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NOVEMBER 30, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIII • NO 42
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Gala Will Benefit Maytown Historical Society Food, fun, art and an auction will highlight the Maytown Historical Society’s Christmas Gala. The event will be held on Thursday, Dec. 15, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 11 N. Queen St., Maytown, beginning at 6 p.m.
Students lined the hallways at Donegal Primary School for a Veterans Day parade.
Cheering On Veterans BY CATHY MOLITORIS
hank you for keeping us safe. We honor you. Thank you for protecting our country.” Those are some of the things students at Donegal Primary School (DPS) want veterans to know. Students, accompanied by veterans, participated in a parade through the school hallways on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. “We had about 80 students that brought grandparents, parents, aunts/uncles, etc., that were veterans,” said Taylor Morgan, the DPS music teacher who helped to coordinate the event. “We also had a few students’ families come to participate in the parade in honor of a family veteran who had passed. I think that by having each veteran’s DPS student march in the parade
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and the recordings were made into a CD that was played at the parade. “Students really enjoyed these songs and sang their hearts out at the parade,” she remarked. Students also wrote letters to the veterans as part of the event. “The teachers knew which students from their class were bringing veterans, so the letters could be personalized for the veterans from their classroom,” Bair said. “I think this makes it even more powerful for the students to know they are writing to someone’s mom, dad or grandpa.” Carter Howe, a second-grader, brought his grandpa, Barry Howe. “I was nervous,” Carter said of the parade. “There were so many people!” He noted, however, that his Papa really enjoyed the parade. Second-grader Betty Bishop brought her mother, Phyllicia Bishop, to
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Pre-pandemic, the congregation at Glossbrenner United Methodist Church held an event inviting church members and their families to share fellowship and fun while making a Christmas craft together. Now the church members are bringing the event back, and they are opening it to the community.
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Church Will Hold Family Christmas Night
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with them, other students were able to make a greater connection with who we honor on Veterans Day.” Last year, the school held a drivethrough parade, which was wellreceived by students and teachers, said Sarah Bair, second-grade teacher. “It was really fun and powerful for the students to be able to see the veterans drive past and wave to them,” she commented. “The students enjoyed singing patriotic songs and honoring the people who fought for our country. This year, we planned to take it inside, in case of rain, with the same concept of the veterans parading and the students cheering them on.” Morgan noted that students learned two patriotic songs for the event - “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “This Land Is Your Land.” Classes were recorded singing the songs,
Elva Hurst will present a “chalk talk” at the Maytown Historical Society’s Christmas Gala.
This will be the first time the annual event has been held since 2019, said Janie Garber, treasurer of the historical society. “We always have a really great meal,” Garber stated, noting that the dinner will be catered by Country Home. The dinner will be served family style and will include tossed salad, stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, beverages and homemade pies with ice cream. After dinner, entertainment will be provided by artist Elva Hurst, who will do a “chalk talk.” “She will create a picture of our choice, and as she is drawing the picture, she will be speaking about it,” Garber explained. Hurst is known for her motivational, entertaining and inspiring talks. At the gala, she will complete a farm memories drawing. She finishes her work with a black light and colored light show that brings the work to life. “She’ll create a large picture, and then we’re going to turn around and auction it off to raise money for the historical society,” Garber said.
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