Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: PET PANTRY’S MOBILE UNIT TO DEBUT page 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 37
GUEST SPEAKER
The World War II Oral History Club
Golden Knights Host Littlestown pg 10
Event To Spotlight African Culture pg 3
Festival To Focus On America’s Forgotten Fruit By Chelsea Peifer
For anyone who has tasted and enjoyed the delicious flavor of the pawpaw, the fruit’s short - but
sweet - season is likely something they look forward to making the most of each autumn. This year, the public is invited to celebrate the first harvest from the
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
The Willing Hearts group at Ironville United Methodist Church will hold its fall community breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall. The meal is free and open to the public. The church is located at 4020 Holly Drive, Columbia. For more information, call 717-684-8072. ANNUAL EVENT
514 Poplar St., Columbia, will host Cloktoberfest on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s Free Museum Day. Cloktoberfest will feature behind-thescenes tours, opportunities to make clocks to take home, a steampunk fashion show, a silent auction, food trucks, and vendors selling horological, steampunk, and handmade items. For more information, call 717-684-8261 or visit www.museumoftime.org. LOCAL HISTORY
An Experience Columbia Walking Tour will take place on Thursday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to noon. The group will meet at the Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. The tour will include a 1-mile guided walk through the historic town of Columbia. Partcipants will learn about the initial settlement in the 1700s and the town’s journey through time, including what it has to offer today. Attendees shoud wear walking shoes and bring a bottle of water. For more details, readers may call 717-449-5607.
The Horn Farm Center in York will host its annual Pawpaw Festival on Sept. 22 and 23. The public is invited to learn about and sample the large, edible, native fruit. Fruit and trees will be available to purchase, and proceeds from the event will support the work of the Horn Farm Center.
The Magic Of Model Railroading By Chelsea Peifer
Frank Stellar’s railway garden was a dream deferred for many years as other ventures - like a successful teaching and coaching career at Donegal High School and raising a family - took priority. Upon retiring, he set out to design and install an expansive backyard layout at his Manheim home. Manheim resident Frank Stellar’s garden Instead of starting small and railway will be among the 10 featured gradually adding on, he opted to tour sites throughout Lancaster, York, and go big from the start. “At my age, Chester counties on the Railroad Museum I knew what I wanted to do and of Pennsylvania’s 12th annual Garden knew that it’d be a one-and-done Railways Tour on Oct. 7. Tickets are on thing,” said Stellar. sale now for the self-guided, family-friendThe approximately 30-by-70- ly tour, which benefits the museum. yard layout features a doubletrack railway with G-scale trains and a eye-catching gardens. For the buildings multitude of buildings nestled among which include a train station, a power See Garden Railways Tour pg 4
pawpaw orchard at the Horn Farm Center, 4945 Horn Road, York. Richard Bono, who manages the 48 pawpaw trees that were planted six years ago, reported that more than 100 pawpaw fruits are on the trees this year. According to Richard, the orchard has been well mulched and mowed all year. Between that and the fact that the trees are now bearing the highly anticipated fruit, Richard said, “It has never looked better.” Richard and his wife, Judy Bono, help to organize the annual Pawpaw Festival at the Horn Farm Center. They are expecting record crowds this year, as pawpaw lovers have traveled great distances in recent years to attend the event. The 2018 Pawpaw Festival is slated to take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22 and 23, on the Horn Farm Center grounds. There is a nominal tasting fee at the door, with children under age 2 being admitted free of charge. Ample parking is available. Tours of the orchard will be offered, and Richard will speak at noon on both days about his experience with growing pawpaws. At 1 p.m. each day, Lydia See Pawpaw Festival pg 5
Columbia’s Historic Salem UCC To Celebrate 215th Anniversary By Chelsea Peifer
This September, Historic Salem United Church of Christ (UCC), 324 Walnut St., Columbia, will celebrate its 215th anniversary. According to Parish Life Team members, the church dates back to Sept. 11, 1803, when the Rev. G.C. Muhlenberg, D.D., met with church members from Lancaster See Historic Salem UCC pg 7
Historic Salem UCC Parish Life Team members (from left) Denise Bollinger, Julie Bigler, Hilary Smith, (not pictured) Scott Bollinger, and pastor Mark Harris invite the community to the church’s 215th anniversary celebration on Sept. 29. A special worship service will take place on Sept. 30.
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will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia. The club meets on the last Tuesday of each month except December. This month’s meeting will feature Mae Krier, a real-life Rosie the Riveter who worked for Boeing. In May 1944, Krier helped to construct the “5-Grand,” the 5,000th B-17 plane made after the start of the war. She and the other “Riveters” painted their names on the aircraft. Krier will share stories of her time making important materials during WWII. All WWII veterans, their families, and anyone with an interest in WWII history are welcome to attend. For details, readers may call 717-319-3430.