#212 JUNE 2018

Jacqueline “Sis” Mizerock:

Her Father’s Daughter & Jefferson County’s First Female Judge

On the cover: Punxsutawney’s Jacqueline “Sis” Mizerock – Jefferson County’s first female judge.

(Hometown Staff photo)

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By Gloria Kerr for Hometown magazine here’s a new judge in town, and she’s making history already. Jacqueline “Sis” Mizerock is the first-ever female judge in Jefferson County. Elected in May 2017 to assume the title Magisterial District Judge, District Court 54-3-01, Mizerock presides over her courtroom in the ATA building at 222 North Findley Street, Punxsutawney. Respect is a key element of her philosophy, as she is charged

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ferson County. Levita Lerch, with whom she remains friends today, was the Assistant District Attorney.

When Douglas R. Chambers announced he would retire in 2017 from the district judge post in Punxsutawney after twentyfour years on the bench, Mizerock seized the opportunity to expand her legal career.

She says, “I couldn’t have won the election without the help of my friends who were out knocking on doors with me almost every night.” Although a candidate for Magisterial District Judge (MDJ) is not required to be an attorney, she and her supporters emphasized Mizerock’s legal experience.

Mizerock emphatically credits the ease of her transition into her job as MDJ to the three women who work with her in the office. Experienced, efficient, and supportive, they do the day-to-day paperwork of the district court. Kathy Divelbiss handles all the civil cases, Dawn Moore handles all of the criminal cases, and Brenda London handles all of the administrative duties. They are the ones that keep the office running smoothly. “All the time I have spent in the courtroom made the legal end of my job come easy to me, but I don’t know what I would do without Kathy, Dawn, and Brenda to teach me the paperwork end of the job,” she asserts. When asked to whom she re-

ports, Mizerock says, “The people.”

Mizerock also gives Doug Chambers a special nod, as he has been a great help in her transition. Although not required to do so, he spent time with her to give his perspective on the job, and he is only a phone call away if she needs his advice.

Mizerock loves her job, but in reality, she says she only sees people with problems. In 2017, the Punxsutawney District Court had approximately 3,000 cases go through its office. She’s realized it’s not easy being a judge. Her charge is to make the “right” decision, and sometimes those decisions are not popular. How do judges get training to be judges? She says, “You can’t go to school to learn to be a judge,” so she finds herself hearkening back to some of her father’s truisms about what’s right and wrong and about respecting others that guide her yet today: “All our actions have consequences – good or bad.” “Don’t blame others for your mistakes. Do your best and don’t do it again.” He taught his daughter to respect everyone, for everyone has something to offer. She remembers his lessons when she’s in the courtroom, where she respects everyone, regardless of the case or what the accused has done.

Sis Mizerock’s family life and particularly - Continued on page 4

John Mizerock, Jr., with daughter Sis Mizerock at her Duquesne School of Law graduation ceremony in 2002.(submitted photo)

with making judgments that affect human beings, all of whom, she says, have their own stories.

Mizerock graduated from Duquesne School of Law with her Juris Doctor degree in 2002. While in school, she received an internship with the Office of Attorney General, where she worked in the Torts Litigation Department and dealt mostly with PennDOT issues – not her “cup of tea.” She left the Office of Attorney General for an externship with the Honorable Lawrence J. O’Toole, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division. The first case on which she worked, a death penalty case, made her realize, she says, that she “enjoyed trial and being in the courtroom.”

Mizerock says, “I hung my own shingle after working for the Clearfield County Public Defender for almost a year. Kipp Lukehart, John Ingros, and Jamie Stello, seasoned attorneys in Punxsutawney, were mentor-like to me. The three of them were always there for me when I had a question – and I had lots of questions. I often joked with Kipp that he probably forgot more about the law than I will ever know.”

She recalls her first criminal trial in Jefferson County in 2003 or 2004 when she was the Assistant Public Defender. It was not only her first trial, but it was also the first time two women had ever been pitted against each other in a criminal trial in Jef-

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In addition to the carbonated soft drinks made locally in the late 1890s and early 1900s by men in Punxsutawney, Moxie was a popular drink distributed from New England and sold in town. As an “energy drink” it was advertised as a nerve tonic. (advertisements collected and scanned from old Punxsutawney Spirit newspapers)

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About Moxie and a Five-Cent Cigar

By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine

Having Moxie n the late nineteenth century, there were great improvements in public health.

Punxsutawney organized a “water works” in 1887 to provide safe, clean water for folk to drink, to brew their own beer, and to make their own soft drinks.

Written history reveals that in the late 1880s young pharmacists introduced carbonated drinks into social life – most notably the popular brands of Hires Root Beer in 1876, Dr. Pepper in 1885, Coca-Cola in 1886, and Pepsi-Cola in 1898.

Many Americans have grown up drinking carbonated beverages, enjoying the tingling feeling and the cool, refreshing flavors.

Whether it’s called “soft drink,” “soda,” or “pop,” people of America have had a love affair with “soda pop.”

Some of these early “sodas” were promoted as health drinks that could increase

“vim and vigor,” banish “fatigue, depression, headaches,” and other human ailments.

The name of one beverage, Dr. Pepper, suggests that the drink might have health benefits; its early advertising urged people to have a drink at “10, 2 and 4 to prevent energy slumps.” When Pepsi was introduced, it was sold as a drink that “would aid in digestion and boost energy.” For decades, it was advertised to celebrities and athletes as “Delicious and Healthful” (americanprofile.com).

The early 1900s was a prosperous time for many in the Punxsutawney area, a time when family men ventured into new enterprising work. During this time, several local bottling companies were organized to prepare, bottle, and distribute the ever-popular carbonated flavored drinks to area people for many years.

In the summer of 2014, the writer presented a series of articles in Hometown magazine about local bottling companies in Punxsutawney history. The family “bottling

works” included the Cold Spring Bottling diving catch.”

When the drink appeared on the American Company on Graffius Avenue, the Cherry Blossom Bottling Works (later to be Fleck’s scene in 1876, it was sold as Moxie Nerve Beverage Company), the Crown Bottling Food, “a liquid preparation charged with Works (later to be the Jefferson Bottling soda for the cure of paralysis, softening of the brain, mental imbecility and helplessWorks), and the Anita Bottling Company.

In addition to the locally produced soft drinks, another popular soft drink was found in many Punxsutawney area stores and recreational lounges, such as billiard halls and lodges. This drink had its beginning in New England and was distributed widely. Its recipe, too, was created in the late 1800s by a pharmacist.

The Punxsutawney Spirit contained many advertisements promoting the beverage known as a “drink with a unique flavor.” A newspaper ad in 1918 for L.G. Bastin & Among different promotional methods for Moxie, a drink with Sons announced “Stop and a distinctive taste, was the distribution of tokens that became Have a Cold One, Pop, Near collectibles among the young people of the time. As seen in rubbings of a token, one side of the half-dollar size metal Beer, Moxie.” An advertise- the token provided a free drink. The other side was the image of ment in 1921 by Lauderbach- its horse-drawn wagon used in advertising. (images of token Zerby Co., local Moxie and token rubbings provided by S. Thomas Curry) distributors, read “Drink ness.”

Moxie – OK’d By Millions.”

After it was introduced by Dr. Augustin The use of the drink and the familiarity with its name introduced a new word into Thompson, various ways to market his the dictionary. The word proved useful in a drink, cum elixir, were developed in 1885.

One of them was the use of a token, about variety of contexts: the size of a half-dollar coin. The words “He’s got a lot of moxie.”

“Good for one drink of Moxie” appeared on “That guy sure has skill and moxie!”

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Jacqueline “Sis” Mizerock

Continued from page 2 her father, John Mizerock, Jr., have left a strong mark on her present attitude toward life, the law, and the way she treats people.

Her dad worked hard and achieved his American Dream. The Mizerocks were first a Rossiter family of immigrant heritage. Her father’s name Mizerock is Czechoslovakian. Her grandmother was a Bernardo. The Bernardo homestead still stands along the Rossiter road, a big, old red farmhouse. Her mother’s family name, Zanaglio, is pure Italian as her mom’s parents emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1912; they settled in Adrian because her grandfather got a job in the mines. Her mother, Celeste, was one of ten children.

Mizerock herself is one of four children born to John Mizerock, Jr., and his wife, Celeste: the oldest, Celeste, whom the family calls “George”; twins, Jacqueline, called “Sis,” and John, called “Sarge”; and the youngest, Tracy. At first, the family lived in Rossiter, and dad worked on the railroad.

She recalls that it seemed they had chicken noodle soup every night of the week for supper because it was cheap. On Sundays, everyone went to dinner at Aunt Esther Zanaglio’s, whether they wanted to or not, where “we ate a lot of polenta because it’s so cheap – just water and corn meal,” Mizerock claims. She says her grandmother brought her wooden polenta stick with her from Italy and her sister Tracy still uses it.

Life changed when her father, whose last name was shortened by most to Mr. ’Rock because of his strong personality, decided to buy the Punxsutawney Hotel and move his family into Punxsutawney when Sis was in second grade.

The children attended Saints Cosmas and Damian Catholic School (SSCD) where Sis Mizerock formed solid friendships with classmates she still considers her best friends. In fact, a bunch of them get together before Christmas every year for a pajama party, giggles, and girl talk, even though all are about fifty-seven years old now. She re-

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She also recalls hating to wear the Catholic school uniform, but she says she’d “kill” to wear a uniform today and not have to bother with wardrobe decisions. Apparently, she’s always been independent and imbued with an innate sense of justice; she wants an even playing field for everyone, a good quality for a judge.

This anecdote presages the tenor of the relationship Sis Mizerock had with her dad. She was funloving, adventurous, and smart – although she says twin brother Sarge didn’t have to work as hard as she did in school to do well academically, but the two were not competitive.

Still, her dad probably expected more of her. Sis graduated high school one year ahead of her twin Judge Mizerock credits her office staff with easing her transition to brother because her father magisterial district judge: (seated) Dawn Moore, criminal cases; and had wanted the Punx(standing) Kathy Divelbiss, civil cases; and Brenda London, adsutawney Area Schools to ministrative duties. (Hometown staff photo) hold him back a year in calls her first experience with taking charge eighth grade. The twins had started school to address what she felt was a social injusat age four, and his dad wanted Sarge to tice. When they were in fourth grade in the have an extra year to mature and prepare for ’70s, if students were disciplined for bad behigh school sports. Since Sarge was a top havior, the policy was to take ten minutes honor student, the school refused, so Mr. away from their gym period, a favorite ’Rock simply sent Sarge to Valley Forge class. Her fourth-grade class had been so Military Academy where he repeated eighth bad that they lost most of their gym time grade there and was class valedictorian beone week. Her classmates asked Mizerock cause he’d already “been there and done to “do something,” so she went to the Spirit that.” The next school year, Sarge was back office where her dad had a charge account to Punxsutawney where he was placed in and bought placards, without his knowlninth grade, one grade behind his twin sisedge. She then wrote protest messages on ter, just as his dad wanted. them, and she and some of her friends Moving to Punxsutawney Area High marched on the school grounds, appalling School in ninth grade, Sis Mizerock had lots the nuns, their teachers. As a result, they lost of friends she still hangs out with today. Altheir entire gym class for a month. She always looking for fun, she says she was most boasts that she was one of only two known for “getting the uptown girls and the girls to get paddled in elementary school. downtown boys together.” Mizerock did

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well academically. She recalls history and public speaking as her favorite classes. A member of Mr. Jim Colonna’s band front, she says he ran a tight ship and expected excellence from his band members. However, Mizerock did play volleyball and softball in local and women’s recreation leagues. Perhaps the rigors of softball and volleyball are partly responsible for the two hip replacements Mizerock has had and the shoulder pain that plagues her, although she wasn’t a pitcher. She started her job as district judge last year using a walker as she was just recovering from her most recent hip surgery.

Meanwhile, John Mizerock, Jr., earned a reputation as a force to be reckoned with.

He was a strong disciplinarian who had significantly improved his economic status by becoming owner of the Punxsy Hotel and sometime gambler. She recalls that her dad grounded her “like what seemed to be every other week for some bad choice. We got what we wanted but we had to work.” John Mizerock, Jr., told his children, “Find something to do in life that you like because you’re going to be doing it the rest of your life.” Mr. ’Rock’s firm, unbending ways led some to fear him and most to respect him.

Mizerock recalls being with her dad when they saw an old woman struggling with her shopping bags outside the hotel in the rain.

Her dad went out, gathered up her and her bags, helped her into his truck, and drove her home. He told Sis, “You think you have problems. But look at that woman. Your problems are nothing compared to hers.”

Mr. ’Rock’s sense of social justice and his blue-collar attitude loom big in his daughter’s psyche. She says he liked to drive a truck but never owned a new one, and he had a used Lincoln Town Car, too; like her dad, Sis Mizerock has never owned a brand new vehicle, though both could afford one.

John Mizerock, Jr., was secretary for the Punxsutawney Eagles Club for years. He was responsible for getting the Glockenspiel clock that still stands in front of the Eagles building. His daughter remembers that he was featured on the front page of the Spirit in an article about the clock on the - Continued on page 6

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Mizerock’s mother passed away in 1983 of cancer, so her influence on her daughter’s life was minimized. Sis Mizerock laments, “I never got to have the relationship with her that I had with my father, as I was really still a child at twenty-three. … My mother’s name was Celeste (the same as my sister’s), but everyone knew her as Sally. Unlike my father, everyone that knew her liked her. I don’t think anyone ever had a bad word to say about her. She was a very kind and loving woman.” As a result, Sis Mizerock has been involved with fundraising for Lisa’s Lady Bugs (LLB). However, the one thing she doesn’t like about her job as judge is that she’s forbidden to participate in any type of fundraising so as to avoid bias in any cases that might come to her court.

Judge Mizerock relates this habit that reveals her softer side: “I often go to the Rossiter cemetery and play one of my father’s favorite songs, ‘That’s Amore,’ by Dean Martin, as I walk to the plots where he and my mother are buried. When the song is over, I am saddened that I can’t play my mother’s favorite song. I was so young when she died that I don’t know what her favorite song was. As I leave, I look at the plot beside them where I will be buried someday, and hope that day will not come soon!”

Respect & Loyalty The road to Sis Mizerock becoming the first female judge in Jefferson County is a winding one. Upon graduation from high school in 1978, Mizerock chose not to attend college, like many of her female friends. In the seventies, very intelligent girls did not see college as the best option for themselves. She rattled off the names of at least ten of her female classmates who were honor students and are now strong, smart contributors to their community, but in 1978 jobs for women college graduates just weren’t there in abundance. When her dad told Mizerock she was going to college, she said, “No.” At this point, Sis Mizerock began her education about real life, and her dad was her best teacher.

When Mr. ’Rock’s kids finished high school, all were expected to serve, when they turned eighteen, as bartenders in the male-dominated atmosphere of the Punxsy Hotel, the family business. For the first several months, the job seemed like a dream job, but soon it wasn’t. Thus, Sis Mizerock chose to attend DuBois Business College (DBC) to take an eighteen-month accounting course and get some kind of a degree.

Then she worked at Sarge’s Sport Shop, where she set for herself very flexible hours.

As a result, her dad informed her that he expected her to make use of her accounting skills learned at DBC and pay her own way.

Her father said she’d work forty hours a week, get two weeks vacation, and be paid eight dollars an hour. Angry with her dad’s ultimatum, she quit the Sports Shop job after a short time and went to Las Vegas where older sister “George” (Celeste) was living. At the time, she says, “I thought he was the worst dad, but now I think he’s the - Continued on page 8

The Magisterial District Judge’s Job & the Court System

Judge Mizerock would like the public to better understand the function and duties of the judiciary. Judges do not make the law (that is the job of our legislators) or enforce the law (that is the job of police officers and the District Attorney). Judges interpret the law. In addition, judges are impartial decision makers, kind of like umpires in the courtroom, as they are not rooting for either team. They are there to ensure that both sides are playing by the rules. In short, judges ensure that there is an even playing field in the pursuit of justice.

All criminal cases start in the Magisterial District Court. Mizerock’s job, as Magisterial District Judge (MDJ), is to arraign the defendant; that is, advise them of their rights, set bail in an amount that will ensure they appear in court, and schedule a preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing is not a trial. That is, the judge does not determine whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty. The hearing is to determine if the Commonwealth has enough evidence to move the case to the next level, which is Judge Foradora’s Court, the Court of Common Pleas. Mizerock says his job is much tougher than hers.

In addition to criminal charges, most other cases also start in the District Court, i.e., civil cases under $12,000, game commission violations, landlord/tenant complaints, traffic violations, and non-traffic violations which are minor criminal offenses, such as disorderly conduct. In these cases, a defendant that pleads not guilty is scheduled for a hearing at which Mizerock alone decides the outcome. A party that is not satisfied with her decision, whether it be the plaintiff, the defendant, or the Commonwealth, is entitled to appeal that case to the Court of Common Pleas. One of the biggest differences between her court and all other courts is that her court is not a court of record, meaning there is no requirement for an official record of testimony presented and evidence entered. The only official record of the MDJ is the judgment that was entered.

On appeal, Judge Foradora will hear the case de novo, meaning the parties start all over, presenting testimony and evidence, including that which was not presented to Judge Mizerock. Judge Foradora will render a decision without referring to any legal conclusion made by Mizerock. The Court of Common Pleas does create an official record of all testimony and evidence.

If not satisfied with Judge Foradora’s decision, a party has an automatic right to appeal to the next highest court which, depending on the issue presented, could be the Superior Court or Commonwealth Court. These courts render their decision based on written briefs (legal arguments) prepared by the attorneys, as well as the record that was created in Judge Foradora’s Court; testimony and evidence are not presented. If still not satisfied, the next step is an appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is different from all the lower courts in that no party, other than a defendant who was sentenced to death and a few others, has an automatic right to appeal. That is, the Court chooses what cases it will hear. If persons want their case heard by the High Court, they must file a Petition for Allowance of Appeal which explains why the Court should hear the case. Like the Superior and Commonwealth Courts, no testimony or evidence is presented. That’s the beauty of the American judicial system: It provides a procedure for a higher court to review the decision of the courts below to ensure that justice prevails.

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Reflecting on that time in her life, Mizerock admits, “I was a spoiled rotten brat when I left for Las Vegas. But I learned more in those six years than I had in my whole life. I finally got it.” Before she moved to Las Vegas, her father paid for everything, but in Vegas she had to pay her own way with no help. Working for a Caterpillar dealership as a mid-level service supervisor in charge of fifty male mechanics for six years changed her attitude and revealed to her that she and her dad were cut from the same cloth. Mizerock says, “I finally got what my dad was trying to teach me.” In short, she experienced what Mark Twain famously claimed he had: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

But Mizerock learned in only six years what took Twain seven. She now sees her father in a different light, and she appreciates all that he has given her: a sense of right and wrong, a blue collar attitude and sympathy for the working man, a secure and loving family environment despite her mother’s death, and the value of respect and loyalty. She embraces his mantra, “You help the less fortunate.” Mizerock is very proud of her father. Her dad is a legend in a number of ways. Like her dad, Mizerock is firm in her beliefs and not one to be intimidated.

If someone talks negatively about her, she’s her class an essay in which students were to does what she calls “pet the bird and let it develop an extended metaphor. Mizerock go,” a yoga mantra to remain very even de- chose to write about the way water streams spite criticism of her. Moreover, she sees of different sizes cover up things as they herself like her dad – very protective, “bor- flow over the landscape; she compared the derline ferocious” – of family, friends, and way streams cover up features of the landthe women who work in her office. scape to the way that governments of difComing back to ferent sizes (i.e., Punxsutawney in local, state, and na1992, Mizerock, at tional) cover up inage thirty-two, justices or inequities went back to work in society. In fact, for her father at when she was another family younger and argued business called with her mother, Penn Arms, John she’d tell her, “You Mizerock’s operaargue like a Philadeltion that manufacphia lawyer. You’re tured 37mm to going to be a 47mm multi-shot lawyer.” launchers for law In 1995, she schedenforcement; the uled classes at the launcher fires less IUP main campus on lethal tear gas, Tuesdays and Thursbean bags, or even days so she could wooden pellets. continue to work offMeanwhile, she days for her dad, enrolled at the earning her bachePunxsutawney lor’s degree in 1998. campus of Indiana “Sis” Mizerock, her best friend, Johnny Richard- Because of her acaUniversity of son, and their puppy, Pooper, share a Kodak mo- demic excellence, P e n n s y l v a n i a ment. (submitted photo) IUP offered her a (IUP), planning after two years to declare a stipend and a scholarship with which she philosophy or political science/pre-law earned her Master of Arts degree in Indusmajor. trial and Labor Relations in 1999.

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after one-third of all admitted fail out at Duquesne. One of her professors told her to “lose” her blue-collar attitude if she ever wanted to be a good attorney, but she didn’t and completed her law degree in 2002. A short fifteen years later, she has been elected Magisterial District Judge, and she’s back home in Punxsutawney.

Mizerock has three different homes in the area, and she stays at the most convenient one at any given time. She and her brother own a home with a swimming pool on the Juneau Road where she can be found on hot days; Sarge plans to retire there some day.

She also has an apartment conveniently across the street from the district court offices where she works; she goes there to do legal research where she has Wifi. At her father’s home, called Timberstone, in the Rochester Mills area is the place she likes to hang out and entertain friends and family.

Family is most important to her. Sister Tracy manages the Italian Sons and Daughters of America lodge (ISDA) in Punxsutawney, and the sisters talk on a daily basis. She also talks a couple of times a week with sister “George,” who still lives in Las Vegas, and she makes time to watch her nephew, now in ninth grade, play basketball.

Brother Sarge, who got his nickname during his childhood when he planned to be a sergeant in the army, is a baseball coach with the Philadelphia Phillies. He spends off-seasons in the Punxsutawney area from September through February where he keeps a low profile, spends time with his son, John Mizerock IV, and hangs out at the ISDA or at the Community Center working out. Sis Mizerock says he’s “old school and a gentleman.”

Since John Mizerock, Jr., died in 2002, her siblings have nicknamed Sis Mizerock “the General,” for she is now the titular head of their family. “John may be Sarge, but I’m the General,” she quips. In fact, if she enters a room and her brother and his buddy Nutsy Juliette are sitting there, they jokingly jump up, stand at attention, and salute, remaining in place until Sis tells them, “At ease.”

Sis Mizerock lives with John Richardson, her partner and best friend for the last twelve years, and a yellow Labrador they call Pooper. She says she and John complement one another; he’s great with handiwork, tools, and mechanical things while she’s good with finances and business. He was especially patient with her during the election campaign when she was hardly ever home. Richardson did most of the signs for her campaign to become district judge, a position with a six-year term.

“Johnny keeps me grounded,” she says and jokes, “Despite eight years of higher education, I can’t start a weedeater,” but Johnny can, affirming again her blue collar roots and strong belief in the worth of the working man, who, in her opinion, “does not get enough respect in our society.” The pair likes to hang out with Ken and Linda Jacobson and Tom and Mary Anne Jacobson, playing cards, going to casinos, traveling, and going to dinner.

Before becoming a judge, Mizerock says she had no free time, but now she does.

Still, her circadian rhythms are operating as they did when she was an attorney: Go to bed about 8 p.m., get up about 3 a.m., and prepare for trial in the quiet for about five hours before going off to court. The difference is that now she doesn’t have to do an attorney’s tedious research and preparation to prosecute or defend her client. Now she’s the judge, so that quiet time is her own.

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By Marty Armstrong for Hometown magazine oung children soon learn that there is a wider world beyond their family home. They attend family and church events. They begin school. Their parents take them out and about for fun and education or allow them to join friends in neighborhood activities. The world comes to them through books and magazines, through radio, television, and the internet. So, when one is no longer a toddler but not yet a teen, one soaks up all sorts of new ways to understand Disney’s Classic and Walt explore Dumbo animated cartoon, c. the world.

1980s reissue The Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society’s Gallery 2 of the Griffiths Gallery – in its “Exploring the World” exhibit – shows as much of this exploration as possible.

Just inside the room is the Lesh family portrait, circa 1910, of a father reading to his children, followed by books from 1908 and 1912, Anne of Green Gables

Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett puzzle, c. 1950s

and Robin Hood, and a mini collection of Landmark books published in the 1950s (The Vikings, Catherine the Great, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sequoyah: Leader of the Cherokees, and Guadalcanal Diary) plus a View Master with 3-D views of space. All are created for children to enjoy. Additionally, in the home there are reading materials for adults that children read too. Periodicals and Book of the Month Club selections like Kon-Tiki expand everyone’s awareness of world events and discoveries.

Author Thor Heyerdahl even finds support for his rafting adventure in the Pacific when he visits the Explorers’ Club in New York.

There is an array of photographs and clothing from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century made for parties, churchgoing, and weddings. The walls and shelves display a bicycle, croquet set, hula hoop, and scooter, and indoor games, puzzles, and building sets.

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Punxsutawney Students and WWI

By Marty Armstrong

for Hometown Magazine In May 1918, seniors at Punxsutawney High School were preparing for graduation as the world continued to be at war. Three items from commencement the number of The Mirror illustrate the intersection of these events.

A section devoted to Homer Mottarn P.H.S. activities in war was a member of work details what the the Punxsutawney Junior Red Cross High School’s group had accomClass of 1918. plished since its forma(image courtesy of the previous the Punxsutawney tion October. Junior Red Area Historical & Genealogical So- Cross members made countless numbers of ciety, Inc.) scarves, sweaters, and wristlets along with towels, sheets, pillow cases, and bed socks for military use; homerooms competed with one another to sell war savings stamps and raise money for war orphans; and proceeds from student-served luncheons, a sponsored lecture, and the annual class play raised additional funds. The play, though a romantic comedy, had a war theme as the soldier-hero was finally able to marry his girl before departing for France.

“Somewhere in France” would have made a good title for the play as another section of The Mirror lists twenty former P.H.S. graduates in military service. The list begins with 1917 graduate Coarlus McGee, stationed “Somewhere in France,” and ends with 1907 graduate Earl English, also stationed “Somewhere in France.”

Finally, when the students from the Class of 1918 are featured, English major Homer “Algy” Carlson Mottarn is said to be expecting to go to war following graduation. Society records show that Mottarn, son of William and Sarah Work Mottarn, lived a long and interesting life. An athlete as well as a vocalist and musician in high school, he is described in his obituary as having been a noted drummer in dance bands and orchestras in the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. He had also been part of the Punxsutawney Community Band and played in local theaters. His memberships included the Punxsutawney Presbyterian Church, Central Fire Company, the John Jacob Fisher Post of the American Legion, the Army and Navy Club of Punxsutawney, and the B.P.O. Elks Lodge, serving as the Lodge’s Past Exalted Ruler. The evening prior to his interment at Circle Hill, memorial services were held at the funeral home at 7, 7:30, and 8 p.m. by the Fire Department, the American Legion, and the Elks, respectively. Yet, no mention is made of an actual military service. Military records do show that Mottarn served for a brief period in 1918 as part of the Student Army Training Corps at the University of Pittsburgh. He was discharged in December 1918.

The University history available online explains: “When the United States entered World War I in 1917, by law of Congress, all male college students were subject to military training. In the spring of 1918, Pitt began training students for war-related industrial work. The United States Army built seven frame barracks for housing 1,000 men, a 2,000 seat mess hall, an administrative building and a YMCA Hospitality House on the hillside campus. In September of that year, the federal government announced it was taking control of colleges and universities for the training of officers and technical specialists in the Student Army Training Corps (SATC), but

by November 11, Germany had surrendered and by December all student soldiers were out of the armed services.”

For Mottarn, the will to serve was present, but the time for war had passed.

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About Moxie Continued from page 3

one side. The image of a single-horse Moxie Bottle Wagon was stamped on the other. The shiny tokens were collected. Young girls punched holes in them and wore them as pendants. Boys used them as good-luck pieces.

In marketing history, this “carbonated soft drink with a distinctive taste,” is considered to be the first mass-marketed soft drink in the United States.

Through written recollections by residents from the early twentieth century, one can discover that drinking Moxie was an acquired habit, like smoking a strong and pungent cigar. In a few words, “You had to learn to drink Moxie!” In the 1920s, Moxie was the beverage of choice in most of the country. One history about carbonated drinks claimed Moxie outsold even Coca-Cola; it was especially popular in the West. (For more information about Moxie, see Jim Baumer’s January 10, 2010, blog post, A Somewhat Brief History of Moxie, at www.jimbaumer.com.)

The Five-Cent Cigar Readers and followers of Punxsutawney area history widely agree that life changed dramatically for residents in the mid-1880s.

At that time, with the arrival of railroads, mining, new industries, and also immigrant workers, there was change in the environment with the industries and change in the business district by new commercial enterprises and multilevel business buildings.

In September 1891, the Punxsutawney News had summarized the commercial and manufacturing interests within Punxsutawney and Clayville. In addition to the railroads and many area mines, among those listed were glassworks, ironworks and foundries, flour mills, wagon shops, printing offices, and wagon shops. And the summary included the statement, “We have a cigar factory that makes good cigars.”

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marily men, from the cities to Punxsutawney to invest in new industries and businesses in the area also brought changes in social customs, among them, the smoking of cigars.

History records that cigar smoking became a popular activity among men in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For Punxsutawney area history, that can be supported by the extensive coverage of the tobacco habit in the Punxsutawney Spirit and News, the weekly newspapers during that time.

Cigar smoking among men was often associated with success in business and politics and with character of respectability and influence. Looking back in world history, many folk might remember some celebrity cigar smokers among entertainers, athletes, world leaders, and politicians. Images of the following might come to mind: Groucho Marx, George Burns, Milton Berle, Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro, and presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

A series of articles in the Punxsutawney Spirit in 1935, from the memories of Walter Pantall, took residents back to the 1890s and early 1900s with his portraits in words of noted men in the social life of that time.

While the names of the men might not be familiar to readers, what he associated with the 120 men is interesting.

Among them are these: “Clymer Freas and his stogie, which always needed lighting, with pencil behind ear, digging up local items for the weekly ‘Spirit’; Dick Clover with cigar and carnation, spreading sunshine around the lobby of the Hotel Pantall – any morning; W.O. Smith, with the inevitable stogie – which was usually OUT – listening and smiling as always; Fred Hummel with cane and cigar, comfortably parked in front of the Washington Hotel; Attorney John Calderwood with hat brim down over his eyes; long black stogie; leaning over as he walked; Joe Beyer lighting a Marsh stogie and starting a reminiscence beside the old stove in his drug store and walking with steps as high as a blind horse” As can be deduced from many news arti-

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The first cigar “manufacturer” was C.W. Chamberlain & Co., established in February 1887 on South Gilpin Street. H.H. Strycker was a cigar maker for the company until he opened his own “factory.” In announcing the new cigar factory, the Spirit editor, W. O. Smith, wrote, “If these gentlemen make good cigars, and we presume they will, it will behoove our merchants to patronize them.”

In October 1887 the Spirit reported that C.W. Chamberlin & Co. was getting so many orders that, “in order to facilitate business, they are thinking of connecting their factory by telephone with the principal cigar houses of New York. Their cigars are considered better than the imported article. They are now working night and day in order to

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By the Coal Memorial Committee for Hometown magazine etween 1883 and 1900, 1,245 natives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire came to Young Township, including Punxsutawney and Clayville.

These immigrants came from areas where for centuries their ancestors were serfs and included as part of the property of the landowner. Although serfdom was abolished in Austria-Hungary in 1848,

teen different languages were spoken in the empire. The Roman Catholic faith was the major religion of the western and southern areas where German and Italian speaking residents lived. Byzantine, Protestant, Muslim, and Jewish faiths were practiced in the eastern lands along the Carpathian Mountains. Residents of the western area, with its capital at Vienna, were better educated and enjoyed higher economic standing, while those in the eastern area with its capital at Budapest, lacked basic education and endured greater poverty.

With these differences, there was much dissatisfaction in the population.

About 1870, a liberal emigration policy was established, enabling hundreds of thousands to leave the empire.

Between 1880 and 1900, the United States saw an immigration of between approximately 650,000 and 700,000 ethnic Hungarian speakers. These immigrants were mostly from the eastern provinces of An 1895 sketch of the original Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Hungary. Approximately Catholic Church in Punxsutawney. (image courtesy of the Punxone-third of them settled sutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.) in Pennsylvania. acute poverty made it impossible for the In Pennsylvania, coal companies, railpoor to have anything to call their own. road builders, and iron manufacturers, At the same time the aristocracy, busi- which had been experiencing demands nessmen, and large landowners enjoyed from their laborers for improved worka rich cultural heritage and an affluent ing conditions and increases in pay, saw lifestyle. The United States of America an opportunity in this mass immigration appeared to offer an opportunity to work, of workers from the Austro-Hungarian to educate their children, and perhaps to Empire. They took advantage of the become rich. lower-cost Hungarian laborer who was The immigrants who came from Aus- willing to work longer hours, to perform tria-Hungary were a diverse group. In heavier work, and to accept inconven1867, when Austria and Hungary were iences such as inadequate living accommerged under Emperor Franz Josef, two modations. separate states were maintained, each These immigrants – often referred to as with its own form of government. Fif- Continued on page 16

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ather’s Day arrives the third Sunday in June and presents a special way to show the fathers in one’s life how much they are cherished. People shower dads with gifts but may not know just how Father’s Day came to be.

The concept of Father’s Day was inspired by Mother’s Day celebrations and was initiated by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, who wanted to do something to honor her single father. The concept of Father’s Day was slow to take root. However, the retail industry helped propel Father’s Day to a national holiday.

In the early days of Father’s Day, Dodd worked with her local YMCA and local churches to adopt what was supposed to be a religiously influenced holiday. But in the early 1900s, dads did not necessarily have the same hands-on role that many fathers have today. Cartoons published in newspapers, such as the Washington Star in 1913, portrayed Dad as the breadwinner and a distant fellow who wasn’t as involved as his wife in day-today interaction with his children. A 1915 issue of the St. Johns Herald and Apache News from Arizona joked that fathers probably didn’t want another holiday and would be more content to drink, smoke and sleep in late. Dodd and others realized that marketing would be key to Father’s Day’s success.

Clothing manufacturers, people who made tobacco and other merchants of products made for men found Father’s Day a way to sell merchandise. It just took a while for them to come around.

A Father’s Day Council was started in the 1930s and was propelled by a group called the New York Associated Menswear Retailers. Many people joke that, because neckties are so often given

on Father’s Day, the necktie industry must’ve had a hand in endorsing Father’s Day. And there is truth to that. The council was responsible for selling shirts, hats and, of course, neckties.

In 1938, the National Council for the Promotion of Father’s Day was formed, primarily due to poor menswear retail sales. Dry goods, clothing and tobacco associations help promote Father’s Day, and after they held a “Father’s Day Sports Day” parade in 1941, Father’s Day sales increased, and the holiday became more popular.

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How households earn their income has changed dramatically over the last several decades. According to a Pew Research Centeral analysis of the Decennial Census and American Community Surveys integrated Public Use Microdata Sample files, in 1960 only fathers worked in 70 percent of American households. That figure has dropped in each ensuing decade and by 2012 fathers were the sole earners in just 31 percent of American households. While one in four households in American were dual income households in 1960, by 2012 that figure had risen to 60 percent. While those figures represent dramatic changes, the number of households in which mothers are the sole earners has not changed all that much since 1960. In 1960, mothers were the sole earners in just 2 percent of American households. Fiftytwo years later 6 percent of American households featured mothers as the sole earners.

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In addition to men’s lodges and clubs for men to enjoy their favorite cigars, two businesses were opened and became favorite places for men to gather for “wholesome, healthful amusements.” Pictured are the Kurtz Billiard Parlor and Cigar Store (left) and the Langan & Chambers Cigar Store and Pool Room (right). (images scanned from the 1900 Industrial Edition of the Punxsutawney Spirit)

About Moxie Continued from page 10

was a connoisseur of good cigars. About the Havana tobacco, he commented, “This is worked into their five-cent cigars, which cannot fail to be first-class.” The company would change its name to The Punxsutawney Cigar Factory. Its advertisements featured brands such as Strycker’s Favorite, Strycker’s Beauty, and Punxsutawney Leader.

In March 1889, Twentier Bros. of Butler County established a cigar factory in Punxsutawney. The Spirit commented, “The consumption of tobies in this place is something remarkable, and as these young men make an excellent toby, our merchants should patronize them liberally.”

H.H. Strycker, the cigar maker for Chamberlin & Co., left the company in 1892 and opened his factory in Clayville. There was also a cigar factory operated by John Stokes

in the “Graffius Addition.” [The Graffius Addition is now Punxsutawney’s Elk Run section.] In recognizing these locally established cigar factories, the Punxsutawney News in 1892 appealed to local cigar stores: “Let every dealer who handles cigars buy of our home manufacturers. When a man calls for a cigar let the first box placed on the counter be the home made brand.”

In February 1899, another “manufacturer of Cigars and Stogies” advertised his entry into the cigar marketplace. A.H. Fetterman, located on West Mahoning Street, urged the men to “Give me a Trial Order” and stated, “I have opened a new factory and will endeavor to give the trade the very best goods at lowest prices consistent with the quality of stock used. In 1902, an advertisement appeared for the Bloom’s Valley Toby, “equal to any toby on the market.” It was made by the Punxsutawney Stogie Company of J.H. Bloom, “wholesale manufacturer” at the corner of Pine Street and Mitchell Avenue in Punxsutawney.

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For clarification to the reader, “cigar” is defined in a dictionary as “tobacco, rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.” “Stogie or stogy” is slang for a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar. Toby is an older slang word for the slender, cheap cigar.

In the Victorian era of American history, cigar smoking became one of the manly pleasures of life, though there were periodic reminders to men that “excessive cigar smoking can be hazardous to you and those around you.” In the Victorian “mansions” built in Punxsutawney by notable and successful men, or in the men’s lodges, one can imagine the men politely retiring to the study, or library, or lodge room. Away from the ladies, they could smoke their favorite cigars, whether locally made or imported from Cuba.

Outside the elegance and comfort of the home or men’s lodge, in Punxsutawney there were favorite spots for men of other

vocations to gather, chat, smoke, and entertain themselves. The two most successful and popular places for “wholesome, healthful amusement” in Punxsutawney were George H. Kurtz’s Billiard Parlor and Cigar Store and Langan & Chambers Cigar Store and Pool Room. Both of them made available “all varieties, grades and qualities of the fragrant weed” from the local market, the city of Pittsburgh, and Havana, Cuba.

In May 1897, Punxsutawney borough granted a permit for John Langan and Lemon Chambers to demolish a ramshackle, old wood building on East Mahoning Street and erect a “modern” two-story building of cream-colored brick, with a basement. The building was completed in the summer of 1897, with large plate glass windows on the front and a “handsomely finished” interior. The street level rooms included a tobacco store and a large pool room furnished with six pool tables and over a hundred chairs. Advertisements advised interested men that “... strict order and decorum are preserved, the rowdy element not being encouraged.” In the basement were bowling alleys, shooting galleries, and Punxsutawney’s Rathskeller, a “restaurant in the cellar.”

When the land was excavated for the building, the dirt from the basement area was removed and hauled across the street to the public square to begin a park improvement project that included planting of trees.

The project was taken over by the Punxsutawney Iron Company in 1902, and the Spirit announced, “No expense is being spared to do the thing right and when the job is completed Punxsutawney will have one of the prettiest little parks to be seen out of doors.”

The new, beautifully landscaped park with green grass, cement walks, benches, and flower beds was opened to the public in 1904. Here was an “oasis” resort for men to relax with a cigar in the tradition of a popular saying of the time: “What this country really needs is a good five-cent cigar.”

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Friday, noon to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. n June 1: PAHS Graduation, 7 p.m. Remember your favorite graduate with a gift from one of Hometown’s advertisers! n June 2: George C. Brown Community Pool opens for the season, at Harmon Field. n June 2 & 3: Hazen Flea Market opens. n June 4: Last day of school for the Punxsy Area School District. Watch for children. n June 4: Children’s Fishing Rodeo, 1 to 3 p.m., at Cook Forest State Park. n June 5: First Tuesday Community Meal, 5 p.m., at Punxsy Presbyterian Church. Free & open to the public. n June 9: 6th Annual Community Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Gobbler’s Knob.

For spaces, contact the Groundhog Club. n June 9: Strawberry Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at various merchants in Smicksburg. See www.smicksburg.net for information. n June 10: All You Can Eat Breakfast, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Perry Township Vol. Fire Co., $8 adults. n June 14: Flag Day! n June 14: 15th Annual Community Classic Golf Outing at Punxsy Country Club. Benefits the Weather Discovery Center, Make-A-Wish, Punxsy Area Community Center and the Punxsy Chamber of Commerce. Contact Marlene at 938-1000 for information about sponsorships & teams. n June 16: Hunter-Trapper Education Class, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Big Run Fire Hall. Sponsored by the PA Game Commission. See the PGC website for study materials. n June 16-24: Laurel Festival, all week on Brookville’s Main Street. n June 17: Father’s Day. Remember your father with a gift from Hometown’s advertisers. n June 18: Coping with Loss Support Group, 7 p.m. at First Church of God. n June 18-22: 24th Annual Hot Dog Days for the Punxsy Memorial Library, at Punxsy Shop N Save. n June 19: Blood Drive, 12:30 to 6 p.m., at SSCD Church. Benefits the American Red Cross. n June 21: First Day of Summer!

n June 21: Music in the Park, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Barclay Square. Bring a chair. n June 21, 22, and 23: Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild presents “Around the World in 80 Days,” a comic/adventure by Mark Brown at 7:30 p.m. at the Punxsutawney Area Senior High School. Note the change of venue. Tickets are sold at the door. n June 23: Sloppy Science Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Weather Discovery Center. Admission is $10 per child & $6 per non-participating adult. n June 23: Chicken BBQ, 11 a.m., at SSCD Church parking lot. n June 27: Weeding Wednesday, 6 to 7 p.m., in Downtown Punxsy. Help beautify the downtown area with the Garden Club. n June 28: Blood Drive, 12:30 to 6 p.m., at First Church of God. Benefits the American Red Cross. n June 28, 29, and 30: Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild presents “Around the World in 80 Days,” a comic/adventure by Mark Brown at 8:00 p.m. at the Sawmill Theater in Cook Forest. For ticket reservations, phone (814) 927-5275. n June 30: Punxsy Firemen’s Parade, 4 p.m., down Mahoning Street to Barclay Square. n July 1-7: 52nd Annual Groundhog Festival. Entertainment & vendors at Barclay Square. n July 5, 6, and 7: The Punxsutawney Garden Club’s annual plant sale will take place Thursday and Friday, July 5 & 6, from 11 am till 5 pm, and on Saturday, July 7, from 10 am to 2 pm. Plants are donated by members. Price: Donation. All proceeds support the Club’s beautification projects in Punxsutawney. Location: Behind the Pantall Hotel in lot next to Presbyterian Church. n July 5, 6, and 7: Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild presents “Around the World in 80 Days,” a comic/adventure by Mark Brown at the Sawmill Theater in Cook Forest. For ticket reservations, phone (814) 9275275. n “Blingo” tickets are on sale at the Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. “Blingo” will be on Sept. 15 at the Punxsy Eagles. This is a bingo fundraiser for the WDC featuring designer purses, jewelry & cash prizes. For information & tickets, call 938-1000. n Applications are available for summer camp weeks at The Salvation Army’s Camp Allegheny. Call 938-5530 for information. n The First English Lutheran Church is holding worship services at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays. n The First United Methodist Church holds a prayer service at 7 p.m. Thursdays. n The Punxsutawney Memorial Library offers several programs, including computer classes, Teen Club, ‘Tween Group, Book Club for adults, and activities for children. n The Salvation Army has a rummage sale every Friday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. n The Punxsutawney Area Community Center offers indoor cycling, batting cage, Fifty & Fit, SilverSneakers, AM men’s basketball, Pilates/yoga, and gymnastics. Call 938-1008 for more information.

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habit of the Italians and Hungarians, and Americans with Italian and Hungarian instincts, congreContinued from page 11 gating in town and making themselves odious to every law-abiding “Huns” – provided cheap labor. They and well-meaning citizen by their were drafted into work gangs to build drunkenness, profanity and fightrailroads, used as strike breakers at the ing. If a proper effort is made these coal mines, and hired as laborers at the low bred dogs (the four-legged hot coke ovens. During the strike at the tribe will pardon us for the comWalston Mines in May 1886, thirty-five parison) will be compelled to do Hungarians were brought in to work their drinking, fighting and blasunder the protection of about forty Coal pheming where our people will not and Iron Policemen armed with Winbe unwilling spectators. If the efchester rifles, and in June, an additional fect cannot be remedied, the cause twenty-five Slavonians arrived to work can be removed.” in the Walston mines. At that time, about Dr. Charles G. Ernst, of Punx100 men worked in the mines, most of sutawney, was touring Europe in 1892. During his tour he wrote letters about his experiences, which FEATURING were published in the PunxALL-YOU-CAN -EAT BUFFETS DAILY! sutawney Spirit. In the May 5, 1892, edition, he wrote of the difMonday - Closed All buffets ference between the Hungary he Tuesday - 11-7 start at 4pm Wednesday - 11-7 Sat. breakfast was touring and the Hungarians Thursday - 11-8 who had come to Punxsutawney to buffet 7-11 am MAHAFFEY, PA ALL BUFFETS INCLUDE Friday -11-8 work in the mines: “We have left Saturday - 7am-8pm TUESDAY SALAD BAR AND ICE CREAM Sunday - Closed the city (Budapest) Monday afterTACO TUESDAY and noon, having in a hasty manner THURSDAY SATURDAY BUILD A BURGER seen the principal city of Hungary, A 1905 picture of Punxsutawney’s Ss. Peter and Paul BREAKFAST BUFFET PIZZA & WINGS and at least discharged our minds Byzantine Catholic Church with its distinctive onionWEDNESDAY 7-11 a.m. shaped domes. (image courtesy of the Punxsutawney of the idea that Hungarian as a race Area FRIDAY STEAK, FISH FRIED CHICKEN SMOKED BABY BACK RIBS Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.) were fitly represented by the class STEAK, FRIED CHICKEN and MEAT LOAF & FRIED CHICKEN In 1892, there were glimmers of a we have with us in America. Indeed, change coming. A first glimmer was the nothing could be farther from the truth, report of this baptism: unless we except the day laborer and the A Remarkable Circumstance small farmer, who are at least 150 years “One of the strangest things that have behind the times, as a fit representation happened in these parts for a long time, of the people of this country.” took place at Adrian mines last week.

There was a regular bona fide Hungarian christening up there at which nobody was killed. Not a soul. Nobody was even carved or thumped on the head with a pick-handle, or dragged around by the heels, or anything of that kind. This is a true statement, as we hope to be saved.”

216 Reed St., Clearfield (Punxsutawney Spirit, March 2, 1892) A second glimmer was a real estate transaction reported in the May 18, 1892, SEE WEBSITE FOR HOURS & CATALOG issue of the Spirit: A Greek Church “Taylor North sold four lots in Clayville this week to Rev. Father Dzuboy, of Wilkes Barre, for the purpose of erecting a Greek Catholic church, school house, parsonage, and a house for the teachers. About half the Slavs of this section belong to the Greek branch of the Catholic Church, and they want a church of their own. There is no essential difference in matters of faith between the two churches excepting that the Roman BUS613946C Catholic doctrine teaches that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son alike, while the Greek Church maintains that it is proceedee from the Father alone. There is also considerable difference in the ceremonial.”

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ake one classic tale; stir in an eighty day trip that circles the globe. Blend with a cast of six skilled actors portraying thirty-nine characters, and you have the recipe for a fun-filled night of comic adventure as the Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild (PTAG) presents Around the World in 80 Days by Mark Brown. It is being produced through special arrangements with Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

The world-famous novel by Jules Verne will spring to life on the stage of the Punxsutawney Area Senior High School at 7:30 p.m. on June 21, 22, and 23. Local theatergoers are advised to note the change of venue. Due to school consolidation remodeling, the show will not be presented at the middle school, where PTAG productions traditionally are held. Tickets are sold at the door prior to each performance. More details are available by phoning 938-0378 or 938-6928.

Veteran director Jef Dinsmore explained, “This is a farcical retelling of the literary classic that starts off with a simple wager between gentlemen and ends up as a frantic dash around the world by sea and rail.”

A half-dozen seasoned actors will interpret the roles of the colorful personalities who are involved in the story. Tim Cooper portrays Phileas Fogg, the gentleman who is up for the challenge; Debra Dinsmore is Passepartout, the trusted servant; and Chris

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Laura Deet is Auoda, the Indian woman rescued along the way; Kathy Dinsmore is Sir Frances, the dashing adventurer in the heart of India; and Tony Simmons is Procter, the hot-headed American along the route.

According to director Dinsmore, “Chris Snyder, Laura Deet, Kathy Dinsmore, and Tony Simmons will also play multiple roles to give the show thirty-nine characters in all! They include train conductors, ship captains, a frontiersman, and a Chinaman.”

He added, “The cast is up to the challenge of taking the audience around the world from England to India to Hong Kong to America in the late 1800s. They have created characters that cause them to constantly change back and forth from different accents and costumes. It really adds to the fast-paced adventure.”

Following its opening week in Punxsutawney, the show will move to the Sawmill Theater in Cook Forest where the run continues at 8 p.m. June 28, 29, and 30 and again on July 5, 6, and 7. PTAG season tickets are not honored at the Sawmill.

Reservations can be made by calling the box office at (814) 927-5275.

Concluding his remarks, Dinsmore said, “If you have never read the novel, this is your chance to witness the journey in a madcap two-hour whirl around the globe.”

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• 3-5 p.m., Band Concert, Town Square. Listen to your favorite tunes from the golden age of rock and roll presented by “Buckshot”. B.Y.O.S. (Bring Your Own Seat) • Square Dance, 6-8 p.m., Heritage House. Dance the night away to “Nothing Fancy.”

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• 6-8 p.m., open swimming, YMCA, Main Street.

• 6:45 p.m., yoga demo • 7:30 p.m., rock and roll Pet Shop sponsored by Brookville Lions Club, town square • 8:15 p.m., Clog dancing demo • 8:45 p.m., light twirlers • We are adding more demos! Watch Facebook for updates.

• Bowdish Miniature railroad Show, Jefferson Co. History Center, Main St.

tueSDay, June 19 gaMeS Day • WrC Family Carnival, WRC Center, 298 Main St. • Senior exercise, WRC Center, 298 Main St. • 9a.m.- 7 p.m., Book Sale, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library • Bowdish Miniature railroad. Jefferson County History Center, Main Street.

• Scavenger hunt sponsored by PATHS, town square • Dungeons and dragons card games, pre-registration preferred but not necessary (check Facebook page).

• two Sisters in the Wild card game • 6 p.m., Clarion Canine obedience demo • 7 p.m., line dancing demo • Power Wheel races, Main Street.

Sponsored by Corsica VFD • Pedal tractor pull, sponsored by Park family • Pickle Ball, Main street • hot Dog eating contest, sponsored by Sheetz

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• history of the Women’s relief Corps in the WrC Center, WRC Center, 298 Main St. • 11-noon, Jefferson County historical Society time capsule dedication, Town Square.

• 1-3 p.m., historic Brookville tour. A guided walking tour of Historical Brookville. Included on the tour are the Marlin Opera House, Columbia Theatre, Underground Railroad and other locations. Departs from the History Center, Main Street. Cost $10. No reservations required.

• Scavenger hunt. How well do you know Brookville? Try your hand at our scavenger hunt and you may win a prize! Entry forms available at the History Center, Main Street.

• 5-7 p.m., Band Concert, Brookville Community Band, Town Square. B.Y.O.S. (Bring Your Own Seat) • 9:30 a.m.- 7 p.m., Book Sale, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library • 11 a.m. author luncheon, Pinecrest Country Club, Deanna Adams, author thurSDay, June 21 hoMetoWn heroeS Day • 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., veterans health Fair, WRC Center, 298 Main Street. Door prizes available.

• 9:30 a.m.- 7 p.m., Book Sale, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library • 5 p.m, Presentation of the Colors, Brookville Honor Guard, Town Square • 6 p.m.-7 p.m.-Bell tones concert, Town Square • 7-8 p.m. guest Speakers, Town Square • 8-9 p.m.-Bell tones concert, Town Square, B.Y.O.S. (Bring Your Own Seat) • information booths and giveaways will be throughout the evening.

FriDay, June 22 Miller WelDing anD MaChine Co. ManuFaCturing/ SiDeWalk Sale Day • 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Free parking on Main Street, sponsored by Brookville Borough Council • Sidewalk Sale - Main Street • Movie night, Main St., Sponsored by d’Argy family.

• 3-7 p.m., WrC Senior Services resident Craft & vendor Show • 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m., Book Sale, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library • 11 a.m. until sold out, BBQ Chicken.

Pine Creek Volunteer Fire Company’s famous BBQ chicken, Main Street.

• 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Factory tours, Berry Global, Brookville Equipment, Miller Welding, BWP Bats • 6-9 p.m., Band Concert, Town Square. ”against the grain” B.Y.O.S. (Bring Your Own Seat) SaturDay, June 22 Sarvey inSuranCe FirSt reSPonDer Day/ granD ParaDe • 9 a.m. - noon, vehicle extrication demonstration, touch-a-truck, Super heroes, Paw Patrol, k-9 Search and rescue, Finger printing, Main St. • 11 a.m., Children’s Firemen’s games • 11 a.m., Pine Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Chicken BBQ. • noon - 4 p.m., Book Sale, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library • 1 p.m.- 3 p.m., Battle of the Barrel • 3 p.m., grand Parade line-up • 5 p.m., grand Parade • 7-10 p.m., Band Concert, Town Square, “Smokin’ Section” • 10 p.m., Fireworks

SunDay, June 23 autoraMa Day/ SPortS Day • 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Food court open • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Car, truck, motorcycle, tractor and atv show. Main St. • 4 p.m., Car show prizes awarded • noon - 3 p.m., homerun Derby, Little League fields • noon - 2 p.m., Cornhole, Main Street.

• 2-3:30 p.m., kayak races, sponsored by Performance Kayak • Book Sale, 1-5 p.m., Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library

*Schedule is subject to change. Inclement weather may force the change of venues.

Watch the Brookville Laurel Festival Facebook and local media for changes.

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Everywhere there is evidence that caring adults across the decades have made sure that children can take part in group activities to expand their skills, understanding, and interests. This includes scouting, organized sports, children’s Sunday and Sabbath school, and performing arts.

A very special pop-up book from the ’40s with its images of playing outdoors, going camping, visiting the zoo, enjoying the circus, and helping on the farm effectively captures many of the ways that children explore the world.

Finally, the elephant in the room must be acknowledged. Accessibility to radio, television, and the movies has made children learners, explorers, and avid consumers of toys and accessories to pretend. There is the whole phenomenon of frontier and western character popularity – Daniel, Davy, Hoppy, Roy, and the Lone Ranger. Detectives Joe Friday and Dick Tracy became popular. Shirley Temple, Wonder Woman, and all manner of Disney characters captured children’s imaginations.

Griffiths Gallery 2 – Exploring the World is a special place for visitors of all

ages to enjoy. It and the spaces dedicated to infancy, teen years, and education in Galleries 1, 3, and 4 are free and open to the public. Groups as well as individuals will find many vignettes and artifacts of interest. The Gallery is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fridays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Groups tours can be arranged by appointment, and those utilizing the Reschini Room for special events are welcome to visit the Galleries as well.

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A Church that Made Continued from page 16

missionary priests who visited the mining communities. Those of the Byzantine Catholic Church, also known as the Hungarian, Russian or Greek Catholic, were without a church home.

A news item in December 1893 announced that the Rev. Father John Szabo had arrived and would serve as the minister and spiritual advisor for the Slavish members of the community. He, and his family, wife, and three children, had come to the United States in 1892. After receiving orientation in Trenton, New Jersey, he was assigned to the Punxsutawney area. Upon his arrival, Greek Catholic services were begun in a meeting hall at Adrian and were conducted in the Slavish language. At the time of Father Szabo’s arrival, there were twentyfive Greek churches in the United States and only twenty priests. Although he did not speak English very well, Father Szabo was fluent in German.

Over the next two years, he ministered to the congregation, organizing the St. Peter and St. Paul Society of the Greek Catholic Church at Adrian and Horatio, incorporated in January 1894, and the Society of St. George at Adrian. One of their first tasks was to establish a ceme-

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just the same as other people. All must be buried, and I repeat that our graveyard at Adrian is always open to our people for interment.”

In 1901, the Rev. John Szabo, who for more than seven years had been pastor of St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Greek Catholic church in Clayville, accepted a call to St. John’s Church, Pittsburg, South Side.

The Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church congregation continued to grow and become an integral part of the Punxsutawney area. In 1905, congregants dedicated their new brick church with onion-domed cupolas, which dominates the skyline of Punxsutawney’s west end. Today, the cupolas have been placed by twin steeples, and the church continues to serve as the spiritual center for the descendants of the early immigrants from Austria-Hungary.

This article has been prepared by the Coal Memorial Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. Information used in the preparation of this article is available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, the U.S. Census online, and the Library of Congress.

Comments on this article may be directed to PAHGS, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.

Forms for purchasing a Coal Memorial tile to honor any person who worked in any aspect of the coal industry including railroads may be found online at www.punxsyhistory.org or may be picked up at the Lattimer House, 400 West Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney. Forms may also be requested by e-mailing: punxsyhistory@outlook.com or by calling (814) 938-2555.

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Father Szabo became a spokesperson for the Austro-Hungarian community and quickly acquired fluency in English, as is illustrated in this letter to the editor of the Punxsutawney Spirit published on March 18, 1896: “Editor Spirit: In a recent number of your popular paper I read with interest that ironical piece entitled ‘Trouble With a Corpse,’ and with your permission, ‘anditur et altura pars: (let us hear the other party)’ for the better information of the great public, I would remark the following: “Generally Hungarians are not, like the reporter said, ‘numerous specimens.’

They are only divided by religion into three classes, viz: Greek Catholics, who speak the Russian language; Roman Catholics, who speak the Slavish Language, and Protestants, who speak the Hungarian language. In this vicinity our people labor chiefly at mining, and are Greek and Roman Catholics only – not many Protestants.

“Now, it was not within my power to know to which congregation this ‘dead Hungarian’ belonged. Had he been a member of my congregation I am sure my people would have notified me of it, but not without ‘mir nichts der nichts.’

Therefore, because nobody notified me, I did not know about it.

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“Lyme disease is a very serious illness, and left untreated, can cause life-threatening complications,” Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said. “It is important for people who will be spending time outdoors to protect themselves by dressing properly. After being outside, it is essential to check yourself for ticks and to shower right away.”

Pennsylvania has some of the highest numbers of cases of Lyme disease in the country, and ticks carrying Lyme disease have been found in each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. In 2016, there were 11,443 cases of Lyme disease in the state, which was almost double the number of cases from three years earlier. Ticks that carry Lyme disease typically live in tall grasses, areas with brush and wooded areas.

Governor Wolf has proposed $2.5 million dollars in the 2018-2019 budget toward Lyme disease education and prevention. That money will be used to build a more robust Lyme disease program, conduct surveillance for ticks in Pennsylvania, hire staff to implement recommendations, and improve participation in tickborne disease surveillance with health care providers.

Pennsylvania is home to many wonderful scenic areas, which is a huge draw to people looking to spend time outdoors.

Those who are spending time outdoors should wear long sleeve shirts and long pants and use an insect repellent with DEET. After finishing time outdoors, it is important to thoroughly check yourself

for ticks, promptly remove any attached ticks and take a shower. Showering will also help any unattached ticks to be washed off. Make sure to change clothes and place worn clothes in the dryer at a high temperature to kill any ticks that might remain. Check pets that spend time outside too.

“Just as strong sun and severe weather demand outdoors enthusiasts be cognizant of their surroundings, the spread of ticks and related Lyme disease is important to be aware of and prepared for when heading outdoors or entering our state parks and forestlands where ticks may be prevalent,” Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said. “DCNR is committed to educating both our visitors and employees on the best practices, ensuring safe play and work afield.”

Many persons with Lyme disease are not aware that they have been bitten by a tick, since ticks can be very small and hard to see. If a circular rash that looks like a bulls-eye appears, you likely have Lyme disease. However, not all persons with Lyme disease develop a rash. Other symptoms are non-specific and include fever, fatigue, headache, muscle aches and joint pain.

If you develop any signs or symptoms of Lyme disease, see your healthcare provider immediately. When detected early, Lyme disease can be easily treated with antibiotics. If untreated, the disease can cause joint swelling, cardiac or neurologic complications, and is more difficult to treat.

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May 18, 1887 — The sixth annual banquet of the Corn Cob Club was held Wednesday night. This club is composed of congenial stouts who may differ as to politics and religion but are in harmonious accord on the essential tenet of the order – they love green corn with a pure and tender devotion. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

May 22, 1907 — For a town its size Punxsutawney is certainly well supplied with nickelodeons. Four are now running full blast and another will be in running order very soon. It is becoming a popular evening’s entertainment to “do” the fivecent amusement places. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

May 29, 1895 — The people of uptown who have not been along Church Ave. for some time would hardly know it now. The street has been filled and the pavements rebuilt until it looks like some new street.

It is the only work that has been done on

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the street for some time or rather that has ever been done on the street. (Punxsutawney News)

May 30, 1888 — John W. Barr, while in Pittsburgh last week, learned a new song which is said to be very pretty when sung with a full chorus. It is entitled “Punxs’y Takes the House.” (Punxsutawney News)

June 3, 1869 — The Collector of the Mahoning Navigation Company, Mr. W. A. Dunlap, informed us, that one hundred and seventy-five rafts reached the mouth of the Mahoning Creek near Kittanning, the last freshet. Our lumbermen had a general bracket in the Mahoning yesterday morning. From the amount of gorging done near town, we opine that but few rafts would get out. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) [Note: Dunlap Avenue in Punxsutawney’s East End was named for Mr. Dunlap.]

June 11, 1890 — The West Millville, Big Run, Marchand, and Punxsutawney Brass bands, the G.A.R. Drum Corps, and several other marshal bands will be in Punxsutawney on the fourth of July to fill the air with music. (Punxsutawney News) •••

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