Jessup Twp. – The schools in this place opened on Monday, Sept. 3, with the following teachers: Griffis Hill, Agnes Brotzman; Bolles, Bernice Ainey; McKeeby Hill, Anna Morley; Fairdale, Glen Cronk; Prospect Hill, Blanche Kiefer, and DeWitt, Jennie Sivers.
Montrose – Isaac R. Pennypacker, says that the village blacksmith who knows how to shoe a horse is rapidly disappearing in the county. The remaining horseshoer wonders how horses will be shod when he is gone. He had a number of apprentices, but they all gave up the work because the present-day American shuns hard, physical labor. Mr. Pennypacker also noted that Montrose voted $8000 to pave streets; the county supplied $8000 more and the state has $16,000 to add, but the work halts because the young men are off at the military camps or have been drawn in Uncle Sam’s lottery. ALSO The survivors of Co. H., 141st Pennsylvania Volunteers, together with comrades and relatives, took dinner at the Montrose House on Wednesday. The affair was an enjoyable one, but mingled with it was the sadness of dwindling numbers. Only four of the survivors were present: M. G. Hill, George C. Hill, W. S. Taylor and J. J. Stockholm.
Brackney – The funeral of Andrew I. Hawley was held on Wednesday at the home in this place, followed by a service in St. Augustine’s church in Silver Lake. Burial was in Silver Lake cemetery.
Springville – M.B Riley received a carload of 1918 model Buick cars on Friday.
Hopbottom – About 4 o’clock Monday morning Mrs. Joseph West was awakened by the crackling noise of fire and a glare of light which was the barn of the Foster Milling Co. in a mass of flames. The West’s spent the day at Dimock, with Willard Burke and his mother, Mrs. Rhoda Burke, and returned early in the evening in the latter’s automobile, a 12-cylinder Enger, which was parked in the barn and left for the night. The family retired for the night with no indications of fire. It is believed that a tramp spent the night in the barn and carelessly set fire to the straw, which had served as a bed. Besides the auto of Mrs. Burke, which was a total loss, personal property of the Wests was stored here. The total loss, including the car, is estimated at about $3500, with practically no insurance. Low water pressure made it difficult o save the mill.
Brooklyn – A little son was welcomed at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Packer – Ronald Kenneth.
Forest City – Students are returning to their studies in the higher places of learning: Miss Veronica Nebzadowski has entered Stroudsburg Normal school; Howard johns, Jr., and Misses Helen Kehren and Beatrice Lott left yesterday for Bloomsburg where they will attend the Normal School. Max Freedman, Paul and Donald Maxey and William Sredenchek will leave this week for State College.
Dimock – Luman Thornton has purchased the old Mills wagon shop, which stands near the residence of the writer’s house and is now busy tearing it down to repair the old vacant school house with, which he recently purchased.
Susquehanna – John Swacker, of this place, who was struck by a switch engine at Binghamton, while walking on the track of the Lackawanna, is improving rapidly from what appeared a very narrow escape from death. He was taken to City Hospital.
Jackson – Henry Felton, of Montrose, visited his parents over Sunday. His brother, Ralph, returned with him to Montrose, where they expect to attend the Montrose High School. [Henry Felton was, for many years, editor of the Montrose Independent. His brother, Ralph, was Superintendent of the County schools.] ALSO The What-so-Ever Circle will hold a Parcel Post at the church parlors, Jackson, Friday evening, Sept. 7.
Great Bend – A number of friends gave Misses Helen Enright, Frances Stack, Edna O’Neill and Helen Hunter a dance in the Knights of Columbus Hall, last Friday evening. The event was in honor of the young ladies who left this week to take a nurse’s training course in the City Hospital, at Binghamton.
Auburn Twp. – There seems to be lots of rain this summer and everybody’s garden is good. Lots of all kinds of garden stuff. Another article reports that potatoes are rotting.
200 Years Ago from the Centinel, Montrose, Pa, September 6, 1817.
*STRAY CATTLE. Broke into the enclosures of the Subscriber two red and white heifers and one black and white steer, yearlings, about the 10th of August. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges and take them away. ALVIN SHIPMAN, Silver Lake, September 6, 1817.
*HERRICK AND FORDHAM are receiving from New York and will open for sale on Monday the first of September next, very cheap for Cash, a full assortment of MERCHANDISE, called for in the country. Those who have a credit given them must calculate to pay more than those who pay cash. Aug. 23, 1817.
*TRESPASSORS, Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber on the 21st of AUGUST, a YOKE OF OXEN, one a dark red, the other pied. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take them away. ALANSON LUNG, Rush, August 21, 1817.
News Brief: Reduction to two per cent of the alcoholic contents of beer is expected to be Herbert Hoover’s next grain conservation policy. Following his order to stop distillation of spirits after 11 p.m., Sept. 8th. Hoover is said to have decided beer strength must be reduced from its present 3 ½ to 1% alcohol to save 35,000,000 bushels of grain. England has been forced to reduce beer strength. ALSO The War Effort: Mrs. Wm. H. Jessup is instructing another class in surgical dressings at the library. The need for these dressings is so great that it would hardly seem necessary to urge any thoughtful woman to join a class and do her best, that not one brave man “Somewhere in France,” should suffer for the lack of these dressings. There are women enough in this town to have the Red Cross room filled every afternoon, and the same persons only go one afternoon, but we find the women who work hard at home before they come, and the big majority of women giving foolish excuses why they do not go. This is a time for sacrifice, not to do fancy work to decorate home or clothing—that has its place, but not when an urgent call is given to the women of the country to do not their “Bit,” but their “Best.”
Joseph Kennedy was an assistant varsity football coach for Bremerton School District in Kitsap County, Washington from 2008 through 2015. When he began coaching in 2008, Kennedy also began leading students and coaches in pre-game locker room prayers as well as participated in post-game prayers. Kennedy also had a personal ritual where he would kneel at the 50-yard line after each game to say a “quiet prayer of thanksgiving for player safety, sportsmanship, and spirited competition.” Shortly after he began doing this silent prayer, a group of student athletes requested permission to join him in prayer and he assented. As the tradition grew, more students joined Kennedy at the 50-yard line as did opposing players and coaches. Eventually, this 50-yard line tradition began to include Kennedy giving short inspirational speeches that often contained a religious message.
In 2015, after receiving a complaint, the School District conducted an inquiry into Kennedy’s conduct. The School District had a written policy that provided as follows: “School staff shall neither encourage nor discourage a student from engaging in non-disruptive oral or silent prayer or any other form of devotional activity.” The School District told Kennedy that he could continue his post-game inspirational talks provided that such talks contained no religious component. Kennedy was prohibited from leading any further religious prayers with the players while performing his duties as a football coach.
Kennedy complied with the School District’s demands for several weeks but continued his practice of saying a personal prayer at the 50-yard line after the players and fans had all left the stadium. Thereafter, Kennedy again began his practice of kneeling silently and praying on the 50-yard line immediately after the game. Without encouragement from Kennedy, players and coaches from both teams came onto the field to join him – and now fans from the grandstand area where running out to get involved as well. The School District again warned Kennedy to cease his communal prayer activity but told Kennedy that he could continue to privately pray on the 50-yard line after the players and fans had left the stadium. Kennedy refused and continued his practice of praying immediately after each football game. The School District suspended Kennedy and Kennedy initiated a civil rights litigation seeking reinstatement to his coaching position and confirmation of his right to pray with his players on the field after the conclusion of the football game.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided that case and determined that the School District acted properly when it suspended Kennedy for his post-game prayer activities. The Ninth Circuit noted that Kennedy was acting as a school employee during the post-game activities, i.e., he was still on duty as a football coach, he was wearing school district apparel, and he was on school property. Because he was speaking in that particular moment as a school employee, the Ninth Circuit noted that the School District could place restrictions upon the content of his speech.
In this regard, the Ninth Circuit concluded: “All told, by kneeling and praying on the fifty-yard line immediately after games, Kennedy was fulfilling his professional responsibility to communicate demonstratively to students and spectators. Yet, he took advantage of his position to press his particular views upon the impressionable and captive minds before him. Because his demonstrative speech fell within the scope of his typical job responsibilities, he spoke as a public employee, and the District was permitted to order Kennedy not to speak in the manner that he did.
How old is old?
Mrs. Marie Smith was a real character. One day at the pharmacy she said to the pharmacist, "When I was younger, I would spend Saturday nights going out dancing. Now I spend my Saturday nights filling my pill boxes for the next week!" Mrs. Smith was joking about her age and she was always like that, making fun of herself. The pharmacist knew Mrs. Smith's chronological age via her patient profile. Yet, the woman seemed much younger, with her glinty blue eyes and impish smile. Always with a funny story. Always in a sunny mood. These very qualities made her seem younger. The pharmacist might have considered her to be chronologically "elderly." But she would never think of her as "old" because her personality was young, playful, positive. She was enjoying life.
Certainly, there are both mental and physical marks of old age: aches, pains, memory loss, chronic illnesses, depression, the fear of falling. Suppleness gives way to sagging. Disinterest in sex, however, is not always a trait of über-seniors. Although sexual drives may decrease with age, research is looking at the sexual behaviors and desires in later life that challenges the "asexual" image of older adults. In one study, people aged 75 to 102 continued to experience sensuality and sexual pleasure. For both men and women, the most common activity was touching and caressing without intercourse, followed by masturbation, followed by intercourse.
According to the Oxford Reference, old age is a social construct rather than a definite biological stage, and the chronological age denoted as "old age" varies culturally and historically. Most developed Western countries set the age of 60 to 65 for retirement. However, various societies consider the onset of old age as anywhere from the mid-40s to the 70s. The definitions of old age continue to change especially as life expectancy in developed countries has risen to age 80 and beyond, in many cases due to the medications they take for whatever ails them.
In antiquity, some healthy people lived past 70, but most died before 50. Back then, those who lived into their 40's were treated with respect and awe. In contrast, those who were frail were seen as a burden and ignored or even killed. People were defined as "old" because of their inability to perform useful tasks rather than by their years.
Gerontologists have recognized the very different conditions that people experience as they grow older within the years defined as old age. In developed countries, most people in their 60s and mid-70s are still fit, active, and able to care for themselves. Hence, rather than lumping together all people who have been defined as "old", researchers have acknowledged the diversity of old age by defining sub-groups. One study classifies those 65 to 74 as young-old, 75 to 84 as middle-old, and 85+ as oldest-old.
A friend of the pharmacist remarked that once he was at the market and asked the stock boy where a certain item was. The boy was not sure so he asked the produce manager to help. When she asked who needed assistance, the stock boy inappropriately blurted, "That old guy over there." The friend was stung by that comment because he was only 55. But thinking about it, he realized that this "kid" was 17, which would make his father - his "old man" - about 40. So, 55 would be old in the teenager's eyes.
Sociologist Lillian Rubin, active in her 80s as an author, began her book 60 on Up: The Truth about Aging in America with "Getting old sucks. It always has, it always will." The pharmacist was sure that Mrs. Smith knew that, but this vibrant woman was not going let her age stop her for a minute.
Ron Gasbarro, PharmD, is a registered pharmacist, medical writer, and principal at Rx-Press.com. Read more at www.rx-press.com
