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OCTOBER 27, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 39
Rosary Walk Dedicated At PJP II The walk features a path where students may pray the Rosary outAfter creating two outdoor class- doors by following a series of rooms for students and teachers to signs that depict the Mysteries of use at Pope John Paul II Regional the Rosary, which are important Catholic Elementary School (PJP II) moments in the life of Jesus in West Brandywine, Lizzie Heinz Christ and his mother, Mary. has now created a Rosary Walk at The Rosary Walk was dedicated the school as her Eagle Scout on Oct. 17 by the Rev. Michael service project. Fitzpatrick, pastor of St. Peter Parish, who blessed each sign on the walk with Holy Water. He also led those attendance in several prayers and provided a blessing: “God bless (Lizzie) and those who use this symbol of prayer and of the Blessed Mother.” The Rosary consists of beads in groups of 10 (decades), and people recite the Hail Mary while holding each small bead. On the larger beads separating the decades, different prayers are said, and there are particular Mysteries associated Lizzie Heinz has created a Rosary Walk with each decade. at Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic BY FRANCINE FULTON
Joining property owner Tracy Talucci (far right) are historical commission members (from left) Kathy Duncan, Susan Ward, Barbara Yamarick, David Yamarick, Jim Ladrew, Michele Algier, Tom Currie and Caryl Ann Cooper.
Preserving History West Nantmeal Commission Stabilizes Grist Mill Remains and stabilized thanks to the efforts of the township’s historihe remains of a small grist cal commission. Members of the West Nantmill, located on Bollinger Road in West Nantmeal meal Township Historical ComTownship, have been uncovered mission and township residents, along with Tracy Talucci, owner of the property where the grist mill is located, gathered on Oct. 16 to celebrate the completion of the project. During the event, commission member Tom Currie also unveiled a sign at the location, which reads, “Lewis Grist Mill, 18th Century, Stabilized by Talucci Family and West Nantmeal Historic Commission.” “The crumbling wall was overgrown, and trees were growing in the center and (passersby) would have A sign was unveiled on Oct. 16 at the BY FRANCINE FULTON
historic grist mill.
See Preserving History pg 6
Elementary School.
See Rosary Walk pg 4
Senior Connections Hosts New Pastor, Wife
Award Nominations Sought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
BY FRANCINE FULTON
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Jeremiah Martin, the new pastor at Conestoga Mennonite Church in Morgantown, and his wife, Shaelagh, were the guest speakers at the Oct. 14 meeting of Senior Connections, a monthly social group for local residents age 60 and over.
House Of Worship . . . . . .12
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Fall Bazaar Scheduled . . .2 Community Calendar . . . .5
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never known it was there,” said commission member Kathy Duncan. “We had a had a bunch of (volunteers), and as we cleared the vines and the trees, it absolutely revealed itself.” Duncan thanked the township supervisors, the historical commission and members of the Talucci family for working together to restore the piece of local history. “We are so blessed to have a lot of (historic structures) standing in the township, one of which is the mill,” she said. Commission member Caryl Ann Cooper read a history of the site from the mill’s perspective. “I stay busy both day and night with an abundance of wheat, corn and rye being brought in for grinding,” she stated. “There is always lively talk among the neighbors as they meet at the mill.”