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The Story of Clayville ‘Punx’y’s Neighbor to the West’ On the cover: Summertime in Punxsutawney ‘Punxsutawney Hometown’ magazine © Copyright 2010 — All Rights Reserved.

By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine he familiar area along the Mahoning Creek, familiarly referred to today as “Punxsutawney’s West End section,” and originally known as Clayville, was settled by “white man” in the early 1800s, before Rev. David Barclay, Dr. John

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the year 1816. However, John K. Coxson, in a chapter of his “Early Days of Punxsutawney” in the Plaindealer, September 1868, would write in his romantic style: “...

Jacob Hoover kindled the first fire in the white man’s tent, after the Indians had yielded possession to the successors of the wilderness on the Mahoning. This was at

Although the exact date of Hoover’s arrival is not confirmed a chronology of historic events has been recorded. He built his log cabin along a spring (near where is now the Comet Market and Kwik-Fill gas station).

In 1818 he built a saw mill. After clearing land, two years later he built a story-and-ahalf grist mill along the Mahoning Creek,

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The village of Clayville would be consolidated into Punxsutawney in 1907 to become Punx’y’s west end section.

The circa 1910 views are along West Mahoning Street near Saw Mill Run and Foundry Street.

Jenks and others arrived at a wilderness area along the creek to the east and where Rev. Barclay laid out his Punxsutawney Plan in 1821.

Early writings about Clayville establish, “About 1814 Jacob Hoover” purchased land of the Holland Land Company, as many early pioneers had done, and settled here.

Kate Scott’s History of Jefferson County (1888) would suggest, “In 1814 or 1815 he came to the Mahoning Valley and purchased land ... comprising what is now the village of Clayville.”

In 1868, the editor of the Punxsutawney Plaindealer had visited the village and described Clayville from his visit, “In a beautiful valley on the Mahoning, surrounded with sweeping hills of easy ascent ...

Clayville occupies the lower part of the valley about two miles in length and one-half mile in width. The end of the valley where the stream struggles through the hill from the vale is fifty-five feet higher than the site of the old Indian village [Punxsutawney].”

The Plaindealer editor wrote for fact that Clayville was settled by Jacob Hoover in

least as early as 1813.” Coxson had settled in Clayville in 1850.

As a young boy, Hoover had traveled with his parents from their home near Baltimore, Maryland, to settle in Indiana County before setting out to this area around 1814.

and later a three-story grist mill which also included a carding machine. One published history records he erected a foundry in 1840, the first foundry in Jefferson County.

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ests included lumbering and rafting on the Mahoning Creek. His property extended as far east (towards Punxsutawney) to where the former Sen. T. M. Kurtz had been built in 1904 (now the property of Dr. Mike Vancheri).

In 1822, Mr. and Mrs. David Burkett, with their seven children, came from Huntingdon

The history of the local Methodists states “Meetings at the Hoover house became so crowded that furniture was moved out and beds taken down to accommodate the crowd.” As the congregation grew, their services were moved to rooms on the upper floor of Hoover’s grist mill along Saw Mill Run. Jacob Hoover often preached to the congregation in the absence of an ordained minister who had to travel the “circuit” of many miles on horseback or on foot.

One “old-timer” in 1868 would share with

In the 19th century, Clayville was a small borough a mile and a half west of Punxsutawney (1878 map). A portion from a drawing illustrates buildings along its business section in 1895. At left in the drawing is a bridge on Grace Way connecting to its south side. At center right is the old school building where is now the Punx’y campus of IUP.

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the Plaindealer writer that Clayville was “of no note until 1858” when the whole of the property once owned by G. A. Mundorff came into the hands of brothers James U. and William E. Gillespie. They would become major landowners as the section developed into the borough of Clayville.

In West End Punxsutawney, where the Community Action office is located on Grace Way, was the Gillespie flouring mill.

Land where the U. S. Army Reserve Center and the Punx’y IUP Campus is located was Gillespie property, and the land was also a A view of Clayville in a circa 1910 photo shows the Lindsey Mill Co. on Grace baseball field called Way in the foreground where Jacob Hoover built his first grist mill after set- Gillespie Field. Land tling in the area about 1814. where Punx'y Plaza sits was Gillespie land that was first donated in wains, States, Armstrongs and Saltsgivers. the 1890s for the Punxsutawney Iron FurTo the east in Punxsutawney would be the nace. Land for the old Clayville cemetery Barclays, the Jenks, the Gaskills, Rishels, was donated by the J. U. Gillespie family.

Weavers, Winslows and Clawsons as early Originally from Ligonier in Westmoreland settlers County, the Gillespie family settled in Also in 1822 the only place where reliPunxsutawney in 1842. In the mid-1860s gious meetings were held in this area was the Gillespie brothers were the first memin Hoover’s Mill where public services bers of the Catholic faith in the Punxwere held on Sundays by a few members of sutawney area of southern Jefferson County. the Methodist congregation and prayer In 1870 Clayville would become a Catholic meetings were held in the neighbors’ mission and in the Spring of that year the houses. People came from 20 miles around - Continued on page 14 to worship.

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hanna to Waterford Pike and down the Mahoning to Kittanning and Pittsburgh. Livestock had been driven over land primarily rapid increase in population in the following Anderson Creek to Mifflintown Punxsutawney area beginning in the where they were sold to dealers who trans1880’s with the development of ported them to markets in the east. coal brought with it a demand for David Barclay included space for a farmers’ market when he laid out the plan for the Borough of Punxsutawney.

The space designated for a farmers’ market was across Mahoning Street to the north where they could sell their goods. The Pomeroy Map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania shows the town of Punxsutawney and the space left open for the market. This area of Punxsutawney is now occupied by a bank and the Eagles building.

Original site of Town residents could Farmers’ Market buy fresh farm goods at in Punxsutawney the huckster wagons on market day. Grocery The space designated for a farmers’ market was across Mahoning Street stores of the time dealt to the north where they could sell their goods. dry goods and staples. food. Food, a basic necessity of life, comes It was the farmer who brought the fresh after the need for water and before the need for clothing and shelter.

This need for food brought new prosperity to the farmers in the area: First by supplying food for the rapidly increasing population and second by expanding their marketing potential via the railroads.

Farmers had for years participated in the regular farmers’ markets in existing A typical grocery delivery wagon from the 1890’s. Photo from the collection of Shirley J. Sharp communities. Earlier settlers sent their farm goods to seasonal foods, dairy and meat products.

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This was an early type of farmers’ cooperative.

The building and occupancy of coal towns created more markets for the local farmers to serve. Although homes in coal towns A typical milk train with freight cars behind the engine, where milk cans were placed on their way to the dairy, next were baggage cars which primarily carried the U.S. Mail, and then passenger cars. They were known for their early morning runs.

Eleanora over the fields in the Paradise section. The drift contained gases and oils which coated the fruit trees and reduced the effect of insects on these farm items. As a result the fruits trees, in that area, were usually free of pests.

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The company stores contracted with farmers for crops including potatoes and cabbages. The need to feed people encouraged local farmers to move beyond traditional subsistence level farming into commercial farming.

The housewife and/or cook in the house in towns had only to step out their kitchen door to find a wagon load of fresh produce and other farm products available. Farmers specialized, the truck farmer growing vegetables and fruits; the dairy farmer providing milk and dairy products, others providing eggs and poultry and other meats including fresh beef, pork and lamb and smoked meats including ham and bacon.

Truck farms were worked by families which during harvest time hired young people in the neighborhood to help. In what is known as the Paradise section Henderson and Winslow Township farmers provided food to the communities of Desire, Eleanora, Kramer, Wishaw, Big Soldier, and other mining towns. Farm fresh meat, butter, eggs, and fruits and vegetables were provided in season. David Pifer, a beekeeper sold honey as well as produce.

Isaac Shepler had large fields of berries which he also sold to grocery stores. It was not uncommon for him to pick five hundred quarts of strawberries in one day on his farm. Irvin Pifer delivered milk and produce to Adrian. In some instances widows were able to keep their families together with the money they earned by making and selling butter, and raising and selling chickens and turkeys. Often their neighbors would take their goods to market for them.

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Selling of gold pieces on the rise

By Kathleen Pender San Francisco Chronicle lthough there are some signs that gold could be in a bubble, here's one that suggests it's not: Instead of clamoring to buy, a lot of average Americans are eager to sell.

With the price of gold near record highs, many are selling their gold chains and broken pocket watches at Tupperware-style parties or by mail to outfits like Super Bowl advertiser Cash4Gold.

That could be a sign of the times -- people are desperate for cash -- or a sign that gold has more room to run.

"Bubbles never blow up without the American investor class being overexposed to the item that's in the bubble," says Nick Zaharias, a consultant to hedge funds who put 30 percent of his family's assets in gold. If gold were near a peak, people would be buying, not selling gold at house parties and hotel rooms, he says.

If you want to cash in, here are some ways to avoid the Golden Fleece.

Know the price. Gold is bought and sold at some percentage above or below the spot price, which changes constantly and can be found at sites such as Kitco.com or Coininfo.com. The more gold you sell, the better price you generally get. The price you see advertised might be what the dealer is paying for larger quantities, so be sure to ask.

Standard gold coins such as the American Golden Eagle, South African Krugerrand or Canadian Maple Leaf contain 1 ounce of gold and generally have no "collectible" value beyond their gold content, but check with a reputable coin dealer to be sure.

Robert Mish, of Mish International Monetary Inc. in Menlo Park, Calif., says he pays about 1 percent over the spot price for one or two such coins or 2 percent above spot "for reasonable volumes."

With jewelry, don't expect to get what you paid. "The retail markup is substantial, and a lot of the value is in the design and craftsmanship," says Morningstar analyst Paul Justice. "If you melt it down, you will lose a lot of the value."

Gold dealers generally won't pay you for stones, so remove them before you weigh or sell your jewelry.

Gold that is 24-karat is considered pure, 18-karat is roughly 75 percent gold and 14karat is about 58 percent gold. In other words, 1 ounce of 14-karat gold contains about 0.58 ounce of gold. You can estimate the value of gold using the calculator at gold.yabz.com/jewelry.htm.

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Shop around: "Usually you are better off dealing with an established brick-and-mortar place rather than companies that spend three or four days in a hotel room and disappear. The established person is dependent on return customers," says David Lazier, assistant director of the California Department of Food and Agriculture's division of measurement standards, which enforces the state's weights and measures laws.

In undercover sales, "We found a wide difference between what Company A and Company B are willing to pay. Sometimes you can say 'I think it's worth more' and they will adjust the price," Lazier adds.

Last summer, Consumer Reports sold identical 18-karat gold chains and pendants to three mail-order outfits offering cash for gold and to pawn shops and jewelry stores in three states.

"The cash-forgold companies paid 11 to 29 percent of the day's market price for gold; the other venues, about 35 to 70 percent," it reported.

Jeff Aronson, chief executive of Cash4Gold, says his firm pays 20 percent to 80 percent of the spot price of gold, depending on volume.

Cash4Gold sends consumers a postagepaid envelope. Consumers enclose their gold and mail it back. Cash4Gold insures the shipment for $100 (or $500 if you use UPS) or will reimburse the consumer for up to $500 worth of insurance.

Cash4Gold weighs the gold and sends the customer a check. Sellers who don't like the deal must contact Cash4Gold within 12 days of the check date and ask for their jewelry back.

Norman Bean, owner of the Gold Refinery, which sponsors gold-buying parties, says his firm generally pays 70 percent of the spot price.

The person who hosts the party gets 10 percent of the amount purchased. If a guest from that party sponsors another party, the host of the first party also gets 5 percent of the second party's volume.

Check out the dealer. Before selling, check out the dealer with the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) or local law enforcement.

Alison Southwick, a spokeswoman for the BBB, says the most common complaints the bureau gets about gold-buying outfits are that the gold was misplaced or the consumer didn't have enough time to reject the deal.

The bureau has posted a tip sheet for gold sellers at links.sfgate.com/ZJVS. (E-mail Kathleen Pender at kpender(at)sfchronicle.com. For more stories, visit scrippsnews.com) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com) •••

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Some people recommend refrigerating lard, but I typically keep mine on the counter with no ill effects.

In cooking stores, where the racks are widely available, they're typically called "cooling racks" and can be found in the same area as sheet pans. They are usually sized to fit into any standard half-jelly-roll pan (about 18 by 13 inches) and should cost between $10 and $15. They are slightly harder to find online, except on amazon.com where they are plentiful.

As great as the racks are, some vegetables are better roasted directly on the pan, which will give them crispy, almost caramelized edges. Broccoli florets become more craveable than potato chips when tossed in olive oil and salt and roasted in a 400-degree oven.

Vegetables that you want to blister and collapse, such as bell peppers or eggplant, also should be roasted directly on the pan.

Most roasted vegetables are equally good hot or cold, so they are fantastic components to keep around for salads, sandwiches and pasta dishes. Roast four or five kinds of vegetables on Sunday, keep them in containers in your fridge, and you'll find it was never so easy to eat your veggies.

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vegetables, but always on wire racks set into rimmed sheet trays (aka jelly-roll pans). The rack ensures that air circulates all around the vegetables and excess oil drips into the bottom of the pan.

Halved cherry tomatoes, tossed in olive oil and a little salt and cooked for a few hours at 250 degrees, become packets of intense flavor. One of my favorite summer lunches is a cold orzo salad with roasted tomatoes, chickpeas and cucumber tossed in lemon juice and olive oil. The tomatoes also are great added to a green salad or piled on toasted bread spread with fresh ricotta.

Asparagus roasted on a rack at 400 degrees is so reliably tender and sweet that I rarely cook it any other way. It's also easy and quick enough that I can justify obsessively peeling the stems when the asparagus is thicker than a pencil -- a culinary-school rule that completely won me over.

The rack also will come in handy for making bacon for a group. Bacon cooks up perfectly crisp in the oven, and the fat drains into the bottom of the pan. Be sure to save the rendered fat by pouring it into a metal or glass container. Let it cool, then use it instead of butter for sauteing or even baking.

Unlike many soups that benefit from time to rest and meld the flavors, this soup, it turned out, was at its best just after it was cooked. The texture of the zucchini was firm and almost a bit chewy, and the distinct flavors made it taste appealingly light.

The next day it's still good, but the zucchini has absorbed some liquid (albeit a more flavorful one than it lost while roasting).

-- China Millman • 4 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch dice • Extra-virgin olive oil • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper • 10 ounces onion (about 2 small onions), finely chopped • 1 quart chicken stock • 14-ounce can tomatoes, finely chopped and combined with juice • Parmigiano-Reggiano Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Place cut zucchini in a bowl and drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil, enough to thoroughly coat the zucchini, but not so much that it's pooling in the bottom of the bowl. Gently spread zucchini in an even layer on top of a wire rack set into a jelly-roll sheet pan (the kind with sides).

Evenly sprinkle with kosher salt.

Roast zucchini for 1 to 1-1/2 hours, until they have become a bit shrunken and shriveled, and taste done.

Heat a 3-quart soup pot over medium - Continued on page 11

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order to better understand the impact made by the Founding Fathers on America and the world. “We can read about history in the history books, but there’s something truly inspirational about visiting the sites,” said Independence National Historical Park public affairs officer Jane Cowley.

Franklin, who moved to Philadelphia in the 1720s, embodied the American Enlightenment arguably more than anybody else did.

A polymath, he explored writing, printing, - Continued on page 12

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Roasting veggies Continued from page 8

heat.

Add a generous coating of olive oil to the bottom of the pot, then add the onions. Turn the heat down to medium-low and sweat the onions until translucent and very soft, about 10 to 15 minutes, salting to taste.

Turn off the heat.

When the zucchini is ready, add to the pot.

Add a quart of chicken stock (whether it's homemade or store-bought, it should taste good alone) along with the chopped tomatoes and their juices.

Bring the soup to a boil and then immediately turn down to simmer. Let it simmer for 10 minutes, salting to taste and adding a generous amount of black pepper if you like. Serve immediately, topping each bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and some freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, with a slice or 2 of bread to accompany.

Serves 3 to 4.

ORZO SALAD WITH TOMATOES, CHICKPEAS, CUCUMBER AND HERBS (Tested by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) I make a version of this salad for lunch whenever I have some fresh herbs and roasted tomatoes in the fridge. While you could make a vinaigrette from olive oil and lemon juice, I prefer to add the ingredients in the Italian manner, starting with the oil, then adding salt, pepper and an acid. If you don't have lemons around, red-wine vinegar also will work well.

-- China Millman

• 8 ounces orzo • 1 medium cucumber • 1 cup slow-roasted cherry or grape tomatoes • 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more to taste • Freshly squeezed lemon juice • 1/4 cup chopped basil • 1/4 cup chopped parsley • 2 tablespoons chopped mint Heat a large pot of water to boiling, then salt water generously. Cook orzo according to package instructions until al dente (or how you like it). Drain pasta and run cold water over it. As with all pasta salads, this one will taste even better if you cook the pasta the day before and let it chill in the fridge overnight.

Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise. If the seeds are large, pull them out using a melon baller or small, sturdy spoon. Cut the cucumber into a 1/4-inch dice.

Combine the orzo, cucumber, tomatoes and chickpeas in a large bowl. Drizzle on 1/4 cup olive oil, tossing to combine. Taste to see if it's enough. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle on freshly squeezed lemon juice, about a tablespoon at a time, tasting to see when the salad has become tart, without the lemon taking over. If you'd like, you can grate in a little lemon zest with a microplane. You can prepare the salad up to this point, then refrigerate it for up to 6 hours. Just before serving, add the fresh herbs, then taste one more time for seasoning.

Serves 4.

(China Millman can be reached at cmillman(at)post-gazette.com.)

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“Franklin’s various inventions - lightning rod, fireplace, bifocals - reflected his practical intelligence as it applied the spirit of inquiry that was the essence of the Enlightenment,” said University of Texas at Austin history professor H.W. Brands, whose book “The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin” was a finalist for the 2001 Biography or Autobiography Pulitzer Prize.

Jefferson called Franklin “the greatest man and ornament of the age and country in which he lived.”

Franklin compiled a simple well-known list of 13 virtues and offered quotes such as “There never was a good war or a bad peace,” “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety” and “Remember that time is money” that have become ingrained in American culture.

He was one of only six people to sign both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.

As an elder statesman, Franklin provided a sense of emotional and logical balance between quarreling factions during the process of creating those revered documents.

“Franklin’s spirit of compromise and common sense helped bring together the more fractious spirits at the Constitutional Convention,” said Brands.

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The building is a tangible symbol of the important role religion has played ever since William Penn founded the state.

Penn, a pacifist Quaker, faced oppression from the Anglican Church in his native England. In response to that intolerance, he made sure to include religious acceptance as a main principle in Pennsylvania’s legal code.

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“Penn, like other Quakers, believed that within each person a potential inner light, or ‘inner Christ,’ existed,” explained Historical Society of Pennsylvania director of research services David Haugaard. “Persons of all religions, even pagan religions, potentially could be in touch with this light, and act accordingly, without becoming part of the one true religion, Quakerism. Hence, because Quakers had suffered persecution in England, and due to their belief in the inner light, they tended to favor more inclusive, liberal constitutions and governments, with strong civil and religious liberties protected by law and constitution.”

Penn gained a reputation as one of the most religiously open-minded colonial leaders.

Early Pennsylvanians lived much more peaceably and fairly with the natives than some other European settlers did. The relationship developed differently because Penn and his fellow Quakers mainly sought religious freedom, while a large amount of colonists elsewhere came to the New World in search of riches or actually imposed their own strict religious rules after fleeing oppression themselves.

Penn reportedly signed a treaty with the local Lenape (Delaware) Indians that ensured a sense of shared community between the settlers and natives.

The website PennTreatyMuseum.org states, “In 1682, along the gentle banks of the Delaware River, under the shade of a great elm tree in an area then known as Shackamaxon, William Penn is believed to have made a Treaty of Friendship with the Native Americans.

“Few events in American history are noted for the just and fair treatment of peoples from different cultures. The legend of William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians became a universal symbol of religious and civil liberties.”

French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire called the agreement “the only treaty never sworn to and never broken.”

“We lived almost together in harmony with each other,” said current Lenape Nation Chief Robert Red Hawk Ruth.

Those shared good feelings ended in 1737 when, well after Penn’s death, his sons claimed to hold a decades-old deed that

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Torrell said of his project, “I choose to do this because I wanted to show cancer victims that kids do care about them.”

Torrell and his mentor, Scott Anthony of Fox’s Pizza Den, in conjunction with the Jefferson County Relay for Life, held a Pizza Eating Relay Contest at the Relay for Life in Barclay Square on July 17. Teams walked or ran a relay race of 4/10 mile while eating a slice of pizza.

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"My mom's battle with cancer makes this event all the more meaningful", adds Anthony.

Fox’s Pizza Den provided prize incentives and oversaw the race.

Torrell stated, “I expect to accomplish great things from this two-year experience and really build up the event.”

PAHS teacher, Mrs. Sherry will serve as his advisor.

This year’s race begins at groundhog Zoo at 3 p.m. and consisted of four different groups of Punx’y’s youth, competing to see not only who was the fastest but who could raise the most money for research and programs for the American Cancer Society.

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Coal creates prosperity Continued from page 5

June 15, 1887 reports: “A.P. Shepler, of Henderson township brought us in a few apples the other day that were gathered in the fall of 1885. They had been packed in ice the first year, after which they were buried in saw dust. The apples were as solid and healthy looking as on the day they came off the tree.”

The railroads, which had enabled the development of the coal mines, also enabled local farmers to sell their produce and products to markets at a greater distance from the area. Local farmers were able to sell their milk to dairies in Pittsburgh. Farmers paid a fee to ship their excess milk to Pittsburgh on the “milk train”. Each day they would take their milk, in medal cans, to the railroad siding daily. It would be picked up by the milk train, an early morning run which picked up milk at every stop along the route and delivered it to the dairies in Pittsburgh. In addition to freight cars which held the milk, the train usually had several baggage cars which carried the U.S. Mail and passenger cars When local dairies were developed, the milk train became obsolete. The passing of the milk train era was lamented in this refrain from a song Milk Train by the Everly Brothers “Oh, when the milk train used to rumble my shack (Milk Train) Used to stop outside of my door But now the milk train doesn’t come by here any more.”

In the 1870’s Isaac Pifer was a livestock dealer who purchased sheep in Jefferson, Clearfield and Indiana counties, drove them overland, and sold them to a dealer in Mifflintown. The dealer shipped them to Philadelphia markets. With the coming of the railroads and the increased local demand for meat, Pifer changed his focus and began purchasing fattened cattle in East Liberty, near Pittsburgh and shipping them

to Reynoldsville. He would receive the shipments in Reynoldsville and drive the cattle to his farm where they were kept until they were butchered and sold to local meat markets, company stores and individuals along his delivery routes.

Transportation, via the railroads, which at first enabled local farmers to prosper, in time changed as new developments came about. Refrigerated cars would bring fresh produce all year long from far away farms in California and the Southern States.

Flour mills in the Midwest could more efficiently produce grain based products.

And Supermarkets replaced the farmer’s wagon and the corner dry-goods store.

Today the trend is to move back to locally grown in season and organic produce and other farm products. PRIDE sponsors a Farmers’ Market on South Findley Street, Punxsutawney on Friday afternoons from 4 to 7 pm through September. Stop by and see what local farmers have to offer. While there you may meet some of the descendants of those who provided food for the people who were part of the coal boom in Punxsutawney.

(Editor’s Note: The resources used in the preparation of this article are available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library and the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society. Photographs are from the personal collection of Shirley J. Sharp.

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Story of Clayville Continued from page 3

first Mass was celebrated in the home of “W. E.” at 810 West Mahoning Street.

In addition to the grist mill, sawmill and foundry established by the Hoover effort, the mid-1860s in the little settlement would eventually include a hotel , a cabinet factory, blacksmith, a butcher, a general store, a pump factory and a brick yard.

As a “community” slowly developed, in 1864 the citizens incorporated as a borough with the name Clayville, recognizing the deep banks of clay found in the area.

Streets and alleys were named. Council members were elected, John K. Coxson became the first mayor. By 1870 Clayville had a population of 189, with Punxsutawney recorded at 553.

When a post office was established in 1882 and a name for it was to be selected, it was found that there was already a Claysville post office in Pennsylvania. The post office for the community was then to be named “Lindsey,” after the son of J. U. Gillespie.

With known coal fields indicated on early maps, the railroad would arrive in the late 1880s to haul out the coal. The Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad had its line end at Clayville with a line up Saw Mill Run to reach mines at Walston (1882). In 1888 the Berwind-White Coal Company would run its rail line along the Mahoning Creek past Clayville to reach mines at Horatio.

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New nationalities would mix with the established early settlers of Scots-Irish and German backgrounds. Welsh Baptist and Welsh Congregational denominations would join the Methodist and Roman Catholic as houses of worship.

The Welsh would add family names such as Lhys ap Griffydd Ddu, Aneurin, Iorweth, Ioan Goch, Llywarch, Hen o Abersoch to mingle with names such as Grube, Crissman, Hetrick, Conser, Philips, Rogers, Evans and Coxson.

The decade of the 1890s was a time when Clayville and Punxsutawney had begun an era of tremendous growth in population. In 1890 Clayville’s population had increased from 1870 by nearly a thousand people, to 1160; Punxsutawney from 553 to 2760.

Interest in establishing a “Greater Punxsutawney” by consolidating the two boroughs had begun. During the discussion for consolidation a new name was suggested, parts of the names of the two boroughs into the name “Punxsyville.” But the strongest feeling was to retain the name of Punxsutawney, to hold on to the original name given by the Native-Americans.

Consolidation became official in 1907.

Punxsutawney continues its history.

Clayville has lost its. Little information is readily available to compile a history to place it in time. This is one effort to do that.

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Researchers at Washington State University in Spokane used a mathematical model based on the sleep experience of shift workers to estimate fatigue and 24-hour sleep duration associated with various start times.

Workers are much more likely to get eight hours of sleep if they start between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and are likely to get only about 4.5 hours of sleep if they had a shift that started between 8 p.m. and midnight, due to the difficulty most people have sleeping in the late afternoon and early evening.

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Another study, done by the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, looked at nurses working successive 12hour shifts. The study found that the nurses' average total sleep time between shifts was only 5.5 hours, while those who worked night shifts got only about 5.2 hours, and that was usually fragmented.

A report from the University of Wisconsin that tracked chronic insomnia among more than 2,200 patients for up to 19 years found that those with constantly disrupted sleep were at three times the risk of death from all causes compared with those without insomnia, even after other health factors were taken into account.

A separate study, reported last month at a meeting of the American Urological Association, also found increased mortality among men and women who awaken more than twice during the night to urinate.

The wakefulness increased mortality risk among men by 50 percent and among women by more than 30 percent, and the effect was independent of other health risks. Scientists at the New England Research Institutes said there are probably several factors behind the increased risk of death -- adverse effects on metabolic and hormone function from sleep loss, and the awakenings may be a signal of impending diabetes or heart disease.

Another study presented at the Texas meeting demonstrated how even a difference in a bit over an hour's sleep can have dangerous effects on teens.

Researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk compared 2008 carcrash rates between driving-age teens in Virginia Beach, where public high-school classes started at 7:20 a.m., and next-door Chesapeake, Va., where classes started at 8:40.

The crash rate for 16- to 18-year-olds was 41 percent higher in Virginia Beach. The crash rate was highest in both jurisdictions in the first few hours after classes were dismissed in the afternoon.

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seeking new habitat following drought conditions in the west in the 1600s, may have continued eastward in their range had Europeans not eradicated them. To date, though no archaeological evidence has been found, writings of another Moravian missionary, John Heckewelder, (Thirty Thousand Miles With John Heckewelder) who crossed the Alleganies in the 1770s, recorded buffalo in this region. Another report (The Journal of a British Officer) is from an officer serving under General Braddock and records a salt lick used by “deer, buffaloes and bears” in the area known today as Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and yet another reference can be found in letters written in 1760 from the Pittsburgh (Fort Pitt) area (Bouquet Papers, British Museum) McKnight writes in Jefferson County Pennsylvania Her Pioneers and People the following: “There were originally in the State over fifty species of wild, four-footed animals. We had three hundred and twenty-five species and sub-species of birds, and our waters, including Lake Erie, had one hundred and fifty species of fish…To substantiate the fact, I will here mention a circular hunt of 1760 in the center of the State…a circle of territory with a cleared patch in the center…the record of (game taken included) one hundred and eleven buffaloes…while a large herd of these animals broke the circle. These circular hunts continued all over the State until about 1860…” Locally, he quotes from the Kittanning Gazette in March of 1828 wherein was printed a legal notice for the great circular hunt which helped to fi-

nance the bridge at Mayport. The eight resolutions of the committee set the boundaries of the circle, set the time and procedure for the march, set the purpose for the funds thus raised to be the building of the bridge, ruled how dogs in the party were to be restrained, named the men charged with setting the boundary stakes, outlined the positioning of the captains, prohibited spirituous liquors and mandated the publishing of the proceedings in the Kittanning papers.

Putting all that aside, many species of wildlife were depicted by McKnight. To set the scene for the Historical Society’s emphasis on “Early Peoples” during Groundhog Festival Week, an upcoming History Daycamp scheduled from August 9 through August 13 and fall workshops beginning in September, the Reschini Room is temporary home to these drawings and a wonderful selection of the taxidermists’ art, courtesy of Mark Jordan of Jordan’s Taxidermy and Barney Wehrle of Mahoning Valley Milling. Jordan’s fox, turkey and duck on the wing, together with Wehrle’s wolf, bears and deer fill the space visually while the scent of fern and bee balm pervaded the air during Festival week. Anyone who has owned a border collie will recognize its stance and stare in the form of

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Founding Fathers Continued from page 12 stated the Lenape agreed to sale land in the upper Delaware and Lehigh River valleys (near present-day Wrightstown) to the family. The size of the territory was to be determined by how far a man could walk in a day and a half. The Lenape believed the agreement, called the Walking Purchase, was legitimate. Nowadays, the deal is often considered a “land swindle perpetrated by Pennsylvania authorities,” as it is described

by Encyclopedia Britannica.

Provincial Secretary James Logan hired the three fastest runners he could find to do the “walking.” One of them, Edward Marshall, covered almost 70 miles on a route cleared by scouting parties, reaching the vicinity of modern-day Jim Thorpe.

The Penns acquired 1,200 square miles in the process.

“They knew it was fraudulent, and it’s fraudulent to this day. … It really was a betrayal,” Ruth said.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Lenape practiced large-scale agriculture, hunted and fished in the region that developed into eastern Pennsylvania. “We didn’t leave many footprints. … We really didn’t impact our environment because we lived in harmony with it,” Ruth said. He added, “We had no comprehension that we were separate from the deer or the trees. … It was ingrained for centuries in us to live in the environment.

We were part of it.”

[This article is the first installment in a seven-part “Hometown” series called “A Look at Pennsylvania.”]

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the wolf on display. But the wolf is no dog and it’s easy to see why it came to be feared and hunted to extermination here. In Hayfoot, Strawfoot, a fictional account of a young boy who went off with his friends to fight for the Union army in the Civil War, we read of his father’s fatal encounter with wolves. Fictional though the story is, it details many aspects of life in the counties just north of us when the forest was dominant. Interestingly, the father’s name was Seneca. Now that’s a tribal name, English (or should I say Latin) for the Onandowaga, meaning people of the mountain, one of the tribes which formed part of the Iroquois Federation. We think of their territory as north of here but we know early peoples traveled great distances to visit, trade and seek new lands on which to make their home. The Delaware (Lenne Lenapi) too traveled through our area. The Historical Society is proud to be the new home of the Seneca man which once stood at Punxsutawney’s Civic Center. He stands next to one of the Punxsutawney road signs which describes our town’s name as being of Indian origin. We think he ought to have a name and have been in contact with the staff of the Seneca Library in Salamanca.

They have promised to translate a selection of names for us to use in this effort. We’ll be advertising the choices soon as part of a fund-raising project and will invite public participation. It will serve as a good beginning for our continuing studies of “Early Peoples.”

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By Barbara Rhode St. Petersburg Times

made the mistake of e-mailing my friend Lynn about an upcoming event when I should have texted her. She always answers her texts more quickly than she ever responds to e-mails.

This happens to be the complete opposite of my friend Kathy, who won't text but checks her e-mail several times a day. My cousin Joanne returns a phone message quickly, but can let a week go by before answering her e-mail. Then there is my oldest daughter, who just looks at her phone log and calls me after she notices my missed call.

Technology has created yet another layer of social coordination for my already overtaxed prefrontal cortex. Now I have to remember which method to use with everyone if I want to stay connected. No wonder this generation is sometimes called "Generation Stressed."

With all the different ways to connect, you would think we would be feeling much closer to loved ones and more secure than ever.

Not so, according to Dr. Edward Hallowell, author of "CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap!"

He reported, "While we have been miraculously connecting electronically over the past 15 years, we have also quietly and unintentionally been disconnecting interpersonally."

While sitting in the dentist's office the other day waiting for my daughter to finish her appointment, I was amazed to see that every person sitting there was doing something with a phone. No one was talking to the person next to him or even reading a magazine.

Granted, most of the people waiting were probably under the age of 30, but it still surprised me to see how all of them chose to fill those spare moments.

You begin to question how much personto-person contact can be going on if everyone is so committed to electronic devices.

If the research about women is correct, we regularly require some "tending and befriending time" to feel safe and secure. The data is still out on whether or not texting time counts.

There's a measurable biological reaction - the production of oxytocin, a neurotransmitter that research suggests is important in bonding and maternal behavior -- when we feel safe and secure. Will our bodies be able to adapt quickly enough to these new modes of communication to produce enough oxytocin?

At the same time, what's the cost of not keeping up? Some of my colleagues brag

that they have not learned to text and have no intention of doing so. But if their children use that as a major form of communication, what message are they really sending to their kids? Have they abandoned their youth at the threshold of this new horizon without sufficient parental guidance or adult wisdom?

Then there are the parents who use a cell phone as an electronic leash on their young adult. The message here is, "I need to know where you are and what you are doing at every moment because the world is not safe and you might need my help at any moment."

Perhaps it really is time for the kind of "Digital Citizenship Classes" that my colleague Annette speaks about, where we can learn to handle technology in healthy, respectful ways. I sat at an event the other night trying to focus on the speaker while the woman behind me chatted on her cell phone.

Don't get me wrong: I have been known to panic when I can't find my cell phone.

But if I don't want to hear some stranger's phone chatter at the supermarket, I can only imagine how that person's toddler feels as he sits in the cart, begging for his parent's distracted attention.

Isn't there something to be said for focusing on one task at a time? Or are we so stretched that we cannot allow ourselves even that simple luxury anymore?

Just don't blame me if I don't answer your text right away because I was busy checking my e-mail. Next time, try just calling me.

(Barbara Rhode is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is co-author of "Launching: Parenting to College and Beyond," a handbook for parents of adolescents and young adults.)

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Don’t stop thinking about today

By Betsy Hart Scripps Howard News Service

M

y mother, remembering her days as a child of the Great Depression, would later consistently reuse tea bags.

The attitude of my father, who also grew up fairly poor, was different: Decide what you want today -- a sailboat, for instance -and use that as the incentive to go out and earn the money for it tomorrow.

I have a feeling there were more than a few financial quarrels there. But somehow the family and the finances seem to have held together.

That was a different era. Now, too many of us are living beyond our means with no means to pay it back. Just this week there were news reports about Americans' increasingly low credit scores. On the other hand, recent headlines also tell us that individuals who do have savings are taking them out of the stock market in droves out of fear.

In light of these crazy economic times, I've been thinking more than ever about this question: Without going the "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die" route, how do I responsibly use the means I have?

That is, without holding on so tightly I can't enjoy living, and being generous, right now?

The answer I seem to have grown into over recent years is that I just don't care so much for "stuff" anymore. And, anyway, one can - technically speaking -- always get that later. Increasingly, what I do care about is relationships and time. That's where, I find, I'll spend my money -- even going into savings to do so.

For instance, my younger girls are playing "ponytail softball" this summer. I said no to buying them cleats, which all the other girls have, when my girls' sneakers would do.

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Yet earlier this summer, I didn't blink at renting a lake house for my children and me instead of saving that money, say, for their college expenses or my retirement. Who knows if my kids and I will be together tomorrow, much less next summer?

And two years ago, I took money out of long-term savings for a really great trip to Disney World for my kids and me. I expected to just gut through the whole Disney experience. I ended up loving every minute.

So did they. Our memories of the trip are some of the best of our family life. What an experience together.

Little things -- as long as they build relationships or memories with people I love, like concert tickets or a meal out -- can count as an experience, too. But I can't remember the last time I bought clothes for myself. It was probably at Target. My kids? Most of them, and I, love resale shops. Whew!

I increasingly see giving as an experience, too, one with potentially wonderful and eternal significance. Though I know that's one area where I want -- and need -- to really stretch my character.

Anyway, I'm not suggesting I always get it right when it comes to money. (I've been known to splurge on stuff!) Yes, I do have some college and retirement savings. And I fully appreciate that it's a luxury to even be able to think in these terms at all, as opposed to "How am I going to put food on the table?"

I'm just considering my own situation right now, and living in the most uncertain economic times I can remember. When it comes to money, increasingly asking the big question -- "Is this stuff, or is this a worthwhile experience that will build relationships or help others?" -- helps me navigate in a way that's comfortable.

Bottom line: While being (I hope) financially responsible about tomorrow, I refuse to fear it so much that I don't live fully with those I love in the only time we know we have -- today.

(Betsy Hart is the author of "It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting is Hurting our Kids -- And What to do About It" (Putnam Books). Reach her through hartmailbox-mycolumn@yahoo.com. For more stories, visit scrippsnews.com.)

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He worked on the Mount Rushmore project back in the day

Scripps Howard News Service ick Clifford was 17 years old in 1938 when he landed a job working on the Mount Rushmore project. Clifford may not be "officially" the last remaining person who worked on the project, but he is the only one the rangers at the memorial are in contact with.

Today at 89, he often spends time in the gift shop at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Clifford worked on the project for three years as well as pitching and playing outfield for the Mount Rushmore baseball team that went to the state tourney two years in a row.

He's happy to chat with visitors, handing out signed baseball cards.

Clifford allows some photos, but he doesn't like to be quoted (or misquoted) or have his picture published. With the help of his wife, Carolyn, he's authored "Mount Rushmore Q&A: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions." The book is available for $10 at the gift shop.

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the book: -- Did anyone die during construction?

"No, there were many bumps and bruises and some close calls ... Mr. Borglum was very safety-conscious, especially for that time ..."

-- When they blasted, how did they know how much to take off, like if they were doing the lips?

"Dynamite was never used to carve the fine features. Dynamite was used to remove 90 percent of the outer layer of granite ... No blasting was done ... near the finished surface; then it was all handwork."

-- Was it prestigious working on Mount Rushmore? "No, not really. ... Today it has become very special to me because not many men have a chance to help carve a mountain."

-- Are you afraid of heights? "When a person is young, at least in my case, I was not afraid of much. Today you could not pay me enough to go over the side in a harness! ..."

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