CCC work rememberd, applauded in ANF

Warren Times-Observer, 8/20.2011.

Excerpt: The CCC was formed in 1933 during the Great Depression by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to combat unemployment. According to the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni, Roosevelt "proposed to recruit thousands of unemployed young men, enroll them in a peacetime army, and send them to into battle against destruction and erosion of our natural resources. Before it was over, over three million young men engaged in a massive salvage operation, the most popular experiment of the New Deal."

CCC camps popped up throughout the nation, and in Pennsylvania, 16 camps were built throughout the four counties of the Allegheny National Forest and left a legacy that is still visible and used today.

As Summer Ends, Lake Weeds Still A Problem

Jamestown Post-Journal, 8/21/2011.

Excerpt: Despite efforts to keep Chautauqua Lake clean, many think more needs to be done in order to keep tourists drawn to the waterbody.

"I can tell you firsthand, the weeds are actually horrible," said Capt. Mathew Stage, who runs the Chautauqua Belle on the lake daily.

"It's worse ten-fold," he said about the weed problem in the lake compared to previous years. "I feel really bad," he said about attempts being made by the Chautauqua Lake Association to pull out weeds "by the truck-load."

He said his worry is that the lake generates tax revenues for the county from tourists coming to enjoy it. He therefore questions why more county money is not being put back into maintaining the lake.

Stage said tourism is one of "the few things left in our county" that employs people, adding more should be spent to insure the lake continues to draw tourists.

Obituary: Helen Winn, 1918-2011

Daughter Connie, WAHS Class of 1968

Helen C. Winn, 93, a resident of the Rouse Warren County Home, Youngsville, Pa., died there Wednesday, August 3, 2011. She was born February 14, 1918 in Clarendon, Pa. to the late Oswald Joseph and Mary Janowska Miaski. She was a lifelong resident of Clarendon and a former member of the former St. Clara's R.C. Church and a member of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church.
She enjoyed dancing, especially to Polka Music. She was a excellent cook and seamstress. Her grandchildren were her entire life.

She is survived by her two daughters, Jan Lauffenburger and husband, Ken of Warren, Pa. and Connie Moore and husband, Jack of Columbiana, Ohio; one brother, Louis Klark and wife, Vickie of Matthews, N.C.; one sister-in-law, Mary Klark of Warren, Pa.; six grandchildren, Dennis Moore (Angie), Marty Moore (Tina), John Moore (Danielle), Jeni Moore (Brian), Julie McManigle (Chuck), and Emily Neely (Brad); six step-grandchildren, Mike & Katie Lauffenburger, Billy Moore, Jenny Gibson, Laura Whyte, and Dustin Snyder; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Martin E. Winn, who died November 5, 1982, whom she married August 6, 1942 at St. Clara's R.C. Church, Clarendon, Pa.; one daughter, Rebecca Moore; three brothers, Victor Miaski and Edward and Chester Klark; two sisters, Martha Depto and Cecelia Miaski; and one great-grandchild, Katelynn Rudoph.

Friends may call at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc., 304 East Street, Warren, Pa. from 68 p.m. on Friday, where a vigil service will be conducted at 5:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthonys of Padua R.C. Church, Saybrook with Fr. Tom Aleksa, Pastor, officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph R.C. Cemetery.

Those wishing to place memorials may do so through Rouse Warren County Home Patient Activity Fund, P.O. Box 207, Youngsville, Pa. 16371.

Obituary: James Goerlich, 1925-2011

Son Milton, WAHS Class of 1968

James R. Goerlich, 85, of the Rouse Estates passed away on August 12, 2011 at the Warren County Rouse Home.

Jim was born on September 5, 1925 to James R. and Katherine M. Milham Goerlich of Rockdale, Pa. He served in the United States Navy from 1943-1946.  He loved to tell about the ship passing under the Golden Gate Bridge in California and crossing the equator.  He and his company served in the Pacific. After his tour of duty, he returned to the States and married Audeane McCoy on August 10, 1946.  He worked for the United Refining Company for ten years, had a used car lot in North Warren, Jim's Auto Sales, and retired from Crossett's after 20 years.  After his retirement, he often remarked how much he missed getting up early and driving somewhere in one of the Crossett trucks.  "Generous Jim" loved cars, new, old, and used. Any vehicle he could clean, refurbish, and sell made his life happy.  His grandchildren and great grandchildren affectionately called him "PopABear," which he loved.
Jim is survived by his daughters, Sandra Geer of Winterhaven, Fla. and Bonnie Tower of Warren, Pa.; his son, Milton Goerlich and wife Linda, of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, June Hughes, Bethlehem, Pa. and Kathleen Ranalli of Thorton, Pa.; brothers, David Goerlich of Bethlehem, Pa. and Russell Goerlich of Houston, Texas; grandsons, James M. Goerlich and wife, Jessica, of Guerneville, Calif. and Jason M. Goerlich of Christiansburg, Va.; granddaughters, Kelly Weary and husband, Ed, of Cambridge Springs, Pa., Jennifer G. Goerlich of Jacksonville, Fla. and Nikki Dove and husband, Jason, of Christiansburg, Va.; greatgrandchildren, David Latimer, Nicole Latimer, Tanner Kirley, Emery Goerlich, Jacy Goerlich, Ashton Hall, and Harley Dove.

In addition to his wife, parents, and stepmother, Lena Easterday Goerlich, Jim was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Ann Check; brothers Edward, Earl, Leon, Gerald, and Johnny; and sonsinlaw, Barton L. Geer and Clinton C. Tower.

Friends will be received at the Peterson-Blick Funeral Home, Inc., 1003 Penn Ave. E., Warren, from 68 p.m. on Sunday evening August 14, and for one hour prior to a funeral service to be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. on Monday August 15, with Rev. Marcus Briggs, friend of the family and chaplain, Rouse Home and Warren General Hospital, officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like contributions to be made to the activities sponsored at the Rouse Estate, 700 Rouse Blvd., Youngsville, Pa., 16371 or Hospice of Warren County, 2 Crescent Park, Warren, Pa. 16365.

Conewango Ave. work on track to hit Sept. 29 target completion date

Warren Times-Observer, 8/12/2011.

Excerpt: "The only thing impacting it now is weather," Miskimmin said. "Unfortunately, the long-range forecast calls for rain several days in a row."

Remaining work includes Americans with Disabilities Act ramps, Miskimmin said, as well as driveway adjustments, completion of a wearing course, curbing, signage and pavement markings. Due to conditions on the street, he said the project has been challenging.

When the project concludes, Miskimmin said motorists can expect a much better ride. Drainage will also improve, he said, as there will be new curb lines.

"The old lines were nonexistent or in terrible shape," Miskimmin said. "The ride will be better because the trolley ties were eliminated."

Renovation planned for Great Falls Civic Center