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Morgantown/Honey Brook NOVEMBER 27, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: BREAKFAST BUFFET TO BENEFIT FIRE COMPANY page 2

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL XXVII • NO 45

Celebrate Christmas At Joanna Furnace By Francine Fulton

Christmas at Joanna, a three-night 19th-century Victorian Christmas celebration, will take place on Friday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7 and 8, from 4 to 9 p.m. at Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, 1250 Furnace Road, Geigertown. The event will feature holiday shopping, food, musical entertainment and more. Throughout the weekend, the entire furnace complex will by lit by more than 1,000 glowing luminarias that will line the furnace walkways. Additionally, the inside of each building will be illuminated by lamps or candles. “It’s sort of magical, and it has a completely different appearance than our other events,” said Mark Zerr, executive director of the Hay Creek Valley Historical Association (HCVHA), the nonprofit organization that supports the

restoration and preservation of the site. “With the luminarias and the illumination of the buildings, it really embodies the spirit of Christmas,” he noted. “And it’s our 20th year,” he added. “To see how (the event) has grown and evolved is phenomenal.” He noted that through the years the motto of Christmas at Joanna has remained “Where the Spirit of Christmas Comes Alive!” Each year, Christmas at Joanna depicts a certain year in history. 2019 will reflect how the holiday was celebrated in 1869, when the ironmaster was L. Heber Smith, who had recently married Ella Jane Grubb Smith. “It’s post-Civil War, and it was the second year of their new home at Joanna Furnace,” Zerr noted. “They celebrated the holiday and gave thanks that the furnace was busy providing income to so many families.” The Joanna Furnace mule stable will

Walkways at the Joanna Furnace Iron Works complex will be lit with luminarias and the historic buildings will be illuminated with soft spotlights during the Christmas at Joanna event taking place Dec. 6 through 8. be transformed into the parlor of the Victorian mansion of the ironmaster, where Smith and Grubb family

members, portrayed by HCVHA reenactors, will gather to prepare for a family Christmas celebration that will See Christmas At Joanna pg 3

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Rotary Club Awards Grants To Local Charities Birdsboro Church Posts Classes

The Rotary Club of West Chester presented grants totaling $36,000 to representatives of area charities. Participants in the presentation ceremony included (back, from left) co-chair of the Rotary Community Philanthropic Committee (CPC) Rob Malone, Beverly Raspanti, Victoria Dow, Capt. Jesus Corraliza, Judy Jeffords-Homitz, Rotary president Matt Holliday, Dolly Wideman-Scott, Kathleen Sanger, Kathy Sullivan, Robin Meixner, Jeanne Meikrantz, Rotary CPC co-chair Laura Aloisio, (front) Jaime Atkins, Hallie Romanowski, Denise Antonelli, Capt. Maria Corraliza, Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, Maryann Schwab and Glenda Brion.

The Rotary Club of West Chester recently awarded grants totaling $36,000 to local charities during a lunch meeting held at the West Chester Golf and Country Club. The grant money was raised from proceeds of the Rotary Club’s annual chili cook-off, which is held each fall in West Chester. On hand to accept the donations were the following representatives of area charities: Beverly Raspanti, Chester County Children Inc.; Victoria Dow, West Chester Public Library; Capt. Jesus Corraliza and Capt. Maria Corraliza, the Salvation Army; Judy Jeffords-Homitz, Safe Harbor of Chester County; Dolly Wideman-Scott, Domestic Violence Center of Chester County (DVCCC); Kathleen Sanger, Home of the Sparrow; Kathy Sullivan, West Chester Area Senior Center; Robin Meixner, Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children; Jeanne Meikrantz, the ARC of Chester See Grants pg 2

By Francine Fulton

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (UCC) of Birdsboro is sponsoring free Creative Contemplative classes that are free and open to the community. The classes are designed to help participants develop a deeper relationship with God, foster deeper connections with other people and help them find inner peace. Classes are held at Daniel Boone High School on the second Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. through May 2020. The next scheduled class will be on Dec. 11. Individuals are welcome to participate in as many or as few sessions as they wish. Pat Babel, St. Paul’s UCC spiritual director, first offered the program at the church, but the classes were moved to Daniel Boone High School in See Classes pg 3

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