FIRST WADE OF 2017

A FEW DAYS LATE ADDING THIS POST BUT I HAD MY FIRST DAY OF FISHING IN THE OLD HOMETOWN AND WHAT A DAY IT WAS.  IN MY 50 YEARS OF FISHING BUFFALO CREEK I DON'T THINK I EVER CAUGHT MORE THAN 2 TROUT IN ANY GIVEN DAY.  MONDAY WAS OUR USUAL DAY OFF AFTER EASTER AND I HEADED TO THE CREEK.  I CAUGHT 6 TROUT AND THREE WERE REAL BEAUTYS.  THE LARGEST WAS IN THAT 16 - 17  INCH RANGE.  LOTS OF WILDLIFE TOO WITH A FOX SQUIRREL....PILEATED WOODPECKER....WOOD DUCKS....MALLARDS......MERGANZERS AND THE CANADIAN GEESE THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES.  AS SOON AS I JUMPED IN THE CREEK I SAW ONE OF THE EAGLES.  ONLY NEGATIVE TO THE DAY WAS I FELL IN THE WATER AS I SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND THE CURRENT JUST TOOK ME OVER AS I WAS STANDING ON ONE FOOT.  BUT PEOPLE HAVE SAID I AM ALL WET FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.     :  )

RALPH MACK

RAPLH HENRY  " PETE " MACK , LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE MAZEPPA AREA , PASSED AWAY , APRIL 15, 2017.  HE LIVED ON SPRUCE RUN ROAD FOR 59 YEARS.  BORN  AUGUST 4 , 1926 AND THE SON OF RALPH AND DAISY MACK.  ON NOVEMBER 15, 1947 HE MARRIED LIONA REEDY.  HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WW2 AND WAS EMPLOYED AT THE SHIPPERS CAR LINE IN MILTON.  HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON RALPH  MACK JR AND A DAUGHTER NANCY KEEFER.  HIS BURIAL WILL BE IN THE MAZEPPA CEMETERY.  ANY DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF UNION COUNTY  -  C/ O DEBBIE TRIMBLE - 2737 SMOKETOWN ROAD , LEWISBURG PA 17837

DOROTHY BAKER

SADLY  WE LOST ONE OF THE LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF MAZEPPA AND A FRIEND TO ALL ,  DOROTHY BAKER PASSED AWAY JANUARY 5 , 2017 .    BORN AUGUST 10, 1918 SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF  HERMAN AND RUTH KEEFER AND WAS MARRIED TO LESTER BAKER WHO PASSED AWAY JANUARY 29 , 2005.  A MEMBER OF THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH AND SO MANY OF US WILL REMEMBER HER  A COOK AT BUFFALO CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  SURVIVED BY SON BILL AND  HIS WIFE SANDRA.   TWO GRANDCHILDREN JEFF BAKER AND LYNN SWANK.    ALSO A SISTER HELEN MILLER AND WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY 2 BROTHERS  HENRY AND WILLIAM KEEFER.   ON A PERSONAL NOTE I WILL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW A KINDER PERSON IN MY LIFE AND SO MANY FOND MEMORIES OF  BOTH DOROTHY AND LESTER AND PLENTY OF GREAT STORIES  FROM MY TIMES SPENT WITH THEM.

MANNA CHRISTMAS PARTY

MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH HELD THEIR CHRISTMAS

PARTY FOR THE MAZEPPA MANNA ON DECEMBER 14 , 2016.  A WAY TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA WOULD GET SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS.  A TRUE BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY AND BETH HACKENBERG DOES A FABULOUS JOB OVERSEEING THE MANNA AND ALL IT DOES.

MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH

MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH RECENTLY CELEBRATED IT'S 175TH ANNIVERSARY AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM

THE SPECIAL SERVICE THEY HELD AT THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BUFFALO CROSSROADS AND ALSO AT THE CHURCH IN MAZEPPA. GREAT ONE OF RICKY PHILLIPS RIDING IN ON A HORSE.  ALSO PICTURED IS RICKY WITH DICK BOWERS.

MAZEPPA UNION

MIGHT SURPRISE SOME TO KNOW THAT MAZEPPA UNION IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN UNION COUNTY WITH A CONTINUAL MEMBERSHIP. WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 175TH ANNIVERSARY AND PART OF IT IS A SPECIAL SERVICE AT THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BUFFLAO CROSSROADS WHERE PASTOR RICKY PHILLIPS WILL RIDE IN ON A HORSE

LAST WADE

WELL PERCY MY LAST ENTRY ABOUT FISHING FOR THE SEASON. GOT OUT LAST SUNDAY AND ONLY CAUGHT ONE CHUB BUT LOTS OF WILDLIFE AND THE LEAVES WERE GORGEOUS. ADDING PICTURES TO THIS POST INCLUDING OF ONE THE EAGLES WE HAVE IN MAZEPPA. HAD A WILD EXPERIENCE WHILE FISHING AS ONE OF THE MATURE EAGLES CAME DOWN TO GRAP A FISH JUST A FEW FEET FROM ME IN THE CREEK. WHEN HE SAW ME IT SWOOPED RIGHT BACK UP AND NEVER GOT HE FISH.