September 2009 #108

Cosmas and Damian Come Home, SS.C.D. Celebrates 125 Years 125th JUBILEE YEAR OF CELEBRATION On the cover: Fall is Here!

Commemorating the Founding of SS. Cosmas & Damian Catholic Church 1885 – 2010

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The statues of twins Cosmas and Damian recently took their place about forty feet above the ground on the facade of the local Catholic Church. Punx’y’s SS.C.D. Church begins the celebration of its 125th year.

By Marsha Lavelle of Hometown magazine fter 125 years, the Saints Cosmas and Damian have come home to preside over their parish community.

Sculptures of the twins Cosmas and Damian have arrived from Italy, and the statues kicked off the 125th Jubilee Year of Celebration as they took their permanent places in the SS. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church facade.

According to Msgr. Joseph Riccardo, the placement of the saints’ statues and the dedication of the churches’ latest addition, “The Gathering Space,” is just the beginning of a yearlong celebration that will commemorate the founding of SS.C.D. Church 125 years ago.

On September 19, parishioners and guests met to view the elegant new statues in the new Gathering Space with main celebrant Bishop Donald W. Trautman presiding.

The current SS.C.D. church structure was built in 1941 and was erected with two spaces located on the left and right frontal facade, but these niches, designed

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“The story goes that a ship went down at sea with the Saints Cosmas and Damian statues aboard,” Msgr. Riccardo recounts, adding, “That was during wartime when many ships were being sunk. But the statues are here now. People had the chance to see them face to face before they are placed in their permanent positions about forty feet above the ground at the front of the church.”

The statues are beautiful works of art.

Carved out of solid Italian marble, each is about five feet tall. The twin brothers are depicted as patrons of the medical profession, one holding a mortar and pestle, the other wearing an ancient medicine bag.

The holy brothers were known in life for their generosity of practicing medicine without fees for the poor and for saving countless lives with their healing miracles.

“The twins Cosmas and Damian were the equivalent of what would be considered pharmacists in today’s world,” Msgr. Riccardo explained. “They are patrons of medical personnel.”

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n Parish Pilgrimage to Rome, led by Msgr. Riccardo

Sunday, October 18

n 4 p.m. - White Mass for Health Care/Medical Professionals followed by dinner in the Wienker Hall (Auditorium). Presider /Homilist– Very Rev. Joseph Gregorek, Gannon University, Erie, PA

Sunday, October 25 through Tuesday, October 27

n 7 p.m. - Forty Hours Devotions each evening n Sunday, October 25 - Fr. William Laska, presider; Msgr. Charles Kaza, homilist (native sons) n Monday, October 26 - Fr. Gregory Kirsch, presider; Fr. Gregory Passauer, homilist (former associates) n Tuesday, October 27 - Msgr.

Robert J. Smith, -presider/homilist (Vicar General, Diocese of Erie) - weather permitting, the Eucharistic procession will leave the church and continue outside to offer some additional solemnity -The parish organizations will be included to increase the pageantry as in the past.

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By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine n the past, people in the Punxsutawney area gave a lot of attention to the railroad, its workers, its property, and its capital. The railroads not only hauled coal and coke out of the area during the early years, but also connected

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residents and commerce leaders to many places and businesses beyond the valley of the Mahoning Creek.

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“Old Railroad Office” on North Penn Street in the downtown remains. That building was built in 1903 shortly after the extension of the railroad into mines in Indiana County. It became general offices for the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company and the B. R & P. Railway and replaced an older office building located - Continued on page 6

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Msgr. Riccardo says a lecture series is also scheduled through the celebratory year, which began Sept. 19 and runs through Continued from page 2 Sept. 26, 2010.

And in honor of the medical profession, “Helping people with the history of the a White Mass (named for the doctors, church, we will present ‘Evenings of Renurses, and health care professionals often flections,’ emphasizing the history and recognized with white also the present socicoats) will take place eties and their role in Sunday, October 18. the workings of the “The purpose of a church,” he said. “We’ll White Mass is to have at least one of honor the medical prothese events per month fession and pray for throughout the year.” continued blessings On the 74th anniverfor what they do,” sary of the death of Msgr. Riccardo said.

Msgr. Herman C. Throughout the folWienker, founder of lowing year, many SS.C.D. Church, there other events are will be a field Mass for planned, as well as his re-internment here visits from distinin Punxsutawney. guished guests as part “On August 26, 1885, of the 125th Jubilee at 6 a.m., father Year of Celebration.

Wienker blessed and One such event will laid the cornerstone of take place in several our original church,” weeks, when father Msgr. Joseph riccardo (above) and the SSCD Msgr. Riccardo said.

Justin Pino will pres- Celebration Committee have been busy making “On April 27, 2010, for the 125th Jubilee year of Celebration, ent a compilation of plans we’re going to transfer events of which will extend to September 2010. historic items showhis body from St. casing the rich history of SS.C.D. Catholic Catherine Cemetery, DuBois, to Calvary Church.

Cemetery in Punx’y. He was known as the The “Heritage Room” will open NovemPioneer Priest of Jefferson County. We ber 8 where visitors may come in, view, thought it would be appropriate for him to and learn about the church and its past. come home.”

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Sunday, November 1 Solemnity of All Saints at all the Masses this weekend the relics of SS. Cosmas & Damian will be exposed and venerated by the faithful n

Sunday, November 8

n Blessing & Opening of the Parish Heritage Display in the Wehrle Room Following the 11 a.m. Mass - Open to public until end of jubilee year

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n 7 p.m. - (Advent) Evening of Prayer and Recollection I – Rev. Jack Bauer – “Coping with Illness.” Anointing of the Sick

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n In Honor of Msgr. John R. Link on the 158th Anniversary of his Birth Advent/Christmas Organ Recital with Michael Busija •••

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Also, in the spring of 2010, golf enthusiasts can look forward to the Msgr. francis J. Turner Golf Tournament at the Punxsutawney Country Club. On Sunday, May 16, 2010, the 35th anniversary of the ordination of Msgr. Joseph Riccardo will be celebrated with 10:30 a.m. liturgy acknowledging all the priests and vocations from SS.C.D. On Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, the closing of the Jubilee Year takes place with Liturgy at 3 p.m. presided over by Bishop Trautman and followed by a banquet at Wienker Hall.

Msgr. Riccardo and the Celebration Committee have been very busy in preparation for the many events planned over the next several months.

“It’s been hectic this past year, but this celebration is important to our parish,” Msgr. Riccardo said. for more information or a full 125th Jubilee Year of Celebration schedule, check out the festivities online at www.sscdchurch.com.

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The original office building on Ridge Avenue was a two-story brick building that had been built in 1889-1890 at the junction of the Adrian branch line. Beginning in 1887, coal from the new mines

department of the Central Y. M. C. A., and would be supervised by a committee of its board of directors. At the time, Punx’y’s Central “Y” was also beginning its capital campaign to build a monumental fourstory building on North findley Street.

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was shipped to the main track along the Mahoning Creek in the Elk Run section.

In the building, the general superintendent, yardmaster, and other railroad officials, along with clerical staff, would have their headquarters to work for their different mines. Billing, shipping, and payroll were (Top) YMCA baseball team. (Bottom) The many railroaders employed at various among the office jobs in Punxsutawney would find rest, relaxation and recreation through the many work done there. activities of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. Telephone servthrough Punxsutawney. When plans for ice would be in the offices at each mine. the project were announced, the PunxA large fireproof vault would contain the sutawney Spirit offered the town encourmaps of the land and mines of the R. & P. aging words.

Coal and Iron Company and the B. R. & “This will be a great thing for the men P. Railway who shared the building. who are on the road and lay over in the In the summer of 1907 the Railroad Y. town until the next run. An ideal place to M. C. A. was organized by the railroad rest with the best surroundings. The membership will likely include all the single railroad men in this vicinity and a large number of the married men.”

Alterations to the older building began in May 1907 for the many railroaders, estimated to be 1,000 men for the B. R. & P Railway between Buffalo and Pittsburgh.

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The site of the former Railroad Y. M. C. A., seen in the mid-1960s in Punxsutawney is now the location of the Elk Run Car Wash business located on Ridge Avenue.

Railroad Y.M.C.A. Continued from previous page for them. The improvements would include a large addition to the west end of the building to be a restaurant and kitchen, and a large porch in front — then referred to as a verandah.

The interior would be remodeled to provide sleeping apartments, many baths finished in marble, a reading room, a classroom, a game room with pool tables, and bowling alleys. Comfort for 25 men would be accommodated on the second floor with barrack-style rooms containing iron beds, lockers at the ends of the beds, writing tables, and chairs. varnished floors would be covered with rugs. finishing touches on the exterior would include tennis courts and a basketball court at the rear of the building and a beautiful front lawn with flower beds that created a monogram of “R. R. Y. M. C. A.” During the formal opening ceremony of the Railroad Y in October 1907, the invited railroaders would be entertained by the local North’s Orchestra. Railroad officials from New York City, DuBois, Salamanca, Rochester, and Harrisburg would make appropriate speeches. The dignitaries mingled with the workers for a lunch in the new dining room. At a cost of $30,000, the railroad officials would declare the local home for railroaders the finest of any outside the largest cities.

An open house for the general public would be held in late November in 1907.

The visitors were entertained throughout the day by vocal and instrumental music and given an opportunity to inspect the facilities of the remodeled interior. With its rooms and services, some folk would say the place was a “hotel” to the employees of the railroad company.

Punxsutawney was considered the hub for the B. R. & P. Railway activity, with trains coming in from Salamanca, NY, and from New Castle, Glenwood, and Butler in Pennsylvania. Trains were assigned out to these cities, too, with different cargoes. With many opportunities for employment by the railroad operations, Punxsutawney was a typical railroad town and local residents became used to railroad slang on the streets, in the shops, and at social gatherings. for railroaders a “ground hog” was the brakeman, the “eagle eye” was the engineer, a “reefer” was the refrigerator car, and the “dog house” was the caboose.

With the passenger trains and stations

there were conductors, cooks, waiters and porters in service jobs. In addition there were carpenters, blacksmiths, hammersmiths, air brake repairers, wheel borers, car inspectors, welders, boilermakers, machinists, dispatchers, and even a night call boy. There were also station agents and freight agents. There would be the many train crews and section men with jobs such as fireman, brakemen, yardmaster, and the familiar engineer.

Before the telephones, the callers did their work from the Y. The caller was like an assistant dispatcher. The dispatcher would inform the caller who was to go out on the next train and the caller would go to the man’s house to inform him of being called out for work.

In the restaurant, if a railroader had no money with him, he could purchase a ‘pie book” on account (to be deducted from his next paycheck). The book came in denominations of $5, $1, 50 cents, 25, 20 and 5 cents. Thus, he could have a homecooked meal and a cup of coffee at the counter. In the early years the R. R. Y. M. C. A. kitchen sent “box lunches” to railroad employees at the Roundhouse when it was located along the creek at Elk Run. The Riker Yard, with its mammoth roundhouse, was completed in 1920.

When construction for it began in 1917, hundreds of men were employed and the railroad company advertised an urgent appeal for homeowners to rent rooms for one to five persons to aid the housing need.

“Housekeepers who have rooms and who can supply board will be given advantages and encouragement and will be guaranteed payment for accommodations furnished the men,” the appeal stated.

Men were active on organized bowling teams, baseball, football and basketball teams. And land across the Mahoning Creek in Elk Run would become the Y’s playground in the late 1930s. In addition to the typical playground equipment of the period — big swings, chair swings, merry-go-round, horizontal ladder and parallel bars — there would be a volleyball court, basketball court, baseball diamond, badminton court, and 100-yard running track. The many men of the railroad, and children of Elk Run, could access the playground area over two suspended walking bridges.

The Railroad Y. M. C. A. was officially closed on January 1, 1965, and shortly after was demolished. Years later, the Elk Run Car Wash was built on the spot in 1982. Its hours of activity do not match the nostalgic memories of the past there.

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he “company store” was a forerunner of today’s chain store. In the Punxsutawney area there were a number of supply companies that served the mining communities. The Mahoning Supply Company was organized in 1882 to serve the mining communities of

pany Store operated until 1925, when it was struck by lightning and burned. Beginning in the 1920s, the Northwestern Mining & Exchange Company operated a company store at Kramer Mine, Stump Creek. This store closed in the 1950s.

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The Mahoning Supply Store at Adrian Mine was one of the ‘company stores’ operated by mining companies.

the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company. Beechtree and Walston were the first two stores opened in 1883, and then Adrian in 1885. As the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company continued to open mines, the Mahoning Supply Company opened stores at Eleanora and Helvetia.

At about the same time, the Jefferson Supply Company, which was connected with the Bell, Lewis and Yates Mining Company opened stores in DuBois, Falls Creek, Reynoldsville, Rathmel and Big Soldier. In 1896, when the two coal companies were merged, the two supply companies became one under the management of D.H. McIntyre.

The Eureka Supply Company, Limited, incorporated in 1887, was organized to serve the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company’s mining communities including Horatio and Anita. Later, in the beginning of the 1900s, the Cascade Company Store was opened to serve the Cascade Mine employees at Sykesville. The Cascade Com-

recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford, characterized the nature of the company store with the refrain: “You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

St. Peter don’t you call me, ‘cause I can’t go, I owe my soul to the company store.”

These lyrics refer to the practice of permitting active miners to charge goods at the store and to have the cost of those goods deducted from their paycheck. For some miners, who were unable to work due to the mines being idle as a result of lack of cars, strikes, or illness, the debt could be more than the pay due him. This was referred to as drawing a “snake,” since the amount due the miner was recorded as a squiggly line.

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Company Stores Continued from previous page companies were able to purchase carloads of merchandise directly from manufacturers at jobber prices, those charged to wholesale companies. This made it possible for the stores to offer goods at competitive rates and to bring brand-name items to the consumers in the mining towns. The supply companies also contracted directly with local farmers and providers for fresh food items, thereby stimulating the local economy.

The stores dealt in everything classified under the head of general merchandise including groceries, furniture, clothing, shoes, hardware, glassware, carpeting, decorating items, sewing machines, stoves, ranges, feed and supplies for livestock, and miners’ supplies. If it was commercially available, you could find it at the company store. As times changed, the stores changed, offering new merchandise including electric appliances and gasoline for automobiles.

The stores employed a workforce consisting of managers and clerks. The clerks were primarily young men. Managers of the stores in the Punxsutawney Area, about 1900, and the numbers of clerks in each were: • Will S. Greer and his brother, Clarence Greer, who managed the Anita and Horatio Stores and supervised 20 clerks: 11 at Anita; 9 at Horatio; • John Skelton, Adrian, 15 clerks; J.B. Nichols, Eleanora, 13 clerks; • W.S. Davenport, Walston, 12 clerks; J.F. Campbell, Helvetia, 6 clerks; - Continued on next page

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David Homer McIntyre: Manager of Mah. Supply, Jefferson Supply Co. Mr. David Homer McIntyre presided over a two-million-dollar retail business in the Punxsutawney are. Beginning in 1883, he took over the management of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company and the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal Company stores. The company, with their headquarters in Punxsutawney, operated stores in seventeen mining towns.

Mr. McIntyre was born in Covington, Tioga County, a son of Spencer and Lucy McIntyre. His father was killed in the Civil War. He was married first to Kate B. Truman who died in 1889. In 1897, he married a second time to Anna E. Brown of Punxsutawney.

He worked for a number of retail establishments before being employed to manage the Mahoning Supply Company and the Jefferson Supply Company.

He was a resident of Punxsutawney from 1883 until his death in 1920. He was active in local fraternal organizations and was a civic-minded citizen.

He was a supporter of the Free Library in Punxsutawney and a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a stockholder in the Punxsutawney Hardware Company and the Punxsutawney National Bank.

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• Frank L. Hill, Reynoldsville, 11 clerks; • A.H. Murray, Soldier, 6 clerks; • S.G. Swisher and H.R. Parker, DuBois and Falls Creek, 11 clerks.

The people who worked at the company

Medico-Chirurgical College in Philadelphia where he graduated in 1895. In 1911, Dr. Murray purchased the Bowers home on East Mahoning Street in 1911 and established the Murray Sanitarium for the treatment of stomach diseases.

Mr. Frank Hill, who clerked in the Walston store of the Mahoning Supply Company and was later a manager of their Adrian store, associated with Brownell &

The Eureka Supply Company Store at Horatio.

store contributed in other ways to the community. Of those we have been able to identify we found that: Dr. John H. Murray, a physician who practiced medicine in Sykesville, Soldier and Reynoldsville, clerked at the Adrian Store during summers while attending the

Yard in the mercantile business and kept a store in the west end of Punxsutawney.

John D. Skelton, who managed the Adrian store of the Mahoning Supply Company, was known for his courtesy to his customers. Later, he operated a store on Mahoning Street and then a brewery in

Indiana, Pennsylvania.

George Cokely, also a former manager of the Adrian store, was the brother of Margaret Cokely, who taught school in Punxsutawney from 1896 to 1935 and the father of Miriam Cokely, who, after serving in the united States Navy in 1946, took a teaching position at the Punxsutawney Area High School, where she taught until her retirement in 1980. Miriam W. Cokely was named Punxsutawney Woman of the Year in 1994.

Almost a century of students were influenced by the work of these two women.

The company store contributed to the economic and social fabric that is the Punxsutawney Area, bringing us chain stores and hiring people who made contributions to the community.

(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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Gamers can go all-out with the simulation modes, which are much more difficult and geared toward those with flight-sim-game experience. Or, if you simply want to take control of some Allied warplanes and experience some thrilling battles in the sky, you can do so with ease by playing the arcade version.

Having both versions of the game makes "Birds of Prey" accessible to all manner of gamers. The differences between them are graduated. Sometimes you have less ammunition or you don't get a third-person view and must control everything from inside the cockpit. No matter which difficulty level you play, the game gives you challenging missions with satisfying rewards - if you can survive.

The visuals are a mixed bag. The landscapes and dogfights look amazingly crisp and detailed; however, a lag in frame rate chops up missions during pivotal moments and can kill momentum. The audio is spoton with cool radio chatter and a score that provides appropriate tension.

Despite the visual lags, "Birds of Prey" is a solid game for those looking for a historic flight simulator.

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But researchers are finding that when we eat, and with whom, can also have a major impact on our accumulation of pounds.

First there's the timing of meals.

One study, reported recently by scientists at Northwestern university in

to encourage family mealtime.

They note that other research has shown that meals prepared at home tend to be lower in calories and fat than meals eaten out, while shared mealtimes protect children against obesity and older children against eating disorders.

Yet everything from school schedules to local zoning laws to food-labeling laws combine to make it hard for families to eat healthful food at home together.

Chicago, suggests that calories consumed late at night tend to hang around as fat.

They looked at two groups of mice over a six-week period. Both sets of animals were fed the same high-fat diet and got the same level of activity, but one was fed at times when the mice would normally be asleep.

And that group put on twice as much weight as those fed during waking hours.

A number of recent studies have suggested that the body's natural internal clock, whose works include hormones that regulate sleep and appetite, plays a role in how the body uses energy.

Researchers have noted that people with disrupted sleep cycles, like shift workers and college students pulling all-nighters, tend to eat at odd times and often become overweight as a result.

"How or why a person gains weight is very complicated, but it is clearly not just calories in and calories out,'' said Fred Turek, of Northwestern's Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology. "Better timing of meals could be a critical element in slowing the ever-increasing incidence of obesity."

Along with not eating too late, Barbara Fiese of the university of Illinois-urbana says in a new report that eating together is crucial both for nutritional and emotional health.

"There are few things that parents can do that are as effective in protecting their families as taking 18 to 20 minutes to eat together and talk with each other three to five times a week,'' Fiese said.

In a report published in a recent issue of the journal Social Policy Report, Fiese and Yale university's Marlene Schwartz make the case that it should be a matter of public policy at all levels of government

"Most people don't think of family mealtimes as a policy issue -- they think of them as private events,'' Fiese said. "But sometimes policymakers work against the best interests of families."

Another obesity researcher, Edward Abramson of California State university, Chico, notes that parents improve the odds of kids eating healthier foods if they see them enjoying the food at home and are involved in preparing it.

"If the child is in the kitchen cooking with Mom or Dad, it's unlikely that he or she will refuse the food they've helped prepare,'' he said.

Other research shows that the parentfood connection goes back even to the womb.

Rodent studies have shown that when mother rats eat high-fat diets, it produces brain changes in their offspring that stimulates the appetite.

More telling is a study in women who had undergone weight-loss surgery between pregnancies -- specifically, a surgery that makes the stomach smaller and bypasses food around part of the small intestine, resulting in less calorie absorption.

The researchers, from New York and Canada, found that children born to the women after the surgery had reduced birth weight and waist circumference and were three times less likely to become severely obese than those born to the women before the operation.

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rom the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here are some of the events taking place in our community. 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 Farmers’ market in Downtown Punxsutawney from 4 to7 p.m. every Friday through early October. The market is held on South Findley Street beside the Fairman Centre. n A Women’s Community Bible study will be held on September 24 and 25 at the Jefferson Social Hall (across from the Community Center) and is open to all women of the community. A Beth Moore study of David is the topic. Workbooks will be available. Please call and register for the study so materials can be ordered. 938-5687 or 9384768. n punx’y Appreciation Day, hosted by the local newspaper will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26. This year’s event will be held at the S.S.C.D. auditorium.

Special events, vendors and delicious food will be available. Vendors should call 9388740. n scarecrow Decorating Contest to be held on Saturday, September 26 in Downtown Punxsutawney. Participants must preregister by September 21 to reserve one of the 23 available scarecrows. Registration blanks are available at the Chamber /2 of Commerce or in the Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper. Decorating will take place on Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon, and the scarecrows will remain up through October for popular voting. More information available on the registration form or by calling the Chamber at 938-7700. Sponsored by PRIDE. n 4th Annual mahoning shadow shuffle to be held Saturday, October 10, beginning at the Punxsutawney Little League Fields off Route 119. The race features a Half-Marathon, a 10K, and a 5K Fun Run.

Pre-register by downloading the race application at www.punxsutawney.com. 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 Lattimer House is open. Tours by groups may be arranged in advance for Saturday afternoons by request. Entry fee of $5 includes an exhibition catalog. For more information, contact the Historical Society. n suicide Awareness Event, presented by

the Clearfield-Jefferson Suicide Prevention Team, will be held Tuesday, September 29 from 6-8 p.m. at the Punxsutawney Hospital West Wing Conference Room. The guest speaker will be Corporal Govan Martin, III a 25-year veteran of the PA State Police. Refreshments and door prizes will be available.

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(Punxsutawney Spirit) september 15, 1897 — The vault directed to be built for the McClure family at Big Run by the late A. M. McClure, the cost not to exceed $10,000, is now being constructed by a Buffalo firm. It is being built of immense granite blocks, which are now on the grounds, some of which weigh ten tons each. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

september 26, 1894 — A number of youthful gamblers were chased out of the baseball grandstand the other day.

The school of vice in Punxsutawney seems to be taking a firm hold upon some of our boys, and in some of the groups are seen “boys” of older years who are doing the teaching. Parents and guardians of the peace and prosperity of the town, isn’t it about time to stamp out this evil and save the boys? (Punxsutawney News) september 30, 1869 — BAND WAGON. – We are pleased to note the happy issue of the project in contemplation by the Band of this place in the matter of refitting and refurnishing a band wagon. The artist, O. H. Brady, deserves no small commendation for having executed the best job of ornamental painting, both in design and execution, to be found in this or adjoining counties.

It is but a tame expression to say the band chariot is magnificent, and that it owes all its beauty to native genius. It will make its first excursion to Indiana, as the band goes to furnish music for the Fair to be held at that place on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of October. We doubt not the music and behavior of the boys will accord with the elegance of the outfit.

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Good marriages have common characteristics that are apparent to sociologists and demographers alike. There are divorce-resistant recipes for courageous couples who are determined to live happily ever after together.

These formulas are simple to state but demanding in practice. Happy marriages share these ingredients: mutual kindness, respect and reverence, plus the appreciation of one's spouse as an exciting and trustworthy person, and a sympathetic lover. Spouses in successful marriages are sensitive to their partner's emotional needs, share household tasks, and cooperate in raising their children. Sharing a common religious faith and investing in romance only improve the odds for happy wedlock.

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Joint church attendance is actually less an indicator of marital happiness than wishing for the same things and agreeing on the same values. Some 90 percent of couples who pray together report "very great" sexual satisfaction. Couples who agree on both religious faith and family finances double their chances to live happily ever after.

The same surveys consistently reveal that marital unhappiness doesn't necessarily lead to infidelity or divorce. Moreover, most couples in unhappy marriages acknowledge that their conflicts are not of long standing but of relatively recent origin.

Discontented husbands and wives echo remarkably similar complaints, among them that their spouse is dull, unattractive, illmannered, has poor personal hygiene, or resists helping with domestic tasks. Clearly, none of these complaints is unfixable.

Although the glow may dim over time, love can survive.

Researchers report marital contentment to be cyclical. At any one moment fewer than one-fifth of American couples are in the "falling-in-love" phase, while more than half report themselves "settling down" into wedlock. Even more intriguing is that at any stage one in four married couples, young and old, report that they are "beginning again" -- reviving the romance of their earliest years together.

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With their lives seemingly in jeopardy, the mill hands believed that they narrowly escaped death.

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By Bill Anderson of Hometown magazine

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ver a century ago, the idea of setting up roadside wagons and selling corn at $3 for a dozen ears was not a thought that had yet come to mind. The popular — and seemingly innocent — way to gain an ample supply of corn to satisfy appetites then was to raid cornfields.

Back in the late summer of 1890, a half dozen Gaskill Township mill hands decided to visit a local cornfield in the dead of night.

Their purpose was to steal a lot of corn, haul it to the dank, dark woods, build a big fire, and roast it. They thought their plan was well thought out and asked the boss, John Hopkins, to come along and join in on the fun. Mr. Hopkins agreed and suggested that they would visit the field of Ash Tucker, a local farmer who resided near the mill, the following night. Hopkins, aware that Tucker had been troubled in the past by depredations committed on his crops, came upon his own plan for fun. But Hopkins’ definition of entertainment — like stealing corn —was a little off the beaten path.

To begin with, Hopkins dropped Ash a note telling him of the intended invasion on his

field and requested that the farmer be there with his shotgun. Then, to ensure that no serious trouble would come of the prank, Mr. Hopkins advised three of his employees — who were to participate in the raid and who also owned revolvers — of his scheme. The other three were kept in profound ignorance.

In order to impress those who were kept in the dark with the seriousness of raiding a cornfield, the others talked that day of the awful dangers they were risking. They let the word out that Ash Tucker was a man who would not only hesitate to shoot, but would shoot to kill. Grand tales of Mr. Tucker were told. If he suspected that someone was stealing his corn, not only would he be out with his gun, but he also would have several of his neighbors with him, too. In all probability, he would make corpses of anyone disturbing his crop.

Notwithstanding all of the tales of death, the mill hands remained unafraid.

The exaggerated conversations were kept up throughout the day and evening until all the men reached the field. They entered the field and silently made their way through the stalks, pulling ears of corn along the way.

Their only intent was to fill their satchels with ears for roasting. The spirit of adventure and the looked-forward-to, late-night - Continued on next page

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Without warning, great excitement was caused when the report of a shotgun sounded, sharp and clear on the cool, night air. The three men who were unaware of the prank being played upon them gave a startled exclamation and made efforts to jump out of their boots. The other three employees who had revolvers, and who had wandered off into the corn a little further, began firing their six shooters into the air.

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But it was too late. The thieves had taken to flight. They were running for their lives!

They ran pell-mell through the field, tripping over a fence, crawling through brush and scrambling over logs, before racing into the nearby woods. The others followed at a distance, firing their revolvers, giving the fugitives from justice the impression that their lives were in jeopardy and ensuring they were the worst frightened young men in Gaskill Township history. Two of the marauders eventually found their way home well after midnight, while the other hid under a brush pile until morning.

Tales of the frightful night were told for years at the mill by the three who narrowly escaped death. Even so, Mr. Hopkins and his accomplices never let on that they were part of the sport on that reckless evening over one hundred years ago.

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Ken Ludwig's "Moon over Buffalo" will be performed at the Middle School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 3 and again at 7:30 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 8, 9, and 10.

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Written by the twice-Tony nominated playwright, Ken Ludwig, "Moon over Buffalo" marked Carol Burnett's triumphant return to Broadway in 1995. Her performance earned her a Tony nomination as best actress. Subsequent Broadway casts included Lynn Redgrave and Robert Goulet.

The show later opened at London¹s legendary Old Vic starring Joan Collins and Frank Langella, under the title "Over the Moon."

The local cast of veteran performers includes Debra Dinsmore (Charlotte Hay); Doug Fye (George Hay); Alice S. Morris (Grandma Ethel); Morgan Barrett (Rosalind, the Hays' daughter); Michael Shaffer (Howard, Rosalind's fiance); Jessica Schidlmeier (Eileen, the ingenue); Jef Dinsmore (Paul, the company's second leading man); and Terry A. Fye (Richard, the lawyer).

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uncertainty about which play they¹re actually performing. "Moon over Buffalo" features a great deal of physical action, including a swordfight, slapstick comedy, pratfalls, and numerous confused people running in and out of five doors, Will the leading lady run off with the couple's lawyer? Will the leading man be sober enough to emote? Will Mr. Capra be seeing "Cyrano de Bergerac" or "Private Lives" or a disturbing mixture of the two plays? The laugh-provoking misunderstandings pile on zany misadventures, all of which are magnified by the leading lady's deaf mother who manages the theater.

Launch into fall on gales of laughter by seeing the Theatre Arts Guild's production of the Broadway hit, "Moon over Buffalo." See for yourself why the "New York Post" declared: "The play is hilarious...building up its laughs methodically...Ludwig stuffs his play with comic inventions, running gags, and a neat sense of absurdity. Go and enjoy."

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Collier: Thou shalt not run in nfl

By Gene Collier Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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om Brady whipped 53 passes in his first game, one for each calendar week since his last pass of consequence, so it appears the New England Patriots did not have their franchise quarterback on anything approaching a rigid pitch count.

Not hardly. Brady threw 53 times, Joe Flacco threw 43 times the day before, and Ben Roethlisberger threw 43 times three days before that.

But here's the shock value, at least to me: they all won.

The Patriots hurried back to clip the Buffalo Bills, the Baltimore Ravens held off the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Pittsburgh Steelers toppled the Tennessee Titans in overtime, all with quarterbacks winging balls at moving targets as feverishly as a love-struck teen trying to win Jolene a kewpie doll on the last day of the local county fair. Or something. used to be axiomatic in this game that the more you threw it, the more you often had to, and the more likely you were to get beat. That's real Old Testament stuff now.

More in line with ancient theocracy, David Garrard threw just 29 passes on Kickoff Weekend, Jason Campbell threw 26, Trent Edwards 25, Brodie Croyle 24 and Brett Favre 21. Those used to be winning numbers. All except Favre were losers.

Summed up, winning quarterbacks threw more than losing quarterbacks in Week 1 of this NFL season, partly because of the game's ever-accelerating offensive evolution and partly because of something that has gotten lost in the excessive fretting over the Steelers' desultory running game -- running the ball in this 21st-century NFL is, um, hard.

"I believe, particularly in September football, people make a commitment to stopping the run," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. "And it's easier to make the commitment in September when everybody feels good and you've got all the horses in the stable. I think over the course of the long haul, you see who's good at it week in and week out, but it's usually tough sledding early in the football season; that's been my experience.

"That was my intent when I was a defensive play-caller, that in order to be a good defense it starts there -- making people one dimensional, making people struggle if they're committed to running the ball."

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Of those 22 plays, 17 were gains of 3 yards or less (or as I like to call 'em: plays that don't work), and seven gained no yards or resulted in lost yardage.

That's fairly terrible, but what it is not is unpredictable. No one figured to find open lawn by the acre in any event involving the Titans, who beat these same Steelers handily only last December.

What's more, there is not a lot of running room anywhere in this NFL. The number of 100 plus-yard rushing performances came in at a stagnant five on the league's first weekend, with only Super Vike Adrian Peterson's 180 and the 143 carved out by New Orleans' Mike Bell posing as outstanding performances, and even those came against Cleveland and Detroit, both well-used thruways.

Only seven NFL running backs gained as much as 80 yards in Week 1.

None of this will taste like solace to the frantics who were wounded to the black-and-gold core that the Steelers gained eight times as many yards through the air as on the ground. "That (the relative unfamiliarity with the 4-3) was a factor, but I'm not going to allow it to become an excuse," Tomlin said. "We have to execute.

We've got to get better in that area as a football team for one reason and one reason only, that it increases our chances of winning. That's what we're about, putting ourselves in position to win.

We acknowledge that if we continue along those lines from a run-game standpoint that that doesn't help us."

In other words, you can't average 54 inches per rush attempt and expect to win regularly. That's Old Testament, and it still very much applies.

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Monday Special: 18 Holes with Cart $20 • 9 Holes $13 Twilight Special: after 4 p.m. $23 Mon.-Fri. Directions: Take Rt. 119 North towards Sykesville. Turn onto Sykesville-Troutville Rd. Go 1 mi. Veer left onto Kennis Rd. 1 Mi. to Kenterra

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202 Thompson St., Big Run •

W. mahoning st., punxsy plaza

814-583-7139

938-3077

132 West Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney

BIG RUN cARPeT

Hours: Closed Monday; Sun.-Thur. 11 am to 11 pm Fri. & Sat. 11am til Midnight

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Open: Mon.- Fri 9 to 7 Sat. 9 to 2

“The Store For Your Floors” Wallpaper Blowout

• pizza • Sandwiches • Salads • Dinners & More All Your Favorites!

100 East Main St., Big Run • 814-427-2068 • M-F 9-6; Sat 9-2

(missing from photo) local registered Pharmacists

Table arT • PerSonal acceSSorieS • HoMe Décor jewelry • PrinTS • arT glaSS • PHoTograPHy ScenTS • baby & ToDDler gifTS

Pizza Pizza Town Town best

Michael Horner, Kim Horner Joe Presloid & Jennifer Moore

427-2041

Working Family Prices You Can Afford OPEN: Thur., Fri. 12-8 p.m.

Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sun. 12-5 p.m.

Gipsy, PA • 814-845-7853

Custom and Retail Meat Processing

M&S Meats

Specializing in Beef, Pork & Homemade Bologna

Great Selection of Hunting boots

Cheeses • Cold Cuts • Party Trays • Smokehouse Products 1 mi. N. of New Bethlehem on Rt. 28 1353 Brookville St., Fairmont City

Rocky • Georgia • MUCK Boots • Danner • Wolverine

814-275-1801

Tue.-Wed. 12-5; Thur. 9-6; Fri. 9-9; Sat. 8-6; Sun. 12-6; Closed Mon.

Missy & Scott Shirey, Owners

Punxsutawney Hometown – September 2009 – 23

Whirlpool Front Loading Washer

Energy Star® Qualified 7 Factory Pre-Set Cycles, 12 Pairs of Jeans, 1.050 RPM Maximum Spin Speed, Automatic Water Level Control

Whirlpool Estate Top Loading Washer

Whirlpool Over the Range Microwave

Extra Large Capacity, 4 Water Levels, 4 Cycles, Porcelain Basket

1.7 cu. ft., 1000 Watts, Auto Cook, Cooking Rack, Stoppable Sunken Glass Turntable

$429.95

Whirlpool Self Cleaning Gas Range

4.7 cu. ft. Oven, Accubake Temperature ManagementSystem, Power Burners, Cast Iron Burner Grates, Waist High Broiler

$859.95 MO. WFW8300SW

MO. ETW4400VQ

$349.95 MO. WMH2175xVQ

$699.95 MO. WFG36ILVQ

Whirlpool 30” Smooth Cook Top

Whirlpool Estate 14 cu. ft. Refrigerator

Whirlpool Estate 16 cu. ft. Refrigerator

2-Wire Shelves Full Width, 2-Crispers, Rollers, Reversible Door Swing

2-Full Width Wire Shelves, 2-Half Width Opaque Crispers

Whirlpool Estate 18 cu. ft. Refrigerator

Ceramic Glass Surface, Hot Surface Indicator Lights, Bridge Element

$599.95

Glass Shelves, Meat Pan, Full Width White Crisper, Gallon Door Storage

$549.95 MO. RCC3024RB

$549.95 MO. T4TxNWFWQ

MO. T6TxMWFWQ

$679.95 MO. T8TxNGFWQ

Whirlpool 22 cu. ft.

Refrigerator

Whirlpool 30” Gas Range

Full Width Freezer Shelf, Clear Humidity Controls, Crispers, Glass Shelves, Opaque Gallon Door Bins

Stainless Steel, 4.7 cu. ft., 2 Piece Full Width, Cast Iron Grates, Power Burners, Split Oven Rack, Waist High Broiler

Whirlpool 30” Stainless Steel Hood Convertible to Non-Vented Operation, Variable-Speed Rotary Control, Light, Removable/ Washable Grease Filter

Whirlpool Estate Gas Dryer

$989.95 MO.

$889.95 MO. WFG371LVS

$189.95 MO. RH3730xLS

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2 Auto Dryer, 3 Temperatures

$469.95

MO. EGD4400WQ