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Many memories growing up in Lewistown

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My name is Richard Aurand. I am 93-years-old. I was born in Lewistown and I have lived here all my life. I grew up in the Lewistown Heights on Edgewater Avenue. My parents moved there in 1933 when I was three-months-old. I’ve seen a lot of changes in Lewistown in 93 years of life. In the Lewistown Heights, where I grew up, most of my friends did not have indoor plumbing or running water. I was lucky to grow up with both. In 1956, the Heights still had no street lights or paved roads. Most of it was fields. I had to walk down the hill to Walnut Street to get our mail because our ...

Where summer lived: Camping at Poe Valley

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Before we ever reached Poe Valley, summer vacation began at Ron’s Fruit Market. That was where the week really opened. The car felt packed to the roof, even if it probably wasn’t. Sleeping bags, clothes, coolers, towels, flashlights, a lantern, food in grocery bags, things my mother said we needed, and things my grandfather said we wouldn’t. I don’t remember every item that went into the car. I remember how the trip felt before we got there. It felt like escape. The regular world had been folded up and left behind. School was gone. Bedtime lost some of its power. Shoes got ...

Summer dream: What a great day for baseball

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Summertime. School is out. The sun is shining. What a great day for baseball. Let’s play two. I was eight-years-old when I made an “unofficial” appearance in a Lewistown National Little League baseball game. My Dad was manager of the Police Pals and since I was a year shy of ...

A jar full of history: The pickled beet and egg tradition

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MOUNT UNION — Some recipes are written down. Others are memorized. And a rare few are lived. This pickled beet and egg recipe belongs firmly in that last category. It is a dish made long before modern kitchens and conveniences, carried to the United States by immigrants in the early 20th ...

Local infantryman died in WWII assault on Italy’s Monte Adone

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BOLOGNA, Italy — Franklin James Dukes was a local husband and father who joined the Army a year after his wedding and sacrificed his life during the Fifth Army’s assault outside of Bologna, Italy in April 1945. He was born Nov. 8, 1919 at Marsteller, Cambria County, to English immigrants James Fullard and Sarah Ann Birchall Dukes. His mother and father entered the United States in 1887 and 1888, respectively, and became naturalized American citizens. Dukes was the youngest of the couple’s seven children: Anna, Arthur, Lawrence, Edna, Florence Mae and Mary Elizabeth. Dukes’ father ...

Centers in Motion plans sweet spring getaway to Hershey

Lifestyles

YEAGERTOWN — A relaxing spring day, good company and a destination that never loses its charm are all part of an upcoming Centers in Motion bus trip to Hershey. Adults ages 55 and older from Mifflin and Juniata counties are invited to join the fun on Friday, April 24, for a full-day getaway that combines scenery, history and a little chocolate indulgence. Hershey has long been a favorite destination for group trips, and this outing is shaping up to be another popular one. From peaceful garden walks to lively trolley rides and the unmistakable aroma of chocolate drifting through town, ...