MAZEPPA PA: May 2019

Saturday, May 25, 2019

POSTCARDS

SOME RECENT POSTCARDS FROM BUFFALO CROSSROADS FOR SALE ON EBAY. FIRST IS THE CORNER STORE WHERE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME. WAS AIKEYS IN MY DAY BUT THIS ONE GOES BACK BEFORE THEN AS YOU CAN SEE THE HITCHIN POSTS. NEXT IS THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE AND LAST IS THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Thursday, May 23, 2019

FLAGS AND PARADE

WE PLACED THE FLAGS LAST NIGHT AND ALREADY FOR THE PARADE AND CEREMONY ON SUNDAY. AGAIN THE MAZEPPA PARADE STARTS AT 6 PM AND OUR SPEAKER THIS YEAR IS RICK BRESSLER. IF YOU HAVE A VINTAGE CAR PLEASE JOIN THE PARADE AND TELL KIDS TO JUMP IN AND BE A PART OF THIS LONG STANDING COMMUNITY EVENT. SHOULD YOU WANT TO HELP WITH THE FLAGS NEXT YEAR OR EVEN SERVE ON THE CEMETERY BOARD PLEASE INQUIRE. HOPE TO SEE YA SUNDAY IN MAZEPPA !

Sunday, May 12, 2019

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS

JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE MAZEPPA YARD SALES ARE MAY 25TH AND START AT 8 AM. ALSO THE FIRE STATION IS ONCE AGAIN SELLING CHICKEN BBQ AND TO ORDER CALL 570 424 0138 OR 570 412 2485. THEN ON SUNDAY THE 26TH IS THE WORLD FAMOUS MAZEPPA MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY. PARADE STARTS AT 6 PM AND OUR SPEAKER THIS YEAR IS RICK BRESSLER.

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

Saturday, May 25, 2019

POSTCARDS

Thursday, May 23, 2019

FLAGS AND PARADE

Sunday, May 12, 2019

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS

PICTURES OF MAZEPPA

MY EMAIL

WELCOME TO MAZEPPA

About Me

Blog Archive

2016 MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

THE WW2 HONOR ROLL IS COMING BACK HOME TO MAZEPPA

ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE

IF THIS ISN'T HEAVEN WHAT IS

MY FISHING BUDDIES

THE PUPPET SHOW

MAZEPPA PARADE

WADING BUFFALO CREEK IN MAZEPPA

ROBERTA WALTER SCHOLARSHIP

MAZEPPA HISTORY