo Scarantin of Anita was a member of the Adrian Band at the time of his enlistment. The Pine Street photograph of 1917 Jefferson County enlistees (page 18, Hometown, Volume 196) shows him holding his trumpet – he is the fourth enlistee from the right in the back row. Following his service overseas, he returned home and worked at a miner. Proficient with many musical instruments, he also was employed for a time by the Works Progress Administration as a music teacher. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Anita and was married to the former Teresa Garvy. n William Butkewich, featured on page 10 of Hometown, Volume 204, was a naturalized citizen, born in Poland, from the Sykesville area. In 1923, he married the former Mary Bly. He was a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic

Church of Sykesville, the Sykesville American Legion, the Kramer United Mine Workers of America Local No. 88, and the Ukrainian Society No. 401.

These men, and one more, all born in Europe, had various statuses as citizens at the time of their enlistment, from naturalized citizen to alien. In some instances, they were described as having declared their intent to become citizens. One such man was Carl Gustov Anderson Hetager, born in Christiana, Norway. He came to the U.S. at age twenty, a strong and athletic young

man. While a teen in Norway he attended military school and had worked for a circus, demonstrating various gymnastic abilities.

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St. Anthony’s Festival was begun with the formation of the St. Anthony Society in 1900, during the tenure of Father John B. DeVille. It provided a way for the residents of Walston to come together as a community. In 1998, St. Anthony’s held a centennial celebration. The Festival, held on the Sunday nearest the feast of St. Anthony on June 13, had become a time of reunion as well as procession and religious service. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society)

Father John Continued from page 7

On February 23, 1904, Father DeVille spent the last hours of Michael Pallone’s twenty-four years of life with him at the jail in Brookville. He walked with Pallone to the gallows, witnessed his execution, and performed the last rites of the church.

Michael Pallone was the second person hanged for the crime of murder in the history of Jefferson County. (The first hanging had taken place thirty-seven years before.)

On May 2, 1903, John Battisti Aiello, age nineteen and newly arrived from Italy, witnessed Frank Carfa, a known aggressor, engaged in a heated altercation with Aiello’s brother-in-law. Aiello rushed to

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Father DeVille continued to advance the mission work of the church, overseeing the building of the Catholic Church at Yatesboro and participating in the dedication the Rossiter Catholic Church. He was a respected orator and invited to speak at a variety of events including the graduation of nurses from the Punxsutawney Hospital Nurses Training Program and before the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

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Father DeVille gave the address at the gathering. He spoke in English, and Dr. P.G. Spinelli interpreted in Italian. He paid homage to Christopher Columbus, an Italian, who changed what was then known about the world. The discovery of America by the fifty-five-year-old Columbus was not a happenstance. Although faced with naysayers, Columbus prepared himself through study, research, and planning for his undertaking. When kings and others of influence refused to support his experiment, Columbus went to lesser-known sources. His journey provided volumes of new scientific information. It opened the door to riches beyond measure for the naysayers, who rewarded him by usurping his discoveries and putting him in jail. However, it is Columbus who is remembered – Columbus, the man of ideas and action, who inspires those who seek to achieve heroic and brave deeds.

DeVille then spoke about the ItalianAmerican in 1909: “Fellow citizens! Oh, how much does not the word imply – oh how much some of you will smart under the appellation, yet, it is true. We are your fellow citizens and we have just as much right upon this continent as you have. We are late coming it is true, but we are only removed a few generations from your original citizenship, and that is all. From England and Scotland, and Ireland, and Germany, and Scandinavia, your forefathers have come, just as our future generations may say of their forefathers that have come from Italy. Our people have peculiarities and defects inherent to race, clime and surroundings, but they will be gradually eliminated as the defects of your forefathers were, in the process of assimilation, and tomorrow the children of the Italians will be our great statesmen and legislators, our soldiers and patriots, our poets and litterateurs, not because - Continued on page 22

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This photograph of the Hetager family at home in Punxsutawney was taken by the White Studio in 1943, the year of matriarch Kirsti Hetager’s death. Seated (left to right) are Marie, Herman, Carl Gustav Hetager, and Lillian, and in the back are LeRoy (left) and Karl. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.)

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Continued from page 17 drilling companies. Young Herman later attended the Valley Forge Military Academy.

Carl Hetager Sr. died in an automobile accident in 1951. An article published in the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society’s October 2006 newsletter recounts the memories his children have of him spending hours with them telling stories and recalling their Norwegian heritage.

Americans all, fully integrated into American life, these immigrants and their families served their adopted country well.

Volunteering as they did for military service, immigrants accounted for 18 percent U.S. troops during WWI according the National Park Service (www.nps.gov/articles/immigrants-in-the-military-during-wwi .htm). At one point registering for service with the intent to become a citizen was required to obtain that citizenship, but in all cases, the time frame was shortened and the paperwork streamlined. Immigrants serving today in the U.S. armed forces have recourse to an expedited naturalization process according the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website ( h t t p s : / / w w w. u s c i s . g o v / n e w s / f a c t sheets/naturalization-through-military-service-fact-sheet).

Marty Armstrong is member of the Collections Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. •••

Getting the Kaiser’s Goat A portion of the picture of 100-plus World War I enlistees gathered together on September 7, 1917, on Pine Street, Punxsutawney, shows Fred L. Shoop, designated leader of the first ten-man contingent from Punxsutawney, holding a goat, whose presence with the men is a matter of conjecture. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.)

Prominently positioned in the front ranks of the 100plus World War i enlistees from the lower portion of Jefferson County who assembled on september 7, 1917, on Pine street, Punxsutawney (the full picture was published on page 18 of Hometown, volume 196) is a sturdy goat in the custody of Fred l. shoop, designated leader of the first ten-man contingent from Punxsutawney. some speculate that the goat was a mascot; however, research reveals that, while the goat is a U.s. Navy mascot, the men pictured were entering the U.s. Army. Another plausible reason for the goat’s presence may be found in a popular catchphrase of the time – “Getting the Kaiser’s Goat.” the phrase “i’ll Get the Kaiser’s Goat” appears in a poster that is part of a photogravure of a WWi American soldier made in 1917 after the United states declared war on Germany. in addition, “When We Get the Kaiser’s Goat” was a popular WWi-era song, which featured lyrics by Hattie E. Green and music by leo Friedman. similar popular songs include “We’ll Get the Kaiser’s Goat” and “i’m the Man that Got the German Kaiser’s Goat.” One can safely imagine that the goat photographed with the Jefferson County men represents the goat that American soldiers will take from the Kaiser.

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he Punxsutawney Sports Hall of Fame – “Celebrating the Athletic Experience” – will induct six new members at its fourteenth induction banquet on Saturday, November 18, at the Punxsutawney High School Café. The inductees are Staci Heberling (Punxsutawney Area High School Class of 2005), Gary Juart (Indiana Senior High School Class of 1966), Devin Mesoraco (PAHS Class of 2007), Daniel Petroff (PAHS Class of 1992), John Smith (PAHS Class of 1967), and Gary Conners (Punxsutawney High School Class of 1954), who will be posthumously inducted.

The Hall of Fame will also posthumously recognize Dr. John “Jack” Smelko (PAHS Class of 1965), who will be honored with the Chuck Daly Lifetime Contributor Award – an award to celebrate and commemorate Chuck Daly’s connection to Punxsutawney athletics (he began his coaching career as the head coach of the boys basketball team in 1955) and those individuals who “have made significant contributions to not only Punxsutawney High School sports, but to other local sports organizations as well.”

Staci Heberling (Class of 2005) Staci – currently a graduate student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania – was a four-year letter winner in both basketball and track. She scored 1,579 points (the highest total in PAHS basketball history) and holds the record for the fastest 100-meter sprint in school history (12.5 seconds). She was a four-year member of the all-district basketball team, and was recognized as the PIAA District 9 Player of the Year for her junior and senior years. Following her senior year, Staci earned second team all-state honors. She was named Most Valuable Player of the track team during her junior and senior years, and for three years, she qualified for the state track-and-field meet.

Following her storied high school basketball career, Staci continued playing ball at IUP, where she played in every game of her four-year career – playing an IUP all-time best 125 games. She finished her IUP career in the top ten in three categories (blocked shots, rebounds, and steals) and in the top twenty in field goals made, field goal percentage, and points. She was named MVP of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference following the 2007-2008 season.

Gary Juart (Class of 1966) Gary was a two-year letterman – his junior and senior years – in football, basketball, and baseball during his athletic career at In-

diana Area Senior High School. Following college, he taught at Punxsutawney Area High School for thirty-four years. During those years, Gary served as head coach of the Chucks football team for thirteen years, compiling a 75-61-4 record – making him the winningest coach in school history. During his tenure, the Chucks won two PIAA District 9 AAAA league championships (1987 and 1991) and one District 9 AAAA Championship (1991). During the 1991 state playoffs, the Chucks lost 7-0 to Erie – a heartbreaking loss for the Chucks faithful.

In addition to accumulating a total of thirty years of coaching experience, Gary served as PAHS assistant athletic director for seven years and as athletic director for a year and a half.

Devin Mesoraco (Class of 2007) Devin is part of the long history of quality baseball in the Punxsutawney area. He played ball for PAHS for four years and finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in home runs, walks, and runs scored.

He capped his high school career by being named Pennsylvania’s 2007 Gatorade High School Player of the year. He was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round – he was the 15th overall selection – of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. In 2014, the catcher was named to the National League All-Star roster for the mid-summer Major League Baseball All-Star Game. That year, Devin had a .273 batting average, hit twenty-five home runs, and drove in eighty runs – all career highs. The 2017 season was Devin’s seventh with the Reds.

Daniel Petroff (Class of 1992) Dan was a three-year letterman in both basketball and baseball for the Chucks. He also earned a letter in football. In 1992, he played in the finals of the PIAA state basketball finals and was the leading scorer and rebounder on that runner-up team. Dan was named a PIAA District 9 all-star following his junior and senior years. Adept on the pitcher’s mound, he led his team in strikeouts and compiled a 15-5 record during his senior year. His accomplishments on the diamond did not go unnoticed, and he received a two-year scholarship to play baseball at Gulf Coast Community College, located in Panama City, Florida, where he was named to all-section and all-American teams. He also set a number of school records, including pitching forty-eight consecutive innings without giving up a run. His prowess earned - Continued on page 24

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ings in 1887. In the Autobiography of George W. Porter, in 1929, Porter described this “first” as a “foundry and agricultural works.” Farmers came from fifteen to twenty miles away to purchase implements “although crudely constructed and heavy enough” to last a lifetime. In those years, a farmer would buy a plow point, farm implements, a stove, and other metal products from the foundry. However, in that “buying” transaction for his needs, a farmer would trade flour or grain, butter, fruit, eggs, vegetable, and other farm products.

The mining industry and railroad operations became stronger in the economy. The site of the Hoover foundry became the location of the Star Iron Works and Foundry, owned by G.W. Porter. After a fire in November 1889, Porter built a new brick building, claimed to be “one of the largest foundries and machine shops in this part of the county.” One of those buildings still exists along Saw Mill Run, east of Foundry Street.

Another industry from the past, once a major industry in the local economy in the nineteenth century, is acknowledged on Punxsutawney maps but not on visible street signs where the industry was in operation in the central area of old Punxsutawney.

The 1891 obituary of Judge James Torrence describes his role in Punxsutawney history. Born in Westmoreland County, and “when of sufficient age,” he apprenticed in the tanners trade before he settled in Punxsutawney about 1830 at the age of eighteen.

He bought a piece of land a short distance from Findley Street (Findley Street was then the western boundary of the town of Punxsutawney). On that land he built a house on Mahoning Street and opened his own tannery on the land between his dwelling and Union Street. Of the 160 feet in that tract of land, ten feet was designated an alley and named Tanners’ Alley. In 1865,

he gave up his active interest in the tannery and “lived the rest of his life upon the proceeds of his earlier toil.” In the 1860s, James Torrence served as Associate Judge of Jefferson County.

Tanning is the process of making leather.

The industry depended on lumber from the nearby forests and raw animal hides. The animal hides were soaked in solutions made of the bark from trees. An acidic chemical reaction slowly turned hides into leather. Of course, “tannery” is the word for a place where these skins are processed.

In Punxsutawney’s West End, across the Margiotti Bridge and off Horatio Street, are two streets related to former industries that occupied a building that was built in 1955, Their names have left an empty feeling for residents who might remember the disappointment about their closing in the midst of years when coal mines were shutting down and miners were unemployed. It was a time when many communities were in competition with each other, “beating the bushes” to attract new industries.

Punxsutawney area people raised $200,000 to erect a 50,000-square-foot building for a new industry, with the hope of more jobs. The Superior Meter Company was introduced to hopeful people. In a few years, Superior Meter merged with Neptune Meter Company, and the local plant ceased operations in 1962. With the new building vacant, a new effort began to attract another industry to occupy the building.

Arriving on the scene was International Jensen, Inc., a company with a long history in producing radio speakers for commercial and military use. Jensen speakers were popular items in the 1960s and 1970s.

Superior Meter and International Jensen are gone. But their names remain in street signs – Meter Street and Jensen Drive – around the building built for new industry in perilous times.

Future writing will present Punxsutawney streets named after local women – and information about streets in town that follow the theme of nature and the natural features of the local topography.

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Father John

Continued from page 18 they are Italians, but because they are Italo-Americans, not unmindful of their mother country and her great sons, but at the same time willing and anxious to serenely work for the greatness of their new country that received them as her sons.

“We are here in your midst today, and here to stay. We are necessary to the material and social up building of the country we love as you do. We are only of yesterday, but we have become a part of your life, and we are willing to co-operate with you provided you treat us fairly and intelligently. Do not think for a moment that we are not susceptible, or too dumb to resent slights. During Home Week the Slavish and Polish Societies were invited to take part in the parade, but not one Italian society was invited, yet our people patronize your stores and institutions as anyone else does. Again, a so-called patriotic society of the town refused to march, headed by a first class Italian band. The foolish quixotic patriots that they are, to say the least.

“You cannot accuse us Italians of intolerance, of prejudice, religious or otherwise. We are Catholics, staunch Catholics at that; but we respect the views and religious sentiments of everybody. I am a Catholic Priest, have been here for fifteen years and yet never a word have I said against any one on account of his religion.

I love and respect Protestant and Jew and Mormon for that matter, and in so doing I voice the liberal sentiments of my people.

In saying this I defy contradiction. In the past we have worked harmoniously with our Judge, our Congressman and our Senator. We shall do so in the future as long as they remain our friends and protectors.

Their presence here today reveals their reciprocation of our feelings. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for having made it possible that the 12th of October be made a State holiday; for hav-

ing accepted our invitation, and we assure them that we shall ever cooperate with them in everything that tends to the greatness and prosperity of their dear land, our own dear land of adoption, the United States of America.”

This was perhaps DeVille’s strongest public speech given and recorded during his tenure in Walston. However he continued to put forth ways for all residents to be included in mainstream society. As one of the speakers at the Stockholders Meeting of the Punxsutawney National Bank on February 25, 1910, he addressed the subject of “The Foreign Depositor” in language that clearly stated that the foreigner (immigrant) was becoming a factor in banking circles, that the “foreigner” was ceasing to be a foreigner and deserved the recognition due to him as a citizen.

Father DeVille lived by the law and encouraged others to do likewise. He believed in and spoke strongly on the First Amendment Rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. He held his parish members and the public to the same high standard.

Resources used in the preparation of this article are available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, the U.S. Census online, and the Library of Congress. The complete speech of Father DeVille is included in the October 13, 1909, issue of the Punxsutawney Spirit.

This article has been prepared by the Coal Memorial Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc., which seeks to document and preserve the history and impact of coal in the Punxsutawney area. Forms for purchasing a Coal Memorial tile to honor any person who worked in any aspect of the coal industry may be found online at www.punxsyhistory.org or may be picked up at the Lattimer House, 400 West Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney. Comments on this article may be directed to PAHGS, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.

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For more information, go to www.groundhog.org. n Oct. 28: Punxsy Halloween Fest, noon to 6 p.m., at Barclay Square. Proceeds benefit Punxsy REACT. n Oct. 28: Trunk or Treat, 6 to 8 p.m., at First Church of God, Punxsy. n Oct. 28: First Annual Fall Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Camp Mountain Run. Family fun & Scouting activities. Sponsored by Crew 509. There is an admission fee. n Oct. 31: Halloween Parade at 5:30 p.m., followed by trick or treating in Punxsy Borough til 9 p.m. n Nov. 1: Blood drive, 1 to 5:30 p.m., at Punxsy Christian School. Benefits the American Red Cross. n Nov. 3 & 4: “A Bazaar for All Seasons,” at Woodland Ave. UM Church. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crafts, lunch, etc. n Nov. 3 & 4: Grange’s Helping Hands free clothing at Grange Church of God. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. n Nov. 4: Bazaar, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Grange Church of God. n Nov. 3, 4 & 5: Smicksburg Old Fash-

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Various locations around town. n Nov. 4: Jeff Tech Fall Festival, 2 to 5 p.m., at Jeff Tech in Reynoldsville. n Nov. 4: “For the Love of Water,” Girl Scout Brownie program, 10 a.m. to noon, Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. Call 9381000 or e-mail info@weatherdiscovery.org for registration. n Nov. 5: Daylight Savings Time ends.

Turn your clocks 1 hour back. n Nov. 7: Election Day! Go Vote! Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. n Nov. 7: First Tuesday Community Meal, 5 p.m., at Punxsy Presbyterian Church. Free & open to the public. n Nov. 10: Community Dinner, 5 p.m., at First United Methodist Church. Free & open to the public. n Nov. 11: Veterans Day service, 11 a.m., at First Baptist Church of Punxsy. n Nov. 11 & 12: Smicksburg Old Fashioned Country Christmas Open House. n Nov. 16: Great American Smoke Out, sponsored by the American Cancer Society. n Nov. 18: SSCD Christmas Bazaar at Wienker Hall & Gym. n Nov. 18: “Jurassic Weather,” 10 a.m. to noon, at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center.

Call 938-1000 or e-mail info@weatherdiscovery.org for registration. n Nov. 18: Community Thanksgiving Meal, 2 to 6 p.m., at The Salvation Army.

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Dan works at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in International Education, and he teaches basketball and baseball in the Indiana School District.

John Smith (Class of 1967) John was a member of the Chucks track and field team from his freshman through his senior years. During his final year, he set the school’s pole vault record. In the spring of 1965, John was a member of Jack LaMarca’s famed track and field team, which went undefeated in dual meets and won the PIAA District 9 Track and Field Championship.

Following high school, John earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from Slippery Rock University. After graduation, he was hired by the Punxsutawney Area School District, where he taught physical education for forty-four and a half years.

John began his forty-five-year career as a track and field coach working as assistant varsity coach under Coach LaMarca. He later became head coach, and retained that position until his retirement after the 2015 season. John began coaching the boys cross country team in the fall of 1972, coaching the team for forty-three years, during which time he also coach the girls cross country team in the 1970s, 1980s, and the 1990s. His boys teams won an incredible twenty-three PIAA District 9 championships, and his 1977 team won the Chucks first-ever PIAA State Championship. John’s girls teams also won a number of district titles.

Having received many accolades during his long coaching career, John was most pleased with receiving the Life Time Achievement Award from the Pennsylvania Tri-State Track Coaches Association, an association of more than eighty schools from western and central Pennsylvania.

Gary Conners (Class of 1954) The late Gary Conners is a legend in the annals of Punxsutawney Chucks football.

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Gary also played football collegiately for Indiana University and professionally for the Baltimore Colts. He was also a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army.

Gary was as successful off the gridiron as he was on it. His company, Conners Construction Inc. (doing business as Conners Crushed Stone), in Lott, Texas, is the largest employer in Falls County.

Gary passed away at his home in Lott on May 23, 2017, months after celebrating his eighty-second birthday on March 9.

Dr. John “Jack” Smelko (Class of 1965) Before entering high school, Jack – the “doctor” was still in the future – was a member of the 1960 Groundhog Little League team that participated in the state tournament. During his high school years, Dr. Smelko was a letter-winner who played football, basketball, and baseball. Following high school, he played football at the Bordenton Military Academy in New Jersey.

Jack then earned an Army ROTC scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, he was accepted into Pitt’s dental program. All told, he completed the rigorous eight-year program (undergraduate and graduate) in seven years.

Dr. Smelko was a dentist in the Punxsutawney community for forty-one years, serving as the school district’s dentist for many of those years. Having played sports as a youth, Dr. Smelko became an ardent and lifelong supporter of Punxsutawney sports.

He helped found the A.J. Parise Youth Football Program to honor his friend, Tony Parise. He was a sponsor of Groundhog Little League teams, and he faithfully attended Chucks sporting events throughout his life.

Dr. Smelko helped to start the Punxsutawney Sports Hall of Fame and was an original member of the Hall of Fame’s Committee, serving as a member for many years.

Dr. Smelko passed away on September 15, 2015. One of his life’s mantras was, “If you always do right, you can’t go wrong,” and the good doctor lived his words and left an enduring legacy of doing right.

The Hall of Fame induction banquet will begin at 6 p.m. (with a meet-and-greet at 5:30 p.m.). The meal will be provided by Shannon’s Catering. Tickets for the event are $25 and will be available through Wednesday, November 8, at the high school office, at Frank’s Star Lunch, and from any member of the Hall of Fame Committee.

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Trick-or-treat only at houses that are lit up, and never go inside of anyone’s home.

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Community Center to Host ‘Country & Christmas’ with Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

(“From Our Past,” researched by S. Thomas Curry, features items of interest from past editions of Punxsutawney and area newspapers.)

September 14, 1887 — S. B. Ake has added to his restaurant a fine line of confectioneries. A new nibley sign was put up early this week. The Acme Restaurant is now fully equipped with everything that makes a first-class restaurant. (Punxsutawney News)

September 21, 1906 — There is an automobile, owned by a Punxsutawney citizen, that passes through Big Run, at frequent intervals and in a manner that not only raises the dust but the ire of every citizen of town.

An utter disregard is paid to the laws governing machines while on the public highways and to the welfare of pedestrians, as well. The chauffeur exhibits a powerful lack of a commodity very essential in that sport, brains. (Big Run Tribune)

September 25, 1901 — An effort is being made by some ladies of this town to establish a kindergarten school here, and which promises to be successful. A good teacher has been secured, and just as soon as a sufficient number of pupils are obtained the school will be opened. A school of this kind is needed here, as it is acknowledged on all hands to be the ideal method of instructing young children. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

September 25 1907 — The three really big annual social, scientific and industrial events of the season in this section are the

Buckwheat picnic at Goodville, the annual hunt of the Punxsutawney and Pittsburg Groundhog Club at this place and the fair at Dayton and by no means the least of these is yet to come. Tomorrow all roads in this section, public, automobile and steam, will lead to Dayton, where the day’s doings will include everything that may be seen or experienced at an up-to-date county fair.

(Punxsutawney Spirit)

September 28, 1904 — Attorney A. J. Truitt is having a house built on his property on E. Union St. which is the first of its kind to be built in town. The house is built out of cement and the walls are about six inches thick. There are many who believe the time is coming when cement structures of this kind will be as common as brick or wooden now. (Punxsutawney Spirit) [Note: The house was demolished, and the site is now a parking lot for the First Presbyterian Church.]

September 30, 1869 — The revoking of the Dental License of Dr. W. J. Chandler, of this place, for the use of Rubber in dentistry as advertised in the PLAINDEALER, was a mistake. The charges were revoked and declared null and void. Therefore, he is prepared to attend to all who may wish to purchase Rubber Dental Plates and anything in his line. His office is on Mahoning street. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) [Note: At that time, there was no East and West Mahoning Street. Dr. Chandler’s office was located where the Allemang’s Realty office is now.]

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f you are ready for a good-time, toetapping, holiday concert – “a really big show” in the parlance of the late Ed Sullivan – clear your Saturday, November 25, calendar and make plans to attend “Country & Christmas,” featuring Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brother, at the Punxsutawney Community Center.

The show will begin at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) in the Center’s Jackson Theater.

The close family harmonies of Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers give the trio a signature sound on display in country classics like “All the Gold in California” and “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer to You).” The brothers won a Grammy Award for their 1976 breakthrough hit, “Broken Lady” and reached Number 1 on the charts with several other songs soon thereafter. In addition to receiving five career nominations for the Academy Country Music’s Vocal Group of the Year, the Gatlin Brothers picked up three ACM trophies in 1979 – Single of the Year (“All the Gold in California”), Album of the Year (Straight Ahead), and Male Vocalist of the Year (Larry Gatlin).

Larry Gatlin has written songs recorded

by Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Dottie West, Roy Orbison, Barry Gibb, and countless Gospel artists, including the Gaither Vocal Band, the Booth Brothers, the Isaacs, and many more. After sixty-two years of making music, the brothers continue to perform nearly 100 live concert dates each year.

Tickets for “Christmas & Country” are on sale and can be purchased by calling (814) 938-9632 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Three levels of tickets are available: $29, $39, and $49 (prices do not include administrative and processing fees).

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Hometown Community Continued from page 23

Guild presents “It’s A Wonderful Life,” 7:30 p.m., at the Punxsy Area Middle School Auditorium. Tickets available at the door. n Dec. 1: Last day to sign up for Christmas assistance at The Salvation Army. Call 938-5530 for information. n Dec. 3: Punxsy Theatre Arts Guild presents “It’s A Wonderful Life,” 2 p.m., at the Punxsy Area Middle School Auditorium.

Tickets available at the door. n A Young Adult Ministries group, for ages 18-29, has begun at the First United Methodist Church. The group meets from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays. Call 938-7500 for more information. n The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign begins in November and continues through Dec. 24. Kettles can be found at various locations around Punxsy. n The Punxsy Weather Discovery Center offers “Toddler Time” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Monday for children ages 2-5 and their parents, grandparents, babysitters, etc.

No registration necessary, just walk in. $6 per person & free admission for children age 2 and under. n The Punxsutawney Area Community Center offers indoor cycling, batting cage, Fifty & Fit, SilverSneakers, AM men’s basketball, Pilates/yoga, and gymnastics. Call 938-1008 for more information.

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