lancaster county 50plus senior news september 2012

Volunteer EMS chaplain Frank Poley is trained in CPR and first aid

but said there is no special training needed “to love someone in troubled times.”

Elder Mediation Can

Help Resolve Conflicts

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Do Public Libraries

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Inside:

By Lori Van Ingen

Frank Poley is there for families, patients, and EMS staff whenever tragedy

strikes.

“When suddenly someone loses a husband, wife, or even a child, I’m there

for them. I feel for them. I stay on the scene until a coroner comes and I stay

with the family as long as they want,” the volunteer chaplain said.

Poley, an ordained chaplain with the Penn Del district of the Assemblies

of God, doesn’t have any special training in chaplaincy.

“What prepared me is my deep faith in the Lord above. All I do is open

my mouth and God takes care of it. The right words come out,” he said.

“One thing God has given me is an overdose of compassion.”

Losing children is the hardest. The youngest one was only 5 days old

when there was a home accident in which a parent fell asleep and

accidentally smothered the child.

He also helped the family of a 1-month-old, where it was later determined

the baby died of shaken-baby syndrome caused by the father.

“The EMTs were crying their eyes out. They could be anywhere else, but

they chose to be first responders,” Poley said. “The doctor gave me the sign

the baby was dead and I had to tell the dad. I also had to reach out to the

mom, who was incarcerated. The warden allowed her to come to the hospital

Solace forWounded Spirits

please see SOLACE page 18

In Crises, Volunteer EMS Chaplain

Offers Comfort

Lancaster County Edition September 2012 Vol. 18 No. 9

2 September 2012 50plus SeniorNews • www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Tony the Tiger ConsidersRetirement Living

Quilters Collaborate onHousewarming Gift

What could make a brand-new home

feel homier than a handcrafted quilt

from Lancaster County?

The Garden Spot Village Quilters and

members of the quilting group from

Weaverland Mennonite Church

collaborated on a colorful queen-size

quilt for an Alabama family left homeless

by a storm and then again by a tornado

in April 2011.

The recipients of the housewarming

gift are slated to move into a new home

that is a joint project of volunteers from

Garden Spot Village and Weaverland

Mennonite Church.

This summer, the two groups of

quilters picked out fabrics for the

multicolored “disappearing nine-patch”

pattern. Each group pieced about half of

the blocks together and then regrouped to

combine the blocks into matching rows.

The volunteers took the rows home

and sewed them together. By mid-July,

the backing, batting, and quilt top had

been put on a quilt frame at Garden

Spot Village.

Quilters are, clockwise

from left, Jane Stahr,

Marian Nolt,

Frances Henry,

Ruth Hershey,

Grace Martin,

Barbara Murphy, and

Irene Weaver.

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Tony the Tiger celebrated his milestone 60th

birthday at Pleasant View Retirement

Community, making him officially age-eligible to

become a resident.

With a birthday party that featured a breakfast

of Frosted Flakes and fruit, the marketing team

at Pleasant View reached out to Tony to come

look at the cottages on campus. With a greeting

of “happy birthday,” Tony sat down with cottage

resident Dave Kuch.

With Tony being featured worldwide and with

Kuch’s international travel experiences, the two

struck up a good conversation about the benefits

of the Continuing Care Retirement Community

(CCRC) lifestyle. Pleasant View assured Tony

that Lancaster County could provide the privacy

he seeks, noting Lady Gaga’s experiences as well

as engaging activities and amenities to keep him

active and fit.

When asked what he thought of his visit to

Pleasant View, Tony said, “They’re

GRRRREAT!”

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Correction

In the article “Quick Thinking, Quick Players at 2012 Senior Games” on page 8 of our August issue, the

gentleman playing table tennis was incorrectly identified as Bam Ratmoko.

The senior athlete was actually Leonard W. Bujung. We regret the error.

Iam often asked to evaluate

autographs of famous people.

Some autographs are found on a

personal letter or note, on a glossy

photograph, or even on a piece of

scrap paper. There are some rules of

thumb when it comes to assessing

autographs.

For instance, content is always

king. With all autographs, value is

increased if the autograph is

accompanied by some content

relating to the famous person who

signed their name. To have content

that relates to the signer with an

authentic autograph is more valuable

to collectors than just a simple

autograph.

For example, a letter signed by

Marilyn Monroe complaining about

her failing marriage to husband and

baseball great Joe DiMaggio is much

more valuable than just a cocktail

napkin with Marilyn Monroe’s

signature on it.

Master of the Mouse

One of best-known autographs is

that of the American entertainment

icon Walt Disney. Disney’s signature

actually became the logo for the Walt

Disney Company and for the Walt

Disney Classics Collection. The logo

is based on Disney’s signature from

the early 1940s and was used on

company artwork.

Walt Disney autographs were

signed by both Disney and by his

authorized employees. Over the years,

at least a dozen Disney Studios staff

members signed Walt Disney’s name

to comics, fan items, promotional

material, etc. The most common

authorized signatures of Walt Disney

were signed by Hank Porter during

the 1930s and 1940s and, later, by

Bob Moore in the 1950s.

Artist Bob Moore joined The

Walt Disney Studios as an

apprentice animator in 1940. He

contributed to animated classics

such as Dumbo, The Three

Caballeros, and Make Mine Music.

Moore was named head of the

publicity and marketing department

and designed Disney movie posters,

Christmas cards, logos, and

letterheads.

He was one of Disney’s official

“autographers” and he signed

numerous items (photographs and

letters) with Disney’s famous

signature. He designed Sam the

Eagle for the 1984 Olympic Games

and murals housed in Walt Disney

Elementary Schools located in

Tullytown, Pa., and Anaheim, Calif.

Walt Disney never drew the

popular Sunday newspaper Mickey

Mouse comic strip or comic book

nor did he sign all of his autographs,

either. Every piece of artwork was

“signed” with a Walt Disney

signature, but Walt Disney did not

provide every signature. Some

signatures came from a production

artist, not from Disney himself.

Sign Here!

Authentic Walt Disney

autographs, those that Disney signed

by his own hand, differ depending

on the stage of his life. The

signatures dating to the 1920s differ

from those of the early 1960s. He

signed his name in both cursive and

block print (known as Roman

lettering), and he used every type of

writing instrument to sign his

name, including pencils, markers,

fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and

crayons.

Disney redesigned his own

signature over the years, in very

much the same way he changed the

appearance of Mickey Mouse. The

most common Walt Disney

signatures date from the period after

1954, when Disney was seen

regularly on television, and up to

the time of his death in 1967 at age

65. These autographs are among the

most popular and collectible.

On Discovery channel’s Auction

Kings, I will highlight a collection of

famous autographs and their worth

while demonstrating the tricks so

you can spot a fake. It is interesting

to note that an authentic Disney

autograph can actually command

more money from collectors than

most autographs of our U.S.

presidents. About 40 of our

presidents’ autographs are worth less

on the collectibles market than an

authentic Walt Disney autograph.

What’s more, it has been said that

Disney’s autograph is the most

recognizable in the world.

Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and

award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori

presents antique appraisal events

nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expert

appraiser on the hit TV show AuctionKings on Discovery channel, which airs

Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Visit

www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/

DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

Assessing Walt DisneyAutographs

Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Dr. Lori

Photo Courtesy of www.DrLoriV.com

Detail of a Mickey Mouse comic strip

with Walt Disney signature.


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My FavoriteAutumn Leaves

The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

We Lancaster County people

don’t have to travel far to see

striking autumn leaves in

variety and abundance. Beautiful,

colored foliage is in our woods,

hedgerows, suburbs, fields, and

roadsides—all

human-made habitats,

except the woods.

Deciduous trees,

shrubs, vines, and

weeds respond to

shorter periods of

daylight and cooler

average temperatures

each succeeding day

by cutting off water to

their leaves. As the

foliage dies, the green

chlorophyll fades,

revealing the red,

yellow, and other

colors that were in the

leaves all summer.

The brilliant

orange foliage of sugar maples is my

favorite. Sugar maple leaves turn colors

in September and persist on the trees

into October, creating beauty in woods

and suburban areas.

The striking red leaves of black gum,

staghorn sumac, red maple trees,

Virginia creeper vines, and pokeweeds—

in that arbitrary order of changing colors

starting in August—are some of my

favorites, too. Black gums and red

maples brighten bottomland woods, and

planted maples add beauty to suburbs.

Sumac’s foliage is pretty along country

roads. Virginia creepers are beautiful on

trees in woodland edges and as awnings

that provide shade over porches.

The red and yellow leaves of poison

ivy vines, sassafras trees, and sweet gum

trees are more favorites. These woody

plants brighten many roadsides,

hedgerows, woodland

edges, and suburbs with

their lovely colors.

Sweet gums are a

southern species

planted on lawns in

Lancaster County. But

its many tiny seeds

blow in the wind, and

this species is becoming

established in the wild

here.

The bronze-yellow

foliage of American

beech trees is unique in

local woods in October.

Many beech leaves

persist on their twig

moorings, curled and

pale-beige, through winter, enabling us

to see how many beeches are in the

woods.

Red root and lamb’s-quarters are

weeds along country roads and in

pumpkin and soybean fields that

couldn’t be cultivated. In autumn, those

4-foot-tall plants have red and yellow

leaves that help make farmland beautiful.

This fall, look for colored leaves close

to home. They are as inspiring as

autumn foliage anywhere.

Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a Lancaster

County Parks naturalist.

“The Writing Is on the Wall”This phrase derives from the Book of Daniel in the

Bible’s Old Testament. Belshazzar, the king of Israel,

had stolen from the temple in Jerusalem. At a party

where wine was being consumed, the fingers of a

man’s hand appeared and wrote on the wall.

The interpretation of the writing was that the

king’s days were numbered. He had been weighed

on the scales and found deficient, and his

kingdom was divided and given to the Medes and

Persians. That same night, Belshazzar was killed.


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Dear Savvy Senior,

What can you tell me about elder

mediation for resolving family conflicts? My

mother has Alzheimer’s disease, and to

make matters worse, my three siblings and I

have been perpetually arguing about how to

handle her care and finances. Would this

type of service be helpful to us?

– Tired of Fighting

Dear Tired,

If your siblings are willing, elder care

mediation may be just what your family

needs to help you work through your

disagreements. Here’s what you should

know.

Elder Mediation

While mediators have been used for

years to help divorcing couples sort out

legal and financial disagreements and

avoid court battles, elder care mediation

is a relatively new and specialized field

designed to help families resolve disputes

that are related to aging parents or other

elderly relatives.

Family

disagreements

over an ill or

elderly

parent’s

caregiving

needs, living

arrangements,

financial

decisions, and

medical care

are some of

the many

issues that an

elder care

mediator can help with. But don’t

confuse this with family or group

therapy. Mediation is only about decision

making, not feelings and emotions.

The job of an elder mediator is to step

in as a neutral third party to help ease

family tensions, listen to everyone’s

concerns, hash

out

disagreements

and misunder-

standings, and

help your

family make

decisions that

are acceptable

to everyone.

Good

mediators can

also assist your

family in

identifying

experts such as estate planners, geriatric

care managers, or healthcare or financial

professionals who can supply important

information for family decision making.

Your family also needs to know that

the mediation process is completely

confidential and voluntary, and it can

take anywhere from a few hours to

several meetings, depending on the

complexity of your issues. And if some

family members live far away, a

speakerphone or webcam can be used to

bring everyone together.

If you’re interested in hiring a private

elder care mediator, you can expect to

pay anywhere from $100 to more than

$400 per hour, depending on where you

live and whom you choose. Or, you may

be able to get help through a nonprofit

community mediation service that

charges little to nothing.

Since there’s no formal licensing or

national credentialing required for elder

mediators, make sure the person you

choose has extensive experience with

elder issues and be sure you ask for

Elder Mediation Can HelpAdult Families Resolve Conflicts

Savvy Senior

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references and check them. Most elder

mediators are attorneys, social workers,

counselors, or other professionals who

are trained in mediation and conflict

resolution.

To locate an elder mediator, start by

calling your area agency on aging,

which may be able to refer you to local

resources. Or try websites like

eldercaremediators.com and

mediate.com. Both of these sites have

directories that will let you search for

mediators in your area.

Or, use the National Association for

Community Mediation website

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low-cost, community-based mediation

programs in your area.

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For more job listings, call theLancaster County Office of Aging

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Lancaster County Office of Aging150 N. Queen Street, Suite 415

Lancaster, PA

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maintaining present accounts and securing new advertising clients. Prior business-to-business sales

experience is preferred.

Are you interested in volunteering every now and then? Would you prefer not having a weekly or biweekly volunteercommitment? Would you like having the option to accept or decline a volunteer opportunity depending on your schedule atthe time?

If you answered “yes” to these questions, you may be interested in volunteering for one-time projects in our office orserving as a substitute volunteer.

There are times when one or two volunteers are needed for a few hours to help with a bulk mailing or preparation ofmaterials for a workshop. Other times, the volunteer who’s regularly assigned to a consumer to help with a specific task—shopping, laundry, etc.—may be unable to volunteer because of illness or due to being away on vacation.

It’s very helpful to have a list of volunteers to call to meet these short-term needs. If you’d like more information aboutvolunteering for Lancaster County Office of Aging, please call Bev Via at (717) 299-7979 or email her [email protected].

BANQUET SERVERS – PT

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three services offered by Employment Unit at the Office of Aging.Jobs are matched with those looking for work. Based on an

evaluation of your skills and abilities, we can match you with aposition needed by a local employer. Some employers arespecifically looking for older workers because of the reliabilityand experience they bring to the workplace. There is a mix offull-time and part-time jobs covering all shifts, requiring varyinglevels of skill and experience, and offering a wide range ofsalaries.

The other services available through the Office of Aging arethe Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)and the regularly scheduled Job Search Workshops.

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Creativity Matters

Judith Zausner

orget the old saying “less is more.”

Minimalists thrived on that belief

because it validated their art, but

the contemporary fashion niche

embraced by Iris Apfel makes a different

statement.

Turn your head 180 degrees and open

your eyes wide and your mind even

wider. There she is: a fashion maverick;

an irreverent renegade; a defiant, creative

spirit; and a marvel of an exquisite

opulence of wearables.

“I’m a geriatric starlet, my dear, don’t

you know,” she said. “All of a sudden,

I’m hot; I’m cool; I have a ‘fan base.’”

With a rising cult of diverse people

spilling around her amazing presence,

Apfel is taking her show on the road.

The HSN road, that is. Middle America

is fascinated and wants this design

eccentricity to be a brand in their lives.

Naturally, much will be in translation.

For example, her classic owl-shape

eyeglasses will be featured in a scarf print

and tribal-type necklaces are modified

with respect to design and price.

Apfel was always a fashion maven.

“My mother worshipped at the altar

of accessories,

and I got the

bug. She

always said,

‘If you have a

good, little,

simple black

dress and you

have different accessories, you can have

27 different outfits.” So she learned early.

“The fun of getting dressed is that it is

a creative experience and I never know

what it’s going to be.”

She assiduously edits her ensembles,

often wearing a basic architectural type

of garment that can be accessorized

dramatically. In 2005, the Metropolitan

Museum of Art in New York City

presented an exhibition about Apfel

called “Rara Avis (Rare Bird): The

Irreverent Iris Apfel.” It was so successful

that they created a traveling version that

could be viewed

by other

audiences.

“Composing

the elements of

interior and

composing an

ensemble are

part and parcel of the same thought

process,” says Apfel.

So she was a natural watching her

father in his business, working with high-

end mirrors that focused on interiors.

This passion for interiors catapulted the

careers of Apfel and her husband, Carl.

Serendipitously they started working

with Old World Weavers in search of a

certain cloth and then began to travel

worldwide looking for both exotic fabrics

and historically based designs that could

be replicated by these foreign specialty

mills. It was through this work that she

was asked to consult for the White

House interior for Presidents Truman,

Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson,

Carter, Reagan, and Clinton.

Married 64 years, she and her almost

100-year-old husband wear the same

perfume called Yatagan by Caron, which

is hard to find so they store it in big

containers in the refrigerator. They also

wear similar, round spectacles. An

amazing couple, they have been very

successful in their fabric business and,

despite retirement from Old World

Weavers in the 1990s, it’s clear that

Apfel’s fame is soaring.

This radical fashion icon will be

Apfel at Age 90:More is More and Less is Simply Less

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The 1930 U.S. Census is important

for researchers because it was the

last census to include information

on immigration and naturalization, key

elements in researching immigrant

ancestors.

The official starting date of the 1930

census was April 1, and it took about a

month to complete. Children born

between the official start date of the

census and the actual day of enumeration

were not included. Individuals living on

the official start date of the census but

deceased by the actual day of enumeration

were included.

Native Americans (then referred to as

“Indians”) were included in the

enumeration of the general population,

though they were asked different

questions, as were individuals in Alaska.

For example, Native Americans were not

asked about their mother’s country of

origin, but rather, which tribe she

belonged to.

Servicemen were not recorded with

their families in the 1930 census; they

were treated as residents of their duty

posts. When searching for someone in the

military, don’t assume he or she will be

listed in their hometown.

In my last column, I reviewed several

questions asked in the 1930 census,

dealing with home information, personal

description, and place of birth for

individuals who were enumerated. The

next set of questions was headed “Mother

tongue (or native language) of foreign

born,” subtitled “Language spoken in

home before coming to the United

States.”

As previously noted, an immigrant’s

place of birth was to be listed as the

present (1930) name of the country where

he or she was born. The answer to the

language question is important, because it

addresses the ethnicity of the individual.

For example, a person who was

ethnically Polish may have been born in

Prussia (which conquered parts of

Poland), with a birthplace listed as Austria

(the 1930 name), but the “mother

tongue” column would show “Polish” as

the language spoken. This can help in

locating the actual town of birth.

The next set of questions come in three

columns under the heading “Citizenship,

etc.” First, “Year of immigration to the

United States,” then “Naturalization,” and

then “Whether able to speak English.”

You must appreciate that the date of

immigration is a secondary record; that is,

it was the date given by an individual

from memory, with no documentary

evidence. However, it was generally given

correctly, within one or two years.

The immigration year can be used to

narrow down searches for passenger

manifests. The date can also be compared

to the answer given for “Year of first

marriage” to estimate whether the person

was married before or after coming to the

U.S. If the person was married before

immigration, a marriage record should

exist in the town of origin; if after, you

should search church and civil records

from the U.S. locality where the

immigrant lived.

In the “Naturalization” column, you’ll

find one of the following abbreviations:

“Na” (naturalized); “Al” (alien); or “Pa”

(papers applied for). If the note is “Na” or

“Pa,” you can assume that the individual

applied for or was granted U.S.

citizenship after the date of immigration

and before April 1, 1930.

Further research in the seat of the

county where the immigrant lived may

turn up his or her naturalization records,

which will contain a wealth of

background information. If a person’s

status was “Al” (alien), he or she would

have had to apply for citizenship

sometime after April 1, 1930, or failing

that, either register as an alien or return to

their homeland.

More About the1930 Census

The Search for Our Ancestry

Angelo Coniglio

please see CENSUS page 17

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When today’s geriatric seniors

were high school seniors, they

took for granted certain

informational resources would continue

to be available for many decades—

especially libraries.

Some of these resources no longer

exist (e.g., Sears’ mail-order catalog),

some are fading (e.g., the black-and-

white phone directory), and others seem

threatened (e.g., the postal service,

newspapers).

The postal service may yet reinvent

itself by resurrecting a modernized

version of the Railway Express, a

predecessor of today’s United Parcel

Service. The Railway Express was owned

by the railways.

Newspapers may survive by

concentrating their staff ’s reportorial

coverage to state, county, and local

topics, limiting their national and

international coverage.

Public libraries may never see their

own reincarnations but may simply

disappear as the

Internet dominates

the informational-

search domain and

electronic books

(“e-books”) replace

printed versions.

E-books already

have captured an

estimated 10

percent of all

consumer book

sales as of October

2010, up from 3.3

percent in late

2009, according to

Read Write Web.

Amazon.com reported that during its

fourth quarter of 2010, it sold more

electronic books than paperbacks.

Public libraries are funded by

municipalities or counties. In budget-

cutting times, public libraries and parks

are the first to have

their funding

slashed.

The libraries

today’s seniors

visited in their

youth often were

funded in large part

by the philanthropy

of Andrew

Carnegie. From

1881 through

1917, Carnegie

helped start 1,689

public libraries by

requiring

municipalities to

provide only the land while committing

to undertake the maintenance and

management of the library.

By 2007 there were 9,214 public-

library systems having a total of 16,604

locations, according to the U.S. Census

Bureau. This is a slight increase from the

9,137 public-library systems in 2002. It

is doubtful if we will see any growth in

the decade following 2007.

Fortunately, there are many public-

school “libraries.” As of 2007, they

numbered 76,807, according to the

Census Bureau. Frequently they are

called media centers because they fall far

short of being a traditional library with

well-stocked shelves.

Public-school libraries cannot provide

the services found at public libraries. The

latter have been indispensable resources

for all age groups. Today, public libraries

have become popular Internet-access

sites. The Census Bureau reports an

average of 12.5 Internet terminals per

public library location, ranging from an

average of 19.4 in Maryland to 4.5 in

Nevada.

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The specter of closed libraries

remains a real possibility. Already one

municipality, Salinas, Calif., has closed

most of its library locations because of

financial constraints. Boston considered

closing four of its 26 branches in early

2010 as the state reduced its share of

funding for the library system from

$8.9 million to a proposed $2.4

million.

Other public-library systems that

closed some of their branches are

Seattle, Denver, Honolulu, and cities in

Ohio, New York, North Carolina,

Oklahoma, and Michigan.

Before libraries are shut down, many

jurisdictions will choose to reduce

library hours. According to Public

Library Funding & Technology Access

Study 2009-2010, published June 2010,

“just under 15 percent of libraries (up

from 4.5 percent in 2009) report that

they decreased their operating hours in

the past year … further reductions in

library hours and closures in more

locations seem likely.”

The just-under 15 percent figure was

based on all libraries nationwide. The

study found the figure for urban

libraries alone was a painful 24 percent.

Like newspapers, libraries furnish a

fundamental service in democratic

societies by providing information and

education on which the electorate can

make informed choices. Some of us

received the better part of our

education in public libraries.

Samuel Clemens, better known as

Mark Twain (1835-1910), educated

himself in public libraries, such as they

were then. He preferred their expansive

resources compared to public schools.

That education took place in the

evenings while Clemens was employed

as a typesetter. Many of today’s seniors

may have shared this kind of

educational experience.

Like the movie theaters of past

decades, the public library may not

survive as a local institution. Its demise

would be one more loss of interaction

between individuals, families, and their

local communities.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research

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Book Review

The newest addition to the Imagesof America series is Pennsylvania’s

Covered Bridges from local author

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200 vintage images and memories of

days gone by.

Starting in the early 1800s,

Pennsylvania’s rich forests

provided natural material

for the construction of

more than 1,500 covered

bridges across the state.

The first covered bridge

was built in 1805.

Pennsylvania’s Covered

Bridges looks at the

earliest covered bridges as

well as those that have

survived modern

progress. Images also

show rare railroad

covered bridges that have been saved

from destruction over the years.

This book invites the reader to step

back in time and imagine the days when

ancestors traveled through wooden spans

to reach their daily destinations.

Pennsylvania’s Covered Bridges is

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About the AuthorFred J. Moll grew up in

Reading, Pa. He graduated

from the Philadelphia

College of Pharmacy and

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historian of the Theodore

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Historical Society of Berks County.

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Anton Heidinger’s parents came to

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their home in Austria-Hungary.

Settling in Union, N.J., then Berkley

Heights, N.J., they raised a family of

eight. Heidinger was the seventh born.

He did exceptionally well in schools as

he grew up. And, when he was old

enough, he earned a wrestling scholarship

to the University of Maryland. Instead, he

opted for the Navy, enlisting on Nov. 16,

1942, and going through boot camp at

Newport, R.I.

He next trained in Boston to become a

machinist’s mate, responsible for the

continuous operation of the many

engines, compressors, gears, refrigeration,

and other types of machinery onboard

ships. He would be responsible for the

ship’s steam propulsion, auxiliary

equipment, and the deck machinery.

After his training, he was assigned as a

machinist’s mate to

the USS Hilary P.

Jones, a destroyer

that had made

many trips across

the Atlantic while

part of hazardous

North Atlantic

convoy duty. This

time, the ship was

headed for even

more dangerous

combat in support

of the invasions of

Italy and southern

France.

Although the

ship arrived shortly

after the Anzio

invasion, she

joined with other

destroyers of her

division to cover

landing and

provide fire

support at the

bitterly contested

Anzio beachhead.

As she exchanged

fire with German

shore batteries,

Heidinger

remembers

learning that the

destroyer USS

Cooper had gone

down in the

Pacific, with the

loss of 191 men,

including his best

friend.

“I felt so bad

about that,” he

says, “because I

had talked him into joining the Navy, and

now he was gone. And, it made me realize

that, in the bombardment we were taking

at Anzio, I could die too.”

After a brief respite, the ship returned

to her gunfire support duties at Anzio

during April and early May, occasionally

engaging in escort and antisubmarine

patrol operations.

She joined with six other destroyers

and a Wellington bomber in one of the

most extended submarine hunts of the

war. It was called “Operation Monstrous,”

and it ended with the sinking of the U-

616 off northeastern Spain on May 15,

1944.

During June and July, the ship acted as

escort ship for Mediterranean convoys

and took part in training for the invasion

of southern France.

On Aug. 13, the ship left Naples,

escorting French and British ships for

He Fought at Anzio and in Southern FranceBefore Facing the Japanese

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Machinist’s Mate First Class

Anton M. Heidinger in Brooklyn in 1944.


“Operation Anvil,” the southern France

invasion. There, during the assault, she

provided gunfire support and acted as an

electronic jamming vessel, successfully

preventing radio-controlled bombs from

harassing the area.

She continued to range up and down

the coast in support of the First Airborne

Task Force, destroying bridges, gun

emplacements, railroad facilities, and

coastal vessels.

She was attacked

by a German E-

boat on Aug. 21

but destroyed the

craft with

gunfire. For her

outstanding

record during

this period, the

ship received the

Navy Unit Commendation.

After continuing convoy duties in the

Mediterranean, the ship returned to

New York. Following overhaul and

training, she sailed with her last

transatlantic convoy and was then

designated for the Pacific Fleet,

departing New York on April 24 for the

Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor.

On June 2, she sailed from Pearl

Harbor for the advance base at Ulithi, an

atoll in the Caroline Islands and a major

staging area for the Navy, 370 miles

southwest of Guam and 1,300 miles

south of Tokyo.

She was there when the atomic

bombs were dropped that brought the

war to a close. She then escorted

occupation troops to Japan, entering

Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, as the surrender

ceremony was under way onboard the

Missouri. She escorted two more

occupation troop convoys to Japan

before returning

to Charleston.

Heidinger left

the Navy on Feb.

16, 1946, as a

Machinist’s Mate

First Class and

went to work

for Public

Service Electric

and Gas

Company in New Jersey. He met and

married Eleanor Finken, and they came

to Lancaster in retirement seven years

ago. On Sept. 21, they will be

celebrating their 65th wedding

anniversary.

In his retirement, Heidinger can

reminisce with pride about his days of

having served his country well in two

oceans during World War II.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in

Europe in World War II.

The destroyer USS Hilary P. Jones,

on which Anton Heidinger served.

Wanted: LancasterSenior Artists

The Lancaster County Office of

Aging will be celebrating the creative

and artistic talents of

Lancaster County

senior artists by

hosting the 19th

Annual Lancaster

Senior Arts

Exhibition, Oct.

16–19 at the

Lancaster General

Hospital Suburban

Outpatient Pavilion,

2100 Harrisburg

Pike.

This event is

open to non-

professional artists,

60 years of age and

older, who live in

Lancaster County.

Entries will be

accepted in the areas

of watercolor, oils,

pastels, acrylics, photography, and “other

mediums.”

Artworks must be framed and able to

be hung. Each category will be judged

and first-, second-,

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winners will be

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artists’ reception and

awards presentation at

the Suburban

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1 p.m. Oct. 19.

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People’s Choice Award

will be given for the

artwork that receives

the most votes from

the viewing public.

For more

information, contest

guidelines, and entry

forms, call Betty

Sementelli at (717)

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Calendar of EventsCocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489Sept. 10 – All Centers’ Picnic at Long’s Park

Sept. 14, 10 a.m. – Music with New Earth Band

Sept. 17, 10 a.m. – Nutrition Program

Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850Sept. 7, 10:15 a.m. – Manicures

Sept. 10 – All Centers’ Picnic at Long’s Park

Sept. 20, 11 a.m. – Prostate Cancer Awareness Discussion

Elizabethtown Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 Sept. 10 – All Centers’ Picnic at Long’s Park

Sept. 18, 10:30 a.m. – “Extending Your Life” Diet and

Aging Program

Sept. 20, 10:30 a.m. – Music with Glenn Garber

Lancaster House North – (717) 299-1278Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club

Pinochle

Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center(717) 299-3943Sept. 10 – All Centers’ Picnic at Long’s Park

Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m. – Exercise with Lucy

Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m. – Crafts

Lancaster Rec. Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147Fridays, 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Bridge

Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. – Music and Dancing

Sept. 24, 10 a.m. – Nutrition Program

Sept. 26, 10 a.m. – Crime Prevention for Seniors

LRC Senior Center – (717) 399-7671Sept. 4, 9 a.m. – Living Wills, Advanced Directives

Program

Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – Program on Managing Stress


Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Shopping at SACA Market


Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m. – OVR Benefits and Training

Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600Sept. 10 – All Centers’ Picnic at Long’s Park

Sept. 19, 9:30 a.m. – Bingo

Sept. 24, 10 a.m. – Town Meeting

Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770Sept. 10 – All Centers’ Picnic at Long’s Park

Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m. – Grandparents Day Memories

Sept. 24, 10:30 a.m. – Crimes Against Seniors Program

Rodney Park Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle

and Bingo

Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visittheir website for more information.

Library Programs

Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation

Pre-registration is required for these programs. All activities are held at the Environmental

Center in Central Park unless otherwise noted. To register or to find out more about these

activities or any additional scheduled activities, call (717) 295-2055 or visit

www.lancastercountyparks.org.

Sept. 8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Reading Topographic Maps

Sept. 22, 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. – “How Do We Compare?” Mammal Program

Sept. 29, 1 to 2 p.m. – “Get a Green Thumb!” Program

Community Programs Free and open to the public

Sept. 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Pennsylvania Music Expo

Continental Inn

2285 Lincoln Highway East

Lancaster

(717) 898-1246

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Sept. 16, 7 p.m.Concert: Gospel Gold

Garden Spot Village Chapel

433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland

(717) 355-6000

Sept. 21, 6 to 9 p.m.Music Fridays

200 and 300 Blocks of North

Queen Street

24 W. Walnut St., Lancaster

(717) 341-0028

Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m. – Great Decisions Discussion Group

Sept. 27, 7 p.m. – Concert: Meta4

Sept. 25, 7 p.m. – Village Art Association: Wood Carving

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Support Groups Free and open to the public

Sept. 5, 7 to 8:15 p.m.Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group

Willow Lakes Outpatient Center

212 Willow Valley Lakes Drive

Willow Street

(717) 464-9365

Sept. 10, 10 to 11 a.m.Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group

Garden Spot Village

Concord Room


(717) 355-6076

[email protected]

Sept. 11, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Spanish Coping with Loss SupportGroup

Lancaster Regional Medical Center

250 College Ave., Lancaster

(717) 391-2440

Sept. 19, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Bereavement Workshop: Pets You

Have Loved and Lost

Pathways Center for Grief & Loss

4075 Old Harrisburg Pike

Mount Joy

(717) 733-0699

Sept. 20, noonBrain Tumor Support Group

Lancaster General Health Campus

Wellness Center

2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster

(717) 626-2894

Sept. 24, 2 to 3 p.m.Parkinson’s Support Group

Garden Spot Village

Village Square Board Room


(717) 355-6259

[email protected]

Sept. 26, 6 to 8 p.m.Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern

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53. ____ A Sketch55. Part of a circle57. a.k.a. Burma61. Growls angrily64. Pertaining to the ear65. “Without further ___”67. Hammering spikes69. Like the color of granite70. Nada71. Locomotive hair72. Wife of Hercules, goddess of youth73. Da, oui, or si, e.g.74. Hosni Mubarak was its former

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Copyright by Pat Sinclair. Pat Sinclair announced the publication of her second

cookbook, Scandinavian Classic Baking (Pelican Publishing), in February 2011. This

book has a color photo of every recipe. Her first cookbook, Baking Basics and Beyond(Surrey Books), won the 2007 Cordon d’Or from the Culinary Arts Academy.

Contact her at http://PatCooksandBakes.blogspot.com

Makes 4 servings

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 pound (2 to 3 medium) cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and

chopped

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 1/2 cups chicken broth

1/4 teaspoon salt

White pepper, to taste

1 cup nonfat Greek-style plain yogurt

4 teaspoons chopped fresh dill

Melt the butter in a

medium saucepan over

medium-high heat and

add the cucumbers.

Cook, stirring

occasionally, until the

cucumbers begin to

soften, about 3 minutes.

Stir in the flour and

cook 30 seconds, stirring

constantly. Add the

chicken broth and return

to a boil. Reduce the

heat to low and simmer

10 to 15 minutes or until the cucumbers are fork-tender.

Carefully ladle the hot cucumbers and liquid into a food processor

bowl and process until pureed. Add liquid as needed or process in two

batches. Adjust seasoning, adding salt if needed and white pepper. Pour

into a covered container and chill.

Pour chilled soup into serving bowls or cups and sprinkle with fresh

dill.

Chilled Cucumber Dill SoupBy Pat Sinclair

Although most of us think of the start of school as the end of summer, there

are usually a few warm and humid days to come. Take advantage of fresh

cucumbers that are now in abundance and prepare a creamy chilled soup to

start a simple supper on a summery day.

Cook’s Note: Cucumbers from farmers markets are plentiful this time of

year and great for soup because their shapes can be uneven.

Peel with a vegetable peeler and cut in half lengthwise. Use a

melon baller or fruit spoon to scoop out seeds and discard.

Large cucumbers with a waxy coating from the produce

department are also good in this recipe.

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disease—to stop life in its tracks. Every

68 seconds, someone in America

develops the currently cureless disease.

Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that

causes problems with memory, thinking,

and behavior. It is not a normal part of

aging, although the greatest risk factor is

age. Symptoms usually develop slowly

and get worse over time, becoming

severe enough to interfere with daily

tasks.

Alzheimer’s is the most common form

of dementia—a general term for

memory loss and other intellectual

abilities serious enough to interfere with

daily life. It accounts for 50 to 80

percent of dementia cases.

Alzheimer’s disease is a growing

epidemic and is now the nation’s sixth-

leading cause of death. As baby boomers

age, the number of individuals living

with Alzheimer’s disease will rapidly

escalate, increasing beyond today’s

estimated 5.4 million Americans living

with Alzheimer’s.

With more than 280,000

Pennsylvanians living with Alzheimer’s,

there has never been a greater need for

the citizens of South-Central

Pennsylvania to join in the fight against

Alzheimer’s disease by participating in

the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s is more than

just a walk for more than 1,700 locals;

it’s a reflection of their unique journey

and experiences with Alzheimer’s and

their commitment to end the disease.

Our walkers drive our mission, and their

reasons for walking fuel our efforts to

reach our vision: a world without

Alzheimer’s …

Why We Walk …

I was just diagnosed at age 52 with

early onset Alzheimer’s. I was a nurse and

lost my job. I have been laughed at, yelled

at, and called stupid because of

Alzheimer’s. We need to spread awareness

and raise funds to conquer this battle of

Alzheimer’s. – Mary Read, Mary’s Early

Onset Alzheimer Fighters, Lancaster

WTEA

We walk in loving memory and in

honor of my dad. His great-grandchildren

(ages 2 through 7), that he never had the

chance to know, are walking for him as

well. We also walk for friends and other

relatives that have been affected by this

horrific disease in hopes that one day, no

family or person will have to suffer from

the effects of Alzheimer’s. By walking,

raising funds, and raising awareness,

maybe one day our hopes will become

reality. – Dee Promutico, Love Time 54,

York WTEA

I walk to raise awareness about the

disease that is taking my mother from me.

I watch my mother-in-law fade away and

know that this is not what I want for my

son and grandson. I don’t ever want them

to forget just how much I love them. I don’t

want them to forget each other. –

Catherine Chilcoat, Kit Dot Dash,

Lancaster WTEA

Why Will You Walk …

By participating in the Walk to End

Alzheimer’s, you are leading the way!

Together, we can raise awareness and

funds to enhance Alzheimer’s care and

support and advance research.

Please join us at one of our local

walks:

Saturday, Sept. 8Harrisburg, City Island

Registration at 8:30 a.m.

Walk at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 15York, Morgan-Cousler Park

Registration at 9:30 a.m. Walk at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 22Lancaster, Long’s Park

Registration at 8 a.m. Walk at 10:30 a.m.

September 8, 2012City Island, Harrisburg

Registration at 8:30 a.m. • Walk at 10:30 a.m.

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CENSUS from page 9

The next questions cover “occupation,”

“industry,” and “class of worker.”

Employers were noted by “E,” wage or

salaried workers as “W,” and a person who

was working on his or her own account

was “O.” If a person was working without

pay it was noted as “NP.” Passenger

manifests and records from towns of

origin may also give occupations.

Compare them to confirm identities.

Under “employment,” the census asked

whether at work previous day (or last

regular working day)—or, if not, it asked

for the line number on an unemployment

schedule (these schedules no longer exist).

Under “veterans,” for those who

answered yes, the appropriate war was

noted as “WW” for World War (by 1930,

there had been only one), “Sp” for

Spanish-American War, “Civ” for Civil

War, “Phil” for Philippine Insurrection,

“Box” for Boxer Rebellion, and “Mex” for

Mexican Expedition. Records for many of

these wars still exist and can be searched

for further information.

Finally, a column showed “Number of

farm schedule.” These schedules no longer

exist, except for Alaska, Guam, American

Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto

Rico.

Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to contact

him by writing to 438 Maynard Drive,

Amherst, NY 14226; by email at

[email protected]; or by visiting

www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogyTi

ps.htm. His new historical fiction novel, TheLady of the Wheel, is available through

Amazon.com.

For more detailed information on your local Walk to End Alzheimer’s, visit

alz.org/walk or contact Tiffani Chambers at (717) 561-5020 or [email protected].


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with two guards.

“I only hug, hold, and love ’em,”

Poley said.

He also prayed over the infant and

was asked to tell the 6-year-old daughter.

When he told her he was a chaplain, she

said she knew him because he had

prayed over her previously when she was

sick. She asked him how her sister was.

“I said, ‘Jesus came and took your

sister, but you’ll have a chance to see her

again.’”

Poley recalled another incident when

he was called during off-duty hours.

“The husband died at the kitchen

table while the wife was there. I just held

her and reached out to her pastor. I

wanted her to be as comfortable as

possible. She got one of my hankies—my

pants are loaded with pockets and I

always have a few hankies since I go

through them.

“Two or three weeks later, a box

arrived with a note which said, ‘You were

there when I needed you. Enclosed find

all my dead husband’s hankies. I’m sure

you’ll put them to good use.’”

The EMS chaplaincy program began

in 2008 after a local pastor told EMS

Chief Bobby Pine about his brainstorm

following a bad accident in the area.

“He thought there should be an outlet

for providers to have counseling,

someone to talk to, after a bad call,” Pine

said.

There were chaplaincy programs for

police departments, but none for EMS

since they are “two different animals,” he

said.

At first, the program took heat from

EMS personnel because they didn’t think

chaplains belonged in the ambulances,

and there was a fear of the chaplains

being overtly religious and pushy.

But after a few months, the fears were

gone.

The EMS chaplains are all trained in

CPR and basic first aid so they could

help if they would ever be needed, but

their main responsibility is to provide

comfort, spiritually.

“It’s easier on my crew. We fix

something and transport. We’re not grief

counselors. Dealing with family is not

our forté. The chaplains go (to the

family) and allow us to do our job with

the patient,” Pine said.

Poley sometimes prays with his

charges, “but I’m not pushy. I ask them,

‘Do you mind if I pray for you?’ If they

don’t want me to, I back off.”

“We’re blessed to have Frank,” Pine

said. “Frank is dedicated to us, and it’s

worked really well for the program.”

Poley volunteers eight to 10 hours a

day three days a week, plus call-outs,

which are typically bad situations.

“In today’s day and age, with time

demands, it’s an unusual perk to have

from a volunteer,” Pine said.

The chaplains have become an

integral part of EMS.

“They are always there for us and us

for them,” Pine said. EMS provides the

chaplains with uniforms and helps with

joint fundraising with an area church.

As an EMS chaplain, Poley is there

not only for the bad news, but the good

news as well. Poley has performed

marriages at the station and gave another

away since her father couldn’t be there.

“They are like my kids, the

paramedics and EMTs. They are very

special people,” Poley said. “I’m thrilled

to be doing this. It has given me an

extended family (in addition to his five

daughters and seven grandchildren).”

Poley was born and raised an

orthodox Jew, but later converted to

become a Messianic Jew while living in

Florida. He retired as a Messianic rabbi

with ties close to the International

Alliance of Messianic Congregations and

Synagogues.

After he moved to Pennsylvania to be

with his wife’s elderly mother, Poley

worked for two years at Hersheypark

driving a tram. One day one of his

passengers fell off the back of the tram.

Since she was wearing a large cross, he

asked if he could pray for her while they

waited for an EMT. After they arrived,

she told him he should become a

chaplain.

Not long after that, the EMS started

its chaplaincy program, and Poley knew

that was where he belonged.

“I’m in my 70s. I can give a family

comfort. Why can’t others? There’s no

need for special training to love someone

in troubled times,” Poley said.

There are so many out there who

think retirement is a time to relax and do

nothing, Poley said. “Anyone can just sit

around, read, or watch TV and let their

life go by—why not walk up to

somebody and hold onto them?”

As long as you have the strength,

Poley believes you should take it and do

something with it.

“You are in the fourth quarter, and

the game is not over yet,” Poley said,

quoting Coach Bill McCarthy, founder

of Promise Keepers.

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