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OCTOBER 13, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Bringing The Ladies To Life BY CATHY MOLITORIS
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
millennium. It takes the viewer from the 1700s trading post in the Colonial frontier through changes in the 1800s and 1900s to the year 2000. The other mural, “Donegal to Donegal,” traces the migration of the Scots-Irish culture to this area, Landis explained. It was created in 2002 and features maps of the Donegal area of southcentral Pennsylvania and the Ulster area that spans present-day Northern Ireland and part of the Irish Republic. The Irish map features place names that will sound familiar to Elizabethtown locals, since many places in their area were named after the Scots-Irish immigrants’ hometowns. Both murals feature QR codes that viewers can scan to learn more about what’s pictured. See Murals pg 5
“Donegal to Donegal” traces the migration of immigrants to this area.
Gearing Up For Fall Fun BY CATHY MOLITORIS
For years, GEARS in Elizabethtown has held a festival to celebrate the autumn season and provide fun for the community. Last year’s event was canceled due to the pandemic, but now the 11th annual Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds, 900 E. High St. “We’re going to have something for all age ranges, from children to adults and seniors,” said Lee Eckert, program coordinator for GEARS.
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Candace O’Donnell dressed as Queen Victoria
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Saving Elizabethtown’s Murals Nancy Landis and the staff of the Winters Heritage House Museum want to be sure Elizabethtown’s past does not fade away. The museum is spearheading a campaign to restore two large murals in town, located in parking lots along South Market Street and East High Street. “We don’t own the murals, but we’ve gotten permission from the building owners to restore the murals,” Landis noted. “These are part of our community history, and it’s important that we preserve them.” Both murals were painted by Wayne Fettro. “Four Centuries of Elizabethtown History” was created in 2000 in celebration of the new
alking through the halls of Willow Valley Lakes, Candace O’Donnell gets some strange looks. Her fellow residents do a double take because O’Donnell is dressed like Queen Victoria, complete with a purple gown, white wig and crown. “We are not amused,” O’Donnell remarks in a British accent. Then she breaks character. She explains that she’s dressed this way for a photo shoot because she will be portraying Queen Victoria in an upcoming performance. On Monday, Oct. 25, O’Donnell will present “Bringing the Ladies to Life - Queen Victoria, Mary Todd Lincoln and Sarah Bernhardt” at the Elizabeth Hughes Society meeting. The show is open to the public and will be held at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 398 N. Locust St., Elizabethtown, beginning at 7:30 p.m. O’Donnell, a retired Elizabethtown College English professor, has been performing one-woman shows for years. She’s played on stage at the Fulton Theatre, Ephrata Performing Arts Center and other venues. In March, she’ll present her newest work, “Victoria’s Secrets,” performing as Queen Victoria, at the Ware Center in Lancaster. For her performance at the Elizabeth Hughes Society meeting, she’ll offer a taste of what audiences might see in her full-length shows, portraying each woman for about 10 minutes. O’Donnell, 79, said she loves what she does, adding that she does all the research and writing for her shows. “I look for the crazy. What makes this person unusual?” she stated. “I also try to find something surprising that people don’t know about this person.” For Queen Victoria, for example, she emphasizes that although the royal had a reputation for being uptight and prudish, she was anything but. “She was obsessed with Albert,” O’Donnell explained, adding that she was first smitten by her future husband when she spotted
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