CG FALL 2008

CG FALL 2008 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html COMMON GROUND starts off its 20th year with Fall 2008. Inside this issue: Readers share their memories of the Lewistown YMCA, Dutch’s Diner, and that little shack out back—the outhouse. Plus: Outdoor and indoor scenes throughout the Juniata River Valley. Tempted to order a subscription? Please do! Call now to order. 717-899-6133. We finally gave in to the often-suggested essay topic of ‘Outhouses’, and what a response! The cover photo of an old two-holer is by CG co-publisher Ruth Dunmire. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#0 06b7e2b3-6915-4547-9c31-6a6db8206e67 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F08covw.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F08covw.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We finally gave in to the often-suggested essay topic of ‘Outhouses’, and what a response! The cover photo of an old two-holer is by CG co-publisher Ruth Dunmire.</p></div></div> Gone but not forgotten. Letters include memories about Dutch’s Diner, formerly located on South Brown Street in Lewistown. It served great root beer! http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#1 2aa23881-071a-4c18-8001-ec4d44e1f0a0 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/Dutchw.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/Dutchw.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Gone but not forgotten. Letters include memories about Dutch’s Diner, formerly located on South Brown Street in Lewistown. It served great root beer!</p></div></div> Bears visit CG readers’ backyards! http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#2 5e179fe6-ee67-4a41-a3b5-1fb1c4f459dd http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p13w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p13w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Bears visit CG readers’ backyards!</p></div></div> A huge tree near Shrader, and some unusual baled messages in Big Valley. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#3 d843e57b-0222-4f17-b7e8-deda682e85d1 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p14w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p14w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A huge tree near Shrader, and some unusual baled messages in Big Valley.</p></div></div> Want to buy a 50-mpg car for $1,000? The 1920s Falcon was a car ahead of its time—and it was made in Lewistown. By Forest Fisher. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#4 184503eb-bd20-4b96-ac70-34388f2ba2c3 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp18_19w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp18_19w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Want to buy a 50-mpg car for $1,000? The 1920s Falcon was a car ahead of its time—and it was made in Lewistown. By Forest Fisher.</p></div></div> Who wrote Mockin’ Bird Hill? Clue: He was coal miner from Huntingdon County. By Alberta Haught. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#5 10cacdd8-4bf7-4272-a346-5cc33e0a992d http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp20_21w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp20_21w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Who wrote Mockin’ Bird Hill? Clue: He was coal miner from Huntingdon County. By Alberta Haught.</p></div></div> Rachel Swartzentruber of Big Valley sews comforters for the Mennonite Central Committee. Find out how she knows where one of them gives comfort. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#6 84e0df99-d703-400f-b422-bc2669496ce8 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/rachel1w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/rachel1w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Rachel Swartzentruber of Big Valley sews comforters for the Mennonite Central Committee. Find out how she knows where one of them gives comfort.</p></div></div> Keith and Carol Gruber of McVeytown invite CG readers to look inside their pre-1850s brick home. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#7 35db019e-73cd-4ead-8288-95be7395066d http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/27Gruberw.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/27Gruberw.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Keith and Carol Gruber of McVeytown invite CG readers to look inside their pre-1850s brick home.</p></div></div> A tour of 12 North Market Street in McVeytown, by Alberta Haught with photos by Linda Cutshall. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#8 f9b7cf4f-1d54-4f45-9654-4089e76296f7 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp22w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp22w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A tour of 12 North Market Street in McVeytown, by Alberta Haught with photos by Linda Cutshall.</p></div></div> 6 pages of colorful Fall photos, including Reflections on Raystown Lake, by Linda Cutshall… http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#9 8a6db1fc-052d-4449-bba6-1901481c2561 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/LCreflecw.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/LCreflecw.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">6 pages of colorful Fall photos, including Reflections on Raystown Lake, by Linda Cutshall…</p></div></div> …and Walking Home from School, by Gib Yoder. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#10 e16c4dd6-fc7c-404a-85ed-99f5f3153589 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/GYAkidsw.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/GYAkidsw.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">…and Walking Home from School, by Gib Yoder.</p></div></div> Two roads meet. Photo of Burnham-Lewistown area by Ann Fassett of McVeytown. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#11 891580ae-7d7e-4a0c-b8ef-9860c0a66da6 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/JRannw.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/JRannw.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Two roads meet. Photo of Burnham-Lewistown area by Ann Fassett of McVeytown.</p></div></div> CG readers share their experiences concerning the outhouse out back. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#12 0d8d2965-67cc-4e3a-8eca-6caacd90f219 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p38w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p38w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">CG readers share their experiences concerning the outhouse out back.</p></div></div> Jim Morrison goes to unbelievable depths to dig for buried treasures. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#13 0073a858-6f79-47d1-a854-119a3dc50b03 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p51w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p51w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Jim Morrison goes to unbelievable depths to dig for buried treasures.</p></div></div> Triplets! The Goodling Family of Evandale welcomes three new additions, all at once. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#14 3ec38515-6afa-4705-b2a4-330ee6f2a78f http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p54_55w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p54_55w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Triplets! The Goodling Family of Evandale welcomes three new additions, all at once.</p></div></div> Tailgaters share love of Penn State Nittany Lions—and favorite recipes. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#15 f4d7d994-a8d3-4411-9004-39cfa93cba39 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp58_59w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8pp58_59w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Tailgaters share love of Penn State Nittany Lions—and favorite recipes.</p></div></div> Readers go by boats, trains, planes—even camels—to share COMMON GROUND. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#16 37aa3f09-6214-41e4-9d0f-8ea894df51b8 http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8wiww.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8wiww.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Readers go by boats, trains, planes—even camels—to share COMMON GROUND.</p></div></div> The evolution of the Lewistown Narrows, and the good doctor behind the story. http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue.html#17 15f258f2-969f-43e5-8a0b-e3df7ad249ef http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p62w.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.commonground-pa.com/Common_Ground_Magazine/Current_issue_files/Media/F8p62w.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_271_80"><div class="style_3"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The evolution of the Lewistown Narrows, and the good doctor behind the story.</p></div></div>