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By Jennifer Skarbek for Hometown magazine n the year since Lindsay Kendra and her group of volunteers launched their program, Snacks to Grow On, in the Punxsutawney Area School District, the nonprofit organization has noted an increase in the number of students who are participating, in its ability to fulfill its mission, and in the amount of interest shown by the community.

Simply put, Snacks to Grow On is ‌ well ‌ growing.

As reported in the April 2015 issue of Punxsutawney Hometown, Snacks to Grow On was created by Kendra as a way to supplement the nutritional needs of students in the district, in particular those who qualify for free or reduced lunches, and at no additional cost to the school. Kendra, a parent of an elementary student and an active member of the Parent Teacher Organization, or PTO, became aware of the alarmingly high number of local children who do not have means of proper nutrition, especially over the weekends when school breakfast and lunch are not offered. This fact, along with knowledge of other supplemental programs benefitting students in neighboring districts and counties, prompted Kendra to act on her instincts and establish Snacks to Grow On as a way to “provide nutrition for children� and, in the long run, help her community by helping its members.

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The A to Z Game: Stuff I Miss from My Childhood

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By Mary Ellen Pollock-Raneri for Hometown magazine hate going to the dentist. I’m not really sure why I don’t like it – my dentist is a great guy. He is a calm man, cracks funny jokes, and plays country music while he fills a cavity. At any rate, I have devised silly little mind games to alleviate my dental anxiety and to take my thoughts off of the buzzing of the drill. I like to call it “the A to Z game.” As I recline in the tooth throne, I try to think of words that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Sometimes I do dog breeds; sometimes I think of fruit or vegetables.

Sometimes, I even do movie stars; however, the last time I was at the dentist, I played the A to Z game with stuff I miss from my childhood in Punxsutawney. It proved to be a fascinating mental exercise, it took my mind off my cavity, and it gave me some pretty good fodder for a magazine article!

A – The A&P. The grocery store was located on North Findley Street, just before the train tracks, and I loved shopping there with my mom and dad. I can almost taste the Spanish Bar, a rectangular spice cake topped with white sugar icing. My dad always managed to cajole Mom into bringing one of those desserts home for us.

Usually, my folks shot the breeze with the manager, Bill, and then meandered around the store, picking up a few groceries while I looked at the magazine rack that usually housed Humpty Dumpty or Jack & Jill, which were magazines for kids. I particularly remember gazing at a shoeshine kit in that old A&P, a kit that I was positive my father would love. It cost six dollars, and I saved my money, so I could buy it for my dad.

B – The Blue Tavern. Located in Walston, the Blue Tavern was one of my folks’ favorite places to get pizza. As a small child who liked to sing Italian songs, my father would let me entertain our group with my personal favorite, Lazy Mary (Luno Mezzo Mare), and the establishment there never complained about the impromptu entertainment.

C – The Circle Hill Cemetery. How I loved riding my bike up and down the paths that wound around Circle Hill Ceme-

tery in Fairview! Usually, on a summer afternoon, my childhood buddies and I whiled away the day on the green grass of Circle Hill – a day filled with our bicycle jaunts and a brown bag snack that we munched as we watched the clouds float about in the blue sky.

D – Hot Dogs at Carlino’s. I’m going to cheat a bit on this one; however, the “dogs” served up at Carlino’s were about the best thing I ever ate in my entire life. They were grilled to perfection and blanketed in a rectangular bun that was grilled and slightly buttered. Funny thing is that I remember that their hamburgers were served in the same kind of bun and were equally delightful. Yes, that little luncheonette, located on that famous sharp corner that led into town, sure served up a little piece of Heaven!

E – The Eberharts. Jim and Cora Eberhart were the nicest people in the world, and they were our neighbors in Fairview.

You would always find Mr. Eberhart in his garden, tilling his plants. Usually sporting a wide-brimmed straw hat, he always shouted out a big “Hello!” to anyone who passed by their little white home. Mrs. Eberhart, a former seamstress for Kaufmann’s Department Store, made all my Barbie Doll clothes for me. I still treasure the tiny hand-knitted suits and berets that she fashioned for my precious doll collection.

F – The Findley Hotel. Sometimes, on a warm summer evening, my dad would take me into the Findley Hotel, a restaurant that was located near the A&P. While he enjoyed a “cold one,” he would order me a root beer. There, in the bar, my dad and I talked about important stuff like school and recess and the television shows that I liked.

G – Gamble’s Gas Station. Lee Gamble was a tall, lanky, former baseball player who owned a gas station just outside of town – on the way to Elk Run. My dad got all his gas at Lee’s – it was the only gas he “trusted” in our station wagon, but I think he just liked stopping there. Typically, Dad would stop the car at the pump in front of the door and get out of the car to chat with Lee. The two guys just liked to ruminate over the latest happenings in town or the - Continued on page 12

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Continued from page 2 She commented, “It makes you really conof food home,” Kendra added. scious when you’re trying to find the best With Snacks to Grow On’s introduction to deals. This week it’s tuna and chicken noodle the district going over so well, Kendra’s efsoup.” forts were validated, giving the group the inKendra purchases large quantities of these centive it needed to prepare for the next aforementioned items, storing them at a school year. However, with no federal or nearby location generously offered free of state funding, Kendra was aware from the charge by her father Mike Defelice, until they start that a slew of fundraising would have to are needed for the bags. Then, Kendra and occur in order to secure her friends meet at the monies to purchase the beginning of each week supplies for the proand work on filling the gram. Thus, the group bags with non-perishspent last summer diliable food items, waiting gently working to raise to add other items to these funds through each bag closer to the events, sales, and giveactual distribution date. aways.

“We pack on Sunday “We had a dance at the or Monday,” Kendra Moose and one at the said. “Thursday, we go Walston Club,” Kendra in and finish the packreported. “We also sold ing with fresh fruits and doughnuts twice and bread.” had a giveaway for eiOf the bread that is on ther a Polaris Ranger or the menu every week, cash.”

Kendra appreciates the Although these funcfact that her aunt, Lil tions and fundraisers reDefelice, who owns and quired much planning, operates Lilly’s restauwork, and time, Kendra rant on Mahoning was pleased with the re- Mark Gagliardi, co-founder of Shoot for a Street, has continually sults. The efforts yielded Cure, offers some instruction to a partici- provided the delicious enough funding for pant at an event in Washington D.C. on how fare.

Snacks to Grow On to to break a pair of targets. (submitted photo) “Lilly’s has been a pick up in the fall of huge help and very sup2015 where it had left off at the end of the portive,” Kendra declared. “Kudos to those previous school year. bakers.”

Kendra and her group, which accrued more Once packed, the bags are delivered to the members over the next year, including Ashhandful of schools for distribution. ley Jordan, Kelly Lott, Julie Dickey, and Kendra reported, “We have people who deShawna Homan, continued the nutritionliver to schools, which is a big plus. We’ve minded program at Jenks Hill at the start of been blessed with a lot of good help.” the 2015-16 school year, adding an additional Kendra added that the group pre-selects the elementary school every month to its list, snacks according to nutritional value and until all but one building were covered. puts the items into four group options. They “It’s been a whirlwind and we got a lot acthen alternate the selections from week to complished,” Kendra proudly said. “We have week so that each recipient receives a varinot yet made it to Mapleview, but it will be ety over the year. In addition to the schools’ next.” being very open to the mission, Kendra apKendra explained that much preparation preciates the support that the group has remust happen before each bag can head out ceived from the district. “They have helped the doors of the school in the hands of a us tremendously,” she said. thankful student. First, this mindful mom and Likewise, as the message and mission of her crew construct well-thought-out lists of Snacks to Grow On spreads throughout the possible food choices for the bags – ones that town, Kendra is thrilled that more and more make sound nutritional sense. Then, with a - Continued on page 6

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By the Coal Memorial Committee for Hometown magazine

he two decades between 1900 and 1920 were a time of great changes in the world, many of which had an impact on women living in the Punxsutawney area. Women are often overlooked as contributors to the development of mining communities and to the larger society. Viewers who watched the PBS series Downton Abbey saw the changes that took place in England during these decades. Early in the series, there was an emphasis on women’s suffrage.

As the series progressed, the most profound changes were in the roles of women and the evolving of the working class from dependency to independent contributors to the economic and social structure of their society.

Similar changes took place in the Punxsutawney area. The massive emigration from Western Europe to the area brought many people who had lived in paternalistically structured societies where roles were prescribed for women and men, as well as for the working class and the aristocracy. For these immigrants to the United States, the world changed dramatically, especially for the girls and women.

The early immigrants – those who arrived before 1890 – found that the European system, where young women of the working class entered service as a maid and remained in that position until they married, did not exist here. Girls and young women in the Punxsutawney area usually lived and worked in their family until they were married. As wives and mothers they spent most of their

time performing the traditional work of caring for their husbands and raising their children. When additional assistance in the home was needed, a female relative was asked to help or temporary girls were hired to assist in maintaining the home.

With the development of the coal industry, class distinction became more pronounced in the social structure of the Punxsutawney area. Among some long-established families, mining executives, hotel keepers, businessmen, and others, it became a practice to hire young women from the mining communities as servants. The 1900 U.S. Census lists 110 servants in Punxsutawney, including Emma Black, age 26, who came to America in 1883 from Germany at age 9 and worked for local lawyer Henry W. Mundorf and his wife Adda; Bridget McNiell, age 20, who emigrated from Ireland in 1899 and was a servant in the home of Ben and Annie Record; Mary Andrakovich, age 14, who was born in Russia in 1886, came to American with her parents in 1899, and was a servant for restaurant operator Gabriel Suarto; Julia Kupec, age 16, who was born of Austrian parents and was a servant for James and Emma Ward; Lillie Williams, age 22, who was born in Wales, emigrated, in 1881, from that country at age 3, and was employed by A.B. White, yardmaster for the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway, and his wife, Sallie Evans White; and Vinesandra Debruiyne, age 17, who, as an infant, was brought to America from Belgium and was a servant for Joseph and Carrie Dennison, who operated a meat market. The local hotels also benefited

Theresa Marie Gatti was born at Walston in 1897. She graduated with the Punxsutawney High School Class of 1916. After studying at the University of Pittsburgh, she operated Gatti Pharmacy in Punxsutawney until she married Michael Lorenzo in 1934. She was assisted at the pharmacy by her sister Yolanda Gatti. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society)

from the availability of immigrant and firstgeneration American women whom they employed as servants, maids, and cooks.

It was not uncommon to find advertisements for household help that specifically identified the ethnicity of the desired employee and clearly stated that it was not acceptable for married women to work, as illustrated in these 1911 advertisement from the Punxsutawney Spirit: WANTED—Girl for general housework, Swedish girl preferred; our present girl is going back to Sweden. Apply to Mrs. W.W. Winslow, 108 Torrence street.

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Pauline Meyo, daughter of Italian immigrants, graduated from Punxsutawney High School in 1925. She took advantage of the education that she was provided and became a teacher.

She also was active in the community, and her contributions were recognized when she was named Punxsutawney’s Woman of the Year in 1973. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society)

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About this out-of-the-ordinary fundraiser Continued from page 4 for Snacks to Grow On, Kendra remarked, food donations are coming in from the pubâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of outdoor enthusiasts in the lic. In light of the high costs that accompany area; it will be a fun event for everyone.â&#x20AC;? the work of the program, any donation is Kendra said that she owes credit to her Aunt beneficial. Kendra feels that a similar backLil for initiating the idea of a clay shoot for a ing from the community has been evidenced fundraiser and for setting the ball in motion. when the group has held events and fundraisShe explained that Defelice was catching up ers. with a former classmate, Mark Gagliardi, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a lot of support at fundraisers,â&#x20AC;? when he stopped by her restaurant during a Kendra said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had no complaints.â&#x20AC;? visit home from California. The two were Although the school discussing Gagliardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year will soon draw to a passion and pastime â&#x20AC;&#x201C; close, the members of helping various charities the committee have no raise funds for their selfintention of slowing less work â&#x20AC;&#x201C; when the nodown. Instead, the group tion of a clay shoot for wishes to inform the Snacks to Grow On entown about two upcomtertained Defeliceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ing events that it will thoughts. hold to raise money for Kendra said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My aunt the program. First, talked to Mark about my Kendra said that Snacks program and he reached to Grow On will host a out to me. The whole buffet-style luncheon on thing just kind of spiSaturday, April 9, at the raled into place after Punxsutawney Eagles. that.â&#x20AC;?

The venue will feature a Gagliardi, a native of build-your-own salad Walston and a graduate bar, complete with of Punxsutawney Area grilled chicken, topHigh School, works as a pings, soups, and This man is trying his luck at a shooting public relations represtation that is in a wooded area. (submitted desserts. Those in atten- photo) sentative at American dance will be audience Income Life in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The to Laurie Klingensmith, public relations coGolden State.â&#x20AC;? Outside of his professional ordinator at Punxsutawney Area Hospital, as schedule, he operates a charitable organizashe speaks on the topic of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. tion, Shoot for a Cure. The nonprofit group In addition, a basket raffle will take place, raises monies for several charities, such as featuring prizes such as handmade items, gift the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and cards, and tickets to various entertainment the National MS Society. Gagliardi and his and sporting events, as well as a 50/50 drawgroup have remarkably raised $2.9 million ing. Kendra is most excited to inform the since the creation of the organization in 2003. public that there will be a grand prize giveGagliardi said of his chance meeting with away of four one-day hopper passes to Dishis former classmate, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came home on vaney, a package worth $600. At $25 per ticket, cation and was eating at the restaurant when interested individuals may call ahead for I ran into Lil and she asked if I could talk to reservations at (814) 952-2267 or visit the her niece.â&#x20AC;?

Facebook page of the organization.

Upon hearing about Kendra and her dediKendra urges those who wish to attend the cation to help the kids who go home to no luncheon to make plans now, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are food, Gagliardi admitted that he was both imonly able to accommodate 200, so if we sell pressed and moved. out, that will be it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is a no-brainer. I am going Another event that Snacks to Grow On will to help her. We are doing this,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Gagliardi be hosting in the near future, and one about said. which Kendra and the other members are He met with Kendra and her crew and set thrilled, will be the First Annual Western PA the date for the fundraiser.

Charity Sporting Clays Shoot. Happening on Gagliardi explained that he started Shoot Saturday, June 4, at All Seasons Trap & for a Cure on a dare, having no idea that it Skeet Club in Luthersburg, the occasion will - Continued on page 8

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April 1: A Date to Remember

By Marty Armstrong for Hometown magazine or anyone who appreciates the fact that, until recent times, workdays often lasted from sunup to sundown and that overtime as a concept was nonexistent, April 1 is a date to remember. It commemorates the date in 1898 when John Mitchell, labor union activist and leader, helped negotiate a national contract in coal-producing states, incorporating eight-hour days, safer working conditions, and fairer wages.

Son of an Irish immigrant, Mitchell began his life’s work as a small child following the death of his father – entering the mines at

Eventually, April 1 began to be celebrated with gatherings of miners; they called it “Mitchell Day.” In 1949, newspapers noted that the April 1 holiday was recognized in the coal-mining towns of Pennsylvania. An adult, writing of his childhood in 1959, recalls the April 1 celebration, and in 2014, state Representative Pam Snyder from southwestern Pennsylvania put forward a resolution in the Pennsylvania House that recognized April 1 as “Mitchell Day.” In

doing so, Snyder commented that the significance of his efforts warranted two “Mitchell Days” since miners in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania also gather at the Scranton memorial to John Mitchell on October 29, the date on which the Great Anthracite Coal Strike was resolved. She noted that “[Mitchell] overcame prejudices and language and ethnic barriers to [help] forge a coal industry that powered us through two world wars ... [and that] his skills in labor management and conflict resolution are legendary and deserve to be remembered ....”

The Coal Memorial Committee of Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society wishes everyone to know the origins of this historic change in the way the work week for many Americans is now structured and wishes to mark the occasion of Mitchell Day with a screening of a the-

atrical movie that has many scenes reminiscent of the Punxsutawney area’s coal heritage. So mark your calendars for Friday, April 1; the doors of the Reschini Room of the Lattimer House, 400 West Mahoning Street, will be open at 7 p.m.

If one looks carefully, Punxsutawney regional history can be seen as a microcosm of U.S. history with its widely diverse influx of immigrants, drawn here because of the region’s role in coal and coal-related industries. For this reason, the Coal Memorial Committee continues to raise awareness of the area’s industrial past and the workers who bore much of the burden. Anyone wishing to memorialize a mine worker (or a worker from a related industry) may order a memorial tile. Orders placed before July 31 will be placed on the existing wall at 404 West Mahoning Street and will be cele- Continued on page 10

A vintage United Mine Workers of America pin commemorates the beginning of the eight-hour workday and April 1, 1898, the date on which union activist John Mitchell helped to negotiate a national contract in coal-producing states, incorporating eight-hour days, safer working conditions, and fairer wages. Miners celebrate April 1 as John Mitchell Day. (submitted photo)

age twelve, joining the Knights of Labor in 1885 at age fifteen, helping to found the United Mine Workers of America in 1890, and assuming various leadership roles (including the presidency) in the UMWA and other labor organizations through with early part of the twentieth century. Illinois born, Mitchell is revered in the anthracite coal mining region of Pennsylvania, where in 1902 he negotiated an end to the Great Anthracite Coal Strike, an event in which then President Theodore Roosevelt intervened.

Roosevelt brought Mitchell and representatives of mine owners to the White House, eventually convincing them to accept the findings of a presidential commission.

The union movement was born of harsh times. Violent clashes between employers and their hired security forces against the miners trying to make their voices heard were often the order of the day. Following such an episode, the union leaders (including John Mitchell) were able to move the miners’ agenda forward and negotiate the “eight-hour day.” What a concept! Miners would be able to work for an optimal length of time. If extra hours were needed to get jobs done, compensation in the form of overtime pay motivated workers to push through their fatigue. Today, in most people’s minds, hard labor for eight hours is enough. The idea of eight-hour days and time-and-a-half for overtime spread through the American workforce and has become state and national law.

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Organizations Combine Continued from page 6

The events hosted by SFAC draw in large crowds, as evidenced by this group posing in front of a trailer at an event in northern California. (submitted photo)

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could reach the success that it has.

“I was pheasant hunting with other local Labor leaders when the idea came to mind,” Gagliardi recalls.

He went on to say that the group of hunters was discussing the numerous golf tournaments that they attend because of position of each in his career. Surprisingly, someone in the group commented that a pheasant hunt would be much better. That’s when the Walston native suggested a clay shoot as an alternative and accepted another colleague’s challenge to follow through with the idea.

Gagliardi said, “We put together a shoot and raised $12,000 for leukemia research.”

According to Gagliardi, he chose to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society after he had the opportunity to meet people from the foundation, as well as some of the brave kids who were living with the diagnosis.

“It just tears your heart out,” Gagliardi remarked about seeing the patients firsthand.

Not only did Gagliardi think that this society was a worthwhile charity for which to raise money, he was likewise pleased to find out that every dime that was collected went straight to funding research. The society runs thirty research facilities where they have made significant advancements in treating the disease. In fact, Gagliardi alluded to a video he had seen (which is now posted on SFAC’s website) that showed a little girl with advanced leukemia, clinging to her last shred of life. He said that the research team was miraculously able to retrain the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS to attack cancer cells in the patient instead. This experimental treatment resulted in a full recovery for the girl.

“She is now living a normal life,” Gagliardi said of the girl. “This research is changing people’s lives.”

Gagliardi reported that the initial year of running Shoot for a Cure was the toughest.

Being unfamiliar with managing and operating such a venture, he and his co-founder Tim Hamann relied on advice from another man who had experience with a similar foundation. Shoot for a Cure hosted its first few events in and around the California region before taking its show on the road.

Gagliardi said, “Everyone started saying, ‘Why don’t you bring it to Texas, Oregon, and Chicago?’”

Thus, Gagliardi packed up his supplies and headed out to make his mark on other parts of the country. In order to be adequately prepared to host events, Shoot for a Cure and its staff of seventeen all received certification from the National Sporting Clays Association as certified NSCA instructors.

They had to establish a safe way to travel across the nation as a self-contained unit, bringing clay shooting to a multitude of locations. With safe practice in mind, Gagliardi sought backing from several leaders of the outdoor industry. To date, Shoot for a Cure boasts the sponsorship of a myriad of wellknown companies including names like Remington, Carhartt, Browning, Cabelas, and The Original Muck Boot Company, to name a few. These companies continue to provide the organization with the latest and best products on the market, like outdoor gear, guns, and all-terrain vehicles. Gagliardi and his crew can then allow the public a chance to try out the items when they participate in a shoot.

Over the years, the members of Shoot for a - Continued on page 14

(FRONT) Nick Kernich, Diane Hudock, Paige Mills, Mar Nagle, Savanna Hallman.

(BACK) Gary Hoffman, Morgan Miller, Wendy Domb, Norma Runk, Bill Love,Gary Bowers.

(NOT PICTURED) Michelle Parise and Jess Defoor

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Women of the Mines

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Continued from page 5 generation of girls who were born and raised in local mining communities had an advantage over their European peers – education.

The townships in which mines were located were required to provide education for all children through the eighth grade. The year Walston mine opened, residents demonstrated their desire to have their children educated. The Punxsutawney News of November 18, 1885, reported the following: “The Walston Mines’ Schools are thronged.

Nearly two-hundred pupils. No two teachers can do good work with so many pupils. Mr. Bowman and Miss Wilson will come as near to filling the bill in doing good work as any two persons of my acquaintance. If they can stand the work they will make a success of it.” A report from the Walston School later that year showed that, in the upper grades, girls outnumbered the boys by a margin of forty to thirty-seven and had a higher attendance rate. Education made it possible for women from mining communities to succeed. And succeed they did.

Rose Pugliese, the daughter of Joseph and Maria Antonette Capirosso Pugliese, was a daughter of a coal miner who worked the mines at Walston, Sykesville, and Rossiter.

Rose became a businesswoman in her own right. Born in Walston in 1910, Rose graduated from high school and was employed as a stenographer for the Glenn Insurance Agency. While at the agency, she studied to become a licensed insurance agent. She married Joseph Reschini in 1936, and in 1938, she founded the Reschini Insurance Agency in Indiana, Pennsylvania. In 1943, her husband joined the Reschini Insurance Group in which she remained a partner and functioned as secretary-treasurer until 1978. Rose and Joseph raised two children. During her lifetime she was involved in many community activities in Indiana and Punxsutawney. She was instrumental in organizing the first Girl Scout Troop at Saints Cosmas and Damian Parish and is credited with establishing the first library at Adrian Hospital. The Reschini Room at the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society has been endowed in her name.

Theresa Gatti, daughter of Felix C.V. and C. Mary Pettinata Gatti, was born in Walston, where her parents located when they immigrated to America. Her father was an ambitious man and soon was employed by the Mahoning Supply Company, where he worked for thirty-two years. The elder Gattis educated all their children; however only two children survived them: Dr. William Gatti and Theresa Gatti. Theresa graduated from Punxsutawney High School in 1916 and later from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in pharmacy. She operated the Gatti Pharmacy in Punxsutawney, with her sister Yolanda as her assistant, until her marriage to Michael Lorenzo, also a pharmacist, in 1934. Michael Lorenzo worked for the Rexall Pharmacy in Punxsutawney until the family moved to Ohio.

Pauline Meyo was one of the many young women from mining communities who chose teaching as a career. She was born in Reynoldsville, the daughter of John and Rose Schallaci Meyo, who immigrated to America in 1897. The family came to Punxsutawney from Reynoldsville shortly after 1910. Her father had worked in a grocery store in Reynoldsville and established Meyo’s Market when they moved to Punxsutawney. Pauline was motivated to seek higher education, graduating from Punx-

sutawney High School in 1925. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She taught in Punxsutawney schools for many years, retiring in 1973. In addition to her teaching career, Pauline was active in the community, serving on the board of the Punxsutawney Hospital and in a variety of positions with her parish, Saints Cosmas and Damian Church.

Among the honors she received was Punxsutawney’s Woman of the year for 1973.

During the early decades of the twentieth century, nursing also became a career option for women. Elizabeth L. Raifslanger, the first matron of Adrian Hospital, began the area’s first formal training program for nurses. The hospital was located in the mining community of Adrian, about halfway between the mines in Reynoldsville and Punxsutawney.

Local women, as well as young women from mining communities, saw this new career as a way to help their families while supporting themselves.

During the twenty-year period, 1900-1920, the world and Punxsutawney experienced changes to a new social structure, one where women could take greater control of their own futures. They experienced the World War and the Spanish Flu, paralleling much of the change portrayed in Downton Abbey.

Then, in 1920, with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, women of the United States were granted the right to vote with the full rights and responsibilities of citizens. Women, who began life as girls in mining towns, continue to make significant contributions to the community and to the country.

Resources used in the preparation of this article are available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library and the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. This article was prepared by the Coal Memorial Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. Persons interested in purchasing a memorial tile for a worker in the coal industry, including mining, coking, railroading, or other coal-related work, may request a form from the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society at punxsyhistory@verizon.net or may pick one up at the Lattimer House of the Society, 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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A Date to Remember Continued from page 7

brated during Labor Day weekend. Forms are available at the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. Those wishing to support the larger effort of the Coal Memorial Committee may contribute to the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial Fund, which is held by the Punxsutawney Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 663, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.

During the 2016 Groundhog Weekend, Committee members staged a mining reenactment as part of the “Night at the Museum” and screened the movie “October Sky,” at the Punxsutawney Area Community Center. The book on which “October Sky” was based was titled “Rocket Boy.” Trivia fans may want to consider how those two titles are related.

Other events are planned for the summer in connection with the area’s mining heritage and will be the subject of future Hometown articles.

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The A to Z Game

Always cheery and ready to teach, Monabel often hosted recitals right there in her home, and the local radio channel would broadcast Continued from page 3 the event.

Mr. Mitchell was my high school biology Pirates’ baseball world. By the way, I still teacher. I would be remiss if I didn’t menhave a couple jelly glasses and an LP record tion his name. He was an amazing teacher, of Christmas hits that we got when my parand I still have my frog project, which inents purchased gas there. cludes the frog skin, frog bones, and frog H – Ruth and Harry’s Restaurant. organs carefully tucked away in protective Again, I am taking a bit of poetic license plastic covers. with the letter H; however, my entire childO – The Oak trees in front of our house. hood restaurant experience revolved around Our front yard in Fairview was practically “McKenzie’s” restaurant. They had the best treeless. Fortunately, our neighbors across fried fish special I have ever eaten. In addithe street had tall, lofty oak trees that bortion, I have never tasted doughnuts or dered the street in front of our house. Those brownies like theirs! I can still see Harry trees provided great acorns and wonderful, stacking crates of clean glasses, and I also colorful piles of leaves that we jumped into remember Ruth fluttering about in her when fall arrived. In the summertime, we white uniform and black apron as though played camp under the shade of those big she had wings on her feet. oaks’ branches. Late at night, we could hear I – Ice Cream at the Tastee Freez and an owl hoot from its hiding place there.

Mr. Infantino’s store. I am fairly sure that P – Polly’s Fashion Shoppe. Polly had a they made the best hot fudge sundaes, footlittle dress and clothing shop on Findley long hot dogs and fish sandwiches; when I Street. When my mom and I shopped there, jumped on the scale to weigh myself – it we always felt really special. The clerks agreed! helped you while you were in the dressing Mr. Infantino owned a little Italian marroom, and some of the finer clothing was ket on Mahoning Street – just after the wrapped in thin, protective plastic. bridge. My father and I always stopped in to Q – The Quaker Market. My mom albuy Cumberland spaghetti after mass on ways did a majority of her grocery shopSundays. As a small child, I always called ping at the Quaker Market. I learned to stick him “The Toothpick Man,” because he typout my tongue at people near the store’s frozen food area, where I imitated another little girl who stuck out her tongue at me. Also, the Quaker Market sold big chunks of absolutely delicious baloney; Mom used her big cast iron grinder to make “ham” salad out of it. When I finally tasted real ham salad, I thought it was a tasteless imposter.

A tinted vintage postcard portrays the residence of Dr. S. S. Hamilton, R – Rossiter. I loved one of the early physicians in the town of Punxsutawney, Jefferson taking a Sunday drive County, as it looked in 1910. (submitted photo) to Rossiter! Usually on a sunny Sunday morning, just after mass, I ically had a sliver of toothpick in his mouth. would accompany my dad to Brickle’s marI miss going to that shop so much – just to ket – a little grocery store located on the smell the cheese and see Mr. Infantino main street there. Mom used to give my fadressed in his white apron. ther specific directions about how much J – Joe Haag’s Store. Joe specialized in ground meat to purchase from the butcher penny candy and comic books. Well, in my because she needed to make meatballs for kid world, those were the only things I our noon lunch. Sometimes, too, we would thought he sold until I was introduced to the stop and see our good friends, Rose and world of Beatles Bubble Gum around 1963.

George Senott, who lived just before the I still recall standing at the glass candy case market. They were wonderful folks who near the door and picking out various penny were a great part of my childhood. candies that Joe or his wife patiently deS – Sled riding down Fairview Hill and posited in little brown paper bag for me.

Joe Strano. My childhood winters were K – Miss Krider. My third-grade teacher filled with great memories of the entire at Bell Township Elementary School fosneighborhood sledding down the hill in tered my love of reading and writing. I still front of our house. Usually, around dusk recall the tiny little woman whose room and after a snow fall, my father would prop was at the very end of the building in that me up in front of him on our old Western small school out in the country.

Flyer that he bought at the hardware store in L – Liver and Onions. My mother typitown. Down the hill we sped – laughing and cally served liver and onions on Wednessquealing in the frosty air! days. She always bought the liver at the Joe Strano owned a little meat market Quaker Market, a store located where the across from Saints Cosmas and Damian current post office stands. As a small child Church. He was a small man with glasses I never liked it, but now I miss it. and a big heart! My father always took me M – Monabel Hamilton and Mr. with him when he visited Joe in his store, Michell. My music teacher Monabel lived and Joe would give me a BB Bats lollipop. in a big, yellow, castle-like house on MaT – Tom Curry. Mr. Curry was a fabuhoning Street. She taught me to play piano lous, inventive art teacher who taught me at and the organ. In addition, she had really the old junior high school in town. He alcool comic books that I read while I waited ways made me feel special and fostered a for my lesson. I still remember the thick red love of art that I still have today. I will never carpeting in her big living room and the large vestibule with colored glass windows.

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forget the figures we made out of furnace cement, the clay pots, the copper projects, and, of course, my sketchbook (that I should have worked on harder). Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m keeping a better sketchbook these days, Mr. Curry! After sixty years, I went back to school, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an art major.

U â&#x20AC;&#x201C; My momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ukulele. My mother had an old, brown ukulele that she played almost every night when I was a kid. I can still see her sitting at the kitchen table strumming You Are My Sunshine and Moonlight Becomes You. I always wanted to learn to play it, but opted for piano lessons.

V â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Violets. Our backyard in Fairview was a spectacular haven for wildflowers, especially violets. I always picked a handful of the delicate, purple flowers and gave them to my mom. She, in turn, acted like I had just bought her a dozen of red roses from the best florist in town!

W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mrs. Wadding. Fourth grade is a pivotal year for any student, and Mrs. Wadding was a wonderful fourth-grade teacher. She was a no-nonsense lady who ran a tight ship at Bell Township Elementary School. Mrs. Wadding fostered my love of history. I still remember making Grant and Lee figurines out of homemade baking soda â&#x20AC;&#x153;clayâ&#x20AC;? for our Civil War project. I used two old doll bodies as a base for those two gentlemen. Who would have guessed that Barbie would have such an interesting use?

X â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Extra portions at lunch. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hopeful that you astute and forgiving readers will let me slide with this letter; however,

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Continued from page 8 Cure have not only raised money for medical research, but have also given numerous scholarships to students and provided wheelchairs for disabled veterans. In addition, Gagliardi has hosted more events while â&#x20AC;&#x153;hopscotching throughout the country.â&#x20AC;?

He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We now do seventeen events a year. We make one big loop around the country.â&#x20AC;?

Now, after much planning between Kendra and Gagliardi, Shoot for a Cure will bring its caravan to the Punxsutawney area in hopes of helping Snacks to Grow On raise money for its mission and to provide loads of entertainment for those who attend the event.

Gagliardi added about the event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sporting clays is the most fun you can have with a gun â&#x20AC;&#x201C; other than hunting.â&#x20AC;?

The shoot will take place the first Saturday of June with registration at 8 a.m., followed by opportunities for instruction, and then the event, all happening at All Seasons Trap and Skeet Club with club president and NSCA Master Class Shooter Eric McCoy. The day will feature 100 registered targets, individual buckles, team plaques, shooting games, a BBQ lunch, and a raffle. Organizations or companies can participate by fielding a team of four shooters, while individual shooters are welcomed as well. Awards will be given for the highest scoring teams, as well as for the top shooters.

Gagliardi promises an amazing experience for all who come out to the shoot, the same type he offers at all Shoot for a Cure events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always give more than we get,â&#x20AC;? he said.

I always brought enough money to buy an extra sloppy joe from the school cafeteria when they served that delectable food of the gods! One sloppy joe is never enough!

Y â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Yellow Pages paper dress. Yes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true. Back in the sixties, they sold paper dresses, and my mom ordered one for me from a magazine ad. I loved that dress. Not only was it made out of a heavy, soft paper â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was bright yellow and had the Yellow Pages printed on it. One day, I wore it shopping to J.C. Penneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in downtown Punxsutawney and the dress ripped down the back. My mom had to buy me a substitute outfit there in the store and I was devastated. To this day, I miss that paper frock.

Z â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zucchini. My mom and dad had a little garden at our home in Fairview. There, in that garden, they grew huge zucchini that pretty much took over the whole garden, and the yard, for that matter. Most of the time, when my mom sent me out to pick the green beans, she also instructed me to pick the large orange-yellow zucchini blossoms, which she stewed and ate!

I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eaten zucchini flowers since I was a little girl. Maybe, this year, I will grow some.

So, there. I did it. I managed to finish my A to Z game while I was in the dentist chair, and I loved sharing it with everyone who remembers the good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; days of Punxsutawney. I had great fun and also conjured up some spectacular memories that are stuck in my mind forever. How could I ever forget such wonderful shops, and restaurants, and people, and events? There is much to say for reminiscing in alphabetical order; you can cheat a little on the letters or ever give one or two words if you are inspired. Give it a try sometime. All you have to do is start with A â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then C â&#x20AC;Ś. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

Having had a memorable childhood and young adult life growing up in the area, Gagliardi said that he is ecstatic about doing a shoot in his hometown. He is also appreciative of the chance to â&#x20AC;&#x153;give back to the town that has given him so much.â&#x20AC;?

Furthermore, Gagliardi is taking time out of his busy schedule to help Snacks to Grow On because he knows that Kendra and the volunteers are genuinely determined to eradicate hunger in this area and create a better future for the children who will grow to adulthood here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These girls are amazing,â&#x20AC;? Gagliardi remarked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are doing this because they want to and it is the right thing to do.â&#x20AC;?

As the members of Snacks to Grow On and Shoot for a Cure anticipate the First Annual Western PA Charity Sporting Clays Shoot, Gagliardi wishes to offer a challenge to the citizens, teachers, clubs, and businesses of Punxsutawney.

He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is important for Punxsy and its future. This is a matter of pride. We need to take care of these kids. I challenge everyone to put teams together and to give back.â&#x20AC;?

Of the chance to raise money and support a worthy cause, Gagliardi says that it is all worth the effort when you see smiles on the faces of those you help, to know that you played a part in some small way. For him, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where happiness is found.

To register for the shoot on Saturday, June 4, at All Seasons Trap and Skeet Club in Luthersburg, or for more information, you may contact Lindsay Kendra, president of Snacks to Grow On, at (814) 952-2267 or Mark Gagliardi, National Event Chairman for Shoot for a Cure at (925) 698-0719 or at the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website: www.shootforacure.us. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

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Nearly forty years later â&#x20AC;&#x201C; give or take a couple years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the planning committee of The Arc of Jefferson and Clearfield Counties urges folks to get out their running (or walking) shoes and support The Arcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thirty-seventh annual Run or Walk for Someone Special. The event will be held in Sykesville on Sunday, April 3.

Erin Cameron and Bill Cuba are cochairs of the event and enthusiastically promote the run/walk and the causes it supports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All funds raised from this event stay 100 percent local and fund three camps for kids with special needs during the summer at Camp Friendship,â&#x20AC;? wrote Bill in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a camp for kids from the Punxsutawney area, as well as one for kids from the DuBois, Brookville, Brockway area, and finally a camp for children from all areas in Jefferson and

Clearfield counties with autism.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no charge for kids to participate as funds raised from the run cover all costs,â&#x20AC;? concluded Bill, who has taken part in the run/walk for seven years.

Erin has been involved with the event for more than ten years, and her support of the run/walk is unflagging. Her reason for doing so is unimpeachable: â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś I have seen what the money raised does for the children and adults in our community with special needs.â&#x20AC;?

According to Erin, the run/walk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which continues to grow well into its third decade â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is a crucial, and necessary, fundraiser. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without this event, we would not be able to offer the summer camps that we do,â&#x20AC;? she shared in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our only fundraiser to supply the kids and adults who attend with busing to and from camp, meals, certified teachers, materials, and more.â&#x20AC;? Erin points out that The ARC and Camp Friendship have been fixtures in the area for nearly fifty years.

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programs that the Arc offers will continue to be around and grow as my son gets older. For the last several years, we have raised money as a team known as ‘Will’s Walkers’ and have had tremendous support from our family and friends.”

In addition to the run or walk, the event features games, food, prizes, and a silent auction at the Town Hall. Preceding the run/walk by a day, the fourth annual Zumbathon – held at the Sykesville Town Hall – will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 2. The registration fee for the Zumbathon is $10. In addition, the everdesirable run/walk T-shirt will be available for purchase at the Zumbathon.

Bill and Erin encourage and welcome any and all support for the run/walk – “Please come out and join us!” In addition, they thank the local businesses that contribute donations, the individuals who make donations, and the volunteers who help make the event possible. They offer a

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“Let’s go, Bucs! Let’s go, Will!” The Pittsburgh Pirates’ mascot, the Pirates Parrot – here enjoying a Kodak moment with members of Will’s Walkers (Bill Cuba, Emma Cuba, Will Cuba, and Keri Cuba) – spread his unique cheer at The Arc’s 2015 Run or Walk for Someone Special. (submitted photo)

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Continued from previous page The course begins near the Town Hall and then proceeds south on Route 119. Runners and walkers then make a right turn onto Paradise Road, where they will see turnaround markers for both the two- and five-mile participants. Erin described the course as “nice – some small inclines, but mostly flat and on the road.”

Pre-registration for the run/walk must be completed by midnight Friday, April 1, and can be done online at The Arc’s website (www.firstgiving.com/36644/37th-annual-run-walk-for-someone-special). On the day of the event, participants are asked to bring their registration forms – along with the money that they collected – to the check-in station. Registration-collection forms are available in many local businesses, where they are attached to the run/walk poster. Forms can also be printed from The Arc’s website (www.jcarc.org).

Participants who pre-register and donate $20 or more will receive a T-shirt. If a person registers on the day of the run/walk and contributes $25 or more in donations, he or she will receive a T-shirt. (Children 12 years of age and younger may participate in the event for free.)

On the day of the big event, registration begins at the Sykesville Town Hall at 1:30 p.m., and the run/walk begins 3 p.m. Participants have two options: to run or walk two miles or to run five miles. Trophies and ribbons are awarded to finishers in a variety of age groups for both the twomile and five-mile “races.” In addition, prizes are given to the top money collectors for the event.

Not only is Bill a co-chair of the run/walk committee, he also has a profound and powerfully personal reason to participate in the event and to raise money through the event.

“My son, Will, was born in May of 2008 with Down syndrome,” wrote Bill. “We wanted to be a part of this event to raise money for the local Arc as well as for Camp Friendship to make sure all of these

Mason Knopick – a members of the 2015 Mason’s Racers team – teaches an important lesson – you are never too young (or for that matter, too old) to take part in The Arc’s Run or Walk for Someone Special! (submitted photo)

special thanks to Goodwill Industries for being a major sponsor and to Commonwealth Press for donating the event’s Tshirts!

So get out those running or walking shoes and give your support to a great event. “Seeing the smile on kids and adults that benefit from these camps/programs should give a donor plenty of reasons to support this cause!” concluded Bill.

“It’s a fun day for kids, families, adults, and those who love to run!” added Erin.

“We are always looking for volunteers either to join our committee or to help the day of the event or on Saturday at our Zumbathon. If someone wants to help, they can contact me.”

Please remember: All monies raised through the run/walk are invested in the lives of children and adults with special needs from Jefferson and Clearfield counties through summer camp (Camp Friendship), Autism Camp, and other programs throughout the year.

For additional information about The Arc’s thirty-seventh annual Run or Walk for Someone Special, please send an email message to run_walk@yahoo.com or call Erin Cameron at (814) 952-0490 or Bill Cuba Jr. at (814) 591-6800.

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By Marlene Lellock for Hometown magazine eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gearing up for spring and summer at the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center!

Below is a list of our upcoming events and programs. If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet stopped by to experience our new exhibit, Ready or Not? Weather Emergency Shelter,

come on in for a fun, yet educational experience for children as well as adults.

March 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2016 Beautiful Birdhouse Contest Kicks Off! Entry forms are available at Weatherdiscovery.org or by calling (814) 938-1000 or by sending an email to info@weatherdiscovery.org.

The last day to enter is April 30, but birdhouses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be turned in until May 31, 2016.

Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m. to noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Girl Scout Daisy Program, Growing for Good. Daisies will learn what a plant needs to grow as they each plant a mini herb garden. The girls will discuss how we can help each other to grow too. The program includes a snack and a tour of the exhibits. Pre-register at by calling (814) 938-1000 or by sending an email to info@weatherdiscovery.org. The cost is $7 per person.

Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. to noon OR 1 to 3 p.m. Wild Weather Weekend. Prepare to be blown away by fun!

Learn about tornadoes, derechos, hurricanes and gales, how to measure wind speeds with an anemometer; learn and have fun with our Smart Board games, enjoy a funnel cake snack, watch a feature on wild winds, and have free time on our exhibits! Pre-registration is helpful, but not necessary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; send an email to info@weatherdiscovery.org or call (814) 938-1000. Walk-ins are welcome! The cost is $7 per person.

Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. to noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; How Does a Garden Grow, Part 2.

Transplanting Day! Participants will transplant seedlings into larger pots to help them grow stronger, learn about frost, and learn how fertilizer helps the seedlings grow. New participants will receive their â&#x20AC;&#x153;Garden Growerâ&#x20AC;? badge.

Snack and free time on the exhibits are included. The two other parts to this program will be in June and August. Participants can take this one session or both remaining sessions. The cost is $8 per person per session for one, $15 per person for two sessions, $21 per person for three sessions, and $24 per person for all four sessions. Pay as you go for each session, and the price will be prorated based on the number of sessions attended.

Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Punxsutawney Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weather Extravaganza for Girl Scouts. Enjoy a day of fun in the Weather Capital of the World! Visit the Weather Discovery Center, go on a walking tour of the Phantastic Phils, and have lunch and spend time with Punxsutawney Phil at Gobblerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knob. Full details are available at Weatherdiscovery.org. Register at the website of the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania (gswpa.org) by April 2.

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The Punxsutawney Rotary Club is accepting applications from individuals or nonprofit organizations to rent plots in its Community Garden. Plots will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, and completed applications and rental fees can be mailed to the Rotary Club or dropped off at the Chamber of Commerce office or the Weather Discovery Center no later than May 31, 2016.

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Last summer, the Rotary Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made its debut on property along Union Street. The property is owned â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and generously offered for use â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by the Punxsutawney Presbyterian Church. The garden will soon be ready for this planting season, and applications for the rental of the garden beds are now available at PunxsyRotary.com, at the Chamber of Commerce office (102 West Mahoning Street), and at the Weather Discovery Center (201 North Findley Street).

The purpose of the Community Garden is to give those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the space or the resources a chance to grow their own fruits and vegetables. The raised garden beds are available for a small annual rental fee: $20 for a full 8-foot-by-8-foot bed and $10 for a half-bed. Those applying to rent a bed are asked to read over the Community Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rules and regulations, which are posted on the website, before applying to be sure that they will be able to comply with them. The rules require renters to plant, maintain, and clean up their beds.

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By Jim Lauffer of Hometown magazine n the early 1920s, T.S. Eliot famously wrote that “April is the cruellest month” – a month that breeds lilacs and mixes memory and desire. Since 1958, the American Library Association has sponsored National Library Week – historically held in April – a time not only to sniff lilac blooms, but also to remember and celebrate the nation’s libraries. National Library Week will be observed from Sunday, April 10, through Saturday, April 16. All types of libraries – school, public, academic, and special libraries – participate in the celebration. Events of the week include the release of the State of America’s Libraries Report (Monday, April 11), National Library Workers Day (Tuesday, April 12), and National Bookmobile Day

(Wednesday, April 13). The month of April is School Library Month. So unlike Eliot’s “Cruel” April, this year’s April is a celebratory month!

Locally, National Library Week is more than an abstract celebration – the week promises a practical benefit for library-loving patrons. According to Jessica Lasher, director of Punxsutawney Memorial Library, all six libraries in Jefferson County will observe Fine Free Week during National Library Week. “This means that patrons can return overdue (or even damaged items) to the library and have the fines and replacement costs waived,” said Jessica. “You can return your items to any of the six libraries, and the libraries will make arrangements to return them to their home libraries.” The six county libraries are the Punxsutawney Memorial Li-

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brary, the Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library (Brookville), the Summerville Public Library, the Reynoldsville Public Library, the Sykesville Public Library, and the Mengle Memorial Library (Brockway).

The theme of National Library Week is “Libraries Transform.” Once, libraries were identified with physical books on real shelves, and transformation and enlightenment came through the reading and turning of printed pages. Today, libraries offer online services and digital resources ranging from WiFi service to electronic books. Agents of transformation, libraries themselves have been transformed.

The Punxsy Memorial Library has embraced evolution and transformation. “In the twenty-first century, libraries are no longer just ‘books,’” said Jessica. “We provide opportunities for learning and growth at any age.

For instance, here at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, we offer ways for people to make transformations in their own lives, which in turn transforms their families and other social circles.” The librarian categorized offerings that enable and encourage transformation – school and career, heritage, technology, literacy programming, and the adult coloring program.

School and career. The library provides access to the LearningExpress Library, a database that provides patrons with free access to e-books, tutorials, and a multitude of practice exams – for everything from primary and secondary English and math skills to college and graduate school entrance exams. The database also contains career-related materials, including practice exams for occupational tests for commercial driver’s license (CDL), cosmetology, firefighting, nursing, real estate, and much more.

Heritage. “We currently offer resources through HeritageQuest Online, a database that focuses on historical documents to help families find their past,” said Jessica. “Finding links to the past can help people feel a stronger connection to their families and cultures.”

Technology. Computers provide access to vistas beyond the wildest dreams of those who founded the nation’s earliest libraries.

The local library offers classes for those who want to learn about using computers, accessing the Internet, sending and receiving email, creating Word documents, developing spreadsheets, and more. “By understanding how these newer forms of technology function, patrons are better equipped to submit job applications and resumes, perform tasks at their current workplaces, as well as stay connected with long-distance friends and family,” said Jessica.

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morial Library offers literacy programs for all ages. These programs provide another avenue to learning. Recently, the library received a grant from the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries in the form of wooden blocks, figurines, and other toys, for children to come to the library and play at any time. (Please see the block party sidebar for more information.)

The Teen Group meets regularly to do “crafty” activities, as well as to volunteer their time to do collection drives. “Last summer, they collected supplies for Willow Run Sanctuary,” said Jessica. “This spring, they are collecting non-perishable items for the Woodland Avenue Food Pantry – they are collecting through April 25.”

Adult Coloring Program. Often, something new is really something old, and a popular “new” enthusiasm – adult coloring books – is rooted in an old “technology.” The library gives patrons an opportunity to revel, in a group setting, in their coloring-book passion.

On Mondays at 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 6 p.m., the library offers coloring times for - Continued on page 27

Fun Library Trivia

• Clergyman Thomas Bray established the first free lending libraries in the American Colonies in the late 1600s.

• Ben Franklin and others founded the nation’s first subscription library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, in 1731. Members of the library paid dues for borrowing privileges and the purchase of books.

• The Darby Free Library in Darby, Pennsylvania, claims to be “America’s oldest public library, in continuous service since 1743.”

• The Franklin Public Library in Franklin, Massachusetts, is America’s first lending library. In 1778, when the town was incorporated, its name was changed from Exeter to Franklin in honor of Benjamin Franklin. When asked to donate a bell, Franklin sent books, noting that “sense” was preferable to “sound.” The original Franklin donation is still housed in a bookcase in the library.

• The Scoville Memorial Library in Salisbury, Connecticut, was established in 1803 and claims to be the first library to be opened to the public free of charge.

• The British burned the Library of Congress during the War of 1812. In 1815, the library bought Thomas Jefferson’s collection of books and used them as a foundation to rebuild.

• The Oswego Public Library in Oswego, New York, opened in 1857 and claims to be “America’s Oldest Public Library Still in Its Original Building.”

• The Brumback Public Library in Van Wert, Ohio, is the oldest county library in the United States, having been dedicated in 1901.

• Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie helped build more than 1,700 public libraries in the United States between 1881 and 1919.

(From “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the oldest of them all …” – the Sturgis Library website, www.sturgislibrary.org.)

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The Punxsutawney Rotary Club and the Punxsutawney Area Hospital have again joined forces to bring low-cost blood screenings to the area. Screenings will be held from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 23, from 6 to 9:30 a.m. in the cafeteria of the Punxsutawney Area Middle School. Hospital phlebotomists Shelly Bishop, Erin Kennedy, and Ronda Reed (l-r) and Rotarian Jim Cassidy look forward to serving screening participants. (submitted photo)

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People can register for these valuable health screenings, starting on March 25; by going online (www.punxsyrotary.com) to register themselves, to pay by credit card, and to pick their own appointment times,

which will allow faster check-in at the events and avoid some having to stand in lines. Paper registration forms will also be mailed to past participants during the week of March 28. These can be filled out and returned with a check for prepayment and registration, following the instructions that accompany the form.

Those using the paper mail-in forms will need to check in at the events to receive and sign their confirmation forms. To take advantage of this low-cost program, a person must be registered no later than April 16 for the first week or by April 23 for the second week. Everyone must be pre-registered; no walk-ins can be accepted at the site. The online registration

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By the staff of Hometown magazine rom the staff of Hometown magazine and the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here is a list of events coming up in our areaAround Town Around Town.

Reservations are being taken for the Multiphasic Community Blood Screenings in April, sponsored by the Punxsy Rotary Club.

For more information or to register, visit www.punxsyrotary.com.

March 31: PAHS Variety Show, 7 p.m., at PAHS auditorium. Raises funds for the Margaret Boles Foundation & features the senior classâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talents.

March 31: Firearms Safety & Rights Seminar, 6 to 8 p.m., at Brookville High School auditorium. Sponsored by state Rep. Cris Dush. Call 849-8008 to pre-register.

April 1 & 2, PAHS Variety Show, 7 p.m., at PAHS auditorium.

April 2: Chicken BBQ at Punxsy Shop â&#x20AC;&#x2122;n Save parking lot, benefits The Salvation Army.

April 3: 37th Annual JCARC Run or Walk for Someone Special, 3 p.m., in Sykesville. Visit www.jcarc.org for more information.

April 5: First Tuesday Community Meal, 5 to 7 p.m., at Punxsy Presbyterian Church. Free & open to the public.

April 6: Paint & Sip, 5:30 p.m., at Punxsy Community Health Center. Benefits the Primary Health Network Charitable Foundation. $45 cost. To register, call (724) 9812875 or visit phnfoundation.net/paint.

April 8: Free Community Dinner, 5 to

6 p.m., at Punxsy First United Methodist Church. Open to the public.

April 9: Block Party, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Punxsy Memorial Library. Call 9385020 for information.

April 9: 7th Annual Spaghetti Dinner for the Tom Siple Foundation, 5 p.m., at Punxsy CMA gym.

April 9: Wild Weather Weekend, 10 a.m. to noon & 1 to 3 p.m., at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. Pre-registration helpful.

Call 938-1000 or email info@weatherdiscovery.org for more information.

April 10: Barbershop Quartets in concert, 4 p.m., at First English Lutheran Church.

Open to the public.

April 15: Legislative Breakfast, 7:30 a.m., at Cobblestone Hotel. Sponsored by the Punxsy Chamber of Commerce. $20 cost.

Contact the chamber to register.

April 16: Local Food & Wellness, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Punxsy Community Center. Visit www.punxsywellness.com for information.

April 16: Trout Season, opening day.

April 19: Blood Drive, 12:30 to 6 p.m., at SSCD Church, for American Red Cross.

April 30: Knights of Columbus Chicken BBQ at SSCD parking lot.

April 30: PAHS Prom.

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adults. “Adults may bring their own supplies or use our coloring books and pencils,” said Jessica. “Something as simple as coloring can provide a lot of awesome benefits, like relaxation and friendly socialization. We are looking to add more programs like this.”

According to Jessica, the library is constantly working to bring new events to the area. “Last fall, we offered Putts Around Punxsy, a mini-golf event which connected area organizations into a mini-golf course,” she said. “We also had an Afternoon of Music back in January, offering the community a chance to hear the Punxsutawney Area High School Jazz Band, as well as Reach the Masses, a local band.”

“By providing new events, we hope to show people, who may not have been to the library in a while, that we have many sides,” Jessica concluded.

What would Dr. Abiel Abbot think about today’s libraries? Abbott was a clergyman who, in 1833, led the vote to establish the nation’s first tax-supported, free-to-the-public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His goal – like that of subsequent public libraries – was to stir and enhance the community’s intellectual life. Dr. Abbott, no doubt, would be pleased with contemporary libraries – like the Punxsutawney Memorial Library – that continue to transform lives through the promotion of lifelong learning and the providing of free access both to books and to technology.

The regular hours of the Punxsutawney Memorial Library are Monday through Thursday (10 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and Friday and Saturday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The library is closed on Sunday. The library has embraced the digital

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

March 16, 1887 — Another tramp wave has struck Punxsutawney. They make their headquarters at the “round house” at night.

(Valley News) [Note: The “round house” was a part of the railroad complex of the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railroad (BR&P) after it opened its rail system to Punxsutawney in 1883. The rail yard at that time was west of North Findley Street to Mitchell Avenue, parallel to Pine Street. With the “round house,” the yard also included a stockyard and freight house.]

Don’t Miss the Block Parties at the Punxsy Library

Children are invited to join and enjoy the block parties that will be held at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 9, and Saturday, May 14.

Block building is no idle pastime. In fact, research shows that block play helps children develop multiple skills: social-emotional (cooperation, self-confidence, initiative); social studies (people and their work, when played with in conjunction with character figurines and other props); physical development (hand-hand coordination and hand manipulation); mathematics (shape, classification, order, size, space); science (gravity, weight, balance, trial and error); language arts (exchange of ideas, naming of building, stories about building); and art (patterns, symmetry).

This opportunity has been made possible thanks to a grant from Pennsylvania’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries.

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age and has a website (www.punxsutawneylibrary.org), a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/punxsutawneylibrary), a Twitter account (www.twitter.com/punxsylibrary), and an Instagram account (www.instagram.com/punxsylibrary). Patrons and potential patrons can call the library at (814) 938-5020.

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March 17, 1870 (Letter to the Editor) — SHAMEFUL. – On at least two nights during the past week considerable disturbance has been created at some of our hotels – the sore displeasure of the landlords – by the drunken carousals of persons stopping there, and attempts by them to secrete and harbor in the house females of ill repute; each attempt of course resulting in their rightful ejection from the house, and the usual disgraceful scene always following such an occasion. That our town is infested with a number of these irreputable characters, who are exerting a terrible influence over a large proportion of our population, is evident to all; and the deadly demoralizing consequences are seen on every hand. Oh, Shame!

(Punxsutawney Plaindealer)

Feeling Right at Home!

March 30, 1871 — Now is the time to have cellars cleaned of everything that is calculated to generate foul gases. They should be thoroughly ventilated and the walls white-washed. Inattention to the cleaning of cellars and yards of the filth that accumulated during the winter has proved a source of disease and in many instances so-called mysterious death. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer)

April 1, 1926 — Although the weather is hardly propitious for a put-door demonstration, hundreds of miners of District No. 2, U.M.W. of A. are gathered here today to celebrate “Mitchell Day,” which marks the anniversary of the eight hour working day for miners, secured through the persistent efforts of John Mitchell, former president of the U.M.W. of A. Autos, trains, street cars and buses brought hundreds of miners into the city this morning. At 1 o’clock this afternoon they were prepared to march through the principal streets of the city. Mines throughout the district are idle. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

April 10, 1889 — The men at Horatio are constantly reminded that they must deal at the company’s store and when they do not their services are not wanted. We have no objections to companies having stores but we do think that a man should be allowed to deal wherever he can buy to the best advantage. (Punxsutawney News) •••

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is recommended, since it can be done from any computer, at any time, takes only a few minutes, and is a totally secure web transaction.

For those who have used the online registration in the past, please note that the website and process are the same as last year, which had a look different from that of prior years. There are on-screen instructions to follow. Please remember: A person who registers online will not print his or her confirmation sheets after registering. Instead, he or she will receive an email receipt and confirmation, which will be printed and brought to the event.

Mail-in application forms can also be picked up at the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce. For additional information, to request a form, or to resolve an issue, please call the Chamber at (814) 938-7700, extension 2. The Chamber will have a Rotary member get back with you. Remember that appointments are limited and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

All blood screening participants will have blood drawn for thirty-nine different medical tests to be done by the laboratory. The full test results are then sent to the participant’s designated physician, and notice is also mailed to the participant. Your physician must have agreed in advance to participate (most area doctors have). Patients of any physician who has not agreed should contact the physician’s office about participating.

Interested persons are also urged to compare the actual tests being done at this program with any other multiphasic screenings that they might see offered.

All screenings are not the same. For example, the TSH thyroid test is included in this screening, but is often an optional add-on in other screenings. The total cost for the basic panel of thirty-nine tests at these events is $60 per person. The prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for men over forty years old is an optional test that can be done at this screening for an additional fee of $20. Other screenings might offer it at a higher cost.

Participants are reminded that a fast of twelve to fourteen hours is required prior to the screening and that no alcohol can be used for twenty-four hours prior to the test. Participants may take their regular medications on the morning of the test, but only with water. All participants must be able to list all their medications when they come to the event that morning. They are reminded to bring a list of medicines with them, if needed.

In most cases, Medicare will not cover costs of these screenings. This screening is not recommended for anyone under age eighteen.

Free coffee, donuts, orange juice, and other items will be available to all participants. As in the past Punxsy REACT members will be on hand to direct traffic in and out of the parking area. One hundred percent of any net proceeds from the events are used to fund Rotary contributions to many local charities, scholarships, community projects, and other nonprofit organizations.

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Graystone Court wants to provide maintenance free living for its residents. Emergency maintenance is available 24 hours daily. Non-emergency maintenance requests are scheduled through the office and followed up in a timely manner.

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MONTHLY RENTAL INCLUDES: Electric, Gas, Water, Sewer, Cable Television, Trash, Fitness and Game Facilities 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments starting at $765.00 OPTIONAL FEES: Parking Garage: $150.00/month PARKING GARAGE W/ STORAGE: $200.00/month STORAGE UNITS: $50/month Pet: $15.00/month ($150.00 Additional Security Deposit) ALL GRAYSTONE VILLAS ARE SMOKE FREE INCLUDING APARTMENTS & PATIOS A DIVISION OF JEFF S. LONG CONSTRUCTION

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