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At the Harmony Mine, which is located having started right out of high school, he By Jessica Weible near a school, they found rare dinosaur feels a sense of accomplishment in having for Hometown magazine tracks and fossils which changed proven himself a leader in an industry that roy Johnston, the mine foreman for previously accepted ideas about where is known for being tough. Rosebud Mining Company’s dinosaurs once lived in Pennsylvania. Mostly, though, Johnston is proud of Harmony Mine, has been in the coal Johnston enjoys giving tours of the fossils being able to provide for his family so that mining business for over 30 years. Johnston his wife was able to stay home has watched firsthand as the and raise their children. “That’s industry, which has deep roots in one thing for me, as far as what the mountains of Western the mine has done for me,” Pennsylvania, has changed with Johnston said. “I’ve made a new technological advancements wonderful living, I couldn’t and economic trends. He also has want more out of life than I a good idea what it takes to be a already have.” coal miner. Don Ross, a 28 year-old coal “I’ve seen a lot of people come miner who is a member of and go,” Johnston admitted. “It’s Johnston’s crew, is hoping the not for the weak of heart. A lot of local mining industry will hold people we hire—we call them ‘red out long enough for him to raise hats’—they have no experience his family as well. Ross was and want a job. They don’t know born and raised in what they’re getting into. They Punxsutawney. His father has work a week or two and then been a coal miner for 40 years come in and say, ‘I appreciate the and Ross says his great opportunity, but I just can’t do it.’ grandfather worked at the You can’t knock somebody for Walston Mine, the first mine in that.” the area opened by Walston Troy Johnston, Rosebud Mining Company foreman and Don Ross, The job of a coal miner is Brown around 1882. coal miner. (Photo © 2018 Jimmy ienner, Jr./Rosebud Mining Co.) demanding, both physically and Ross has been working at the mentally. At the Harmony Mine, and tracks to eager first graders each year. Harmony Mine for about ten years. Like Johnston and his crew work 380 feet below His wife makes goodie bags for all the kids. Johnston, he started out of high school, ground, about 2 miles from the face. There Johnston says he is proud to be a coal looking for a job in the area that paid a fair is around 40 inches of clearance once they miner. He enjoys being the guy to make wage. “To make decent money and know get down in the mine and a typical shift is split-second decisions for his crew and, - Continued on page 4 around 9 hours long. The miners use a method called “room and pillar mining” where the coal is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars. “I can talk all day to somebody about how we do this and that,” Johnston explained, “but until you get in there and start crawling around and working, you have no idea. You use muscles you never used before.” He added that the workers who can get TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR EXISTING 2017-2018 past those first three weeks with blisters on ADULT SPECIAL, EXTENDED THROUGH 2021. their knees and sore muscles are the ones who can tough it out. “But it gets worse before it gets better,” he said. 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He also knew he wouldn’t be happy 2019 ASSOCIATE in a job where he did the same thing every MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL - Continued on page 4 day. • Must live outside the “In the day to day work, there are so many Punxsy school district. different things you encounter,” Johnston • If not a lease holder, said. “You have to pull together a group of must pay current cart Full golfing membership, guys when we have issues. It can make rate to ride with cart some pretty eerie sounds down there. You owner or lease holder. all for PLUS ible elig • Non-Voting status. have to rely on everybody down there to CART • Does not apply to tournaments OPTIONS pull together and say, ‘This is what we have current members. to do to get through this.’ It’s an adventure everyday.” • Lease for $600.00 for the year with Unlimited cart use Johnston also discussed the thrill of • Own your own cart or partner with another member for ownership T R CA and usage fee. 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From Immigrant to Mine Superintendent, A.W. Calloway Left His Mark on Punxsutawney History
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By Shirley Sharp vided him with opportunities to develop for Hometown magazine skills for success in the coal industry and ike many immigrants to America, A.W. as a citizen of the Punxsutawney area comCalloway found work on the railroad. munity. He left his home in Manchester, EngIn 1892, Dr. Walter S. Blaisdell purchased land, and arrived at age 20 in America in the practice of Dr. D.G. Hubbard. Dr. Hub1882. He secured work with the civil engibard had been a mine physician for nineneering crew on the “Bells-Gap” Division teen years, the last seven or eight were of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The crew spent at Walston. He was ready to retire. was engaged in constructing a railroad Both Calloway and Blaisdell were interfrom Bellwood to Punxsutawney. The main ested in improving mine safety. The new purpose of the road was to mine physician and the new transport coal from the mine superintendent would Berwind White Coal Mining develop a working relationCompany’s mines at Horatio ship based on this common and Anita. When the railroad interest. As a mine superinwas completed in 1887, he tendent, Mr. Calloway would needed to find other work. depend on having the medical Calloway decided to stay in care of Dr. Blaisdell available the Punxsutawney area. He for his employees. As a mine found a position as a clerk at physician, Dr. Blaisdell the Adrian mine of would join T.R. Williams as Rochester and Pittsburg supervisors of the new Adrian Coal and Iron Company. Hospital which had been There he met George opened on Jenks Hill in PunxBartholomew, chief engineer sutawney in 1898. for the company and a The need for emergency resportsman who enjoyed the A.W. Calloway spent 25 years sponders was vividly demongame of golf. Bartholomew in the Punxsutawney Area. strated on December 12, He came as a worker on the recruited his mining co- civil engineering crew of the 1904, when a disastrous blaze workers and their friends to Bells Gap Railroad. After that took place at the Penman play the game with him. They job was complete, he became apartment house near the Elk clerk with the Rochester would use the pasture at the aand Run shaft of the Adrian mine. Pittsburg Coal and Iron Carmalt Farm, which had Company. He was promoted The fire companies, which at been purchased by the com- to mine superintendent and that time depended on handpany, for their games. The general superintendent be- drawn carts, responded to the fore becoming the general clerk position gave Calloway manager. During his time alarm which was given by the financial stability, enabling with the company, he led the engineer at the shaft, but the him to marry Mary Henshey development of the mine distance was so great and the in 1888. He had met her safety and rescue teams. building burned so rapidly while working in Bellwood. that the firemen could accomThe job also enabled him to build relationplish nothing. ships with men in the mining industry and Twelve people, members of four families, in the community. were in the building when the fire occurred. In 1892, Calloway was advanced to the The occupants were Floyd Frend and wife, position of mine superintendent at Adrian Clement Demmitto and wife and child, upon the resignation of Samuel Rinn. He John Grovonski, Lewis Mahan, the Dofound that the personal relationships he had minic Misulli family, including his wife developed in the Punxsutawney area proand daughter, his brother-in-law, Frank
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Monoeso, and Marcia Poletto. The Misulli child, age 2, was cremated in the house, Mrs. Misulli and Poletto were burned so badly that they died within days. Three others, Dominic Misuli, Frank Mononeso and Louis Machan were severely burned. The fire was caused by the explosion of a
keg of blasting powder in that part of the house which was occupied by the Misuli family and Poletto and Mononeso, who boarded with them. At about 7:30 p.m., Poletto had sat down by the stove to fill his powder tube from a 25-pound keg
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with modern technology, coal mining isn’t the same as it was when the industry started. “Most people I talk to that ask me Continued from page 2 about it, they have no idea,” Ross said. “One person thought we went in with picks my family is taken care of, I don’t see a and shovels. That hasn’t been used in 100 better thing around here,” Ross said. He years.” These days workers use continuous miners and other machinery to coal. extract Communication has greatly improved on site. Instead of mine phones, miners have handheld radios to stay connected. Some mining machines even have computer screens on them— ones that can handle a little dirt. Although it is changing to adapt to the modern world, Ross understands that coal mining, an industry that has been in this community for over 130 years, won’t be around forever. With so many businesses, individuals and families relying on coal Bob Lott worked in Greenwich Collieries’ number two mine owned by mining, the future is P.P.&L. The mine was located outside of Cherry Tree, PA. Lott is part of the Coal Memorial Committee that has created a display about the in- uncertain. dustry in the History Center. “So many things around this town are with fossil fuel industry,” Ross said. “If it’s now has a wife and two kids with a third not mining, it’s drilling. If you take that one on the way. away, you take away the machine shops, Even though he is relatively new to the too. It’s a domino effect. If you take all that industry, Ross says he has already seen away, this would turn into a ghost town real changes during his time. Lately, it’s been quick.” hard to find workers with the kind of work One person who understands the vital role ethic and even temperament necessary to coal mining has played and continues to get the job done. “You need someone who play in Punxsutawney and the surrounding is willing to work nonstop all day long,” areas is Bob Lott. Lott is part of a group Ross explained. “It can be like that most associated with the Punxsutawney days where you don’t get to even stop and Historical Society working to establish the eat.” Punxsutawney Coal Memorial. Both Ross and Johnston will tell you that
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This group of coal miners sits atop a chain cutting machine in 1920 at the Onondaga Mine. The equipment, called a bottom cutting machine, resembled a modern-day chainsaw and was moved on rails from one section of the mine to another. The device was used to undercut a seam of coal prior to drilling holes and blasting it. (Photo from the Punxsutawney Historical and Genealogical Society)
The group has created a display in the History Center that includes maps, photographs, gear and coal samples that help to tell the story of coal mining in and around Punxsutawney. Lott says they have many more artifacts that they hope to work into a bigger display as soon as they can raise enough money to procure the right space for it all. Lott brings something particularly valuable to this effort, his perspective as a former coal miner. Lott was working at a bank in Big Run, when in 1976, at the age of 26, he decided to try coal mining. He worked at Greenwich Collieries. In 1986, Lott quit mining to pursue his own business venture. Greenwich Collieries shut down in 1991. At Greenwich, Lott did what is called “longwall mining” where a long wall of coal is mined in a single slice. Lott recalled one particularly fortuitous time in 1983,
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to construct a home. As with many plans in life, this did not happen. Instead, Calloway purchased the Schwem property and sold Continued from page 3 the East End Property to the Christ Episcopal Church Congregation. when some of the contents of the tube were In July 1905, A. W. Calloway moved into ignited by the heat from the stove; the powan association with another group in Punxder popped sending out sparks. Some of the sutawney when he purchased ten shares of sparks reached the keg and an explosion stock in the Farmers National Bank. The occurred. The four occupants of the room shares were auctioned off by W.G. Morriwere instantly enveloped in flames. son, administrator of the estate of James Dr. Williams, Dr. Hamilton and Dr. BlaisMcGee. The par value of the ten shares was dell were called to the site where they gave $1,000, and they sold for $1,861. These aid and the sufferers were taken to the hosshares gave A.W. Calloway entry into the pital. Mr. Calloway, the mine superintendbanking industry in the area. ent at Adrian, was also called to the site and As the company’s general superintendent, Calloway coordinated the summer meeting of the Coal Mining Institute of America held in the new Y.M.C.A. building at Punxsutawney, on June 29, 1909. One of the outcomes of this meeting was the development of the local mine rescue service which eventually would become today’s emergency first responder corps. As the General Superintendent, Calloway was responsible to escort investors in the company on their visits to the area. In July 1909, he had the pleasure of entertaining two investors, Mr. L. Bomand, of France, and Christ Episcopal Church about 1906. The church was moved to the for- G. Lapier, of Switzermer Dunlap lot in the East End of Punxsutawney at the corner of East land, on their visit to Mahoning Street and Lane Avenue. A.W. Calloway had purchased the and lot with the intent of building a family residence on it. However, his Punxsutawney, plans were changed by circumstances and he sold the lot to the transporting them in church. The original Dunlap home was moved to the back of the lot and his touring car to view used as a parsonage. Photo courtesy of PAHGS. the works at DuBois. In 1912, A.W. Calloway became the Genwitnessed the suffering. eral Manager of the Rochester and PittsThe Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and burg Coal and Iron Company and was Iron Company was in the process of trading transferred to its Indiana office. the land on which the Penman apartment For 25 years, A.W. Calloway lived, house stood for a farm in the Frostburg worked and contributed to the improvearea, however the papers had not yet been ment of the Punxsutawney Area. He was signed. This lead to a suit in the United one of those whose actions spoke louder States Circuit Court at Pittsburg on Friday, than words. His legacy remains with us December 6, 1905, where the jury returned today. a verdict for Mrs. Annie Penman in the This article has been prepared by the Coal amount of $2,756 for the apartment house. Memorial Committee of the Punxsutawney A.W. Calloway was among the witnesses Area Historical & Genealogical Society, present at that trial. Inc. Information used in the preparation of Calloway continued his involvement in this article is available at the Punxactivities which would improve the comsutawney Memorial Library, the Punxmunity. In 1904, he was among the charter sutawney Area Historical & Genealogical members of the Punxsutawney Country Society and on-line resources including Club which had as its purpose the purchasWikipedia and Newspapers.com. Coming of the Carmalt Farm and the developments on this article may be directed to ment of the golf course. In 1905, he was PAHGS, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA among those who filed for a charter for the 15767. Individuals desiring to honor a coal Punxsutawney Opera House Company. His or coal related industry worker in 2019 are wife, Mary, also active in community imencouraged to purchase their tile by June provement, was a leader in the develop30, 2019. Forms for purchasing a Coal Mement of the Punxsutawney Playground morial tile to honor any person who Association. worked in any aspect of the coal industry In 1905, A.W. Calloway was advanced to including railroads may be found online at General Superintendent of the Rochester www.punxsyhistory.org or may be picked and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company up at the Lattimer House, 400 West Mamines and was based at its Punxsutawney honing Street, Punxsutawney. Forms may office. The Calloway family rented from also be requested by e-mailing: punxsyhisGeorge Schwem a house on the corner of tory@outlook.com, or calling 814-938Jefferson and Union Streets. Later, Cal2555. loway would purchase the Dunlap lot in the ••• East End on the corner of East Mahoning Street and Lane Avenue where he planned
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Early newspapers of Punxsutawney were a primary source for community residents to gather news about events of the day. The weekly papers were printed one page at a time on hand presses and are the source of information passed down through time about many “firsts” in Punxsutawney area history. (Photo by S. Thomas Curry)
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By S. Thomas Curry for Hometown magazine n history there have been many, many “first times.” With everything, there had to be a first time. History is full of “firsts,” whether significant with an impact on society, culture, health, transportation, etc., or merely trendy and for a short time with little significance. For all who were interested, in recent weeks, news media reminded citizens about these “firsts” - the first U. S. president who had been born in a hospital was Jimmy Carter; the first man to propose with a diamond ring was Archduke Maximilian of Austria in 1477; the first AfricanAmerican individual to play major league baseball was Jackie Robinson. Also, in a recent news release, Governor
Wolf in Pennsylvania has introduced to the Pennsylvania legislature a “PA GI Bill,” the “first education program to support National Guard member families.” If the bill would be passed, it would be “the first program of its kind in the nation,” according to the news release. Lock Haven University will introduce in spring 2019 a petfriendly dormitory to “enhance the student experience.” The plan in student housing is promoted as “the first school in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to offer a pet-friendly residence hall.” Yes, the daily news is full of notable and influential firsts, as well as others that have little historical impact to have a reason to be remembered.
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By Marty Armstrong pursued the Classical and Scientific for Hometown magazine courses of study. She sang in the glee club, served on the “Mirror” board and aude Agnes Means (1905-1996), participated in dramatics and debates. The the daughter of LaVerne and yearbook states that she “knows what to Hanna Bush Means of Grange in say and when to say it, and believes in Perry Township, lived somewhat sursoon and not later.” It is rounded by three separate also noted in the “Mirror” sites of that section’s that, at the time of graduanearby one-room Shilling tion, she had not yet deSchool. The third and final cided where she would Shilling School (sometimes “take up college work.” In betraying its German name an age when not everyone heritage with the spelling from the outlying town“Schilling”) was built in ships attended high school, 1871 on a dirt township Maude was able to do so road just off Route 536 and and planned for higher edwest of the intersection of ucation as well. Route 536 with what is loFrom her obituary, readcally called “the Porter ers learn that Maude atRoad.” She would have attended Indiana Normal tended that one-room School and Clarion Colschool and it is likely she lege. The 1926 Indiana did well in her studies there. yearbook, the “Instano,” The site is secluded, surlists Maude Means as a rounded by woods, though Maude Agnes Means, PHS Class character in the July 6, the woods had been heavily of 1922, as shown in Comtimbered around the turn of mencement Issue of the “Mirror” 1925, patriotic play, portraying Amy Roby in the the century. By the time “Abraham Lincoln Episode.” She went Maude was a schoolgirl, the woods would on to a 36-year teaching career which inhave begun to recover. cluded Perry and Oliver Township counMaude went on to high school, graduattry schools and Pine Creek Consolidated ing from Punxsutawney with the Class of School near Emrickville, retiring from the 1922, where her senior picture is capPunxsutawney Area School District’s tioned with the nickname “Maudest.” She
Shilling School, Perry Township, l954. Built in 1871, the school was a good place to learn and listen to other grades’ lessons. It sat on the side of a hill with a moderately level area on the lower side of the building. Following an incident in the 1954-55 school year, teacher Mrs. Hazel McGee enforced a division of the schoolyard between the boys and the girls. The girls were banished to the sloping upper side (good terrain to rake up rows of leaves over which to jump) and the boys got the flatter lower side which had a ball diamond. When weather permitted, the playground expanded into the woods where there were huge rocks for make-believe castles and grapevines for the daring to swing upon. After the school closed in the spring of 1955, its students were bussed to Hamilton and Valier prior to the opening of Mapleview School in 1960. The building’s ownership reverted to the landowner who used it for several years to store farm implements and building supplies. Useful desks and other items were removed to other schools in the township. The building later collapsed under the weight of snow but items such as the bell and water cooler were saved. The foundation remains which clearly shows the original smaller size of the school building and the concrete addition to the foundation when the school was enlarged.
Mapleview Elementary School in Grange in 1968. Maude’s first teaching position may well have been at the Shilling School. In 1935, former Shilling students and teachers held a Labor Day reunion and Miss Means was called upon to prepare a history of the school. Included in the history was a listing of Shilling School teachers from 1871 to 1935. Maude taught at Shilling during the years 1925-30. At that time, teachers were not required to have a four-year degree. In fact, looking at the last three female teachers on the list (Maude Means,
Imogene Jordan and Emma Plyler) and knowing their ages and high school graduation dates, they likely had become eligible to teach with two or three years of college preparation. There are 47 teachers on the list, many with surnames of neighboring families, sometimes in multiples: Stewart, Bush, Anthony, Postlewait, Enterline, Lingenfelter, Rinn, Humble and Plyler. Also of interest is the fact that Verne Means had served as a Perry Township School Board Director which speaks to the respect that Maude’s family had for - Continued on page 15
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publication with a view to promote a new county for the area. With Punxsutawney for its county seat, the new county would Continued from page 8 include portions of Clearfield and Indiana For Punxsutawney area history, the Punx- counties with southern Jefferson County, sutawney Spirit has been a primary source where Punxsutawney was located. When of “truth in information” in recording the project to form a Mahoning County “firsts.” An editorial in its issue of Febru- failed, the Mahoning Register ceased pubary 19, 1940, was titled “The Truth in lication. Newspapers.” Editor P. L. Smith stated, The next venture into establishing a newspaper in Punxsutawney was in July 1868 when two young men from Brookville, John A. Scott and W. S. Barr, came to town and printed their first issue of the Punxsutawney Plaindealer as an “independent family journal.” The Plaindealer continued until March 1871. The Mahoning Argus, 1871, was next. When G.M. Keck and John K. Coxson took ownership of the Plaindealer, they changed the name to Mahoning Argus. For a short time, the Mahoning Argus was the only newspaper published in Punxsutawney. In 1873, the Mahoning Valley Spirit began its existence. In 1878, the name was changed to The Punxsutawney Spirit. W.O. Smith, with W.A. Fleming estabOld typewriters, as seen on display at the Bennis House of the lished the Punxsutawney Punxsutawney Area Historical Society, were common in offices Tribune in May 1884. It puband homes in the 20th century. Introduced to users in the late lished for one year and four 19th century, the “typing machines” of the past have been re- months. In 1885, the Spirit placed by computers. Top right is a typewriter (c. 1900) used in a Punxsutawney post office on West Mahoning St., before a new and Tribune combined to bebuilding was built on North Findley St. (now the Weather Dis- come The Punxsutawney covery Center). (Photo by S. Thomas Curry) Spirit as a weekly newspaper, with W.O. Smith as edi“Since a newspaper prints the news it tor. In 1885, with Horace Greeley Miller might as well print the truth...” The edito- as editor, the Valley News began publicarial went on to describe the effort the news- tion. The name of the weekly newspaper paper had to go to be “reasonably sure that was changed to Punxsutawney News in the news it publishes is true beyond 1887. shadow of doubt.” There also existed the Punxsutawney Press, the Punxsutawney Picayune, and the The First Newspaper Lindsey Press in Clayville before Clayville In 1932, upon the death of W.O. Smith, P. was consolidated into Punxsutawney in L. Smith succeeded his father as editor. 1907. “W. O.” had been editor of the Spirit since Overlooked, or ignored, by “historians” 1885. In 1933 “P. L.” wrote an article in Punxsutawney was a publication titled about the first newspapers in Punx- The Youth Magnet, an “amateur” semisutawney to help readers “brush up” on monthly newspaper published by H. Greetheir history of the town. ley Miller and William Carter in 1877 Based upon references to other early when Miller (Valley News) was an 18newspapers, the first newspaper in Punx- year-old. Another “youth oriented” newssutawney was claimed to be “The Mahon- paper was The Budget, printed twice ing Register,” a weekly edition that began monthly in 1885 and sold for two cents a publication in 1848 with Clark Wilson as month. The father of one of the young men editor and publisher. The Register began - Continued on page 18
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the Moser and the present [third] Shilling School. This building, erected in 1871, was built by Michael Shilling on the Jacob Shilling farm. [A carpenter by trade, Michael was a son of Jacob and had his own small property and log cabin nearby]. He was assisted by Henry Moser
education. Miss Means’ history of the Shilling School, thankfully compiled with available records from earlier times, gives a good picture of the educational facilities of those times. It reads, with a few clarifying facts added: “The first Shilling School was built on the old [Jacob] Shilling farm. The structure was built of logs and stood directly north of the present Grange Post Office [at the intersection of the current Route 536 and the Porter road] operated by Mr. Grove. The furnishings of the room were very meager but quite Portion of Perry Township map in Caldwell’s Atlas of Jefferson typical of that time, the County, published in 1878. Configuration of roads have changed seats being made of somewhat but the intersection at Grange No. 1 is identified and shows the Grange Hall which was later acquired by the Church of slabs. God. The intersection with the Porter road at Grange No. 2 is “Later, a frame building shown among the Shilling and Stewart farms. The schoolhouse is was erected in the grove identified there. A copy of the Atlas is available to researchers vison the [nearby] S.L. iting the Society’s Tibby Library.
and his [Michael’s very young] daughter, who carried shingles up the ladder to roof the building. The seats were benches with broad boards for desks. Each seat accommodated from three to four pupils. Mr. Shilling obtained his contract for the building from Crawford Gourley and received a horse for his pay. The original blackboard was surfaced lumber painted black, later replaced [covered] by the slate blackboard now in use…four of the directors were William Moser, James McHenry, Crawford Gourley and John Mohney. Portion Jefferson County map showing schools throughout the “According to the secrecounty, printed in 1936. The section of Perry Township which shows both the Shilling and Moser Schools is identified. The tary’s book from 1879-83, entire county map is currently on display in Gallery Four of the the teachers’ monthly Lattimer House Griffiths Galleries. salaries ranged from $22 to $24 for the year 1879. “Due to the growing population the Stewart farm then owned by his father James Stewart. It served the community building became inadequate and an addiuntil the year 1871 when the school was tion was put on the rear sometime bedivided and two buildings took its place, - Continued on page 17
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definitely a community, is an area more than a town. Locals refer to Grange No. 1 and Grange No. 2. Grange No. 1 is that area surrounding the intersection of Route 536 and Enterline Road where there were outlying farms, a general store, and Grange hall, church and cemetery. Grange No. 2 centers on the intersection of Route 536 and the road which leads to Porter where there were outlying farms, a general store and the Grange Post Office as well as the one-room schools. Mapleview School lies between the two. •••
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Continued from page 15 tween 1914 and 1916. “In the winter of 1933-34 money was secured through the CWA [Civil Works AdArithmetic books from Shilling School. Displayed along with the Shilling water cooler in Gallery Four as part of the “Education” segment of the Society’s “Childhood” exhibit. The “Education” room features many artifacts from local schools from historic to modern eras and includes one-room school desks, painted blackboards, a slate blackboard, a map cabinet and a science cabinet.
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past the building. This work was completed in the winter of 1934-35.” [As the Moser School would also have been built in 1871, it seems likely that the same two-man team of builders would have done the work. The Moser School did have the same painted black boards under later slate blackboards. In the spring of 1954, the Moser School was closed and Moser students from grades 1 through 6 began to attend the Shilling School that fall. That year or the next, Shilling School was converted to a school for grades 1 through 6. As students from grades 7 and 8 were not yet attending Junior High School in Punxsutawney, they would have attended another Perry Township school. This would surely have been Valier because when Shilling School closed in the spring of 1957, students in the first six grades traveled by bus to Hamilton while seventh and eighth grade students went on to Valier.] Outside of her public school teaching career, Maude was married in 1946 to Max Edgar Dinger of Worthville; they made
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The Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society has a great many pictures and postcards of scenes from within the Borough and of some of the nearby mining communities. In addition, the research library shelves have a number of community histories done in recent years which have good pictures. Examples of these are Adrian, Big Run, Coolspring, Covode and Henderson Township. For a lot of the surrounding communities and rural townships, there are not many images. Since the Society’s mission includes history not just in the Borough but outside it, more pictures of businesses, churches, schools, farms and more would be good to have. Now that good quality scanners are available, the society can scan such images for its files without readers having to part with their originals. Persons interested in working with the Society to improve the scope of our image collections are invited to make some time to bring in those things we ought to have with identification of locations. Your help will be greatly appreciated. You may want to contact the society at 814-9382555 or punxsyhistory@outlook.com if you have images to share. •••
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More “Firsts”
Continued from page 10 listed as “proprietors” was the first publisher of the Spirit when, in 1876, the name was changed from Mahoning Spirit to Punxsutawney Spirit.
The First Typewriter A crude, cumbersome mechanical machine that became an indispensable tool in offices and homes for over a century was introduced in the United States in 1867, according to research about the history of the typewriter. The first electric typewriter was built by Thomas A. Edison in 1872; it is recorded in history. The typewriter was manufactured by many notable companies, the names remaining in our memory: Remington, IBM, Oliver, Royal, Smith Corona, Underwood, etc. It has been supplanted by the computer for younger generations. For the person using the computer, the keyboard remains very similar to the “machine” called a typewriter. (In the early years of the “typing machine,” the word typewriter also applied to the person who used it.) In Punxsutawney and Jefferson County history, the first person to purchase and use a typewriter was attorney William M. Gillespie. This information was included, along with many other interesting aspects about his remarkable life, in the obituary for Gillespie, published upon his death in August 1932. Using a typewriter was remarkable, considering that the esteemed attorney was respectfully referred to as “Blind Billy Gillespie.” Mr. Gillespie was born in 1852 in what had always been identified in local history as the “first” house built (1814) on land that became Clayville (now the West End of Punxsutawney). In this structure, the “first” congregation of the Methodist denomination was organized in Jefferson County. (The house was located in West End where the former Comet Market was
There are many interesting things recorded in Punxsutawney history about attorney William M. Gillespie. One, he was born in 1852 in what had always been identified as the “first” house built on land that became Clayville (Punxsutawney’s West End). The frame house (left) was built around Jacob Hoover’s log cabin, erected in 1814. Second, after his marriage in 1891, he built a distinctive Southern plantation-style house on West Mahoning Street. The “Gillespie House” remains as a part of Punxsutawney’s heritage of historic homes. (Black & white photo Hometown files; color photo by S. Thomas Curry)
built.) Shortly after his birth, at about one month of age, a tragic moment occurred. A doctor was treating the infant to relieve his eyes of a cold. The physician used an eye wash that was too strong with silver nitrate. The incident destroyed the sight of both eyes. Not discouraged by the life-changing experience, the family sent young Will, at age eleven, to the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind. While in school, his courses of classical subject matter also included music and piano tuning. At age 18, he graduated and worked for a piano company as “final inspector of pianos,” according to the obituary. Upon his return to Punxsutawney, Gillespie began law study under Phineas W. Jenks (the first male child born in what became Punxsutawney). During the several years before his death, he was a legal consultant with Charles J. Margiotti law firm. In 1892 in Clayville, William Gillespie built for his bride, Edith Wilson, a stately Southern plantation-style house. The distinctive house at 611 West Mahoning
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Street, across from SSCD Church, is known in the heritage of historic homes in Punxsutawney as the “Gillespie House.” While that first typewriter used by attorney Gillespie was not preserved, that beautiful house on West Mahoning Street remains to remind all about that rich history identified with William M. Gillespie, a man blind for 81 years of his life. Those who knew him and observed his life experiences, said of him “He was upright, intelligent and loyal and had the esteem of all men, women and children.”
Fisher Was First In June 1885, it was announced to Jefferson County residents that a new state marriage law would go into effect on October 1, 1885. The law was passed with a view to prevent the marriage of minors without the consent of their parents or guardians. Anyone who wished to marry would be required to obtain a license from the “Clerk of the Orphans Court in the county where the marriage is performed.” The license fee was fifty cents. In 1885, The Punxsutawney Spirit, when
W. O. Smith became editor, explained the new marriage law in blunt, layman’s words: “So, on and after October 1 no man can take a wife in this State without paying at least fifty cents, and if he desires to marry a minor and the old folks are disinclined to go to court, he must pay $1. Such a law has long been needed. Under it the man who persuades a girl under age to become his wife unbeknown to her parents or guardians, can be convicted of perjury and sentenced to seven years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Then, too, ministers will be more careful than they have been in the past with a possible fine of $100 hanging over them.” When announcing the new marriage law, the Spirit commented, “The matrimonial market will be lively between this and October 1st.” The first marriage license issued in Jefferson County under the new law was on September 29, 1885, to Jacob L. Fisher and Carrie Wilson of Punxsutawney. It was stated in family history that they deferred - Continued on page 22
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auction, basket auction and live auction. There will also be 50/50 tickets for sale, rip tickets and a wine raffle. The $15 ticket includes admission, a bidding paddle, drink tokens and all you can eat! Tickets can be purchased from the SSCD School and Church offices or by contacting the school at 938-4224. This year, Home & School is excited to offer a variety of items up for bid throughout the evening. We receive quality items every year, including local business and restaurant gift certificates, Pirates and Altoona Curve tickets, kids’ bicycles, small appliances, a variety of gift baskets, and household services such as garbage removal and gutter cleanings, plus, so much more! We have had incredible cooperation and generosity from local businesses and individuals year after year, to whom we’d like to say Thank You! We hope the friends and family of SSCD students decide to step out for a fun-filled evening in support of our school to help us reach our goal! See you at the auction! •••
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By the staff of Hometown magazine rom the staff of Hometown magazine and the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here is a list of events coming up in our area: n March 28: Pasture Workshop, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Heritage House in Brookville. Presented by the Penn State Extension Field & Forage Crop Team. No cost to attend, but register at 1-877345-0691. n March 30: Snacks to Grow On 4th Annual Ladies Luncheon & Basket Raffle, 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Punxsutawney Country Club. Tickets required. n March 30: Spring Gun Bash, 5 p.m., at Reynoldsville Vol. Fire Dept. n April 1: Blood Drive, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Punxsutawney Area Hospital. Benefits the American Red Cross. n April 2: First Tuesday Community Meal, 5 p.m., at Punxsutawney Presbyterian Church. Free & open to the public. n April 4: Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild regular meeting, 7 p.m., at Yonder. Call Tracey Young at 938-9084 for information. n April 5: Blood Drive, 1 to 5:30 p.m., at Punxsutawney Christian School. Benefits the American Red Cross. n April 5 & 6: Grange’s Helping Hands free clothing at Grange Church of God. Friday, noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. n April 6 & 7: “Blue Angel” Holistic/Psychic Fair, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Bellamauro Banquet Hall, Reynoldsville. n April; 6: PA Fish Commission Mentored Youth Day, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Cloe Lake. n April 6: Spring Open House event, various locations around Smicksburg. n April 6: Boy Scout Energy Merit Badge program, 10 a.m. to noon, at Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center. $9 per person. Register by April 1 by calling 938-1000 or email info@weatherdiscovery.org. n April 6: Power Advance: Come Alive! Conference at New Anchor Inn, Punxsutawney, presented by Aglow International North Central PA Area Team. Register at the North Central PA Area Aglow Facebook page. n April 7: 40th Annual Run or Walk for Someone Special, 1:30 p.m., at Sykesville Town Hall. Visit www.jcarc.org for more information or email run_walk@yahoo.com. Benefits the Arc of Jefferson & Clearfield Coun-
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Among records of marriages from the nineteenth century are the dockets and ledgers of the Justices of the Peace, marriage notices appearing in local newspapers or church records if they survived. Beginning in October 1885, in Pennsylvania, a marriage license was required from the county’s Clerk of Court. Pictured is a certificate for the 1867 marriage of John Weaver and Agnes Graffius. (photo by S. Thomas Curry)
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More “Firsts” Continued from page 18
their marriage three weeks in order to be the first couple in the county to receive that status as the first couple in the county to receive a marriage license. Born in March 1863, Jacob L Fisher came to Punxsutawney with his parents. His father operated the St. Elmo Hotel on the corner where the Pantall Hotel is located. The St. Elmo Hotel was destroyed by the three-block downtown fire of October 1886. (The Pantall was built following the fire, in 1888-89). After working as a bartender in the St. Elmo, young Fisher later attended Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from where he graduated as a pharmacist. He was encouraged by Attorney George A. Jenks to study law. For two years he “studied law” with attorney Jenks. (George A. Jenks was a brother of Phineas W. Jenks, and the youngest son of Dr. John and Mary Jenks.) While studying law in his late 20s, young Fisher pursued other interests, among them a fascination with electricity. It was he who conceived the idea of electricity lighting Punxsutawney, convinced to move forward into the “light of the future” from gaslight or candlelight of the past. Fisher and his friends organized the Punxsutawney Electric Light and Power Company in the Fall of 1889. With local money from local businessmen, Punxsutawney would have its first electricity. Two years later, the Punxsutawney Street Passenger Railway Company was organized and the first electric car to run on the trolley line was on August 15, 1892. In 1905-06, Jacob Fisher built his “modern” house on West Mahoning Street. The
house was built from Fisher’s design. The foundation of the house was constructed, not of stone, but a new material called “concrete.” The construction completed, it was the first use of concrete in Punxsutawney for that purpose. The property was purchased from Mrs. Fisher in 1944 by the Punxsutawney American Legion which then donated it to the community for use as a Public Library. The castle-like building was built to stand and outlast generations. It was known as “the old library” until a new library was built as a part of the Mahoning East Civic Center, dedicated in October 1974. The Fisher Home/Old Library was dismantled in 1997. Mrs. Fisher was the former Caroline “Carrie” Wilson, sister of Edith Wilson who married attorney William M. Gillespie in 1891. The Wilson sisters were nieces of Mary A. Wilson, the popular Punxsutawney elementary teacher in the 19th century from 1857 until her death in 1908. After her death, “Miss Mary” was honored by the naming of the East End Elementary School in her memory. Putting the name to the building as the “Mary A. Wilson School” was the first time in Punxsutawney history that a name would be placed on a public building to remember or honor a distinguished resident. Caroline (Wilson) Fisher and Edith (Wilson) Gillespie were also granddaughters of Rev. Thomas Wilson, the first regular pastor of the First Baptist Church after it was organized in 1840. So, again, we have revealed some more “firsts” that might forever have been lost in history, except to be put in print once again from their original disclosures in printed form of newspapers and family histories preserved from over a century ago. •••
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(“From Our Past,” researched by S. Thomas Curry, features items of interest from past editions of Punxsutawney and area newspapers.)
March 16, 1898 — A case in on trial before ‘Squire Wilson today in which Mike Knoppic, of Anita, is charged by Mary Lavski, of the same place, with disorderly conduct and profane swearing. Both are Slavs. Mike is charged with swearing one hundred oaths and talking violently for two hours, all of which was inimical to the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth and unpleasant to the neighbors. The evidence shows that Mike talked in the Slavic tongue and swore in English. At this writing the case is still in progress. (Punxsutawney Spirit)
Continued from page 22 nual Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Heritage House, Brookville. n April 27: Sports Card & Collectibles Show, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at VFW building, 121 Maple Ave. Free admission. n The Catholic Daughters of America will hold a fish fry every Friday during Lent at SSCD Auditorium, from 4 to 7 p.m. Take-outs available, call 938-6540, ext. 218. Menu includes baked or beerbattered haddock, salmon patties, halushki or perogies, fries, roasted potatoes, macaroni & cheese, cole slaw, vegetable, and homemade cakes. n The Citizens Band of Punx-
sutawney practices at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the First English Lutheran Church. Go to www.punxypa.com/band for information. n Free income tax preparation (VITA) is available in Punxsutawney by calling 849-3096. There are eligibility guidelines. n The Jefferson County History Center is featuring a Stones N’ Bones exhibit, regarding geology & fossils in PA, a Gone but Not Forgotten art exhibit, and a Living on the Land exhibit. Visit jchconline.org for information. n If you’d like to volunteer at the Jackson Theater, call the Punxsutawney Area Community Center at 938-1008. n The First Church of God offers a Celebrate Recovery program. Contact
the church or visit its Facebook page for more information. n Jeff Tech offers several Adult Education classes. Visit www.jefftech.info for information on what courses are available and starting dates. 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, adult coloring, and activities for children. n The Punxsutawney Area Community Center offers several programs. Check the website or call 938-1008 for program availability. •••
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March 31, 1892 — N. C. Simpson and S. S Wetzel, who have been doing business under the name of Simpson & Wetzel as dealers in mules, have dissolved partnership. The business will be continued by Mr. Simpson who always has a large collection of mules in stock. (Punxsutawney News)
April 7, 1870 — DEBATE. - Resolved, that “the emigration of Chinamen and Africans should be encouraged by the United States,” still in debate at the Mahoning Literary Society. Meets in the Union School Building, on Friday evening. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer)
April 13, 1887 — A “calithumpian [sic] band” got out last Saturday night to serenade a newly married couple. They were equipped with three circular saws, half a dozen drums, cow bells, , sleighbells, tin horns, gongs and a huge horse fiddle. At the first note of the horse-fiddle the strings broke and the music went no further. (Valley News) [Note: In the late 19th century a callithumpian band was a loosely organized, makeshift group of people using crude noisemakers that could also includes pots and pans. In addition to serenading newly married couples with noise, the group would parade through towns for fun.]
April 14, 1886 — A new petition for a change of location in the road leading from Punxsutawney to Walston is being circulated. A petition to the same effect was presented at December term of court, but after coming into the hands of the judges they mysteriously disappeared before it could be acted upon. It is proposed to try to have the road run along the ridge from a point near the northwest corner of the fair ground, and come in at the upper end of the valley in which Walston is situated, thus avoiding the line of coke ovens which now renders the road almost intolerable and in winter impassable. (Punxsutawney Spirit) April 20, 1871 — OUR LUMBERMEN are anxiously waiting for a flood. It is estimated that there are two hundred rafts in the vicinity of Punxsutawney, and five hundred in the streams to run to market. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) •••
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