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Saints Cosmas and Damian students and their teacher, a Sisters of Mercy, circa 1902. (Photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society.)

By PRIDE for Hometown magazine eginning in 1881, the influx of railroad builders, miners, and their families brought pressure on the local school systems. At that time, schools were the responsibility of the townships and boroughs. The November 18, 1885 issue of the Punxsutawney News reported: “The Walston Mines’ Schools are thronged. Nearly two-hundred pupils. No two teachers can do good work with so many pupils. Mr. Bowman and Miss Wilson will come as near filling the bill in doing good work as any two persons of my acquaintance. If they can stand the work they will make a success of it.

“The Jenks’ school is crowded full, and Mr. Law has adopted the “half-day” system and finds it more convenient. We think this is the proper plan, now some good can be done, but as it was, no teacher could teach properly, but grind through as grist and dismiss. Many of the pupils had to amuse

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themselves ‘waiting for school to let out.’

Under the new plan the pupils can be employed while there and with benefit. The boys like their teacher and we bespeak a pleasant and profitable term for all concerned.”

Father Herman Clement Wienker, the first Catholic Priest to say Mass in Punxsutawney, found himself in the midst of this period of dynamic social change. He was the in the right place at the right time to make a difference, providing the option of a Catholic education for students in the Punxsutawney area. Born on May 2, 1846 at Ensdetten, Westphalia, Germany, near present day Hamburg, he arrived in the United States on Easter Sunday, March 28, 1869. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1869 at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Erie. Father Wienker’s first appointment was as the assistant at St. Joseph Church in Erie, the mother church of German-speaking Catholics in the city. Although offered the pastorate, he chose to become the assistant at

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Hometown magazine 814-938-0312 hometown@mail.com Immaculate Conception Church in Brookville in September 1869. He became pastor there one year later. While in Brookville he attended to all the Catholics in Jefferson County and southeastern Clarion County.

Father Wienker’s work paralleled the development of the mines. When the first commercial mining interests began operations in the Reynoldsville Coal Basin, he was there ministering to the needs of the Catholic workers and their families. Father Wienker, who was fluent in German and English, learned four additional languages in less than - Continued on next page

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pupils attending school in the basement were not injured. One year later, in 1892, under Father Wienker’s leadership, the church had been rebuilt and was rededicated.

Continued from previous page From his first mass in Punxsutawney in the a year so that he could properly shepherd the spring of 1870 at the home of William Gilletapestry of ethnic families who were his spie, Father Wienker’s Punxsutawney conparishioners. gregation grew. Construction of their first He built churches at Reynoldsville and Fischurch, a red brick structure, was begun in cus in 1875; a school, rectory, convent, and 1885 and completed in 1887. The continued church in Brookville in 1874 and 1883, and growth of the congregation through the arnew churches in Glen Campbell and rival of families from Ireland, Italy, and Clayville (now Punxsutawney) Catholic areas of Eastern Euin 1885. On August 21, 1890 rope made it necessary to exFather Wienker moved closer to pand the school.

The his congregation when he took basement rooms of the church up residence at St. Adrian where he had been teaching Church in Adrian. the children were no longer He established schools in adequate for the school. He seven Catholic churches: invited the Sisters of Mercy Brookville, Adrian, Punxfrom Titusville to staff the new sutawney, Eleanora, Wishaw, brick school in Clayville (now Big Soldier and Walston. These the west end of Punxparochial schools relieved some sutawney). In January 1892, of the pressure on the public Saints Cosmas and Damian schools, and also provided an Parochial School officially education which was familiar to Father Herman Clement opened with 116 pupils. Aland welcomed by Catholic par- Wienker, Jefferson County’s though relieved of his teachpriest and builder of ents, most of whom were new pioneer churches and schools to serve ing duties, Father Wienker to the country. members of the Catholic faith. continued to train the chilHis faced many challenges. (Photo courtesy of SS.C.D. dren’s choir in Gregorian One came on Monday morning, Parish archives) chant and gave weekly inNovember 23, 1891, when a fustructions on religion to the rious wind and rain storm passed over the children. Students came to the school from area destroying the Catholic Church at Horatio, Walston, and other distant mining Adrian. The huge brick building, unable to communities, arriving in time to attend daily withstand the winds, fell in from the front toMass. In 1905, the year the first class gradwards the rear. Miraculously, the 40 or 50 - Continued on page 8

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ost Americans sure are upset with some members of their government, aren’t they?

What happened Sunday night, March 21, has more to do with violating your Constitutional rights than with health care?

For me, I am happy for those who are going to receive the help they truly need.

Governmentfunded health insurance will be a blessing to them.

But that is about as far as it goes. Since health care is now mandated, I sincerely hope that what was forced upon the rest of us will work out well in the future. But I can assure you, it won’t.

There was a better way to do all of this, but that solution, the voice of the people and the law of our Constitution, was ignored and rejected by a band of immoral and corrupt representatives. In short, your liberty was assaulted and trampled upon by those who find it difficult to think for themselves. And if that doesn’t make you wonder about a government that wishes to control you, nothing will.

And if you are one who is walking around with an “I-really-don’t-care attitude,” you should think twice about doing so. For example, there will be tax increases for every American, including yourself, if not directly then indirectly through the goods and services you purchase. i’ve had my fill …

Not to be mean or controversial, but I’ve about had my fill of the lunacy that has pervaded my life recently. Do you remember all of those wonderful ideals that your parents and grade school teachers instilled in you that were supposed to make you a better citizen and a great patriot in later years, such as “Hard work pays off”?

Now, we are being told by President Obama that hard work is for crazies and it is the last thing we should be doing with our lives. And if you are one who works hard, his plan is to punish you by making you pay more taxes so that you can support those who already have caught on to his ideologies.

And for those of us who have health insurance plans that work, get ready to give those up, as well.

For the last 235 years, we patriots have had it all wrong. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and all who sacrificed — and gave their lives — to make our country what it once was — the land of the free — will have to take a back seat to Obama as he rewrites the history books.

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Did you hear what Nancy Pelosi said?

“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” I’m being honest; she has to be the biggest idiot in the history of American politics. There, I’ve put it in print, and you can quote me.

Yes, she is taking credit for an ill-conceived health care plan, one that stuck it to us patriots and ruined the nation forever, and now we get to see what is in the bill.

That was a peachy plan. She said we would like it once we saw it.

Wasn’t there another wise axiom, “look before you leap”? assault on america “The health care legislation Congress passed … is an assault against the Constitution,” said South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster. “A legal challenge by the states appears to be the only hope of protecting the American people from this unprecedented attack on our system of government,” he said in a statement.

“If the president signs this bill into law, we will file a lawsuit to protect the rights and interests of American citizens,” Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said in a similar statement after the bill was passed.

I am quite certain that state Attorney Generals are somewhat smarter than those who voted for the new law, not to mention that they care about this country, too. attorney General Corbett Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett joined a legal opposition to federal health-care reform legislation.

Corbett’s spokesman, Kevin Harley, said that Corbett is working with counterparts in several other states. The suit will challenge the constitutionality of the bill.

Jason altmire Western Pennsylvania’s Jason Altmire is a patriot. He was one of 34 Democrats who voted no to health care and Obama. It would be nice if you congratulated him. no Excuse Obama and his supporters spoke clearly.

Nothing will stand in their way. Our nation will now be one of big government socialism… to further the destruction of our economy, increase taxes and intrude upon your rights. This bill does America in, once and for all.

Simply put, the United States is now made up of two groups of people.

First, there is the group that possesses three distinct traits. It comprises the people that don’t know, don’t care, and do nothing but expect a free handout from the rest of us. All those for big government won March 21. We can call them socialists.

Then there is the group who does know, does care, and works hard [to support those who want something for nothing]. All those for limited government lost. We can call them patriots.

I can excuse all those who don’t care, along with those who want to take an easy ride. I suppose that is part of the American way.

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Before I close, I do want to congratulate you on using your tax refund wisely and paying down your debt. Many people waste

a good opportunity to leverage their tax refund to improve their finances and instead blow it. However, if your situation hasn’t changed from last year, increase your number of deductions with your employer so that you reduce your income tax withholding by at least $400 a month. Use that extra monthly income to pay off the remainder of your debts. It is much better to receive that money each month and use it to pay down debt that’s costing you interest. As it is now, you are giving Uncle Sam an interest-free loan of $6,200 for a year.

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Dear W., I hate to be the one to tell you, but your only problem is not that your loan has a fixed payment of $560. You have $30,000 in unsecured debt and a lender that is lowering its exposure to you every chance it gets. As lending professionals, by lowering your limit as soon as you make a payment, they are telling you that you are overextended in their eyes. As a debt and credit professional, I am telling you that $30,000 is way too much unsecured debt to be carrying.

I would much rather see you concentrate on paying off your $30,000 in debt than on how well your credit score is doing. Don’t get me wrong. A good credit history is important for many reasons, but a slight dip in your credit score shouldn’t even be on your radar right now. Plus, in your situation, your score is already blemished by having a loan outstanding that is virtually 100 percent of your credit line maximum.

And it should be blemished! You are in risky territory and your score should be showing it.

Well, now that I got that off my mind, let’s look at some options. Going by the numbers, as long as you don’t have any early payment penalties on your personal line of credit, you would save about $2,000 in interest charges if you paid down your personal loan by $6,200. Plus, it would pay off 15 months faster. If you are making only the minimum payment on your credit card, you would save about $1,800 in interest charges and pay it off eight years faster by applying your $6,200 to the balance owed.

However, I hope you are making more than a minimum payment on your cards each month. With a consistent monthly payment of $200 on your card, you would save $1,200 in interest charges and pay off the balance three years earlier if you decreased your balance by $6,200.

Before the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, or CARD Act, I would have advised you to pay off the credit card in a heartbeat. Now that you don’t have to worry about universal-default interest-rate increases (increasing your interest rate for any reason), you can make the decision based on what’s best Punxsutawney Hometown – April 2010 – Issue #114 – 5

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to, the many citizens. The bustling borough, and then William Howard Taft in 1908). Dewith its surrounding towns and villages, feated every time as a presidential candidate, could support any number of special events he nevertheless remained an active political arranged by organizations that had the “adleader and lecturer for his causes. vancement and social well-being” of the townspeople as a mission.

A special person of interest who visited Punxsutawney in March of 1909 was William Jennings Bryan. In a time, long ago, before radio, television, internet, and the bloggers, of our modern 21st century, Bryan was recognized as a great orator whose deep, resounding voice commanded the attention of audiences In the early 1900s, William Jennings Bryan, a three-time candidate for U. S. wherever he spoke.

William Jennings President, was among the many prominent American citizens who spoke to residents of the Punxsutawney area.

Bryan was also identified with the causes he passionately emAs a devout Presbyterian he was also a braced and defended. In the late 19th moral and religious crusader for “righteous century, as a U. S. Congressman from Necauses.” He began a speaking tour that braska, he became the national leader of the started in Cuba. On February 1, 1909 a brief Free Silver Movement in the Democratic notice was published in the local newspaper Party. His strong voice against the Gold to announce Bryan would make an appearStandard made him popular among the comance in Punx’y upon his return to the United mon people. His prominent stand for “free States. Arrangements had been completed silver,” an important political issue in the - Continued on next page

William Jennings Bryan Continued from previous page by the Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist Church for his lecture in the Jefferson Theatre on Thursday, March 11.

Ten years earlier, he had made “whistlestop” visits to the area on the railroad and made short addresses for the cause of free

Bryan’s Punx’y talk presented his arguments to prove that Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace. Another point he presented was his issue with Charles Darwin’s theory of creation as compared to the Biblical theory. He chose to believe that love, as in the example of the Prince of Peace, should be the law of the land, and not evolution, which he claimed would lead to life under the law of the “survival of the fittest.”

The local theatre group was thunderous in its applause of Bryan’s words. And Bryan spoke his appreciation of the local gathering stating, “Punxsutawney had given him the finest reception and the largest crowd of any town in Western Pennsylvania.” (Punxsutawney Spirit, March 12, 1909) Following the lecture, a reception with Bryan was held in the lobby of the Pantall Hotel, where a number of gifts and souvenirs were to be presented to the town’s distinguished

guest. But because of the lateness of the hour, the local hosts decided to mail the items to his home in Lincoln, Nebraska. The selection of gifts included a stuffed groundhog from the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, a miniature “pig billet”(cast block of pig iron) from the Punxsutawney Iron Furnace, a “handsomely carved and polished” paper holder made from coal from the Rossiter miners, a miniature glass bugle created in colors by one of the glass blowers at the Eldred Window Glass Company, and a skinning knife made by a miner at the Elk Run mine shaft, the handle made from a horn of one of Attorney William Fairman’s buck deer from a farm that was located behind Fairman’s home on Ridge Avenue, an area now named Fairman’s Lane in the Elk Run section.

After a quick lunch and a short rest, a delegation of men from Clearfield escorted Bryan to Clearfield, where he spoke to another

crowd the next night. Speeches at Brookville and DuBois were other stops in the area.

For years following his defeat in the election of 1908, Bryan would make speeches around the country and globally. By 1920, he took on one cause to champion for the “common man,” his campaign against the teaching in public schools of Darwin’s “Origins of Man,” the theory of evolution. In 1925, his eight-day participation in the John Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee, though a victory for his cause, took a toll on his life, and five days later he died in his sleep.

The trial and the imagery of his spellbinding oratory cast a dark shadow over Bryan’s long career in American history. A slice of Punx’y history will include the visit by this notable figure, adding to the cultural landscape of the people who lived in our hometown a century ago.

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A century ago, the Jefferson Theatre on North Findley Street, near the B. R. & P Railroad passenger station, was the familiar site of many programs and special events arranged by organizations for the “advancement and social well-being” of the townspeople.

silver. On his visit through this section along the railroad line, the newspaper described the 38-year-old Bryan as “a powerful man, of rather short stature, with a big voice and a mouth that is capable of holding its own in any company.” He used the “whistle-stop” during his three presidential campaigns, and is considered the innovator of that method of “stumping” for votes during that time in history.

In the arrangements for Bryan to speak in Punxsutawney, a committee of five men took the train on the B. R. & P Railroad to meet him at Mosgrove, above Kittanning.

Among the men were Attorney William Fairman, a staunch Democrat in town, and Rev. Henry Madtes of the Baptist Church.

They returned to Punx’y to be met at the passenger station off North Findley Street.

An enormous crowd of people greeted them upon their return, a crowd so large it blocked the way from the train to the theatre entrance a short distance away. Bryan and the men were driven by automobile to the theatre by A. W. Calloway, general superintendent of the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company’s mines. Though Punxsutawney was considered a “rock-ribbed Republican town” then, the three-time presidential candidate of the Democratic Party was given a hearty welcome.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. the curtain went up in the Jefferson Theatre. Bryan was seated in the center of the stage surrounded by people. His popularity drew “the biggest crowd in the history of the town” at the theatre. To accommodate the crowd, chairs were placed on the stage wherever possible, surrounding him.

His lecture to the crowd was titled “The Prince of Peace,” his most popular speech.

The writer for the Punxsutawney Spirit described him as “a clear, resonant voice.” The speech stressed that religion was the foundation of morality in a community and nation and “group morality” was the foundation of peace and equality. For years a peace advocate in his political leanings,

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Catholic Schools Continued from page 3

those with whom he came into contact during his many years of service in and about this community. He was one of the most devout members of the faith, rendering assistance and aid to all who reached out to him in their need, many times in complete disregard to his own health and welfare.”

Of the seven schools begun 118 years ago by Father Herman Clement Wienker, only one re-

uated from Saints Cosmas and Damian School, rooms were added to the original structure.

At Adrian/DeLancey, Father Joseph N. Zubrzycki, continued the work begun by Father Wienker building a new, two-story, six classroom brick schoolhouse.

By 1908, 600 children were attending the grade school and the newly constructed high school. The last graduating class would leave Adrian’s “Holy Hill” in 1955, the school having served 65 years and educated four genera- St. Adrian’s church and rectory was built by Father Wienker on ‘Holy Hill’ in Adrian/DeLancey. (Photo courtesy of SS.C.D. Parish archives) tions of students.

In 1897, Father Wienker, with the help of Father John DeVmains – Saints Cosmas and Damian in Punxille and the Sisters of Mercy, founded another sutawney. Although times changed, Saints school at St. Anthony’s in Walston.

Cosmas and Damian School continues to proIn 1923, the new pastor of Saints Cosmas vide spiritually based education for students. and Damian Church, Father John Link, exThe physical structure of the school has repanded the school by constructing a high mained the same; social, technological and enschool building, which within a few years of vironmental transformations allow it to remain the building’s completion was fully accredconnected to the community and offer an irreited by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. placeable service to its students. The Sisters of Within a 20-year period, Father Wienker’s Mercy no longer teach in the school; dedicated vision of Catholic values being taught in an laypersons have picked up the torch of knowlacademic setting was fulfilled. The high edge and continue to pass on the light of faith school thrived until the closing of the mines, to the next generation. Many of today’s stubringing about a decrease in enrollment. The dents are the great-grandchildren of the imeconomic shift and the opening of DuBois migrants who came seeking their fortune in Catholic Regional High School led to the America and found the welcoming presence closing of the high school in 1967. The edof the familiar – a church and parochial school ucation ministry continued with the addition to guide them as they and their children beof Kindergarten in 1974 and a pre-school in came Americans.

1988, both of which meet the needs of chil(Editor’s Note: The resources used in the dren today. preparation of this article are available at the Father Wienker (then Monsignor) died on Archives of Saints Cosmas and Damian April 27, 1926 after 57 years as a priest of the Church and School, the Punxsutawney MeDiocese of Erie; thirty-one of those years morial Library, and the Punxsutawney Area spent in Jefferson County.

Historical and Genealogical Society. This ar“Death brought to an end the exemplary caticle has been prepared by PRIDE – Punxreer of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. H. C. Wienker,” read sutawney Revitalization: Investing, the obituary from the Lake Shore Visitor, the Developing, Enhancing. PRIDE is a nonprofit official Catholic newspaper of the Diocese of organization which brings together residents, Erie. It continued, “Fifty-six of these years business people, community leaders and civic had been years of unusual activities – years organizations, to improve the business disthat saw Msgr. Wienker as a parish priest, an tricts in Punxsutawney. PRIDE is working to educator, a builder, writer and publisher.” develop a Coal Memorial and Welcome CenThe Punxsutawney Spirit paid him tribute in ter for the Punxsutawney Area. Comments on this way: “The death of Monsignor Wienker this article may be directed to PRIDE, P.O. will be learned with the deepest regret by all Box 298, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) •••

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is to set up such a space. The Punxsutawney Career Women’s Club is an example of a group that does not have its own website and, therefore, takes full advantage Just go to of the Chamber space. www.punxsutawney.com/living, select Punxsutawney Career Women’s Club from

Interestingly enough, the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce was originally known as the Business Men’s and Merchants’ Association. In 1927, it was decided to enlarge the organization, change its name to the Chamber of Commerce,” and hire a full-time secretary (a position known today as “Director”). This picture in the 1949 “Punxsutawney Centennial” shows the “Chamber Crew”—left to right Valorie DeLuca, Lucille Hockin, Secretary Jack L. Rishell, Elizabeth D’Orazio and Patricia (Mottern) Wolfe.

the dropdown menu of “Community Group Pages” and you are invited into an informative and interesting space all about this local group.

The Career Women’s Club’s predecessor was the local chapter of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Founded nationally in 1919 for the advancement and interest of employed women, the Punxsutawney group was organized in 1929-1930 and was the 35th group in Pennsylvania to receive a charter. Miss Elizabeth Crissman was the first president. The BPW continues to be active across the country and around the world in representing women in the workplace. In 1998, the Punxsutawney chapter voted to reorganize and incorporate as the Punxsutawney Career Women’s Club. It wasn’t so much that our members had lost interest in national issues but that they wanted to focus their time and resources locally. Women from all careers are welcome as members.

Objectives of the local organization are to: Promote the growth and respect of women in the workplace; improve self esteem of women in all careers, past or present; educate women to cross lines of ethnicity, language and religion to reach common ground, and Support community projects Activities include: Sponsorship of an annual Teddy Bear Picnic for young children and their parents during Groundhog Festival’s “Kids Day.” In addition, the club honors an outstanding senior girl as Girl of the Month each month during the school year. Those honored this year include: September Gabrielle Kalus October Dana McHenry

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But there is no excuse for stupidity.

What next?

First there was a huge deficit, then high taxation, then a legislature that voted against the will of the American people, then government control [health care and 16,000 new IRS agents that will be checking up on you, and not one thing in the bill about recruiting and training new doctors], then rationing — and then an attack on any person who speaks out against these measures.

Remember all the talk about death panels and those who made fun of that talk?

Our nation is going to be so far in debt that there will be no choice but to ration health care for those who need it.

None of this will lead to any good.

Honest, I don’t make this up. Obama said, “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve [Obama] set.

We’ve [Obama] got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

I’m telling you, all that is happening is craziness.

Here it comes … Obama’s patrolling brown shirts with red bands on their sleeves, rounding up neighbors who speak out against him and socialism.

(Bill Anderson is co-publisher of Hometon magazine and publisher of Mainline Newspapers. He can be contacted at billa1@verizon.net) • • •

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PunxSuTAWneY’S FAmiLY FAvOriTe, ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WiLL be.

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The Story of a Major Employer nized that the town would grow in relation to the work it provided for its people.

Within two years after being formed, the t was in 1907 that Punxsutawney had Chamber of Commerce had received many the opportunity to grow into a small propositions from industries that had been city in Pennsylvania. That was when convinced that the “new” Punxsutawney could meet their needs for expansion, including appropriate sites, good transportation from railroad facilities, fuel, and a good quality of labor. In the previous decades, Punx’y’s prosperity had grown from the coal operations with the railroads, but now the interest was to diversify the industries in the area, to establish smaller industries instead of one larger one.

On the evening of March 10, 1909, the Chamber called a town meeting to hear the proposition from a new silk-mill industry willing to come to town and employ 100 people.

A committee of the Chamber headed by E. W. McKibben, superintendent of the Punxsutawney Iron Furnace, made a presentation that was Shortly after the consolidation of Clayville into Punxsutawney in 1907, a tex- developed by the tile company proposed a silk mill that would be located in Punxsutawney’s committee after its West End section (1909 architect’s drawing). The old red-brick building (post visit to Allentown. card, right, c. 1915) has been a familiar site in Punxsutawney. (Postcard cour- The committee had tesy of Mike Johnston.) made the trip to view the ten-year effort to bring together the four of the five mills the United Textile neighboring towns of Clayville and PunxCompany was operating there. A well-essutawney was concluded. The decade of the tablished company since 1902, it was asso1890s was a time when the two boroughs ciated with the Iselin family of New York had begun an era of tremendous growth in City that had invested in coal mining in the population. They were a mere mile-and-aarea in the 1880s. half apart, and each was developing at its It was explained that the townsfolk would own pace. But by the beginning of the 20th need to raise $35,000 in preferred stock that century Punx’y had grown to nearly three would earn each owner seven percent divtimes the population of Clayville. idend. The company promised to invest an The advantages of being recognized as additional $115,000 to build and equip the one community with a major population industry. If $35,000 could be enlisted from number was promoted with optimism tosubscribers to the stock, Punxsutawney wards being even bigger by the next cenwould have a silk mill in town. The banks sus count in 1910. The consolidation in would handle the subscriptions to the stock 1907 brought results, with the new High certificates.

School on Jefferson Street built and word Those attending the meeting voted to acreceived from the U. S. government that a cept the offer of the United Textile Comnew federal building/post office was appany. Within a month, about 100 people proved. and organizations had been recruited to The newly organized Chamber of Comsupport the project in amounts beginning at merce, the Board of Trade in the former $100 each and up to $1,000. After two Punxsutawney borough, was ambitious and months, a contract with United Textile aggressive in bringing in new industries.

Company had been signed and ground The public-spirited leaders of the Chamber breaking was held. Property to the rear and and the newly expanded borough recog- Continued on next page

By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine

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The Silk Industry

There was optimism that the new silk mill would start operations in June 1910, but there was some delay along the way because of shortage of lumber to do the interior framing. It would take longer than expected, too, to place the “hundred or more machines of all shapes and sizes.”

Continued from previous page west of the SS. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Church at the north end of Walnut Street in the West End had been selected from nearly a dozen locations considered. It was understood that the new plant would start as a “throwing mill,” and new departments would be added as the workers became more skilled by training.

Hundreds more would be hired for work at the mill.

Construction began on June 1, 1909, by local contractor Completed in late 1910, the old silk mill building has been altered during the century for different purposes, as seen in this March 2010 view at the James K. Long and past north end of Walnut Street in the West End. (Photo by S. Thomas Curry.)

Son. By the end of September, the foundation and cement When completed there would be “78 spinfloor were completed. By the end of Noner frames, 17 winders, 10 doubling vember, the brick walls for the 155-by-55 frames, six power reels, as well as other foot, two-story main building, and the 40smaller, but none the less important maby-40 foot engine house, were completed. chines for the throwing of silk.” (Spirit, A fireproof, 24-foot square “vault” was January 18, 1911).

By the end of November, people of Punx’y were beginning to wonder what was happening.

There was yet another delay.

The electrical power to operate the machinery in the new indusOriginally built to be a “throwing mill” for the textile industry, with silk shipped try was not ready to from Japan, the old silk mill building would become the home of Pramco, Inc. be turned on. The in the 1940s, and later Punx’y Sportswear Co. in the 1960s, when fabric was local Jefferson Eleccut and assembled by area women for the ladies clothing industry. tric, Heat and Light Company had been busy building a new nearly completed. When finished it would and “modern” power plant on the south store and protect thousands of dollars worth side of Punx’y on Gaskill Avenue in the of raw silk. proximity of Mahoning Valley Milling The brick tower was completed by midCompany. It would replace its original March 1910. Windows were installed, and plant that had been built on the west side of maple flooring was placed on the two North Findley Street in 1890. floors in the main building. It would still The power company was waiting for an be a few weeks for the finishing work and electrical expert from G. E. Laboratories to the installation of machinery to be comvisit and supervise the installation of the pleted. Railroad cars filled with “the most company’s new turbine generators. On Janmodern silk manufacturing mechanism,” uary 17, 1911, the power from the old plant over $40,000 worth of machinery, were arwas transferred to the new one. The wife of riving by the end of April. The machinery the superintendent of the silk mill company would be installed under the supervision of turned on the power and Punxsutawney’s the company.

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By Josephine Marcotty Minneapolis Star Tribune oug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and his dog, Teddy.

He got his wish a year ago at age 83, when his failing heart finally stopped just as he was sitting down to breakfast at his kitchen table. What Carol State remembers most clearly about that moment is that she was able to hold her husband and tell him she loved him as he left her life forever.

It almost didn’t happen that way. But State was one of the first people in Minnesota to obtain a new kind of medical document that told his family and doctors exactly what kind of care he wanted at the end of his life.

Now, that same directive is slowly being adopted at hospitals, nursing homes and hospices as part of a quiet groundswell within the medical community to give terminally ill patients more control over how and where they die.

The document has an awkward name — Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST — but it seems to work.

Where it is standard practice, most notably Oregon and La Crosse, Wis., far fewer people die in intensive-care units hooked up to machines they didn’t want.

More importantly, experts say, the document and the careful decisionmaking that precedes it lift an emotional burden from patients’ families.

“If he had been in a hospital, we would have had to make the decision to pull everything,” said Carol State, 71. “He saved us from having to make it.”

Such end-of-life medical planning is assuming more importance in the debate over a health-care overhaul, and has even turned into a red-hot political ignition point. Proponents argue that billions of dollars are wasted on aggressive, expensive medical treatments for people in their last weeks of life. Opponents have derided such end-oflife planning services as “death panels.”

In recent years, Americans have tried an array of tools to direct care at the end of life — living wills, advanced care directives and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders. Most of the time, experts say, they don’t work.

For example, polls show that 90 percent of people say they want to die at home, but only 20 percent do.

Advanced directives and living wills are long, complex legal documents, experts say. Often they grow outdated or lie buried in a drawer at home, little use to frantic relatives or doctors, nurses and paramedics who have to make instantaneous decisions in an emergency.

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including POLSTs for 1,500 patients in hospice and long-term care.

Some health-care experts remain skeptical that POLSTs solve the underlying problem.

“We basically have an ongoing non-discussion on the topic of end-of-life planning” in this country, said Dr. Steven Miles, a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota.

“Until families talk about it, it doesn’t make any difference how you rearrange the bureaucracy.”

Nonetheless, over the last two decades POLSTs have made a difference in La Crosse. Dr. Bud Hammes, who has led the program there for two decades, said the key was giving the responsibility to trained nurses and facilitators, not doctors, and making it a regular part of health care.

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The Physician Orders for LifeSustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm program is designed to improve the quality of care people receive at the end of life. It is based on effective communication of patient wishes, documentation of medical orders on a brightly colored form and a promise by health care professionals to honor these wishes.

Today, he said, at death 96 percent of the patients at La Crosse’s Gundersen Lutheran hospital have an advanced care directive, a POLST or both. Only 30 percent die in the hospital, compared with 50 percent nationally.

Experts say it could take a long time before POLSTs become routine elsewhere.

But they already have at least one convert.

Doug State lived his last days at home with his wife and the pets he loved, and died at his kitchen table without tubes or machines, just as he planned. “I want to die just like he did,” said Carol State. “Wouldn’t that be what we all want?” (josephine.marcotty@startribune.com) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)

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he popular annual blood-screening events held by the Punxsutawney Rotary Club, partnering with Punxsutawney Area Hospital, are coming up soon. The events will be held on Saturday, April 17, from 6 to 10 a.m. and again on Saturday, April 24, from 6 to 9:30 a.m. this year at the Punx’y Area Middle School cafeteria.

People can register for these valuable health screenings now. Online registration and payments can be made at www.punxsyrotary.com. Paper registration forms will be mailed to past participants.

Those can be filled out and returned with a check for registration and pre-payment following the instructions that will accompany the form.

Those using the mail-in forms will need to check in at the events to receive and sign their confirmation form. To take advantage of this low-cost program, you must register in advance. Everyone must be pre-registered; no walk-ins can be accepted at the site. Registration takes only a few minutes. The online registration is recommended, as it can be done from any computer and is a totally secure web transaction.

Starting April 5, Rotary members will make phone calls to past participants who have not yet registered online or by mail.

After April 7, but not before, anyone who has not yet registered or has been called may phone (814) 938-3477 and leave a voice message with your name and a return phone number. A Rotary member will attempt to call you back to register you if any appointments remain available.

All blood-screening participants will have blood drawn and tested for 39 different health conditions. The full results are then sent to the participant’s regular physician, and notice will be sent to the participant in the mail. Those interested are also recommended to compare the actual tests being done with any other multi-phasic screenings they may see offered. All screenings are not the same.

The total cost for the basic panel of 39 tests at these events is $50. The PSA (prostate specific antigen) test for men over 40 is an optional test that can be done at this screening for $15 additional cost.

You must be 18 years of age or older to participate. Participants are reminded that a fast of 12 to 14 hours is required prior to the screening and that no alcohol can be consumed for 24 hours prior to the test. Participants can take their regular medications on the morning of the test, but only with water, and all participants need to be able to list all medications they are on when they come to the event that morning.

Free coffee, donuts and orange juice are available to all participants. All proceeds from the events are used to fund Rotary contributions to many local charities, community projects, and non-profit organizations throughout the year. These blood screenings are not covered by Medicare. The Punxsutawney Rotary Club is not responsible for test results.

Refunds for pre-paid registrations not used can be made upon request, less a $10 service fee.

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The Census deserves your help

By Dale McFeatters Scripps Howard News Service he Founding Fathers thought the census important enough to mention high up in the Constitution, the fifth paragraph. They commanded an “actual Enumeration,” a term that literalists insist means a physical headcount and rules such shortcuts as statistical sampling.

Although the 2010 Census actually started in January with workers going door-to-door in rural Alaska, the real work began with 120 million forms being mailed out.

Filling out and returning the form is no great chore. It has been pared down to only 10 questions — name, address, phone number, age, gender, race and ethnicity, living arrangements and homeownership of the people living at that address.

At times various nefarious theories are floated about why the government wants this information, but it’s actually simple and important — money and political power. The government uses per capita figures to apportion the more than $400 billion a year it spends on hospitals, schools, emergency services and roads and other public works.

The Census also determines how many seats in the U.S. House each state will have and the size of the districts they will represent. Fast-growing states like Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina stand to gain a seat. Texas may gain as many as four.

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migrants and young adults who, along with low-income individuals, are the least likely to fill out the forms. The states with the highest participation rates, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin at around 80 percent, tend to be older, whiter and less mobile.

In 2000, the Census had a national participation rate of 72 percent. The bureau estimates that if everyone mailed back their forms it could save $1.5 billion in call back visits in May and June. To get people to cooperate, the Census has mounted road shows, promotional campaigns, sponsored a car in NASCAR races and spent $2.5 million on Super Bowl ads.

This Census should give us the hard data that has been lacking in the immigration debate. For the first time, the bureau is sending out 13 million bilingual English-Spanish forms and has forms available in Chinese, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese, as well as instructions in 59 languages at the Census Web site, www.2010census.gov.

The Census is periodically the subject of political controversy and this year will likely be no exception, but about the only bipartisan thing the House has accomplished this year it to vote 409 to one (libertarian Ron Paul) urging people to participate.

Cooperating with the Census is a small enough civic obligation and, besides, we don’t want to let down the Founding Fathers, do we?

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com) •••

Don’t let your age, age you

By Barton Goldsmith Scripps Howard News Service

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saw a sign at Knott’s Berry Farm when I was a teenager that read, “Don’t regret growing older. There are few people who have that privilege.”

I have always remembered it and kept it as part of my value system. It helps me enjoy my time on the planet with very few regrets and also gives me a confident attitude about the future.

If you don’t like your age, that negativity will trickle down into other areas of your life and chip away at your self-esteem.

Look, you are who you are, and you are the age you are, period. Accepting who you are, along with how old you are, is the only way to have a fulfilled life. If you mourn for your youth, then you won’t get to experience the calm that can come with experience or enjoy the wisdom that accompanies age.

James Taylor once sang, “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” and I couldn’t agree more. I’m sure there’s more than one secret, but this one is a goody. If you can’t love each day and squeeze as much out of it as you are able, then you will go to sleep with regrets and wake up with anxiety. Trusting that you are in the right place, at the right age, with the right people, will give you more joy and satisfaction than a roomful of self-help CDs. I don’t want to be a dysfunctional old man. I want a “good enough” quality of life. I know that life is never perfect and I

hate being disappointed, so I like to keep my expectations reasonable. No doubt I will have a few physical issues, and they may slow me down, but I won’t let them stop me. Besides, isn’t slowing down the best way to see the world around you?

The truth is that no one gets out of here alive, and you just have to choose to make the best of where you are right now. If you don’t, the joy you could be feeling will turn into coulda-woulda-shouldas, and you will be emotionally uncomfortable, no matter your age.

Be who you are and what you are. I love seeing men wear T-shirts that say things like “Old Guys Rule!” Not only are the dudes sporting them taking life with a grain of salt, saying, “I may be older, but I don’t act like it,” but they have the sense of humor necessary to get them out of bed every day.

I know many people whose lives, loves and careers didn’t begin until they were in their 50s, and they are getting way more out of the second half of life. Please know that, with just a tiny attitude shift, you could also be that kind of person.

Think about it.

(Dr. Barton Goldsmith, a marriage and family therapist in Westlake, Calif., is the author, most recently, of “Emotional Fitness at Work.” He also hosts “Emotional Fitness” on NPR. E-mail him at barton@bartongoldsmith.com.)

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WeLCOme SPring!

By Barbara Rhode Scripps Howard News Service ur corner is the site of a middle-school bus stop this year. My husband and I take turns watching what happens when you put 20 unchaperoned adolescents together for even a brief time.

I had one foot out the door the morning I overheard a few of them daring each other to see who could run back and forth across the busy street fast enough to survive the oncoming cars. Fortunately, the bus showed up in time to prevent any real damage.

A certain amount of adolescent mayhem is normal and natural. Most adults can remember creating some form of chaos when they were adolescents. But it does seem to me that there was more tolerance in the past among adults for letting kids be kids.

That is only a small part of what is really going on, according to researchers. The bigger picture includes some important information for parents and teachers about healthy adolescent development and stress, and how the two are closely linked.

According to Dr. Lynn Ponton, author of "The Romance of Risk," "Healthy risk-taking is a positive tool in an adolescent's life for discovering, developing and consolidating his/her identity."

Healthy risk-taking -- by which I mean the kind of behavior that rattles parental nerves, not actions that are potentially fatal or felonious -- demonstrates that your child is developing appropriately and achieving maturation milestones.

If a child is so timid that he never takes any risks at all, this could indicate the presence of a mood disorder such as depression or anxiety or a developmental complication.

The real question is how can youth today take appropriate risks when the adults hovering around them are so committed to keeping them stress-free?

In the past 10 to 15 years, we have created a parenting culture that has removed many ageappropriate opportunities for failure from their young lives. Parents today fight with teachers for their students' A's and B's and arrange structured playdates so they can know where little Michael or Megan is 24/7, and exactly who they're with and what they're doing.

We have created a culture that guarantees immediate gratification. Too many parents storm school science fairs when their precious prodigies don't win first prize. Their lives have been orchestrated in such a way as to remove any chance for age-appropriate stress or an appropriate sense of failure.

The result, research shows us, is that when there is a true crisis, overprotected children cannot cope as well as those exposed to appropriate levels of stress.

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Perhaps the kids I observed at the bus stop feel compelled to run back and forth across a busy street because that's their only opportunity to do what comes naturally and try to stretch their boundaries. Maybe they were just being kids.

But I hope they have the opportunity to take a dare that might mean just bruised feelings rather than serious physical injury, because without ample opportunities to take appropriate risks, children cannot develop the internal mechanisms to deal with the inevitable life stressors that will come their way.

Those kinds of lessons can't be taught; they have to be experienced. And they usually come with a little dirt and humble pie. I know mine did.

(Barbara Rhode, of St. Petersburg, Fla., is a licensed marriage & family therapist. She is coauthor of "Launching: Parenting to College and Beyond," a handbook for parents & professionals of adolescents & young adults.)

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Career Women’s

Continued from page 9 November Stephanie Wenner December Emily Graffius January Alexis Bianco February Amber Baker March Megan Winters Administration of the Josephine Jones Memorial Scholarship. Loans available to female college students who have successfully completed at least one semester of college. Contact scholarship committee chair Nancy Pearce at 938-7267 or npearce@hotmail.com.

Annual recognition of five local women during Career Women’s Week. Those honored in 2009 included: • November 2, 2009 — Kay Fusco, Community Services Director, Community Action, Inc. Fusco continues to look out for community's needs.

• November 3, 2009 — Denise Geist, Cafeteria Manager, Punx’y Area School District; Geist "honored" to be named amongst career women.

• November 4, 2009 — Beverly Fairman, Fairlady & Company; Fairman says owning a business is a learning experience.

• November 5, 2009 — Emily Cassidy, Guidance Counselor, Punx’y Area High School; Former music teacher Cassidy helps students find own beat.

• November 6, 2009 —Vicki Rudolph, Restaurant Management; Rudolph wanted a set of wheels but wound up with a career.

Participation with other organizations in the yearly selection of Punxsutawney Woman of the Year. 2010's Choice for 2009 Woman of the Year, Lesa Walker.

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March 15, 1907 — If, as we all hope, Big Run booms next summer, we would like to ask where the increase of population that a boom will mean is to live.

There are not over a half-dozen vacant houses in town at this writing and three more in course of construction. Nine houses to accommodate the people who become residents of our town because of the industrial growth does not seem to sound right. (Big Run Tribune)

March 23, 1898 — A few residences are in course of construction in the north side of town. Wesley Hoover is building on North Findley Street; Frank Shaffer is having a house built on Virginia Avenue; Wm. Hickox is building on North Findley Street, and an Italian is building on Jenks Avenue. (Punxsutawney News) [Note: The Virginia Ave. in 1898 is now Beyer Ave. and had been named after the daughter of Dr. W. F. Beyer, who had his homestead on the street. The Virginia Ave. today, off East Mahoning Street, was named for the wife of George H. Torrence, not for the state of Virginia as some might think.]

March 16, 1871 — RETURNING Our lumbermen from Pittsburgh. A ready sale was found for all the lumber sent to market. It is reported that pine timber sold from 8 to 16 cents per foot, hemlock from 4 to 6 cents.

The collector of toll for the Mahoning Navigation Company informs us that the whole number of rafts run out of the Mahoning Creek since the 1st of January is 291.

(Punxsutawney Plaindealer) March 23, 1892 — Ed. Swartz will erect a new brick building this spring next to Gilbloom’s boot and shoe store.

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Advice for my daughter as her wedding day nears

By Sharon Randall Scripps Howard News Service omething about weddings makes those of us who’ve been married a long time want to offer the newlyweds our advice.

It’s cheaper than a blender. And they can always re-gift it to somebody else.

Five days before my daughter’s wedding, when I should be awash with words of wisdom, the only advice I can recall is what my grandmother told me half a lifetime ago: “Honey,” she said, “don’t start doing nothing that you don’t plan to keep up forever.”

Not bad advice. But I wanted to offer my daughter a bit more to reflect upon. So I sifted through years of old columns to glean the following suggestions from read-

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ers on “Tips for How to Stay Married”: 1. listen to each other. Seek first to understand before trying to be understood.

When you are wrong, say you are sorry.

When you are right, shut up.

2. Don’t tie a half-hitch knot. Plan to stay married forever.

3. never go to sleep angry. Keep talking until you get over it or forget why you were mad.

4. laugh together. If you can laugh at yourself, it’ll be easy.

5. never embarrass, criticize or correct one another in public; try not to do it in private, either.

6. Remember one of life’s ironies: We are least lovable when we need love most.

7. Don’t expect perfection. It doesn’t exist. If it did, it would bore you spitless.

8. on days when you don’t like each other, try to remember that you love each other. Pray for the “good days” to come again, and then act as if they have.

9. tell the truth, only the truth, and always with great kindness.

10. Kiss for at least 10 seconds every day without fail; do it all at once or spread it out.

11. examine your relationship often.

Know its vulnerabilities. Keep it moving in the direction you both want it to go.

12. Be content with what you have materially, honest about where you are emotionally and never stop growing spiritually.

13. to love someone is to wish them the best; always wish each other nothing but the very best.

14. never yell unless the house is on fire.

Speak softly when you argue. Whisper when you fight. Keep it fair and show some class. Hurtful words can be forgiven, but they can never be taken back.

15. Be best friends, as well as lovers. In a blackout, share the flashlight. Then turn it off and make your own electricity.

16. show by your actions as well as your words that the person you married comes first in your life. Let nothing and no one come between you.

17. Remember that you’re in love. Kiss in elevators. Hold hands in movies. Lock eyes across a crowded room. Say, “You are beautiful and I love you.” Then say it again.

18. never miss an anniversary, a birthday or a chance to make a memory. Memories may not seem important now, but one day you will treasure them.

19. take care of business. Pay your bills, change your oil, cut your grass, call your mother.

20. open your home and your hearts to angels unaware. Teach Sunday school.

Coach Little League. Feed the homeless.

Talk to strangers. Pick up trash. Make something beautiful of your life together.

Finally, I thought of one last thing I want to say to my daughter and my soon-to-be son-in-law: Do what you want. Lead your own lives. Follow your own callings. Be an interesting person, each of you on your own. But always save your best for each other.

And in the end, you will know that you were better together than you ever could have been apart. It will make the world a better place for you and your children. And it will make your mama very proud.

(Sharon Randall can be contacted at P.O. Box 777394, Henderson NV 89077, or at www.sharonrandall.com.)

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A sink of ‘chilly’ has hubby in hot water

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nowadays you can usually mix and match it with other systems. In your case, you need to mix radiant heat with forced-hotair heat. Basically, you can do this with a properly sized forced-hot-water boiler.

The boiler itself may heat the water to around 180 degrees. With step-down controls and separate circulating loops, cooler water at under 100 degrees can be distributed to the radiant loops. The hotter water can supply a “coil radiator” inside the duct system, where air going through the ducts can be heated.

Remember that this is just a basic expla-

Against my wife’s wishes I took the role of general contractor for our new kitchen addition. She insisted I’d miss something, but I moved on. My first decision was a “slab” foundation for the addition. A slab foundation is no big deal and the kitchen did come out beautiful. However, I ran the water lines under the slab, and I’m having a problem that I didn’t count on, and should have caught. The hot-water line cools off very quickly under the slab, and it takes almost two minutes to finally get hot water in the kitchen. Of course, my wife comments on this every morning, so please help! What is an easy fix for this problem?

— Fred, Georgia a: It seems to me that not only does your kitchen line cool off under the slab, but because you had an addition and extended your water lines, the hot water has to travel even farther from the water heater. This not only wastes energy, it also wastes a lot of cool water that’s going down the drain before you finally get the hot water.

Think about this: If your kitchen-sink faucet uses about 2-1/2 gallons per minute, you’re wasting almost 5 gallons of water with each use. You can only help your situation by spending some additional money on your plumbing system.

They do make recirculating systems that you can contact your licensed plumber about.

These domestic hot-water systems will keep hot water moving to your kitchen faucet Do the math when extending your water lines, you maybe wastthroughout the day, so it’s al- ing more water than you are getting. (SHNS photo courtesy DIY ways there when you need it. Network) Also, you can look into a small nation, and a good heating technician can “point of use” water heater that can be ingive you all the details on this type of sysstalled right under your kitchen sink. This tem. The quick answer: Yes. You can get may fit the bill the best for your kitchen. a two-for-one deal with your heating sysMany POU water heaters simply hang tem. inside the cabinet and plug right into an electrical outlet. But, small as they may (Master Contractor/Plumber Ed Del be, they’re still a real water heater subject Grande is known internationally as the to local codes, and a licensed plumber author of the book “Ed Del Grande’s should be contacted as well. Bottom line: House Call” and for hosting TV shows on the good news is this is an issue that can Scripps Networks and HGTVPro.com. be easily resolved with the help of a good For information visit eddelgrande.com or plumber. Bad news, your wife got a good write eddelgrande(at)hgtvpro.com. Al“I told you so.” ways consult local contractors and codes.)

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It is also a time to gather with family and friends to celebrate Easter more formally with a sit-down dinner. A formal dinner can be a little daunting if you're the one responsible for pulling it off. There are a lot of moving parts to organize, from the menu to the table settings. That's why you need a plan.

Without one, you're likely to be a stressed-out mess, running around like a chicken without a head the night (or even the morning) before. People want to see and spend time with the host, and you want to be able to relax and enjoy the gathering.

To help you stay sane, we've broken the big event down into a series of smaller tasks that you can do in increments of time between now and the big day. Yes, you can put on a lovely dinner -- and enjoy it, too.

1. start with a menu. Map out what you will be serving before you do anything else.

If you're hosting Easter dinner for the first time and are unsure of what to cook, ask a relative with some experience in that department or go online. There are so many great menus already mapped out for you on sites like Marthastewart.com and AllRecipes.com. We went in search of menus that were both simple to prepare (think roast) and delicious, and feel compelled to direct you to this site as well: http://www.thedinnerpartyplanningsite.co m/EasterDinner.html#Choose. They also break down what you should do on Friday and Saturday, and on the big day so that everything gets to the table without a hitch.

2. take a tableware inventory. This is one of those occasions where you do want to pull out your finest linens and tableware.

At least one week before your dinner, go through and make a list of the items that you will need. Start with linens. Do they need to be laundered and pressed? (If you don't have the time, drop them off at the dry cleaner early in the week.) Do you have enough matching settings? If you're coming up short, don't fret. The eclectic look works as long as it looks like you planned to be eclectic! The secret to combining different pieces is to keep one color and one type of dinnerware (such as fine china,

ironstone, stoneware or earthenware) predominant. Let the odd pieces shine as accents.

3. Make a Delegation Plan. You don't have to do everything by yourself. In fact, most of your guests would love to be able to lend a hand. Think through what you'd like to delegate. If you're not sure, these things are easy to delegate as most people are happy to do them: bring wine; make a side dish like a salad; bring an hors d'oeuvre such as cheese and crackers; or bring a dessert. If you tend to be a control freak, consider that by enlisting the help of others actually gives them the opportunity to participate more fully and give back to you. If you still think you'll have trouble proactively asking for help, consider having a list handy so that when somebody asks, "What can I do?," you will have an option or two for them to choose from.

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4. Plan activities and Meal times for Kids. If you will be hosting children, assign one person in your home to pull out age-appropriate games and toys for them to play with. If you are single, ask a guest with small children for some suggestions. If you are going to eat at an odd time, you may want to consider feeding smaller children separately, and with a more basic selection of foods.

There's nothing quite like young kids with low blood sugar. Trust us, you want to avoid that at all costs.

5. let others Help you Clean up. Enlist the help of your family for cleanup after the dinner. Assign tasks such as clearing the table, starting the coffee, setting up for dessert, clearing dessert, putting the food away, loading the dishwasher, washing the pans, taking out the trash, etc. Delegate before the dinner so everyone is clear on his or her role and timing. That way, you're not up until the wee hours cleaning it all up by yourself.

(The writers are co-founders of Buttoned Up, a company dedicated to helping stressed women get organized. Send ideas and questions to yourlife(at)getbuttonedup.com. For more columns, go to scrippsnews.com.)

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The Silk Industry Continued from page 11

new industry was started.

Two days were scheduled for an “open house” at the Punxsutawney Silk Mill (as it was being called) so the public could have the opportunity to inspect the immense building and learn the process accomplished through the many turning wheels powered by electricity. The crowd was told the Punxsutawney site was one of the largest throwing mills in Pennsylvania.

The townspeople were convinced that Punxsutawney could become an important “new city” in Pennsylvania. And with their investment through a stock certificate, they were a significant part of securing Punxsutawney’s future.

With the silk market in excellent condition a full force of 125 workers was employed, running day and night with girls and women over the age of 16 working in the daytime and boys and young men working the night shift. Those willing to work were promised wages from $7 to $12 a week, depending on experience. There were times when the silk market was not so promising, though. Accidents on the machinery, described as “traveling at the rate of about 2,000 revolutions per minute,” were regularly reported and discouraged recruitment of workers. Labor troubles would occur.

In ten years, the silk mill became incorporated as the Punxsutawney Throwing Company, with local men as directors. With prospects of a strong economy following World War I, the local silk mill was prepared to expand. In 1919, the company doubled its capacity by erecting a two-story building to the rear of the original one, adding 40 more machines and hiring an additional 50 employees.

The local economy was affected by the national depression in the 1930s. The textile trade in the country was at its lowest point. And in 1935, the local girls at the silk mill went on strike, demanding shorter workdays from their nine-hour days. The parent company transferred orders to other factories in the east, shut down the furnace, and shipped the silk and other materials to other locations. Reynoldsville, DuBois, and Blairsville had already lost their silk mills. Punxsutawney’s was shutdown, too.

The building became mostly a warehouse for a while. In the late 1930s, the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce bought the building and, in the early years of World War II, rented it to a company “for the manufacture of ordnance for the army.” It would become Plant No. 6 of the Federal Laboratories, Inc., which had begun operations in another building in the Elk Run section.

After World War II, Pramco, Inc. began operation in 1948 to “manufacture ladies’ rayon blouses,” employing mostly women.

With industrial-type electric cutters and sewing machines installed, the new factory assembled blouses for distribution nationally. The company thrived; a three-story addition was built in the 1950s and employment had expanded to nearly 200 to manufacture ladies’ blouses, skirts and slacks.

From 1963 and for two decades after, the activity in the old silk throwing mill building was conducted under the name of the Punx’y Sportswear Co. The nearly 200 employees, mostly women from Punxsutawney and its many surrounding com-

munities, closed out the long history of the building and its connection to the silk and ladies clothing industry. A century later, with its many well-built buildings, the site has been adapted to storage space and offices for Thermal Gard Building, Inc. Its exterior appearance has been altered from its earlier industrial design.

The “big brick building in West End,” or the “old silk mill building”, as it was referred to by local people, has had many uses that many Hometown magazine readers can recall, many from their own experiences as employees in it. Lost are the memories about the human work experience in it by the “girls” from years long ago, but the memories from the workers of the past fifty years can still be saved. Let’s assemble some of them. It would be a nice publication.

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n Mayor’s Drug Task Force invites concerned area citizens to attend its monthly meetings, which are the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. The mission of the Drug Task Force is to abolish drugs in Punxsutawney. Be proactive! The meetings are held in council chambers at the Mahoning East Civic Complex. n legislative Breakfast with Congressman Glenn Thompson on Friday, April 9 from 7:30-9 a.m. at the Pantall Hotel. The breakfast is open to the public and the cost to attend is $15 payable at the door. Hosted by the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce. n punxsutawney Farmers’ Market Meeting, Monday, August 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pantall Hotel. All farmers from Clearfield, Jefferson, and Indiana counties are invited to attend. The meeting is being held to gain new vendors for the market and to hear input and ideas from previous vendors. Sponsored by PRIDE. n The Punxsutawney Concert Association presents nearly neil & The Solitary Band, a tribute to the music of Neil Diamond, featuring Bobby Bruce, on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Punxsutawney Middle School Auditorium. For subscription or ticket information, contact Bessie Depp at 814-938-5333. n Dance for Diabetes Girls in 3rd -4th 5th grades are invited to the 1st Annual DANCE FOR DIABETES. The dance will take place on Friday, April 30th from 6pm - 8pm at the Punxsy Elks Club. Parental supervision will be provided along with drinks and snacks. Benefits the Punxsy Phil Fighters ~ Fighting to cure Diabetes!

The Community Calendar is a project of the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Any area business is invited to become a member of the Chamber of Commerce for as little as $65 for the year. For more information, visit Punxsutawney.com/chamber or call 938-7700. n

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