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MAY 29, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 13
Christiana Fire Company to host car show BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Christiana Fire Company will present the Cruisin’ in Christiana Car Show on Saturday, June 1, on the grounds of the William P. Brinton House, 17 Green St., Christiana. Registration will open at 9 a.m., and the show will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Vehicle owners will be asked to pay a registration fee, with all proceeds benefiting the fire company. Dash plaques will be presented to the first 30 entrants. Those who register in advance will receive a discount. Registration forms are available at the Christiana Borough office, 10 W. Slokom Ave. Same-day registrations will also be accepted. See Car show pg 4
VFW Post 4480 members conducted a Memorial Day ceremony at the veterans memorial garden located at the Keystone Valley Fire Department.
Memorial Day observances held in Parkesburg BY FRANCINE FULTON
and Cochranville and at Atglen Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion AME Church in Atglen and Our Lady of Consolation Church in Parkesburg. “At Upper Octorara (cemetery), (we visited) the headstone for Robert Montgomery, who our post is named after,” explained Theresa Hardy, post manager and president of the VFW ladies auxiliary. “(We also visited) three personal (sites), including the VFW monument on Main Street across from Rocco and Anna’s, the firehouse in Parkesburg and we have an honor garden in the back of our property where we have headstones for the (deceased) members from our post.” Other VFW members, as well as ladies auxiliar y members who participated in the events, included Scott White, Stephen Spoto, Eugene Ogozaly and
The William P. Brinton House will be the site of the Cruisin’ in Christiana Car Show, with proceeds benefiting the Christiana Fire Company.
See Memorial Day pg 2
See Lions Club pg 8
Lions Club sets bench dedication, fundraiser BY FRANCINE FULTON
As part of an ongoing program, members of the Parkesburg Lions Club will dedicate their next community bench on Saturday, June 1, at 1 p.m. at the Octorara Area Food Cupboard (OAFC), 714 Main St., Parkesburg. The OAFC, which opened its current location in December 2012, is a volunteer-run food cupboard that serves residents in need in the Octorara Area School District region. An open house will follow the dedication.
The bench will be dedicated to Judy Dougherty, who has been the OAFC director since its opening. “Judy has worked tirelessly as the director of the food cupboard and does an absolutely incredible job,” said Lions Club president Robin McKenna. “The club voted to honor her with a bench in her name, and where would be better placement than the Octorara Area Food Cupboard?” According to the Chester County Food Bank (CCFB), OAFC began in 2005 as a monthly mobile
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ven though the Memorial Day parade was canceled on May 18 in Parkesburg because of inclement weather, members of the Pfc. Robert Montgomery VFW Post 4480 conducted their traditional Memorial Day ceremonies at several locations in the area, including cemeteries and at the veterans memorial garden located at the Keystone Valley Fire Department (KVFD). The garden, which was dedicated by KVFD in May 2019, includes a memor i al cour t yard that honors fallen firefighters and a monument garden that honors servicemen and servicewomen lost in all military conflicts. VFW past commander Bob McMinn, who filled in for current commander Mark Frohm, who
was unable to attend, presented the introduction at the KVFD memorial. “We are assembled once again to express severe reverence. This monument represents the resting place of many of our fallen comrades who served in all wars,” McMinn stated. “This is a solemn commemoration for all these men and women and an expression of tribute.” VFW chaplain Pat Stephan offered a prayer, Bruce Latshaw played taps and VFW members provided a gun salute. Red, white and blue flowers were placed at the memorial, with red symbolizing remembrance, blue symbolizing loyalty and white representing the purity and innocence exhibited by those who gave their lives in service. Other sites visited during the day included cemeteries in Gumtree