ON WING: Dave Sheneman of Bradford reports a recent sighting of
an American bald eagle on East Main Street – ironically, the bird
was soaring over the East Branch of Tuna Creek near the Eagles
club.
“Disappeared up and over the Mount Raub side of the street,”
Dave says. “No mistaking the majestic white head and tail markings.
Great to see.”
Although the Tuna is far from being a pristine waterway, this
eagle is not the first one reported to be cruising the stream.
Perhaps it is the allure of its very own club, eh?
ON PATROL: Carol (Vantine) De Groff of Church Hill, Tenn.,
writes: “Missed your original column on the school patrols but
picked up on a few of the responses. I, too, was a patrol leader at
Derrick City School beginning in the ’50s.”
“I rode the Harrisburg Run bus route and Archie Campbell was our
bus driver. As for the trip to Washington, D.C., I remember being
impressed with all the sights. The Smithsonian Institute and the
Washington Monument were my favorites.
“On the bus ride home, the caravan of buses stopped in DuBois,
Pa., for dinner at an elegant hotel (of course, back in the ’50s,
it didn’t have to be much to seem elegant to a 10-year-old) and I
have never tasted such good mashed potatoes.
“The waitress told me she didn’t use milk in them but something
special. But, of course, like all good cooks, she would not divulge
her secret ingredient. Over the years I have tried to duplicate
them to no avail.
“I also remember the dining room was not at street level. We
must have been maybe five stories up. Some of the boys had
firecrackers and were lighting them and throwing them out the
windows.
“One boy (not from the Bradford group) lit a bunch and missed
the open window. They landed inside the room and he ran to stomp
them out. Needless to say, he badly injured his foot and after
being treated. I vividly remember the adults carrying him out to
the waiting bus.”
TODAY’S QUOTE: “I’m much more concerned about the fact that
newsmen are trying to act like entertainers than I am by the fact
that entertainers are pretending to be news people,” said former
ABC News anchor Ted Koppel in 2004.
