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Little dogs everywhere at Pets Come First

By Maurie Kelly Pets Come First This month we wanted to focus on our smaller pups. Little dogs have a reputation for being, let’s just say, a bit difficult. Many people believe they are “barky” or “yappy” and nervous or call them “ankle biters”. But we adore them at Pets Come First. Little dogs are different from medium and large dogs but not necessarily because of their size. The American Kennel Club cited a study by a team of researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna who studied little dogs and tried to determine if they really do have ...

Victory book campaign supported troops during World War II

In 1942 and 1943, the newly formed Mifflin County Library was a local leader in the Victory Book Campaign. I first learned about the Victory Book Campaign in March when I read the novel, The Librarian of Banned Books by Brianna Labuskes (which I wrote about in a previous column). In the book, one of the characters volunteers in an organization that donates books to troops in the armed forces. In the book, this was called Council on Books in Wartime. But in Mifflin County, it was called the Victory Book Campaign or VBC. In 1942, there was a heightened sense of patriotism and, what ...

Juniata High School Class of ’73 50th class reunion

Photo by Sheila McCarthy Yorks Juniata High School Class of 1973 held its 50th class reunion Saturday, July 15 at Annsfield, Mifflintown. Those attending were from left, front, Tina Shellenberger Crim, Mitzi Adams Jacob, Kathy Niman Gilson, Molly Sheaffer Kinney, Connie Flood Strawser, Ruth ...

Five generations

Piper Rae Bitting, center, born July 15, 2020, makes five generations of her family together. She is being held by her great-great-grandmother, Sophie Semla. Family members, from left, are grandmother (Gigi) Cathy Bitting, father Scott Bitting and great-grandmother Anna “Cookie” Semla.

Five generations

Submitted photo Five generations of the Yoder family: Elizabeth Earnest, great-great grandmother; Connie Earnest-Jones, great grandmother; Carolyn Yoder, grandmother; Alissa Yoder-Good, mother; and the newest member, Miss Ember Elizabeth Lee Good.

Generations

Photo submitted by DAVE CAMPBELL Four generation of family were recently photographed at Abigail Campbell’s sixth birthday. They are, from left, front, Abigail Campbell and great-grandmother, Betty Eby; back, mother, Danielle Olmstead, and grandmother, Kim Olmstead.