MAZEPPA PA: May 2018

Monday, May 28, 2018

MEMORIAL DAY 2018

WELL THE WEATHER COOPERATED AND WE GOT THE PARADE AND CEREMONY IN LAST NIGHT WITHOUT A RAINDROP. THERE WILL BE MORE PICTURES ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE BUT JUST PUTTING 2 HERE. THE ONE IS CLARENCE ROUSH AND OUR SPEAKER BEN LEITZEL. THE OTHER WAS OUR LITTLE SURPRISE. A FEW MONTHS AGO CHERRY AND RON WILL TOLD ME THAT THE GRAVE OF CYRUS SHRECK , A MAZEPPA NATIVE , DIDN'T HAVE A MILITARY MARKER. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2014 AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR. CHERRY AND RON ASKED IF I WOULD ASSIST IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. TURNED OUT TO BE AN EASY FIX AS THE VA OFFICE HAD ALL OF HIS RECORDS AND I GOT A MARKER RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE FELT IT WOULD BE PERFECT TO ACTUALLY PLACE THE MARKER AS PART OF THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AND IT ALL TURNED OUT QUITE WELL. AGAIN THANKS TO CHERRY AND RON FOR NOTICING THAT CYRUS'S GRAVE WAS UNADORNED

Friday, May 11, 2018

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

ADDING THE AD FOR THE CHICKEN BBQ , YARD SALES AND ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY , THE NEXT DAY , MAY 27 AND THAT STARTS AT 6 PM. A LITTLE SURPRISE IN THE SERVICE THIS YEAR BUT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND TO SEE WHAT IT IS. A HAPPENING WEEKEND IN MY OLD HOMETOWN

WANDA FINCK

SADLY WE LOST LONG TIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT WANDA FINCK. SHE AND MEL WERE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS . BORN SEPTEMBER 6 , 1927 AND PASSED AWAY MAY 8, 2018. DAUGHTER OF HOMER AND NELLIE WAGNER. MARRIED TO MELVIN AND THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN KEITH AND KAREN.

MAZEPPA HISTORY

MANY FOLKS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT MAZEPPA HAS QUITE A BIT OF HISTORY. THE TOWN GOT IT'S NAME FROM LORD BYRON'S POEM

" MAZEPPA." ORIGINALLY NAMED BOYERTOWN AFTER THE FOUNDER SAMUEL BOYER AND HIS WIFE SARAH. A POST OFFICE WAS STARTED IN 1886 AND A NEW NAME WAS NEEDED AS THERE ALREADY WAS A BOYERTOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA. SCHOOLMASTER CLEMENT EDMUNDS SUGGESTED MAZEPPA AND IT WAS APPROVED. MAZEPPA MILLS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1788 AND STAYED IN OPERATION TILL 1981 WHEN EUGENE JOHNSON RETIRED. MILL WAS STARTED BY MICHAEL RENTSCHELER.

SEVERAL DOCTORS PRACTICED IN TOWN. DR S. ASHER DIEFFENDERFER LIVED ON THE WENDELL STAHL FARM. DR ISSAC FETTEROLF PRACTICED OUT OF THE GARMAN HOME IN THE CNETER OF TOWN.

FRANK STRAUB WAS THE MORTICIAN. A TRADITION WAS WHEN THE PERSON WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOME THE CHURCH BELL WOULD TOLL.

MILTON REMALY WAS A PIANO REPAIRMAN.

JACOB DELCAMP WAS A BLACKSMITH IN TOWN.

FRANK WHITMAN HAD A BLACKSMITH SHOP ON THE OLD JAMES STAHL PROPERTY.

ELMER FEASTER HAD A SADDLE SHOP IN THE LITTLE BUILDING THAT LATER SERVED AS A BARBER SHOP BY FRANK DELCAMP.

AT THE OLD TOM STAHLEY HOME THERE WAS A WAGON BUSINESS OWNED BY THEODORE FANGBONER.

JAMES MATHERS WAS A SHOEMAKER IN TOWN AND ALSO KNOW FOR HIS HORSERADISH.

JOHN BEEBER WAS THE GUNSMITH IN TOWN.

PETER STAHL WAS A CHAIR MAKER.

AT THE ALBERT DELCAMP PROPERTY THERE WAS A CREAMERY . CREAM WAS SENT TO MIFFLINBURG TO BE MADE INTO ICE CREAM AND CHEESE.

IN 1921 FRANK STAHL STARTED AN EGG BUSINESS THAT WAS THEN CONTINUED BY SONS FRANK AND WENDELL.

KEN FISHER HAD AN ELECTRICAL BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.

JULY 22, 1926 A TORNADO HIT THE TOWN AND THE ENTIRE STEEPLE INCLUDING THE BELL WAS TORN FROM THE UNION EMANUEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

THERE WERE 2 COVERED BRIDGES IN TOWN. ONE OVER SPRUCE RUN AND THE OTHER NEAR THE BALL FIELDS AT THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.

A FUNNY STORY OF FRANK HEIMBACH COMING HOME ONE NIGHT AND IN THE DARK TRIPPED OVER A COW ON THE BRIDGE. NOT SURE WHO WAS MORE FRIGHTENED.

SEPTEMBER 8, 1916 A MAJOR FIRE TORE THROUGH TOWN AND 6 HOMES AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE LOST. STARTED IN THE WARREN SHUCK STORE.

ALSO LOOK FOR A PICTURE OF ROBERT MYERS IN THE PHOTO ALBUM. GREW UP IN MAZEPPA AND WENT TO LEWISBURG HIGH. IN DECEMBER OR 1942 HE JOINED THE NAVY AND WAS A NAVY DIVER. EARNED THE VICTORY MEDAL,EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL AND A SPECIAL BRONZE STAR MEDAL.

HELPED TO CLEAR HEAVILY MINED WATERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MAZEPPA WILL ALWAYS BE HOME.........

DOUG WALTER

MAZEPPA PA

Monday, May 28, 2018

MEMORIAL DAY 2018

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MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

WANDA FINCK

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