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Volunteer EMS chaplain Frank Poley is trained in CPR and first aid
but said there is no special training needed “to love someone in troubled times.”
79 Years of Outdoor
Movies
page 10
Elder Mediation Can
Help Resolve Conflicts
page 17
Inside:
By Lori Van Ingen
Frank Poley is there for families, patients, and EMS staff whenever tragedy
strikes.
“When suddenly someone loses a husband, wife, or even a child, I’m
there for them. I feel for them. I stay on the scene until a coroner comes and
I stay with the family as long as they want,” the Cumberland Goodwill
Emergency Medical Services volunteer chaplain said.
Poley, an ordained chaplain with the Penn Del district of the Assemblies
of God, doesn’t have any special training in chaplaincy.
“What prepared me is my deep faith in the Lord above. All I do is open
my mouth and God takes care of it. The right words come out,” he said.
“One thing God has given me is an overdose of compassion.”
Losing children is the hardest. The youngest one was only 5 days old
when there was a home accident in which a parent fell asleep and
accidentally smothered the child.
He also helped the family of a 1-month-old, where it was later determined
the baby died of shaken-baby syndrome caused by the father.
“The EMTs were crying their eyes out. They could be anywhere else, but
they chose to be first responders,” Poley said. “The doctor gave me the sign
the baby was dead and I had to tell the dad. I also had to reach out to the
Solace forWounded Spirits
please see SOLACE page 18
In Crises, Volunteer EMS Chaplain
Offers Comfort
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Book Review
The newest addition to the Images
of America series is Pennsylvania’s
Covered Bridges from local
author Fred J. Moll. The book boasts
more than 200 vintage images and
memories of days gone by.
Starting in the early
1800s, Pennsylvania’s rich
forests provided natural
material for the construction
of more than 1,500 covered
bridges across the state. The
first covered bridge was
built in 1805.
Pennsylvania’s Covered
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covered bridges as well as
those that have survived
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railroad covered bridges that have been
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This book invites the reader to step
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Pennsylvania’s Covered Bridges is
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About the AuthorFred J. Moll grew up in
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from the Philadelphia
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When today’s geriatric
seniors were high school
seniors, they took for
granted certain informational
resources would continue to be
available for many decades—
especially libraries.
Some of these resources no longer
exist (e.g., Sears’ mail-order catalog),
some are fading (e.g., the black-and-
white phone directory), and others
seem threatened (e.g., the postal
service, newspapers).
The postal service may yet
reinvent itself by resurrecting a
modernized version of the
Railway Express, a predecessor
of today’s United Parcel Service.
The Railway Express was owned
by the railways.
Newspapers may survive by
concentrating their staff ’s
reportorial coverage to state,
county, and local topics,
limiting their national and
international coverage.
Public libraries may never see
their own reincarnations but
may simply disappear as the
Internet dominates the
informational-search domain
and electronic books (“e-
books”) replace printed
versions.
E-books already have captured an
estimated 10 percent of all consumer
book sales as of October 2010, up
from 3.3 percent in late 2009,
according to Read Write Web.
Amazon.com reported that during
its fourth quarter of 2010, it sold
more electronic books than
paperbacks.
Public libraries are funded by
municipalities or counties. In
budget-cutting times, public
libraries and parks are the first to
have their funding slashed.
The libraries today’s seniors
visited in their youth often were
funded in large part by the
philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie.
From 1881 through 1917, Carnegie
helped start 1,689 public libraries by
requiring municipalities to provide
only the land while committing to
undertake the maintenance and
management of the library.
By 2007 there were 9,214 public-
library systems having a total of
16,604 locations, according to the
U.S. Census Bureau. This is a slight
increase from the 9,137 public-
library systems in 2002. It is
doubtful if we will see any growth in
the decade following 2007.
Fortunately, there are many
public-school “libraries.” As of 2007,
they numbered 76,807, according to
the Census Bureau. Frequently they
are called media centers because they
fall far short of being a traditional
library with well-stocked shelves.
Public-school libraries cannot
provide the services found at public
libraries. The latter have been
indispensable resources for all age
groups. Today, public libraries have
become popular Internet-access sites.
The Census Bureau reports an
average of 12.5 Internet terminals
per public library location, ranging
from an average of 19.4 in
Maryland to 4.5 in Nevada.
The specter of closed libraries
remains a real possibility. Already
one municipality, Salinas, Calif., has
closed most of its library locations
because of financial constraints.
Boston considered closing four of its
26 branches in early 2010 as the
state reduced its share of funding for
the library system from $8.9 million
to a proposed $2.4 million.
Other public-library systems that
closed some of their branches are
Seattle, Denver, Honolulu, and
cities in Ohio, New York, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, and Michigan.
Before libraries are shut down,
many jurisdictions will choose to
reduce library hours. According to
Public Library Funding & Technology
Access Study 2009-2010, published
June 2010, “just under 15 percent of
libraries (up from 4.5 percent in
2009) report that they decreased
their operating hours in the past
year … further reductions in library
hours and closures in more
locations seem likely.”
The just-under 15 percent
figure was based on all libraries
nationwide. The study found the
figure for urban libraries alone
was a painful 24 percent.
Like newspapers, libraries
furnish a fundamental service in
democratic societies by providing
information and education on
which the electorate can make
informed choices. Some of us
received the better part of our
education in public libraries.
Samuel Clemens, better
known as Mark Twain (1835-
1910), educated himself in
public libraries, such as they
were then. He preferred their
expansive resources compared to
public schools. That education took
place in the evenings while Clemens
was employed as a typesetter. Many
of today’s seniors may have shared
this kind of educational experience.
Like the movie theaters of past
decades, the public library may not
survive as a local institution. Its
demise would be one more loss of
interaction between individuals,
families, and their local
communities.
Walt Sonneville, a retired market-
research analyst, is the author of My 22Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinionof a Senior Citizen, a book of personal-
opinion essays, free of partisan and
sectarian viewpoints. A Musing Moment:Meditative Essays on Life and Learning,
was released in January 2012. Contact
him at [email protected].
My 22 Cents’ Worth
Walt Sonneville
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Iam often asked to evaluate
autographs of famous people. Some
autographs are found on a personal
letter or note, on a glossy photograph,
or even on a piece of scrap paper. There
are some rules of thumb when it comes
to assessing autographs.
For instance, content is always king.
With all autographs, value is increased
if the autograph is accompanied by
some content relating to the famous
person who signed their name. To have
content that relates to the signer with
an authentic autograph is more valuable
to collectors than just a simple
autograph.
For example, a letter signed by
Marilyn Monroe complaining about her
failing marriage to husband and
baseball great Joe DiMaggio is much
more valuable than just a cocktail
napkin with Marilyn Monroe’s signature
on it.
Master of the Mouse
One of best-known autographs is that
of the American entertainment icon Walt
Disney. Disney’s
signature actually
became the logo for
the Walt Disney
Company and for
the Walt Disney
Classics Collection.
The logo is based on
Disney’s signature
from the early
1940s and was used
on company
artwork.
Walt Disney autographs were signed
by both Disney and by his authorized
employees. Over the years, at least a
dozen Disney Studios staff members
signed Walt Disney’s name to comics, fan
items, promotional material, etc. The
most common authorized signatures of
Walt Disney were signed by Hank Porter
during the 1930s and 1940s and, later,
by Bob Moore in the 1950s.
Artist Bob Moore
joined The Walt
Disney Studios as
an apprentice
animator in 1940.
He contributed to
animated classics
such as Dumbo, The
Three Caballeros,
and Make Mine
Music. Moore was
named head of the
publicity and
marketing department and designed
Disney movie posters, Christmas cards,
logos, and letterheads.
He was one of Disney’s official
“autographers” and he signed numerous
items (photographs and letters) with
Disney’s famous signature. He designed
Sam the Eagle for the 1984 Olympic
Games and murals housed in Walt
Disney Elementary Schools located in
Tullytown, Pa., and Anaheim, Calif.
Walt Disney never drew the popular
Sunday newspaper Mickey Mouse comic
strip or comic book nor did he sign all of
his autographs, either. Every piece of
artwork was “signed” with a Walt Disney
signature, but Walt Disney did not
provide every signature. Some signatures
came from a production artist, not from
Disney himself.
Sign Here!
Authentic Walt Disney autographs,
those that Disney signed by his own
hand, differ depending on the stage of
his life. The signatures dating to the
Assessing Walt Disney Autographs
Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Dr. Lori
Photo Courtesy of www.DrLoriV.com
Detail of a Mickey Mouse comic strip
with Walt Disney signature.
please see DISNEY page 7
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Community: The Casserole of Life
Preventive Measures
Wendell Fowler
After overcoming terminal heart
disease, I gradually eased back
into society and soon discovered
my real friends.
I was pleasantly pleased by those left
standing: my loyal, loving family;
members of my village; loyal business
peers; and some colleagues. Most chef
peers dumped me when they learned I
gave up meat, cigarettes, boozing, and
lost 100 belt-busting pounds, since
stereotypically it’s documented that no
one trusts a skinny, sober chef.
Call me an idealistic, people-pleasing
Pollyanna, but I love my fellow
earthlings and cherish spending social
time with family and community,
kibitzing, eating, cooking, learning about
life, hugging, sharing, bragging, holding
court, retelling bad jokes, networking,
and being genuinely involved in their
needs, concerns, and contributions to
our mutual village.
We can all agree socializing in a
pleasant environment of like minds
makes humans happier and healthier.
The madcap,
imperfect
human
animal is
transformed
by mingling
and
associating
with other
humans. The
socializing
role of
community
is also
important to
the health, peace, and sanity of our
teetering civilization.
The phrase “sense of community”
seems to be on everyone’s lips these days.
Do you recognize the valuable services
within your community and treasure
their contributions that support your
family’s physical well-being, mental
health, piety,
quality of
their lifestyle,
and
ultimately,
peace of
mind?
My own
social and
business
community is
one large,
extended
family, and
that’s
something quite extraordinary. Where
would we be without our homegrown
proprietors: the eco-friendly family farm
produce stands, early-rising dairy
farmers, brilliant artisans, nocturnal
delivery trucks brimming with fresh
produce?
Or the dentists who nag at us to floss,
the smiling family-owned jeweler, the
local coffeehouse barista, the jovial spirits
merchants who sell the red wine that
keeps your cholesterol ratio in check and
your tongue loose, the trusted family
physician, and the gym rats at your
neighborhood health club where we
sweat and schmooze with compassionate
friends? They all affect your mental,
spiritual, and physical health.
Laughter is outstanding food for the
soul. Hearty laughter gives our lungs and
hearts a workout, strengthens our
immune systems, and may help lower
blood pressure. In this crazy, stressful, yet
gorgeous, green world, it’s vitally relevant
to nurture our sense of humor and
personal integrity and back away from
please see COMMUNITY page 9
1920s differ from those of the early
1960s. He signed his name in both
cursive and block print (known as
Roman lettering), and he used every type
of writing instrument to sign his name,
including pencils, markers, fountain
pens, ballpoint pens, and crayons.
Disney redesigned his own signature
over the years, in very much the same
way he changed the appearance of
Mickey Mouse. The most common Walt
Disney signatures date from the period
after 1954, when Disney was seen
regularly on television, and up to the
time of his death in 1967 at age 65.
These autographs are among the most
popular and collectible.
On Discovery channel’s Auction Kings,
I will highlight a collection of famous
autographs and their worth while
demonstrating the tricks so you can spot
a fake. It is interesting to note that an
authentic Disney autograph can actually
command more money from collectors
than most autographs of our U.S.
presidents. About 40 of our presidents’
autographs are worth less on the
collectibles market than an authentic
Walt Disney autograph. What’s more, it
has been said that Disney’s autograph is
the most recognizable in the world.
Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-
winning TV personality, Dr. Lori presents
antique appraisal events nationwide. Dr. Lori
is the expert appraiser on the hit TV show
Auction Kings on Discovery channel, which
airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Visit
www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/
DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.
The End of Alzheimer’s Starts with YOU …It only takes two words—Alzheimer’s
disease—to stop life in its tracks. Every
68 seconds, someone in America
develops the currently cureless disease.
Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that
causes problems with memory, thinking,
and behavior. It is not a normal part of
aging, although the greatest risk factor is
age. Symptoms usually develop slowly
and get worse over time, becoming
severe enough to interfere with daily
tasks.
Alzheimer’s is the most common form
of dementia—a general term for
memory loss and other intellectual
abilities serious enough to interfere with
daily life. It accounts for 50 to 80
percent of dementia cases.
Alzheimer’s disease is a growing
epidemic and is now the nation’s sixth-
leading cause of death. As baby boomers
age, the number of individuals living
with Alzheimer’s disease will rapidly
escalate, increasing beyond today’s
estimated 5.4 million Americans living
with Alzheimer’s.
With more than 280,000
Pennsylvanians living with Alzheimer’s,
there has never been a greater need for
the citizens of South-Central
Pennsylvania to join in the fight against
Alzheimer’s disease by participating in
the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s is more than
just a walk for more than 1,700 locals;
it’s a reflection of their unique journey
and experiences with Alzheimer’s and
their commitment to end the disease.
Our walkers drive our mission, and their
reasons for walking fuel our efforts to
reach our vision: a world without
Alzheimer’s …
Why We Walk …
I was just diagnosed at age 52 with
early onset Alzheimer’s. I was a nurse and
lost my job. I have been laughed at, yelled
at, and called stupid because of
Alzheimer’s. We need to spread awareness
and raise funds to conquer this battle of
Alzheimer’s. – Mary Read, Mary’s Early
Onset Alzheimer Fighters, Lancaster
WTEA
We walk in loving memory and in
honor of my dad. His great-grandchildren
(ages 2 through 7), that he never had the
chance to know, are walking for him as
well. We also walk for friends and other
relatives that have been affected by this
horrific disease in hopes that one day, no
family or person will have to suffer from
the effects of Alzheimer’s. By walking,
raising funds, and raising awareness,
maybe one day our hopes will become
reality. – Dee Promutico, Love Time 54,
York WTEA
I walk to raise awareness about the
disease that is taking my mother from me.
I watch my mother-in-law fade away and
know that this is not what I want for my
son and grandson. I don’t ever want them
to forget just how much I love them. I don’t
want them to forget each other. –
Catherine Chilcoat, Kit Dot Dash,
Lancaster WTEA
Why Will You Walk …
By participating in the Walk to End
Alzheimer’s, you are leading the way!
Together, we can raise awareness and
funds to enhance Alzheimer’s care and
support and advance research.
Please join us at one of our local
walks:
Saturday, Sept. 8Harrisburg, City Island
Registration at 8:30 a.m.
Walk at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15York, Morgan-Cousler Park
Registration at 9:30 a.m. Walk at 11 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22Lancaster, Long’s Park
Registration at 8 a.m. Walk at 10:30 a.m.
September 8, 2012City Island, Harrisburg
Registration at 8:30 a.m. • Walk at 10:30 a.m.
Tiffani Chambers, Constituent Relations Manager
Alzheimer’s Association
(717) 651-5020 [email protected]
Alzheimer’s Association
3544 N. Progress Avenue, Suite 205 • Harrisburg, PA 17110
Registration brochures, team packets, and sponsorshippackets available. Please call (717) 651-5020 or email
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Creativity Matters
Judith Zausner
orget the old saying “less is more.”
Minimalists thrived on that belief
because it validated their art, but
the contemporary fashion niche
embraced by Iris Apfel makes a different
statement.
Turn your head 180 degrees and open
your eyes wide and your mind even
wider. There she is: a fashion maverick;
an irreverent renegade; a defiant, creative
spirit; and a marvel of an exquisite
opulence of wearables.
“I’m a geriatric starlet, my dear, don’t
you know,” she said. “All of a sudden,
I’m hot; I’m cool; I have a ‘fan base.’”
With a rising cult of diverse people
spilling around her amazing presence,
Apfel is taking her show on the road.
The HSN road, that is. Middle America
is fascinated and wants this design
eccentricity to be a brand in their lives.
Naturally, much will be in translation.
For example, her classic owl-shape
eyeglasses will be featured in a scarf print
and tribal-type necklaces are modified
with respect to design and price.
Apfel was always a fashion maven.
“My mother worshipped at the altar
of accessories, and I got the bug. She
always said, ‘If you have a good, little,
simple black dress and you have different
accessories, you can have 27 different
outfits.” So she learned early.
“The fun of getting dressed is that it is
a creative experience and I never know
what it’s going to be.”
She assiduously edits her ensembles,
often wearing a basic architectural type
of garment that can be accessorized
dramatically. In 2005, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City
presented an exhibition about Apfel
called “Rara Avis (Rare Bird): The
Irreverent Iris Apfel.” It was so successful
that they created a traveling version that
could be viewed by other audiences.
“Composing the elements of interior
and composing an ensemble are part and
parcel of the same thought process,” says
Apfel.
So she was a natural watching her
father in his business, working with high-
end mirrors that focused on interiors.
This passion for interiors catapulted the
careers of Apfel and her husband, Carl.
Serendipitously they started working
with Old World Weavers in search of a
certain cloth and then began to travel
worldwide looking for both exotic fabrics
and historically based designs that could
be replicated by these foreign specialty
mills. It was through this work that she
was asked to consult for the White
House interior for Presidents Truman,
Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson,
Carter, Reagan, and Clinton.
Married 64 years, she and her almost
100-year-old husband wear the same
perfume called Yatagan by Caron, which
is hard to find so they store it in big
containers in the refrigerator. They also
wear similar, round spectacles. An
amazing couple, they have been very
successful in their fabric business and,
despite retirement from Old World
Weavers in the 1990s, it’s clear that
Apfel’s fame is soaring.
This radical fashion icon will be
featured in an upcoming documentary
by Albert Maysles while she continues to
design products for various companies
and has the magnanimous vision to
donate more than 900 pieces from her
wardrobe to the Peabody Essex Museum
in Salem, Mass.
Iris Apfel is an iconic legend with the
bravado and mastery of greatness.
Apfel at Age 90:More is More and Less is Simply Less
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engaging in anything negative that
waters down our sense of community.
It’s eternally healthy to laugh at
yourself and not take your bad self so
seriously. Sorry, it’s not always about
you.
Finally, who doesn’t want to identify
with the winning, excitement,
entertainment, and pride offered by the
powerfully built, role-model
thoroughbreds that play sports? The
teamwork and pride of participating in
special community sports programs or
attending a grade school, high school,
college, or professional game is powerful
primal therapy: stress relief. Cheer,
scream, shout, and let it all out! It’s
primal therapy, letting steam off the
kettle before it boils over or explodes.
I’m proud of my rich community of
friends. Each is a part of me. Together
we succeed. Identify, acknowledge, and
treasure yours, maximize your awareness,
and patronize their contributions.
They’re the essence of your family and
village, the main ingredients in the tasty,
nutritious casserole of life. After all, who
we are and what we believe in is the
result of everything we’ve exposed
ourselves to, good and bad.
Locally and globally, we are all the
ingredients of a large, delicious
community. All thriving, living beings
existing in a well-seasoned, structured,
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Our families’ glowing health is a teeny-
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SeptemberSeptember – Her beauty lies
In crisp cool mornings and majestic skies
In tranquil days and longer nights
Most things of summer out of sight
The beach with footprints in the sand
A child with shells tucked in his hand
These things are gone beyond our ken
Next summer to return again
All that is green will turn to gold
With autumn days soon to unfold
Though the joys of summer, we remember
It’s with open hearts we greet September
Written and submitted by Marilyn Beemer
Seaside FriendshipFriendship is like the tumbling sea.
Each rolling wave always brings
Thoughts of friends I cherish most,
Then my heart joyfully sings.
The white tops riding far at sea
Remind me of those special friends
Where, though miles stretch far between,
Warm comradeship never ends.
As the tide breaks on the shore,
I watch it ebb and flow.
Memories of those held dear
Fondly come and fondly go.
Again I look far out to sea
Where deepest water meets the sky.
Just as heaven and earth are joined
So friendship, two hearts tie.
Written and submitted by Cynthia M. Morrow
The movie wasn’t so hot
It didn’t have much of a plot
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked
Our reputation is shot.
– “Wake Up Little Susie”
When the Everly Brothers hit
the top of the pop and
country charts in 1957 with
“Wake Up Little Susie,” drive-in movies
were so entrenched in American culture
that even though the song never
mentions “car” or “drive-in,” listeners
understood immediately that the teenage
sweethearts had fallen asleep at the drive-
in.
This year marks the 79th anniversary of
the first drive-in theater. Richard
Hollingsworth Jr. experimented with the
concept by setting a Kodak projector on
the hood of his car and aiming it at a bed
sheet in his backyard. He stuck a radio
behind the screen for sound. After fine-
tuning his experiment, the first drive-in
theater opened outside Camden, N.J., in
June of 1933.
Drive-in movie popularity grew slowly
until the Baby Boom got into full swing
after World War II. To attract young
moms and dads, many drive-ins let kids
in for free. Parents got an outing and
saved babysitting money. They could
smoke and talk in their cars. Babies could
cry.
Competing for the family market,
drive-ins added playgrounds, miniature
golf, and pony rides. Sources differ on the
numbers, but thousands of drive-ins
popped up nationwide in the ’40s and
’50s.
Nowadays, little kids still wear PJs to
the drive-in for the same reason Mom
dressed me in them before we piled into
Dad’s ’49 Ford. No way will tykes stay
awake through a double or triple feature.
Providing privacy for teenagers back
when stay-at-home moms made
afterschool trysts difficult added to the
drive-ins’ market and earned them the
sobriquet “passion pits.” (“What will we
tell our friends when they say, ‘Ooh, la
la?’”) When a girl’s blocking elbow
beeped the horn, it often triggered a
tooting return chorus.
The Harmony (Pa.) Drive-In found
that 50 spaces suited its needs. In Florida
the Ponce De Leon Drive-In got by with
60. In contrast, the Panther Drive-In in
Lufkin, Texas, made room for 3,000. Big-
79 Years of Outdoor Movies
Silver Threads
W.E. Reinka
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city suburbs from Timonium, Md., to
Long Beach, Calif., sported huge lots
capable of handling more than 2,000
cars.
Eventually, land values in urban areas
could not sustain huge lots shut down
half the year by weather. Most
remaining drive-ins are in rural areas.
These days, many “ozoners” back
their minivans or pickups into spaces
rather than watch out the windshield.
Parents unfold lawn chairs while kids
plop mattresses in the pickup bed or
snuggle into sleeping bags to watch out
the open back of the minivan.
Another change is that the
soundtrack usually comes via a local
FM circuit. A boom box works best
with the reverse-car orientation and
saves car-battery juice. Unfortunately,
FM eliminates the entertaining
spectacle of watching someone drive off
with the speaker still attached to the
window.
Drive-in theaters may never return to
their former popularity, but they’re so
darn much fun that the remainders
seem to be thriving. Long lines form at
the Milford (N.H.) drive-in. The Capri
Drive-In in Coldwater, Mich., offers
hotel packages to aficionados who travel
long distances on their drive-in
pilgrimages. Our two college kids insist
that we drive 90 minutes to our nearest
drive-in several times each summer.
Maybe I’ll start wearing PJs again.
I’m usually asleep by the time one of
the kids drives us home.
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Ardelle J. “Teddi” Williams, 78,
served in the Women’s Army
Corps (WACs) from 1952 to
1955 and spent the remainder of her life
in public service and in securing
improved healthcare benefits for female
veterans.
Williams joined the WACs after
graduating from high school in 1952.
Following basic training at Ft. Lee, Va.,
she received leadership training there and
attended surgical technician school at Ft.
Sam Houston, Texas.
It was there that the hospital
specialized in treating severely burned
patients. Williams recalls one soldier
whose face was so badly burned that he
required extensive skin grafts and plastic
surgery to reconstruct his face
completely. She said she did not know
what he finally looked like until she saw
his picture in a later issue of Life
magazine.
Williams married
a soldier, Robert
Killmer, at Ft. Hood,
Texas, and the Army
sent them to Japan
for publicity
purposes “like a
honeymoon,” by way
of Ft. Lawton, Wash.
“While on the
ship, I got notice
that my mother was
terminally ill, with
only about three
months to live, so
they shipped me
right back. My
husband was sent
back to Korea for a
second tour of duty.
My mother died in
1955 right after I
turned 21.” Then it
was on to the Valley
Forge Military
Hospital for
Williams.
She also was
stationed at Ft. Ord,
Calif., for about a
year. While there, she
took part in two
motion pictures
involving the
Women’s Army
Corps: Never Wave at
a WAC (1953),
starring Rosalind
Russell and Paul
Douglas, and Francis
Joins the WACS
(1954), starring
Donald O’Connor,
Julie Adams, and
Francis, the talking
mule. She had her
picture taken with O’Connor and six
other WACs, which appeared in the
April 10, 1954, issue of The Fog Horn,
Ft. Hood’s newspaper.
While in the service, Williams played
basketball and was a softball pitcher. She
made the All-Army basketball team and
played in a benefit game at Ft. Hood
featuring the Harlem Globetrotters. She
received the Korean War Service Ribbon.
After her discharge from the service in
1955 with the rank of PFC, Williams
moved to Long Beach, Calif., and
enrolled at Cerritos Junior College,
where she received an associate degree in
psychology. She worked at Metropolitan
State Hospital and, after additional
schooling, became a licensed psychiatric
technician, working in the San Jose and
Napa State hospitals.
She also did other jobs as well. After
attending the UC/Berkley at Davis, she
was employed as a substance abuse
She Helped Get Improved Healthcarefor Female Vets
Beyond the Battlefield
Alvin S. Goodman
WAC Pvt. Ardelle J. “Teddi” Williams,
shown here after completing
basic training in 1952.
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counselor at a drug detox center and at a
battered women’s shelter, both at Napa.
Williams is a recovering alcoholic and
has been sober since the age of 40. She
used to do a lot of AA meetings but is no
longer active in the program. At age 60
she decided to return to Pennsylvania,
although she has no family here, because
she felt it was too expensive to live in
California.
Williams played an important role in
getting healthcare benefits for female
veterans through the VA. At first, she
had trouble getting treatment from the
VA hospitals, which had concentrated on
male vets. But thanks to the Caregivers
and Veterans Omnibus Health Services
Act of 2010, better health services were
guaranteed for the nation’s nearly 2
million female veterans.
Williams finally received knee
replacements, hip replacements, and
surgery on both arms and breasts. Over
the years, Williams’ perseverance paid off
on a number of fronts, including getting
back surgery for herself and having
women’s bathrooms installed at the VA
hospital.
But she said the Lebanon VA Hospital
is now the best in the nation in
providing services to female veterans.
“They take very good care of me now.”
Williams is a life member of the DAV
and the American Legion. Her hobby is
playing the organ and she enjoys
entertaining the residents of the
independent and assisted living complex
where she now lives.
If you are a mature veteran and have
interesting or unusual experiences in your
military or civilian life, phone Al Goodman
at (717) 541-9889 or email him at
Apples for All
The Green Mountain Gardener
Dr. Leonard Perry
Whether thinking about apple
trees to buy for planting next
season or buying apples from
local farm stands and pick-your-own-
orchards, there are selections for all
manner of tastes and uses. If you’re
looking to pick your own, most states
have a listing of orchards.
If you’re new to growing or picking
apples, the first question you may ask is,
“When is it ripe and ready to pick?” Like
many fruits, if it separates easily with a
slight tug, it is ripe and ready to pick. If
in doubt, cut an apple open. The seeds
should be brown and not still white.
If you’re picking apples slightly green
or unripe, such as to use in cooking or for
storing (it is best to pick slightly unripe
for storing), lift sideways and upwards
with a twist. Make sure not to damage
any of the short stems (spurs) from which
fruit next year will be produced.
Ripe apples should store in the
refrigerator for four to six weeks. The
early apples tend to store for shorter
periods than the late ones. Refrigerate
soon after picking, as apples will ripen six
or more times faster if left at room
temperature.
Don’t cut apples until ready to eat or
cook, as all but a few selections will turn
brown within an hour or two. You can
delay this by soaking slices in an anti-
browning product available at most
grocers or using a mixture of one part
lemon juice to three parts water.
For fresh eating—the “dessert”
apples—try Fuji, Gala, or Golden Russet
for a sweet flavor. For tart apples, try
Granny Smith, Northern Spy, or
Winesap. Some taste both sweet and tart
such as Jonagold, Honey Crisp, and
Mutsu. Since taste is quite personal, you’ll
want to try various ones to see which you
find best. If you don’t already have
favorites, don’t get too worried about
which apples are best for which purposes,
as many do well with multiple uses.
Some of the best for baking uses (pies
and other desserts, for instance) are
Cortland, Empire, Golden Delicious,
Idared, Jonagold, Jonamac, Jonathan,
Liberty, Northern Spy, Rhode Island
Greening, and Stayman Winesap.
For sauces, some make a more chunky
sauce such as Cortland, Empire,
Gravenstein, and Jonathan. Others make
a smoother applesauce, such as McIntosh
and its types and Yellow Transparent.
Cook a red apple with the skin on to
make the sauce pink.
For making cider, your selection will
depend on whether you like it sweet or
more tart. Cortland, McIntosh, and
Idared make a more tart cider, while Red
or Golden Delicious or Empire make a
sweeter cider. For a sweeter aroma from
cider, try Jonathon and Baldwin. Try
some Rhode Island Greening or
crabapples for more astringent cider.
While much store cider may be only
one cultivar, making your own you can
experiment and try various combinations.
Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professor
at the University of Vermont.
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Cumberland County
Calendar of EventsBig Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-447891 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville
Sept. 7, 9:30 a.m. – Explanation of New Voter ID Law
Sept. 19, 9:15 a.m. – Trip to Bent Pine Alpaca Farm
Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m. – Presentation on Atrial Fibrillation
Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-500720 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle
Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center – (717) 732-391598 S. Enola Drive, Enola
Mechanicsburg Place – (717) 697-594797 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg
Southampton Place – (717) 530-8217,www.seniors.southamptontwp.com56 Cleversburg Road, Shippensburg
West Shore Senior Citizens Center – (717) 774-0409122 Geary St., New Cumberland
Just a snippet of what you may be missing …
please call or visit their website for more information.
AARP Driver Safety Programs
Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public.
Sept. 3, 9 to 10 a.m. – Tour of Historic Ironmasters Mansion, Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Sept. 22, 9 a.m. to noon – National Public Lands Day Volunteer Event, Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Introduction to Orienteering, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center
For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.
Sept. 12 and 13, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Hampden Township Recreation Building, 395 S. Sporting Hill
Road, Mechanicsburg, (717) 761-4951
Sept. 25 and 26, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – South Middleton Township Building, 520 Park Drive, Boiling
Springs, (717) 258-4441
Senior Center Activities
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Please send us your press releases so we can let our readers know about free eventsoccurring in Cumberland County! Email preferred to: [email protected]
(717) 770-0140Let help you get the word out!
What’s Happening?
PA State Parks in Cumberland County
Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m.Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group
Chapel Hill United Church of Christ
701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill
(717) 557-9041
Sept. 7, 5 to 8 p.m.Book Signing and Wicked Walk – Joseph Cress
History on High – The Shop
Cumberland County Historical Society
33 W. High St., Carlisle
(717) 249-1626
Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to noonPine Grove Family ProgramTwo-Mile House
1189 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle
(717) 249-7610
Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Steve Zeigler’s New Civil War Book Signing
History on High – The Shop
Cumberland County Historical Society
33 W. High St., Carlisle
(717) 249-1626
Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m.National Active and Retired Federal Employees, WestShore Chapter 1465
VFW Post 6704
4907 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg
(717) 737-1486
www.narfe1465.org
Visitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.
Sept. 18, 1 p.m.Caregiver Support Group
Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren
501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg
(717) 766-8880
Sept. 19, 6:30 p.m.Amputee Support Team Picnic
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center
175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg
(717) 944-2250
www.astamputees.com
Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m.Knee and Hip Pain Seminar
Country Meadows
4905 E. Trindle Road, Mechanicsburg
(717) 249-6112
Sept. 24, noon, 3 p.m., or 5 p.m.Free Tobacco Cessation Classes
Carlisle Regional Medical Center Live Well Center
3 Alexandra Court, Carlisle
(717) 960-4387
If you have an event you would like to
include, please email information to
[email protected] for consideration.
Cumberland County Library Programs
Amelia Givin Library, 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt.Holly Springs, (717) 486-3688
Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle,(717) 243-4642Sept. 19, 1 p.m. – Afternoon Classic Movies at Bosler
New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza,New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820Sept. 6, 10:30 a.m. – Mystery Discussion Group
Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to noon – Write-On Writer’s Workshop
Sept. 17, 6 to 8 p.m. – Great Books Discussion Group:
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., CampHill, (717) 761-3900
East Pennsboro Branch Library, 98 S. Enola Drive,Enola, (717) 732-4274
John Graham Public Library, 9 Parsonage St.,Newville, (717) 776-5900
Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, 16 N. Walnut St.,Mechanicsburg, (717) 766-0171
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28. Dwarf buffalo30. A radio or television antenna35. Strikes with an axe37. Does something wrong39. Like a nose reacting to allergies40. Hipbones41. Element Xe43. ____ Jim snack44. Connected series or group46. Farmer’s storage47. Bristle48. Churchill’s successor50. Your own identity52. Farmer’s ___
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people3. Immense4. Manicurist’s board5. Home to Belgrade6. McCartney or Anka, e.g.7. Rudolph’s friend Hermey, e.g.8. Hawaiian goodbye9. “____ in there!”10. ____ Karenina11. Frown12. Greasy15. Yearn20. Building extension
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The 1930 U.S. Census is
important for researchers because
it was the last census to include
information on immigration and
naturalization, key elements in
researching immigrant ancestors.
The official starting date of the 1930
census was April 1, and it took about a
month to complete. Children born
between the official start date of the
census and the actual day of
enumeration were not included.
Individuals living on the official start
date of the census but deceased by the
actual day of enumeration were
included.
Native Americans (then referred to as
“Indians”) were included in the
enumeration of the general population,
though they were asked different
questions, as were individuals in Alaska.
For example, Native Americans were not
asked about their mother’s country of
origin, but rather, which tribe she
belonged to.
Servicemen were not recorded with
their families in the 1930 census; they
were treated as residents of their duty
posts. When searching for someone in
the military, don’t assume he or she will
be listed in their hometown.
In my last column, I reviewed several
questions asked in the 1930 census,
dealing with home information,
personal description, and place of birth
for individuals who were enumerated.
The next set of questions was headed
“Mother tongue (or native language) of
foreign born,” subtitled “Language
spoken in home before coming to the
United States.”
As previously noted, an immigrant’s
place of birth was to be listed as the
present (1930) name of the country
where he or she was born. The answer
to the language question is important,
because it addresses the ethnicity of the
individual.
For example, a person who was
ethnically Polish
may have been
born in Prussia
(which conquered
parts of Poland),
with a birthplace
listed as Austria
(the 1930 name),
but the “mother
tongue” column
would show
“Polish” as the
language spoken.
This can help in
locating the actual town of birth.
The next set of questions come in
three columns under the heading
“Citizenship, etc.” First, “Year of
immigration to the United States,” then
“Naturalization,” and then “Whether
able to speak English.” You must
appreciate that the date of immigration
is a secondary record; that is, it was the
date given by an individual from
memory, with no documentary
evidence. However, it was generally
given correctly, within one or two years.
The immigration year can be used to
narrow down searches for passenger
manifests. The date can also be
compared to the answer given for “Year
of first marriage” to estimate whether
the person was married before or after
coming to the U.S. If the person was
married before immigration, a marriage
record should exist in the town of
origin; if after, you should search church
and civil records from the U.S. locality
where the immigrant lived.
In the
“Naturalization”
column, you’ll
find one of the
following
abbreviations:
“Na”
(naturalized); “Al”
(alien); or “Pa”
(papers applied
for). If the note is
“Na” or “Pa,” you
can assume that
the individual
applied for or was granted U.S.
citizenship after the date of immigration
and before April 1, 1930.
Further research in the seat of the
county where the immigrant lived may
turn up his or her naturalization
records, which will contain a wealth of
background information. If a person’s
status was “Al” (alien), he or she would
have had to apply for citizenship
sometime after April 1, 1930, or failing
that, either register as an alien or return
to their homeland.
The next questions cover
“occupation,” “industry,” and “class of
worker.” Employers were noted by “E,”
wage or salaried workers as “W,” and a
person who was working on his or her
own account was “O.” If a person was
working without pay it was noted as
“NP.” Passenger manifests and records
from towns of origin may also give
occupations. Compare them to confirm
identities.
Under “employment,” the census
asked whether at work previous day (or
last regular working day)—or, if not, it
asked for the line number on an
unemployment schedule (these
schedules no longer exist).
Under “veterans,” for those who
answered yes, the appropriate war was
noted as “WW” for World War (by
1930, there had been only one), “Sp”
for Spanish-American War, “Civ” for
Civil War, “Phil” for Philippine
Insurrection, “Box” for Boxer Rebellion,
and “Mex” for Mexican Expedition.
Records for many of these wars still exist
and can be searched for further
information.
Finally, a column showed “Number
of farm schedule.” These schedules no
longer exist, except for Alaska, Guam,
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,
and Puerto Rico.
Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to
contact him by writing to 438 Maynard
Drive, Amherst, NY 14226; by email at
[email protected]; or by visiting
www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogy
Tips.htm. His new historical fiction novel,
The Lady of the Wheel, is available through
Amazon.com.
More About the 1930 Census
The Search for Our Ancestry
Angelo Coniglio
“The 1930 U.S. Census
was the last census to
include information
on immigration and
naturalization.
“
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Dear Savvy Senior,
What can you tell me about elder
mediation for resolving family conflicts? My
mother has Alzheimer’s disease, and to
make matters worse, my three siblings and I
have been perpetually arguing about how to
handle her care and finances. Would this
type of service be helpful to us?
– Tired of Fighting
Dear Tired,
If your siblings are willing, elder care
mediation may be
just what your
family needs to
help you work
through your
disagreements.
Here’s what you
should know.
Elder Mediation
While
mediators have
been used for
years to help
divorcing couples sort out legal and
financial disagreements and avoid court
battles, elder care mediation is a relatively
new and specialized field designed to
help families resolve disputes that are
related to aging parents or other elderly
relatives.
Family disagreements over an ill or
elderly parent’s caregiving needs, living
arrangements, financial decisions, and
medical care are some of the many issues
that an elder care mediator can help
with. But don’t confuse this with family
or group therapy. Mediation is only
about decision making, not feelings and
emotions.
The job of an elder mediator is to step
in as a neutral third party to help ease
family tensions, listen to everyone’s
concerns, hash out disagreements and
misunderstandings, and help your family
make decisions that are acceptable to
everyone.
Good mediators can also assist your
family in identifying experts such as
estate planners, geriatric care managers,
or healthcare or financial professionals
who can supply important information
for family decision making.
Your family also needs to know that
the mediation process is completely
confidential and voluntary, and it can
take anywhere from a few hours to
several meetings, depending on the
complexity of your issues. And if some
family members live far away, a
speakerphone or webcam can be used to
bring everyone together.
If you’re interested in hiring a private
elder care mediator, you can expect to
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$400 per hour, depending on where you
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nonprofit
community
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that charges little
to nothing.
Since there’s no
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or national
credentialing
required for elder
mediators, make
sure the person
you choose has extensive experience with
elder issues and be sure you ask for
references and check them. Most elder
mediators are attorneys, social workers,
counselors, or other professionals who
are trained in mediation and conflict
resolution.
To locate an elder mediator, start by
calling your area agency on aging, which
may be able to refer you to local
resources. Or try websites like
eldercaremediators.com and
mediate.com. Both of these sites have
directories that will let you search for
mediators in your area.
Or, use the National Association for
Community Mediation website
(www.nafcm.org) to search for free or
low-cost, community-based mediation
programs in your area.
Savvy Tip: The Center for Social
Gerontology (see www.tcsg.org) provides
some good information on their website,
including an online brochure titled
Caring for an Older Person and Facing
Difficult Decisions? Consider Mediation.
Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the
NBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org.
Elder Mediation CanHelp Resolve Conflicts
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mom, who was incarcerated. The warden
allowed her to come to the hospital with
two guards.
“I only hug, hold, and love ’em,”
Poley said.
He also prayed over the infant and
was asked to tell the 6-year-old daughter.
When he told her he was a chaplain,
she said she knew him because he had
prayed over her previously when she was
sick. She asked him how her sister was.
“I said, ‘Jesus came and took your
sister, but you’ll have a chance to see her
again.’”
Poley recalled another incident when
he was called during off-duty hours.
“The husband died at the kitchen
table while the wife was there. I just held
her and reached out to her pastor. I
wanted her to be as comfortable as
possible. She got one of my hankies—my
pants are loaded with pockets and I
always have a few hankies since I go
through them. Two or three weeks later,
a box arrived with a note which said,
‘You were there when I needed you.
Enclosed find all my dead husband’s
hankies. I’m sure you’ll put them to good
use.’”
The Cumberland Goodwill EMS
chaplaincy program began in 2008 after
Pastor Chuck Kish of Bethel Assembly of
God in Carlisle told Chief Bobby Pine
about his brainstorm following a bad
accident in the area.
“He thought there should be an outlet
for providers to have counseling,
someone to talk to, after a bad call,” Pine
said.
There were chaplaincy programs for
police departments, but none for EMS
since they are “two different animals,” he
said.
At first, the program took heat from
EMS personnel because they didn’t think
chaplains belonged in the ambulances,
and there was a fear of the chaplains
being overtly religious and pushy.
But after a few months, the fears were
gone.
The EMS chaplains are all trained in
CPR and basic first aid so they could
help if they would ever be needed, but
their main responsibility is to provide
comfort, spiritually.
“It’s easier on my crew. We fix
something and transport. We’re not grief
counselors. Dealing with family is not
our forté. The chaplains go (to the
family) and allow us to do our job with
the patient,” Pine said.
Poley sometimes prays with his
charges, “but I’m not pushy. I ask them,
‘Do you mind if I pray for you?’ If they
don’t want me to, I back off.”
“We’re blessed to have Frank,” Pine
said. “Frank is dedicated to us, and it’s
worked really well for the program.”
Poley volunteers eight to 10 hours a
day three days a week, plus call-outs,
which are typically bad situations.
“In today’s day and age, with time
demands, it’s an unusual perk to have
from a volunteer,” Pine said.
The chaplains have become an integral
part of Cumberland Goodwill EMS.
“They are always there for us and us
for them,” Pine said. EMS provides the
chaplains with uniforms and helps with
joint fundraising with Bethel Assembly of
God.
As an EMS chaplain, Poley is there not
only for the bad news, but the good news
as well.
Poley has performed marriages at the
station and gave another away since her
father couldn’t be there.
“They are like my kids, the paramedics
and EMTs. They are very special people,”
Poley said. “I’m thrilled to be doing this.
It has given me an extended family (in
addition to his five daughters and seven
grandchildren).”
Poley was born and raised an orthodox
Jew, but later converted to become a
Messianic Jew while living in Florida. He
retired as a Messianic rabbi with ties close
to the International Alliance of Messianic
Congregations and Synagogues.
After he moved to Pennsylvania to be
with his wife’s elderly mother, Poley
worked for two years at Hersheypark
driving a tram. One day one of his
passengers fell off the back of the tram.
Since she was wearing a large cross, he
asked if he could pray for her while they
waited for an EMT. After they arrived,
she told him he should become a
chaplain.
Not long after that, Cumberland
Goodwill EMS started its chaplaincy
program, and Poley knew that was where
he belonged.
“I’m in my 70s. I can give a family
comfort. Why can’t others? There’s no
need for special training to love someone
in troubled times,” Poley said.
There are so many out there who
think retirement is a time to relax and do
nothing, Poley said. “Anyone can just sit
around, read, or watch TV and let their
life go by—why not walk up to
somebody and hold onto them?”
As long as you have the strength, Poley
believes you should take it and do
something with it.
“You are in the fourth quarter, and the
game is not over yet,” Poley said, quoting
Coach Bill McCarthy, founder of Promise
Keepers.
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