AUG 20

SLOPPY JOE AND FRIENDS: 12:00p.m. until sold out. Harford Fair Dining Hall.

AUG 29

ROAST BEEF SUPPER: 5:00p.m. until sold out.

Thompson United Methodist Church, Main Street, Thompson. All are welcome.

Mon., Aug. 24: chicken salad on ww roll, beef barley soup, tomato and cucumber salad, ambrosia

Tues., Aug. 25: pasta w/ meatsauce, garlic spinach, mixed greens salad, fruit sorbet

Wed., Aug. 26: sauteed beef and broccoli, noodles, glazed carrots, sogar cookie

Thurs., Aug. 27: centers closed staff in service

Fri., Aug. 28: chicken verona, herbed potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower, ww roll, vanilla ice cream

The Thompson United Methodist Church, located in Thompson, PA will be holding their annual End of Summer Celebration on Saturday, September 5th, from 9:00am until 3:00pm. 

In the Garage, which is filled to the brim with items, there should be something for everyone.  Our famous Fill the Can with Cookies and Bake sale is always a crowd pleaser.  All the baked goods are lovingly prepared by Church members.

Craft and Vendor tables will again be offering their wares.  Maple Syrup products, embroidery and knitted items are among those products.

Terry Rockwell will be on hand to share his musical talents.  Terry performs locally at many community functions and is definitely a crowd pleaser.

There will be a Chicken Bar-B-Q, available beginning 11:00am until sold out.  Tickets for the Chicken dinners or halves can be preordered by contacting Tootsie Stone at 727-2158.  Hot Dogs and Wimpies will also be prepared for the lunch crowd.  Home made pies will be ready to purchase to round out a fulfilling lunch. As an added treat, SnoCones for the young and young at heart will be made to order.

There will also be several theme gift baskets filled to the brim to be raffled of at the end of the day.

Spaces are still available for vendors and crafters, if interested in joining this fun filled day please contact Tootsie Stone at 727-2158.

While performing athletic feats is nothing new to Curtis Stone, 92 year old former Olympic long distance runner, throwing out the first pitch at the Railriders baseball game at PNC Field on July 26th was a thrill for him.  Stone is a native of Brooklyn, Pennsylvania and competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1948.  During his running career, he won fourteen AAU first place Gold Medals in distance running.  He also served in the military during World War II.

Pictured is Ninety-two year old Curtis Stone, representing The Brooklyn Historical Society and the Martins Creek Viaduct Centennial Celebration Committee as he prepares to throw out the first ball of the game at PNC Stadium on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.  The Committee was the featured group that day for the promotion of the centennial celebration of the viaduct on September 5, 2015.

David Palmer, an active member of the Brooklyn Historical Society, arranged for the Martins Creek Viaduct Centennial Celebration Committee to be featured at the PNC Stadium.  Eighty-four Susquehanna County citizens gathered for the game representing the committee.  The weather was very hot and sunny as Curtis was driven to the field in a golf cart along with David Palmer and Richard Zick.  During an interview in the pregame activities, Mr. Zick gave an historical overview of the Martins Creek Viaduct, a part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) Rail Road’s Hallstead Cutoff, which is between Kingsley and Hop Bottom on route 11. 

A huge 100th anniversary celebration of the viaduct is planned for Saturday, September 5, 2015, beginning at noon in Kingsley.  Highlighting some of the events of the celebration, Mr. Zick noted that there would be a chicken barbecue, face painting, live music, hay rides to the viaduct, and a reenactment of the Cloud Dance with music by the famous Lenoxville Band.  This unique Cloud Dance will be the theme to celebrate the bridge.

The original Cloud Dance was a community celebration of the nearly completed rail bed, which was hosted by the F.M. Talbot Company and the DL&W Engineers hosted the event as an “Aerial Dance” atop the viaduct at on Thursday, September 3, 1914.  The dance was conducted on the first pier of the giant bridge under electric lights.  Approximately 200 people participated.  A carriage was used to raise and lower dancers via a huge steam powered construction derrick.  Music for the evening was provided by the Oppenheim Orchestra of New York City.  Following the dance, trains left Kingsley station at 12:30 and 1:30 AM.  Patronesses of the unique affair included Mrs. W.L. Lozier of Kingsley and Mrs. M.B. Knowles of Nicholson. 

Pictures of the actual event were secured with the help of Patrick McKnight, Historian at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton.  A history of the bridge is being prepared by Dr. John Darcy, a gentleman who grew up in the community, and will be available for purchase. 

All are encouraged to mark their calendars for two weekends in September.  September 5th will be the day-long celebration of the Martins Creek Viaduct cosponsored by The Brooklyn and Harford Historical Societies.  September 11-13th will be a weekend celebration of the Nicholson Bridge, officially titled the Tunkhannock Viaduct, and is sponsored by The Nicholson Heritage Association.  Many individuals have volunteered their expertise to plan what they hope will be a truly memorable celebration.