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From Typing to Texting, Local Business Woman Evolves with the Times By Jennifer Skarbek for Hometown magazine s the nation prepares to celebrate American Business Women’s Day on September 22 – a holiday that was first celebrated in 1982 before earning congressional approval and President Ronald Regan’s mandate a year later and that recognizes the importance of millions of women in the workforce and their priceless contributions – local business woman Barb (Smith) Beatty of Beatty Jewelers is celebrating her personal achievement of six decades in the workplace, no small feat for a woman who is also a wife, mother, and grandmother. Growing up as one of eight siblings in a family from Penn Hills, Barb always had an interest in typing and shorthand, both skills necessary to succeed in most secretarial positions in the latter half of the twentieth century. Thus, she pursued business classes while in high school, where she learned all that she could about office work. Barb said that being a part of such a large family meant that “college was not an option.” Therefore, after graduation from high school, Barb immediately started working at the age of 17 as a secretary at a paint company in Oakmont, just outside of Pittsburgh. There, she perfected the skills that she had been taught in high school while learning firsthand the ins and outs of working in the “real world.” Then, at 19, Barb was offered a position by her church, the Christian Missionary and Alliance, at its district office in Punxsutawney. Although this meant a move away from her home, Barb realized the professional growth that the job presented and accepted the position. Once settled into Punxsutawney, Barb soon made the acquaintance of Paul Beatty, a young jeweler and watchmaker who had set up shop in a store front on West Mahoning Street. The young woman had visited the jewelry store on a couple of occasions when Paul finally decided to approach her. “I came into the jewelry store one day,” Barb remembered, “and Paul asked me out for a date.” The two hit it off, and in 1962, they exchanged wedding vows in front of their family and friends. Not only had Barb gained a husband and life partner, she likewise became an employee of the jewelry

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Barb (Smith) Beatty, of Beatty Jewelers, has spent six decades in the workplace – no small feat for anyone, let alone a woman who is also a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. (photo by Courtney Katherine Photography)

shop, helping her husband with the daily tasks of running the business. She commented about her joining the staff in 1962, “I have done the bookwork ever since.” Barb explained that after Paul served in World War II, he attended watchmaking school on the G.I. Bill at a specialized academy in Pittsburgh. Afterwards, he opened a small store in Sykesville in 1949, before relocating the business to the main strip of downtown Punxsutawney. Barb added that the original Punxsutawney store was situated in a small corner of a building that later became the dining room for the well-loved Ruth and Harry’s Restaurant. Paul then moved the shop down the street to its present location at 120 West Mahoning Street. Indeed, Paul was busy running his store, but he also served a very crucial role in the area as B&O railroad’s official watch inspector. “In those days everything ran off of the railroads,” Barb said, stating that her husband had to be sure that every clock and watch in that industry was in perfect working order – a very important responsibility. When the Beattys became the parents of a son, David, and then a daughter, Jill, Barb made the decision to stay at home and mother her children rather than spend her time at the jewelry store. However, Barb continued to work behind the scenes doing

all of the business’s bookwork at the family’s dining room table. She said, “Paul would drag everything home, so that I could work on it.” In retrospect, Barb stands by this personal choice and sacrifice that she made so many years ago by stating that “I was at home during the important years.” When Jill started kindergarten, Barb then returned to the jewelry store to work during the daytime hours while her two children were off at school. This schedule suited the family’s needs very well, allowing Barb to split her time between homemaking and business. As time ticked by, Barb’s role at the store continually grew in response to the needs of customers and co-workers. She explained that over the years, the inventory at Beattys went through numerous changes to meet the demand of its patrons. In fact, during the 1960s through the 1990s, the store carried everything from appliances to china and fine jewelry. Barb began to work with the salesmen, as well as take over the massive responsibility of keeping track of inventory, which she knew was a huge help to her husband. She added, “I progressed from doing the books to helping my husband with everything. The only thing that I didn’t do was - Continued on page 4

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By Mary Ellen Pollock-Raneri for Hometown magazine ot all heroes are men who wear capes and possess superpowers. My hero typically wore conservative skirts with silky blouses. Sometimes, she dressed in a frock that had a thin belt cinched around her waist. Her light brown hair, curled and cut short, neatly framed her face. She had a tiny space between her two front teeth that showed when she smiled – which was pretty much all of the time. I can still see her strolling over to shut the door of her classroom; she kind of walked on her tiptoes and always wore sensible teacher shoes with a little platform heel. After securing her compound at the ting of the start bell, she sat at her desk and began the lesson. Mrs. Rundel, my high school French instructor in the early ’70s, was more than just a teacher to me. She was the lighthouse on a rocky beach – a beam of light that shined on rugged seas of high school angst and guided me to shore. You see, I never seemed to belong anywhere. At least that’s how I felt. Math mystified me; algebra and calculus looked like Egyptian hieroglyphics. I was jealous of kids who understood positives and negatives; alphabet letters that masqueraded as numbers confused me. Gym class and sports scared me. About as coordinated as an elephant on rollerblades, I dreaded my turn at bat and tried to blend in with the bleachers if we had to play basketball. Socially, too, I was a misfit. It didn’t make it any better that I wore glasses, had a haircut by “Mom Designs,” was a little overweight, and was an only child. Shy and quiet, I desperately wanted to make friends and be accepted. Fortunately, I found my niche in Mrs. Rundel’s French class. Mrs. Rundel’s room – located at the end of a long, shiny, bright hall in the new portion of the high school – was my sanctuary; her room was a rung that didn’t wobble on the fragile ladder of adolescence. There in her class, I wasn’t awkward or weird anymore. I felt smart and special. I felt like I was successful. It’s not that my French hero-teacher pulled out any bells and whistles or magic wands. She didn’t jump on desks and shout,

or run up and down the aisles of her room. She didn’t use fancy audio-visual equipment or devise elaborate lesson plans destined to entertain us or wow the administration. She didn’t haul in guest speakers or plan intricate field trips with itineraries ten pages long. Nope. Mrs. Rundel was a no-frills kind of gal. She simply taught us how to speak French and taught me to love that language. Customarily, she conducted lessons from her little throne behind her metal classroom desk. We always started with homework. Then, she presented a new lesson and we drilled and practiced it. Sometimes, she listened to us read paragraphs aloud or we did translation. Always positive and complimentary, Mrs. Rundel made me feel good about myself, and I actually volunteered in her room and waited to hear my teacher’s “très bien.” “Okay. Come on, now,” she encouraged. “Let’s try it again.” Mrs. Rundel never gave up on an answer, or on a student. “Let’s think,” she would slightly wave her pointer finger like an orchestra maestro as she coaxed out a response.” Even if students still missed the correct answer or failed a test or if their homework seemed a little shabby, my former teacher never screamed – in fact, I don’t think I ever heard her raise her voice. It’s funny. Even the popular kids seemed to look up to me in my French compound and even admired me for my ability in the language. I can particularly remember helping a popular, but typically unprepared, guy who sat next to me in that classroom. “What number are we on?” he whispered to me as he stared at his paper. Nervous, he jiggled his leg and avoided eye contact with our French instructor. When I murmured the correct reply to him from behind my hand – I was a cool kid; I felt popular and important. I’m pretty sure Mrs. Rundel knew that I gave him an answer him from time to time. She never said anything, though; she and the whole class kind of giggled at the scene. Just like a hero with extra-sensory powers, maybe Mrs. Rundel sensed that helping him with an ordinary response in French grammar helped me feel not-so-ordinary. See, I think she wanted me to fit in. Now, years later – it’s so obvious to me. That hour every morning when I was in French class was my time to shine. And, Mrs. Rundel polished me with all her humble teacher powers. For instance, once she wrote a skit

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Typing to Texting Continued from page 2 jewelry repair.” With the product base increasing, the Beattys decided to expand the shop in 1980. Barb said that they nearly doubled the square footage of the establishment in order to accommodate the demand for more space. And, with more inventory comes more work. Because Barb has been working in retail for so long, she has witnessed much evolution in the mere manner in which a store is run. Although she began at the store doing all the office work with paper, pen, and a typewriter, Barb has had to learn how to use ever-evolving technology in her daily routine. Over the years she has become familiar with QuickBooks software, fax machines, emailing on the computer, and texting on her phone. Stunned by her mother’s ability to adapt with the changing times, Jill said, “She did everything by hand but has learned to do appraisals and inventory on the computer.” Likewise, Barb has passed on all that she has learned at the jewelry store to her two children. She said that both Dave and Jill began helping out at the store as teenagers, assisting their mom and dad with small jobs. Ultimately, Barb was very pleased when both her children made the decision to follow career paths that would allow them to work full-time in the store as adults. “I never thought that the kids would come into the business,” Barb commented. “They did and we were so glad.” Fortunately, Barb’s heavy involvement in the business, as well as her children’s joining the team, gave the store the stability it needed to survive when Paul passed away in 2009. Barb knew that the business would never be the same with her husband’s absence; the community of Punxsutawney had relied on his service for decades. She said, “He was honest and fair and that meant a lot to the customers.” However, despite its immense loss, the family pulled together to keep the business running with the same quality reputation it had garnered over the years. Each member has taken on particular aspects of the business with Dave doing watch and clock repair and engraving, Jill doing jewelry design, stone setting and appraising, and Jill’s husband, Ron Voris, joining the staff and adding his craftsmanship as a goldsmith, as well as doing jewelry design and repair – all under the keen direction of their matriarch and leader, Barb. Bard said, “We each have our niche; we work well together.” This cooperation and high level of service to the community has successfully carried Barb and her business into the new century. She explained that with activity declining in the downtown areas of most small towns because chain and department stores draw customers away from the “Mom and Pop” establishments and many people choosing to shop via the internet, it is the friendly and reliable service that Beattys has provided to its clients over the years that has provided for the shop’s longevity. According to Jill, it is the fact that Beattys can build, change, and customize jewelry and that most of its business comes from service and repair that the shop is thriving. She said, “You can’t replace the handson service we provide. We have loyal customers who keep coming back,” adding that Beatty Jewelers has received top ratings in the business.

From Barb’s perspective, she and her family have been very fortunate with the success of their business, saying, “The Lord has really blessed us.” Now, at 78 years of age, Barb still keeps a busy schedule whether at work or at home. After spending five days a week at the jewelry store, Barb still finds time to do yardwork, read, cook for her family, spend time with her grandchildren, and attend church and Bible study. In fact, she keeps up with about four acres of lawn, garden, and orchard, even making apple cider in the fall just for fun with the very fruit that grows on her trees. Then, on Monday mornings, she’s back at the jewelry counter at Beattys, ready to lend a hand to the staff and meet the needs of the customers. “My kids say that I’m needed at the store,” Barb said. “As long as I’m in good health I’ll keep coming in.” •••

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In the fairy tales that I have read, the hero always helps to show you the way. Mrs. Rundel helped me find my course in life by something as simple as the little talks she shared with her class. You know – the genuine kind of dialogues when a teacher tells you about her life and family – when you get a peek inside her real world after she leaves her superpowers at work. I will never forget her stories about Seton Hill College, the institution where she got her degree in French and in teaching. Sometimes, too, our teacher would tell us about her daughter, Charlotte, who also went to Seton Hill and who spent time in Spain studying the Spanish language. I was fascinated with all Mrs. Rundel’s tales and they inspired me. Thanks to my teacher, thanks to her gracious recommendation, and thanks to all her college anecdotes, Seton Hill was the school that I attended after I graduated from high school. Yes, Helen Rundel motivated me to walk in her footsteps; she recognized my potential and guided me to my lifelong vocation. Years later, after I became a French teacher myself, I phoned her and filled her in on my new job. “Come up to my house,” Mrs. Rundel graciously invited. “I have something I want to give you.” Smiling as always and dressed in a skirt and silky blouse, she met me at the door. After we chatted a bit about teaching and students, she excused herself for a moment, went into another room, and returned with a small cardboard box decorated with pictures of black and gold cubes. Inside the box sat thirty wooden cubes; each cube had French words on all sides. On the top of the box was written, “Construction de Phrases Avec Des Cubes.” Under the title was a label that read, “Unusual Gifts by the Hundred.” Maya Angelou once wrote about “how important it is to recognize and to celebrate our heroes and our she-roes.” Every time I look at my treasure – the worn cardboard box filled with little wooden blocks – I remember my “she-ro” – Mrs. Helen Rundel. I remember the French Club, the grammar, the dialogues, and translations. For me, all the classwork, every smile, every nod of her head, every très bien or bon, every story she told, and every kind word that flowed from her mouth were irreplaceable and were the “unusual gifts by the hundred” that inspired and encouraged a usual girl like me. •••

The VFW building on Maple Avenue, at the baseball complex of the VFW and Little League fields, began its history in the Punxsutawney area as the “Rose Cottage,” built in 1835 by Charles C. Gaskill, land agent of the Holland Land Company. (photo by S. Thomas Curry)

The Gaskill Homestead was built in a wooded area outside Punxsutawney near the Mahoning Creek and facing Indiana Street that wound up and around to the top of the hill. In 1870, the cottage was purchased by Prof. J.A. Lowry, Superintendent of Jefferson County schools. (drawing from 1878 Caldwell’s Illustrated Atlas of Jefferson County)

The VFW in Punxsy History

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By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine hile writing historical articles, on a regular schedule, covering major topics of local interest, such as the founding years and days of pioneer settlement, the styles of architecture, the names of area towns, the former industries, the prominent men and women of the past, and the cultural activities, organizations, etc., many “little” stories relating to local history are gathered during research. Often, they are set aside,

waiting to be woven into major feature stories, or offered as “historical sketches” in a more leisurely moment. The lazy days of summer provide time to share a few notes, woven into a story that reflects the changing times in Punxsutawney area history. It was announced this summer that the Punxsutawney Lions Club will lead a campaign to raise funds for the construction of a new VFW “home” to replace the building that the organization has occupied since the late 1940s. Located on Maple Avenue, the

building faces U.S. Route 119 at the entrance of the complex of baseball fields that includes the VFW Teener League Field and several Little League fields. The success of the Lions Club campaign will mean the construction of a new building for a social hall and meeting rooms. The old building on Maple Avenue, proposed to be demolished after the completion of the new one, has been a special property in Punxsutawney area history. That recent news, directing attention to an out-of-the-way location in the Punx-

sutawney environment, prompted the opening of a floodgate of notes in the files of history. the VFw in punxsutawney History The first Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Punxsutawney was not the RobinsonMorrison Post No. 2076, as it is named today. Veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War I organized the first group in 1928 and named it the ProblysBrennan Post. Prior to this, veterans of the American - Continued on next page

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Before Punxsutawney Post 2076 occupied its building on Maple Avenue, veterans of World War I had their meeting room and “home” on North Findley Street. After the Flood Control Project was completed in 1949, the VFW occupied the former “Rose Cottage” that was relocated to the Maple Avenue area. (photo courtesy of Mike Johnston)

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Continued from previous page Civil War had organized the Captain E. H. Little Post No. 237, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), in 1888. It was named for the local young man who was killed in the Battle at Gettysburg. The Problys-Brennan Post, with a membership of 150, was named for Pvt. Stanley Problys and Cpl. Eugene Brennan. Problys was killed in action in July 1918. The 23year-old young man was killed by shrapnel on the battlefield of Chateau-Thierry in France. Eugene Brennan, known locally as “Tinker,” was first reported as missing in action during a battle at Fismes in France in August 1918. In December, the Red Cross reported him as killed by German soldiers during a house-to-house fight. In the summer of 1921, the bodies of both young men, and others, were returned to Punxsutawney from France. Pvt. Problys was buried in the Anita Catholic Cemetery. Cpl. Brennan was laid to rest in the new American Legion burial plot in Circle Hill Cemetery, which was prepared in 1921 as a memorial burial site for soldiers. After a few years, the VFW post named jointly for the two young men became inactive, and a new post was “mustered” in August 1935. With a charter membership of ninety members, it was named the Robinson-Morrison Post No. 2076. Dr. J. L. Robinson, a local dentist, was a veteran of the Spanish-American War who served in Puerto Rico. He died suddenly in August 1922 at the age of 41. Harry J. Morrison enlisted in the Army in May 1917, went overseas in July with Company A of the First Engineers and was assigned to General John “Black Jack” Pershing’s headquarters. As an event in local history, his death in November 1917 was marked as “the first American boy to die overseas in World War I.” He died at age 27 in a base hospital from pneumonia. In the summer of 1921, his body was also returned to his hometown for burial, by way of the Pennsylvania Railroad in East End. An honor guard of the VFW Problys-Brennan Post and the John Jacob Fisher American Legion Post No. 62 escorted the body from the PRR passenger station. the VFw Home on North Findley Street A news article in the Punxsutawney Spirit in June 1946 announced the sale of the “former VFW Home.” Prior to its use as a VFW home for World War I veterans the building had a history as a smallpox

quarantine hospital in the early 1900s and a meeting hall for the local Italian Sons & Daughters of America. According to local resident Mike Johnston, his father Leo Johnston had purchased the building. Mr. Johnston was a prominent realtor at the time, owning many houses in Punxsutawney. He went into a 50/50 partnership with Stanley J. Ragley who had operated his Maytag Appliance Store on East Mahoning Street, fronting the Plaza and Barclay Square. Leo Johnston managed the store. Paul Remek joined him in the business under the familiar slogan “Out of the Way – Less to Pay.” Their success in the furniture business led to remodeling of the former VFW building. Punxsutawney area residents will remember the business as Johnston Furniture. Before it was the VFw post 2076 on Maple Avenue The building on Maple Avenue, proposed to be demolished after the completion of the new one, has been a special property in Punxsutawney area history. From its early pioneer years to its relocation to that familiar site on Maple Avenue, it has been known as “Rose Cottage.” Built in 1835 by Charles C. Gaskill, it was named because “the house was surrounded by roses and other flowers and a white paling fence,” according to a description written in the Punxsutawney Centennial Book of 1949. Punxsutawney’s Gaskill Avenue, intersecting with old Indiana Street south of Mahoning Creek, was named for Charles C. Gaskill. Gaskill Township, a few miles from Punxsutawney in the southeast corner of Jefferson County, was also named for the honorable Mr. Gaskill, who was a land agent of the Holland Land Company. The Holland Land Company, a speculating company of Dutch capitalists, controlled acreage in Jefferson County and adjoining counties. Many of the early pioneers in the area had purchased their property from Mr. Gaskill. Gaskill, a Quaker from Philadelphia, came to the Punxsutawney area in 1818 shortly after the arrival of the Rev. David Barclay and Dr. John W. Jenks. His family had come to America with William Penn in 1679. For nearly twenty-five years, Gaskill was a solid citizen who contributed greatly to Punxsutawney’s development and the settlement of many acres of the area’s wooded land. What is called “old Indiana Street” today was referred to as “Gaskill Hill” in the late 1800s. Then, the street was - Continued on page 8

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Continued from page 6 the major road out of Punxsutawney, a winding route up and around the hill to Wingert’s farm at the top, and on to Indiana County and Indiana. After most of the land of the Holland Land Company had been sold, Gaskill returned to the Philadelphia area in 1849 and died there in 1872. Located at 301 Indiana Street, in 1947, the cottage-style house was known as the Betts Home, where Glenn Betts had lived and where his widow lived after his death in 1935. Mrs. Betts was the daughter of Reuben F. Young. According to a news note in the weekly Valley News [later named the Punxsutawney News], in 1885, her father erected a building on East Union Street, on the south side of “the square” (named Barclay Square in 1928). There he operated his meat market. The lot and building were purchased by the First Baptist Church in 1916, and the church’s parsonage was built on that lot. According to local history, in 1868, the “Rose Cottage” of Mr. Gaskill was sold to William Davis, who sold it to Theodore Pantall and John North. In September 1870, the house, stated as “near town,” was occupied by attorney H.C. Campbell. It was

purchased from Campbell for $2,200 by “Prof. J. A. Lowry,” who had become superintendent of the Jefferson County schools. A.C. White purchased the cottage in 1877 and sold it to Reuben F. Young in 1886. For a sum of $2,200, Mr. Young bought property that contained nineteen acres of land. For many years, old-timers often called that land “Young’s Bottom,” a site that was located west of old Indiana Street and south of Maple Avenue – now the location of the many baseball fields. Some folk might remember the land as where the Punxsutawney annual firemen’s carnival was held in the 1950s and 1960s. the Effect of Flood control in punxsutawney Several years after the devastating and costly Flood of 1936, government bureaucracy continued to move at a slow pace. It began in 1938 when borough officials received word that “Mahoning Creek, in and in the vicinity of Punxsutawney, Pa.” was included in plans for flood control prevention. The news of the “Mahoning Creek Channel Improvements” was passed along to the people of Punxsutawney. The design included improvements that would be done in phases, starting at the railroad trestle in Elk Run. Phase II would make major changes in the area of the In- Continued on page 10

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Continued from page 8 diana Street bridge, where improvements included straightening a sharp curve in the creek and building a new bridge at Indiana Street that would be realigned with a new highway to be built. That new road is what is often called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Indiana Hillâ&#x20AC;? by area residents. The changes completely altered the neighborhood of Indiana Street and Maple Avenue. Nearly a decade later, in the Punxsutawney Spirit on August 30, 1947, Editor P.L. Smith wrote in his column: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Among the flood control casualties along Maple Avenue will be one of the finest elms in all this land, a tree that measures 16-feet in circumference and spreads its branches over a tremendous area. It is located on the Wainwright property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the bed of the Mahoning Creek is shifted southward to accelerate the flow of water, the tree would be almost in the center of the new creek bed if it were permitted to remain. But it must be sacrificed to the demands of progress and need. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of the properties in the Maple Avenue section will be very much changed by the needs of flood control. One landmark, the Young property, for years the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gaskill Placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and known as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rose Cottage,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; is to be moved. It was built more than 130 years ago.â&#x20AC;? The right-of-way for the new bridge required six houses to be torn down. The brick Jewish synagogue â&#x20AC;&#x201C; built in 1902 and located at the corner of Indiana Street and Maple Avenue facing Mahoning Creek, where the new bridge would be constructed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was demolished. Three years later a new synagogue was built on Church Street. Because of the flood control project, and it recognized that Gaskillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rose Cottage was of historical significance, the structure was moved to Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bottom on the west

side of U.S. Route 119. A new intersection was created, with a connecting road to the east to be an entrance to the old Indiana Street. It was there, in Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bottom, in the historic former Gaskill Homestead, that Punxsutawneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robinson-Morrison VFW Post No. 2076 found a new home for its members, who, according to the 1949 centennial book, numbered about 350 at that time. For many years, members of the local VFW participated in many community activities. The deaths of many World War I veterans thinned the membership ranks; however, at the end of World War II in 1945, an influx of veterans from battlefields of that war fought on foreign soil increased its membership. The older surviving World War I veterans were ready to turn leadership over to a new generation. As many of the veterans aged, so also did Gaskillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place, Rose Cottage, or the VFW Home â&#x20AC;&#x201C; however one refers to the historical structure. With their building 180 years in age, current VFW members decided that the structure was unsuitable for a proper VFW home for veterans in the twenty-first century. The financial campaign continues toward its goal to raise adequate funds to construct a new building on Maple Avenue. When the new facility is completed, the former Rose Cottage will be demolished. Also, a new history has begun for VFW Post 2076. In the building on Maple Avenue, a historic meeting was held on July 8, 2015, during which the Big Run VFW Post No. 9044 merged with the Punxsutawney unit. Mahoning Valley VFW Post 2076 was adopted as a new name for the group. Thus, history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with its ebbs and flows â&#x20AC;&#x201C; continues to move ever forward from the past, through the present, and into the future. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

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ometown reader Philip DeHennis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; formerly of Delancey, now of Philadelphia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; clipped the following Associated Press story, published in the Thursday, August 13, edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and sent it to the Hometown office: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bethlehem, Pa. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; One lucky groundhog might live to see another Groundhog Day thanks to authorities in eastern Pennsylvania. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The creature roaming Lehigh University wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to see its own shadow â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or much of anything â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because its head was stuck in a tin can. Campus police were

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By the Coal Memorial Committee for Hometown magazine eeping chickens was a necessity in the early days of Punxsutawney. Practically every home had a chicken coop where a hen regularly hatched a clutch of eggs. Her efforts provided both eggs and meat for the family of the house. And when there were extra eggs or chickens, they were sold to provide a little extra income. With the influx of people to work in the mines, farmers located near mining communities found a ready market for their extra poultry and eggs. Sometimes, however, the close proximity to a mining community had its downside. That may have been the case when Daniel Sutter, a farmer who lived near Horatio, the Berwind-White Mining Community in southern Young Township, lost some chickens. On the night of January 21, 1898, thirty chickens were taken from his poultry house. Losing a chicken or two was not something that farmers made a fuss about. They were used to losing a few to the fox or the weasel; however loosing thirty chickens in one night did not sit well with Mr. Sutter. He went to the local justice of the peace and swore out a warrant and took it upon himself to find where his chickens had gone in order to receive restitution for his loss. Miners also so kept chickens. Luigia Naso, who lived and worked at Horatio, owned a small flock of chickens and a dog. When he planned a visit his home in Italy, he engaged neighbor Joe Testa to care for his chickens and the dog while he was gone. It is not known what the agreed-upon compensation was for this service. However, three months later when Naso returned he found that Mr. Testa had moved to Yatesboro. Naso went to Yatesboro to reclaim his chickens and the dog. Mr. Testa was not at home. Naso, who was in a hurry told Mrs. Testa he would just take the chickens and dog. Shortly thereafter Mr. Testa returned home and upon learning that Naso had taken the chickens and the dog, he went after him. When Testa caught up with Naso, he demanded payment for caring for the chickens and the dog for three months. After a verbal altercation, Mr. Naso paid Mr. Testa $10 for his services and quietly took has chickens and dog back to Horatio. At Walston, two women became engaged in an incident over stolen chickens. Each

filed a complaint against the other, which resulted in their appearing before Judge Corey. The hearing was reported in the November 19, 1909, Punxsutawney Spirit: THE AMERICAN PLAN Hungarians of Walston Demonstrate How it is Done at Hearing Before Squire Corey Last Night “The theft of some chickens at Walston is responsible for a social disturbance that was aired in Squire Corey’s court in this place last night when Mrs. Julia Bitzsko appeared against Mrs. Mary Macienowski, known among her friends as Mrs. Mary Blacksmith, in a charge of assault and battery. “Mrs. Bitzsko, petite but positive and with a powerful voice, claimed that about two weeks ago while in the neighborhood of Mrs. Blacksmith’s home, she was summoned to come in and see Mrs. Blacksmith, that she had no sooner entered the door than she was set upon by Mrs. Blacksmith, who charged her with fabricating a story about who stole the chickens; slapped her on the mouth, wheeled her around, kicked her out of the house ‘American fashion,’ and then drove her off with a washboard. “Mrs. Blacksmith countered with a statement that Mrs. Bitzsko had come into her house, charged her with having told Mrs. Bitzsko who stole the chickens and when ordered out refused to go. She stated that she only slapped Mrs. Bitzsko mildly and gave a pantomime performance of what she had intended to do if Mrs. Bitzsko had not obeyed. “John Recke, who happened to be present when Mrs. Blacksmith first detailed the trouble to an attorney about a week ago, and who was a witness for the prosecution list night stated that he had heard Mrs. Blacksmith retelling how she had slapped and kicked Mrs. Bitzsko on the ‘American Plan.’ “While under cross examination Recke got the impression that Mrs. Blacksmith claimed that she had kicked him on the ‘American Plan’ and it required considerable tact on the part of the attorney for the defense to disabuse his mind of the erroneousness of that impression. “There was a deal of questioning about the meaning of being ‘kicked on the American plan.’ Mrs. Blacksmith, however, gave a demonstration, and by gesticulations made it plain to the justice that the operation as interpreted by our Hungarian friends, involved nothing more than the swift but simple application of one person’s foot to the person - Continued on page 14

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he Friends of the Punxsutawney Memorial Library exists to support the town’s public library. This year, the group’s major fundraiser will be a new endeavor, an antiques and collectibles appraisal fair, “Treasures at the Knob” – that will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, September 19, in the social hall at Gobbler’s Knob. The fair has been scheduled to coincide with Punxsutawney Appreciation Day. Knowledgeable dealers will be on hand to give patrons educated appraisals

just items carried to the fair. Experts can peruse photographs of large furniture to glean general information about them. The Friends hope to draw both those with items to be appraised and those who like to browse and, perhaps, buy antiques and collectibles. Pizza, coffee, and water will be on sale. Friends of the Library members will also host three separate mini-sales: a trash-and-treasure sale, a book sale, and a bake sale. Patrons will pay $10 to bring a limit

of three items, or three sets of similar items, to be appraised. Patrons older than 18, who want only to browse and, perhaps, buy “treasures,” books, and food items, will pay a $5 admission fee. Among the expert appraisers on site will be Mike Johnston, who knows guns, knives, coins, and Punxsy collectibles. Dave Setree will appraise coins and collectibles, and Ron Voris of Beatty’s Jewelry, will bring his jewelry expertise to the fair. Shirley Sharp, of the Punx-

sutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, will evaluate Punxsutawney collectibles, old photos, or memorabilia. Two Sykesville antique dealers with a combined forty years of experience with a variety of antiques – marbles, tools, pottery, and military, hunting, fishing, and outdoor items – are also among the appraisers. Denise Matthews will appraise glass, furniture photos, and collectibles, and Pat Neal has signed on to assess old quilts and buttons. To enliven the scene, Jim Cassidy, a Civil War re-enactor, will set up a small camp on the grounds to provide a bit of “living” history. •••

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Friends of the Library vice president Stephanie Sandy and president Erin Cameron display a poster advertising the group’s “Treasures at the Knob” fundraiser – an antiques and collectibles appraisal fair scheduled for Saturday, September 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Gobbler’s Knob social hall. (submitted photo)

of items brought to the event. Coins, glass, military items, jewelry, guns, stamps, guns, tools, historical Punx-

Pat Neal and Ron Voris are among the eight experts who will attend the Friends of the Library’s “Treasures at the Knob” and will offer their appraisals. Pat has extensive knowledge of antique quilts and buttons, and Ron, with years of experience at Paul Beatty Jewelers, has an expert eye for the value of rings, brooches, and other jewelry. (submitted photo)

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of another while the second party is in retreat. “Justice Corey, after hearing the evidence, reserved his decision until Monday, November 22.” (Punxsutawney Spirit, November 19, 1909) No record of Justice Corey’s decision was found. In the early years of the twentieth century, raising chickens was improved with the invention of the thermostatically controlled incubator. This invention enabled backyard farming aficionados to hatch and raise small to moderate flocks of chickens. Among these early poultry men were T.E. Baker with 700 chickens of various breeds; Ralph Oliver, 350 single comb White Leghorns; Clark Long with 150 Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns; John S. Langan, 100 Mottled Anconas (Italian Leghorns) and Columbia Wyandottes; Thomas Collier, 40 Anconas; Charles N. Miller, 40 Anconas and White Leghorns; Wilson Blose, 25 prize-winning, Black Minorcas; and Lon Adams, 30 White Leghorns. Most of these chicken fanciers lived on what was then known as Hospital Hill, near where the new Adrian Hospital was built. In 1906, two of these chicken farmers, Wilson Blose, a builder who lived in the East End, and Ralph Oliver, a railroad car inspector who lived on Hospital Hill, became local celebrities. They had entered the Poultry Show held at Butler, where Oliver won prizes on three single comb White Leghorns and Blose for his rose combed black Minorca cockerel. Both were young men in their early thirties, who had taken up the hobby of raising chickens in their spare time. In 1907, Oliver returned to the Butler Poultry Show, where he received several first prizes and a number of second prizes for his White Leghorns and where he received an offer of $75 for his six chickens. William Campbell, of Punxsutawney, accompanied Oliver and was rewarded with a first prize for two of his rose comb Rhode Island Reds and a second prize for another one. About this time the Punxsutawney Spirit outlined the profitability of raising chickens. It estimated that it required $1 a year to keep a hen and the return from her eggs was $3.60, netting a $2.60 profit per year for the chicken fancier. The article went on to stated that chicken fanciers could sell many times more than they had at 40 cents per dozen. At that time, it was estimated that at that time Punxsutawney was importing 3,000 dozen of eggs

per week, or about six times more than the Punxsutawney poultry men were producing. On January13, 1908, Oliver’s coop of five single comb White Leghorns carried off ten prizes at the Genesee Valley Poultry and Pigeon Show at Rochester, New York. Oliver’s birds received one first, two third, and seven special prizes. He received the blue and yellow ribbons and had them framed to display. Then, on the thirty-first, at the Butler County Poultry & Pet Stock Association show, the Punxsutawney contingent carried off a large number of prizes. Oliver netting award for all ten of his birds; W.D. Campbell six for his seven Rhode Island Reds; Samuel Todd, five for his rose comb Buff Leghorns; and Wilson Blose four prizes for his four Black Minorcas. Buoyed by these wins, Oliver and Todd entered birds in the Pittsburg Poultry Fancier’s Club Show, where they took prizes for every exhibit. As a result, they set about organizing a Punxsutawney Poultry Fancier’s Club and applying for membership in the American Poultry Association. In April 1908, Ralph Oliver took a big step. He purchased six acres of land in the west end of Punxsutawney along the Brookville road, where he established the Punxsutawney Poultry Farm. He left his job as a car inspector with the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad to become a chicken farmer. In the spring of 1909, Oliver returned to work in the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad yard. He was working at the Cloe Scales on Saturday evening, September 5. The Cloe scales were at the eastern limit of the railroad yard, and it was his job to run the cars across the scale and then direct them to either the east or northbound tracks where they would be connected to the proper string of cars by a coupling. The cars traveled mainly by inertia on the gentle grade of the tracks. He had weighted about fifty cars when three cars for the northbound track reached the scales. Oliver ran each of cars across the scale and stopped them a short distance down the northbound track. When the three cars were lined up, he released the brakes and was riding on the front end of them down the grade for about 200 yards to the longer string of waiting cars. He noticed the knuckles of the coupling on the receiving car was closed so he jumped off the car and ran to open the knuckles. He had only gone a few feet when a coworker saw him fall. No one else was riding the three cars, which were running at about three miles an hour down the slope. The fore trucks [the front set - Continued on page 24

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program will be announced at the high n recent months, the Chuck Daly school’s first pep rally, scheduled for SepFoundation – under the leadership of tember 25. founder George C. “Butch” White – The Foundation honored Daly at the has been active in Punxsutawney, where high school on his birthday, July 20. Thus, the late Chuck Daly’s coaching career under White’s leadership, began. White, one of the the members of the PHS basketball players who Class of 1960 made their played for Daly during his fifty-fifth class reunion first coaching job, wanted memorable by honoring to honor this special Daly at the high school coach, who was a mentor where he began his sucto all privileged to know cessful coaching career. him. Initially, members of (The Class of 1960 was the the Chuck Daly Foundafirst class to graduate from tion focused their attention the newly built high on Punxsutawney Area school, which opened for High School – Punxthe 1959-60 school year.) sutawney Area Joint High The Foundation’s work, School in Daly’s day – and however, was not done. received approval from the Daly actually coached at school’s administration two different locations – and athletic committee and the “old” high school on the district’s school board Jefferson Street, now the to rename the school’s Chuck and Terry Daly, circa Punxsutawney Area Comgym the Chuck Daly Me1960s (submitted photo) munity Center, for four morial Gymnasium, to inyears (1956-59) and the “new” high stall a bronze plaque at the school’s school on North Findley Street for four entrance, to set up a display case for Dalyyears (1960-63). Having completed its related memorabilia, and, most impormemorial at the current high school, the tantly, to establish an on-going scholarship Foundation was asked to create something for a deserving student-athlete – the special “where it all began” for Chuck Chuck Daly Scholarship, which will be Daly. The request was granted for both given annually to a male and female high historical and practical reasons. A display school basketball player. The scholarship at the PACC would receive a great deal of

public exposure, since the community offers movie nights, a fitness center, special events, and concerts like the upcoming M a r t i n a McBride concert in September. The grand opening of the new Chuck Daly display at PACC will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, September 12. All are welcome, especially forDaly’s Punxsutawney High School basketball players enjoyed dinmer PHS class- Chuck ner with their former coach at the Hall of Fame Awards in 1994: (front row) mates and the Butch White, Coach Chuck Daly, Red Nolder, (back row) Don Hester, Roger basketball play- Pflugfelder, Carl Kenny, and David Long. (photo courtesy of Butch White) ers who learned from Daly. Butch White, on behalf of the newly installed kiosk will show clips of Chuck Daly Foundation, will give former Daly receiving his Hall of Fame Award. players an opportunity to “shoot some (Daly was actually inducted twice to the hoops,” with prizes for those who can still Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – in 1994 in recognition of his NBA make a “bucket”! As the guests travel memory lane, they coaching career and in 2010 as coach of can browse the new Chuck Daly display the “Dream Team” that won the gold case, which will house photos of PHS bas- medal at the 1992 Olympics). A six-by-four-foot mural with Daly’s ketball players from 1956 to 1963 and a - Continued on page 22 variety of memorabilia. In addition, a

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career highlights and photographs will be hung above the display case. The mural was designed by Nancy Finley, director of the Chuck Daly Foundation. A new fifteen-foot banner of Daly and his first PHS basketball team will hang above the gym’s entrance doors. In addition, life-size posters of several of Daly’s famous Olympic players – Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and David Robinson – will be displayed, so all can see for themselves just how tall professional players can be. For the September 12 opening, the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society has provided two fifteen-foot murals of what Punxsy looked like in the ’50s and ’60s. These will provide unique and interesting photo opportunities for attendees. T-shirts and pins, designed for the opening, will also be available. All proceeds will benefit the Chuck Daly Foundation scholarships under the direction of Dyrk Couser, the secretary-treasurer of the Foundation. For additional information about the community center opening or about the Chuck Daly Foundation, please call (814) 590-8451. •••

Chuck Daly was born July 20, 1930, in St. Marys. Following his graduation from Kane Area High School, he attended St. Bonaventure University for one year before transferring to Bloomsburg State Teachers College (now Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania). Daly played basketball at both schools. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, Daly served two years in the military. After his enlistment ended, Daly began his teaching and coaching careers at PunxArea sutawney Joint High School, where he taught and speech coached the boys’ basketball team Chuck Daly (photo cour1956 from tesy of Mrs. Terry Daly) through 1963. He led the Punxsy roundballers to District 9 playoffs and championships. Following his eight-year run at the high school level – he compiled a 111-70 record at PHS – Daly jumped to the collegiate level, becoming an assistant coach under Vic Bubas at Duke University. Subsequently, he was named head coach at Boston College in 1969 and at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His Quaker teams won 125 games and lost only 38 during Daly’s tenure. In 1978, Daly moved to the National Basketball Association when he was named an assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. In 1981, he was hired as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers – the team’s third head coach of the season – but was fired with a 9-32 record before the season ended. Daly returned to the 76ers organization as a broadcaster. In 1983, the Detroit Pistons hired him as the team’s head coach. Prior to Daly’s arrival, the Pistons had never recorded back-to-back winning seasons. Under Daly’s guidance, the Pistons made the playoffs each year he was head coach (1983–1992), reached finals three times, and won consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. Daly was head coach of the U.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics. He was the first coach to win an NBA championship and an Olympic gold medal. Following a two-year stint with the New Jersey Nets and a brief retirement from coaching, Daly coached the Orlando Magic for two seasons before retiring permanently. In 1996, two years after being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Daly was voted one of the ten greatest coaches of the NBA’s first fifty years – despite the fact that he had never won Coach of the Year honors. During his professional coaching career, Daly’s teams won 638 games and lost 437. Annually, the NBA gives the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award to a longtime NBA coach who reflects Daly’s “standard of integrity, competitive excellence and tireless promotion” of the game. The first award-winner was Tommy Heinsohn, who was honored following the NBA’s 2008-09 season. “Chuck did much more than coach basketball games,” said former NBA commissioner David Stern at the time of Daly’s death on May 9, 2009. “He positively impacted everyone he met, both personally and professionally, and his love of people and the game of basketball helped develop the next generation of coaches.” Locally, George “Butch” White (PHS Class of 1960) founded the Chuck Daly Foundation not only to perpetuate and commemorate Daly’s legacy, but also to raise money to establish the Chuck Daly Scholarship at Punxsutawney Area High School and to fund memorial displays at the high school and the Punxsutawney Area Community Center. Foundation members include Dyrk Couser, secretary-treasurer (PHS Class of 1956), and Nancy Finley, director (PHS Class of 1960). For more information about the nonprofit Chuck Daly Foundation, please call (814) 590-8451. •••

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Chicken Fanciers Continued from page 14 of wheels] of the first coal car passed over him before it struck the bumper of the car it was to be connected to. He was rushed aboard train #22 and taken to the Adrian Hospital where died at 7:45 that evening. Ralph Oliver, son of a railroader, who worked as a railroader, left his legacy of being a prize-winning chicken fancier Punxsutawney area. During the remainder of the twentieth century, many area farmers established henneries in the Punxsutawney area and fulfilled the dream of operating profitable chicken farms. (Resources used in the preparation of this article are available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library and the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. This article has been 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 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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three shows, with the first one set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 21, at the Punxsutawney Area High School. The opening concert will feature Ethan Bortnick, a talented teen pianist, vocalist, and composer. “Since age nine, Ethan Bortnick has been traveling around the world and featured in unique concerts as a ‘child prodigy extraordinaire’ with his command of music,” commented S. Thomas Curry, president of the concert association, referring to the 14-yearold performer’s unmatched talent. “His variety of music – including jazz, raise-the-roof rock ’n’ roll, classical music, and his own original compositions – will provide a very entertaining night. This will

not be a stiff piano recital, I assure you,” Curry added. “Punxsutawney area folk may not have heard him, or know much about him, but his appearance here will be a major event to be cherished,” claimed Robert Barone, a member of the concert association’s board. While in Punxsutawney, the teen prodigy will be introduced to students in the Punxsutawney Area High School during an afternoon assembly program. Guinness World Records has recognized the young performer as “The World’s Youngest Solo Musician to Headline His Own Tour,” according to his online biography. In addition to touring the world and appearing on national television, Bortnick has performed in concert with such musical superstars as Elton John, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Beyoncé, Reba McEntire, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, and others. The Punxsutawney Concert Association’s season is supported by annual subscribers and a core of patrons and benefactors. An association subscription card provides admission to the concerts. Although the subscription campaign has ended, annual subscriptions for the full season will still be available at the door for the opening concert. Annual subscriptions also include free admission to concerts in DuBois during the season. “Each year with the resources made available by our subscribers, we try to satisfy the varying tastes our area folk might have for live stage entertainment,” Curry pointed out. The second concert will be Sunday, March 13, 2016, and will feature ventriloquist Kevin Johnson in a matinee show. The season will conclude in May with the voices of four young Canadians in performance. All concerts are held at the Punxsutawney Area Senior High School, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Individual adult tickets for the Ethan Bortnick concert are $20 at the door and $10 for students. All proceeds support the concert association expenses. •••

Salvation Army Announces Events, Activities

he Salvation Army has scheduled the following events and activities: The Annual golf tournament will be held on September 24 at the Punxsutawney Country Club. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and a start time of 1 p.m. The tourney is a fundraiser for programs and services to help those in need. The After School Youth programs start in September and include homework help, supper, Club 3:16, badges, music and art programs, and so on. The local chapter of Hispins Archery – a nationwide program – also begins in September and provides archery instruction in a safe, Christian environment. Classes are available for adults and for youth ages 9 and older. Applications for two programs will be accepted September 21-25 – treasures for children and project Bundle Up. Please bring proof of income to apply for

either program. Treasures for Children provides holiday food bags and gifts for children ages 12 and younger for qualifying individuals and families. Project Bundle Up gives winter coats to youngsters – newborns through age 18 (if still in school at 18) – and to senior citizens ages 62 and older. The winter coat and Blanket giveaway will take place on Monday, October 26. The give-away is open to adults and children who did not participate in Project Bundle Up. No application is required for this program. The Salvation Army holds worship services and Sunday school every Sunday, with breakfast at 9 a.m. Men’s and women’s groups are available. Please call 938-5530 for information about any Salvation Army program, or stop by the center at 229 W. Mahoning Street. Transportation may be available to some activities. •••

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ational Health Center Week 2015, August 10-15, was celebrated in thousands of communities across the country. The week recognized the invaluable services Community Health Centers – like Primary Health Network – provide to over 23 million Americans. Community Health Centers started fifty years ago as a pilot project during President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. Since then, they have compiled a significant record of success that includes: reducing income and ethnic health disparities nationwide; reducing infant mortality rates; producing $24 billion in annual health system savings; reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and visits to the emergency room; and maintaining patient satisfaction levels of nearly 100 percent. In 2014, PHN celebrated its thirtieth year of embracing excellence in healthcare by serving 117,000 patients through over 368,000 medical, dental, and behavioral health visits. What was once a

dream to expand these services to more local areas has now translated into expansion into over fourteen counties throughout Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. PHN and its foundation strive to break down barriers community members face when receiving access to quality care, which is why charitable programs, case management, and patient education are always made available to PHN patients. As part of PHN’s mission to improve the health and the well-being of those in the communities it serves, free pregnancy tests and blood pressure screenings are offered at all medical sites. Additionally, a sliding fee scale is offered to those patients who qualify. In Jefferson County alone, Primary Health Network provided care for the community with over 14,684 patient visits in 2014, and PHN will continue to strive to meet the needs of your community and strive to make the community healthier. For more information, visit www.primary-health.net. •••

Groundhog Club Picnic & Phil Phest Set for Sept. 5

he 117th Annual Groundhog Club Picnic & Phil Phest will be held from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 5, at Gobbler’s Knob for patrons 21 years of age and older. The annual groundhog picnic is a great piece of Groundhog Club and Punxsutawney history. Phil’s Elixir of Life Ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. Yard games will be set up for those who’d like to participate. There will be big screen TVs set up in the building, so attendees can, if they choose, watch football games. A cornhole tournament will begin at 1 p.m. Entry is free of charge. After the Elixir Ceremony, the finals for the tournament will begin! Remedy X will provide live entertainment from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. American

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Pheasants Forever Mentored Youth Hunts Set for october W placing water for the dogs, coordinating hat better way to introduce kids with the PA Game Commission, assigning to hunting than by participating hunting fields, and so on. in the Pheasants Forever Men“It takes a lot of hours to coordinate a tored Youth Hunt! Each fall, successful, safe event,” Rowan said. “We North Central Pheasants Forever gathers appreciate all our fundraisers, volunteers, sportsmen and sportswomen to donate and especially the dogs and their hantheir time, energy, and awesome hunting dlers.” dogs to take kids pheasant hunting. For “Fox Township Sportsmen Club and some, it is their first time hunting over a Pheasants Forever have worked together dog. Some youth have participated in the on youth programs for years. We apprecipast and are invited to return and improve ate the use of their facility and the local their skills. Everyone has a great time! Of course, the dogs steal the show every year. “Our youth hunt is so successful that we have grown to two weekends,” stated Tim Rowan, youth coordinator for Pheasants Forever. “We had ninety kids last year participate in the safety day and hunt.” This year’s hunts will be held on consecutive Saturdays – October 10 and October 17. Applications for the hunts are available on the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website. Be sure to check for both dates on State Game Lands 44 – the October 10 hunt (www.registered.com/events/view/66275) and the October 17 hunt (www.registered.com/events/view/66276). The pheasant hunt is for junior hunters ages 12-16. Hunters must be hunter-trapper education certified but do not need a license. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or by an adult with permission of the parent. The hunt is free, and food and beverages will be provided. Safety! Safety! Safety will be stressed all day long. A few of the lucky bird hunters from the 2014 North Central On Sunday, September 27, from Pennsylvania Pheasants Forever Mentored Youth Hunt. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., a mandatory (submitted photo) safety seminar at the Fox Township youth hunting area they provide,” added Sportsmen Club, located in Kersey, will be Jane Bryndel, treasurer for Pheasants Forheld. The seminar will focus on gun and ever No. 630, noting that many PF memdog safety and will feature various dog bers are also members of Fox Township demonstrations. Hunter ethics and trap Sportsmen. shooting will also be included in the trainFor more information, please contact ing. All hunters are required to attend this Tim Rowan by email at ltr247@windseminar in order to participate in the hunt. stream.net or by telephone at (814) 715Rowan and his committee have a long 2754. The registration deadline for the list of things needed to prepare for the achunt is September 20, 2015. tual youth-hunt Saturdays – port-a-pot, ••• food and drinks, cooks, youth shot guns,

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rails-to-Trails Association raises Funds for Maintenance, releases New Brochure T he Punxsutawney Area Rails-toTrails Association is in the midst of a drive to raise $75,000 for trail maintenance. Because of weather, pedes-

As part of its ongoing capital campaign to finance the restoration of the Mahoning Shadow Trail, group members Susan Wolfe and Nick Gianvito accepted a $1,000 contribution from S&T Bank, presented by Punxsutawney branch manager Jodi Presloid (center). Additional information on the trail and the capital campaign can be found at mahoningshadowtrail.org. (submitted photo)

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trian and bicycle traffic, and the encroachment of Mother Nature, certain areas of the Mahoning Shadow Trail are in need of resurfacing. Equipment used to maintain the trail must be fueled, serviced, and sometimes replaced. There are several ways that you can show your appreciation to this dedicated group of volunteers. Please consider making a donation to the campaign by using the PayPal link at the trail website (www.mahoningshadowtrail.org) or by mailing a donation to the Punxsutawney Area Rails-to-Trails Association, P.O. Box 16, Punxsutawney, PA. (A donation form is featured on this page for your convenience.) Plan to participate in the Mahoning Shadow Shuffle on Saturday, October 10, 2015. Attend a trail association meeting to volunteer your time and talents. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Punxsutawney Area Community Center. Deviations from that schedule are posted in FYI’s in the Punxsutawney Spirit. In the meantime, please use and share the new Mahoning Shadow Trail brochure that you will find within this issue of

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