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Disasters Plagued Once Great Mining Town of Eleanora On the cover: Fair Time McKenzie Stadtmiller, daughter of Bob and Tiffani Stadtmiller, at the 2011 Dayton Fair.

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A line of coke ovens and houses dominate the landscape in the town of Eleanora located in McCalmont Township, Jefferson County. Photograph from the collection of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

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he Punxsutawney Spirit, on December 20, 1899, published an article on Eleanora titled, “A Brief Description of a Great Mining Town.” Looking back, we now know that Eleanora existed for a short time. Eleanora, was located in the valley of Big Run Creek, near where it enters Henderson Township from McCalmont Township. The mine was opened in 1888 and was named in honor of Eleanora O’Donnell Iselin, wife of Adrian Iselin. It was owned and operated by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company and, at that time, claimed the distinction of being the largest bituminous coal mine in Pennsylvania. At Eleanora, there were drift, slope and shaft mines openings. Prehistoric buckling of the earth left the coal seam on Laurel Run, a tributary to Big Run, accessible by drift and slope mining methods, and further down stream near where McKee Run enters Big Run, the seam was accessible only by a shaft. The coal seams were very productive. More coal was taken out of the drift at Eleanora in 1889 than out of any other single opening in the world. Samuel A. Rinn was the superintendent when the mine was opened and the town was built. The mine superintendent’s responsibilities included caring for the gen-

eral welfare of the miners and their families, while he managed the company’s interests. His responsibilities included housing, health care, and recreation. He also was charged with making sure there were schools and churches for spiritual support for the residents of the town. Eighty-nine company houses were built at Eleanora in 1888, and by 1889 they were fully occupied. Private housing was also built in the area, and an adjacent community called Sugar Hill was developed. Sugar Hill is now named Desire. By 1898, the population of the Eleanora area had grown from a few farm families to almost 4,000 residents. The school building at Eleanora had six rooms and the neighboring community of Sugar Hill had four. Principal L.L. Wining ensured the children of Eleanora had every advantage the graded school offered at that time. Dr. C.W. Hughes and his assistant Dr. Robert W. Morris provided medical care. Dr. Hughes was known as a good physician and a skillful surgeon. Patients requiring hospital care were taken to the Adrian Hospital, first at Adrian, later at Punxsutawney. St. Helena’s Catholic Church and a Cumberland Presbyterian Church were built at Eleanora. The Presbyterian pastor was Rev. Harry G. Teagarden. Space was provided for other denominations to meet in the Presbyterian Church and at the school house. Everything at Eleanora was of the latest design and the newest technology.

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The Presbyterian Church at Eleanora held the distinction of being the first church in the county to have acetylene gas lights. There were two hotels: the Park Hotel, in

A portion of the United States Geological Survey Map of the DuBois Quadrangle 1924. showing the location of Eleanora Mines and Town.

Eleanora, managed by M. J. Miller and later A.D. Mead and the forty-room Wayne Hotel, at Sugar Hill, owned by Rysome Wayne, with Harry McGregor as the clerk. John B. Nichol managed the Mahoning Supply Store. Other storekeepers, operating in Desire, near Eleanora, were Alfred Torretti and Jimmy Robertson who oper- Continued on page 4

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Continued from page 2 ated grocery stores. De’Angelo’s had an ice cream parlor and fruit market, Gomolek’s a meat market and Caruso’s a candy shop. W. Reed operated a hardware which also housed the Union Hall and Lott Reed’s Funeral Parlor. There was a dance pavilion run by Scott McClain. Pool rooms were operated by G.J. Walker and Richard Jehu. A haircut and a shave could be had at Hamilton’s Barber Shop. The ladies could find the fine goods at the Smathers’ Sisters, Mary Wise’s and Mrs. Loos’, the dressmakers. Michael Sullivan managed the coke works, which had 201 ovens, and Frank Morrow managed the weigh office. The mine at Eleanora was said to be one of the safest. It was well ventilated and every precaution was taken to assure miners followed the safety procedures. Men working at the drift and slope mines usually walked into the headers and rooms where they would be working. Men at the shaft rode down to the main header in an elevator and then walked to their work sites. The “great mining town” of Eleanora was not immune from the accidents and disasters which plagued the mines in the early 20th Century. On Saturday, September 22, 1900, at 6:45 a.m. James Potts, Thomas Ruddock and Moses Manghin left their homes to work at the No. 2 slope. About an hour later the bodies of two of them were brought back to their families mangled beyond recognition. The men, instead of walking into the mine to their work place, joined Richard Barnes and rode in an empty mine car down the slope. Just after their car started into the mine, the engineer on the outside received a signal to start the engine to bring a waiting trip of loaded coal cars out of the mine. The signal came from a miner who had gone into the slope by a side entrance and did not know about the men coming down from the main entrance. The men in the empty car, unaware of the impending danger, stopped and picked up a fellow miner at the fifth right heading before continuing down the slope. They could see lights ahead and thought they were other miners walking to their work station. The grip-rider, a miner who ensured the loaded cars were properly linked as they were towed out of the mine, saw the descending lights and presumed they were workmen walking down the slope. He knew they would step aside as he ap-

proached. Both the entering and exiting cars were traveling at a rapid rate, when at the seventh right heading, they came together in a terrible crash. The men were thrown in all directions and the cars were crushed into a mass of metal and coal. James Potts and Thomas Ruddock were thrown against the sides and roof of the slope and killed instantly. Maughin was seriously injured. Barnes and the men in the other cars escaped without injury. A gas explosion took place at 7:30 a.m. on May 27, 1902 at Eleanora along rope haulage No. 2, where seventeen men were working in the rooms. The Reynoldsville Star stated, “It was first reported in Reynoldsville that eighteen men had been killed by the explosion and that eight dead bodies had been taken from the mine. This report naturally raised considerable excitement in town. It was not until noon that the true facts in the case were known at this place.” When the final report came, only one man died, three were injured and the rest were spared. Andrew Karmsik was instantly killed. Samuel Ball had his hands and face badly burned, Mike Copic and Peter Zeerzeh suffered from inhaling gas. These three men were taken to Adrian Hospital. Samuel Ball, a driver, was standing behind his mule when the blast came and that is what saved him from death. The mule was killed. After the explosion the men were left in total darkness. Ball, although severely injured, thought of the air line and called to the men to feel for it. They crawled along the air line on their hands and knees about eighty yards to safety. “tHiRtEEN DEAD” terrible Accident in Eleanora Shaft Mines,” shouted the headlines on the Wednesday, May 3, 1905 edition of the Punxsutawney Spirit. At 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, an explosion deemed the most destructive in the history of the coal companies associated with the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad was caused by a blow-out shot 1,000 feet from the shaft. It took almost seventeen hours, until 4 p.m. Friday, to find and recover the burned bodies. The people of Eleanora and the surrounding mine towns gathered during the day, weeping and wringing their hands and struggling to see and identify the bodies as they were brought out of the shaft. An inquisition determined the deaths occurred by reason of an explosion of gas or coal dust which was ignited by a blow out shot. There was no evidence which would justify fixing the - Continued on page 6

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uckles, Crumbles, Slumps, Grunts, Cobblers ... My windfall of 15 pounds of fresh blueberries picked on my birthday turned out to be a lesson in fruit desserts. While searching for a blueberry cobbler recipe, I came across so many different yet similar ways to turn blueberries into a dessert. Of course blueberries are just as good plain with some Cool Whip. As Don Draper was instructed on a recent episode of Mad Men, “Just taste it,” or was that “Just Try It?” I found many cobbler recipes, but a cobbler wasn’t what I thought it was, according to the recipes I consulted. A cobbler has a more biscuit-like dough than the Streusel or coffee cake batter I assumed it had. There are also multiple ways to bake cobblers. A slump is cooked on the stove top like chicken and dumplings would be. A grunt is like the slump, but it is baked in the oven, similar to baking biscuits on top of chicken stew. A grunt gets its name from the sounds it makes while baking. Buckles are also similar to cobblers, but their ﬁlling is mixed throughout the dough, or they have dough on the top and bottom

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Continued from page 4 blame for the explosion on any person or on the company. Those who died in this disaster were Adam Kirkwood, George Kirkwood, John Hopkins, Joseph Ludna, John Gamryo, Alexander Chamulski, Andrew Kormionski, Arnham Kormionski, Frank Belohlovic, Charles Budginas, Frank Leckas, Martin Warsgocki and August Warsgocki. In 1909, the shaft opening at Eleanora was closed. The drift mind continued as the “Bulldog” mine an independent operating company, employing fifty men managed by Ira S, Smith until 1930. The DuBois Courier on August 15, 1930 announced that the 43-year-old Eleanora mine would be abandoned, even though there was sufficient coal remaining to maintain operations for 20 to 30 years. According to the article, orders were given from the parent company to withdraw the pumps and equipment, to tear up the railroad running from Big Run to the shaft, and to dismantle the remaining houses and buildings in the town. St. Helena’s church was dismantled and taken to Walston where it replaced the original building of St. Joseph’s Church, which had been destroyed by fire. Eleanora, the great mining town, has al-

most disappeared from the landscape. All that remains are a few private homes, some road signs, sometimes as a mark on a map. For 43 years Eleanora was a vibrant community of people who have left us their legacy. Your support of the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial will help preserve the history of the people of Eleanora and the other mining towns of the area. (Editor’s Note: The resources used in the preparation of this article are available the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, the Reynoldsville Public Library the Jefferson County Historical Society and the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society. Photographs are as attributed. This article has been prepared by PRIDE – Punxsutawney Revitalization: Investing, Developing, Enhancing. PRIDE is a nonprofit organization which brings together residents, business people, community leaders and civic organizations, to improve the business districts in Punxsutawney. PRIDE is working to develop a Coal Memorial and Welcome Center for the Punxsutawney Area. Comments on this article may be directed to PRIDE, P.O. Box 298, Punxsutawney, PA 15767, or by calling 814-938-2493 and leaving a message. A PRIDE volunteer will return your call.) •••

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tion of the 4-H Robotics club. Part of what 4-H strives to do is to prepare kids for the future, and local clubs foster an interest in Continued from page 3 science and technology as well. Through ing over the reins to Tammy McDivitt. hands-on, practical experience, the children Burkett explained the various aspects of begin a journey of discovery into some of 4-H livestock clubs, which incorporate not the fastest growing careers. only the knowledge required to feed, care Through the adherence to the 4-H pledge, for and show the animals, but also the many and the commitment to the mission of emlife skills learned by the children who parpowering youth to meet their full potential, ticipate. As each child 4-H thrives here. You selects an animal, will find clubs in our many considerations area that cover everyplay into the selection. thing from robotics to Each animal must be livestock to education given proper veterinary about healthy care, feed, grooming lifestyles and family and housing, but the consumer sciences. learning doesn’t stop The following list, there. The children courtesy of the Jeffermust also learn to balson County office of ance finances to ensure the Penn State Coopthe necessary funds erative Extension, ofexist to provide for fers a sampling of the each animal’s needs. groups and activities The kids learn business available in our area: savvy, as they evaluate • Barn Stompers, whether or not an aniReynoldsville, horse, mal is a good buy, and sewing, cooking and as they negotiate the other projects; price and terms of sale • Beechwoods, Beechof an animal at a local woods, sewing and fair. They learn how to cooking; handle themselves • County Council, while interacting with Trent Stadtmiller of Dayton PA showing at the Brookville, leadership; adults through the 2011 Dayton Fair. (4-H photos submitted by • Fast and Furious, course of each step of Sandra Burkett) Punxsutawney, horse, the process. These swine and beef; many areas broaden the experience and • Friendship, Camp Friendship, wisdom of 4-Hers while providing them Reynoldsville, sewing and cooking; with an outlet for their curiosity about the • Gateway, Punxsutawney, horse, dairy and world around them. self-determined. 4-H in Jefferson County isn’t limited to For more information, please contact the livestock, although it is a focus of many Penn State Cooperative Extension, Jefferarea clubs. In Jefferson County, the modson County office, at 814-849-7361. ernization of 4-H is evident in the origina••• “We are There for your Round the Clock Care”

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into a “hotel,” naming it the Mahoning House. But local residents would call it the Campbell House. The Campbell House was Continued from page 10 bought by Henry Jennings, who remodeled it as the Jennings House (1868-69). [This For any building beyond those streets, he is now the location of the Pantall Hotel, would explain them as “not regarded as in built in 1888.] town.” The resident had also shared, “From A fourth corner facing “the square” was the Pantall corner southward [toward on East Mahoning Street and North JefferUnion Street] there were no houses, nor son Street. In 1845, here would be built a south of the Public Square.” frame building for William Gillespie. It According to writings, the first hotel opwould become the first of many buildings posite the park on the north side on the corthat would be named the Washington House or Washington Hotel. In 20 years, before 1869, it had six owners. Fires in 1879 and 1886 would force the erection of new hotel buildings on this prime spot. [Some readers might remember the site as that of the Kroger Store or Western Auto Store.] From news pages of the Punxsutawney Plaindealer, between July 1868 and August 1871, one can learn about life and activity in the late 1860s. Advertisements would pinpoint business locations surrounding the park. Opposite the Public Square on the north side on East Mahoning Street was the residence of William Campbell and family. With his wife and three children he had settled in Punxsutawney in 1832. It was Campbell who had donated to the borough the strip of land between North Jefferson Street and North Penn Street, to be used for a marA view of the ‘plaza’ opposite the park on East Mahoning Street, with ket place for farmers to sell various businesses and dwellings (top), is captured in a circa 1880s goods. In his early brick photo. It can be compared to a view (bottom) at North Penn Street in dwelling he was the postmasa post card image circa 1905. Buildings from the 19th century reter, with the post office and a mained in the early 20th century. grocery store. But mostly, he dealt in lumbering. ner at East Mahoning Street and North Just east of Campbell’s house was PunxPenn Street, was a log house built by sutawney’s gable ball alley where some of Abram Weaver, who was among the first the young and active men played out their men who came to Punxsutawney in 1818. games of alley ball, or hand ball, against a The site of that hotel would later be where battery made from logs and plank boards. Dr. Joseph Shields would open a drug store. The games were also played on the Public [The Eagles Lodge building is there now.] Square. East of the park, on the corner of MahonNext to the alley-ball court to the east was ing Street and what was S. Penn Street, was Dr. Joseph Shield’s drug store, on the corbuilt the “hewed pine lumber ”dwelling and ner with North Penn Street. The doctor office of Dr. Jenks. When the Jenks House would advertise, “Persons desiring mediwas built on what we now call Jenks Hill, cines will not be charged for advice or conthe house became the Eagle Tavern. It was sultation, but for the medicine received; on that corner that some older readers and country physicians will be supplied would remember the Jordan Sports Shop in with stocks at wholesale prices.” the 1950s and 60s. On the northeast corner of the park on West of the park was built the residence South Penn Street, James St. Clair would of Charles R. Barclay, about 1821. Joseph buy the Eagle Hotel to manage and live. Long later purchased the house, and then by James Campbell (1832), who turned it - Continued on page 16

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By Nancy Anthony for Hometown magazine he Hopewell United Methodist Church in Frostburg (PA) will celebrate its 175th anniversary on August 18 and 19. The celebration will begin on Saturday morning with a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Frostburg Community Center. Donations will be accepted for the meal. Activities will continue from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday evening at the Hopewell Church. The evening activities will begin with ice cream sundaes on the church lawn. There will be games for children and adults, along with time for visiting with long-time friends of the church and the community. A hymn sing will be held inside the church. On Sunday morning, the church worship service will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Special music will be provided by several of the former organists/pianists of the church, and several of the former pastors will be visiting for the weekend. From noon to 3 p.m., a tureen (potluck) lunch will be enjoyed on the church lawn. In case of rain, the lunch will be held in the church basement. The public is in-

vited to join in any or all of the activities throughout the weekend. In honor of this special anniversary celebration, the church members have made a unique gift for those who join with them in their commitment in supporting the Lord’s work. Several pieces of stained glass from old broken Hopewell church windows were found in the barn of Walter and Betty Daughenbaugh. Working with, and under the guidance of Debby Gilson of Stained Glass and More, various church members and friends learned how to take small pieces of glass, fit them together, and make crosses that can be hung in a window or on a Christmas tree. The group gathered several times a week at the shop to assemble 120 crosses. In addition, a number of larger crosses were made as gifts for the former pastors who will be visiting for the anniversary celebration. The color of glass in the crosses has been the source of particular delight. While the “original” larger-size pieces of glass looked very creamy or pearl-like white, the glass actually has many various shades of cream, pearl, lavender and green. Each cross is neatly boxed with a card - Continued on page 18

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near the corner of the Public Square.” Thaddeus Campbell, oldest son of William Campbell, operated it. With experienced workmen, the foundry made plows, stoves, grates, metal castings and other pieces. Behind the Park on East Union Street was the photography gallery of John Greene, the first photographer in Punx’y. He first lived in Bell Township. Following the death of his wife, he sold his homestead, and his children were separated, living with other families. After living in Illinois, he re-

Continued from page 12 Coming to Punxsutawney in 1831, he was the first tailor in town. He also owned two gristmills and a sawmill. Once a sheriff of Jefferson County, he became an Associate Judge in 1865. His daughter Martha Jane would marry a childhood neighbor, George, a son of William Campbell. Young Campbell had returned to Punxsutawney in 1851, from a cross-country trip to California in search of gold. By 1868, the Eagle Hotel would be owned by Isaac Keck and be known as the Keck Hotel. In the hotel building, I. S. Rosenberger would operate a store. He came to Punxsutawney from Philadelphia in 1866. He supplied groceries such as tea, sugar and molasses, and flour, fish, dried fruit. As a country store he also offered oysters, sar- A view from East Union Street at South Penn Street captures the dines, crackers, tobacco and street east of the park that was closed for the pedestrian plaza and Civic Complex constructed in the late 1970s. While buildings were cigars among his merchan- demolished for the project, the corner dwelling at right, from the 19th dise. He would later build a century, was moved to a site nearby on South Penn Street. larger brick building on the turned to town and remarried. Constructing “plaza” on East Mahoning Street, facing a gallery, he offered daguerreotypes and the park, and a residence on Union Street tintypes. Most likely he did most of the opposite the park. scenes around town that are among the rare On the southeast corner of the Park, on photo images of the town in the 1860s. South Penn Street, was the residence of His photos of the park included pigs, Captain John Bell. A veteran officer of the “base ball” games played by PunxCivil War, he took over command of Co. I sutawney’s Green Valley Nine, and cirof the 62nd Regiment, upon the death of cuses. A Punxsutawney Plaindealer article Captain E. H. Little at Gettysburg. Bell told the story of Greene entering a cage at served with George Campbell in the coma circus in November 1869 to take a picture pany that was recruited from Jefferson of lions. Along with his photograph gallery County. the family operated a grocery store. Nearby these buildings on South Penn The grocery side of the “Greene building” Street, there was the new Punxsutawney Foundry, advertised as “on Union Street - Continued on page 18

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Around the Park Continued from page 16 would later become a restaurant in the 1880s, and the gallery portion would become the studios of photographers John Frampton and Allen Work. [The old gallery was where is now located the parsonage of the First Baptist Church.] On the east side of the gallery was the only meat market in town, operated by Fred Haag. He supplied the public with meat once a week. Only one “beef” was killed, and when that was sold there was no more fresh meat to be had until the next regular market day. By 1901, there were seven meat markets in Punxsutawney. [The meat market was located where is now the First Baptist Church.] On the southwest corner of the Public Square,” East Union Street at South Jefferson Street, was the home of Margaret C. Little, the widow of Captain E. H. Little. A daughter of William Campbell, Margaret married lumberman Edwin Little in 1856. In 1861, Little entered the Civil War. When he was killed in July 1863 in the battle of Gettysburg Mrs. Little was left with three children. She would operate a woman’s millinery shop. Years later in 1903, Lester Myers built a large 3-story house on the corner. The residence would later be known as the Swartz

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House, the Dinsmore House, and is now the Barclay Bed and Breakfast. On South Jefferson Street between Mahoning Street and Union Street, south of the Jennings House, was the parsonage of the Baptist Church, Rev. J. J. Shorthill, minister. Rev. Shorthill began his ministry in 1857 when the church group worshiped in the “old school house,” located on the north-central part of the Public Square [where the cannons are located.] They shared the building with the Presbyterian Church members. With Rev. Shorthill’s leadership, the congregation built their first church building in 1864 on North Jefferson Street. Facing the square, on the corner of South Jefferson Street at Union Street, was the residence of the Drum family. The Drum men were skillful carpenters responsible for many buildings in the area. The “new” school building on North Jefferson Street, beyond the town, was designed by one of them. Rebuilding after the fires, and other changes in the name of progress through the twentieth century, created a new look around the park. Places such as Costanzo’s Market, Hester’s Restaurant, Spinelli’s Barber Shop, Park Apartments, Anita Coal Company Office, Reba Hamilton Studio, and many others will have to be visited at another time. •••

used for 30 years, when the present building was erected. While the main church sanctuary remains much the same, several Continued from page 13 changes have been made over the years. In 1940-1941, the church and Frostburg indicating a bit of history of the church community members rebuilt the commuand the glass from which the cross is nity center which had been destroyed by made. Donations for the crosses and any fire. An organ was added in the early of the activities will be used for the 1950’s. Ramps of Hope Ministries, the Crosstown In approximately 1960, the church Food Pantry, the Punxsutawney Men’s structure was supported on posts while and Women’s Shelters, and the Hopewell area men labored to dig out the dirt under Church Children’s the church and conMinistry. struct a basement for In the village of Sunday school rooms Frostburg, formerly and two bathrooms. known as PotAlthough against the tersville, the wishes of the congreHopewell United gation, the dirt under Methodist Church the building was sucbegan. The church cessfully dynamited was organized in by Fred Anderson. 1837 by Rev. Elijah The blasting was done Coleman, a local without any damage pastor. The original to the structure of five members were windows. A front Henry and Barbara porch was added. The Palmer, Mr. and foundation stones for Mrs. Abraham Dethe church were Haven and Mrs. J. brought from the Martin. In 1839, the Perry Church, which Daniel Swisher famhad recently been deily added five more stroyed by fire. members to the Mervin Jordan and his church. The original Paul Murphy works on a cross at Gilson Glass in son Ray brought acre of land was do- Punxsutawney. limestone from Kitnated from the farm tanning to construct land of Daniel Swisher. Several addithe church parking lot and access road. tional lots came from William McKee. In the mid-1970s, a door was moved These lands are where the church and from one side of the sanctuary to the cemetery are now located. other. Early in the 21st century, a power In its early years, the church was served chair was installed to allow handicap acfrom Red Bank, Mahoning, Punxcess to the church basement. Last month, sutawney First Church, Ringgold, Lindthe foundation walls of the basement sey (now Punxsutawney Grace) and were dug out to allow french drains to be Walston. In 1909, the Hopewell Church installed. became part of the Valier Charge, which Although the church structure has been is served today by Pastor Bill Young and altered somewhat in these past 175 years, his wife Karen. the spirit and community-focus of the A log church was built in 1841 and was - Continued on page 23

Fallout not over for reeling Penn State By Ron Cook Pittsburgh Post-Gazette one of it came as a surprise, really. Not the news Thursday, July 12 that there was a massive cover-up at Penn State of the criminal actions of convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky. Not even word that iconic football coach Joe Paterno played a big part in it. Many long have suspected as much and had their suspicions confirmed by the release of the Freeh Report after a nearly eight-month investigation into Penn State’s handling of the Sandusky child sexual abuse case. But what happens now? — Penn State president Graham Spanier, senior vice president Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley should go to prison if it can be proven that they and Paterno showed — according to the Freeh Report — a “total and consistent disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky’s child victims” and “repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky’s child abuse from the authorities, the University’s Board of Trustees, the Penn State community and the public at large.” Paterno died in January. If he were alive, he, too, should have gone to prison. — All attempts by Paterno’s family and legions of fans to save even a portion of his once-pristine legacy will fail. Paterno brought that on himself by making what lead investigator Louis Freeh called “perhaps the worst mistake of his life.” Still, in a way, it’s sad because Paterno was mostly a good man who did great things for countless thousands of college students — not just football players — and Penn State. — The Penn State football program should not face the death penalty or other sanctions from the NCAA. This is a criminal matter, not an NCAA matter. Let’s start with Paterno. With anything Penn State, you have to start there, right? For much of the past 30 or 40 years, he was the biggest and most powerful man on campus. That was proven after the 2004 football season when he turned away Spanier and Curley, who had come to his home to ask for his resignation. That’s why it was almost nonsensical when his blind supporters insisted he did what he was supposed to do by

kicking allegations of a child rape incident against Sandusky in 2001 upstairs to his superiors. Paterno had no superiors at Penn State. When Sandusky was arrested and charged in November, Attorney General Linda Kelly said Paterno met his legal obligation in the case. The Freeh Report told a much different story. It said Paterno was aware of allegations of improper behavior by Sandusky — his longtime defensive coordinator — with a young boy in a shower in 1998, yet did nothing to intervene. Fast-forward to the incident in 2001. A reasonable conclusion, based on email exchanges between Curley, Schultz and Spanier, is that Paterno scuttled plans to report Sandusky to authorities after assistant coach Mike McQueary told him he witnessed Sandusky engaged in sexual activity with a young boy in a shower at the Penn State football facility. Is that so hard to believe? Many speculated Paterno acted to protect the image of Penn State football even as several boys were being subjected to unthinkable horror by Sandusky. Freeh agreed that’s “an inference you can draw.” Surely, that was a big part of it, but it goes much deeper. Paterno loved Penn State. He devoted his life to it and did more good for the university than perhaps anybody has done for any other school. He would do anything to protect it. In the end, that thinking came at a steep cost for Paterno. It cost him his reputation and good name. He will never get back either. We knew from that nixed forced resignation attempt in 2004 that Spanier and Curley were weak leaders. Shame on them and Schultz, if they allowed Paterno to talk them out of doing the right thing with Sandusky in 2001. You can argue Paterno had the right to leave as football coach on his terms because of the games he won, the people he brought to Beaver Stadium and the millions he raised for Penn State. But it’s impossible to argue for allowing a suspected child molester to roam free on the University Park streets and in the Penn State football facility. It’s too late to prosecute Paterno. It’s not too late to go hard after Spanier, Curley and Schultz. Freeh deferred questions about their - Continued on page 23

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Penn State Continued from page 19

criminal culpability to Kelly. Her office worked with the Freeh investigators and, presumably, has the same evidence. No one should be surprised if charges against Spanier are filed soon. Curley and Schultz are facing charges of perjury and failure to report. Let’s review: — Sandusky was convicted last month of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 10 boys. He figures to spend the rest of his life in prison. — Paterno, almost unimaginably, was fired a few days after Sandusky’s arrest, justifiably according to Freeh. He is dead and gone. He is not resting in peace. He is rolling in shame. — Spanier, Curley and Schultz soon could be facing prison time. That covers the five people most responsible for one of the truly tragic stories of our lifetime. Is it really necessary to shut down the Penn State football program? Wouldn’t that be — pardon the poor pun — piling on? Many have argued a message needs to be sent that nothing or no one — not a hallowed football program or a legendary coach — can be bigger than a university. Freeh talked of a culture at Penn State where janitors knew of a Sandusky assault in 2000 in the Penn State football facility and were afraid to report it. Freeh said taking on the football program would be, for them, “like taking on

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the President of the United States.” I would suggest that much-needed message has been and will continue to be sent by the judicial system. It’s not just Sandusky’s conviction and the prosecution of Curley, Schultz and possibly Spanier. It’s the millions Penn State will pay out to settle civil lawsuits. That’s a powerful message. It’s not just Penn State that should learn from it. How about noted football schools such as Alabama, Louisiana State, Florida and Ohio State? Do you really believe the culture of football is any different there than it was at Penn State? The difference is Penn State had a monster in its midst, a monster so conniving and so convincing that he long fooled people in the highest places. Did you know Sandusky was named by President George H.W. Bush as one of his “Thousand Points Of Light” in 1990 for his work with his Second Mile Foundation? “A shining example,” Bush called Sandusky. Eventually, four Penn State officials caught on to Sandusky. They chose to do nothing about him. It was the worst mistake of each of their lives. They deserve everything they’ve gotten and will get. The young men on the Penn State football team — who had nothing to do with Sandusky – shouldn’t go down with Spanier, Curley, Schultz and Paterno. This horrific story doesn’t need more innocent victims. (Contact Ron Cook at rcook(at)postgazette.com.) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.) •••

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church remains unchanged. The church is well known for its soup luncheon each October and for its Thanksgiving community dinners at the hall. The church has supported many foreign and local ministries; the weekly prayer meetings are active. New ministries are underway, too. Small group “CommG” meetings are active and growing participants in discipleship, leadership and service. In league with her sister churches in Hamilton and

Valier, the Hopewell UMC is offering a “Rocky Point Lighthouse” Vacation Bible School on Jul 30 through Aug 1 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., a ministry to children from ages 5 thru 12. Additionally, Hopewell UMC offers a vibrant children’s Sunday school during its 10:15 a.m. worship service, and is currently partnering in support of many local ministries. The public is cordially invited to join us in celebrating 175 years of God’s blessings. Hopewell United Methodist Church is located on Route 536 in Frostburg. •••

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(Editor’s Note: ‘From Our Past,’ researched by S. Thomas Curry, features items of interest from past editions of Punxsutawney and area newspapers.) July 10, 1901 — In spite of automobiles, bicycles, and all the new fangled contrivances for conveying human kind over the surface of the earth, good driving horses are in greater demand at better prices than ever before. The horse is too fine an animal to be superseded by any inanimate thing. They are here to stay. (Punxsutawney Spirit) July 17, 1895 — On Monday evening, while conductor Sweirs’ train was passing through Horatio, going down, the train was hit by flying stones. One of the missiles struck a window and shattered the glass, and a piece of the glass struck one of the passengers, cutting a gash in his face. The train was stopped and two boys were seen running away. Rob’t Divilbliss, the Horatio postmaster, jumped off the train and started to catch the boys. The boys should stop to consider that what might be fun to them in trying to hit a running train is not amusement for the passengers. (Punxsutawney News) July 17, 1901 — The Punxsutawney Board of Health ought to take a walk about the back yards and alleys of town and take a look at the filth which has accumulated in various places to offend the nostrils and endanger the health of our people. There should be a general cleaning up. The Board should also see to it that a garbage furnace is erected at once and that all garbage is promptly cremated. (Punxsutawney Spirit) July 27, 1897 — Ten blocks of houses at the new mining town at Sportsburg have been laid out and the work of building begun. (Punxsutawney News) July 28, 1870 — ADVERTISEMENT. Proposals will be received by the Town Council for the building of a wharf along Water street, in the borough of Punxsutawney. [Water Street at the time is what is now Hampton Avenue, approaching the East Mahoning Street bridge.] (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) •••

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By PRIDE In addition, each night for Hometown magazine they offer specials. Tuesn addition to having the finest golf day it is the Chef’s course in the area, the Punxsutawney Choice, Wednesday is Country Club is one of the finest pasta with a variety of places for the public to dine. Located homemade sauces, and on North Main Street, the club’s restaurant Thursday is wings and offers three venues for dining: a traditional pizza. Friday evening the dining room with first class service and menu takes on an Italian style, including cloth table coverings and napkins; a lounge providing a less formal setting with a fantastic view of the greens, and a patio for outside dining during the warmer A view of the greens from the lounge area at The Club is available to the public for lunch and dinner Tuesday through months. Friday, for lunch on Saturday, and for Chillin’ and Grillin’ on The Club meets the need Sunday afternoon. Punxsutawney has had for a fine dining spot. Tony Gigliotti, the manager, owns and operates Gigliotti’s Food Service at The Club. His experience includes operating the lively group of golfers relax on the deck, which overlooks the Mineral Well Restaurant, A greens at The Club. and a catering service in Warren, prior to returning to Punx’y. He brings his many years of experience in food service to the country club’s restaurant. “We are open from 11 a.m. till 9 p.m. for lunch and dinner, Tuesday through Friday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for lunch on Saturday,” said Gigliotti. “We offer our regular Diners enjoying one of the many entrees from the menu Facilities at The Club may be reserved for banquets and meetings. Giglotti’s Food Service staff will work with meetmenu Tuesday through Thurs- at The Club. ing planners to make arrangements for any special event. day, and a special menu on Friday. On Sunday we have Chillin’ and flair with the addition of Tuscan fish, steak unions, Christmas parties and other events. Grillin’ on the patio, weather permitting. and chicken, which may be ordered ‘a la Plated and buffet options are available to Saturday evenings are reserved for private Jiggers,’ a house specialty. On Friday night suit every entertaining need. parties.” they also offer Cod Romano with garlic and The Class of ’67 recently held their reThe menu features items prepared by Pecorino Romano cheese, Drunken union at The Club and wrote, “Just wanted Chef Erica Means Westover, a PunxShrimp, deglazed in a tequila sauce, and to tell you what an excellent job you and sutawney native and a graduate of the Inother special entrees. Two house specialyour staff did serving our group Saturday diana University of Pennsylvania School ties available are Chicken Antonio and night. The food was fabulous and the servof Culinary Arts. Chef Westover brings a Chicken Saporito, which feature Tony’s ice was outstanding!” French flair to the menu, having worked at special peppers. The Club is also available for community Bertrand’s Bistro in Erie prior to coming All meals are reasonably priced, as are the groups to hold events and fund-raisers. To to The Club. many other menu items. On Friday from 4 make arrangements for special events, con“All food is freshly prepared on site,” said to 5:30 p.m., The Club features an ‘early tact Tony at 814-590-4034. Westover. “We do not use prepackaged bird’ special of $2 off dinner entrees. Lunch and Dinner reservations at The food.” Gigliotti’s Food Service is available to Club are encouraged. To make reservaThe menu offers a variety of salads, sandcater special events at The Club or off-site. tions call: 814-938-8243, and to see more wiches and dinner entrees including: Herb Reservations may be made for bridal and The Club and Gigliotti’s Food Service has Grilled Salmon, Delmonico steak, Prime baby showers, birthday celebrations, wedto offer, Google them on the web. Rib and Chicken Forestierre. ding receptions, anniversary parties, re•••

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Lattimer House 400 W. Mahoning St.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday & Saturday 1-4 p.m. Fri. & Sun.

SePteMBer: Monthly activities for kids will begin again in September focusing on the Boomtown era. SePteMBer: Building room SePteMBer 22: Banquet and recognition of historic commendation award OctOBer: ethnic Foods OctOBer 19: the Spirit walk nOveMBer: Boomtown era tea featuring many ethnic treats nOveMBer: Games and toys from our ancestors' country of origin earLy tO MId deceMBer: christmas Open House with special displays, continuing through Groundhog day January tHrOuGH May - clothing, music, industries, etc.

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Concrete Foundation & Retaining Walls, Silage, Bunkers, Manure Pits, Floors, Driveways, Commercial & Residential 2002 rt. 536, Mayport Joe Hemm (814) 365-5528 hlconcrete@windstream.net Pa#006679 AUGUST 10-19, 2012 Rides Operate: â&#x20AC;˘ Monday 5 p.m. until closing â&#x20AC;˘ Tue.â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fri. 3 p.m. until closing â&#x20AC;˘ Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 NOON until closing (A safety break will be conducted from 5:30-6:15 p.m.)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 â&#x20AC;˘ receiving Main exhibit Building entries (non-livestock) â&#x20AC;˘ Noon - 7 p.m., departments 10-22 will be received for exhibit

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 â&#x20AC;˘ Judging Main exhibit Building entries â&#x20AC;˘ 9 a.m., Judging departments 10 thru 22 Main exhibit Building open to superintendents, judges and authorized fair personnel â&#x20AC;˘ 2 p.m. & 7 p.m., Pa High School rodeo

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 â&#x20AC;˘ 1 p.m., Horse & Pony Pulling contest grandstand â&#x20AC;˘ 8 a.m., receiving all livestock entries. all market hogs will be weighed at time of unloading. â&#x20AC;˘ 4 p.m., all 4-H/FFa animals, open class livestock, dairy and horses must be on the grounds. â&#x20AC;˘ 7 p.m., veSPer ServiceS featuring 2Btrue - grandstand â&#x20AC;˘ 8 p.m., croWNiNG oF 2012 daytoN Fair QueeN

MONDAY, AUGUST 13 â&#x20AC;˘ 8 a.m. until done, Weigh-in time for 4-H, FFa & open class market steers, lambs & goats â&#x20AC;˘ 8 a.m., Judging of light Horses & Pony

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Halter, Showmanship - horse arena â&#x20AC;˘ 3 p.m., Fair oFFicially oPeNS â&#x20AC;˘ 5 p.m., aMuSeMeNt rideS oPeN â&#x20AC;˘ 5 p.m., Judging light Horse Game Show - horse arena â&#x20AC;˘ 6:30 p.m., Judging on Foot carcass classes - livestock & swine arenas â&#x20AC;˘ 7:30 p.m., Mini van/compact cars demolition derby - grandstand

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 SeNator doN WHite day â&#x20AC;˘ 9 a.m., Judging draft Horse & Halflinger Halter - horse arena Judging youth decorating Showmanship & under Saddle classes - 1 hour after Halter â&#x20AC;˘ 9 a.m., Judging dairy cattle 4-H/FFa & open Show - livestock arena â&#x20AC;˘ 12 Noon, Judging Market Goat Show swine arena â&#x20AC;˘ 1 p.m., Judging Market Sheep - livestock arena - Judging Breeding Sheep - livestock arena (following market show) â&#x20AC;˘ 6:30 p.m., Judging draft Horse & Halflinger cart â&#x20AC;˘ 6:30 p.m., Judging Swine Showmanship swine arena â&#x20AC;˘ 7 p.m., FarM tractorS & keyStoNe MiNi v-8 tractorS & open Street Semis - grandstand

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August 11th peachy Saturday featuring our peach wine September 15th & 16 Apple Festival featuring our Apple wine September 22nd Artisan tour featuring Art of wine Making 5 LOCATiOnS TO SERVE YOU: The ShoP aT The WIneRY oPen DaILY 12-5 1998 Hemlock acres rd., Smicksburg • (814) 257-8797 The CounTRY CuPboaRD, SMICkSbuRg InDIana MaLL • PITTSbuRgh MILLS • RIDgWaY

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horse arena • Noon, Judging draft Horse & Halflinger Hitch classes - horse arena • 1 p.m., Judging Beef 4-H/FFa & open Show – livestock arena • 1 p.m., Judging Breeding Goat Show – swine arena • Noon, HarNeSS raciNG - grandstand • 4:30 p.m., community Pet Show - free stage • 6:30 p.m., Mini Horse Fun Show - horse arena • 6:30 p.m., Judging Shepherd’s lead line contest - livestock arena • 5:30 p.m., Grand cavalcade & Six Horse Hitch • 7 p.m., PoWer PulliNG ProductioNS PreSeNtS – grandstand lucaS oil Pro PulliNG leaGue – limited Pro/Super Farm tractors, Super Stock 4x4 trucks, 6300 open 4x4, 7700 open 4x4

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 eldertoN State BaNk day GoldeN aGerS day/GraNGe day until 4 p.m. • 9 a.m., Judging light Horses - Performance classes - horse arena • Noon, HarNeSS raciNG - grandstand • 6:30 p.m., Junior livestock auction – livestock arena • 7 p.m., 4X4 Mud BoG - grandstand

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 MarioN ceNter BaNk day

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- horse arena • 10 a.m., Premier Showman contest livestock arena • 1-3 p.m., 4-H aNd vocatioNal aG coNteSt - swine arena • 2 p.m., animal dress up contest - livestock arena • 6 p.m., Freestyle Performance to Music - horse arena • 7:30 p.m., deMolitioN derBy grandstand

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 turNer dairy day @ eQt day • 9 a.m., equine Fun Show – horse arena • 9 a.m., aG olympics (formerly Family day events) - livestock arena • Sketching contest - report to fair office for materials • 4 p.m., Hog calling contest - free stage • 8 p.m., colt Ford - grandstand • FireWorkS to FolloW coNcert - grandstand. Fireworks by Starfire corporation • 12 Midnight, release of livestock dairy & Horse exhibits

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 • 8 a.m. - 12 Noon, release of 4H/FFa livestock • release of all Main exhibit Building entries •Schedule subject to change. Save this schedule for a reference during the fair.

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Office Phone Farm Phone 814-939-7079 814-952-2306

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