West Branch Life Summer 2024

June 2024, Volume 12, Issue 2

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Working hard all summer long

or many in the West Branch Valley, summer offers the ultimate time of year to break free from the stresses of their everyday lives and catch a little rest and relaxation After shaking off the cold of winter and dampness of spring, it’s hard to deny the appeal of a warm summer day spent poolside or out fishing on the Susquehanna River

While most of us try to etch out some time to unwind during the summer months, there are others that seem to seldom take a break from working hard. This edition of West Branch Life will largely focus on the efforts of groups and individuals that likely fit into the latter category

The first article readers will find in these pages is a review of the gripping wartime memoir “Immediate Action: Military and Other Experiences 19371945 ” The book was written by Colonel Walter E Kelsey before his death in 2003, but published posthumously in 2021, after many years of extensive editing and research from his son, retired Williamsport psychologist John W Kelsey A labor of love for both John and his father, the memoir is filled with dozens of priceless wartime stories, and our book reviewer has laid out some of his favorite highlights

Another memoir that will be of interest to many local readers was recently released by longtime area educator Oscar Knade “A Schoolman’s Journey” documents Knade’s many years in education, covering his time as a teacher, principal, program administrator, education advocate and superintendent, as well as his “retirement” years spent as an adjunct associate professor Our writer, Seth Nolan, spoke with Knade

about his motivations behind writing the book, and how he went about recording his life’s work for the manuscript.

Area fans of live entertainment know that those at the Millbrook Playhouse are always working hard to bring a great season of summer stock theater to Mill Hall This year will be no different, as Millbrook is set for another fantastic slate of shows West Branch Life correspondent Lou Bernard spoke with Millbrook’s interim artistic director, David Leidholdt, who has returned to the theater after a brief time away from it Leidholdt promises this season at Millbrook will offer “a little something for everyone.”

Another entertainment gem in Clinton County the Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Music Festival now finds itself celebrating a 20th anniversary thanks to the tireless efforts of organizers and supporters Originally held in McElhattan back in 2004, the festival has moved locations several times through the years as it has grown in size, but has been held at the Quiet Oaks Campground outside of Cross Fork since 2011 To help celebrate its 20th anniversary, this year’s Smoked Country Jam will feature new events, like Quizzo and the Dogs of Smoked Country Jam calendar contest

The last story you can find in this edition of West Branch Life revolves around a group of hardworking individuals that rarely catch a break during the summer months: farm kids. While many students are using their breaks from school to lounge around in the air conditioning and play video games, the longer days of summer often just mean more time for chores for those growing up on a farm. West Branch Life’s Linda

Stager spoke with two teenage farmers about all that goes into their lifestyle, and the many rewards that it yields

Whether you’re the type to take it easy during the summer months or prefer to stay busy, hopefully you can find enough time in your schedule to read all the great stories our writers have provided in this edition of West Branch Life It’s always a pleasure to help highlight people doing great things in the area

~ Nick Seitzer

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‘Immediate Action’ is a gripping wartime memoir

Retired Williamsport psychologist John W Kelsey has put together several books but I dare say the latest has a special place in his heart And it ought to have one in the hearts of readers as well.

Subtitled “Military and Other Experiences 1937-1945,” the work is a gripping, detailed and often comical wartime memoir by John’s late father, U.S. Army Col. Walter E Kelsey

First published in 2021 and newly revised, “Immediate Action” recounts Walter’s storied service in the Third Infantry Division which, as John says in his concluding note, “served longer on the fighting lines in WWII than any other American division and suffered more casualties of killed, wounded and missing ”

After Walter died in 2003, Dr Kelsey spent several years editing and doublechecking details in the manuscrip using archives letters, libraries and military records in places as far off as St. Louis.

less stories like this: hair-raising close calls in which Kelsey and his men barely escaped with their lives; officers whose vindictive actions often put their own men at risk; numerous episodes with Kelsey’s troops bravely “liberating” foodstuffs from abandoned enemy positions with many tantalizing tales involving beer, wine and whisky

There are brief brushes with Ronald Reagan, Jane Russell, Winston Churchill and the e Pius XII plus sec- or third-hand encounwith Garibaldi, Coco anel, Robert E Lee and castle from “The Sound Music.”

This proved invaluable not because Col Kelsey had stuff wrong, but rather, this memoir never details the officer’s many medals and citations, which are now carefully laid out in a “Final Editor’s Note ”

Actually, there is a brief reference to awards near the end, when Col. Kelsey presented his own Good Conduct Medal to his jeep-driver who was lamenting that he never received one

“Immediate Action” is filled with price-

Kelsey’s 41-year military eer (encompassing not ly WWII but also the old War, Korea and Vietm) took him to 11 difrent states He also saw asablanca, Naples, Pomeii, Munich, Nuremberg, rasbourg, Paris, Manhatn, the English Channel, he Siegfried Line and the rench Riviera all while participating in the Anzio landings, the liberation of Rome and the capture of Hitler’s retreat at Berchtesgaden

In my copious notes for this review, I jotted down nearly 20 memorable incidents and episodes though I can mention only a few in our remaining space here:

Sneaking out of a bootcamp march in the desert to swim in the Pacific Ocean Coming across a human skeleton while exploring lava tubes in Hawaii (Kelsey was stuck uncomfortably close to the remains due to crowding from behind; so he handed back a skull, saying “Hold this a minute” which promptly cleared the

way for retreat)

A P47 scattering a Hawaiian golf match because it wanted to land on the fairway Kelsey twice going AWOL stateside first for his marriage, and then for a honeymoon. (Ill from too many salt pills on a scorching march, he also ducked out of the hospital to take his OCS test, then signed himself back in.)

One soldier wrote to his wife longing for home-cooked chow upon which the tender-hearted spouse actually mailed him a bacon-and-egg sandwich (which, unsurprisingly, did not survive the experience) Near the end, a courageous group of commandos enables safe sea landings near the Cote d’Azure by wiping out an entire German artillery garrison in total silence: no weapons used but knives and garottes!

In a late-in-life letter to one fellow-soldier, Col Kelsey wrote that “the funny and the deadly is about all that remains vivid ”

Happily, readers can now benefit from that humor, that courage and especially that vividness

Joseph W. Smith III is a writer, teacher and speaker in Central Pennsylvania. His latest book is “The Best Movies You Never Saw: 300 Underthe-Radar Films That Were Overlooked, Unjustly Trashed -- or Just Plain Terrific " robbwhitefan@gmail com

Longtime area educator Oscar Knade publishes memoir

Acareer educator who left a lasting legacy in the field, including here in Williamsport, released a memoir looking back on his decades in Pennsylvania’s schools.

Oscar W Knade Jr has spent 50 years in public education, many of them as superintendent of Williamsport Area School District.

Knade’s vision for the memoir began to take shape during a vacation to the South Pacific with his wife

“I started with something else in mind,” Knade said “One of our stops on that trip was Tahiti and an author of many books I have enjoyed reading had a house there. His house was converted into a museum ”

years, “A Schoolman’s Journey” is published

The book is separated into three distinct parts Part one begins in 1956 and gives readers a view into Knade’s life as a teacher, principal, program administrator, and education advocate at the state level “It also provides look back at issues facing public education a half-century ago,” Knade said

James Norman Hall was the co-author of the “The Bounty Trilogy,” which consisted of three books published in the 1930s

“While we visited James Norman Hall’s house, I noticed in one of the museum displays something hanging,” Knade said

In the frame, an excerpt from the preface talked about an idea that interested Knade: Maybe you’d like to know what your great great great grandfather was like

“That’s when this book began to take shape as a personal memoir and then when I got to the point where I started thinking about my career in public education and it naturally became a professional memoir

After working on the memoir for five

Part two covers Knade’s local role as superintendent of WASD “This section is devoted solely to my time as superintendent of WASD from 1972 to 1992,” he said “During that period, the district experienced twenty years of adjusting to declini g enrollment among many other challenges ”

Knade’s tenure as superintendent also celebrated successes in academic, arts, athletics, and support programs.

In part three, Knade discusses his “socalled'' retirement years, where he kept busy as an adjunct associate professor at the Pennsylvania State University, executive director of the Pennsylvania School Study Council, and the state Leadership Development Center He also worked as the executive director of the state’s League of Urban Schools and, finally, as a school facilities planning consultant

Knade explained some key points of the book’s preface, highlighting what he thinks are important for local readers

“I began to reflect on the positions held and the various moves over the years,” Knade said “I began to reflect on who and what caused me to make those

moves

Without intending to write a book initially, those reflections began to take the form of a manuscript I hope readers find my career interesting and are possibly able to reflect on their own … I thank my lucky stars my career turned out as it did.”

The book is already in print and available at the Otto Bookstore, 107 W. Fourth St , in Williamsport or online at ottobookstore.com.

Seth Nolan is an English and Literature teacher at St. John Neumann Regional Academy. He is a former Williamsport Sun-Gazette staffer, having worked as a reporter and editor on the night desk He is now a correspondent for the Sun-Gazette

Community Theatre League to present ‘The Prom’ this month

Williamsport’s Community Theater League is one of Lycoming County’s not-sohidden gems. Located on Third Street, this theater has been giving wonderful shows and performances for almost half a century. Coming up is another one “The Prom.”

According to the CTL’s website,“Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a smalltown prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow — but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is a love that brings them all together. ‘The Prom’ expertly captures all the humor and heart of a classic musical comedy with a message that resonates with audiences now more than ever.”

“The Prom” will be live at 7:30 p.m. on June 14, 16, 20 and 23. The show is directed by Marie Fox, the music director is Amanda Haney, and the choreographer is Maia Cenimo.

Throughout the year, CTL produces ten to twelve shows of differing types, as well as classes, summer camps, music lessons, and volunteer opportunities. The Community Theater League is approaching its 50th anniversary, which will happen in 2026.

CTL was formed in 1976, based on the desire of its founders to create a community-involved theater organization that offered opportunities to anyone, regardless of previous theater experience. After operating out of a series of halls, auditoriums, churches, and schools, the organization finally found a home in 1999. As part of a city revitalization project, they moved into and redesigned the McDade Trade and Transit Centre building in Williamsport. Tailoring it to their exact needs, the group settled in, and still performs in the building 25 years later.

For further information or to book tickets, the theater can be contacted at 570-327-1777.

Lou Bernard is a freelance writer and paranormal investigator. He serves as the field leader for the Lock Haven Paranormal Seekers He lives in Clinton County with his wife, son, and two dogs.

Millbrook Playhouse readies for another great season

By LOU BERNARD West Branch Life

One of Clinton County’s tourism gems is Millbrook Playhouse Located at 258 Country Club Lane in Mill Hall, this wonderful local theater offers a variety of shows every year for both children and adults Millbrook has long been a local fixture in the community, and has a fascinating history to it.

The theater began as a barn, and still holds some of the rustic image of when it was built in 1850 Originally owned by William Sanderson, the local dairy farm was named “Millbruek,” later becoming a bit more Americanized Local politician Sedgewick Kistler purchased the place in 1920, bringing in a new herd of Holstein cows imported from Holland During Prohibition, the barn was said to be a hiding place for bootleg whiskey brewed by notorious bootlegger Prince David Farrington. And finally, in 1962, local resident Dan Reinhold organized a board of directors and turned the place into a marvelous community theater.

PHOTOS PROVIDED The Millbrook Playhouse has been a staple of entertainment in the area since the 1960s. This summer, area theater fans can look forward to another great season at Millbrook, with shows like “Donʼt Dress for Dinner,” “Mean Girls Jr.,” “Godspell: The Musical” and “Stones in His Pockets.”

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“It’s like coming back home,” said David Leidholdt, interim artistic director of Millbrook. Leidholdt worked for Millbrook previously, but had to take some time off beginning in 2022 “I missed it I missed doing this Off-season, it’s not that different from what I remember.”

Leidholdt has a clear affection for Millbrook Playhouse, and it comes across in his enthusiasm “We have a little something for everyone this year,” he said. “We love a murder mystery and a farce in the cabaret!”

This season, Millbrook is doing a more scaled-down plan that still includes a lot of quality work, according to Leidholdt While several of the previous seasons were overwhelming to staff, this year the playhouse is concentrating on several excellent shows while not sacrificing quality “Through the years, it’s changed and expanded,” commented Leidholdt

Millbrook is currently playing “Don’t Dress For Dinner” in the Poorman Cabaret until July 6 “Mean Girls Jr ” will be playing on the main stage between June 27-30 July 12 begins a run of “Godspell: The Musical” on the main stage, and “Stones in His Pockets” runs in the cabaret from August 2-11 (The end of “Godspell” will contain spoiler alert a crucifixion.) “8Track: The Sounds of the 70s In Concert” runs on the main stage from August 9-18

Millbrook Playhouse is a beautiful part of Clinton County’s history and culture, and has brought in performers from all over the country Most prominently, the staff of Millbrook comes from the East Coast, but they’ve had people from as far away as Texas Even Kyle McLachlan performed at Millbrook during the Nineties The influx of staff leads to a need for housing and supplies.

Millbrook can always use a little extra help from the community in the form of housing for performers or monetary donations, but even small donations of supplies are helpful. Donations of art supplies or household items help offset the cost of business, and volunteers are always welcome. "Even snacks,” Leidholdt said “Bring in snacks, and we’re grateful!”

Millbrook will run theater camps for children during the summer, and the annual “Brews In The Barn” fundraiser is scheduled for October 19

“It’s going to be a wonderful season,” said Leidholdt, with a smile. “There’s something for everyone. And it’s all special because we’re doing what we love ”

For further information or tickets, visit millbrookplayhouse.org or call 570-748-8083.

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Smoked Country Jam music festival celebrates 20 years

By SETH NOLAN West Branch Life

The uniquely American genre of bluegrass is evolving and the annual Smoked Country Jam has grown right along with it. Celebrating its 20th year from June 20-23, the festival ing all roots of the First formed in Country Jam was benefit for the Lup dation after Ron K wife, Teresa, was nosed with system lupus in 2002

The first festiva was hosted in 2004 in McElhattan “Idea for the festival hatched in 2003, at the HIckory Fest Music Festival, in Stoney Fork,” Kodish, Smoked Country Jam’s creator, organizer, and director, said “It was the very first musi festival Teresa and had ever attended

Kodish’s son, C talked to him abo hosting a similar f benefit Lupus and posed a bluegrass

“It took a bit of get Teresa to go al but where we are g g y our 20th year,” Kodish said.

From 2004 to 2006, the festival was on a 25-acre farm pasture in McElhattan Over the four years after, the festival was on a 50-acre mountain top farm in Sugar Valley. Since 2011, Smoked Country Jam has been held at Quiet Oaks Campground, just outside of Cross Fork.

Over the years, Smoked Country Jam has helped raise awareness of Lupus and has raised over $47,000 for the Lupus Foundation

“This is our third festival location,” Kodish said. “As the festival has grown, we have had to move to locations that offered more camping. It was our desire to keep the festival in Clinton County and The PA Wilds ”

The 100-acre campground, owned by Dave and Carla Flack is also the site of the Kettle Creek Music each year des since the first as adapted to the s festival and the genre as a whole, s growing to wider nces in recent s.

“The resurgence of uegrass-like music an be traced to the tremendous popularity of a number of performers, and their take on the way the music is played,” Kodish said “Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, the Billy Strings Band, Bela Fleck, Greenky Bluegrass, Tramd By Turtles, and der Mountain Band, have all the nal bluegrass in, but play them more flair than tramers did.” grass was played movement other than fingers moving on the strings

“Today's ‘bluegrass’ is played with more emotion and movement, special light and sound effects, which makes for shows that appeal to more of today's festival goers.”

Kodish proposed the rhetorical question asked by many followers of the genre: Is it bluegrass?

“To each his or her own to decide,” he said “I know our festival appeals to a wider audience if we bring different branches of the bluegrass tree ”

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Smoked Country Jam began as a mostly traditional bluegrass festival and has evolved to include Old Time, Roots and Americana music

“We have had drums, organs, trombones and accordions,” Kodish said “As a roots to branches bluegrass festival we want to showcase all the beautiful music on the bluegrass tree ”

This year, Kodish and the other organizers have added new events to celebrate 20 years

“Since we are a pet friendly festival, and have many dogs with us each year, we have added a 2025 Dogs of Smoked Country Jam calendar contest,” Kodish said.

Twenty-five entered dogs will be voted on throughout the festival, with the top 12 dogs receiving a page in the 2025 calendar Calendars will go on sale later this summer, with proceeds donated to The Lupus Foundation

On Friday and Saturday they are holding Jon Mackey's Team Quizzo

One event held in conjunction with the festival is Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Contest (PHSC). It was

started by Lock Haven native Dave Pinelli, 16 years ago. The contest is for songwriters to submit songs with a PA theme, with the top three judged songs receiving monetary awards and an opportunity to perform their song at Smoked Country Jam, Kodish said

In connection with the PHSC, for the first time this year, the Craig "Bubba" Bowman Scholarship Award will be presented to a graduating senior from Central Mountain High School It is an annual award of $500 given to a student who is being recognized for a propensity or passion in folk, roots or Americana music.

“We want Smoked Country Jam to be an event that people mark on their calendars every year,” Kodish said “We want our festival to be not only about the music, but the whole experience We want Smoked Country Jam to be three days of peaceful, easy feelings, and a lifetime of wonderful memories.”

Tickets for the festival are available on the site smokedcountryjam.com.

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When she was a baby, her favorite place was in her dad’s or mom’s backpack carrier in the family barn Now 15 years old, young Heidi Butler, of Tioga, knows just what she loves in life

Sitting at the kitchen table, Heidi’s parents smiled when she said, “When I was younger, I had to choose between horse riding and dance lessons, and I chose horse riding. I couldn’t do both at the time, and I knew horses were just better! I’m passionate about my life; I’ve been raised on it, and it's rewarding to be able to do this ”

Heidi is a young entrepreneur in a traditional and diminishing business: farming She is a seventh-generation farmer in the hills of Tioga County, following in the lifestyle of her parents and her grandparents for generations before her. She has grown up being a farmer and loves being a farmer There are no video games for her, and her kitchen counter is strewn with notepapers and bull genetics catalogs pa-

perwork for growing her herd of championship black angus cows.

Heidi is an engaging, bright young woman who is more than busy with her lifestyle

Heidi said, “I’m up at 5:30 a m to visit the barn, and I leave the house at 7 a m for school I’m back after school around 4 p.m. I change my clothes and head back to the barn to help my dad bring in hay bales and feed the animals again.”

Working on halter training and brush-

ing her animals out takes time, too, as does practicing walking the cows on lead and exercising the horses She also works at a dairy farm across the county twice a week Heidi is a busy teen

You can guess what this 15-year-old wants to do with her life

Heidi has started her own black angus herd and also has two brown Swiss heifers. The brown Swiss cows will go to the fair, while the others will be bred and sold.

Heidi just received $1500 in grants,

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both from the state’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) program for clippers and all of the necessary equipment for “fitting” cows, a form of careful grooming for dairy cows It’s a good investment for her, especially given her goals in life

Heidi said, “I’m not really a lucky person, but when I heard I won, I was super excited ” In truth, luck didn’t help her win those grant awards Hard work did

On the same Saturday morning I visited Heidi at her farm, the school’s FFA

group was doing a live YouTube feed of Petunia, the hybrid pig, giving birth in the school’s classroom. Students rushed to the school to be a part of the opportunity to help with the nine live births and one stillbirth One of the students was Sophomore Garrett Kaltenbach, the FFA Club’s President

I caught up with Garrett a few days later and chatted with him about farm life. Like Heidi, he has animals he cares for: he has been showing pigs and goats at the county fair since he was little and markets his beef cattle throughout the year

He’s a busy young man with big plans Right now, this 16-year-old splits his time between two barns, school, and two after-school jobs He’s a hard worker because hard work will give him a good life.

Garrett credits his family with setting the tone for how he sees the world. His parents, adult siblings, and grandfather have shaped his view of responsibility The Kaltenbach family is a multigenerational farming family Everyone pitches in to make “Triple K Farms” run well

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A younger Heidi Butler poses with her brother and a cow on her familyʼs farm in Tioga, back in 2019. Now 15 years old, Heidi is a seventh-generation farmer that has been working hard to balance her school duties with her chores on the farm.

Garrett has a gentle smile and an ease about him. He is comfortable with himself and what he wants out of life. He remembers, “When you’re little, you start out feeding your bottle calves, but when you get older, you realize that you want to do more things That’s fine, but you still can’t forget those bottle calves Some jobs are better than others, but it's all a part of farming.”

Garrett credits his Ag teacher, Mrs. Berndtson, and the FFA program, in part, for giving him a good start in life “In my freshman year, I took Mrs B’s leadership class, which teaches you a lot about leadership and speaking qualities you will need as an adult We do different things to make us better speakers I have had a lot of interviews through FFA and now I go into interviews believing I will do well,” he said.

Melanie Berndtson is a Google Fellow (one of four teachers in the country selected for the honor) and is Garrett and Heidi’s Agriculture Education teacher at Wellsboro She is a significant part of these teens' success

Berndston talks about “the sweet spot”, blending experiential learning in the classroom with hands-on experiences: learning through discovery.

But Berndtson also has a far more global message: “Students need to see how producing their food impacts the environment, and it's important for them also to see that they need to take care of the environment in order to produce from it. And for all of the other people living in an area, they need to be able to appreciate their role in protecting the environment Our choices now make a difference for generations to come ”

Mrs Berndston, the teacher, teaches us that learning opportunities happen anytime and everywhere

Garrett, the student, also has something he wants to teach us. He said, “I feel like a lot of people misinterpret what we are really like. Some people think we are those kids who come to school and smell like cow poop when we really don’t There is a lot more to farming and agriculture than just cows and cow poop And like Mrs Berndston says, “We are the backbone of America” ”

And Heidi? Heidi may sometimes wear muddy boots, but she, too, has big dreams. And high on that Tioga County ridge where their sixth-generation barns stand tall, she may be the seventh generation to follow She may think she isn’t a

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Garrett Kaltenbach shows one of his goats at the

Farm Show.

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PHOTO PROVIDED Mrs. Berndtson, a teacher of Heidi Butler and Garrett Kaltenbach, helps a hybrid pig named Petunia give birth during a YouTube live feed video.

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lucky person, but she sure is Mature beyond their years, farm kids know that hard work results in rewards. Farm work is physically, mentally, and emotionally stressful on a daily basis, but at the end of the day, it’s a lifestyle that teaches so much about living Farm kids are resilient They have a profound respect for the circle of life They understand that every seed planted, every animal cared for, is part of something greater a legacy passed down through generations, shaping not just their upbringing, but their and our outlook on the world.

Linda Stager, of Wellsboro, is an awardwinning outdoor writer and photographer Her stories and photos are often showcased in a variety of publications, including the Williamsport Sun -Gazette. She is also the author of the “Pine Creek Rail Trail Guidebook,” a 206-page guide to the 62-mile highly acclaimed rail trail that runs from Wellsboro to Jersey Shore You can learn more about her at www.lindastager.com and can reach her at lstager021@gmail com