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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2023 • Volume 42 – No. 26 (USPS 277440) ©2023, THE JOURNAL-HERALD. All Rights Reserved

CONTINUING: THE WHITE HAVEN JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1879–144th YEAR, NO. 13

Last residents moved from White Haven Center

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by Ruth Isenberg

The last residents remaining at the White Haven Center were transferred elsewhere last week, either to Selinsgove, one of the two remaining state-run facilities for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, or to private community-based facilities. Administrative and some

See WHC, page 5

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CONTINUING: THE WEATHERLY HERALD ESTABLISHED 1880–143rd YEAR, NO. 39

White Haven studio refurbishes statues for President Biden’s home church

by Ruth Isenberg

Three life-size statues of St. Joseph and the baby Jesus, the Blessed Mother, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus have been restored to their places at the church of St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Delaware. They are newly restored and ready for the dedication this Sunday, February 26, thanks to the work of Judy Dotzel and Chris Norton, who performed the work at their studio on Main Street in White Haven over the past month with assistance from Frank Tirico and Jim Dotzel.

Cleaning and repainting the statues was part of a full remodeling of the church undertaken by the St. Jude Society. St. Joseph on the Brandywine is President Joseph Biden’s home church; he is expected to attend the dedication. Dotzel said the statues were yellowish when they came in, due in part to a high gloss finish that had been applied to them over the years. The colors were very pale. The artists darkened the features and brightened the colors on the cast plaster figures originally made by Daprato Company of Chicago in 1918. They airbrushed and handpainted they statues, using 23 karat gold leaf stencils for the finishing

See WH ARTISTS, page 5

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