NEWSPAPERS

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS THAT WERE SENT TO ME THE FIRST IS FROM COWAN BUT MENTIONS MR AND MRS HOMER WAGNER OF MAZEPPA.   NEXT 2 ARE FROM LEWISBURG SATURDAY NEWS 12/22/1906.   LAST IS LEWISBURG SATURDAY NEWS 3/26/1936

SANTA

THIS IS FROM THE MANNA'S CHRISTMAS PART ON 12/19/19 .  PLAYING SANTA IS DON TURNER AND HIS HELPER IS DAUGHTER ANNIKA.   CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AT MAZEPPA UNION IS 7 PM AND HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US

CHRISMON TREE

THE WEATHER CAUSED LIGHT ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH TODAY BUT STILL A BIG DAY.  THE CONFIRMATION CLASS DECORATED THE CHRISMON TREE AND THE CHURCH PRESENTED ME WITH A $ 500 CHECK.  THE DONATION AIDS OUR VETERANS DAY BENEFIT AND WE HEAD TO HOLLIDAYSBURG ON SATURDAY.  ALONG WITH HAND MADE BLANKETS , CLOTHES AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS WE WILL BE GIVING THE VA HOME NEARLY $ 2400 IN GIFT CARDS AND MONEY

SANDRA BEAVER

SADLY WE LOST SANDRA I. BEAVER AND THE FAMILY LIVED IN MAZEPPA FOR MANY YEARS.   SANDRA PASSED ON NOVEMBER 24 , 2019 AND WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 20 , 1940.  ON JUNE 21 , 1958 SHE MARRIED DONALD BEAVER WHO SURVIVES.  ALSO SURVIVING ARE THEIR SON DONALD AND TWO DAUGHTERS CINDY AND NOEL

PAUL BYLER

LATE IN POSTING THIS BUT SADLY PAUL LESTER BLYLER PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 1 , 2019.  HE AND HIS WIFE BETTY LIVED IN MAZEPPA FOR MANY YEARS AND WERE NEIGHBORS WHEN I LIVED THERE.  BORN JUNE 2 , 1941 AND THE SON OF ELWOOD AND ISOBEL BLYLER.   A 1959 GRADUATE OF MILTON HIGH AND HE WORKED FOR CONAGRA. ALSO SURVIVING ARE DAUGHTERS RENEE VONADA AND PAULA OKKERSE.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

WHEN ANNA VISITED FROM THE UKRAINE THE DAILY ITEM COVERED THE INTERNATIONAL EVENT.  A FELLA IN NORRY READ THE STORY AND IS NOW EMAILING ME ARTICLES ABOUT MAZEPPA FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS.  AS I GET THEM I WILL ADD THEM TO A NEW FOLDER I STARTED ON THE  - IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA - FACEBOOK PAGE.   THESE RANGE FROM 1905 - 1906

LAST DAY

A FEW WEEKS LATE ADDING THESE PICTURES PERCY.  LAST WADE DOWN THE CREEK FOR THE YEAR AS THE CREEK WAS LOW AND ADD IN THE VEGETATION AND THE LEAVES FALLING ON THE WATER....I WILL WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR TO HIT THE WATER AGAIN.  BUT GREAT FALL FOLIAGE ALONG WITH WILDFLOWERS AND THE ONE NICE FISH I CAUGHT AND A GREAT PIC OF A KINGFISHER.