MAZEPPA PA

Sunday, April 26, 2020

2nd DAY OUT

A WEEK LATE AGAIN PERCY BUT MY TIME IS LIMITED WITH ALL THE OVERTIME AT THE WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW. ONLY CAUGHT ONE BUT A DANDY 14 INCH RAINBOW. 2 PAIRS OF GEESE NESTING AND PICS OF BOTH. THE YELLOW FLOWERS WERE IDENTIFIED AS TROUT LILLIES BY ONE OF MY SCHOLARSHIP KIDS. AND WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE WOODPECKER HOLE ENDS UP BEING USED BY A WOOD DUCK

Saturday, April 18, 2020

FIRST DAY

A WEEK LATE WITH THIS PERCY BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. HAD MY BEST FIRST DAY OF FISHING EVER ! LAST SATURDAY I SNAGGED 8 AND THE HIGHLIGHTERS WERE A 13 INCH BROOKIE....14 INCH RAINBOW AND A 16 INCH BROWNIE. THE BIGGEST TROUT I EVER PULLED OUT OF BUFFALO CREEK. THE LAST PHOTO IS THE VIEW AS I STEPPED OUT OF THE CREEK. TONS OF WILDLIFE TOO WITH GEESE....3 TYPES OF DUCKS.....WOODPECKERS.....KINGFISHERS....AND WILDFLOWERS

Sunday, March 15, 2020

2 DONATIONS

A DOUBLE DONATION AT CHURCH TODAY. JEAN AND SUSAN WALLS PRESENTED ME WITH $ 100 FROM THE AUXILIARY AT THE YODER - ZIMMERMAN VFW IN MIFFLINBURG. ALSO RICKY GAVE ME $ 100 IN WALMART GIFT CARDS THAT WERE GIVEN BY A VETERAN. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT IS MAKING OUR FIRST MID YEAR DONATION TO THE HOLLIDAYSBURG VETERANS HOME A HUGE SUCCESS

Monday, February 17, 2020

WILLIAM FISHER

WAYNE STAHL SHARED A PHOTO WITH ME TONIGHT AND THIS IS OF HIS GREAT GRANDPARENTS FAMILY. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON A FARM ON THE HILL SCHOOL ROAD. TO SEE MORE ABOUT IT PLEASE VISIT MY FACEBOOK PAGE : IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA. THIS IS TRULY AWESOME AND THANKS SO MUCH TO WAYNE FOR SHARING IT

Sunday, February 16, 2020

TRICIA

WE WERE TREATED AT CHURCH TODAY WITH THE WONDERFUL VOICE OF TRICIA LLOYD ZECHMAN ! HERE PICTURED WITH GRANDMA THELMA. JUST A FABULOUS VOICE AND HOPE SHE COMES BACK TO VISIT AGAIN !

Saturday, January 18, 2020

THANKS BETTY

MORE SCHOOL PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY BETTY BLYLER. BUFFALO CROSSROADS...MAZEPPA AND THE HILL SCHOOL THAT WAS JUST EAST OF MAZEPPA

Sunday, January 12, 2020

DICK BOWER

WE LOST ONE OF OUR HEROES LAST SUNDAY WHEN DICK BOWER PASSED AWAY. A MEMBER OF MAZEPPA UNION AND HE MADE IT TO THE CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AND MADE THE NIGHT SO SPECIAL. A WW2 ARMY AIR CORPS VETERAN AND PART OF MANY BOMBING MISSIONS. WE WILL REALLY MISS DICK

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

Sunday, April 26, 2020

2nd DAY OUT

Saturday, April 18, 2020

FIRST DAY

Sunday, March 15, 2020

2 DONATIONS

Monday, February 17, 2020

WILLIAM FISHER

Sunday, February 16, 2020

TRICIA

Saturday, January 18, 2020

THANKS BETTY

Sunday, January 12, 2020

DICK BOWER

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