LAIRDSVILLE - As much as threatening war clouds hovered over the nation 150 years ago, dark rain clouds skirted Old Lairdsville Cemetery on Monday June 16 where more than 120 individuals gathered to pay tribute to Civil War soldiers interred there.Led by Wayne Sager of Muncy, a squad fired ...
MONTGOMERY - The atmosphere was filled with memories and nostalgia at the Clinton Township Fire Hall in Montgomery on June 14, 2014. That night, alumni from Montgomery High School reunited once again for a graceful dinner, a musical performance by the Montgomery High School Jazz Band, and a ...
TIVOLI - Since 2006, Mary Sieminski began to fulfill her longtime desire to locate and preserve documents pertaining to the lives and contributions made to the community by the women of Lycoming County. Sieminski became so engrossed in her research that she said, "All my friends are in the ...
HUGHESVILLE - On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, James R. Ritter retired as 'Minister of Music' after forty plus years with Hughesville's Trinity Lutheran Church.In welcoming the congregation, Pastor Cinda Brucker declared it a bitter-sweet day, the sweet being the celebration of Christ's ...
HUGHESVILLE - "Saturday night was the best night of the week for townsmen and country folk to go to town," said Robert Webster during the April meeting of the East Lycoming Historical Society. During the virtual walk up and down Hughesville's business district from Academy to Walnut Streets, ...
HUGHESVILLE Surviving members of the Hughesville High School class of 1944 are about to mark their 70th alumni year. Students during those turbulent times of World War 11, have yearbook records that when preparing for the junior prom, state that "conditions caused by the war hindered in our ...
PENNSDALE - The following listings in the appropriate categories were selected by 'Viewers Choice' as winners at the bi-annual quilt show by members of the Susquehanna Valley Quilt Guild. The event was held from Feb. 28 to March 2 in the social hall of the Hughesville Area Fire Company.Large ...
MUNCY - A sea of red greets customers at the Muncy Post Office. Red hearts filled with loved ones names can be attached to a green tree left standing from the holiday season.John Fave, maintenance director, decided upon himself to place some cut out red hearts that he made and piled them on the ...
HUGHESVILLE - In the early morning hours of April 1779, savages broke through the door of the Peter Whitmore family cabin and shot or knifed, then scalped the father, Peter Whitmore, his wife Maria Sheets and son Philip.This was the beginning of an account of events near present day Jerseytown, ...
PICTURE ROCKS - When a long distance subscriber wanted to learn of famed athletics from his home town of Picture Rocks, we referred to Marilee Campbell Sholtis and her research on Harry G. Fry, son of James Monroe "Roe" and Edna Mills Fry.As a small child, Marilee often heard her father bemoan ...
