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The Story of the National Part 4: History of Hotels in Punx’y

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Eventually there came a time when buildings would be erected for the actual purpose of being a “hotel.” Places here named St. Elmo Hotel, Pantall Hotel, Bennis Hotel, Waverly Hotel, and others were built. In continuing the series of stories about the history of hotels in Punxsutawney, the emphasis in this writing will

the first temperance house in the town.”

When the Forest House changed hands, Dr. Gilpin got a license to sell whiskey, and the house became a “wet hotel.”

Gilpin Street was named for Dr. Gilpin.

In its interesting history, the hotel passed through many owners and managers. One was John Fouts (or Foutz) who came to Punxsutawney in the 1860s from Cur-

uring the years of the early settlers in the area, lodging for the traveler was usually a private home of a hospitable resident. In local history it is written that the first hotel “was kept” in Punxsutawney in 1819 when Abram Weaver “entertained travelers in a log house” on Mahoning Street at the west corner of North Penn Street (where is now the Eagles building facing the park).

Such friendly gestures toward weary travelers were written of Dr. John W. Jenks, who settled in the area in 1818 with his brother-in-law Rev. David Barclay, who, with his registered plan for the town, is considered the founder of Punxsutawney. As stated in the 1949 Punxsutawney Centennial Book, “The Jenks were noted for their generosity and their hospitality.

Their second home, which is the present Jenks’ The New National Hotel, built in 1905, replaced a former National Hotel building from the 1840s. The old National Hotel was destroyed residence, was al- by fire in 1898. (Photo from White Studio Collection, Punxsutawney Historical Society) ways open to friends be the site on the corner of South Gilpin and strangers alike, and it was often said wensville, where he had also been in the Street and West Union Street, where once that the only difference between a hotel hotel business. He changed the name of was the former National Hotel. and the Jenks house was that the Jenks’ the Forest House to the National Hotel.

In the 1840s, South Gilpin Street was house had no license, and made no For years, his advertisements read “Firstknown as the Kittanning and Luthersburg charge.” class accommodations for man or beast.”

Pike. The area was an ideal spot for lodgAccording to history, Abram Weaver seIn early June of 1886, Foutz changed the ing, with early travelers and teamsters arcured his hotel license in 1830. With rename of the landmark hotel from the Nariving from the Kittanning / Indiana area gards to rooms and meals, the early tional to Farmers’ Home. into Punxsutawney and beyond. “house” keeper provided every luxury The disastrous fire in downtown PunxOn that prime corner in the 1840s, Ezra available for the pioneers of the early sutawney on October 9, 1886 that deRoot built a boarding house he would call 1800s. Locally, there were lodging and stroyed the St. Elmo Hotel and the the Forest House. In 1853, Root sold it to meals available in places named the Eagle Washington House near the park sent the Dr. John Gilpin of Kittanning, who added Tavern, the Forest House, the Mahoning owners of those hotels into other parts of to the house. As a landlord, it had been House, the Campbell House, the Jennings town to continue their hotel interests. said of Root, “being a Methodist, he kept House, the North House, and the WashTwo gentlemen often identified as Barr - Continued on page 4

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By Kathleen Pender San Francisco Chronicle t would seem inconceivable if it didn't happen so often: highly paid celebrities and athletes going broke.

Despite having one of the most lucrative careers in show business, Michael Jackson reportedly died $400 million in debt. Ed McMahon narrowly avoided foreclosure on his home before he died recently.

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years of retirement, are bankrupt or "under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce." Within five years of retirement, an estimated 60 percent of former NBA players "are broke." And at least 10 major-league baseball players fell prey to alleged fraudster Robert Allen Stanford, the magazine says.

For each failure, there is usually a reason: a lawsuit, illness, injury, divorce, unexpected tax bill or bad investment.

Those are the same things that throw ordinary folks into bankruptcy, but celebrities face challenges most of us don't.

One is that their careers are highly uncertain and often brief. In the business world, it's fairly easy for someone with a seven-figure income to guesstimate fu-

"Some people are not willing to accept the bad news: You can't live at this lifestyle. They say, 'I'll make money some other way,' "says Ken Anderson, a director in Los Angeles with wealthmanagement firm Aspiriant.

Sometimes they can.

“I know firsthand some celebrities in this town go on tour because they have to, not because they want to," Anderson says. "I've dealt with some athletes.

When they ran out of money, they went to a baseball park and sold autographs for $10 or $20 a pop and that kept them out of the newspaper for being destitute."

Canseco recently appeared in a mixedmartial-arts match in Japan.

Along with their outsize incomes, celebrities also have enormous overhead: large homes, agents, managers, publicists, bodyguards, assistants and others who may or may not have their best interests at heart.

"In entertainment and sports, salaries are published. It's like winning the lottery.

People come out of the woodwork trying to sell you things," says Ted Beck, president and chief executive of the National Endowment for Financial Education.

"Because you have achieved wealth based on talent, not business skills, you immediately become a target, especially if you are young. Trying to ferret out who is there to help you in a professional way is hard. You are inundated with people trying to share your success, not provide a service to you."

Beck, whose organization makes grants, has experienced this on a smaller scale himself.

"I'm always amazed how suddenly popular I get at meetings. When people start saying, 'That was an intelligent comment,' I immediately check my wallet," he says.

Like any business with fixed costs, celebrities often have trouble cutting their expenses quickly enough when their income nosedives.

"If you are making $10 million a year, keeping $7 million after taxes, and you are spending pretty close to that, it won't take long for you to be out of money if your income stops but your spending - Continued on page 9

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Continued from page 2 and Cromer, who operated the St. Elmo Hotel, bought the National Hotel property from Foutz. The two men began making improvements to the property. They added a larger addition to the rear, remodeled, repapered, and recarpeted the thirty rooms, and replaced the old beds with new ones. They transferred their liquor license without any difficulty. When completed, and with the name changed back to the National Hotel, the Spirit stated it, “fully equal to the old St. Elmo.”

Their new first-class hotel in town was advertised as “the oldest established licensed house in town.” With its many new features to entertain guests, the ads pointed out the hotel was heated and

lighted with gas. A free “bus” would run from the two train stations. The new, enlarged stable in the rear would house sixty-five horses. As a promotion, the o w n e r s claimed, “This is the best located hotel in town for farm trade.”

After the monumental Pantall Hotel

This view of the National Hotel at the corner of South Gilpin Street and West Union Street is a familiar one to older residents. The hotel building was destroyed by fire in 1981.

was built to replace the St. Elmo Hotel on the corner of Mahoning Street and South Jefferson Street, with all its “modern” features, Barr and Cromer put the National property up for sale or rent and returned

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Many “hotels” in early 19th-century-pioneer towns were privately owned homes. In Punxsutawney, they had names such as Forest House, Campbell House, and North House.

to the Pantall to manage it. Mike Haley, of the Haley Hotel in Clayville (to the west end of town), bought the National in 1890.

In 1891, S. C. Dinger and D. E. Dinger bought the hotel.

The Dinger brothers would sell the popular National Hotel to Frank Deitz in 1896. Shortly after gaining ownership, Deitz met disappointment. With the quota for liquor licenses filled in Punxsutawney, - Continued on page 6

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the county License Court refused to grant him one. The Spirit remarked “the friends of Frank Deitz are not feeling good over his failure to obtain a license. They claim that the National entertains nearly all of the teamsters who drive to or through town, and that if anybody really needs a stimulant, it is the men who come to town on a load of boards or hay, or railroad ties, on a cold day...”

A decade after the huge St. Elmo Hotel fire, the National Hotel suffered its own destruction in November 1898 when a fire was discovered in a room “where the lamps are kept.” With the main part of the building constructed in 1845, it burned like timber before it could be checked.

Only a portion of the walls were left standing.

Deitz assured his friends he would replace the old National Hotel with a modern brick building three stories high.

It would be a few years later that the “new” National Hotel would be built. But it wouldn’t be Deitz who built it. In 1902, Joseph Baumgartner, who owned and operated the Punxsutawney Brewery, and Thomas Fleckenstein, who had previously operated the Washington Hotel (and would later buy the Continental Hotel in the East End) purchased the Deitz property. Ground was broken for the New National Hotel in August of 1904. The 65-foot by 100-foot, red brick structure contained a lobby, dining room, and bar on the ground floor, 36 rooms on the second and third floors with three shared bathrooms on each floor, and a larger brick-

erate it for 20 years.

When Naylon became ill, his interests in the hotel were purchased in 1934 by Ed Baumgartner, son of Joseph Baumgartner. After the closure of the Punxsutawney Brewery during the Prohibition years, the elder Baumgartner would become actively involved with the hotel, too. At the time, no rooms featured a private bath or shower, and many rooms had no heat or running water, with lighting provided by a combination of gas and electric fixtures.

However, Baumgartner completely remodeled the hotel to have it accepted as a member of the American and Pennsylvania Hotels Association.

After its modernization the hotel advertisements would announce its business goal for “catering to tourists and Commercial Men and Vacationists.”

During the time the Baumgartner family operated the hotel they promoted the hotel by using For many years the National Hotel promoted the Punxsutawney Ground- the famed Punxsutawney hog in its advertising. The public could view groundhogs in its groundhog pen on the property, years before the Groundhog Zoo was built in Groundhog in its advertising. A groundhog pen the 1970s in the public library. was built in the rear of the faced barn for horses to replace a 30-year hotel to raise groundhogs and display old timber stable. The new owners leased them for the traveling public. the hotel to Davis Naylon, who would opThis New National Hotel would be the

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building remembered most by the elder readers of Hometown magazine. Most longtime residents will recall its respectability, along with the Pantall Hotel, during the heyday of the 1940s and ‘50s, but also remembered is the fall into disrepair from its earlier elegance. Ironically, it all came to an end in a fire of October 1981. The site is now a parking lot for Groundhog Auto Parts.

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PRIDE piloted the downtown Farmers’ Market in 2008. It was a success. In 2009, PRIDE will again sponsor the Farmers’ Market which will operate from 4 to 7 p.m. on Fridays throughout the summer.

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bypass the lessons taught by Miss Manners, and we just go for the gusto (or the throat), and mistakenly believe that getting loud or being repetitive will help us get through to the person whose attention we want.

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Continued from page 3 continues for six months," Naehu says.

Some celebrities and athletes get into bad investments because they think their success on the stage or field will translate to other areas of life.

"Having one sort of talent does not usually bestow all sorts of talents on a person," says Terrance Odean, a professor and behavioral finance specialist at the University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business. "You often find athletes and entertainers making poor investments because the skills and knowledge they needed to become athletes and entertainers does not include business skills."

Another subcommittee works on developing activities which take place downtown and promote our places of interest and our unique shops and eateries.

PRIDE is a group of community minded individuals who give their time to make Punxsutawney a better place to live and work. Persons wishing to become active in community improvement actives may contact PRIDE by writing to PRIDE at P.O. Box 298, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 or calling 814-938-2493 and leaving a message.

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Not all celebrities act this way. Naehu says that most of the celebrities his firm works with are more nervous or tentative than non-celebrities, either "because of their past experience or experience (of others) they know."

He also knows a few wealthy celebrities who grew up poor and continue to live well below their means.

What, if anything, can the average person learn from celebrity failures?

"It's important to insulate your lifestyle," Anderson says. "Take care of your personal needs with conservative investments you know are going to be there. Use riskier assets for the extras of life."

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using the power of two feet to walk away. It's better than being verbally beaten down, but you will have to deal with this person again, and he or she will be armed and ready next time. If it seems like you are being held hostage, there may be a good reason for feeling that way.

To really make a permanent change in this kind of communication conundrum, the person who is being relentless has to actually see his or her behavior. Some therapists actually videotape clients in session, so they can see how damaging hurtful and manipulative behaviors and harsh words can be.

Using something as simple as the video camera on your phone can help your partner see that his or her behavior is inappropriate. It really is a wake-up call for most people to see themselves act out with a loved one. It's best to first agree that it's OK to record your partner, and then let him or her watch it after calming down. (And please, don't put it on YouTube!)

Hopefully, you can avoid or eliminate this behavior completely. I'm sure it's obvious how much better both your lives will be without it.

(Dr. Barton Goldsmith, a marriage and family therapist in Westlake Village, Calif., is the author, most recently, of "Emotional Fitness for Intimacy." He also hosts "Emotional Fitness" on NPR. E-mail him at Barton@BartonGoldsmith.com.)

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By S. Thomas Curry tion, their initial goal is to concentrate on of Hometown magazine the service of meals, lodging, and hospitals we conclude this comprehenity that hotel guests will experience. As sive history of hotels in Punxhotel owners of the past have done, it can sutawney, it is both exciting and be said they, too, have a sole aim of seeing necessary to report the historymaking news about the change in ownership of the historic Pantall Hotel in downtown Punxsutawney.

The new owners are Punxsutawney native Mike Weaver and Jim DeLong of Pittsburgh, who bring together their management, foodservice, marketing, and hospitality experiences to strengthen the qualities of the Pantall’s historic past with their vision for a total Pantall and Punxsutawney experience for future visitors and guests.

While the owners are presently “discovering” for themselves the mystique of “The Pantall” to this area, they have as one of their goals to build a partnership with the town’s assets of people, organiza- The Hotel Whitney was built in 1893 in downtown Punxsutawney. From its tions, and attitude to balcony, many open-air band concerts provided music to listeners on the sideimprove the quality walk below. (Photo from White Studio Collection, Punxsutawney Historical of life for Punx- Society) sutawney area residents and the many visthat their “guests” will be thoroughly conitors who want to live a “Pantall tented, comfortable and happy with an exexperience” while in Punxsutawney. perience in Punxsutawney.

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——— A directory of names and places for hotels in Punxsutawney history includes nearly twenty titles, some well-known and many less familiar. The series of articles to share their history began in the May 2008 issue of Hometown magazine and concludes with this final offering of three names. Not to be overlooked, of course, are the little hotels in the many towns and hamlets within a few miles of Punxsutawney.

The Hotel Whitney was built in 1893 on West Mahoning Street in the downtown area. In its brief existence, relative to the National Hotel, Pantall Hotel, or others in the business district, it had become a popular place, too, for its catering to sheltering and feeding its guests.

Elmer E. Shaffer, Punxsutawney native and businessman, built and owned the three-story building that could accommodate forty people and fronted the main street of town. The ground floor had the expected office, dining room, cafe, and kitchen and storerooms. It had a parlor and balcony on the second floor with its “sleeping rooms,” and Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer had lodging on the third floor, with additional bedrooms.

The balcony provided a special place for area community bands to provide “open air” concerts to scores of people who stood along the sidewalks before any thought of a bandstand in the public park. The hotel was formally opened in July 1893 with a brass band from Reynoldsville providing music on the balcony. A rare photo of the hotel visually describes its uniqueness and elegance in the local setting.

Shortly after its opening, a “modern” communication system was installed — a call system to permit the clerk to be in touch with each room and receive a reply.

Another feature that created interest was the posting of Associated Press news dispatches on a bulletin board in front of the hotel for local readers interested in the latest news of 1898. The Hotel Whitney was lit by gas and electricity, and heated in winter by coal and gas stoves.

In 1916, the former hotel building was remodeled, inside and outside, to be occupied

by Burkett's Drug Store and the Brown Boot Shop. A portion of the porch in front at ground level was torn down, except for the section supporting the balcony and - Continued on page 18

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Punxsutawney had 674 residents and Young America, which was redirecting her energy The mining companies in need of workers Township had 909, which included the resifrom the War Between the often subsidized the reStates and the “panic” of cruitment of labor, as rethe 1870s toward infraflected in a July 3, 1902 structure and industrial deletter from Lucius W. velopment. Railroads that Robinson to C.D. Brackwould tie the nation toenridge, a sales agent in gether were being built in New York, about Mr. Roevery direction. It was the mano, a labor recruiter time when H. Clay Frick seeking an opportunity to and Andrew Carnegie were serve as a special agent developing the industry for the mine: which would make Pitts"I would like him to say burgh the steel city. And how many men he can Walston Brown was openget for us, what proporing a mine near Punxtion of them we will have sutawney where prime to pay fares for and what “coking” coal would be consideration he wants processed and sold to turn per man for his services, iron ore and pig iron into and, whether or not he steel. will accept a commission The Punxsutawney Area The Recchia family typifies those who came to the Punxsutawney Area to work in the coal mines based on the men coming had been experiencing and and to make a better future. In 1895, Pietro Donato Recchia came from Pescasseroli, L’Aquilla here and working at least Italy to the Reynoldsville area where he was helped by his sister-in-law, Palma D’Aroutward migration of resi- Province, long enough for us to get cangelo Macro, and her family. He worked and brought his wife Maria Conavetra D’Arcangelo and dent labor as the lumber in- three children, Erimino, Pippinelli, and Nunziata, from the old country in 1896. Like many Italian back the money we might dustry was in early stages immigrants, they chose not to live in the company towns. They lived in Prescottville and Sykesville. advance for railroad of decline, and those who He worked in the mines at Big Soldier and Cascade. They worked, saved their money and bought fares. Our idea would farm where they raised their family, including eight American born children: Clara, Ethel, Joseph, had served in the War were aElizabeth, make it an object for him Effie, Helen, Henry, and Laura. moving to claim lands in to get as many men as Indian Territory. An example of this migrapossible to pay their own fare. It would be to dents of Clayville. Brown, whose company tion was recorded in a letter published in the his interest, as ours, to pick out good men, as had experience contracting for labor gangs to Punxsutawney Spirit on October 11, 1893 enonly such a man of good judgment would pick construct railroads, most likely turned to the titled, “Jefferson County People: A ProsperNew York City employment agencies. These - Continued on page 14

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Punxsutawney quickly became a destination for immigrants seeking work. Immigrants of

Continued from page 12 out as reliable and steady workers who would stick to their jobs."

Once the first wave of laborers was in place, the informal recruitment networks began.

This network was the chain of migration which would bring fellow countrymen to work and settle near their friends and relatives. Employers capitalized on this chain of migration, encouraging miners to bring family members over from the old country.

Companies in need of labor would provide a miner, whom they considered to be a good worker, the money necessary to return to his home village and recruit others to come to work for them. In some mining communities, there were large contingents of people from a single village in the old country.

Sometimes whole families – grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins – would locate in a town, recreating their old-world community in their new hometown.

Florence Mine, Punxsutawney, one mile from entrance. (Postcard courtesy of The political climate Mike Johnston) in Europe was the English, Scotch, German, and Welsh ancespush factor encouraging outward migration; tory, who had followed the occupation of minthe opportunity in America was the pull factor ing before coming to the United States, found bringing people of all socio-economic levels similar work in the mines as mining engineers, to her shores. Shirley Blumenthal, in her book foremen, and superintendents. Immigrants “Coming to America,” describes the bleak sitfrom southern and eastern Europe who had uation for most people in the peasant class and been farmers and unskilled laborers willingly those who were disenfranchised by the retook jobs as laborers in coal, coke, and other drawing of political boundaries in eastern Euindustries developing in the area. rope, which encouraged so many to leave their New immigrants were supported in their ashomeland and seek their fortunes in America. similation by relatives or friends who came to People in eastern European countries were Punxsutawney as contract labor and had esnewly freed from the lord/serf system where tablished themselves. Some have left written they had been schooled in obedience to the records of their experience enabling us to master, obedience to the empire, and obediknow what it was like for them to leave home, ence to the church. This acceptance of aufamily and country to travel half way around thority was a quality greatly appreciated by the the world to begin a new life in a strange new mine owner. place.

Although life was difficult in their native One story comes to us from Joseph Grisak, country, leaving home was not easy. Young men were subject to compulsory military serv- Continued on page 19

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At the current location of Fait Funeral Home, at North Jefferson Street on Farmer’s Alley, was the New St. Elmo Hotel and, later, the Jefferson House from 1900 to 1920, after which it became the Jordan Funeral Home. (Photo by S. Thomas Curry)

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room on the third floor. In the mid-1940s, the shoe store moved a few rooms east and the building was again prepared for the expanded Stewart’s Drug Store. In 1950, Ruth and Harry MacKenzie opened their popular pastry shop and restaurant in the building. Today’s residents will find apartments and Roseman’s Florist in what remains of the former Hotel Whitney.

The list of Punxsutawney hotels ends with a little known hotel building that had been located in the early 1900s on North Jefferson Street along Farmer’s Alley near the high school.

In July 1902, at age 68, B. K. Fisher would return to Punxsutawney from his other hotel interests in the area, with intentions to open up a new St. Elmo Hotel in town. Fisher had moved to Punxsutawney in 1878 and purchased the Jennings House on East Mahoning Street near the park, changing its name to St. Elmo Hotel. A fire in 1879 destroyed the earlier hotel and he rebuilt it into a newer and bigger St. Elmo Hotel. That hotel building was destroyed by the fire in October 1886, leading to the construction of the Pantall Hotel on the block in 1888-89.

Fisher purchased the boarding house of W. S. Smith on Jefferson Street and announced plans for extensive remodeling and enlargement that would provide rooms for 60 people and a restaurant to feed 500.

First-class was his dream, but Mr. Fisher’s eagerness and vision met difficulties.

A disagreement arose between Fisher and Smith would lead to a court case that padlocked the doors for awhile. When it finally opened in late September, the New St. Elmo was involved in an unfortunate incident that led to the death of a 15-year-old girl who worked there as a “dining room girl.” A young man who boarded at the hotel, and the young girl’s date one evening at the hotel, was charged and convicted of furnishing her too much whiskey. The incident affected the hotel and Mr. Fisher would promptly get out of the business, selling the hotel and restaurant to George Sink, who operated it for a decade.

In 1917, the New St. Elmo Hotel changed hands and would be known as the New Jefferson House. Remodeled and with new furnishings by its owner, attorney Jacob L. Fisher, son of B. K. Fisher, its business life was two years under the management of W. F. Dellapa and Anna Clawson.

Carl C. Jordan, a funeral director since 1900, bought the property in the spring of 1919 and began remodeling it for his funeral business (it was called “undertaking” then). The first floor was converted into the necessary chapel, morgue, receiving room, and show room. The second floor was remodeled to provide living quarters.

The Jordan Funeral Home continued at that site for several decades and is now the Fait Funeral Home.

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Coal Brings Diversity Continued from page 14 born in 1878 in the village of Slovinsky, county of Spies, Province of Slovakia, (Austria-Hungary) now Czechoslovakia.

In 1882, his father, who had gone to America to work, returned home to Slovinsky to find his wife had died, leaving him to care for his four children. Joseph’s father soon remarried, leaving his new wife behind with his four children and another one on the way, returning to America where he worked to make money to provide for his family and saved enough to build a home when he returned in 1888.

Joseph was encouraged to get his education and even as a youngster he was the one who wrote letters for family members to relatives in Horatio, Pennsylvania. When Joseph reached the age of 21 he decided to go to Horatio. He had to make application for clearances from the government, his employer, and the church before he could leave for America.

He did not receive his pass in a timely manner so he used a pass provided to a relative. He traveled from Slovinsky to Bremen, Germany, his port of debarkation, then across the ocean to Baltimore. From Baltimore, he traveled to Punxsutawney by train. He described how he was provided help in getting to Horatio where his Uncle John made him welcome in his new country.

Antonio Spadaro’s experience in immigrating to the Punxsutawney Area is chronicled in a book entitled, “A Biography of Antonio Spadaro, In an Autobiographical Style, as Remembered by His Wife Pauline.”

Spadaro and a friend, Michele Fariere, left Sicily on June 15, 1902 and arrived in America on July 3, 1903. His cousin, Antonio Guaetta, and his family were living in the area,

and although it does not specify exactly where, it was in a mining community.

In August 1902, a new coal mine was being opened in Rossiter and the family decided to move there, where his cousin built a house and grocery store combination. Six men, including Spadaro, lived with him as boarders and paid three hundred dollars a month for their room and board.

Spadaro was able to save enough money in a few months to repay his father for the money he had borrowed to pay for his trip to America. In order to send the money to his father, he had to walk fifteen miles from Rossiter to Walston, where a Mr. Gatti sent the money order to Italy.

Not all of the immigrants worked in the mines when they first came to Punxsutawney.

Abraham Light, of Teis, Lithuania, immigrated to England at age 13, then to Ireland, where he worked peddling lace to make enough money to pay for his passage to America at age 18. His first job in America was peddling clothing on the lower east side of New York City, where he met a man who told him of the opportunity to sell clothing and other goods to the miners in the Punxsutawney area.

He first worked at peddling clothing, then dealing in scrap, and while doing so attended Peterson’s Business School, which was a night school operated in the Weber Building, now occupied by Fairlady & Co. He saved enough money to invest in a small mine which was located at the foot of Perry Street, where he and his partner Jacob Fisher managed to make enough money to buy an interest in other local mines.

Punxsutawney, in the twenty-year period from 1880 to 1900, was changed forever by the diverse peoples who came to the area.

Young Township’s population had grown to

4,457 in 1890 and 5,969 by 1900, not including Clayville, which had its own population boom from 1,402 in 1890 to 2,371 in 1900.

Punxsutawney Borough experienced a similar growth in population, with an increase to 2,792 in 1890 and 4,375 in 1900.

The thousands of new residents brought with them their culture, their food, and their religion, and forever changed the Punxsutawney Area.

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

This article has been prepared by PRIDE – Punxsutawney Revitalization: Investing, Developing, Enhancing.)

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Men agree more on attractiveness than women, study says

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M

en are visual beings who like confidence -- as long as it's pouting and dressed in a bikini.

Those are the revelations of a new study of 4,000 people who judged photos posted on the website HotorNot.com.

Men consistently preferred the images of women who were thin, seductive and "confident." Translation: scantily clad and posing suggestively.

Women, in turn, showed weakness for muscular subjects, but often disagreed on how attractive the men were.

"Men tend to agree about twice as much as women do," said Dustin Wood, lead researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Wood said the results speak to divides in the way men and women compete for potential mates, and also to the mounting pressure women face to conform to certain aesthetic norms.

"The fact that men agree so much means that there are great rewards for having those characteristics, and possibly great punishment for not having them."

The study was published in last month's issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and co-authored by Claudia Brumbaugh at Queens College in New York.

The participants were gay and straight, and ranged in age from 18 to 70 years old. The people they judged were 18 to 25 years old.

Participants rated photos of 100 men and 100 women on a 10-point scale, from not at all to very attractive. Before the participants cast their judgment, the research team rated each photo on how seductive, confident, thin, sensitive, stylish, curvaceous (for women), muscular (for men), traditional, masculine, feminine, classy, well-groomed and upbeat the subject looked.

"Some of the guys are really looking

hard at the camera," Wood said. "Other guys have their shirts off. Other guys are wearing sweaters and they look like the nice guy you might know at church."

Wood said his findings echo those in the field of evolutionary psychology, that men need to invest more time and energy in attracting and then guarding their

mates from potential suitors. Women, meanwhile, go not just for looks, but also status markers (wealth and authority), commitment and sensitivity -- "characteristics that indicate that the man is going to invest a lot of resources and time and not abandon them."

In theory, women are left with better pickings because they're not all competing for the same beefcake.

So who wins in this sexual divide? Lesbians, Prof. Wood said.

According to his findings, they're the least superficial.

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)

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• 7am-12 pm, Pancake Breakfast – First United Methodist Church • 9am-4 pm, rummage and Bake sale ($1.00 Bag Day) Presbyterian Church (Corner of Main & Seventh) • 5 pm, rHs alumni reunion at St. Marys Church Social Hall • 6-11 pm, Midway/Rides Open • 6:30-10:30 pm, madd max - Main Stage • 6:30-10:30 pm TBA ,Auxiliary Stage

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Community Happenings

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rom the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here are some of the events taking place this summer. To put an event on the Community Calendar, visit: www.punxsutawney.com/calendar and fill out the submission form. Punxsutawney.com is a project of the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce. n Movie in the Park, hosted by the First Church of God, will be held on Friday, July 24 at 8:30 p.m. in Barclay Square. The movie is FREE. Bring your lawn chair.

Sponsored by First Church of God. Call 814-938-6670 for more information.

Music in the Park located in Barclay Square every Thursday evening in July and August at 6:30 p.m. July features: July 16 Lou Stein; July 23 - The Sharp Tones; July 30 - The Moore Brothers Band. Concerts are free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair. n Objects of Costume open for guided tours only - Thursday and Sunday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. when the Punxsutawney Historical Society’s Lattimer House is open. Tours by groups may be arranged in advance for Saturday after-

noons by request. Entry fee of $5 includes an exhibition catalog. For more information, contact the Historical Society at 814938-2555. n Farmers' Market in Downtown Punxsutawney from 4-7 p.m. each Friday throughout summer and early fall. The market, which is sponsored by PRIDE, will be held on South Findley Street beside the Fairman Centre. n National Night Out held on Saturday, August 1, from 12:00 to 8:00 to increase public awareness of Punxsutawney's growing drug problem. There will be several guest speakers, DJs, free food (as long as it lasts), live bands, and a memorial service for the victims of drugs in our community.

Sponsored by the Drug and Alcohol Task Force. For more information, call 814-9385524 or 814-938-2710. n 2009 Community Events Requested If your group or organization is planning an event for this year, please submit the information to www.punxsutawney.com/calendar for publication on the calendar of events. Be sure to include a contact telephone number.

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Punx’y Fox’s Pizza Receives Certification.

Scott Anthony, owner of Fox's Pizza Den in Punxsutawney, recently gained certification from the International School of Pizza. The course in Classic Italian Pizza took place in San Francisco.

Students worked handson throughout the course, dissecting the fundamentals of dough, pizza theory, wood fired and electric oven skills, and sauce recipes.

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July 15, 1869 — ICE CREAM. - Mr. Charles Graff wishes to inform the public generally that he will continue to serve out the best quality of Ice Cream, day and evening, at his Saloon near the National Hotel. Charles intends erecting a stand on the show ground next Wednesday, where he will supply all who may call with the best Ice Cream, Cakes, Candies, Nuts, Lemonade, etc. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer)

July 28, 1870 — PUNXSUTAWNEY OIL COMPANY. - We are informed by parties interested that the oil well of the Punxsutawney company is becoming a renumerative institution, several dividends already having been declared in favor of the stockholders. We are glad to note the success of this company, and hope theirs may yet prove a well of unequalled wealth.

(Punxsutawney Plaindealer) august 19, 1903 — The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, which has the large operation at Rossiter, has begun the erection of ninety dwelling houses. The company is also going to build a $5,000 church on the lot opposite the Hotel Brandon. The church will be for the use of any or all denominations. (Punxsutawney Spirit) •••

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Buttoned Up: Ready or not, it’s back-to-school times at stores

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idn't school just let out? Like it or not, retailers get ready for "back to school" starting in early July, and they don't save many deals for later.

The early back-toschool shopper gets the worm. Get your supplies before the end of the month and you won't just save a bundle, you'll save your sanity by avoiding the last-minute crush. Be sure to check out office superstores, as they have great things for getting your kids and yourself buttoned up for the new school year. some thoughts to get you started: 1: set a back-to-school budget Don't even think of setting foot in a store

THur., sePTemBer 3 — $8 Admission Turner Dairy Day! • 9am, Beef show including Jr. show and Dairy Beef • 9am, 4-H Horse show • 9am, 4-H Goat show • 6:30pm, Premier showmanship Contest/Cheese auction • 6:30pm, Cheerleading expo Night • Approx. 8pm, milk Chugging Contest Following Cheese auction Fri., sePTemBer 4 — $8 Admission TRI-STAR Motors Day! • 8am - 3pm, Horse show • 9am, Jr. Livestock Judging Contest • 3pm, 4-H and FFa Trophy Presentation • 5pm, Jr. Livestock sale (Sales Pavilion) • 7:30pm, Limited Pro stock & smoker series Tractors, Big rig semi’s ($10 Pit Pass, No Refunds)

saT., sePTemBer 5 — $8 Admission • 10am, Horseshoe Pitching Contest • 12pm, Demolition Derby (Pit Passes: $15 no refunds)

to do your back-to-school shopping without a budget. It's too easy to deviate from your list of musts and overspend without it.

Once you have decided on the dollar amount you have to spend, allocate the dollars appropriately by category: paper supplies, electronic supplies like calculators and computers, clothing and sports equipment.

2: a good investment: organizational tools The major difference between students with good grades and poor grades comes down to organization. Get your students on the right track early.

Look for items that will help them learn how to track homework assignments, manage larger projects and keep subject material neat and together.

- Continued on page 31

• 7pm, stock-semi, Tri-axle Dump & 4X4 Truck Pull ($15 Hook Fee - $10 Pit Pass, No Refunds) Directions: From Rt. 422 or Rt. 119, take Wayne Ave. exit, follow Wayne Ave. / Jimmy Stewart Blvd. to Fairgrounds.

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Specialty Care Unit

By Bill Anderson from published reports

I

n the late 1880s, Will Tyson of Big Run was the best checker player — by a large majority — in central Pennsylvania. His fame as such spread over a good deal of first-class coal and timber land.

At the time, in a neighboring town, there was a traveling businessman who would visit and lord over the inhabitants on account of his own ability as a fine checker player. After winning countless games against the town’s local champions, the residents no longer found common amusement in him.

It came to pass that one of the local players who had been routed by the skillful “hustler,” and who was still smarting under the defeat, decided to get even. He had heard of the 23-year-old Will Tyson of Big Run, who looks even younger than his age, tracked him down and took him to the hotel.

Tyson was introduced as a Mr. Brown, and the local gamesman remarked to the businessman/checker-player that Tyson would like to play. Tyson, of course, plead ignorance and said he didn’t know much about the game, but wouldn’t mind trying to play once just to pass the time away.

After playing ten games without once getting into the king row, Tyson’s opponent began to get nervous. He said he somehow seemed to be a little off on his checker game that night.

The onlookers laughed and chuckled and seemed to enjoy his discomfort so much that the businessman got excited and swore he could lick any four men in the house. It was not until he had been assured that he had been bucking against the champion checker player in the state that he could be induced to put his coat on and properly behave himself.

So it was that young Will Tyson’s skill and reputation as a talented checker player grew. The following year, Tyson, confident of his abilities, placed a newspaper ad challenging any checker player in Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to play a series of games for the social championship of the state. W.C. Brown of Altoona currently held that title, while two other highlyskilled champions, Reed of Pittsburgh and Priest of Philadelphia, were excluded from playing for the title. It was no surprise that Brown would accept Tyson’s challenge.

The championship would be played in Shomberg’s Cigar Store in Altoona on - Continued on next page

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Continued from previous page April 10, 11 and 12, 1888. Variations of the game including Glasgow, Old Fourteen, Double Corner, Switcher, Whilter, and Dyke would decide the outcome.

With more than fifty admirers present to watch the matches, Tyson — by a neat piece of headwork that excited applause — gained the ascendant and scored the first win. The second game was a draw.

The Punx’y delegation arrived during the third game, and Tyson — with the hometeam fans behind him — became flustered, lost the position of power, slipped and went to grass. The three following games were all drawn.

The contestants met again on Wednesday and after three-and-a-half hours of hard play through six games, the score was still even with one win each. With still eighteen of thirty games to play, the players withdrew until the following afternoon.

On Thursday morning, J.M. Beyer of Punx’y invited Tyson to his hotel and offered an idea for a new line of play. Tyson was receptive to Beyer’s strategy and after studying the new campaign plan, Tyson agreed and said he would give it a go. Play began at 2:30 p.m. and by 7:45 p.m. Tyson was declared the champion, winning five games against Brown’s two.

With the series finished, Brown complimented Tyson as the strongest player in Pennsylvania. Those watching the match were surprised. They had expected Brown to make a horrible example of that “boyish looking fellow from Jefferson County.”

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Continued from page 16 consistent.

They searched for tracks but didn't find any. He told her he was sure he had not seen a bear or a human.

Betz's notes are secret, she says, in order to protect the witnesses. She says the young man did not want to be publicly identified.

She considers her role to be much like what a police investigator does.

"We don't want to be considered like a fluff organization," she says. "In order to be taken seriously, we feel like we should separate out the stories that don't pan out."

As part of her investigations, she often cross-check facts, such as if the witness says it was a full moon. And she examines the area, looking for tracks, hair and other clues. She knows all about inspecting footprints for dermal ridges and mid-tarsal breaks.

"We're really a research- and sciencebased organization trying to get as much evidence as we can," she says. "We don't want people to think that we're just throwing everything out there that we get."

Henry Cabbage, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said Bigfoot's existence has not been confirmed. But the agency does keep a file on the subject, which includes news clippings and letters from people requesting permits to go out and catch one.

(Isaac Arnsdorf can be reached at iarnsdorf@sptimes.com. For more stories, visit scrippsnews.com.)

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back-to-school Continued from page 28

3: Break it down Attempting to cram all your back-toschool shopping into one day is likely to leave you, and your kids, frazzled and testy.

The rush could also make you less likely to get the best deals. Grab your calendar and map out four different shopping trips, with one focus area per trip, such as school supplies. Set a 30-minute appointment with yourself before you walk out the door to go shopping, and go online and search for appropriate coupons and deals.

4: set up a homework station Kids often need tools like glue, staples, markers and crayons to complete homework assignments. But buying a separate set of supplies for each child can get expensive, especially considering they'll probably never use them all up. Rather, set up one central homework station, and keep basic supplies there so that your children can easily access the materials they need, when they need them. While they're at their cheapest, load up on the basics, like notebooks, that will need to be replenished throughout the year.

5: Take an inventory first It may seem obvious, but this simple task frequently is forgotten in the back-toschool rush. Take a home inventory before you go shopping. You may find those "lost" rulers, protractors, an extra box of pens, etc.

There's no need to buy new versions of perfectly good items you already have.

6: Get creative Buddy up with a friend for bulk goods.

Split the cost of a membership at a club store like Costco or Sam's. Hit the stores together and buy items like notebooks and crayons in bulk, which you can divide up between you. Even if you have three kids, you probably won't need a whole bulk pack of 20 notebooks. Going basic with supplies can be fun for kids, too. They can personalize the cheap plain notebooks you buy in bulk over the summer break with fun magazine clippings, photos and stickers.

7: Be store-savvy For essentials like socks, underwear and P.E. gear, it's generally much cheaper to shop only at discount retail stores like Target, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and outlet stores.

But be wary. Be sure to browse prices at full-price retail stores to be sure you're actually getting a deal. Outlets and "discount" stores will sometimes throw in full-priced retail merchandise into the mix.

8: reuse New isn't necessarily better. You can often find items, particularly electronics like graphing calculators, in good shape on Craigslist and eBay. Simply looking for gently used items can save you anywhere from $20 to $60.

9: Look for inexpensive physicals Find out if any local urgent-care centers are offering "free physical" days. If they are, you can get your kids prepared for their sports teams without any money coming out of pocket.

10: rethink school lunches Rethink lunches before you even start

packing them. Pay attention at the grocery store to how much it costs to pack your usual lunches for your kids. You may find it's cheaper for them to buy hot lunch at school or that packing carrots is much cheaper than packing Cheez-its. If they want something "junkie," set up a rule that they are more than welcome to use their own allowance for treats at school.

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

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