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NOVEMBER 4, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 42
Zion Lutheran Bazaar Will Feature Creativity BY CATHY MOLITORIS
ion Lutheran Church, 1290 River Road, Marietta, will hold its annual holiday bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7, in the church fellowship hall. The bazaar will feature a variety of handmade items as well as food. “We will have a lot of different things, and you will see a lot of creativity on display,” said Mary Ann Eshleman, event organizer. Items for sale will include fall and Christmas décor, cross-stich pictures, ornaments, jewelry, decorative mason jars, and more. “We will have a large assortment of crocheted items, including children’s animal-themed hats, hats for adults, stuffed animals, scarves, children’s ponchos, card baskets, dish cloths, catnip mice, pillows, and pumpkins,” Eshleman stated. Handmade wooden items will also be for sale. “Some are made from wooden pallets, and others are made from other types of wood,” she noted.
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“We’ll have things like Christmas trees, birdhouses, snowmen, Santas … birds, snowflakes, and sleds.” The bazaar will also feature a white elephant table, she said, adding, “This year, the table is going to be jigsaw puzzles in all different piece counts.” Baked goods and candy will also be for sale, as well as food to go. “We are not going to offer dine-in this year, but we will have cold soup and cold barbecue to go,” Eshleman explained. “We’ll have three soups ham and bean, chicken corn and beef vegetable - and the barbecue will be hamburger or pork.” She said church members look forward to the bazaar every year not only as a fundraiser for the church, but also as a way to support other organizations. “We will use the money this year for our elevator fund to help pay our elevator off, and then we will split the money with the East Donegal/Conoy Christian Food Bank,” she stated. She emphasized that the event will follow COVID-19 protocols.
St. Mark’s Will Offer Free Thanksgiving Meal BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Sixteen years ago, Janet Lehman and her husband found themselves with nowhere to go on Thanksgiving. “Our kids were grown and out of the house and we were alone,” Lehman recalled. “ We thought maybe there are other people in the same boat at Thanksgiving.” So the Lehmans decided to hold a community Thanksgiving dinner at their church, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
or Sara Gutshall, the square in Maytown may be small, but it occupies a big space in her heart. “That little square just means the world to me,” said the lifelong Maytown resident. Gutshall, president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 809, took that dedication and turned it into a project to not only beautify the square, but also recognize Maytown’s rich history. Earlier this year, Gutshall spearheaded a fundraiser to replace the crumbling walkways around the square with engraved bricks bearing the names of community members and businesses.
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“The walks were more than 100 years old,” she said. “They were all broken up from use, and tree roots had uprooted them. It was just really in poor shape.” She noted the idea for repairing the square came to her in a dream after part of the square was destroyed when a car ran into it. “The accident took down light poles and curbing and more, but it spared the military monuments in the square that could have been destroyed,” she recalled. “I felt
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CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . .13 Sara Gutshall, president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 809, has spearheaded a project to renovate the Maytown square with engraved bricks.
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See Thanksgiving Meal pg 9
Zion Lutheran crafters (from left) Gail Houck, Nancy Reider, Mary Epple, and Mary Ann Eshleman invite the public to a holiday bazaar at the church.
Maytown Square Beautified By Bricks
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See Bazaar pg 4