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Residents Protest Possible Closing of Post Office
About 75 concerned citizens of all ages converged on the tiny Blocksburg post office today to convince postal officials to keep it open. Residents organized seating, shade, and cool drinks for the hour-long meeting that took place in the dirt … Continue reading
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Meeting to Discuss Closing Our Post Office
Representatives from the US Postal Service will be here Aug. 23 at 5 pm to discuss the possible closure of our post office. They claim this isn’t a “done deal,” so please come if you can! It’s important we have … Continue reading
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Blocksburg Ice Cream Picnic This Sunday
The community ice cream social will be held at the Town Hall, behind the church and will start about 11am on Sunday, July 10. Come help crank the ice cream! Lunch is potluck. Please bring two dishes: hot dish, salad, … Continue reading
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June Burgess Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Town Hall awarded three $750 scholarships this year from the June Burgess Scholarship Fund. Recipients were Shawnee Windbigler, Caroline Fearrien, and Katlin Darnall. Nice going, gals!
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The Crab Feed is Just Around the Corner
The Crab Feed will be held Saturday, Feb. 12, at 2 pm. This is a members-only event ($15 a head), but it’s also not too late to become a member! Please RSVP no later Feb. 9 by contacting Cathie Burgess … Continue reading
Blocksburg School Class Photo, 1910
Date: About 1910 Description: School picture. Dorothy Murphy is third from left in checkered dress. Tall boy in back is Dewey Smith. Reproduced with permission of June Reger.
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Silent Film: Look What Just Happened in Blocksburg!
Friends, you may mistake this setting for New York or San Francisco, but nope! That orchestra just played an original score for Buster Keaton’s “The General” down at the church on Nov. 6, 2010. Unfortunately the audio my little Flip … Continue reading
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Silent Film: Warming Up for “The General”
I shot this at the Blocksburg Church on Nov. 6, 2010. A group of musicians came out and played an original score one of them wrote for Buster Keaton’s “The General.”
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Silent Film: Little Girls Reconsider Eating Outside
This is at the Town Hall before the showing of Buster Keaton’s “The General” up at the church with a live orchestra.