Octorara townlively.com
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 28
Events to celebrate the life of Andrew Moore BY FRANCINE FULTON
A pie-eating contest (left photo) and a car show are among the Community Day activities.
Atglen to host Community Day festivities BY FRANCINE FULTON
tglen Community Day, featuring food, vendors, a car show, children’s activities, live entertainment and more, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, being presented by Penningtonville Presbyterian Church and Atglen Public Library (APL), will take place at Atglen Community Park, 400 Ridge Ave., Atglen. A highlight of the day will be the car show, which generally attracts 30 to 40 vehicles. The vehicles will be parked along Ridge Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vehicle owners may register on the day of the show or in advance by calling APL at 610-593-6848. Dash plaques and goodie bags will be given to the first 25 paid registrants. People’s Choice trophies will be awarded to first- and second-place winners.
“The bumper cars are a new addition to Community Day. We try to have at least one new attraction each year.” Lillian Thompson. “The Good Humor ice cream man will also be on hand in uniform selling ice cream.” Craft vendors will be set up along the perimeter of the park, and there will be booths set up by representatives from local organizations, such as Kacie’s Cause. Other attractions will include an apple pie-eating contest and a book sale by APL.
Entertainment will be offered throughout the day, including Matt Holub on acoustic guitar. “He is a mainstay of Community Day. This will be his 11th year,” noted Hahn. The event will also include performances by dancers from Russell’s Dance & Baton Studio and Steel City Dance and Gymnastics, an Abracadabra magic show and a live animal show by Critter Connections. A live auction will begin at 2 p.m., and there will be an opportunity to win gift baskets. Among the auction items will be home decor, gift baskets and gift cards. “Auction updates, including new items, will be posted on the (Atglen Community Day) Facebook page right up until the event,” noted Hahn. There will also be children’s games and activities. “For a fee, you get a wristband for unlimited games and the bounce house,” Hahn pointed out. Those who donate canned goods for the Octorara Area Food
See Andrew Moore pg 2
Bill Wilde, pictured with his wife, Jean, is a direct descendant of Andrew Moore.
Parkesburg UMC to offer children’s Bible Club BY FRANCINE FULTON
Building on the success of its summertime vacation Bible school (VBS), Parkesburg United Methodist Church (UMC) will hold a Vacation Bible Club (VBC) that will meet weekly at the church. VBC will be held on Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. beginning on Sept. 28 for children ages 5 to 12. The program will be led by Ashley Radcliff, the church’s music director. Children are invited to attend
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VBC while their parents take part in the church’s adult Bible study led by pastor Mark Beideman, which will take place at the same time. “We’re going to do the same things that we did during VBS - crafts, games, music and Bible study,” Radcliff noted. The theme of VBC will be “Knights of North Castle,” and the program will revolve around knights and dragons. According to the curriculum, North Castle is a hidden frozen land, where its knights are on a quest to find the See Bible club pg 5
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Food will be provided by the church trustees. “They will have a chicken barbecue, fresh-cut french fries, hot dogs and hamburgers and baked goods,” said Cristi Hahn, who is co-chair of the event along with
Descendants of Andrew Moore, one of the founders of Sadsbury Friends Meeting, are invited to attend a celebration of the 300th anniversary of his arrival in the United States. The event will include an open house at Greenwood Forge, Andrew Moore’s homestead, 300 Swan Road, Atglen, on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 1 to 7 p.m. for Moore family members. The event is being hosted by Bill Wilde, who owns Greenwood Forge, which was Moore’s original homestead from 1723 to 1763. A direct descendant of Moore, Wilde has been living in and completing restoration work at the home since 1986. “(Moore) got off the boat in 1723 from Ireland in New Castle, Delaware,” said Wilde, noting that Moore was encouraged to leave Ireland and come to the United States by his brothers. “He had two brothers already in Chester County that came over ahead of him. They established one of the first gristmills
on the Brandywine River in Downingtown.” Although it no longer exists, there was also gristmill on the homestead property. Wilde was always interested in acquiring the property. “I always
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