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George Wolf Elementary School collects Over 3,000 items for food bank
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By CATHERINE STROH George Wolf Elementary School in Bath recently held “Stuff the Bus,” a food drive for the Bath Area Food Bank. Spearheaded by Student Council Advisor and fifth grade teacher Michele Davidson, this student council event was the first one held since 2019. The goal of the event was to stuff a small school bus with
food to donate to the food bank. However, the school collected above and beyond its initial goal, filling a full-length school bus instead. On Friday, May 5, student council members loaded the bus and made the short walk over to the food bank for delivery as the bus was so stuffed there was no room for them to ride along.
The food drive took place over a three-week period and was a grade-level competition. The school collectively raised over 3,000 food items, however first grade won with over 600 items contributed. “I am very proud of the way our school came together to support the community around Continued on page 5
Bath Farmers Market announces Opening day Submitted by KARLA BUCKWALTER We are into the month of May already and with that, the start of a new farmers market season, another season that our dedicated vendors provide their products to the community. There will be new, returning and visiting vendors, and recurring events that
are scheduled throughout the market season. Be sure to follow and check out our social media pages at bathfarmersmarketpa, and visit our website at www. bathfarmersmarket.org for any details on individual events. We hope everyone can participate and attend. We kick off our 16th season
this year. Opening day will be on Saturday, May 20. Our hours are 9 a.m. to noon. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be promptly at 11 a.m. We are located at the Monocacy Creek Park on West Main Street Bath in Bath. We send out a big thank you to our Continued on page 7
In today’s concluding column, we continue to explore the life of the late Joseph Tanzosh. Joe was 17 years of age when he graduated from Northampton High School in 1942. After working a year for the Northampton and Bath Railroad, Uncle Sam called. He was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Force. Training took him to Florida, Ohio, Mississippi and South Dakota. He was trained as a radioman and gunner on B-17s and B-29 bombers. The men were in awe when they saw their first B-29. Joe said, “The B-29 was so big we thought it could never get off the ground. The crew sat on the edge of their seats to help the super fortress off the ground.” After many missions, Japan surrendered in 1945, and Joe and his crew returned home. A month after he returned home, he had a surprise visitor. “Socks” Seibold, a scout for the Chicago White Sox, stopped by Joe’s Washington Avenue home. Socks, with a booming voice, said, “Joe, get in the car. We’re going to Lancaster for a tryout.” After the tryout, Joe and his fellow teammates were sent to Lima, Ohio to play on one of Chicago’s Minor League teams. After a season, it was back to Northampton. This was the era of the Lehigh Valley Twilight League, when
Joe and Betty Tanzosh’s wedding photo. Contributed photo. many of our communities fielded ball clubs. Joe played for the famous Northampton AA. The games were played on Wolf Fieldno lights! “Most of the players were 10 years older than me, like Mike Christoff and Edgar Beidleman,” Continued on page 4
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