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By Jennifer Skarbek for Hometown magazine ehind every smile, tear, laugh, or sigh, there is a story waiting to be told. Words that, once spoken, can be heard and then echoed over the ages, which create for themselves a type of immortal legacy. It could be a whimsical anecdote from days of old bringing pleasure to the ear of the listener, or a tale full of gall and glory serving as a motivational force, or even an unforgettable moment in time, testing the endurance of the human spirit and proving that the soul has strength beyond measure. Such is the story of Araxi Hubbard Dutton Palmer, a remarkable woman who, in her near-century-long existence, has overcome the greatest of odds to survive, thrive, and bear witness to the value of compassion in a world of disdain and to the ability of a loving heart to conquer the enemy and find “triumph” in the face of “tragedy.”

Born Arpenia Karagosian in the midst of the Armenian Genocide and World War I, Araxi was rescued and then adopted by Mary Hubbard, a young American missionary for the Near East Relief who served in the dangerous atmosphere of Sivas, Turkey, during the first genocide of the twentieth century.

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dler and then raised in New York state where she worked, married, and had her own family, Araxi has recently relocated to Punxsutawney to be near to her daughter, Joyce Cooper, so that she may share her story with others, if not add to its breadth. Araxi initially told the true story of her adoptive family, the Hubbards, in the 1997 publication that she penned, Triumph from Tragedy, and, in light of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide this past September, Araxi has once again opened up about a chapter of history that has all too often been forgotten or intentionally neglected.

“It’s a part of history that everyone does not know about,” declared Araxi, “one that needs to be Araxi Hubbard Dutton Palmer smiles and holds her book, Triheard.” umph from Tragedy, published in 1997, which tells her story – the Araxi explained that al- tale of a newborn given little chance to survive whose long life is testament to her will to live, to thrive, and to share not only her most fifty years ago, she aremarkable story, but that of her homeland. (photo by Courtney came across nearly a dozen Katherine Photography) boxes of letters, documents, and photographs in the eaves of her house had been the homestead of her White Plains, New York, home. The mother’s family, the Hubbards, and the - Continued on page 4

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He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore.

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.

Maybe Christmas, he thought ... doesn’t come from a store.

Maybe Christmas, perhaps ... means a little bit more!

— Dr. Seuss, from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! hristmas Eve was the best day of the year for me, a kid growing up in the ’60s in Punxsutawney! I’ll never forget driving back to our house in Fairview after doing a few last-minute holiday errands. Dressed in winter coats with their woolly scarves and hats covering most of their frosted faces, the townsfolk still bustled about the sidewalks in front of G.C. Murphy’s and McCrory’s. Twilight had stolen the last moments of dull light from a grey, blustery afternoon; little time remained to purchase last-minute gifts. My hometown looked like a huge, sparkling Christmas tree with simple strands of multicolored lights draped from pole to pole across Mahoning Street.

Anxious to get home for dinner, my father’s tires crunched on the packed-down snow as he parked our station wagon near Mr.

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After we got back to Fairview, my mom permitted me to turn on the television until dinner time. Content that I could watch Adventure Time, I sat cross-legged on the floor in front of our old RCA console television and enjoyed episodes of Popeye, The Little Rascals, and The Three Stooges. Excited for the arrival of Santa later that evening, Paul Shannon stoked my dreams of new toys and presents as he read some letters to Santa from his television viewers. He even gave us kids a “sneak peak” at the missile that was headed to - Continued on page 18

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Adults, too, are prone to holiday listmaking – grocery lists, card lists, guest lists, gift-giving lists, to-do lists, alreadydone lists – seemingly a list for everything and every activity under the sun. To adapt a saying of an Old Testament sage (with apologies): “Of the making of many lists there is no end.” The compiling of lists, for many, is a tried-and-true tactic to get a handle on the often overwhelming “busyness” that has come to characterize the Christmas season – the intense flurries of activity that

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As we approach Christmas and the upcoming New Year, let us step back from our list-making, from our myriad of activities.

Let us pause to reflect, perhaps in a comfortable chair in a room lit only by twinkling lights, on what Christmas truly means to us. May our musings be sprinkled with thankfulness. As we consider the bounty of our lives, let us be grateful for our blessings. During this season of giving, may we always be cheerful, generous givers and gracious, grateful recipients – remembering, each according to his or her belief, the example of the Christ child and his humble manger.

Sure, we have much to do during the holiday season, and our lists, no doubt, help us along our ways. However, as our Christmas lights dim for another year, and the start of a new year begins, may we pause in gratitude and look ahead with both anticipation and resolve. May we vow never to take one another for granted!

The publisher, the staff, and the writers of Hometown magazine wish you the merriest of Christmases and the healthiest of New Years. We thank you for your support in 2015 and look forward to serving our Hometown readers and community in 2016. “May all your days be merry and bright!

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With her daughter’s hand on her arm, Araxi Hubbard Dutton Palmer browses the pages of her book, Triumph from Tragedy – the book in which she shares the amazing story of her life. (photo

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Continued from page 2 boxes of papers were the tangible proof of all that the family had experienced as missionaries serving abroad in Turkey.

The artifacts were records of the stories that Araxi had grown up hearing from her mother and grandmother about the terrible injustices and atrocities that were sanctioned against the Christian Armenian population by the Muslim Turks in an effort to eradicate the race from Turkey.

Araxi said that these accounts were ones about which her mother wanted the world to know, ones that she was not able to formally document before her passing in 1965.

Araxi stated that her mother would often utter the following statement: “My soul will not rest until I have put into words all that I have experienced and seen with my own eyes.”

Thus, in an attempt to honor Mary’s request and to provide contemporary society with a reminder of the senseless slaughter of millions of innocent Armenian men, women, and children, Araxi spent five years organizing the plethora of information, before spending an equal amount of time writing the history into a solid chronicle of events. Once completed, Araxi self-published the book, which includes the history of her grandparents, Albert and Emma Hubbard, who married August 25, 1873, and departed the same day for a life of missionary work in Sivas, sponsored by the American Board of Foreign Missions. According to Araxi, her grandfather, a Presbyterian minister, and her grandmother, the eldest daughter of a county judge, both heard the call to a life of service as well as the plea from other mis-

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sionaries already in place in war-torn Turkey asking for “courageous and dedicated workers” to assist with thousands of homeless orphans and starving men, women, and children. They settled into their new home far from America and commenced their new duties. Araxi commented that her grandparents had a beautiful and profound love that could be witnessed by all, and that her grandfather was particularly devoted to his wife. In fact, when the couple’s firstborn arrived on December 3, 1875, Albert was at Emma’s side for the entire delivery.

“She read a medical book that they had brought with them from America,” Araxi said of her grandparents, “in order to tell him how to deliver the baby.”

During their twenty-eight years in Turkey, the Hubbards founded a large church and primary school, as well as a girls’ school. Their main effort though was tending to the overwhelming amount of children who were left without parents or even a chance of survival. The couple also welcomed eight of their own children into the world, including a set of twins. On May 22, 1890, Albert and Emma welcomed their seventh child and second girl, Mary – Araxi’s mom – into their family. As stated in Araxi’s book, Mary was “different from any of the other offspring … small, pretty, frail, yet healthy, with soft golden curls.” From her birth, Mary held a special place in her father’s heart. She spent much time with him and cherished every moment, especially looking forward to trips to the outcountry where her father would minister to those in need. As a young child who learned altruistic actions from her loving parents, Mary also loved to help others and particularly enjoyed reading to the children at church or the orphanage.

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One instance that rendered the young Mary “motionless and paralyzed” and remained vivid in her memory through all of her years was the day a wealthy merchant, Mr. Malcomian, visited the home of the Hubbards bearing horrendous news about the massacre. He said: “Turkish soldiers have entered the city and pounced upon innocent, unarmed Armenian Christians like an army of parasites, butchering their prey with scythes and sabers.”

Although Mary did not fully comprehend the heinous nature of the crimes committed that day, she did know that her parents were forever affected by the tragic event, with her father admitting that the day was “the saddest in his whole lifetime.”

Despite the Hubbards’ fear of remaining with their children in such a dangerous atmosphere, they relied on the protection of God to keep them safe while they did His work. Albert and Emma nursed the refugees, the wounded, and the disease-ridden Armenians, declaring that their mission was to “alleviate human misery.” The family survived these five years of hard and cruel times in Sivas, staying on until after Albert’s passing in April of 1899, when Emma decided to move Mary and the other children back to the safety of America. The family settled into a home in White Plains, and Mary set about her acclimation to American life. Araxi said that her mother found it hard to transition, but she successfully finished her formal schooling and became a teacher in the heart of New York City and likewise helped immigrant families as a settlement worker.

Even though this type of work satiated Mary’s passion for helping humanity, the young woman had a deep desire to return to the country of her birth and childhood, in a sense following in her parents’ footsteps, and to lend a hand where needed.

The flame of this desire flickered and was set into a full blaze when Turkey entered World War I in 1914 and the Turkish genocide of Armenians began.

To facilitate her return to Turkey as a volunteer relief worker, Mary made application with the Near East Relief, a national organization started through American philanthropy that, through its efforts, saved more than two million Ar-

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her text: “The Turks stoned and abused little girls under seven, then pulled their arms and legs off before killing them; halfdead men were dragged through the streets; little babies were gathered, put into bags, and burned alive; and many families were locked in their homes and burned to death.”

These ghastly stories sickened Mary while simultaneously validating her choice to offer her service to the Armenians, knowing that she would be comforting God’s people who were living in fear and hopelessness. Mary was most overjoyed to learn that she would be placed in Sivas as head of a girls’ orphanage, a place of her past and, in her eyes, a gift for her from her Savior. While there, Mary cared for thousands of emaciated men, women, and children and also supervised other relief departments, earning her the name “Angel Mary.” She dealt on a daily basis with cases of scabies, trachoma, malaria, typhoid, small- Continued on page 8

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pox, and dysentery, to name a few, all diseases that affected people throughout the entire city. As Mary helped these people, as well as a huge influx of refugees who filed into Sivas by the thousands, she listened to each as he or she told a personal story of torture or mistreatment.

Despite all the pain that Mary witnessed in Turkey, she was blessed by a certain happiness. Araxi reported that her mother had met the love of her life, Charles Van Farnham, while she was serving in Sivas. Charles was the head of the organization’s motor transportation and supply transport, and he and Mary would travel to the boys’ orphanage together to offer their service. Over time, the couple’s interests drew them together and Mary was ecstatic to write home to her mother to tell the family of her and Charles’s engagement. According to Araxi, it was around this same time that another life-altering event happened for Mary. One morning as the young woman was traveling to the monastery to visit with a close friend, she was startled by the cries of a baby. As Mary approached a nearby ditch from where she had heard the noise, she slowly parted the tall grasses to find a sight for which she never could have been ready to encounter. There before her was a “ragged, emaciated, miserable body of a woman.

Her head was covered with long, filthymatted hair and in her arms she held a skeleton-like baby deformed from starvation. The child had no hair on its head, and lice and vermin fed from oozing head sores.”

The startled woman shook with dread upon being discovered; however, Mary soon put her fears to rest by telling the mother that she was an American there to help. The woman, Aznive Karagosian, retold to Mary the horrible story of how the Turks had raided her village and killed her entire family. Then, the woman was forced to wander for months searching for food and safety, neither of which was readily available. Aznive gave birth to a little girl while alone in the woods.

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However, the joy of the new family’s reunion with the Hubbards in White Plains was cut short when Mary received word that Charles had been killed in Constantinople by a stray bullet. Mary was rendered heartbroken by the news; but, her faith in God and dedication to her daughter gave her the strength that she needed to move forward. Instead of giving in to her despair, Mary decided to devote herself to telling Araxi’s amazing story to many groups and organizations so that she could raise money for the hungry children still in Armenia. She told her family that she wanted people to know “the tragedy and joy in the life of this beautiful little girl” and so help the children like Araxi who were still suffering.

Astoundingly, Mary spent two years traveling and speaking to groups about the plight of the Armenian orphans, telling the story of her daughter. Araxi’s image appeared on envelopes and posters asking for contributions to the cause. In fact, Araxi was even photographed for the New York Times in traditional clothes from her birth country in order to educate the public on the conditions left behind from the Armenian Holocaust. The face of this three-year-old little girl, who was not expected to live for even a few days after she was rescued, was responsible for raising more than $3 million in a relief effort for starving Armenian children.

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The Christmas Strike of 1889

By the Coal Memorial Committee for Hometown magazine t the July 1889 joint conference of miners’ delegates and representatives of mine operators, the miners’ issues were: 1. They had been averaging a dollar a day in wages for the past two months, which made it difficult to feed their families. 2. They were required to do “dead work” – working one day a week for nothing – because they were not paid for cutting clay veins, bailing water, or other tasks that did not produce coal. 3. The mines were overstaffed, resulting in half-time work for the miners.

The miners’ delegates returned from the conference and organized local meetings to approve actions regarding these issues. Under the law, labor was required to present its requests to their company fourteen days before taking any action.

If their requests were unanswered or denied, miners were permitted to strike.

On July 31, 1889, a committee of miners from the Clearfield region visited Punxsutawney for the purpose of encouraging the Berwind-White Company miners at Horatio to request the district scale, to have a check weighman on the tipple, and to be paid for dead work. On August 12th, more than four hundred miners attended a meeting with Mine Su-

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Meanwhile on September 4, 1889, the Punxsutawney Spirit reported that the - Continued on page 14

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Of the fame she received when a toddler as the face of the Armenian Relief Fund and her appearances at gatherings, Araxi nostalgically recalled, “When I thought I was a big shot, my mother stopped taking me around.”

When looking back on these early years of her life, Araxi is certain that her survival and Mary’s intervention were miracles. She said, “Nobody has had an experience like this. She (Mary) put me into a shoebox and kept me warm on the oven.”

After the busy schedule of the relief campaign had ended, daily life slowed down for Araxi and her mother. Araxi attended primary and high school in White Plains where she fit in well with her American peers. However, Araxi always showed a great patriotism for the United States, perhaps greater than other children, for she knew that this nation had saved her life. Then, upon graduation, the teenage girl enrolled in The Normal School at Cortland State where she pursued a degree in elementary education.

Araxi was excited to begin her career and accepted a position at Middleburgh Central School where she went on to teach full-time for thirty-four years in the third and sixth grades.

“I loved it,” said Araxi of her job. “I loved every day.”

Even though Araxi enjoyed teaching every subject to her students, she had a special passion for social studies, especially the history of Europe and Asia.

“I could teach the students from experience,” Araxi said. “There would be times when some of the high school girls would cry when they heard my story.”

Another activity that Araxi relished doing with her students was teaching them to dance. In fact, she said that when her students had good behavior, their treat would be to learn the waltz or the foxtrot when Fridays rolled around. In retrospect, Araxi feels that she was successful as an educator because she always possessed a compassion for her students.

“I was always for the underdog,” Araxi professed. “I always made sure that my students had lunch and I even clothed many of them.”

With beginnings such as Araxi had experienced, it was apparent that she un-

derstood the plight of the unfortunate and was thankful that she could lend a hand.

While employed at Middleburgh, Araxi made the acquaintance of H. Charles Dutton, the man who eventually became her husband.

“I can still remember the night that I met him,” Araxi added.

The couple became the parents of two children, Joyce and John; Araxi truly adored her role as a mother. She instilled solid values into her son and daughter, admitting that sometimes this required strict parenting.

Joyce commented about growing up as Araxi’s daughter, that when other children were told to clean their plates because there were starving Armenian children, she and her brother actually knew all about that.

Araxi and Charles also ran a small antique shop that they named The Golden Rooster because of the gold-leafed rooster that was perched upon the barn roof nearby. And inside the barn, they had several sheep and chickens.

Tragically, John was killed in an automobile accident at a young age, and Araxi and her family experienced a deep sense of grief. However, Araxi was very pleased when Joyce decided to honor her brother’s memory by using his name if her firstborn were a boy.

Araxi said, “Joyce called and asked if she could name the baby after her brother, John.”

As Araxi entered her fourth decade of teaching, a time when most individuals would consider retirement, she instead chose to be a regular substitute in her district. She welcomed this position with open arms, for she then got to spend time teaching students at the secondary level.

“I really like teenagers,” Araxi said.

This experience also served to open Araxi’s eyes even more about the fact that many students had never even been taught the history of Turkey and the Armenia Genocide. This shocked Araxi, prompting her to write in the preface of her book: “There are many who are trying to eradicate from print, especially school textbooks, the atrocities committed during World War I and World War II in an effort to indoctrinate future generations with the belief that such inhuman acts never occurred. THEY DID! And they must never be erased from the printed page – Never, NEVER, NEVER!” Therefore, Araxi thought it crucial to tell her story to as many children as she - Continued on page 12

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By Marty Armstrong for Hometown magazine ifts from heart and hand. Our ancestors came with little and made their lives here, making what they needed to live on as well. Was something needed to wear? Someone in the family generally made it. Did the home need a table and a chair? Someone in the family would make them. Table linens, bedding, hunting accessories, crockery – all were made locally for one’s own family, sometimes made so well that items were made for exchange or sale.

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Quilts, such as the Civil War-era peony quilt passed down in the Reitz family, were designed with colorful scraps of fabric; linens were embroidered or edged with handmade crocheted, tatted, or knitted lace. Functional leather bags were fringed, and powder horns etched with delicate scrimshaw designs. Furniture was made with hand-carved ornamentation in meticulous detail.

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Included are bird’s-eye view drawings of Punxsutawney and Lindsey made in 1895 when the two communities were separate. The maps, drawn by T.M. Fowler, are hanging side by side just as the communities developed and grew closer and

closer to one another. Homes and businesses of 1895 are drawn in recognizable detail. The Lattimer House, built in 1868

by Judge James E. Mitchell, is shown; the Bennis House, built in 1904 by E.C. McKibbon, is not. In the background, one can see Columbus and Walston. Lines of coke ovens are clearly drawn as are railways and bridges. Newspaper articles of the time announced the works in progress and, later, the availability of prints for purchase. That they hang now in the Lattimer House, built on land between Punxsutawney and Lindsey, is appropriate. And in the Bennis House across the street, we have the proclamation signed by Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania, recognizing the joining of the two.

Other drawings in Gallery 2 are blueprints of the well-remembered Crissman greenhouse and family home on Pine Street and an architectural drawing by John Zeedick of the Chevra Aquidas Achim Hebrew Congregation’s synagogue - Continued on next page

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Along with the stories about her family that Araxi has heard and shared, she has a wealth of heirlooms and mementos that were brought back from Turkey to America by the Hubbard family. These include an Armenian doll, jewelry, a wedding band, and needlework done by her mother, most of which she has since donated to the Armenian Museum in Boston. Proudly, Joyce and her husband, Bill, were able to travel to the museum last summer and view the display. It is a fitting tribute to her family and the Armenian people.

Joyce is likewise delighted with her mother’s longevity. In fact, she said that Araxi is always on the go, whether eating lunch with friends and former students or thrifting, her energy level is amazing for a woman who is 97 years of age.

However, Araxi contributes her health to the fact that she has eaten homemade yogurt just about every day of her life.

She comically added about the food, “It must be good, Jesus ate it.”

In July of 2014, at the request of her family, Araxi made the decision to leave her home of 74 years in Middleburgh and move to Punxsutawney to spend time with her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

In keeping with her independent and strong nature, Araxi joked with her daughter saying, “I made the decision to move near you, not with you.”

These days, Araxi spends her time at AM/PM Personal Care Home where she can be found reading or, in good weather, spending hours sitting on the porch appreciating the beauty of nature. She often contemplates the tragic history of her biological ancestors, the manner by which she entered the world, and the reason by which she was saved by an “Angel” to be able to live for so many blessed years and share her story with so many people. Although Araxi never had an opportunity to know her own mother who loved her so much that she hung onto her last shred of life until she knew that her baby was safe, she is thankful for her. She is equally appreciative of the woman who pulled her disfigured body from the weeds, nursed her back to health, and

gave her a safe home and tons of love. In acknowledging the role that each of these women had in her existence, Araxi attributes all of her accomplishments and successes to “the Mother who gave her birth and the Mother who gave her life.”

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Continued from previous page on Church Street, now used as an office building. That the drawings were appreciated by their original owners as art is evidenced by their careful framing for hanging.

Gallery 2 also contains a shawl, made in the mid-1800s of sheep’s wool yarn from the Worthville area that could be worn and enjoyed by anyone today, and a beautiful silk gown, inherited by Jan Harrold, made in the 1870s and now too fragile for casual handling.

The daughters of Thomas E. Bennis, hotelman, became proficient in painting on china when, as young ladies, they were students in Pittsburgh. They and others created lovely pieces for friends and family. Displayed elsewhere in Gallery 2 is a tatted lace edging that their mother, Susie Quigley Bennis, was working on when word came in 1937 of Mr. Bennis’s death.

The edging was never finished.

In more modern times, an industrial lathe made for business use enabled my sixty-year-old machinist father to create for me stainless steel candleholders of his own design. He also made, as a boy in the 1920s, a woodshop project of a rocking chair sewing caddy for his mother. It was the first in my collection of such rockers, no two yet alike.

When members of the Griffiths family attended an October 31 reception in recognition of their contribution to the Society and to mark the public opening of the Galleries, a special visitor, an unnamed Victorian seamstress, was on hand in Gallery 2. She and other artist spirits will be on hand again at both the Lattimer and Bennis Houses for our “Night at the Museum” scheduled for February 1. In the meantime, plan to stop in. The Artists’ Legacy exhibition is the inspiration for this year’s holiday decorating in which we are featuring current local artists.

The Griffiths Galleries exhibits are free and open to the public, from 1 to 4 p.m.

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By Jim Lauffer of Hometown magazine y name is Issachar. I am an innkeeper in Bethlehem.”

Forty-nine years ago, these words lodged themselves in my consciousness and never left. During the intervening decades, I have looked high and low for the sentences and paragraphs that followed them with no success – until recently.

In November 1966, I was ten years old and a fourth grader.

One day, shortly after my classmates and I had settled ourselves after an invigorating recess, someone knocked on our classroom door. My teacher answered the knock and stepped into the hallway. A few minutes later, she poked her head into the room and called my name. Fighting to keep my heart from leaping into my throat, I stepped away from my desk and walked across the front of the room – knowing for certain that the eyes of all my classmates followed me to the door.

My teacher held the door – it was already wearing its Christmas decorations – open for me as I stepped into the hall and was greeted by my music teacher. The

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three of us – two educators and a nervous student – took half-a-dozen steps and entered the library, just down the hall from my classroom. Being in the presence of books – shelf after shelf of books – calmed me, as it has for as long as I can remember.

My teachers said that they wanted to try something different for the school’s upcoming holiday program. They wanted to build the program around a long soliloquy that told the Christmas story from a nontraditional perspective. My fourth-grade teacher then dropped the bombshell. She wanted me to memorize the monologue that would be the centerpiece of the program.

She handed me a sheet of paper filled front and back with typed words. I read the first ten: “My name is Issachar. I am an innkeeper in Bethlehem.” I scanned the remaining words on the front before turning the sheet over and skimming the words on the back. I looked up, speechless and afraid.

Now, I attended elementary school – for me, this meant grades one through eight (no kindergarten back then) – during a time when teachers required students to memorize verses from the Bible, paragraphs from historical documents, and portions of poetry – and not only to memorize them, but also to rise, to stand by your desk, and to recite them to your classmates. In first grade, I learned the Pledge

of Allegiance and the Lord’s Prayer, and in second grade, I memorized the forever handy-dandy “Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one, except February, which has twenty-eight, except in a Leap Year when it has twenty-nine.” (Has ever a more useful ditty ever been penned?) And, of course, I learned numerous rhyming lines for a variety of church and school programs.

Nothing, however, had prepared me for what my teachers now wanted me to do – memorize two pages of typed text, text that seemed to grow smaller each time I looked down at it. “You can do it,” my fourth-grade teacher said. “We know you can do this.” Even though my music teacher said the decision was mine, I knew my fate was sealed when I’d been called into the hall. I gulped, and probably sighed, and shook my head – yes, I would do it.

The Christmas program was a month away, so memorizing my lines carried more than a bit of urgency. Every morning, I’d recite lines to my teachers and make note of their suggestions not only for reciting them, but also for performing them. Every afternoon, before students were excused to get their coats and boots and prepare to go to their buses, I stood beside my desk and recited my lines. “My name is Issachar. I am an innkeeper in

Bethlehem.” A few classmates knew my lines nearly as well as I did. All of them grew as tired of hearing them as I was of saying them.

I’d folded the typed sheet into quadrants and carried it with me wherever I went.

Memorizing so many lines was uncharted territory. I had no proven strategy for the undertaking. I read the lines, and then reread them again and again.

The Christmas program remains a blur.

I don’t remember walking onto the stage.

I don’t remember reciting my lines. I remember my costume – a turban and a colorful bath robe. I remember the three spotlights that focused their collective glare on me. I remember how bright (and hot) the lights were and how dark the rest of the auditorium seemed. I also remember that I needed two prompts to get through the soliloquy and that the applause surprised me, since I’d made two “mistakes.” I remember feeling as though I’d let my teachers down.

By Christmas 1967, I remembered only the first two lines of Issachar’s story. I knew the gist of his tale, but could not have recited it again if my life depended on it. I lost my original typed sheet and never bothered trying to replace it.

As I grew older, then old, I thought more and more about my younger self – the fourth grader who played the part of Is- Continued on page 20

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The Company’s action was met with a strike by the miners in No. 1 drift at Walston and at Adrian. The Company retaliated, issuing eviction notices to miners living in company housing. The miners immediately requested a stay of the eviction notices.

The Punxsutawney News, on December 25, 1889, reported that the situation at the Walston and Adrian mines looked very much as though they were going to be a shut down for the winter. The outlook was gloomy. The Company, however, could fill their contracts from their Beechtree and Eleanora mines. Not all miners were waiting for better times.

Many were leaving the area in search of work, and some were returning to their native countries.

A Pittsburgh Post headline on December 31, 1889, declared: “PREPARE FOR EMERGENCY. BIG FORCE OF PINKERTON MEN AT PUNXSUTAWNEY. Many Strikers To Be Evicted From Their Homes To-Day.” The article went on to say that 106 Pinkerton men were arriving that night, brought in by the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Coal Company on the presumption of trouble. The miners’ eviction notices would be up on January 1, and it was supposed that the Pinkerton men would help vacate the houses. Six hundred Hungarians and Italians were being imported by the company to work in place of the striking miners. The article pointed out that the company had made no attempt to effect a compromise.

The miners’ committee had been ignored by the company, and their proposal to submit the matter to arbitration was rejected. The Eleanora miners were working under a guard of about thirty Pinkerton men.

On January 7, 1890, the locked-out miners received a ruling from Judge Wilson at Brookville. The Court determined that there was no law to justify an injunction – the Supreme Court having several times pronounced the ten-day leases valid – and that evictions could take place.

On January 9, 1890, a dozen company officials and members of the clerical force were sworn in as Coal and Iron Police, additional Pinkertons were hired, and miners from other parts of the state began to arrive.

On January 10, three families of striking miners were evicted. The sheriff, accompanied by thirty-three armed Pinkertons, removed a family at Walston

and was greeted by a crowd of about 300 yelling and firing shots into the air.

Union representative Master Workman Wilson arrived in time to calm the crowd and to assist with relocating the evicted family. By January 29, fifty families had been evicted, and quite a number of others had moved out of their houses. All was calm and quiet in the area. Some of the evicted families secured houses, others were taken in by their friends, and a large number occupied the fairground and merry-go-round buildings. Miners’ representative John Quinlisk gave shelter to a number of women and children at his hotel in Clayville. John Kuptz provided sleeping arrangements for seventeen men in his small house on 3rd Avenue. And, the Knights of Labor provided miners with $1.50 to $3.50 per week, according to the size of their families.

The Punxsutawney News on February 19, 1890, summed up the situation: “The attitude of the strike at the Walston and Adrian is gloomy as far as an amicable settlement being near at hand is concerned. J.B. Rae, President of the United Miners’ Association said it looked as though the R. & P. Coal and Iron Company’s objective was to rid itself of the organization, and if that was really the design it would be suicidal for the K. of L.’s to tamely submit to defeat. On the other hand the Company President Adrian Iselin said that it was a question of who was going to run the business.

And he was prepared to fight it out on that line if it took all summer and all his interests here. No sane man disputes the fact that the owner of a business has the right to run it to suit himself so long as he does not conflict with the laws of the country. But then there is a selfish way of running one’s business to suit one’s self, and again there is a better way of conducting a business which will benefit employer and employes alike, each working for the other’s interest and for the good of all concerned.

“The struggle now in progress is a vital one to the men. It is not merely the wages of the miners in the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg mines that are at issue. Labor and capital of all Pennsylvania are fighting a pitch battle here, to determine the power of the Knights of Labor and the right of a capitalist to run his own business, and run it as he pleases. It is a despairing prospect for the miner. He has been hungry for weeks; he has trusted through it all and has hoped for ultimate victory that would give him day’s work and his family square meals.

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Continued from page 3 the North Pole. You see, Channel 4, WTAE, had its very own rocket ship that would deliver the mail straight to Santa’s home! Generally, we ate just after Adventure Time was over; I recall that the short black-and-white animations of Suzie Snowflake, Frosty the Snowman, or Hardrock, Coco and Joe aired at the end of Paul Shannon’s show and signaled the start of our meal.

Christmas Eve supper was always meatless, with some kind of spaghetti, fish, salad, and bread. Simmering on our white gas stove all afternoon, the aroma of celery, onions, and tomatoes drifted through the rooms of the house, and the delicious holiday concoction fogged up the windows in the kitchen. Later, my mother usually added a few mushrooms to the sauce, put on a big white apron, and started to fry some fish. Even though I didn’t think I would like a meal without meat, I stuffed myself with the slender strands of spaghetti in red sauce and munched on the golden, crusted pieces of haddock.

Then, after helping my mom clear the kitchen and wash the dishes, my father and I had another Christmas tradition. Daddy always proved to be a more-than-charming dance partner and deejay on that special night.

“Dance with Daddy,” Mom smiled as she encouraged my father and me to “cut the rug,” right there in the living room!

Only too happy to oblige, my father put one of four old records on our big wood-encased RCA stereo. Lifting the hinged lid, Dad always checked the needle on the arm of the stereo to make sure it wouldn’t scratch the big black LPs he prepared to play.

One album was a record that Dad got as a freebie when he bought something at Goodrich Tires or maybe when he purchased gasoline at Lee Gamble’s service station. It had a collection of songs performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, and some other singers from the ’50s and ’60s. I remember staring at the cardboard cover that featured pictures of all the contributing artists, trying to pick out the singers I recognized like Johnny Mathis and Dean Martin.

Another album included a couple of my favorite Christmas songs. One of them was a Mitch Miller tune entitled Season’s Greetings.

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The third record was housed in a big orange jacket with a cartoon-drawing of a chubby Italian woman on the front tossing strands of spaghetti with a big pasta fork for three guys: the Gaylords (an Italian Kingston Trio-like group in the ’60s). How I adored that record and one song in particular! The tune was about a shoemaker who made some magic dancing shoes and the girl who wore them danced all day. I insisted that my father play “Lei Scarpini de Ballare” (“The Shoemaker Song”) over and over; he dropped the stereo’s arm just on that song, and I sang loudly with my seven-year-old voice and a bad Italian accent.

Lastly, my parents had an album of Johann Strauss waltzes. The cover showed a beautiful girl in an elegant fairy tale princess dress and a gentleman dressed in military regalia. I adored those songs so much that my mom bought me a pair of plastic sparkly shoes just like the ones on the pretty girl on the cover.

Donning my mom’s big long silk, cranberrycolor bathrobe, and the glittery little heels, I spun around the room in front of our big picture window that looked out on the little street illuminated by a solitary street light. Waltz music boomed from the stereo. Yes, I can still remember tripping on the hem of my adultsize “ball gown,” but I would pop right back up again and continue to twirl and spin.

Best of all, slipping off my tiny shoes, I would climb on my dad’s feet, and he would guide me around the living room, whirling about on the swirly green carpeting. I can still remember Daddy telling me that he would lead as he guided me past the furniture. Giggling and trying not to fall, I waltzed with Dad until he decided the dance studio would close for the evening. I guess that Santa had a lot of work to do that night, and he didn’t want to be too tired out from our dance lesson.

I suppose that some kids remember a special doll or a bicycle or maybe a Red Ryder BB Gun as a treasured Christmas memory.

Those kinds of presents under the tree still get some pretty good press. But, for me, it was the little things – the simple strings of Christmas lights that glowed across Punxsutawney’s main street, Adventure Time Theatre, a humble meal, the funny songs, our old stereo blasting music, and dancing with my dad.

You’re right, Bing, it’s not the Christmas cards you send each year – or the presents.

So, I think this Christmas Eve, I just might listen to a Strauss waltz as I count my blessings and eat my meatless meal. I will remember that I was so lucky to have had such a wonderful father for so many years, and I will count my blessings because I am still able to share the holidays with my mom and my family. That’s the secret of Christmas.

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could conjecture that it would not be for the welfare of the organization.

“The struggling miners here are not living on the fat of the land just now. Potatoes and beefsteak with them is so far above par to be out of reach altogether, and what little help they do get from abroad is judiciously expended as best suit the circumstances.

“To a certain extent the mines are running, and the Company claim that they now have enough men to do all the work necessary to fill their orders, but the coke that is drawn and the coal that is dug is worked by men known as ‘blacklegs’ and ‘scabs,’ names not as euphonious as one might wish applied to him.

“General Superintendent Haskell, who, for all his determination, is personally popular with the miners, denies that any men are brought here under false pretenses. The rule Mr. Iselin has made is, he says, that every man shall be told before he is brought here that a strike is in progress.

“A Miners’ Committee from Beechtree met General Manager Haskell and Superintendent Bell one day last week, but no agreement favoring the miners who are out resulted from the conference. A meeting was afterward held in the Mahoning Street Opera House, which was enthusiastic and largely attended, and by a unanimous vote it was decided to continue to stay out.”

The strike continued into the summer of 1890. The company continued to refuse to meet with the miners, and the miners, who believed in their cause, continued to affirm the strike. In the end it was very costly to both capital and labor.

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sachar, the innkeeper who told Joseph and Mary that he had no room for them in his inn; the innkeeper whose stable was the birthplace of Immanuel, the Christ child; the innkeeper who told the Christmas story from the hill where Jesus was crucified.

For years, I searched for a copy of Issachar’s story. My fourth-grade teacher was a fan of the various Ideals magazines, and I assumed that she’d typed the story from a Christmas edition of the publication. So at flea markets, I’d look through every Ideals Christmas that I found – year after year, page after page of holiday images and poems, but no Issachar. Nearly twenty years ago, as I grew familiar with the World Wide Web, I believed that I might finally find Issachar’s story. Everything ends up on the internet, right? Alas, multiple searches over many years returned nothing – until late November 2015.

Last month, when my holiday musings turned toward my fourth-grade Christmas program, I turned to the keyboard, navigated to the search engine, and typed: “My name is Issachar. I am an innkeeper in Bethlehem.” After years of hope deferred, I expected no relevant search results. But I was surprised. A short story, titled “No Room” and approximately two pages long, was buried in the decades-old archive of a religious journal. I had found Issachar’s story, the tale that I’d memorized as a schoolboy.

As I read the story for the first time in nearly fifty years, I was excited, but saddened – excited because I’d found a longlost story and was able read it again, but saddened because I realized that no public school fourth grader, in this day and age, could stand at center stage and recite such an overtly religious story. For fear of lawsuits, no teacher would ask a student to memorize and recite Issachar’s story – the story of one man’s belated discovery of the true meaning of Christmas.

Like all holidays, Christmas has roots – religious roots. Issachar’s story – a work of fiction firmly grounded in tenets of Christianity – is ultimately a lament. As he views Jesus at the end of his life, Issachar regrets not having found room for Joseph and Mary, and the Christ child, in his inn.

Three decades later, as he stands on Golgotha, Issachar finally understands the meaning of the Christmas story – the celebration of Jesus’ birth in a humble stable.

He understands that the babe in the manger was Immanuel – God with us. As we, each in our own way, commemorate Christmas, let us pause and recall the roots of the year’s most important holiday. Let us then celebrate the day’s true meaning.

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The band, Down to the Wire, is one of four local groups that donate their time to this event.

to donate their time and talents to help to feed the hungry. This year’s lineup includes Down the Wire, Against the Grain, Miles From Nowhere, and the Frostburg Lounge

Lizards. Clint Reed Productions will provide sound and lighting.

“In the festivities of the holiday season, it is possible to forget that there are children and families in our community who sometimes struggle to get enough nourishing food on a regular basis,” explained event coordinator Matt Taladay. “We started this event as an informal jam session in the old Murdock’s in the late ’90s as a way for local musicians to get together to have some fun and do some good. Since then it has morphed into a showcase for local bands and an opportunity for folks to get out, listen, dance, and contribute to a great cause.”

Taladay added: “Many venues have hosted the event in the past, and this year we are thankful that the Eagles Club is opening their doors to us.”

A suggested $10 donation at the door benefits local food banks and world hunger relief.

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Punxsy Weather Discovery Center Offers Slate of Events Center Seeks Contestants for Little Mr. & Miss Groundhog 2016

By Marlene Lellock for Hometown magazine s 2015 winds down, the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center is preparing for 2016. Already the new year is shaping up to be an exciting one! Soon, we’ll announce new technology in our theater – technology that will not only enhance our programming, but will also engage our visitors in a whole new way.

Then, in mid-January, we’ll debut our new exhibit!

And in the next few weeks, as you drive by the Weather Discovery Center on North Findley Street, look for a colorful change to the front of our building.

Please make note of the following upcoming events, and from the Board of Directors and staff at the Weather Discovery Center – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Super Science Saturdays. December 19 and 26 and January 2. Stop by to learn and have fun with simple science activities in our classroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday. Regular admission is $5 per person, and there is no need to preregister. Also, with admission, take advantage of 10 percent off science toys in the Center’s gift shop.

Winter Wonders. December 28-30.

This three-part program will explore why winter is cold, why it snows, and why some winters are more wintery than others! Choose from two sessions – from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. – on Monday and Tuesday or participate in the single session from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday. The program is ideal for kindergarten through middle school ages.

Take one session or all three: the cost is $7 per person for one session, $13 per person for two sessions, or $19 per person for all three sessions. Reservations are appreciated, but walk-ins will be welcome. For

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additional information, please call the Center at (814) 938-1000 or send an email to info@weatherdiscovery.org.

Little Mr. & Miss Groundhog 2016.

Calling all kindergarteners in the Punxsutawney School District, S.S.C.D., and the Punxsutawney Christian School! Entries for Little Mr. & Miss Groundhog

2016 will be accepted until Saturday, January 16, at the Weather Discovery Center.

Winners of the contest will be crowned at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016, in the Lobby of the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center. Each winner will receive a $50 Walmart card and a gift bag. Winners will appear in the Punxsutawney Spirit and are invited to the Firemen’s Parade in July and the Home for the Holidays Parade in November. Popular voting will take place January 18-28. For entry details, please visit the Center’s website (www.weatherdiscovery.org), call the Center at 938-1000, or send an e-mail to info@weatherdiscovery.org. Proceeds from the event benefit the Weather Discovery Center’s educational programs.

If you’d like to stay up to date with what’s happening at the Center, visit either our website (www.weatherdiscovery.org) or our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/weatherdiscovery) to sign up for our e-newsletter! Or you can call us with your e-mail address, and we’ll add you to our list.

Marlene Lellock is the director of the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center.

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Holiday Dessert Tips to Please All Your Party Guests

W

ant to really flex your hosting muscles this holiday season?

The best way to show you are the host with the most is by ensuring that dessert time is sweet for every guest.

That means making sure all party goers have a delicious note to end their meal on.

Here are a few easy tips for hosts to make sure everyone at the table, regardless of his or her dietary restrictions, enjoys dessert together.

Gluten-Free Guests One in 133 Americans suffers from Celiac disease and another 18 million have gluten sensitivity. For these celebrants, occasions where lavish sweets are served can be frustrating. But you can make your guests’ day happy if you shop smart.

For instance, you can check out the gluten-free cakes of Inspired by Happiness. Certified gluten-free by the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, they are made using only natural flavors, with no artificial colors or trans-fat. Flavors include “Dreamin’ of Chocolate Dark & White Chocolate Layer Cake,” “Dreamin’ of Strawberries White Chocolate Shortcake” and the new “Cravin’ for Cookies & Cream Layered Cake,” and can be found in the in-store bakery of retail grocery chains and supermarkets including Kroger and Target. More information can be

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Give your gluten-free guests the decadence they deserve with irresistible flavors and a homemade taste. If you shop right, these may become the most popular desserts you serve this season.

Vegan Visitors For those who don’t eat eggs, milk and butter, dessert can seem tricky at first, but there are plenty of ways to create desserts that avoid these ingredients. Serve vegan guests a homemade sorbet topped with a mint garnish. Or, stick to your regular recipes and make some substitutions. Tofu, cornstarch and apple sauce can replace egg in pies and pudding. And a range of milk substitutes are available, including rice milk, soy milk and almond milk Fruit Only Fans Whether you have guests who avoid dessert because of a specific health concern or simply are fans of fruit only, a fruit side will be a welcome addition to your dessert spread, especially after an indulgent meal.

Provide guests with a fresh fruit salad side. This option will be enjoyed right alongside any and all of the other options in your spread.

The holiday feast should be a joyous, festive occasion for all your guests throughout every course. Ensure you have dessert options that everyone can enjoy.

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The Man Behind the Beard

Wishing You The Best This Holiday Season!

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very Christmas Eve, children go to bed eagerly anticipating a visit from Santa Claus. This merry gentleman is purported to visit the home of every good girl and boy, delivering gifts and cheer along the way.

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Claus lived a very real and generous individual named Nicholas. In the third century, Nicholas served as the Bishop of Myrna in present-day Turkey. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, believing that giving should be done secretly and sacrificially in Jesus Christ’s name rather than one’s own.

Stories tell of Nicholas paying the dowry for poor daughters to enable them to get married. He reportedly put coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him. It is believed Nicholas helped to restore the hope of hundreds of people in his community, making him a beloved and revered Bishop. Throughout his ministry, Nicholas fervently shared his life and fortune with others.

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commemorated by many Christians even after his death. His charity and unselfish works helped inspire generations of the faithful, and he eventually was named the patron saint of everyone from merchants to sailors to pawnbrokers.

No one really knows what St. Nicholas looked like. But in 2005, a forensic laboratory in England reviewed historical data and photographs of the remains taken from St. Nicholas’ grave in the 1950s. Researchers concluded that he was a small man, perhaps no more than five feet in height, with a broken nose.

This image certainly does not fit with the robust frame and other imagery awarded St. Nicholas in more modern years. St. Nicholas is believed to be the inspiration for Santa Claus, which was a name taken from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a contracted form of Sint Nicolass, or St. Nicholas.

Tales of the real St. Nicholas’ giving spirit were blended with a fictional personification by New York-based newspaper writers who blended the St. Nicholas name with the appearance of a Dutch town citizen. The goal was to reach out to the primarily Dutch immigrants living in New York at the time. This jolly elf image was given a boost by the publication of “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” which was published around the same time.

Eventually, the merry Santa Claus portrayal began to outshine the more accurate St. Nicholas version as a religious man, fostered by political drawings and caricatures that depicted Santa as a chubby sort in a red suit. That image prevails to this day.

Beneath the Christmas symbolism, the beard and the presents associated with Santa Claus lies a tale of generosity that originated with St. Nicholas.

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Ridge Ave. • 938-0200 Extending Warm Wishes to Everyone for a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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(Editor’s Note: “From Our Past,” researched by S. Thomas Curry, features items of interest from past editions of Punxsutawney and area newspapers.)

December 8, 1886 — George Washington Jose, who is building the big hotel at Newburg, on the Bell’s Gap railroad, was in town last Thursday. (Punxsutawney Spirit) [The “big hotel at Newburg” is what was known as “The LaJose Hotel.” Newburg, located along PA Route 36 South toward Altoona, is more familiarly known as “LaJose.”]

December 9, 1869 — HO, FOR THE RAILROAD! – On Thursday last, some eighteen railroad carts, and attendant Hibernians, passed through town enroute for the Butler Branch of the West Penn Road, now in course of construction. They attracted considerable attention while passing along our street, and we wondered how long it would be until similar vehicles would be in use in Jefferson county. We hope to note that occurrence ere long.

(Punxsutawney Plaindealer) [“Hibernians” are defined as people native to Ireland.]

December 13, 1899 — The Lindsey Press moved to Punxsutawney last week, according to promise, and appeared last Wednesday in a greatly enlarged form, under the caption of the “Punxsutawney Republican.” A number of Punxsutawney gentlemen have gone in with Messrs. Clark Rodgers & Son and formed a company

known as the Punxsutawney Publishing Company. While from a business standpoint the SPIRIT does not court competition, finding the struggle for existence quite lively enough, it welcomes everybody to Punxsutawney, in whose future it has abundant faith, and wished them all success.

(Punxsutawney Spirit) December 14, 1906 — That Big Run is a live and progressive town is evidenced by the united efforts of its citizens to bring about the prosperity of the town and the good results with which their efforts have been meeting. Towns, like individuals, generally do not get more out of the world than they go after, and the people of Big Run have commenced to realize this. A new private company, the Irvington Real Estate and Improvement Company has decided to build five new houses. There has never been a time in the history of Big Run when the outlook was as bright for the town as it is now. (Big Run Tribune) December 15, 1886 — Owen Murphy, the contractor who built the new coke ovens at Walston, is not highly pleased at the Indiana Messenger’s report to the effect that fifty of the ovens had caved in. He thinks such a story will not assist him materially in getting other ovens to build. Mr. Murphy‘s ovens are all solid, and will not fall in for years to come. In fact no more substantial masonry could be found anywhere. (Punxsutawney Spirit) •••

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By the staff of Hometown magazine rom the staff of Hometown magazine and the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here is a list of events coming up in our area: n Dec. 14-18: 25th Annual Light Up A Child’s Life® Campaign, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., on WPXZ for Make-A-Wish®. Auction on Friday. For information, call 938-8888. n Dec. 16: PAHS Band Holiday Concert, 7 p.m., at PAHS auditorium. n Dec. 22: First Day of Winter. n Dec. 24: Christmas Eve, worship services at many churches around town. n Dec. 25: Christmas Day! n Dec. 26: Super Science Saturday at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. Call 9381000 for information. n Dec. 26: Milk Can Jam food bank fundraiser, 7 p.m., at the Punxsy Eagles.

Benefits local food banks and world hunger relief. n Dec. 28, 29 & 30: Winter Wonders at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. 9381000. n Jan. 1: New Year’s Day! Welcome 2016! n Jan. 2: Super Science Saturday at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. 9381000. n Jan. 5: First Tuesday Community Dinner, 5 to 7 p.m., at Punxsy Presbyterian Church. Free & open to the public.

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mation, along with your (or his or her) picture, to Punxsutawney Hometown Magazine, PO Box 197, Punxsutawney, PA 15767: 1. First and last name.

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The Punxsutawney Community Medical Building, located at 551 W. Mahoning Street in downtown Punxsutawney, will begin to welcome patients on specific dates, beginning at 9 a.m. December 2 with the opening of the relocated pediatrics office.

“We’re excited to provide these new and expanded services to our patients from the Punxsutawney area,” said Raymond Graeca, Penn Highlands Healthcare CEO. “Thousands of people from this region choose Penn Highlands as their healthcare provider each year, and this is our way of bringing the same quality that they have received at Penn Highlands Brookville and Penn Highlands DuBois to their hometown.”

Penn Highlands Pediatrics, the offices of Dr. George Fatula and Dr. James Fugate, Jr., will relocate to the new facility and will welcome patients at 9 a.m. December 2. They were formerly located at 81 Hillcrest Drive.

In addition to the physicians, physician assistants Emily Bish and Nicole Grunthaner will also see patients at the new location.

Opening at 8 a.m. December 7 is the new QCare Punxsutawney, a walk-in, urgent care clinic that will serve patients who need immediate care for minor illnesses and health issues such as flu-like symptoms, fever, vomiting, coughs, sinus problems, earaches, sprains, rashes, minor cuts and abrasions, minor aches and pains, bladder infections, tick and insect bites, animal bites, etc. No appointments are necessary to see a provider at QCare.

Patients suffering from a life-threatening injury or illness should go directly to the nearest hospital emergency room. This is sometimes best accomplished by calling 91-1. QCare is not the appropriate facility for those suffering from things like chest pain, severe abdominal pain, major head injuries and other trauma, visibly broken bones, shortness of breath, ingestion of poisons, seizures, dizziness, severe burns, shock, snake bites, and uncontrollable bleeding.

QCare is also not appropriate for children under the age of one-year-old.

Additional services available at QCare include sports and Department of Transporta-

tion physicals, tetanus shots, and suture removal.

QCare allows Penn Highlands Healthcare to provide fast, convenient care for patients in a private setting and is the choice over the emergency department for shorter wait times and co-pays similar to a primary care visit.

Most major insurance programs are accepted at QCare. Those who are unsure about their insurance coverage should ask their insurance provider about specific coverage at QCare.

“QCare is a service that helps patients get the care that they want, when they need it,” Graeca said. “There are many times when your primary care physician is unable to immediately see you. QCare is convenient, has expanded hours – seven days a week – and has local providers who you know and trust.”

Providers at the new QCare include Darlene Brink, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner; Heather Griffith, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner; and Ashlee Spack, Physician Assistant. Brink is a resident of Punxsutawney and is a fixture in the healthcare community, having worked more than thirty years of her career as a staff nurse and nurse manager in the local emergency department. Griffith is a resident of Worthville and a graduate of the Punxsutawney Area High School. She has spent time working as a nurse and a nurse practitioner at Penn Highlands DuBois in both the hospitalist program and in the Hahne Regional Cancer Center. Spack is a lifelong resident of Rossiter and also a graduate of the Punxsutawney Area High School. She has been a physician assistant at a large physician practice in Clarion for the last year.

QCare Punxsutawney is open seven days a week with hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The office is closed only three days per year: Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. In addition to the QCare walk-in services, patients will also be able to complete outpatient testing at the Punxsutawney Community Medical Building. These services will also open on December 7.

Patients with physician orders will be able to walk in and have X-rays taken seven days a week with hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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or twenty-five years, the Make-AWish® Foundation has been lighting up children’s lives in Punxsutawney. The 2015 Light Up A Child’s Life campaign began on Monday, December 14, and will conclude on Friday, December 18. Make-A-Wish invites area residents to find WPXZ on their radio dials and help make wishes come true for local children with life-threatening medical conditions.

During the week, Make-A-Wish will broadcast live from 7 to 9 a.m. at Ragley’s True Value Hardware, Punxsy Pizza, Caterina’s, the Punxsutawney middle and high school, and County Market.

Each day, the broadcast will resume at 10 a.m. and continue to 4 p.m. at the MakeA-Wish office at 109 N. Findley Street in the old Spirit building. On Wednesday, December 16, from 3 to 4 p.m. Make-AWish will broadcast from Mulberry Square, where the SSCD choir will perform. A new venue has been added to this year’s schedule: from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, December 17, Make-A-Wish will broadcast from The Burrow.

Throughout the campaign, wish kids and donors will share their stories, and supporters will have multiple opportunities to make donations. The campaign wraps up on Friday, December 18, with

the annual auction, held from 3 to 4 p.m., at the Make-A-Wish office. Please call 938-8888 to place a bid throughout the campaign week.

Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia is a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children, aged 2 ½ to 18, with life-threatening medical conditions. Currently, the local chapter is one of the most active in the country, having fulfilled more than 15,000 wishes. For more information, please call Make-A-Wish at (800) 6769474 or visit its website at www.greaterpawv.wish.org.

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Continued from previous page Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. X-ray services will also be closed only three days per year: Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Laboratory testing will also be available five days per week with hours from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The building also includes additional space to add primary care and specialty physician offices in the future. Penn Highlands will announce those physicians in the near future.

“We have a large number of Punxsutawney area patients who use Penn Highlands Healthcare for their primary care, pediatric care, cardiac care, cancer care, and much more,” Graeca said. “The Punxsutawney Community Medical Building is a way for us to show our commitment to our loyal patients and expand access to everyone in the Punxsutawney region.”

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• Put a bath mat, rug-side down and rubberside up, beneath your Christmas tree stand.

This allows you to spin the tree as you hang lights and ornaments without damaging the floor underneath. It also makes it simple to undress the tree once the season is over. Use a tree skirt to hide the mat.

• Use empty squirt bottles to make baking and cooking easier. Pancake and cookie batters can be squirted from the containers for less mess.

• Store one or two strings of lights in a plastic shopping bag to keep the strands from getting tangled. Hang the bags from a hook in a garage or stack them in a storage bin.

• Use plastic zip ties to attach garland and lights to bannisters. They’re easy to assemble and will not damage the bannisters.

• A paper towel holder can be screwed to the wall in a craft room to neatly hold spools of ribbon. Simply pull the length you need from the spool and cut for easy decorating.

• Mount a tree stand to a piece of wood with screws or glue. This prevents spills from reaching the floor while stabilizing the tree.

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• Wrap duct tape or another type of sticky tape around your hand. Pat over fallen pine needles that accumulate around the tree. In hard-to-reach areas, wrap the tape around a broom or a floor sweeper.

• When traveling for the holidays, use a brightly colored suitcase or flashy tape to make your suitcase stand out from others at the airport.

• Place hardened brown sugar in a baking dish, cover it with a moist paper towel and either microwave it on high for 20-second intervals or place it in a 300 F oven for five minutes. This will soften the sugar, making it easier to use the sugar to prepare your favorite holiday cookie recipes.

• Save plastic bread ties, which can be used to make tags for the wires on certain devices.

Such ties also can be used to organize decorating components and to keep your place on a roll of tape.

• Measure the inside of your picture window and construct a wooden frame to its dimensions. Staple holiday lights to the frame and then easily slip the frame in and out of place each year.

• Hang a live wreath or some boughs of evergreen in your home to give it that fresh pine scent if you have an artificial tree.

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oliday traditions vary from family to family, but one component of the holidays that seems to be universally enjoyed is a good Christmas song. Music is piped throughout malls and stores to entertain shoppers, and favorite tunes may be on the radio or streamed through a digital music service as families decorate their homes.

Many people may love Christmas songs and carols, but not everyone shares the same favorites. Thankfully, there’s no shortage of material when it comes to Christmas songs, ensuring there’s something for everyone.

In 2014, Time magazine researched records at the U.S. Copyright Office to determine the most popular and most recorded Christmas songs since 1978. when copyright registrations were digitized. The following are some of the more beloved holiday tunes and a bit of history about each song.

• “Silent Night”: One of the most rerecorded songs in history (733 versions since 1978), “Silent Night,” was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber and put to lyrics by Joseph Mohr. It was first performed on Christmas Eve at St. Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in Austria. Today’s version is a slow lullaby, but it’s believed the original was a dance-like tune in 6/8 time.

• “O Holy Night”: This popular song was composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to a French poem titled, “Minuit, chrétiens (Midnight, Christians).” Many notable performers, including Perry Como, Céline Dion, Josh Groban, Michael Crawford, and Lea Michele, have performed “O Holy Night.”

• “Silver Bells”: Now a Christmas classic, “Silver Bells” originally was written for the Bob Hope film, “The Lemon Drop Kid.” Songwriter Jay Livingston wanted to title the song “Tinkle Bell,” but his wife dissuaded him from using the word “tinkle.”

• “White Christmas”: Irving Berlin believed his song “White Christmas” would be an instant hit. His prediction was correct, especially after singer Bing Crosby recorded it.

• “Jingle Bells”: Although it has become one of the more popular Christmas songs, “Jingle Bells” really was written for Thanksgiving. It’s also one of the oldest holiday songs of American origin. James

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• “The Christmas Song”: This classic Christmas song was written in 1944 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé. It’s usually subtitled “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.” The song was written during a heat wave as a way to think cool thoughts. It only took 40 minutes to write the music and some of the lyrics. Nat King Cole’s rendition of the song is among the more popular versions.

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• “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”: James Gillespie wrote this tune while riding a subway and reminiscing about his childhood with his brother. It became a hit

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The Christmas tree tradition is believed to have originated in Germany in the 15th or 16th centuries, when trees were decorated with edibles, such as nuts and fruits. They were later decorated with candles and eventually lights.

Through the centuries, people have trekked to forests, Christmas tree farms and commercial lots to pick the perfect trees for their holiday displays. The National Christmas Tree Association says more than 33 million real trees are purchased each year, making the tree business a billion-dollar industry. While there are scores of evergreen varieties, certain tree types are more popular than others and thus more available for purchase. The following are some of the more popular trees come Christmastime.

• Eastern Redcedar: Branches of the tree are compact and form a pyramidshaped crown. The trees should be a dark, shiny green color. The eastern redcedar is not a true cedar tree, but a member of the juniper family. This tree can make a great cut tree with a homespun look and a pungent fragrance.

• Leyland Cypress: This cypress is one of the more popular Christmas trees in the southeastern United States. The tree will be very dark green to almost gray in color.

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• Scotch Pine: A classic conical shape and very good needle retention help make the Scotch pine a popular tree to cut for the holidays. Scotch pines also are quite prevalent thanks to the tree’s adaptability to a wide range of climates.

• Eastern White Pine: A delicate green color and long needles are found on this tree. Another popular pine, the rich fragrance of the white pine may make it preferable to those who like their homes to smell of evergreen.

• Douglas Fir: The Douglas fir is one of the foremost Christmas tree species in the United States. It has soft needles that are dark green in color. Those needles radiate in all directions from the branches to give the tree a full look. The needles, when crushed, have a sweet fragrance. Douglas firs tend to live long when cut.

• Fraser Fir: Another popular fir for Christmas is the Fraser fir. The needles are bicolored, with dark green on top and silver on the bottom. More fragrant than its cousin, the Douglas, the Fraser also boasts a slender profile, which makes it suitable for smaller rooms.

Christmas tree maintenance Nothing can guarantee the health and appearance of a tree after it is brought into a home. But choosing a recently cut tree that has good needle retention can help.

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Those without a fireplace often hang stockings from windowsills and stairway banisters.

No written record exists to explain the origin of hanging stockings on fireplace mantles. Despite this, many people link the tradition to a tale about St. Nicholas.

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Soon news traveled about the mysterious money in stockings, and other children left out stockings for St. Nicholas to capture their own gifts.

The tradition has transformed over the years, and now many children hang stockings by the chimney with the expectation that the stockings will be filled with gifts from Santa. Traditions once suggested that only gifts from Santa were left in stockings, while gifts placed beneath the tree were from family, but that has since changed. Stockings are now meant to hold small gifts while larger items are placed under the tree.

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Many holiday celebrations focus on the exchange of presents, which may be exchanged with relatives, friends and even coworkers. But are you familiar with the origins of exchanging gifts?

Gift exchanges trace their origins to both

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religious and secular traditions, each of which has helped shape the holidays into what they are today.

Christmas People exchange gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day all over the world. For Christians, Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe was a gift from the Creator.

From a religious standpoint, gifting others around Christmastime can be traced back to the stories of the Three Kings (also referred to as the “Three Wise Men”) who visited Jesus after his birth. Frankincense, a fragrance involved in worship; gold; and myrrh, an incense associated with funerals,

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was presented. These gifts symbolized worship in Christ, that He would be the King of Kings, and that suffering and death would come to Him. Another giver of gifts is part of many Christmas celebrations. St. Nicholas, a fourth century saint, is a beloved figure across the globe who has a reputation for giving gifts in secret and helping the needy.

The figure of “Santa Claus” is based on St. Nicholas, and the blending of the two has evolved as history has mixed with folklore and personal traditions.

Hanukkah Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.

The word “hanukkah” actually means “dedication” in Hebrew.

The Jews, including Judah Maccabee, helped drive the Syrians out of Jerusalem.

In one of Judaism’s most central texts, Maccabee and others witnessed a miracle at the temple. Even though there was only enough oil to keep a menorah’s candles burning for one day, the flames continued for eight nights.

Traditionally, gelt, or money, was given as a Hanukkah gift. Many Hanukkah gift givers aim to give gifts that are thoughtful and sweet. Money is not exchanged as much today, with other gifts taking its place.

Kwanzaa Kwanzaa is an American holiday that pays homage to traditions and cultural influences from Africa. The holiday was developed in 1966 by Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga. The focus of Kwanzaa is on family and the harvest as well as certain principles, such as unity and faith.

Gifts make up one of the seven symbols of Kwanzaa celebrations. However, giftsharing is not the central part of this special holiday. Gifts are symbolic of the labor and love of parents and the commitments made and kept by their children.

Gifts are exchanged in abundance this time of year. The traditions behind the giving of presents is far-reaching and based in religious, secular and cultural traditions.

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