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The little village became the commercial center of the area. Many of the massive, multi-storied buildings of the construction boom of the late nineteenth century and

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An early form of bicycle, called a “velocipede,” was introduced to Punxsutawney area residents in the 1860s. This two-wheeled “machine” had a foot pedal on the front wheel similar to a child’s tricycle. It had wooden wheels and a significant limitation of not having brakes. (Illustration from 1869 Harper’s Weekly magazine.)

early twentieth century remain among us, while the heavy structures of the industrial age have disappeared.

Railroads entered Punxsutawney in the early 1880s and provided a transportation system that could move masses of people to towns nearby and to more distant areas of the country, too. After electricity was introduced to the townsfolk in 1889, the trolley began hauling passengers in 1892 according to the system’s schedule.

Trains and trollies could, and did, carry people over the surface of the earth, near and far, yet in the 1890s, a new form of transportation appeared—an individual, more “liberating” mode of transportation.

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caught up in the “cyclomania” that swept through the decade before the arrival of the twentieth century.

At first, the bicycle was considered a fad because they were available only to the more well-to-do. As improvements were made to the “vehicle” production and processes were improved, prices became more affordable and bicycles became available to the masses.

At a time when overland personal transportation was by horse or foot or by buggy, carriage, or farm wagon, the bicycle was In the late 1890s, a bicycle “craze” developed nationally and locally as embraced for providing the bicycle provided a personal mode of transportation free from the personal freedom from restraints of railroad and trolley schedules. It also became popular for the restraints of railroad racing and for leisure rides in the countryside. (Photo courtesy Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society.) or trolley schedules. On the bicycle, a person could go where he or This odd novelty was sometimes called a she pleased, according to his or her own “boneshaker” because of the solid wooden schedule. wheels that traveled none too smoothly The bicycle evolved from an early type of over rutted and coarse roads. This early bi“machine of wheels” called the velocipede.

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By Jennifer Skarbek Smith for Hometown magazine huck Berry sang about its power in a lively rock and roll dance tune, Steve McQueen drove it to mammoth popularity on the splendor of the silver screen, and the United States Postal Service unveiled a commemorative stamp of its sporty appearance in the fall of 1999. It is as American as apple pie and baseball, minus the extra calories and foul balls. An iconic symbol of freedom on the highway, it allows anyone who sits behind its wheel the opportunity to own the road. It is, of course, the Ford Mustang, the pioneer of the “pony car” class, and 2014 marks its fiftieth year of uninterrupted production: a milestone gaining worldwide attention and much hype.

Taking part in the festivity is area resident and car enthusiast Glen Alabran of Trade City. Along with his wife, Sandy, Glen is the owner of three models of Mustangs, to which he has devoted countless hours of labor to restore them to their former showroom glory.

Glen bought his first Mustang, a burgundy 1965 Coupe, after he returned from a tour in Vietnam. An affordable car with loads of muscle, he proudly drove it often. Likewise, Sandy owned a Mustang as her first car. It was a 1966 Coupe in the hue of midnight blue, a purchase she made while attending college.

“I can still remember buying it in Homer City,” she said.

The couple each fell in love with that par-

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ticular brand of driving machine, a relationship, like their marriage, that has grown and strengthened into the twenty-first century.

Glen’s interest in the model shifted in the early ’80s to that of restoration. He said that he acquired a ’68 Shelby in 1971 through a trade-in and drove it daily for two years before he parked it for nearly a decade.

“I started to restore the car in 1981,” Glen said, adding that he only had a small amount of experience with the process from experimenting with a couple of cars in the late ’60s.

According to Glen, he taught himself the steps of restoration from resource books and magazines, such as, How to Restore Your Mustang and Mustang Monthly magazine.

He commented, “I used these books as references; just the pictures alone will tell you a lot.”

With fewer than 60,000 miles on the Shelby, the majority of Glen’s work was repainting the car its original candy apple red color.

“I never even touched the interior,” he said.

Wanting to share his passion for restoring vehicles with his son, Robby, then a teenager, Glen found another Mustang in need of TLC, and the team worked its magic on the vehicle. In addition to extensive bodywork, the father-and-son duo had to replace the engine, transmission, and floorboards. It was a 1967 Mustang convertible that Robby still owns today and takes to classic car shows. Glen enjoys the - Continued on page 8

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In Punxsutawney’s downtown, local bicycle dealers and repair shops would be organized to service the bicycle enthusiasts in the 1890s. The Drummond Cycle Company was one of the largest in Jefferson County. The Punxsutawney Cycle Co. was popular, too, for making repairs and selling bicycles at from $40 to $75. The shops also sold accessories that included tires, lamps, pumps, bells, and clothing. (Photo from May 1900 Punxsutawney Spirit Special Industrial Edition)

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Continued from page 2 cycle had pedals attached to the front wheel like a child’s tricycle and had a significant limitation—no brakes!

Folks in Punxsutawney were aware of this odd contraption. A news article in an 1869 edition of the weekly Punxsutawney Plaindealer states: “VELOCIPEDES are now all the go. Nearly every town of any importance boasts a number of these adjuncts to locomotion. Can not some enterprising citizen introduce them into Punxsutawney?”

The invention of the chain driven “safety bicycle” in the mid-1880s—complete with pneumatic tires filled with air—helped establish the popularity of the bicycle with regular folks, who neither loved to race nor toured to distant places.

Adults of the 1950s remembered their youth in the early years of bicycles and bicycling. They shared their cycling experiences. Sid Smith, in his weekly column, “I Remember,” in the Punxsutawney Spirit, was one such adult. He wrote, “Sixty years ago when bicycling was the source of locomotion, other than by foot, I remember a race between young men on the Fairground track to decide who was champion.” He described the bikes as “Gendron bicycles, geared at 84 with ramshorn handlebars.

These bikes weighed less than 18 pounds and were fast.” Another young man had a “Crescent bike, a heavy machine geared in the low 70s.”

In another piece, Smith writes, “I remember when most youngsters had a bicycle, a good bicycle weighing less than 20 pounds and could be ridden up hills like the McCracken Hill, and some of us could ride to Perrysville over dirt roads without getting off on the steep hills. I remember riding to Perrysville one time without dismounting, and then riding back to Punx’y and to the Beyer Drug Store where I drank eight milk shakes.” [Note: Perrysville is now called Hamilton.]

Bicycle racing was a common sport for young men. By 1897 Earl Snyder was the undaunted champion of bicyclists in Punxsutawney. One news account of his activ-

ity states, “He is training daily by running an old sewing machine at his home on Liberty Street. We expect to see some fancy riding when ‘Snide’ gets through practicing on that old sewing machine.” These youthful riders, who rode low over their bicycles for speed, were advised by doctors to have the handle bar “sufficiently raised to prevent stooping” and avoid what was called a “bicycle hump.”

As bicycles became safer and cheaper in the 1890s, more women rode along with men. The impact of the bicycle as a new means of transportation resulted in more personal freedom for women and a fashion change. Women were “liberated” from corsets and ankle-length skirts to a more practical split-skirt to be called “bloomers.” (Illustration from an 1897 advertisement.)

The general public had a word for these young bicycle racers. The “fast, reckless cyclists” of that time were called “scorchers.” The weekly Punxsutawney News reports in an April 1897 issue: “Quite a number of our ‘scorchers’ were out Sunday and all returned home safely on their wheels excepting Ward McQuown who had a little hard luck with his Crescent.” He was going down McCracken Hill and his tire came off. He had to walk home.

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By Mary Ellen Raneri for Hometown magazine e’d fly through the air with the greatest of ease, a daring young man on the flying trapeze. — Lebourne Every time I hear that perky little tune, I think of performances under the “Big Top.” I also chuckle and remember the day my father decided to paint the wooden eave in the front of our house. Yes, Dad was ready to gussy up the place with a fresh, new, white coat of Sherwin Williams. Little did he know, though, that the job was a tad more hazardous than he’d anticipated.

Summertime always meant my parents did “fixer uppers” to our little yellow-brick ranch in Fairview. Generally, Daddy took out all the screens and scrubbed them with a garden hose while Mom washed down the smooth, pale, green plaster walls inside our home. Dressed in his old sneakers with the leather tongue removed, frayed blue shorts that hung below his knobby knees, and a ball cap that sat jauntily on his head, Dad began by mowing the fresh June lawn.

drawing on that cement retaining wall! Not only did it hold beautiful red sage, hardy geraniums, and a sprawling purple rhododendron with thick waxy green leaves, but that grey barricade also provided a wonderful canvas for my artwork. Sketching pictures of flowers, sunshine, trees, and happy people, I spent many days of my childhood practicing my artistry with colored chalk on the rough surface of that long wall.

Feeling the warm sunshine on my face, listening to the hum of Dad’s lawn mower, and My dad, Michael Pollock lost in my in 2005. work, I drew splendid colorful gardens that would have made Claude Monet jealous.

One day, while I was busy as chief artist-in-residence, Dad was busy as chief fixer-upper in residence. I could hear him in the garage near my art studio by the cement wall as he rooted around for the big ladder. Finally, after finding the equipment he needed for an afternoon of painting the wooden eave above my parents’ bedroom window, Dad emerged, armed with an old, heavy ladder decorated with dried multi-colored paint splotches. Clutching the beat-up ladder under one arm, my father held a new bucket of paint in his other hand. A paint brush Perched on a ladder, Dad paints the eave (around 1959). and a stirring stick were Of course, after a long snowy Punxtucked under his armpit, and he wore a sutawney winter, the warmer weather paper painter’s cap on his head that read, showed the wear and tear on our house, es“Safety First.” pecially the white paint that peeled from Deep in design with my palate of sidethe triangular wooden eave above the enwalk chalk, I continued to work on my trance to our little one-car garage. masterpiece. My favorite artistic endeavor Nestled under our modest home, the was drawing large purple and pink flowers garage was an “under the house” kind, lothat looked like giant daisies. Kneeling on cated directly below my parents’ bedroom some renegade gravel in the driveway and window. Just inside that entry to the clutching my chalk, I noticed my dad as he garage, my mom stored her canned tomaleaned our ladder on the house. Dad had to toes, peaches, juicy pears from a tree in our angle the ladder just right so he could get backyard, and homemade elderberry jelly to the tippy-top of the high wooden eave. It made from the berries we picked from wasn’t a big extension ladder, so when he bushes on Elderberry Hill, near the stood on the rungs, my father had to stretch groundhog’s original lair. Outside, a big his painting arm up high. cement wall surrounded a huge flower bed “Mary,” Dad shouted from his perch on on the left side of the drive. To the right, the ladder. “Do you see how I do this? I green arborvitae bushes bordered the little can paint this without spilling one drop.” black-topped driveway.

“Uh huh,” I mumbled and agreed with Although I was barely five years old, I him, but I couldn’t have cared less. fancied myself quite the artist. How I loved

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Continued from page 4 While the young raced through the streets or about the land or against each other on the Fairgrounds racetrack, others used the new form of locomotion for leisure, for riding in the countryside, or for visiting. Male bicycle riders were generally called “wheelmen,” and women cyclists were called “bicyclettes.”

On suitable days, young men and women and husbands and wives together commonly relaxed on individual cycles or, perhaps, on a bicycle built for two, often called a tandem. Such riding was immortalized in Harry Dacre’s 1892 song, “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two).”

Examples of these adventurous bicyclists were reported in Punxsutawney newspapers: “Fred Maize was visiting at Williamsburg, Blair County, last week and returned home on his bicycle. He rode the entire distance, 90 miles. He left Williamsburg at 7 a.m. and arrived home at 8 p.m.” (September 1896).

An account of September 1897 tells that “Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dinsmore will leave today on their bicycles for Brookville where they will spend several days with friends and relatives.” Also that same day in September T. S. Drummond and Robert McCreery “started on a bicycle trip to Erie, Buffalo and Toronto, Canada.”

In September 1896, the news included a report about the “wheelmen of Jefferson, Elk, Clearfield, Indiana, Armstrong, Clarion, and Centre counties,” who met at the Hotel Whitney and Hotel Pantall in Punxsutawney for their weekly Dinner Club gathering. The local cyclists provided refreshments and the Rev. Hartman preached a special sermon for them at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. (The church’s former location is now the Fairman Center of the IUP Culinary Academy on Mahoning Street.) Attendance was spoiled that Sunday by rain and the muddy conditions of the roads.

Another social event for local “cyclers” was a bicycle breakfast that was held on a Friday morning in August 1897. A group of prominent couples and young ladies gathered at a residence on West Mahoning Street. The plan for the 6 a.m. morning gathering was to take a spin on their bicycles out to Cortez, near Anita, and then to return for breakfast. That plan was abandoned because of heavy rain the night before. So the folks, instead, took a spin up and down the length of the brick-paved Mahoning Street.

The popularity and convenience of the bicycle led to the opening of new shops for maintenance and the sale of accessories.

In Punxsutawney, the Drummond-McCreery Cycle Shop on North Findley Street advertised that it would “buy, sell, repair and build bicycles.” In the machine shop at the rear of the building, the shop repaired “injured” bikes. In his work, Mr. Drummond had been granted a patent for his “chainless bicycle”—a bike that would use ball bearings instead of a chain and would have a changeable high and low gears. The new wheel would be called “The Drummond.” Another of his inventions was the revolving bicycle display rack in the shop.

The Punxsutawney Cycle Co. was operated by Philip Odessa Freas, father of the Freas brothers, Jay, Bill and Phil, whom older residents might remember. Mr. Freas was also called Des Freas and was considered a pioneer in the sale and service of bi-

cycles. The shop sold the best-known bicycle of the time, the Crescent, with “the famous Dunlop detachable and easily mended tire.” These bicycles sold for $25 and $35.

The Freas’ Cyclery Shop, as it was often called, had an electric-powered lathe for repairing bicycles. The advertisements made the appeal: “If you should break a crank or a frame or need any new part made for your wheel send it in and it will be repaired promptly at a very reasonable charge.” The shop was also advertised as the official League of American Wheelmen (LAW) repair shop of the Punxsutawney region. Because of the condition of roads at that time, necessary repairs were frequent.

During the peak years of the bicycle, when the bicycle was dueling with horsedrawn carriages, horses, and pedestrians for the right-of-way on streets and roads, rules had to be established and borough ordinances adopted.

A Punxsutawney ordinance was enacted in June 1897 for the licensing of bicycles and tandems. Bicycle licenses cost 50 cents, and a tandem license was $1. The license had to be placed on the bicycle so it could be seen when the bicycle passed a pedestrian or another cyclist. The bicycle had to have a bell, and the cyclist was to use it when approaching an intersection.

The ordinance mandated that persons riding a bicycle upon the streets “shall keep to the right side of the street.” The ordinance regulated the “running and use of the same” upon the streets by stating it was unlawful to race upon any street or “to do any scorching or coasting.”

If there is anything more to say about the bicycle craze of the 1890s, it would be how the bicycle changed women’s fashion and their lives. In the beginning years of women’s suffrage, the bicycle, according to historians, was the tool of “personal and political power” for women.

As for the history of fashion, when women began to ride bicycles, the corsets; the long, heavy, multilayered skirts; and the petticoats of the era restricted and inhibited the necessary movements for riding a bicycle. A more practical form of dress was required. Thus the introduction of bloomers—the baggy pants or the divided skirts that were more appropriate attire. A local newspaper included the report of a man being fined $25 for laughing at a woman riding while wearing her “bicycle bloomers.”

Another social change for women developed, too, because of the bicycle. With a bicycle a woman no longer had to depend on a man for transportation. The bicycle became a social “leveler” between the sexes as women felt free to come and go. More about that can be read in Frances Willard’s 1895 book A Wheel Within A Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle. She did that at age 53. Willard is best known for her role as a national leader for women’s rights and as the founder of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

More than a century has passed since the golden age of the bicycle in the 1890s.

Today, the bicycle is primarily a recreational vehicle and a great way to exercise; however, it remains an affordable means of personal transportation in metropolitan areas. With the weather warming we can expect to see more cyclists on local streets, roads and trails—some, perhaps many, unaware of the history of that life-changing “machine of locomotion” called the bicycle.

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He said, “It’s great seeing what you started with and then the finished product.”

If the saying “practice makes perfect” rings true, then Glen was definitely honing his restoration talent into an impeccable craft, soon searching for another fixerupper.

Glen recalls exactly how he found his next Mustang makeover project. One afternoon in 2001, as he sat at his desk at Brookville Equipment, his brother-in-law and coworker, Larry Conrad, approached Glen and tossed an advertising flyer in front of him.

“He told me ‘This is your next car,’” Glen said.

He read the description and didn’t hesitate to contact the seller for more information on the 1965 Mustang GT convertible that was listed in the advertisement. He explained that certain numbers and letters in the car’s code revealed to him that the car was a genuine GT, not a fake, making its value very significant. Therefore, later that day, the men spontaneously made the trip to State College, where Glen purchased the vehicle.

“It only took me five minutes to decide to buy it,” he said. “I knew that the car was worth money.”

Over the next three years, Glen dedicated his spare time and energy to giving the Mustang GT a complete overhaul. He said that the process begins by tearing apart and rebuilding all of the mechanical components of the car. Next on the list is the bodywork. Since Glen wanted to take the car back to its original condition and appearance, he chose to stick with the blue and white-striped color scheme. Once the exterior is completed, Glen then works on the interior. He mentioned that this ’65 model

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“It takes him forever to restore a car,” Sandy said about the tedious task. “It’s preserving the American culture.”

Glen said that it is rather easy to get the necessary Mustang parts for the restorations from mail order catalogs and car shows. In particular, he has found the seasonal auto parts expo at Carlisle Fairgrounds an excellent venue for buying Ford parts. However, Glen has encountered his share of hurdles while working on the projects.

“The most difficult part is getting everything straight, the body to line up,” he said.

“You have to keep going back and redoing until you get it right.”

A lesson that Glen has learned from his years of owning and restoring classic cars is that even though you finish a restoration, you are never really done. Every vehicle requires ongoing maintenance and upkeep to prevent deterioration.

For Glen, the most rewarding part of his efforts is to finally experience driving the restored Mustang on the open road. The Alabrans attend several Pennsylvania car shows throughout the year, including ones in Punxsutawney, Clarion, Indiana, and Marion Center. These are opportunities for Glen to showcase his collection, as well as interact with fellow Mustang buffs.

The Alabrans have noticed that when they drive their Shelby, their GT, or their Coupe, they attract much attention.

They said, “People just drive right up beside you and want to take a look.”

Therefore, the next time you pass a classic Mustang and are in awe of the beauty of its sleek lines, chrome trim, trumpet tips exhaust, or factory wheels, think of the dedication someone may have taken to restore that car to such pristine condition, to preserve a little piece of iconic history, to carry on a legacy that began a half-century ago.

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My thoughts were in Kid Land; I was lost in my drawing and chalk. I didn’t have time to watch my father play in his paint.

There were flower petals to color, green trees to sketch, and ripe orange suns to outline. My gray cement easel waited for my artistry. I was creating a work of art just like my dad.

The problem was, while I was doodling, Dad was dangling. Somehow, the old rickety ladder moved and Daddy moved too: in fact, he moved right off the ladder. At that point, my father hung by both hands on the brick window ledge, his feet inches away from the side of the displaced ladder and about twelve feet from the ground below him.

“Mary, go get Mommy; go get Mommy,” Dad panted out the words.

Shading my eyes to get a better gander of the situation, I was not impressed in the least with my dad’s acrobatic skills. I must have thought he was trying to entertain me; quite frankly, I had seen better moves at the circus one time. I wasn’t even impressed by the fact that he was performing without a net below him. Who knows why I didn’t think Dad’s plight was important.

I just didn’t feel that he was in need of immediate assistance; hence, I continued to color my creation on the cement wall.

“Mary, go get Mommy; go get Mommy,” Dad’s voice quivered.

“In a minute,” I murmured, rather annoyed with the repeated interruption to my creativity.

Still, Daddy continued to champion for some help; he wasn’t giving up.

“Go get Mommy; go get Mommy,” my dad squeaked out. He tried to shout, but his voice sounded feeble. I guess he didn’t want to rock the boat (or the trapeze) too much.

Poor Pop! He must have had Arnold Schwarzenegger-like upper body strength because he hung from that brick window ledge for quite a while before I put down my chalk, strolled up the sidewalk and opened our aluminum screen door.

“Mom,” I summoned my mother. “Dad wants you.”

Mom walked out of our front door about four feet, looked to the left, and saw my dad’s predicament. Immediately, she flew into superhero action; her legs kind of looked like those cartoon characters whose limbs morph into spinning wheels. Flying down the wide front sidewalk, past the retaining wall and me, she grabbed the renegade ladder and placed it near both of

Dad’s feet. Then, just like the captain of a ship, she steered my dad to safe ground.

“Why didn’t you get Mommy when I told you? My dad sputtered. His “Safety First” cap sat askew on his head with the brim jerked to one side—long before it was in style to wear a hat like that. Spilled paint covered his white T-shirt and pants.

Taking up my artwork again, I replied like any five-year-old kid would. “I told you I would get her in a minute.”

At first, my father looked pretty angry, and I thought he was really going to yell at me. Then, my mom and dad stared at each other in total disbelief for a while, like they were trying to figure out a big puzzle.

Suddenly, they started laughing. I remember my dad laughed a long time.

Later, that evening, when purple twilight crept across the sky and the blacktopped little driveway felt cool on my bare feet, my dad grabbed some chalk and helped me finish drawing my drawings on the retaining wall.

That’s how dads are. Just when you think they are going to lambaste you for doing stupid stuff, they laugh. When you think they can never forgive you, they forgive and forget. And, instead of taking us to task, they take us in their arms and hold us in their hearts.

This Father’s Day, I plan to return to Punxsutawney to visit my dad’s grave in Calvary Cemetery. I never feel sad though because he was so thrilled to own a final resting place in the mausoleum.

“Don’t worry about me, Mary!” Daddy used to joke. “I got a good spot all reserved!”

Then, as irreverent as it sounds, my goodnatured dad used to honk the horn and wave when he drove past that memorial park!

Also, I plan to visit my old neighborhood.

I want to drive up the road from the Circle Hill Cemetery, a quiet street that leads to our former brick home. I may park the car and linger there for a few moments and reminisce, right in front of our old house. I know the retaining wall is gone, as are the driveway and the garage that sat under the house. A nicer structure for the car juts out from the yellow brick, below the bedroom window and precisely on the spot where my dad tried to paint the wooden eave.

I just want to sit there and recall my drawings, the flowers, the paint, and the ladder. I want to think about all the good times with my parents and the beautiful summers of days gone by. Most of all, I want to remember the time my mom saved my dad from a dangerous, but short-lived career as a circus performer.

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By pRiDE 12, 1831. The paper contained an advertisefor Hometown magazine ment placed by Charles C. Gaskill, land he 175th anniversary of the agent at Punxsutawney, who announced that Hopewell United Methodist Church he was offering good coal and timber lands in 2012 sparked interest in the hisin Clearfield, Jefferson, and McKean countory of the Frostburg community ties. Gaskill offered greatly reduced prices. among former and current residents—but Much of the land was offered for sale at one was it the only spark? dollar per acre, and he offered to take cattle, Perhaps, it was also the collection of stocounty orders, etc., as partial payment for ries that Karen Dinger White gathered the land. The advertisement may have been through the the motivation for years—stories she Daniel Swisher, had heard from Joseph M. elders in the comSwisher’s father, munity. Maybe, it to move his famwas the history ily of thirteen Libby Daughenchildren to Jefferbaugh Hoover son County learned from her around 1841. grandfather, Clyde Joseph M. Means, when he Swisher, as a was drawing the young man, went Means family tree. to Maryland, to Or it could have learn the potter’s been Nancy Blose trade.

While Anthony’s desire to there, he met and know how the married Mariah community had Kimmerly. When come to be, or it they returned to may have been A portion of the 1866 Pomeroy Map of Jefferson Perry Township, Jane Daughen- County shows the village of Pottersville, Frostburg, his wife’s family Office. Note the coal measures indicated on the baugh Murphy’s Post map in the area of the village. The village, known in came with them. desire to preserve most references as Frostburg, dates back to the1830s Her father was for future genera- when it was a station on the Methodist Episcopal also a potter. Totions the writings Church circuit. gether they estabof her great-grandfather Swisher, a Civil lished a pottery in the village of Frostburg.

War Soldier. Whatever the spark, the quest Swisher continued to operate the pottery began to learn more about the history of with various partners for about fifty years.

Frostburg. Continuing that quest, the FrostPomeroy’s 1866 map of Jefferson County burg History Hunters have a goal to prepare shows the village as Pottersville with a post a comprehensive history of Frostburg to office named Frostburg. Perhaps, this was share with the community. Hopefully, with because of the reputation of the potters and the assistance of and input from current and their pottery. Other documents of the era use former residents of Frostburg, the history the name Frostburg to designate the village. will be completed and available within a In 1839-1840, when Reuben Peck and year or two.

Matthias Himerbaugh were appointed as Perry Township, where the village of circuit riding ministers to their congregaFrostburg is located, was was the second tions, the Methodist Episcopal Church destownship designated in Jefferson County. ignated it as a station on their Red It was established in 1818. At that time, Bank-Rimersburg-Frostburg-PunxPerry Township encompassed the southern sutawney-New Bethlehem Circuit. R. R. part of the county. It was eventually subdiEvans, an early resident of Punxsutawney, vided to create nine additional townships: recorded that in 1854 the Quarterly ConferYoung, Porter, Gaskill, Winslow, Ringgold, ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church Oliver, Bell, McCalmont, and Henderson. convened at a camp meeting near Frostburg.

Joseph M. Swisher, an ancestor of the On August 10, 1862, Abraham Rudolph, an Daughenbaugh sisters who lived in Frostelder in the Methodist Church and a resident burg, visited the editor of the Punxsutawney of Bell Township, attended the funeral of Spirit in April 1889 and showed him a copy Mrs. Peter Depp at the Hopewell Church at of a newspaper, the Mifflin Eagle, pubFrostburg. All these documents were writlished in Lewistown on Thursday, January - Continued on page 16

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Based upon the hit comedy play, “Luv” by Murray Schisgal, the show features the work of Jeffrey Sweet (book); Howard Marren (music); and Susan Birkenhead (lyrics).

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A Day at the knob

Day at the Knob will be held—rain or shine—at Gobbler’s Knob from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 14.

Folks are invited to attend the event free of charge. Food and drinks will be available for purchase at a concession stand. All proceeds from concession sales will go toward the Gobbler’s Knob Trail Maintenance Fund.

Groundhog games and a scavenger hunt, also free, will be held for youngsters ages twelve and younger. Activities include, in addition to the scavenger hunt, the Gobbler’s Knob Trail Challenge, Phind Phil, flower planting, rock painting, make-andtake crafts, and much, much more.

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Over the course of a year, passions ignite and Ellen, the woman in the middle, finds that her feelings for one of the guys may not be as strong as she once thought.

“What About Luv?” wittily demonstrates that love may be a battlefield or a merry-go-round.

Who is smart enough to hang on for the ride?

The latest PTAG production will have its first three performances at 7:30 p.m. June 19, 20, and 21 at the auditorium of the Punxsutawney Area Middle School. Tickets will be sold at the door. For more information, phone (814) 938-0378.

“What About Luv?” then moves to the Sawmill Theater in Cook Forest for two weekends with shows slated for 8 p.m. June 26, 27, and 28 and July 3, 4, and 5. Details and reservations for the Sawmill shows are available through the box office at (814) 927.5275 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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portunities to get involved in local nonprofit groups and can mark their calendars with upcoming events. The following nonprofits groups are scheduled to participate in the showcase: the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center, the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce, the P.E.O. International, the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, the Jefferson County Housing Authority, Community Action, Inc., the Coal Memorial Committee of PRIDE, the Punxsutawney Area Rails-to-Trails Association, and the “We Care” Pregnancy Crisis Center Punxsutawney’s third annual community yard sale will be held—rain or shine—at Gobbler’s Knob from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7—a week before the Day at the Knob event. More than twenty spaces will be available for sellers to display their items.

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Music in the Park

he 2014 Music in the Park series once again promises great entertainment for all ages. All performances take place on Thursday evenings in Barclay Square and are free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the music!

The series begins June 19, with Chaps performing classic rock and country music.

On July 10, The Avenue will play rock classics. July 17 features the Vagabonds with some lively polka music. The group 7 Mile Run plays country music on July 24, and local band G-3 entertains with classic rock on July 31. On August 7, The Banned will play acoustic rock. The summer concert series concludes August 14 with The Sharp Tones playing 1960s and ’70s rock.

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Around town By the staff of Hometown magazine and the Chamber of Commerce rom staff of Hometown magazine and the Chamber of Commerce and the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here is a list of events and happenings coming up in our area: n May 31: Chicken BBQ, County Market, 11 a.m., benefits The Salvation Army. n May 31: italian Dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., benefits Punx’y United Methodist Cooperative Ministry – Encounter Jesus Retreat.

Adults, $8; ages 6-11, $4; under 5, free. n  June 1: Children’s  Fishing  Rodeo, Cook Forest. Register at park office. For children 12 and under. n  June 3: First  tuesday  Community Meal, 5 to 7 p.m., Punx’y Presbyterian Church. n June 7: Hunter trapper Education, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rossiter Sportsmen’s Club.

Enroll at www.pgc.state.pa.us n June 7: 6th Annual Punxsy Dash 4 Diabetes 5K Run/1 mile Walk. Registration at 10 a.m., start at 11 a.m. at Punx’y Skate Park. Benefits the American Diabetes Association. For registration information, go to www.punxsydash4diabetes.com. n June 7: 3rd Annual Community Yard Sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gobbler’s Knob.

Proceeds go to the new Gobbler’s Knob Trail opening June 14. n  June 7: 3  on  3  Basketball tournament, Falls Creek Park, benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters. Register at bbbsjem.org n  June 9-13: Crosstown  United Methodist VBS, “Indescri-Bubble� Joy, 9

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to 11:30 a.m. n June 13: Sidewalk Prophets in concert, 7 p.m., PAHS auditorium, benefits Punx’y Christian School. Call 938-2295 for information. n June 14: A Day at the Knob, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Features the Groundhog Knob Trail ribbon-cutting, nonprofit showcase, and Groundhog Games. n  June 15: Deadline for tickets to the Aug. 29 Pirates vs. Reds game, $85 for ticket and bus, sponsored by the Weather Discovery Center. Call 938-1000 for information. n June 17: Blood Drive, noon to 6 p.m., SSCD Church, Punx’y, American Red Cross. n  June 21 & 22: SS.  Peter  &  Paul Byzantine  Church  Festival. Saturday, worship at 4 p.m. and festival opens at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, activities 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. n June 21: Ride to the Light, sponsored by the local Masons, benefits The Salvation Army. Registration at 10 a.m., ride departs at noon. For information, call 938-9724. n June 28: Women of the Moose Jewelry Raffle, 5 p.m. Call the Moose for more information. n  June 28: Punx’y  Firefighters’  Parade! n  A Beautiful  Birdhouse  Contest is being sponsored by the Weather Discovery Center. Entries go on display June 30, with winners announced July 5. For information, email info@weatherdiscovery.org or call 938-1000. n  Summer  Reading programs for all

ages are gearing up at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library. Call 938-5020 for information or visit the library. n The Snowflake Campaign is underway. The Punx’y Chamber of Commerce is seeking financial donations to refurbish the snowflake lights that adorn the town during the holiday season each year. Donation jars can be found at local businesses. For information, call the chamber at 938-7700. n  Cycling  classes  are ongoing at the Punxsutawney Area Community Center.

Other programs include Zumba, batting cage, virtual golf, kettle blast, cycling, AM men’s basketball, Pilates/Yoga, gymnastics,

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Activities and dates are subject to change.

We welcome your news! Nonprofit organizations are welcome to send their events for Around Town to: hometown@punxsutawneymagazine.com. For-profit events can be listed in Around Town, six lines for $25. •••

Calling All Artists

he Laurel Festival Art & Photography Show will be held June 16-20 at the First United Methodist Church, Jefferson Street, Brookville. This is an annual event held during Brookville’s Laurel Festival celebration.

Professional, non-professional, middle and high school students, and elementary school artists are welcome to submit their work. The entry fees are $15 for adults and $8 for students in grades seven through twelve. These fees cover up to three items per exhibitor. There is no entry fee for elementary students in grades kindergarten through six, as this category is for exhibit only—there are no awards.

The two classifications are art and threedimensional work and color or black-andwhite photography. The following ribbons and prize money will be awarded: Best of Show ($175); adult first place ($125), sec-

ond place ($85), and third place ($50); and student first place ($70), second place ($50), and third place ($30).

The Jefferson County Historical Society will also award a special ribbon for artwork created by an artist living in Jefferson County or to a work depicting life or a place in the county. In addition, all prizewinners have the option of having their winning artwork displayed in the Jefferson County Historical Society Building.

Artwork will be received at the church from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 15. The public is invited to attend the judge’s critique, held at 8 p.m. Monday evening. The exhibit opens on Wednesday, June 18, and continues through Friday, June 20. The show is open from noon to 6 p.m. each day.

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The mines—Walston 1, Walston 4, Walston 6, Walston 7 and Walston 9—can be found on this section of the map. Parcel Number 1622 is where the Frostburg tipple was built by the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company in 1901. Map courtesy of the Richard Haag Collection, Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society.

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Continued from page 11 ten before Pomeroy’s Map was produced.

The village continued to be known as Frostburg after 1866. An announcement in the August 6, 1868, edition of the Punxsutawney Plaindealer, placed by James B. Jordon, W.C.T., and Eli Miller, W.S., states that the Frostburg Lodge, No. 451, of the International Order of Odd Fellows met every Saturday evening at the Hopewell Church. The same newspaper also contains an obituary for Miss Nannie A. McKee, age 19. She died at her father’s residence near Frostburg, Jefferson County.

Today the village continues to be known as Frostburg.

Although Pottersville is no longer the official name of the community, the Pomeroy Map is valuable because it shows the many confirmed coal beds in that area of Jef- Segment of the Frostburg area from A Map of the Reynoldsville ferson County. These rich de- Gas-Coal Basin in Jefferson County, drawn by O.B. Harden, is inposits of coal eventually cluded in the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania by brought the mining industry Franklin Platt Assistant Geologist. to Frostburg. and interesting features, including the coal Nancy Anthony, whose in-law’s lived in beds. She also found maps in the Richard Frostburg, visited the Punxsutawney Area Haag Collection that provided more details Historical & Genealogical Society, where she discovered the history that can be - Continued on page 18

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The age groups and age-group winners in the girls’ division are as follows: ages 7–8, Laci Poole (run and all-around champion); ages 9–10, Amy Poole and Lexi Poole (pitch co-champions), Karli Young (hit champion), Lexi Poole (run champion), and Lexi Poole (all-around champion); and ages 13–14, Kylee Shoemaker (hit, run, and all-around champion).

Neither a pitch nor a hit champion was named in the girls’ ages 7–8 group. There were no participants in the ages 11–12 group, and no pitch champion was named for the ages 13–14 group.

In the boys’ division the winners are as follows: ages 7–8, Cooper Hallman (pitch co-champion, run champion, and allaround champion), Nathan Kendrick (pitch co-champion), and Austin Fischer (hit champion); ages 9–10, Jake Sikora (pitch and all-around champion), Josh Shoemaker

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Eleven local champions participated in the sectional competition held in State College on Sunday, May 18: girls—Karli Young (ages 7–8 division) and Kylee Shoemaker (ages 13–14) and boys—Nathan Kendrick and Austin Fischer (ages 7–8 division), Jake Sikora, Josh Shoemaker, and Brice Rowan (ages 9–10); and Sheldon Young, Zach Reitz, Jackson Fezell, and Adison Neal (ages 11–12). The competition was hosted by the State College Spikes and Centre Region Parks & Recreation.

Adison Neal place first overall in the ages 11–12 division. His overall score will be compared to other overall sectional winners in the region. If his score is the highest in the region, Adison will advance to the state competition at PNC Park in June.

Jake Sikora placed third overall in the ages 9–10 division.

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Frostburg history Continued from page 16 about the mining operations in the area. One untitled map in particular showed the various mine openings in the area of Frostburg.

In 1883, Walston Mine had just begun to operate when the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad sent a corps of engineers to determine the best way of constructing a branch rail line by way of Frostburg, Swab’s, and Pine Run. Residents of the Frostburg area knew they had coal on their lands and put it to use locally because they had no way to move it to a broader market.

In September 1887, J.M. Swisher advertised that his coal bank was open and supplying coal for winter heating. He may have also used it as the fuel for the kiln in which he fired pottery.

The prospect of large mining operations in the Frostburg area motivated John R. Pantall to speculate against the future value of the land. He negotiated leases for the coal under the farmlands of his neighbors. This proved beneficial to both Pantall and his neighbors in 1892 when J.S. Cunningham, purchasing agent for the Berwind-White Coal Company, bought those leases on Frostburg coal lands from Pantall for about sixty dollars an acre. This was the coal under the farms of Robert Anthony, A.G. Swisher, William Jordan, Hugh Means, A. B. Siverling, Hiram Depp, and several others.

Opening the mines at Frostburg took much longer than anticipated. A headline in the May 1, 1901, edition of the Punxsutawney Spirit declares: “Frostburg Will Soon be a Flourishing Mining Town.” The Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company planned to make two openings at Frostburg. They planned to use a tram road to transport the coal to tipples, which would be built on ten acres of land purchased from E. Kessler.

The mining experts estimated that the Frostburg field held 400 to 500 acres of excellent coal. The Spirit predicted that Frostburg would blossom into a full-fledged mining town and that the large number of additional men required to work the mines would help businesses in Punxsutawney and Clayville.

In April 1905, the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company announced that it had cut through the hill north of Frostburg and had completed a survey for a trolley line to connect Frostburg with Walston. This line gave the company access to their 2,000 acres of coal lands in Perry Township. A new opening, Walston 8, was made on Sylvester Sprankle’s farm by T. M. Kurtz of Punxsutawney and was to operate on a roy-

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alty basis. The Walston Company constructed an electric feed line from Walston No. 6 to the new Walston No. 8 mine because it planned to start all machinery at No. 8 by electricity. By doing so, the company could use an electric haulage system and would not need to construct a tipple at the new mine. The electric system enabled the coal to be brought to the surface and transported across the Lewis, Gourley, and Sprankle farms and through the Frostburg hill to the tipple located on the Kessler place. The company felt the investment was a good one because the workable coal had been estimated to last for at least twentyfive years.

Frostburg area residents benefited from the opening of the new mine. E. C. Gourley sold a few acres of land to the company, and Mrs. Redding operated a boarding house where one of her residents, Nicolas Gorman, was the driver for the mules at Walston 8 mine. In 1907, Sylvester Sprankle sold his farm land to Jacob Fink, a coal miner from the West End of Punxsutawney for $1,750. Sprankle’s royalties enabled him to relocate to Virginia.

Frostburg did, as the Spirit predicted in 1901, become a flourishing coal town for a while. More than 100 years later, Frostburg is once more a rural village.

The Frostburg History Hunters are visiting and talking with the residents of the Frostburg area; however, they realize that many Frostburg natives have left the area over the years. These former residents are also a valuable source of Frostburg’s history. The Frostburg History Hunters welcome stories, pictures, or other historical items relating to Frostburg or Frostburg people. Information and items can be sent to Frostburg History Hunters in care of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA 15767, or emailed to punxsyhistory@verizon.net.

(Editor’s Note: The resources used in the preparation of this article are available the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, in the Punxsutawney Spirit online at accesspadr.org and the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society This article has been prepared by PRIDE (Punxsutawney Revitalization: Investing, Developing, Enhancing). PRIDE is a nonprofit organization that brings together residents, business people, community leaders, and civic organizations, to improve the business districts in Punxsutawney. PRIDE is working to develop a Coal Memorial and Welcome Center for the Punxsutawney Area.

Comments on this article may be directed to PRIDE, P.O. Box 298, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.)

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PEER is designed to empower residents in long-term care facilities to advocate for themselves, giving them a way to resolve issues and problems and offering an avenue to become part of the solution within the residence itself. The program enhances the quality of care and quality of life for everyone.

How does PEER work? Resident volunteers and nursing home staff members go through a series of training classes to teach them how to become advocates for other residents. Once trained, PEER volunteers wear badges to identify them to other residents, to let them know that the volunteers are people they can talk to, if needed. PEER signs are also placed on their doors to make them easy to find when concerns need to be discussed.

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In years past, the program has been so popular that some children were unable to get involved. Also, to accommodate high registration, this year, the library will have kickoff parties for each age group on different days, featuring movies to go along with the program theme. Parties will be the week of June 16-21.

The first week of summer reading will be kickoff week, with movies and registration for each age group. Activities will begin June 23 and conclude by August 1 and will be followed by a week of closing parties, also by age group. New this year, the library will have activities during Groundhog Festival. The schedule is available online through the library calendar and on paper at the library.

Registration is required for all children participating. Registration will begin May 5, and children can register until mid-July.

For more information, please call the library at 938-5020. All programs are free of charge.

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

May 22, 1907 — While adjusting a device on the derrick back of his home, last Wednesday Bernard Schneider, who in drilling a test well for gas, fell and dislocated his right arm. Mr. Schneider was standing on a ladder about eight feet from the ground when he slipped and in attempting to break the fall, grasped a ladder rung with his right hand. The weight was too much for the muscles of the arm and the shoulder joint was dislocated, also spraining the tendons badly. Mr. Schneider expects to have the wound examined by the use of an X-ray machine in the hope of locating the cause of the protracted pain.

(Punxsutawney Spirit) [Note: The Schneider house was built in 1904 on the south side of West Mahoning Street and is the residence today of the Smathers family.]

May 29, 1895 — A number of boys left Punxsutawney Saturday morning last to meet Lee’s show which was billed for this place on Monday. The lads returned home Monday looking the worse for their tramp.

It is not an unusual thing for boys to go a short distance out of town to meet a wagon show on the morning of its arrival, but to start two days ahead of time is certainly getting the fever pretty bad. (Punxsutawney News) June 2, 1870 (First Decoration Day) — Although our citizens did not in any way observe Monday last, – Decoration Day, – the little girls of our town, more patriotic than the rest, made a number of wreaths and bouquets of beautiful spring flowers, and in the afternoon, forming in procession they marched to the cemetery, and decorated the grave of each soldier buried there.

All honor to those who, when all others had forgotten, failed not to show this fitting tribute to the memory of our Nation’s glorious dead. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) [Note: The cemetery referred to in this news brief is the North Findley Street Cemetery where many veterans of the Revolutionary War and the Civil War are buried.]

June 3, 1885 — It is not generally known that during the last week there have been three millionaire coal kings prospecting in this vicinity incognito. They were all practical coal men and wanted to investigate our coal fields for themselves. We are informed that they left with an exalted opinion of our coal resources. One of them prophesied a brilliant future for us as a coke producing region. It is thought that their visit was connected with some of the coal sales that are expected to be consumated [sic] in a few weeks. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

June 9, 1886 — There has been some talk of raising a military company in this place, but it appears that it is fated to end in talk.

There is plenty of military talent in this place to carry on a fine organization, and there is no organization that is better calculated to win sympathy from the community nor more readily gain its respect than a well-organized military company. The training it gives to young men, when the discipline is up to the requirements, is just what every young man needs, and the manual of arms in the hall are well calculated to develop muscular and classic forms.

But there are other points that are not so pleasant to some dispositions. A man to enjoy the militia must obey orders cheerfully or else he will never enjoy being a soldier. (Valley News) •••

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ing a sign for a waterfall, we pulled into a parking lot to get a good look at the wet wonder. Fate made me turn my head toward our truck. Smoke billowed from underneath the hood! The Outdoorsman made a mad dash for our half-full container of water, and a fellow who was nearby helped us by squirting his water bottle onto the flames. The fire was out in minutes, but to me it seemed to take forever.

It’s strange how we were so close to a waterfall, yet no water was in immediate sight: Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to spare!

Upon checking out the situation further, we discovered that a critter of unknown species had built a nest right next to the truck’s engine. The fire occurred after we had driven 1,100 miles. We will never know whether the nest was crafted when the truck was in our driveway before we left or while we were in a campground en route. Anyway, our trip home was uneventful, and the repairs were minor.

A big advantage to pulling a camper is the fact that you can go into a parking lot to enjoy a quick lunch. During one such stop at a supermarket, no one else was parked in at least three rows around us. A sudden gust of wind kicked up; and, as luck would have it, a runaway shopping cart was heading in our direction. Before we could say, “Oooooh noooooo!” it hit the passenger side of our vehicle, leaving a few dents.

We visited a drive-through zoo on that same trip. Our unlucky streak followed us when lots of animals with lots of antlers decided that we needed to have lots of decorative scratches on the driver’s side door. Needless to say, we have our insurance agent on speed dial.

Anyone wishing to experience the thrill of being stuck “in the middle of nowhere” is cordially invited to join us on one of our adventures because we have visited that particular location several times. I don’t know if a GPS could have even helped us locate the nearest gas station, grocery store, or house, for that matter.

When we discovered that hundreds of other folks owned campers similar to ours, we were anxious to join their organization. Doing so has afforded us the opportunity to gather at rallies across the United States with some of the friendliest people we’ve ever met. One particular fellow took advantage of a rather large audience and told a story that will always bring smiles to our faces. He was in the process of showing his camper to a young couple. As they went inside, our friend

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nonchalantly opened the door to the bathroom. What he didn’t realize was the fact that his wife was occupying it. With his unforgettable sense of humor and no hesitation whatsoever, he pointed to her saying, “And this is my wife, Alice.” Alice eventually forgave him.

In spite of all our little unfortunate events, the good times will always provide wonderful lasting memories. We definitely wouldn’t want to see the sights any other way than with our cozy camper. The huge recreational vehicles have separate areas and several slideouts: Dining room, kitchen, living room, a bedroom or two, and a bathroom. We like to say that we have the same amenities in ours; however, they are all contained in one thirteen-bysix-foot room.

Sitting around a warm campfire with your best friend—or with new friends that we have met along our journeys—has been extremely rewarding. The tales that were told, some true and others hard to believe, will be cherished for many years to come.

Getting up-close and personal with nature is the name of the game in our book.

(For instance, I recall a particular armadillo encounter that certainly startled me, not to mention the even bigger moose and black bear sightings.)

There are a few words of wisdom that I would like to offer for those who are planning to travel down similar highways and byways that we have traversed over the past forty-some years: When preparing food, make sure you open all the windows in the recreational vehicle of your choice (or cook outside), especially if bacon and eggs are on the menu. Everyone within smelling distance will be jealous because you’ve made it quite obvious that you don’t worry about cholesterol anymore.

Another tidbit: If the “Outdoorsperson” in your family thinks that hanging a bag full of garbage from the top of the awning pole will keep it out of the critters’ reach, he or she will be sorely mistaken.

Always take bicycles along on your trips. People will think you are into fitness, when you actually know it’s because you have to work off the delicious bacon and eggs. In addition, don’t get lost on those bike rides since it is very embarrassing to ask a stranger, “Where are we?”

Check under the hood of your vehicle periodically. Carry a few jugs of water in case of fire. Memorize the numbers 9-1-1.

One last piece of advice would be to never look for a campsite after eight or nine o’clock in the evening. You will be surprised when you end up at Fred and Erma’s Campground, Manure Sales and Kennel.

Oh, and “Kumbaya”!

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The household—a household is a group of related or unrelated individuals—income eligibility guidelines are as follows: single individual (a maximum income of $21,590); a couple who lives together, regardless of age (a maximum total income of $29,101); a household of three or more individuals (a maximum income of $36,612). If your household contains more than three individuals, please call (724) 3494509 for income guidelines.

To receive vouchers, you must provide proof of age and Pennsylvania residency. Acceptable proof includes a Pennsylvania driver’s license, a Pennsylvania photo ID, a birth certificate, a passport, military discharge papers, Social Security documents, and 1099 Income Tax Forms.

If you plan to pick up someone’s vouchers, you must have a proxy form completed and signed in advance by the senior for whom you are acting as a proxy. In addition, you must show the senior’s proof of age, residency, and income. A proxy may only pick up vouchers for four seniors. You can obtain proxy forms at your local aging services social center.

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he seasoned griller commands an arsenal of experience and recipes, all having been painstakingly passed through the generations and perfected over time and temperature. The origin of these tasty traditions usually can be found in family, and the one often deserving the credit is dear old Dad. Southern grilling guru Fred Thompson, author of the new book “Williams-Sonoma Grill Master” a collection of back-to-basics tips and recipes, recalls the influence of his father as early as nine years old. “Every Saturday night my father grilled rib-eye steaks. I wanted to keep up with daddy so I hung out at the grill,” he says. “I was fascinated with what my father could do.”

This Father’s Day and BBQ season, try honoring the Old Man with delicious tradition. So light that fire!

Take a page out of Thompson’s book and learn the secrets to grilling the perfect steak: • Buy good meat: Grass-fed and grass-finished beef tastes better and has a bolder flavor that holds up particularly well against the lick of the grill’s flames.

• Simple seasoning: Sprinkle steak liberally on both sides with salt and pepper when you take it out of the refrigerator.

Brush steaks on both sides with a little olive oil (not extra virgin). This facilitates the heat transfer, so you can get an evenly browned crust and a delicious steak house flavor.

• Timing is important: There’s nothing worse than a rubbery, tasteless overcooked steak. Professionals use touch to gauge doneness, and so can you. Touch your index finger to your cheek. When the meat feels this way, the steak is rare. Touch the tip of your nose. That firmness equates to medium. Your forehead is well done. “But please don’t go there,” says Thompson.

• Let it rest: If you cut into a piece of beef as soon as it comes off the grill, you will lose precious juices. Give the proteins in the steak the opportunity to unwind a little bit from the heat they have just experienced. Let most steaks rest at least five to 10 minutes to give the juices time to redistribute evenly throughout the meat.

• Goes great with: Skip the steak sauce. A pat of plain or compound butter is the perfect finish.

Even experienced grillers need new tips, tools and tricks to perfect their steaks, ribs and dry rub techniques. Consider gifting dad a successful grilling season with “Grill Master.” Grill tips, BBQ recipes and information about the book can be found at www.WeldonOwen.com.

“There’s a mystique that happens with smoke and flame that you just can’t get any way else, and it’s pretty simple to create,” says Thompson.

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