OCTOBER 23-29, 2014 Your Local News
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Human ribbon dedicated To cancer awareness
130 participants formed a human ribbon in Bath.
By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News A forecast of strong winds factored into a slight change of plans, but more than 130 people took part in forming a human ribbon for cancer awareness on Saturday morning on the grounds of George Wolf Elementary School. It was another major event in Turning Bath Pink in Bath Borough, planned by Mayor Fiorella Reginelli-Mirabito for October. Instead of a plane flying overhead to photograph the event, the Bath Firefighters came to the rescue with their aerial ladder truck. A photographer from Bath, Lori Stack, who has 30 years in the retail camera business, gingerly climbed the ladder, with a firefighter closely behind her in case there was a slip. The day started out cool and cloudy with a few drops of rain, but just as the filming was to be accomplished, the sun came out. The participants in the “ribbon” waved to her as she maneuvered her cameras into place between the rungs of the ladder. Mayor Mirabito thanked Councilwoman Michelle Ehrgott for making the arrangements and all those who participated.“It means so much to me,” said the Mayor, who is a cancer survivor. A total of more than $293 was given by people who signed up for the ribbon. The Mayor also invited the public to attend the auction this Saturday and Sunday at the Bath Fire Social Hall, when there will be lots of prizes and things auctioned off. $1,000 was donated by St. Luke’s Health Network for the auction. Also speaking over the fire truck’s public address system was Carol Ritter of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. Through that organization a miniature drone from Fire Rock Productions flew overhead and also captured the scene. It will be shown in 2015 on lvcc. com, said Ms. Ritter.
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– Photo by Lori Stack
Cemetery marks 285th anniversary
By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
Horner’s Cemetery in East Allen Township has existed since 1748, and over the years suffered deterioration from the elements. But thanks to volunteers from the Horner Cemetery Historical Society putting in endless hours of restoration work, it is a beautiful plot of grass and headstones, most of which date
back to its origin, and surrounded by a stone wall. The cemetery is the oldest in Northampton County and is called Horner’s Cemetery in honor of Jane Horner, a 58-year-old woman who was killed by Indians as she carried coal for her family. Most of those buried there lived in the Scot-Irish Settlement between Bath and Northampton. The first person to rest in
the cemetery was James King, who died April 30, 1745 at the age of 38. The society on Saturday had an open house for people to see the restoration and to mark the cemetery’s 285th anniversary. Tours were held between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., led by Peggy Moser, who was dressed in Colonial attire. She told the visitors of the family genealogy of many whose
names are on the headstones, and noted that the cemetery represents the only reminder of such an important and influential group of people from the early settlement. Luther Walck of the society told about the Scot-Irish Settlement. The visitors were given a brochure in which they were informed that planning and Continued on page 2
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