Morgantown/Honey Brook SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: AREA RESIDENT MARKS 100TH BIRTHDAY page 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXVII • NO 33
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GET READY FOR
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Tel Hai Camp and Retreat, 31 Lasso Drive, Honey Brook, will hold its annual spaghetti benefit supper on Friday, Sept. 13. Dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. Carryout meals will also be available. Tickets will be available at the door and will be discounted for children ages 3 to 9. For information, call 610-273-3969. BIBLE STUDY
St. John Center, 599 Reading Road, East Earl, will conduct a new Bible study on “Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts and How to Apply Them to Your life.� The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, as well as on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m. For details, call 717-445-5505. CHICKEN BARBECUE
Robeson Lutheran Church,
COMMUNITY MEAL
Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community, 210 Weaverland Valley Road, East Earl, will host a community meal on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The community is invited to share in food and fellowship. For details, call 717-445-6348. FREE LUNCHEON
Nantmeal United Methodist Church, 359 Nantmeal Road, Glenmoore, invites the public to a free community luncheon on Saturday, Sept. 14, from noon to 2 p.m. The menu will consist of hot dogs, macaroni salad, baked beans, dessert and a beverage.
Organizations Welcome Students To “Fifth Quarter� Events pg 7 Group To Host Tea Party pg 4
Hay Creek Festival Slated At Joanna Furnace Iron Works By Francine Fulton
Displays of antique cars and tractors, period crafts, children’s activities, homemade foods, a Civil War encampment and more will be featured at the 43rd annual Hay Creek Festival being presented by the Hay Creek Valley Historical Association (HCVHA) at Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, 1250 Furnace Road, Geigertown. The festival will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6, 7 and 8, and activities will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There will also be an ironmaster’s pancake and sausage breakfast offered on Sept. 7 and 8 from 8 to 11 a.m. The festival is designed to showcase life in a rural industrial iron-making village in the 18th and 19th centuries. “Our festival encompasses everything from Colonial to Victorian times,� explained Mark Zerr, HCVHA executive director. Featured throughout the three-day event will be an Early American Crafts Area, where costumed interpreters will demonstrate domestic skills such as open fire cooking and bake oven demonstrations. Samples of early American foods will be available. See Hay Creek Festival pg 2
More than 1,200 volunteers, including Carol McGrath of Narvon (left photo), will be on hand to demonstrate life in an 18th- and 19th-century iron-making community at the upcoming Hay Creek Festival, to be held at Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works in Morgantown from Sept. 6 through 8. Among the festival’s many attractions will be a display of antique cars and tractors (right photo).
Annual Community Yard Sale Pet Rescue Seeks Volunteers Will Support OJR Musicians By Francine Fulton
The Owen J. Roberts (OJR) Music Parents Organization (MPO) will hold its fourth annual community yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the OJR Middle School, 881 Ridge Road (Route 23), Pottstown. Proceeds will benefit the OJR Middle and High School bands. Community members are invited to participate by renting yard sale spaces to sell their own merchandise. New this year is that local businesses and homebased business vendors are invited to participate. “I have home-based businesses like 31, Paparazzi jewelry and Scentsy already registered,� said event chair Amy Kirk. Yard sale items will include housewares, clothing, furniture, toys,
books and fall and Halloween dĂŠcor. Vendors interested in renting a space may contact ojrmpoyardsale@ gmail.com or visit www.ojrband mpo.com/community-yard-sale.html. In the event of rain, the yard sale will be canceled. The MPO supports the music program by coordinating fundraisers that help with the purchase of uniforms and other needed items, as well as helping the band with travel expenses. In addition to the yard sale, other MPO fundraisers include a pasta dinner, a cheesecake sale and restaurant nights at local eateries. The MPO also sponsors the south concession stand at the OJR High School stadium during football games. Additionally, the MPO sponsors the annual OJR Cavalcade of Bands. This See Yard Sale pg 5
Clark (left photo) and Cassy (right photo) are currently available for adoption from Spay and Save Inc. The rescue is also looking for volunteers to care for cats that are temporarily housed at local pet stores. By Francine Fulton
In addition to needing foster families and people willing to adopt dogs and cats, Spay and Save Inc., a nonprofit pet rescue organization that serves Bucks,
Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties, is in need of people willing to spend time with cats and kittens that are housed at local pet stores while waiting for their permanent homes. Volunteers are needed at the Petco See Pet Rescue pg 3
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3520 Plow Road, Mohnton, will hold a chicken barbecue on Sunday, Sept. 15. Chicken dinners and baked goods will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost of a dinner will include a half-chicken, a baked potato, coleslaw, and a roll. All proceeds will support ongoing ministries in the community. Tickets are available in the church office or by calling 610-856-7242.
4-H Names Spirit Award Winner pg 6