ALLEGEWI CHAPTER DAR AMERICA 250 UPDATE Allegewi Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held its opening meeting of the year in April.

Members discussed and made final plans for the two events they will sponsor.

On July 3, 2025, the chapter will hold a memorial service to honor all the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Potter County. They will also place a marker for Roger Edgecomb, which had never been done.

The event will be held at Lymansville Cemetery in Ladona starting at 10 a.m. On July 3, 2026, the chapter will hold a rededication of the David Zeisberger monument on the Courthouse square starting at 11 a.m.

Also in attendance at this meeting was David Castano from the Potter County Historical Society. David gave a brief report of other activities proposed by the society.

All events are in the works and will happen in the fall of 2025 or the spring of 2026. Dates and times will be announced later.

Proposed are: Bells Across America Project, Liberty Tree Planting, Young Heroes Outreach Program and Road To PA 2026.

The next meeting will be held at noon May 14 at the Historical Society.

At this time members will assemble wreaths to be placed May 17 at the site of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Potter County.

We encourage everyone to come out and participate in any of the Celebrate America250 events. For more information or to get involved, contact the DAR (Ilene) at (814) 274-9798 or the Potter County Historical Society at (814) 274-4410.

TOPS 16 The weekly meeting for TOPS 16 was held at the First Presbyterian Church, 54 E. Corydon St., on Wednesday, with leader Dianna Lewis starting off with the TOPS Pledge.

The song was “When You’re Smiling.”

Weight recorder Carole VanSickle and co-leader Jeanne Lowe weighed in 12 members with a loss of 10 pounds. The best loser of the week was Dee Rhodes, the best loser in waiting was Christopher Lathrop and officer was Carole VanSickle.

We are very happy and proud to announce that we had a No Gain Week.

The secretary report and smile were by Jessie Skillman. The inspiration was by Elaine Harris, household hint by Chris McCracken and the joke by Jeanne Lowe.

The nickelodeon is all breads. The food to avoid is fried foods. The fruit is cantaloupe and the vegetable is asparagus.