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Box 242, Stahlstown, PA 15687 - Office: 724-593-3102. </span></span></span></strong><br /> 298<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Historical Society Center is open on Wednesdays from 11am to 3pm, and Saturdays from 10am to 2pm.</span></span></p> 299 300 301</div> 302 303 </div> 304 </div> 305</div> 306 307<div id="component_663800" data-id="663800" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 308 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 309 310 311<h2 class="component_heading"> 312 313 <span>Past Speakers and Events</span> 314 315</h2> 316 317 318 <div class="component_content"> 319 320 321<div> 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 <p><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Please scroll down to see our various activities of the past!</span></strong></span></p> 331 332<hr /> 333 334</div> 335 336 </div> 337 </div> 338</div> 339 340 </div> 341</div> 342</div> 343 344</div> 345<div class="row" data-id="75119" data-position="2"> 346 <div class="column col-md-6 span6" data-id="154230" data-width="6" data-location_id="7"> 347 <div class="location" id="location_7"> <div class="asterion_components_container asterion_page_specific_components asterion_components_container_2"> 348 349<div id="component_691444" data-id="691444" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 350 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 351 352 353<h2 class="component_heading"> 354 355 <span>September Meeting Details!</span> 356 357</h2> 358 359 360 <div class="component_content"> 361 362 363<div> 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 <p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">CRHS September Meeting</span></span></strong></span></p> 373 374<p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">September 15th, 2026!</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 375 376<p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><img alt="" src="/files/resized/759004/142;142;f348161d928672c7dc2d7beb922e59d53b02faa2.jpg" style="border-color:currentcolor; border-image:none; border-style:none; border-width:medium; font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size:16px" /></p> 377 378<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">Spencer Pfrogner, one of our Board of Directors and proprietor of the YouTube Channel named Redoubt Productions, was our guest speaker for our September monthly meeting. He presented information on Pontiac's War (1763-64) in Western Pennsylvania. This chapter of North American History is often forgotten as it predates the Declaration of Independence, and was a critical turning point for the fate of native tribes who called the Ohio River Valley home.</span></span></strong></span></p> 379 380<hr /> 381<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Chestnut Ridge Historical Society</strong></span></span></p> 382 383<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span><strong style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:15px">As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information!</span></u></span></span></span></strong></p> 384 385<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 386<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>We hope you can join us, and as always <u>you are welcome to bring a friend</u>. <u>There is never a charge for attending!</u></strong></span></span></p> 387</div> 388 389<hr /> 390<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 391 392<hr /> 393<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 394 395 396</div> 397 398 </div> 399 </div> 400</div> 401 402<div id="component_690871" data-id="690871" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 403 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 404 405 406 <div class="component_content"> 407 408 409<div> 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 <p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Our CRHS August Meeting</span></span></strong></span></p> 419 420<p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Tuesday, August 18th, 2026!</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 421 422<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We welcomed the Park Family Farms Distillery!</span></strong></span></p> 423 424<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Home of <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Handmade Whisky </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">&</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Tasting Room Libations</span>"</span></strong></span></span></p> 425 426<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and they spoke of the History of Rye Whiskey in Pennsylvania!</span></strong></span></p> 427 428<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was very interesting and some CRHS Members contributed to the conversation from their personal knowledge!</span></strong></span></p> 429 430<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/758699/267;283;59771e2733741129fed5b33449a0be10c8e51bc6.jpg" style="border:none" /><img alt="" src="/files/resized/758698/266;283;1b1fddbe02a936af4a02fcdd519fc43d8ea42b3d.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 431 432<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"> </p> 433 434<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0)">Sign up to become a CRHS Member and Ask about our Member "Meeting Attendance Incentive"!</span></strong></span></span></p> 435 436<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#006400"><strong>See you as usual at our location in the Cook Township Community building, 1698 Route 711 in Stahlstown.</strong></span></span></span></p> 437 438<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Many, many thanks to our retiring Treasurer, Chap Goodman!</span></strong></u></p> 439 440<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">and</span></strong></u></p> 441 442<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Many, many thanks to our retiring Secretary, Louise Sprowls!</span></strong></u></p> 443 444<div style="text-align: center;"> 445<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Tom Beck, </strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Secretary</strong></span></span> 446</div> 447 448<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Chestnut Ridge Historical Society</strong></span></span></p> 449 450<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span><strong style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:15px">As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information!</span></u></span></span></span></strong></p> 451 452<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 453<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>We hope you can join us, and as always <u>you are welcome to bring a friend</u>. <u>There is never a charge for attending!</u></strong></span></span></p> 454</div> 455 456<hr /> 457<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 458 459<hr /> 460<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 461 462 463</div> 464 465 </div> 466 </div> 467</div> 468 469<div id="component_690675" data-id="690675" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 470 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 471 472 473<h2 class="component_heading"> 474 475 <span>July 28th, 2026 Bus Trip!</span> 476 477</h2> 478 479 480 <div class="component_content"> 481 482 483<div> 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/114;76;0c46fcc69ba74c160fa123c17e4c0ff60f06475c.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 493 494<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">July 28th, 2026 Bus Trip</span></strong></span></span></p> 495 496<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We went to see <span style="background-color:#FFFF00">"JOSHUA"</span>!</span></strong></span></span></p> 497 498<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">at Sight and Sound Theater in <a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/documents/2bf27403-450d-4c67-a0e5-24f0edf20b0d.pdf" target="_blank">Lancaster, PA</a></span></span></strong></span></p> 499 500<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/757695/350;175;9919f5027a191fba8de553344e98fcc6e4832125.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 501 502<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The show was great as usual!</span></span></strong></p> 503 504<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Their headline was "The most redemptive stories of th
504e Bible as it comes to life in this brand-new original stage production from Sight & Sound Theatres."</span></span></strong></p> 505 506<hr /> 507<p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We appreciate your patronage and hope you will travel with us on all of our fun Bus Trips! </span></span></strong></p> 508 509<div> 510<hr /> 511</div> 512 513 514</div> 515 516 </div> 517 </div> 518</div> 519 520<div id="component_690674" data-id="690674" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 521 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 522 523 524<h2 class="component_heading"> 525 526 <span>July Meeting Details!</span> 527 528</h2> 529 530 531 <div class="component_content"> 532 533 534<div> 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 <p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Our CRHS July Meeting</span></span></strong></span></p> 544 545<p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">7:00pm Tuesday, July 21st, 2026!</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 546 547<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Vice-President of the Mount Pleasant Historical Society, <u>Gene Kowalewski,</u> was our speaker </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and he talked about the </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"The Coke and Coal Industry of our Area"</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, and</span></strong></span></p> 548 549<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">he also displayed many fascinating artifacts.</span></strong></span></p> 550 551<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/758196/106;194;1651a3ec9fdb8765474a1b777894d57e3eecfc11.jpg" style="border-color:currentcolor; border-image:initial; border-style:none; border-width:medium; height:192px; width:106px" /><img alt="" src="/files/resized/758194/224;196;05145d470d66446cbde7e8fc2902d367c23adb02.jpg" style="border-color:currentcolor; border-image:initial; border-style:none; border-width:medium; border:none; height:192px; width:220px" /></p> 552 553<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Ask about our Member "Meeting Attendance Incentive"!</span></strong></span></span></p> 554 555<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#006400"><strong>See you as usual at our location in the Cook Township Community building, 1698 Route 711 in Stahlstown.</strong></span></span></span></p> 556 557<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Many, many thanks to our retiring Treasurer, Chap Goodman!</span></strong></u></p> 558 559<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">and</span></strong></u></p> 560 561<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Many, many thanks to our retiring Secretary, Louise Sprowls!</span></strong></u></p> 562 563<div style="text-align: center;"> 564<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Tom Beck, </strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Secretary</strong></span></span> 565</div> 566 567<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Chestnut Ridge Historical Society</strong></span></span></p> 568 569<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span><strong style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:15px">As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information!</span></u></span></span></span></strong></p> 570 571<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 572<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>We hope you can join us, and as always <u>you are welcome to bring a friend</u>. <u>There is never a charge for attending!</u></strong></span></span></p> 573</div> 574 575<hr /> 576<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 577 578<hr /> 579<hr /> 580<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 581 582 583</div> 584 585 </div> 586 </div> 587</div> 588 589<div id="component_690366" data-id="690366" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 590 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 591 592 593<h2 class="component_heading"> 594 595 <span>June Meeting Details!</span> 596 597</h2> 598 599 600 <div class="component_content"> 601 602 603<div> 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 <p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Our CRHS June Meeting</span></span></strong></span></p> 613 614<p style='cursor: text; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;'><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">7:00pm Tuesday, June 19th, 2026!</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 615 616<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our President, Alex Heide, was our speaker and he did a PowerPoint Presentation</span></strong></span></p> 617 618<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">of his visit to Europe and the many different historical destinations.</span></strong></span></p> 619 620<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was very interesting to hear of his visits to the Military Invasion areas of World War II.</span></strong></span></p> 621 622<p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/758093/186;222;6aad425081ef9086a0691e75ca9139b39120d8ec.png" style="border:none" /></p> 623 624<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Many, many thanks to our retiring Treasurer, Chap Goodman!</span></strong></u></p> 625 626<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">and</span></strong></u></p> 627 628<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Many, many thanks to our retiring Secretary, Louise Sprowls!</span></strong></u></p> 629 630<div style="text-align: center;"> 631<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Tom Beck, </strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Secretary</strong></span></span> 632</div> 633 634<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Chestnut Ridge Historical Society</strong></span></span></p> 635 636<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span><strong style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:15px">As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information!</span></u></span></span></span></strong></p> 637 638<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 639<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>We hope you can join us, and as always <u>you are welcome to bring a friend</u>. There is never a charge for attending!</strong></span></span></p> 640</div> 641 642<hr /> 643<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 644 645<hr /> 646<hr /> 647<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 648 649 650</div> 651 652 </div> 653 </div> 654</div> 655 656<div id="component_688409" data-id="688409" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 657 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 658 659 660<h2 class="component_heading"> 661 662 <span>Christmas Dinner December 20th</span> 663 664</h2> 665 666 667 <div class="component_content"> 668 669 670<div> 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="color:#B22222"><u><em><strong style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">CRHS Christmas Dinner!</span></strong></em></u></span></span></p> 680 681<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Was held at Brady's Restaurant</span></span></strong></span></p> 682 683<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">December 20th</span></span></strong></span></p> 684 685<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/756443/277;214;12c0297ef8be4e3f71ff158a4a35c53e436916ba.jpg" style="border:none; height:213px; width:276px" /> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/721490/235;214;869ed6831418c54b730aa99524f12215a7828e52.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 686 687<hr /> 688<p> </p> 689 690 691</div> 692 693 </div> 694 </div> 695</div> 696 697<div id="component_688238" data-id="688238" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 698 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 699 700 701<h2 class="component_heading"> 702 703 <span>November Bus Trip</span> 704 705</h2> 706 707 708 <div class="component_content"> 709 710 711<div> 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/150;101;10e5bcc590bb4cf3cd369eca04917aa926a65f14.jpg" style="border:medium; height:73px; width:108px" /></p> 721 722<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">November 19, 2025 was our </span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">One-Day BUS TRIP!</span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">! </span></span></strong></span></p> 723 724<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/755733/350;197;a7b42e7fe2b4c536583ad885a382d37dccdf8752.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 725 726<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><em><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was to see a Great Christmas Show at American Music Theater! </span></strong></span></em></span></p> 727 728<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><em><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Deck the Halls!"</span></strong></span></em></span></p> 729 730<hr /> 731<p>        <span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To keep you informed of the future activities of our Historical Society, please visit our website or call. <a href="http://www.chestnutridgehistoricalsociety.org">
731www.chestnutridgehistoricalsociety.org</a>    </span></span></p> 732 733<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><u><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px">Call 724-423-3802 or 724-593- 2497</span></strong></u></span></p> 734 735<hr /> 736<hr /> 737 738</div> 739 740 </div> 741 </div> 742</div> 743 744<div id="component_688237" data-id="688237" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 745 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 746 747 748<h2 class="component_heading"> 749 750 <span>October Meeting Details!</span> 751 752</h2> 753 754 755 <div class="component_content"> 756 757 758<div> 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Our October 2025 Meeting</span></span></strong></span></p> 768 769<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our speaker Allen Scherb talked about the flint-lock guns that he makes. </span></span></strong></p> 770 771<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Allen shared the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the beginning of America</span></strong></span></span></p> 772 773<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">with his demonstration of the long rifle used in the Revolutionary War,</span></span></strong><strong style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> along with other interesting facts. </span></span></strong></p> 774 775<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Allen also displayed a Revolutionary War Uniform.</span></span></strong></p> 776 777<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/756440/350;467;60423336ee8ae16c88aff327a1c7f153387dac32.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 778 779<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 780<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/755816/350;348;1e7953bde817711a15f814eabdde8daa0bdc3448.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 781 782<hr /> 783</div> 784 785<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 786<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information! </u></span></span></span></strong></p> 787</div> 788 789<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 790<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>We hope you can join us, and as always <u>you are welcome to bring a friend</u>. There is never a charge for attending!</strong></span></span></p> 791 792<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Louise Sprowls</span></span></p> 793</div> 794 795<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Secretary</span></span></p> 796 797<hr /> 798<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 799 800<hr /> 801<hr /> 802<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 803 804 805</div> 806 807 </div> 808 </div> 809</div> 810 811<div id="component_687736" data-id="687736" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 812 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 813 814 815<h2 class="component_heading"> 816 817 <span>Our Overnight Bus Trip was on August 21st and 22nd!</span> 818 819</h2> 820 821 822 <div class="component_content"> 823 824 825<div> 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 <p style="text-align: center;">   <strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">OVERNIGHT BUS TRIP was a lot of Fun! </span></span></strong></p> 835 836<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/150;101;10e5bcc590bb4cf3cd369eca04917aa926a65f14.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 837 838<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><em><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was a nice change of pace! </span></strong></span></em></span></p> 839 840<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/753637/375;446;7281f52f1faec4389decc44410eda80e735cf623.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 841 842<p> 843</p> 844<div class="table-responsive"> 845<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="table" style="width:100%"> 846 <tbody> 847 <tr> 848 <td style="text-align: center;"> 849 <p><u><span style="font-size:24px">Tribute to Musical Legends Dinner & Show</span></u></p> 850 851 <p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/753636/375;263;21fdec605ecaf42ffeafc4017ee78dc24cbc2bf1.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 852 </td> 853 </tr> 854 </tbody> 855</table> 856</div> 857 858 859<hr /> 860<p>        <span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To keep you informed of the future activities of our Historical Society, please visit our website or call. <a href="http://www.chestnutridgehistoricalsociety.org">
860www.chestnutridgehistoricalsociety.org</a>    </span></span></p> 861 862<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><u><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px">Call 724-423-3802 or 724-593- 2497</span></strong></u></span></p> 863 864<hr /> 865<hr /> 866 867</div> 868 869 </div> 870 </div> 871</div> 872 873<div id="component_687334" data-id="687334" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 874 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 875 876 877<h2 class="component_heading"> 878 879 <span>Our Summer Picnic on July 15th was well attended!</span> 880 881</h2> 882 883 884 <div class="component_content"> 885 886 887<div> 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 <div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 897<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/754911/443;149;70536bc4e6b3e25e82b1e766257593c48561db62.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 898 899<p>On Tuesday July 15 we gathered at the Cook Township Community Center's air-conditioned room for a nice comfortable picnic.</p> 900 901<p>Members brought an excellent choice of dishes for our appetites to savor. Lots of discussions and fun memories went across the tables!</p> 902 903<hr /> 904<p> </p> 905</div> 906 907 908</div> 909 910 </div> 911 </div> 912</div> 913 914<div id="component_687335" data-id="687335" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 915 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 916 917 918<h2 class="component_heading"> 919 920 <span>June Meeting Details!</span> 921 922</h2> 923 924 925 <div class="component_content"> 926 927 928<div> 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Our June Meeting was on June 17th, 2025!</span></span></strong></span></p> 938 939<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 940<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>O</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>ur Member</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>, Spencer Pfrogner, spoke about his research on local military history. </strong></span></span></p> 941 942<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/754795/350;263;e198b98730e30b05cd918684a27f3debc19ccdfd.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 943 944<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>Spencer always has excellent information for Great Historical Events of the Past!</u></strong></p> 945 946<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 947</div> 948 949<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to attend any of our meetings and of course, to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 950 951<hr /> 952<hr /> 953<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 954 955 956</div> 957 958 </div> 959 </div> 960</div> 961 962<div id="component_686517" data-id="686517" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 963 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 964 965 966<h2 class="component_heading"> 967 968 <span>May Monthly Meeting Details!</span> 969 970</h2> 971 972 973 <div class="component_content"> 974 975 976<div> 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Our May Meeting was at</span></span></strong></span></p> 986 987<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">7:00pm Tuesday, May 20th, 2025!</span></span></strong></span></p> 988 989<div class="rcmBody" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> 990<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Our speaker was a representative of Derry Area Historical Society.</strong></span></span></p> 991 992<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>We appreciate the information provided by the Derry Area Historical Society.</strong></span></span></p> 993 994<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>It's always nice to hear about how other Historical Societies acquire and maintain historical information.</strong></span></span></p> 995</div> 996 997<p style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p> 998 999<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information! </u></span></span></span></strong></p> 1000 1001<hr /> 1002<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></strong></span></p> 1003 1004<hr /> 1005<hr /> 1006<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 1007 1008 1009</div> 1010 1011 </div> 1012 </div> 1013</div> 1014 1015<div id="component_686308" data-id="686308" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1016 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1017 1018 1019<h2 class="component_heading"> 1020 1021 <span>April 29, 2025 Bus Trip</span> 1022 1023</h2> 1024 1025 1026 <div class="component_content"> 1027 1028 1029<div> 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our April 29, 2025 Bus Trip was to see "NOAH"</span></span></strong></span></p> 1039 1040<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">at Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster, PA</span></span></strong></span></p> 1041 1042<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/752000/400;225;564cda402e6b7b39471979015ceb2cd4188133cd.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1043 1044<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We appreciate your patronage and hope you will travel with us on all of our fun Bus Trips! </span></span></div> 1045 1046<div> 1047<hr /> 1048</div> 1049 1050 1051</div> 1052 1053 </div> 1054 </div> 1055</div> 1056 1057<div id="component_685326" data-id="685326" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1058 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1059 1060 1061<h2 class="component_heading"> 1062 1063 <span>CRHS Christmas Dinner</span> 1064 1065</h2> 1066 1067 1068 <div class="component_content"> 1069 1070 1071<div> 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our </span></strong></span></span><u><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Annual CRHS Christmas Dinner</span></strong></span></span></u><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> was held on December 21st!</span></strong></span></span></p> 1081 1082<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Everyone had a nice visit with each other throughout the Luncheon!</span></strong></span></span></p> 1083 1084<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/736426/474;175;d35c16db8c2da1338567b5eb1e9a778e7e3055aa.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1085 1086<p> 1087</p> 1088<hr /> 1089 1090<p> </p> 1091 1092 1093</div> 1094 1095 </div> 1096 </div> 1097</div> 1098 1099<div id="component_683984" data-id="683984" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1100 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1101 1102 1103<h2 class="component_heading"> 1104 1105 <span>Bus Trip November 7th!</span> 1106 1107</h2> 1108 1109 1110 <div class="component_content"> 1111 1112 1113<div> 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u style="text-decoration:underline">November 7th</u> Bus Trip was to American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA</span></span></p> 1123 1124<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Bus was full and everyone had a very nice time!</span></span></p> 1125 1126<div> </div> 1127 1128<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/747975/363;204;b0f26d7fb62d515ae6915a8e4586273747a14f46.jpg" style="border:none" /><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/200;134;198de74b51eef8bdba8d8b6d8fa00e9501906603.jpg" style="border:none" /></span></span></p> 1129 1130<p style="text-align: center;">The ringing of church bells in a quaint town square sets the scene for <em>Joy to the World</em>.  </p> 1131 1132<p style="text-align: center;">The holiday show featured your favorite seasonal and sacred Christmas songs â songs brought to life by marvelous vocal talent from across the country.<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p> 1133 1134<hr /> 1135<hr /> 1136<p> </p> 1137 1138 1139</div> 1140 1141 </div> 1142 </div> 1143</div> 1144 1145<div id="component_683606" data-id="683606" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1146 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1147 1148 1149<h2 class="component_heading"> 1150 1151 <span>October Monthly Meeting Details!</span> 1152 1153</h2> 1154 1155 1156 <div class="component_content"> 1157 1158 1159<div> 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">October 15th was another Informative Meeting!</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></p> 1169 1170<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Our Speaker was Andrea Kautz!" </span></strong></span></span></p> 1171 1172<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">Andrea Kautz is an entomologist at Powder Mill Nature Reserve. </span></span></span></strong></p> 1173 1174<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing:0.2px">Her main work involves collecting and imaging aquatic macroinvertebrates for a National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at building </span><a href="https://www.macroinvertebrates.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(68, 21, 111); outline: 0px; font-family: franklin-gothic-urw, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">the macroinvertebrates website</a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing:0.2px"> to aid in the identification of aquatic insects and other arthropods used in water quality monitoring.</span></span></span></p> 1175 1176<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/751342/250;250;f5d99ef05428ff74438167b49f8346a17a38f3c7.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1177 1178<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>As always, the Public is invited to attend our meetings, so please stop in for some interesting information! </u></span></span></span></strong></p> 1179 1180<hr /> 1181<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></span></strong></p> 1182 1183<hr /> 1184<hr /> 1185<p> </p> 1186 1187 1188</div> 1189 1190 </div> 1191 </div> 1192</div> 1193 1194<div id="component_683501" data-id="683501" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1195 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1196 1197 1198<h2 class="component_heading"> 1199 1200 <span>September Monthly Meeting Details!</span> 1201 1202</h2> 1203 1204 1205 <div class="component_content"> 1206 1207 1208<div> 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our September 17th meeting was another Informative event!</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></p> 1218 1219<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">We meet on the Third Tuesday of </span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">every month and the Public is always Welcome!</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 1220 1221<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Our Speaker was Jamie Rankin!" </span></strong></span></span></p> 1222 1223<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jamie is the Editor of the <u>Independent-Journal Newsp</u></span></strong></span><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>aper</u></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
1223 (formerly the Mt. Pleasant Journal)</span></strong></span></span></p> 1224 1225<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#006400">AND</span></strong></span></span></p> 1226 1227<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>she is also the Editor of "Mature Living", the free magazine that is available in the Fay-West are</strong>a<u><strong>!</strong></u></span></span></span><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span></p> 1228 1229<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">With a focus on local news and community events, Jamie's work has been featured in the DAILY COURIER. </span></span></p> 1230 1231<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jamie is passionate about capturing the stories and experiences that shape the Mt. Pleasant area. </span></span></p> 1232 1233<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(Jamie Rankin: </span></span><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A freelance Writer and </span></span><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Editor of the Independent-Journal based in Mt. Pleasant, PA. Reach her at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or 724-628-2000)</span></span></p> 1234 1235<hr /> 1236<hr /> 1237<p> </p> 1238 1239 1240</div> 1241 1242 </div> 1243 </div> 1244</div> 1245 1246<div id="component_683502" data-id="683502" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1247 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1248 1249 1250<h2 class="component_heading"> 1251 1252 <span>Our CRHS Booth was well attended at the LHTC Event</span> 1253 1254</h2> 1255 1256 1257 <div class="component_content"> 1258 1259 1260<div> 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1268 1269 <p style="text-align: center;">The <strong>
126916th Annual Laurel Highland Telephone Company Customer Appreciation Day</strong> was held on Saturday, August 24th, 2024 at the <strong>Stahlstown Flax Scutching Grounds</strong>. Free LHTC t-shirts were given by LHTC to the first 800 customers with the event sponsors on the back.</p> 1270 1271<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our CRHS booth at the Flax Scutching Grounds had lots of visitors! </span></strong></span></span></p> 1272 1273<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/images/3a5cb0ea-97c9-42de-b056-7320ffb47e53.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Click on photo to enlarge!</span></strong></span></span></a></p> 1274 1275<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/images/3a5cb0ea-97c9-42de-b056-7320ffb47e53.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/750404/400;400;7e7183a56ab8792c052d7bfe5faa1711ef203099.jpg" style="border:none" title="Links to /files/images/3a5cb0ea-97c9-42de-b056-7320ffb47e53.jpg" /></a></p> 1276 1277<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/images/ac7aad6a-504d-47e1-b23e-0d2eea19d9ce.png" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/747980/459;230;012021cc957cbe6c3285c77d1ca9ac8bcb547c14.png" style="border:medium; height:189px; width:378px" title="Links to /files/images/ac7aad6a-504d-47e1-b23e-0d2eea19d9ce.png" /></a></p> 1278 1279<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 1280 1281<hr /> 1282 1283</div> 1284 1285 </div> 1286 </div> 1287</div> 1288 1289<div id="component_682954" data-id="682954" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1290 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1291 1292 1293<h2 class="component_heading"> 1294 1295 <span>Our Summer Picnic was a success on August 13, 2024!</span> 1296 1297</h2> 1298 1299 1300 <div class="component_content"> 1301 1302 1303<div> 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310 1311 1312 <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Annual Summer Picnic was held on August 13th at Aleo Lake!</span></span></strong></p> 1313 1314<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Everyone who attended had a an excellent feast from the covered dish event!</span></span></strong></p> 1315 1316<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And, many stories were shared with lots of happy members and guests!</span></span></strong></p> 1317 1318<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">This annual event is held at the beautiful and picturesque home of one of our members. </span></span></span></div> 1319 1320<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Thanks to our Member who very graciously opened her beautiful venue for us again this year. </span></span></span></div> 1321 1322<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Her refurbished barn makes a perfect place to set out our covered dish feast, protected for the hot sun and any stray rain cloud. </span></span></span></div> 1323 1324<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Every member of the Society is always invited to attend and it is a time for all to sit, talk, and eat; strengthening our friendships and</span></span></span></div> 1325 1326<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">our commitment to keep the local history of the Laurel Highlands safe for future generations.</span></span></span></div> 1327 1328<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Itâs a great time of relaxation and getting to know fellow members.</span></span></span></div> 1329 1330<div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"> 1331<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Sample the different flavored dishes and desserts. T</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">he entire grounds are always manicured in a wonderful presentation.</span></span></span> 1332</div> 1333 1334<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">(There was no August monthly</span></span></strong><span style="background-color:#FFFF00"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00">meeting)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 1335 1336<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aleo+Lake+Rd,+Cook+Township,+PA+15687/@40.1626269,-79.3444733,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89cb2a8cce26f7b3:0xf185aaab9fa1adb!8m2!3d40.1626269!4d-79.3418984!16s%2Fg%2F1tfpw7dw?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080"><em><span style="font-size:12px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Click here for Google Map Directions to Aleo Lake.</span></strong></span></em></span></a></p> 1337 1338<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aleo+Lake+Rd,+Cook+Township,+PA+15687/@40.1626269,-79.3444733,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89cb2a8cce26f7b3:0xf185aaab9fa1adb!8m2!3d40.1626269!4d-79.3418984!16s%2Fg%2F1tfpw7dw?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/728804/300;323;5862fa64b33870d065e21dfe87f43bcf23a34af9.jpg" style="border:none" /></a></p> 1339 1340<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">This annual event is held at the beautiful and picturesque home of one of our members. Thank to our Member who very graciously opened her beautiful venue for us again this year. Her refurbished barn makes a perfect place to set out our covered dis
1340h feast, protected for the hot sun and any stray rain cloud. Every member of the Society is always invited to attend and it is a time for all to sit, talk, and eat; strengthening our friendships and our commitment to keep the local history of the Laurel Highlands safe for future generations. Itâs a great time of relaxation and getting to know fellow members.</span></span></span></div> 1341 1342<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> 1343<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Sample the different flavored dishes and desserts. T</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">he entire grounds are always manicured in a wonderful presentation.</span></span></span> 1344</div> 1345 1346<hr /> 1347 1348</div> 1349 1350 </div> 1351 </div> 1352</div> 1353 1354<div id="component_682916" data-id="682916" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1355 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1356 1357 1358<h2 class="component_heading"> 1359 1360 <span>July 16th Meeting - Recently, Our Meeting Hours have changed to 1pm in the Afternoon!</span> 1361 1362</h2> 1363 1364 1365 <div class="component_content"> 1366 1367 1368<div> 1369 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1375 1376 1377 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">On July 16th, we had another Informative Meeting!</span></strong></span></p> 1378 1379<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our speaker was Paige Palmer.</span></span></strong></p> 1380 1381<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/747976/397;172;0b2c400d617d7ad5ff77577846b848e2eb333fd9.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1382 1383<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><u><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Her topic was Abraham Lincoln and his assassination.</strong></span></span></u></span></p> 1384 1385<p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="color:#2F4F4F"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/747977/215;314;90f47787ceffd963feeb2c083f99ebdde5c2ce3c.jpg" style="border:none" /></span></u></p> 1386 1387<div class="HcOXKn SxM0TO QxJLC3 WRchTxt3 wixui-rich-text" data-testid="richTextElement" id="WRchTxt3"> 1388<p class="font_7 wixui-rich-text__text" style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text">"Paige gives vibrant lessons in the awareness that history is more than just names and dates. Her presentations make history clearly come alive with a passion infused nature for digging out the truth in historic events."</span></p> 1389 1390<p class="font_7 wixui-rich-text__text" style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="color_13 wixui-rich-text__text">-- Betty J. Ownsbey, Author of "Alias Paine"</span></p> 1391</div> 1392 1393<hr /> 1394<hr /> 1395<p> </p> 1396 1397 1398</div> 1399 1400 </div> 1401 </div> 1402</div> 1403 1404<div id="component_682043" data-id="682043" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1405 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1406 1407 1408 <div class="component_content"> 1409 1410 1411<div> 1412 1413 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">June 18th - another Informative Meeting!</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></p> 1421 1422<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Fort Ligonier History!" </span></strong></span></span></p> 1423 1424<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speaker was Spencer Pfrogner.</span></strong></span></span></p> 1425 1426<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">He went into great detail of our local history.</span></strong></span></span></p> 1427 1428<p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/747684/240;283;fa203fc09d8f11ebe6665e2145dfdf122961a852.jpg" style="border:medium; height:309px; width:262px" />  <img alt="" src="/files/resized/747685/431;287;aba8a6277b600986333642327e893bf12a4d7106.jpg" style="border:medium; height:307px; width:461px" />  <img alt="" src="/files/resized/747457/471;312;ee6da56ffb3fd9093affe1aa60925ddeaa9b9479.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1429 1430<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">â<u>This is what starts it all</u>
1430,â said Spencer Pfrogner...</span></strong></span></p> 1431 1432<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In September 1758, about halfway through the French and Indian War, the 8-acre historic site was home to 5,000 British-American soldiers, led by Gen. John Forbes. </span></span></strong></p> 1433 1434<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Their goal: overtake the French Fort Duquesne, located 50 miles west at the intersection of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers.</span></span></strong></p> 1435 1436<hr /> 1437<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Please Note:</u></span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#000080"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Spencer Pfrogner has many YouTube Videos with Historical Subjects: </span></span></strong></span></p> 1438 1439<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000080"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Here is an Example: </span></span></strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7-Uo6RTtg&t=142s</span></p> 1440 1441<p style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p> 1442 1443<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Friends and neighbors are welcome to join the membership.</span></span></strong></p> 1444 1445<hr /> 1446<hr /> 1447<p> </p> 1448 1449 1450</div> 1451 1452 </div> 1453 </div> 1454</div> 1455 1456<div id="component_681630" data-id="681630" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1457 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1458 1459 1460 <div class="component_content"> 1461 1462 1463<div> 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/746238/400;300;5ea3ae9a171febe3891143b36ae3631a3ff31253.jpg" style="border:none" /> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/746240/400;300;bd6870638490ec5ab423fe5a81da07cb05069e67.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1473 1474<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Tuesday May 21st meeting</span></strong></span></p> 1475 1476<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Dale Dix was our speaker for the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society. </span></strong></span></p> 1477 1478<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">He told us about his recent International Travels. </span></strong></span></p> 1479 1480<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">There were very interesting stories and photos of the different countries that were visited!</span></strong></span></p> 1481 1482<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/746239/400;300;5b6acef886f84c690ef069c49cc590ae54c5b17f.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1483 1484<hr /> 1485 1486</div> 1487 1488 </div> 1489 </div> 1490</div> 1491 1492<div id="component_681206" data-id="681206" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1493 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1494 1495 1496 <div class="component_content"> 1497 1498 1499<div> 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">April 16th monthly meeting details!</span></strong></span></p> 1509 1510<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At 1:00pm we welcomed Russell Love as speaker for the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society. </span></strong></span></p> 1511 1512<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/745609/196;265;4292865db96f8f0ac0844f2e7db01839754544b1.jpg" style="border:none" /><img alt="" src="/files/resized/742450/335;251;77b6c341b7481f5e0465b2fd7fd32b65fd164b9d.jpg" style="border:medium; height:265px; width:355px" /></p> 1513 1514<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">He talked about the construction and abandonment of the South Penn Railroad, and his book was available for purchase.</span></strong></span></p> 1515 1516<hr /> 1517<hr /> 1518 1519</div> 1520 1521 </div> 1522 </div> 1523</div> 1524 1525<div id="component_678919" data-id="678919" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1526 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1527 1528 1529 <div class="component_content"> 1530 1531 1532<div> 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">Our </span></span><span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">Ohio Star Theater</span></span><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif"> Bus Trip was a great success!</span></span></span></p> 1542 1543<p align="center"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">Sugarcreek, Ohio</span></span></span><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>(Tuesday December 12, 2023, One Day Bus Trip)</strong></span></span></p> 1544 1545<p> </p> 1546 1547<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/150;101;10e5bcc590bb4cf3cd369eca04917aa926a65f14.jpg" style="border:none" /><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://dhgroup.com/events/rhythm-of-the-dance/" target="_blank"> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/739299/350;313;8958fb09dc1a711f96283db1a0b4f5087d0e8636.jpg" style="border:medium; height:136px; width:152px" /></a></p> 1548 1549<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">The Ohio Star Theater presented</span></span></p> 1550 1551<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">"Rhythm and Dance Christmas Special"</span></span></span></p> 1552 1553<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Rhythm of the Dance, which has brought audiences around the world to their feet for over 22 years, is returning to the Ohio Star Theater with a new Christmas production. </span></span></span><span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Join us on this festive journey and let the magic of holidays begin with all of your favorite festive songs being performed live by world class musicians, star vocalists and world champion dancers.</span></span></span></p> 1554 1555<hr /> 1556<hr /> 1557 1558</div> 1559 1560 </div> 1561 </div> 1562</div> 1563 1564<div id="component_678560" data-id="678560" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1565 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1566 1567 1568 <div class="component_content"> 1569 1570 1571<div> 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">November 21st, 2023 Meeting Details</span></span></strong></span></p> 1581 1582<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The South Penn Railroad had been under construction for several years when it was abandoned in 1885. Tunnels, culverts, rail grades and access roads are still visible though the PA Tur
1582npike purchased the rights of way in 1937 and was built on much the same route. </span></strong></span></p> 1583 1584<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Researcher, historian and photographer <a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://southpennrailroad.blogspot.com/2009/01/south-pennsylvania-railroad.html" target="_blank">Russell Love</a> told us the story of the railroad and why it wasnât built. </span></strong></span></p> 1585 1586<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/742449/360;338;4435955c37e3136c18168fbefc91d414c215910f.jpg" style="border:none" /> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/742450/360;270;6e374fc33c87bd4d7071c8df4e347e8fed913a7a.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1587 1588<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>*</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Everyone is welcome to become a Member of the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society! Please </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/membership"><span style="color:#B22222">Click Here</span></a></strong></span></span><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong> to download a Membership Application Form to print, fill out, and mail in, or pick up an application form while visiting!</strong></span></span></span></p> 1589 1590<hr /> 1591<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 1592 1593<hr /> 1594<hr /> 1595 1596</div> 1597 1598 </div> 1599 </div> 1600</div> 1601 1602<div id="component_677688" data-id="677688" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1603 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1604 1605 1606 <div class="component_content"> 1607 1608 1609<div> 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">October 17th Meeting</span></span></strong></span></p> 1619 1620<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dr Emily Barth, curator of the McCarl Coverlet Gallery at St Vincent College, told the story of handwoven American coverlets. Topics ranged from how coverlets differ from quilts to how ethnic traditions influenced styles. If anyone had a family coverlet, they were invited to bring it along for a show and tell session at the end of the presentation.</span></span></strong></p> 1621 1622<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/742040/250;250;4962d62234fa7c264f64314e9b3de73b5ef51c40.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1623 1624<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/742039/375;250;9e3fa19482ae889e877cdd7e02404d1803dd9fad.jpg" style="border:medium; height:167px; width:251px" /></p> 1625 1626<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>*</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Everyone is welcome to become a Member of the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society! Please pick up an application form while visiting!</strong></span></span></span></p> 1627 1628<hr /> 1629<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 1630 1631<hr /> 1632<hr /> 1633<p>Â </p> 1634 1635 1636</div> 1637 1638 </div> 1639 </div> 1640</div> 1641 1642<div id="component_677198" data-id="677198" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1643 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1644 1645 1646 <div class="component_content"> 1647 1648 1649<div> 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our September 19th Meeting Speakers were </span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jim and Louise Sprowls</span></strong></span></p> 1659 1660<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and they spoke about a few of the things you will see when you visit the Compass Inn in Laughlintown. </span></strong></span></p> 1661 1662<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#ff3300"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Fall is a great time to see the results of the pumpkin carving contest and tour this 1799 stagecoach inn by candlelight while listening to Frightfully True Stories. </span></strong></span></p> 1663 1664<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#ff3300"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Celebrate another bountiful Harvest and the Yuletide to the sounds of a blacksmith at work.</span></strong></span></p> 1665 1666<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/741790/200;94;08be4e9e31b41cd40d36c889d64e0a83b2e81e5f.jpg" style="border:none" />Â <img alt="" src="/files/resized/741789/200;133;840f02a7a897a02dc66abe35e045e78d2e376e0e.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1667 1668<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>They are and have been period-dressed guides for the Compass Inn, and they will be in-costume for this meeting!</strong></span></span></span></p> 1669 1670<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>In 1966, Ligonier Valley Historical Society accepted Compass Inn as a gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The Inn underwent extensive restoration and by 1972 opened as a museum and historic site for thousands of visitors each year. By 1980, the architectural firm Stotz, Hess and MacLachlan constructed a working cookhouse and blacksmith shop, as well as a barn, which houses an 1830s-style Concord Stagecoach and a restored Conestoga Wagon. Today, period-dressed docents guide visitors through the Inn, transporting them back in time to the 1830s when the Inn was at its busiest.</strong></span></span></p> 1671 1672<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>
1672As always, the public is welcome to all of our Monthly Meetings!</strong></span></span></span></p> 1673 1674<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>*</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Everyone is welcome to become a Member of the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society! Please pick up an application form while visiting!</strong></span></span></span></p> 1675 1676<hr /> 1677<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 1678 1679 1680</div> 1681 1682 </div> 1683 </div> 1684</div> 1685 1686<div id="component_677199" data-id="677199" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1687 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1688 1689 1690<h2 class="component_heading"> 1691 1692 <span>We were at the Annual Flax Scutching, September 16 & 17, 2023, at Monticue's Grove, Stahlstown, PA!</span> 1693 1694</h2> 1695 1696 1697 <div class="component_content"> 1698 1699 1700<div> 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Chestnut Ridge Historical Society Display at the Stahlstown Flax Scutching!</span></span></p> 1710 1711<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/721179/400;354;6dc9f1b6b7d1910be59e9ee27b397fe96274f8bb.jpg" style="border:none" />    <img alt="" src="/files/resized/721177/473;354;2583e9b99cba512d6f807a6d728c487574554507.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1712 1713<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 1714 1715<hr /> 1716 1717</div> 1718 1719 </div> 1720 </div> 1721</div> 1722 1723<div id="component_676978" data-id="676978" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1724 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1725 1726 1727 <div class="component_content"> 1728 1729 1730<div> 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Tuesday August 15th Meeting </span></span></strong></span></p> 1740 1741<div font-family:="font-family:" font-size:="font-size:" style="margin:="><img alt="" src="/files/resized/740682/340;191;66325100a7eeba591ba00aa5e94a2402a4eabc3e.jpg" style="border:none" /></div> 1742 1743<div font-family:="font-family:" font-size:="font-size:" style="margin:="> </div> 1744 1745<div font-family:="font-family:" font-size:="font-size:" style="margin:="><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Our guest speaker for the Tuesday, August 15th Meeting was Carrie Libengood, owner of Carrie's Bus Tours in New Stanton. </strong></span></span></div> 1746 1747<div font-family:="font-family:" font-size:="font-size:" style="margin:="><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Carrie offers a variety of day, overnight & multi-night tours as well as custom tours. </strong><strong>She also coordinates & accompanies all of her tours. </strong></span></span></div> 1748 1749<div font-family:="font-family:" font-size:="font-size:" style="margin:="><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></span></div> 1750 1751<div font-family:="font-family:" font-size:="font-size:" style="margin:="><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Her subject was the popular destination of "Horseshoe Curve" in Altoona & the historical significance of Horseshoe Curve.</strong></span></span></div> 1752 1753<hr /> 1754<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 1755 1756 1757</div> 1758 1759 </div> 1760 </div> 1761</div> 1762 1763<div id="component_676344" data-id="676344" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1764 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1765 1766 1767<h2 class="component_heading"> 1768 1769 <span>Our Summer Picnic was a very nice time!</span> 1770 1771</h2> 1772 1773 1774 <div class="component_content"> 1775 1776 1777<div> 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Aleo Lake Picnic was on July 18, 2023!</span></span></span></p> 1787 1788<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">This annual event was held at the beautiful and picturesque home of one of our members. Thank to our Member who very graciously opened her beautiful venue for us again this year. Her refurbished barn makes a perfect place to set out our covered dis
1788h feast, protected for the hot sun and any stray rain cloud. Every member of the Society is always invited to attend and it is a time for all to sit, talk, and eat; strengthening our friendships and our commitment to keep the local history of the Laurel Highlands safe for future generations. Itâs a great time of relaxation and getting to know fellow members.</span></span></span></div> 1789 1790<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> 1791<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Everyone sampled the different flavored dishes and desserts. T</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">he entire grounds were manicured and in a wonderful presentation.</span></span></span> 1792</div> 1793 1794<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/728804/300;323;5862fa64b33870d065e21dfe87f43bcf23a34af9.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1795 1796<hr /> 1797 1798</div> 1799 1800 </div> 1801 </div> 1802</div> 1803 1804<div id="component_682082" data-id="682082" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1805 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1806 1807 1808<h2 class="component_heading"> 1809 1810 <span>Our Summer Picnic was a very nice time!</span> 1811 1812</h2> 1813 1814 1815 <div class="component_content"> 1816 1817 1818<div> 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Aleo Lake Picnic was on July 18, 2023!</span></span></span></p> 1828 1829<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">This annual event was held at the beautiful and picturesque home of one of our members. Thank to our Member who very graciously opened her beautiful venue for us again this year. Her refurbished barn makes a perfect place to set out our covered dish feast, protected for the hot sun and any stray rain cloud. Every member of the Society is always invited to attend and it is a time for all to sit, talk, and eat; strengthening our friendships and our commitment to keep the local history of the Laurel Highlands safe for future generations. Itâs a great time of relaxation and getting to know fellow members.</span></span></span></div> 1830 1831<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> 1832<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Everyone sampled the different flavored dishes and desserts. T</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">he entire grounds were manicured and in a wonderful presentation.</span></span></span> 1833</div> 1834 1835<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/728804/300;323;5862fa64b33870d065e21dfe87f43bcf23a34af9.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1836 1837<hr /> 1838 1839</div> 1840 1841 </div> 1842 </div> 1843</div> 1844 1845<div id="component_675774" data-id="675774" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1846 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1847 1848 1849 <div class="component_content"> 1850 1851 1852<div> 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">June 20, 2023</span></span></strong></p> 1862 1863<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Our June 20, 2023 Monthly Meeting Speaker was???</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 1864 1865<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/739230/352;262;5e6f1ec64ae8b88a17259e2e6989494820762ed2.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1866 1867<hr /> 1868<p> </p> 1869 1870 1871</div> 1872 1873 </div> 1874 </div> 1875</div> 1876 1877<div id="component_675643" data-id="675643" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1878 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1879 1880 1881 <div class="component_content"> 1882 1883 1884<div> 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Our May 16, 2023 Speaker was </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thomas Soltis, </span></strong></span><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">retired Sociology Professor from Westmoreland Community College.</span></strong></span></p> 1894 1895<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">He is the author of âAn Unwelcome Visit from the Spanish Lady: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Western Pennsylvaniaâ. </span></span></span></strong></p> 1896 1897<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In a recent article in the Tribune Review, Professor Soltis<span style="font-size:16px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">noted the similarities between both the 1918 and the most recent pandemic<strong>.</strong></span></span></span></p> 1898 1899<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(Tribune Review Photos)</span></span></span>   <img alt="" src="/files/resized/738324/350;263;e8440fad15fb7f9d91a1b80f3c8b062dd70da322.jpg" style="border:none" />  </p> 1900 1901<p style="text-align: center;">               <img alt="" src="/files/resized/738325/350;231;68be1638f339a6b5677438b61768858e1baea9b2.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1902 1903<hr /> 1904<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> 1905 1906 1907</div> 1908 1909 </div> 1910 </div> 1911</div> 1912 1913<div id="component_674558" data-id="674558" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1914 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1915 1916 1917 <div class="component_content"> 1918 1919 1920<div> 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px">April 18, 2023 Monthly Meeting</span></span></strong></p> 1930 1931<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Our April 18, 2023 Monthly Meeting Speaker was Barry Hauger who shared memories of his Grandfather, Clyde Hauger. </span></span></strong></span></span></p> 1932 1933<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Local resident Clyde Hauger was a pilot for All American Aviation (later US Airways) during the 1940s and for Bruno Ferrari's Latrobe-Dill Construction until he was killed in a crash in 1957. </span></p> 1934 1935<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/737333/250;348;fe40557584a1a72b8e6effb1cdee07e959e86de8.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 1936 1937<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/images/ae9c6baa-2746-43e2-8c27-ec95b9ce642d.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/737332/250;211;b28b9717761a2af057c01a91e4f411006aa6c5da.jpg" style="border:none" title="Links to /files/images/ae9c6baa-2746-43e2-8c27-ec95b9ce642d.jpg" /></a></p> 1938 1939<hr /> 1940<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 1941 1942 1943</div> 1944 1945 </div> 1946 </div> 1947</div> 1948 1949<div id="component_674361" data-id="674361" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1950 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1951 1952 1953 <div class="component_content"> 1954 1955 1956<div> 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">March 21, 2023 CRHS Monthly Meeting</span></strong></span></span></p> 1966 1967<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
1967We enjoyed watching a video </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">which was provided by </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">CRHS Member Kathy Maestrol. The video </span></span></strong></span></span><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">was created by the Latrobe Area Historical Society and it was called "Home Front: Latrobe in WWII"</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. </span></span></span></strong></p> 1968 1969<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In addition, our agenda included the Nomination of all Officers and two Board of Director's positions</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></span></span></strong></p> 1970 1971<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At the April Monthly Meeting, additional Nominations may be offered</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></span></span></strong></p> 1972 1973<hr /> 1974 1975</div> 1976 1977 </div> 1978 </div> 1979</div> 1980 1981<div id="component_673496" data-id="673496" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 1982 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 1983 1984 1985 <div class="component_content"> 1986 1987 1988<div> 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Christmas Luncheon Buffet on December 17, 2022 was a great success!</span></strong></span></span></p> 1998 1999<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/736426/350;129;2099a3d739e948232ff57e3009501476f0015ece.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2000 2001<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Several attendees were winners of our Basket Raffle! </span></strong></span></span></p> 2002 2003<hr /> 2004 2005</div> 2006 2007 </div> 2008 </div> 2009</div> 2010 2011<div id="component_673499" data-id="673499" data-proxy-id="" class="component image_gallery_component unauthenticated "> 2012 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2013 2014 2015<h2 class="component_heading"> 2016 2017 <span>Christmas Luncheon Photos (click images to enlarge)</span> 2018 2019</h2> 2020 2021 2022 <div class="component_content"> 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/stylesheets/flexgrid-modified.css" /> 2034 <div class="images fg-row cropped_fluid_images" style="margin: -0.2vw"> 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040<div class="fg-md-6 fg-xs-12" style="padding: 0.2vw"> 2041 <div class="image first even item_0"> 2042 2043 <a href="#" target="gallery"> 2044 <img alt="bradyslogosmall-02" class="pure-img" data-original="/files/resized/756443/cropped/640;640;011fb915d5ad24b26c0f33bdedf92c52551f952b.jpg" height="640" id="756443" src="/images/blank_640.gif?1790606232" width="640" /> 2045 </a> 2046 2047 2048 2049 </div> 2050</div> 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055<div class="fg-md-6 fg-xs-12" style="padding: 0.2vw"> 2056 <div class="image odd item_1"> 2057 2058 <a href="#" target="gallery"> 2059 <img alt="Christmas_Dinner_Form___12-21-2024___" class="pure-img" data-original="/files/resized/751343/cropped/640;640;5fea5a61e4c874dce6e8390488855ed96d451312.jpg" height="640" id="751343" src="/images/blank_640.gif?1790606232" width="640" /> 2060 </a> 2061 2062 2063 2064 </div> 2065</div> 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070<div class="fg-md-6 fg-xs-12" style="padding: 0.2vw"> 2071 <div class="image even item_2"> 2072 2073 <a href="#" target="gallery"> 2074 <img alt="01" class="pure-img" data-original="/files/resized/736765/cropped/640;640;4998a347295f6ff4fe76f60b85e8ae92e689b5e8.jpg" height="640" id="736765" src="/images/blank_640.gif?1790606232" width="640" /> 2075 </a> 2076 2077 2078 2079 </div> 2080</div> 2081 2082 2083 2084 2085<div class="fg-md-6 fg-xs-12" style="padding: 0.2vw"> 2086 <div class="image odd item_3"> 2087 2088 <a href="#" target="gallery"> 2089 <img alt="02" class="pure-img" data-original="/files/resized/736767/cropped/640;640;d4e9eb80ee3691d776d5b60fe658de94e30c78c5.jpg" height="640" id="736767" src="/images/blank_640.gif?1790606232" width="640" /> 2090 </a> 2091 2092 2093 2094 </div> 2095</div> 2096 2097 2098 2099 2100<div class="fg-md-6 fg-xs-12" style="padding: 0.2vw"> 2101 <div class="image even item_4"> 2102 2103 <a href="#" target="gallery"> 2104 <img alt="03" class="pure-img" data-original="/files/resized/736766/cropped/640;640;
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2488 2489 2490 2491 2492 2493 2494 2495 2496 </div> 2497 </div> 2498</div> 2499 2500<div id="component_673498" data-id="673498" data-proxy-id="" class="component divider_component unauthenticated "> 2501 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2502 2503 2504 <div class="component_content"> 2505 2506<div class="asterion_spacer" style="height:50px; position:relative"> 2507<hr class="asterion_divider" /> 2508</div> 2509 2510 </div> 2511 </div> 2512</div> 2513 2514<div id="component_672848" data-id="672848" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2515 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2516 2517 2518 <div class="component_content"> 2519 2520 2521<div> 2522 2523 2524 2525 2526 2527 2528 2529 2530 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We had a nice Bus Trip on November 17, 2022, to see "Home for the Holidays" at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA!</span></strong></span></span></p> 2531 2532<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://amt
2532shows.com/home-holidays/" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/730475/395;175;326ab2fbe975f950aa7476a9b8bb04278976f956.jpg" style="border:none" /></a></p> 2533 2534<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/150;101;10e5bcc590bb4cf3cd369eca04917aa926a65f14.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2535 2536<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>It Included</u>: Show Ticket, Meal, Transportation, and all Taxes and Gratuities)</span></p> 2537 2538<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We had a meal at "Bird in Hand Restaurant"</span></span><img alt="" src="/files/resized/730476/84;77;eddcbeb673822912008c45eb992b2173e5db2523.png" style="border:none" /></p> 2539 2540<hr /> 2541 2542</div> 2543 2544 </div> 2545 </div> 2546</div> 2547 2548<div id="component_672847" data-id="672847" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2549 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2550 2551 2552 <div class="component_content"> 2553 2554 2555<div> 2556 2557 2558 2559 2560 2561 2562 2563 2564 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">November 15, 2022 CRHS Monthly Meeting</span></strong></span></span></p> 2565 2566<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speakers for the November meeting were father and son David and Allen Scherb. Allen creates handmade, historically correct longrifles, photos of which can be seen at laurelridgeflintlocks.net.</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></strong></span></p> 2567 2568<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Laurel Ridge Flintlocks, operated by Allen Scher, focuses on recreating historically correct American Longrifles from the time period of 1760 to 1825.</span></strong></span></span></span></p> 2569 2570<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/734462/350;288;b8e5d65082f14d3ab5c93295733b70235bcf0b6d.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2571 2572<hr /> 2573<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 2574 2575<hr /> 2576 2577</div> 2578 2579 </div> 2580 </div> 2581</div> 2582 2583<div id="component_672147" data-id="672147" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2584 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2585 2586 2587 <div class="component_content"> 2588 2589 2590<div> 2591 2592 2593 2594 2595 2596 2597 2598 2599 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">October 18, 2022 CRHS Monthly Meeting</span></strong></span></span></p> 2600 2601<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speaker was Theresa Gay Rohall, the Executive Director of the Ligonier Valley Historical Society. </span></span></strong></span></p> 2602 2603<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Laughlintown's Compass Inn was built in 1799 and she told us why it's still a great place to visit.</span></span></strong></span></p> 2604 2605<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:15px"> </span></strong> </span><img alt="" src="/files/resized/733725/283;188;3a1508077d17f589b95526b969fcef9f3b2818f4.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2606 2607<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 2608 2609<hr /> 2610 2611</div> 2612 2613 </div> 2614 </div> 2615</div> 2616 2617<div id="component_671916" data-id="671916" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2618 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2619 2620 2621 <div class="component_content"> 2622 2623 2624<div> 2625 2626 2627 2628 2629 2630 2631 2632 2633 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">September 20, 2022 CRHS Meeting</span></strong></span></span></p> 2634 2635<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#000080"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We viewed a one-hour film titled </span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="color:#000080"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Invasion on Chestnut Ridge"</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#000080"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. </span></strong></span></span></p> 2636 2637<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#000080"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Over the years many mysterious events have occurred along the length of Chestnut Ridge in western Pennsylvania, and this film told us about the investigations that have followed.</span></strong></span></span></p> 2638 2639<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/733724/320;140;
263923d3630e4279729922039b97a0c5eb0d1e450654.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2640 2641<hr /> 2642<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 2643 2644<hr /> 2645 2646</div> 2647 2648 </div> 2649 </div> 2650</div> 2651 2652<div id="component_671616" data-id="671616" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2653 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2654 2655 2656 <div class="component_content"> 2657 2658 2659<div> 2660 2661 2662 2663 2664 2665 2666 2667 2668 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">August 16, 2022 Meeting</span></strong></span></span></p> 2669 2670<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/730474/529;269;570b08b51dba0cf34d130594605d954029050889.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2671 2672<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speaker was Kristin Miller who did a Powerpoint Presentation of the history and projects of the Southern Allegheny Museum of Art.</span></span></strong></span></p> 2673 2674<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://www.sama-art.org/visit" target="_blank">SAMA</a> has five locations, <a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://www.sama-art.org/visit" target="_blank">(click here for more info)</a> including one in nearby Ligonier, where you can view an art exhibition or attend an educational event.</span></span></strong></span></p> 2675 2676<hr /> 2677<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 2678 2679<hr /> 2680 2681</div> 2682 2683 </div> 2684 </div> 2685</div> 2686 2687<div id="component_671287" data-id="671287" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2688 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2689 2690 2691<h2 class="component_heading"> 2692 2693 <span>Our Summer Picnic was a great success!</span> 2694 2695</h2> 2696 2697 2698 <div class="component_content"> 2699 2700 2701<div> 2702 2703 2704 2705 2706 2707 2708 2709 2710 <p><span style="color:#006400"><em><u><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Here's a note from CRHS Member, Tom Beck:</span></span></strong></u></em></span></p> 2711 2712<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Aleo Lake Picnic was on July 19, 2022!</span></span></span></p> 2713 2714<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Itâs all over for another year. The Chestnut Ridge Historical Society Annual Picnic is lodged in the annals of time. As usual, this annual event was held at the beautiful and picturesque home of one of our members. I didnât ask permission, so I wonât share her name, but thank you very much for graciously opening your home for us again this year.</span></span></span></div> 2715 2716<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">Her refurbished barn makes a perfect place to set out our covered dis
2716h feast, protected for the hot sun and any stray raincloud. Every member of the Society is always invited to attend and it is a time for all to sit, talk, and eat; strengthening our friendships and our commitment to keep the local history of the Laurel Highlands safe for future generations. Itâs a great time of relaxation and getting to know fellow members.</span></span></span></div> 2717 2718<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">The vast array of foodstuffs made it impossible to sample the different flavored dishes, but I made a grand attempt and my blood sugar was up a bit the next morning even though I made a valiant attempt to avoid the richest desserts.</span></span></span></div> 2719 2720<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="a3bd9o3v a8c37x1j aigsh9s9 b1v8xokw c1et5uql c8b282yb d2edcug0 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r gfeo3gy3 hpfvmrgz hzawbc8m iv3no6db keod5gw0 lr9zc1uh mau55g9w nxhoafnm oo9gr5id qv66sw1b" dir="auto">The weather was wonderfully sunny, but two giant fans kept up cool and Iâm sure if there were any flies, they were blown into the next town. Sadly this year, there was only one swan on the lake, but the entire grounds were manicured and in a wonderful presentation.</span></span></span></div> 2721 2722<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/728804/300;323;5862fa64b33870d065e21dfe87f43bcf23a34af9.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2723 2724<hr /> 2725 2726</div> 2727 2728 </div> 2729 </div> 2730</div> 2731 2732<div id="component_671395" data-id="671395" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2733 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2734 2735 2736<h2 class="component_heading"> 2737 2738 <span>Bus Trip In Ohio was Great!</span> 2739 2740</h2> 2741 2742 2743 <div class="component_content"> 2744 2745 2746<div> 2747 2748 2749 2750 2751 2752 2753 2754 2755 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our <u>Overnight Bus Trip</u> in Ohio was a Fun Event for All!</span></strong></span></span></p> 2756 2757<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/200;134;198de74b51eef8bdba8d8b6d8fa00e9501906603.jpg" style="border:medium none; height:45px; width:67px" />  <span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Here's our Group Photo!</span></strong></span></span></p> 2758 2759<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(Click on photo to enlarge!)</span></strong></span></span></p> 2760 2761<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/images/5abf2906-fcae-488e-b76e-90300a5e02b8.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/731947/800;600;ef186d124c421f2e4202c0d2dcb66d6aab8a77e9.jpg" style="border:none" /></a></p> 2762 2763<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was on August 1st and 2nd, 2022</span></strong></span></span></p> 2764 2765<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At the <u>Amish Country Theater</u></span></strong></span></span><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span></p> 2766 2767<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We saw "</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sail On: The Beach Boys Tribute</span></strong><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"</span></strong></span></span></p> 2768 2769<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/documents/a9e7562e-4f43-47e1-b3a2-acb03ec59870.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/729208/350;533;47c599aacec8b24a8924682e2c87d6e4e28a1df2.jpg" style="border:none" title="Links to /files/documents/a9e7562e-4f43-47e1-b3a2-acb03ec59870.pdf" /></a></p> 2770 2771<hr /> 2772<p><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/images/5abf2906-fcae-488e-b76e-90300a5e02b8.jpg" target="_blank">Link</a></p> 2773 2774 2775</div> 2776 2777 </div> 2778 </div> 2779</div> 2780 2781<div id="component_671097" data-id="671097" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2782 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2783 2784 2785 <div class="component_content"> 2786 2787 2788<div> 2789 2790 2791 2792 2793 2794 2795 2796 2797 <p><span style="font-size:16px"><u><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#B22222">June 21, 2022 Meeting</span></span></strong></u></span></p> 2798 2799<p><span style="color:#B22222"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speaker was </span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bruce Shirey who did a photo presentation of "<u>the story of moving</u></span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u> the Lefeure Log House</u>" from Jeannette, PA to Historic Hanna's Town in 2020. </span></span></strong></span></p> 2800 2801<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hanna's Town is an unincorporated community and important historical and archaeological site located in Hempfield Towns
2801hip,</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.</span></span></strong></p> 2802 2803<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/728429/326;302;2a5fc6c1c232db61d84633b701aa2bdafb691f4c.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2804 2805<hr /> 2806 2807</div> 2808 2809 </div> 2810 </div> 2811</div> 2812 2813<div id="component_669853" data-id="669853" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2814 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2815 2816 2817 <div class="component_content"> 2818 2819 2820<div> 2821 2822 2823 2824 2825 2826 2827 2828 2829 <p><span style="font-size:16px"><u><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#B22222">May 17, 2022</span></span></strong></u></span></p> 2830 2831<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our May 17, 2022 meeting of the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society was fortunate to have</span></strong></span></span></p> 2832 2833<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dale Dix and Jan Hostler Stewart, along with one of our CRHS Founders, Tom Dix, join us</span></strong></span></span></p> 2834 2835<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">to show a slideshow of their recent "Adventures in the Netherlands and in Belgium"! </span></strong></span></span></p> 2836 2837<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The highlights included trips to WWII Cemeteries, and to WWII Museums where Dale's father, Tom Dix</span></strong></span></span></p> 2838 2839<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">was lauded and saluted by the many people who they interacted with throughout the trip!</span></strong></span></span></p> 2840 2841<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This was a colorful presentation in addition to being very moving, since Tom Dix, as a Veteran of WWII,</span></strong></span></span></p> 2842 2843<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">was honored wherever they went during this "Adventure in the Netherlands and Belgium"!</span></strong></span></span></p> 2844 2845<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/730479/450;338;dabc222bb6b8dcb4248a46ae0c09ca7cfb3165db.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2846 2847<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/730480/450;338;e8aa061efec75003f70d485d7490f11093dd79a9.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2848 2849<hr /> 2850 2851</div> 2852 2853 </div> 2854 </div> 2855</div> 2856 2857<div id="component_669854" data-id="669854" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2858 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2859 2860 2861<h2 class="component_heading"> 2862 2863 <span>Bus Trip to see "David" was a Nice Trip!</span> 2864 2865</h2> 2866 2867 2868 <div class="component_content"> 2869 2870 2871<div> 2872 2873 2874 2875 2876 2877 2878 2879 2880 <p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We are happy to report that our May 12th, 2022</span></span></strong></p> 2881 2882<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bus Trip to see "David" was a great success!</span></span></strong></p> 2883 2884<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/200;134;198de74b51eef8bdba8d8b6d8fa00e9501906603.jpg" style="border:medium none; height:68px; width:102px" /></p> 2885 2886<p><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://www.sight-sound.com/shows/lancaster/david/2022" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/721644/400;256;21efc5b2b6f34681641d46bf7d657c870ad0a77c.png" style="border:none" title="Links to https://www.sight-sound.com/shows/lancaster/david/2022" /></a></p> 2887 2888<hr /> 2889<p> </p> 2890 2891 2892</div> 2893 2894 </div> 2895 </div> 2896</div> 2897 2898<div id="component_664536" data-id="664536" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2899 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2900 2901 2902 <div class="component_content"> 2903 2904 2905<div> 2906 2907 2908 2909 2910 2911 2912 2913 2914 <p><u><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">November, 2021</span></u></p> 2915 2916<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speaker for November 16, 2021 was Dale Dix of Greensburg. Dale is a CRHS member and he has spoken on other occasions regarding his various travels to other countries over the past several years. </span></strong></span></p> 2917 2918<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dale's topic was that at our meeting, he did a live-interview with his 96 year old father, Thomas Dix, to create an Oral History of his father's life from the time that he entered the U.S. Navy at age 18, his history during World War II, and his many years of community service since! Tom has kept Community Service at the top of his priorities for his entire life. Our area owes a debt of gratitude for Tom Dix's accomplishments that have made our community richer in many many aspects.</span></strong> </span></p> 2919 2920<p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="/files/resized/722425/135;170;91b3433eb2dea3b2297bcd8940548ae7ee1a6566.jpg" style="border:none" />       <img alt="" src="/files/resized/722426/135;170;db17236ca53584fd84f54d7f63211e02bba06999.jpg" style="border:none" /> </p> 2921 2922<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dale Dix                   Tom Dix</span></span></strong></p> 2923 2924<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/722428/386;170;143ac3fbdb817015a5ece355c99379713493ff5f.jpg" style="border:none" />         <img alt="" src="/files/resized/722427/380;170;489ae2fef1c7b227fdc6dad1e0c04c70c1bef351.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2925 2926<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The 60 Surviving Members of the U.S.S. Minivet Minesweeper Crew                   <
2926a class="navigation_external_link" href="http://www.ussminivet.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CD">U.S.S. Minivet</span></a><span style="color:#0000CD">  </span>                </span></span></strong>                 </p> 2927 2928<p> </p> 2929 2930<p> </p> 2931 2932<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><u>Note:</u> Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 2933 2934<hr /> 2935<hr /> 2936 2937</div> 2938 2939 </div> 2940 </div> 2941</div> 2942 2943<div id="component_663799" data-id="663799" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2944 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2945 2946 2947 <div class="component_content"> 2948 2949 2950<div> 2951 2952 2953 2954 2955 2956 2957 2958 2959 <p><u><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">October, 2021</span></u></p> 2960 2961<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Speaker for October 19, 2021 was Darren Sherry. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mr. Sherry recently retired from teaching in Punxsutawney School District, He was a former Board member of the Punxsutawney Historical Society. Now he is the business owner of "Digital Transfer Solutions" in Punxsutawney, PA.</span></span></strong></p> 2962 2963<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Call Mr. Sherry at <a aria-haspopup="false" class="x-el x-el-a c1-1w c1-1x c1-1y c1-1z c1-20 c1-2y c1-21 c1-b c1-5b c1-c c1-29 c1-59 c1-7t c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g" data-aid="CONTACT_INFO_PHONE_REND" data-tccl="ux2.CONTACT.contact1.Content.Default.Link.Default.2422.click,click" data-typography="LinkAlpha" data-ux="Link" href="tel:8149522526" rel="" role="link">814-952-2526</a> for Details on having your memories transferred to digital!</span></span></strong></p> 2964 2965<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/722195/400;227;832c8db9334b928f69264c8fd745e7c1d28a6352.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 2966 2967<p> </p> 2968 2969<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 2970 2971<hr /> 2972<hr /> 2973 2974</div> 2975 2976 </div> 2977 </div> 2978</div> 2979 2980<div id="component_662685" data-id="662685" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 2981 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 2982 2983 2984 <div class="component_content"> 2985 2986 2987<div> 2988 2989 2990 2991 2992 2993 2994 2995 2996 <p><span style="color:#000000"><u><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">September 30th Bus Trip to see "Queen Esther" was was a great success!</span></strong></span></u></span></p> 2997 2998<p><span style="color:#B22222"><u><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our Bus Trip Plans are "on-hold" for the time-being. Watch our website for future plans.</span></strong></span></u></span></p> 2999 3000<p><span style="font-size:14px"><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://youtu.be/E76m-sWqyu4" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FFFFFF"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#800080">Click here to see a preview of "Esther".</span></span></strong></span></a></span></p> 3001 3002<p><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://youtu.be/E76m-sWqyu4" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/719770/350;143;09e7ee3e65ec5baa78252b34c94ac3ca05254aff.jpg" style="border:medium none; height:137px; width:336px" title="Links to https://youtu.be/E76m-sWqyu4" /><span style="font-size:16px"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718994/200;134;198de74b51eef8bdba8d8b6d8fa00e9501906603.jpg" style="border:none" /></span></a></p> 3003 3004<hr /> 3005 3006</div> 3007 3008 </div> 3009 </div> 3010</div> 3011 3012<div id="component_662067" data-id="662067" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3013 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3014 3015 3016 <div class="component_content"> 3017 3018 3019<div> 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong style="color:rgb(178, 34, 34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000">September 18th and 19th</span></span></strong></span></p> 3029 3030<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong style="color:rgb(178, 34, 34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000">Here is our Historical Display at the Stahlstown Flax Scutching Festival! It was a great time to visit with our community!</span></span></strong></span></p> 3031 3032<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/721177/625;468;fdcc26c06895a39fa44715ce6a49ee5c4d12d64a.jpg" style="border:medium none; height:303px; width:405px" /><img alt="" src="/files/resized/721179/400;354;6dc9f1b6b7d1910be59e9ee27b397fe96274f8bb.jpg" style="border:medium none; height:303px; width:342px" /></p> 3033 3034<hr /> 3035<hr /> 3036 3037</div> 3038 3039 </div> 3040 </div> 3041</div> 3042 3043<div id="component_662066" data-id="662066" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3044 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3045 3046 3047 <div class="component_content"> 3048 3049 3050<div> 3051 3052 3053 3054 3055 3056 3057 3058 3059 <p><u><span style="font-family:arial black,arial,sans-serif">September, 2021</span></u></p> 3060 3061<p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">On September 21, 2021</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"> our Speaker was Bob Stutzman, of the Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association! </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><a class="navigation_external_link" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ligonier-valley-rail-road-robert-d-stutzman/1117658276" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000">Mr. Stutzman penned a 2014 book</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> about the Ligonier Valley Railroad and is a founder and former president of the Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association, which organizes a tour and operates a museum in the Ligonier Township village of Darlington, PA. </span></span></span></strong></span></p> 3062 3063<p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Bob Stutzman</span></span></strong></span></span></p> 3064 3065<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/720614/330;248;eb44e6c803d42f53287d2191b758e9cdec4f9e3e.jpg" style="border:none; cursor:default; outline:rgb(0, 0, 0) dashed 1px" /></p> 3066 3067<hr /> 3068<hr /> 3069 3070</div> 3071 3072 </div> 3073 </div> 3074</div> 3075 3076<div id="component_659603" data-id="659603" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3077 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3078 3079 3080 <div class="component_content"> 3081 3082 3083<div> 3084 3085 3086 3087 3088 3089 3090 3091 3092 <p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">June 15, 2021</span></span></strong></p> 3093 3094<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Chestnut Ridge Historical Society welcomed Ed Kelemen as speaker for the meeting on Tuesday June 15, 2021. Mr. Kelemen is an author, playwright, and columnist who has been involved in over 300 paranormal investigations. One result is his five book series, the Haunted Pennsylvania Collection. </span></strong></span></p> 3095 3096<p><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Ed Kelemen</strong></span></span></span></p> 3097 3098<p><a class="navigation_external_link" href="http://www.ekelemen.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14px"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718522/350;469;d75d14d7e818ed006dcb6d8699dc6941834a5513.jpg" style="border:none" /></span></a></p> 3099 3100<hr /> 3101 3102</div> 3103 3104 </div> 3105 </div> 3106</div> 3107 3108<div id="component_658951" data-id="658951" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3109 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3110 3111 3112 <div class="component_content"> 3113 3114 3115<div> 3116 3117 3118 3119 3120 3121 3122 3123 3124 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>May 18, 2021 </strong></span></span></p> 3125 3126<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Our speaker was Mr. Duaine Fuoss of Mount Pleasant, PA, who has found many Native American artifacts in Southwestern Pennsylvania!</strong></span></span></p> 3127 3128<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/717818/328;219;a5815a0bbd6c506641b0f8b1f06cd24899baa01b.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 3129 3130<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At the age of 6, Duaine Fuoss found what was later determined to be a side-notched spear point used by Native Americans living in this area roughly 3,000 years ago. In the mid-1960s, a teen-aged Fuoss had conducted enough research to begin uncovering area sites where tribes, including the Iroquois, Shawnee and Monongahela, periodically dwelled and hunted. Called âMeadow Walkerâ by the Lakota Sioux, he has to date located more than 50 N
3130ative American sites from Kecksburg in Westmoreland County, to Broadford in Fayette County.</span></span></strong></p> 3131 3132<hr /> 3133<p> </p> 3134 3135 3136</div> 3137 3138 </div> 3139 </div> 3140</div> 3141 3142 </div> 3143</div> 3144</div> 3145<div class="column col-md-6 span6" data-id="154231" data-width="6" data-location_id="8"> 3146 <div class="location" id="location_8"> <div class="asterion_components_container asterion_page_specific_components asterion_components_container_2"> 3147 3148<div id="component_662850" data-id="662850" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3149 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3150 3151 3152<h2 class="component_heading"> 3153 3154 <span>Centenarian Honor Roll Project is completed!</span> 3155 3156</h2> 3157 3158 3159 <div class="component_content"> 3160 3161 3162<div> 3163 3164 3165 3166 3167 3168 3169 3170 3171 <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This photo of 16 local residents who reached at least 100 Years Old, is located on a Wooden Plaque on the wall at the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society Center! <a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/documents/58a82411-fe4b-45ff-bbd6-fe61556e1aa0.pdf" target="_blank">(click on Image to open and print)</a></span></strong></span></p> 3172 3173<p><a class="navigation_asset_link" href="/files/documents/58a82411-fe4b-45ff-bbd6-fe61556e1aa0.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/files/resized/721646/778;1030;101caca1d80d4a2595eea0868a708689ea7ca2ed.jpg" style="border:none" title="Links to /files/documents/58a82411-fe4b-45ff-bbd6-fe61556e1aa0.pdf" /></a></p> 3174 3175<hr /> 3176<hr /> 3177 3178</div> 3179 3180 </div> 3181 </div> 3182</div> 3183 3184<div id="component_658959" data-id="658959" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3185 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3186 3187 3188<h2 class="component_heading"> 3189 3190 <span>Past Speakers and Events</span> 3191 3192</h2> 3193 3194 3195 <div class="component_content"> 3196 3197 3198<div> 3199 3200 3201 3202 3203 3204 3205 3206 3207 <p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718525/700;1417;a383e2de82cf0730b02d7d6041806173a7874049.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 3208 3209<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718535/700;3870;0fe1e031e1ebccf9d09149fa279016c83e955a60.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 3210 3211<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718536/700;3050;b0840698990ba475b47a567e3eb628ef5b0757aa.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 3212 3213<p><img alt="" src="/files/resized/718539/700;3769;f17e2106f69bc1d38f11e349cbae5fac717dde7c.jpg" style="border:none" /></p> 3214 3215<hr /> 3216<p> </p> 3217 3218 3219</div> 3220 3221 </div> 3222 </div> 3223</div> 3224 3225 </div> 3226</div> 3227</div> 3228 3229</div> 3230<div class="row" data-id="68754" data-position="3"> 3231 <div class="column col-md-12 span12" data-id="141352" data-width="12" data-location_id="0"> 3232 <div class="location" id="location_0"> <div class="asterion_components_container asterion_page_specific_components asterion_components_container_2"> 3233 3234<div id="component_689331" data-id="689331" data-proxy-id="" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3235 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3236 3237 3238<h2 class="component_heading"> 3239 3240 <span>Monthly Meeting Details! ***Note: See Time Changes Begining in March 2025!</span> 3241 3242</h2> 3243 3244 3245 <div class="component_content"> 3246 3247 3248<div> 3249 3250 3251 3252 3253 3254 3255 3256 3257 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">NOTE: The Board of Directors is considering staying with Evening Meetings at 7pm, and make that decision Permanent. <u>The final decision will be made shortly</u>.</span></span></strong></span></p> 3258 3259<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ignore the information shown below:</span></span></strong></span></p> 3260 3261<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><img alt="" src="/files/images/a324065c-4385-4b9d-bd07-ffad50edc305.gif" style="border:medium; height:83px; width:68px" /><img alt="" src="/files/resized/719005/111;95;25aa224b053844a0946fa8677ba6e5b653c22a60.jpg" style="border:none" /></strong></span></p> 3262 3263<p style="text-align: center;"><u><em><span style="font-size:24px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Very Important Announcement!</span></strong></span></em></u></p> 3264 3265<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Please note:</u></span></strong></span></p> 3266 3267<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Our Board of Directors decided to hold <u>evening meetings at 7:00pm during Daylight Savings Time</u></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </span></strong></span></p> 3268 3269<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and <u>daytime meetings at 1:00pm during Standard Time</u>. </span></strong></span></p> 3270 3271<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">We will continue to meet on</span></span></span></strong></span></p> 3272 3273<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">the Third Tuesday of </span></span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#B22222"><strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">every month!</span></span></span></strong></span></p> 3274 3275<hr /> 3276<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:15px">If you live close enough to attend our meetings but haven't yet tried that, we would love to see you.</span></strong></span></p> 3277 3278<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">Louise Sprowls, </span>recording secretary</span></p> 3279 3280<hr /> 3281<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>*</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Everyone is welcome to become a Member of the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society! Please </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/membership"><span style="color:#B22222">Click Here</span></a></strong></span></span><span style="color:#006400"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong> to download a Membership Application Form to print, fill out, and mail in, or pick up an application form while visiting!</strong></span></span></span></p> 3282 3283<hr /> 3284<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Note: Regarding Future Speakers for Our Monthly Meetings, Chestnut Ridge Historical Society is always interested in hearing from a variety of speakers who have interesting subjects to talk about, such as historical subjects or events, specific subjects of interest, authors, witnesses to events, and personal adventures.</strong></span></span></p> 3285 3286<hr /> 3287<hr /> 3288 3289</div> 3290 3291 </div> 3292 </div> 3293</div> 3294 3295<div id="component_658980" data-id="658980" data-proxy-id="658985" class="component custom_component unauthenticated "> 3296 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3297 3298 3299 <div class="component_content"> 3300 3301 3302<div> 3303 3304 3305 3306 3307 3308 3309 3310 3311 <hr /> 3312<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">Home</span></span></a><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> | </span><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/about"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">About</span></span></a><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> | </span><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/contact"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">Contact</span></span></a><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> |</span><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/past-meeting-speakers-"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span><span style="color:#006400"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">Past Meeting Speakers</span></span></a><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> | </span><a class="navigation_page_link" href="/membership"><span style="color:#006400"><span style="background-color:#ffff99">Membership</span></span></a></span></strong></p> 3313 3314<hr /> 3315<p> </p> 3316 3317 3318</div> 3319 3320 </div> 3321 </div> 3322</div> 3323 3324<div id="component_658971" data-id="658971" data-proxy-id="658976" class="component html_component unauthenticated "> 3325 <div class="component_content_wrapper "> 3326 3327 3328 <div class="component_content"> 3329 3330<div> 3331<div style="text-align:center;">
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