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100a celebration ofYEARSfamily-owned since 1911FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

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4 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011The Indiana GazetteR. HASTIE RAY... publisher, 1911-70N. DeWITT RAY... co-publisherB. DWIGHT RAY... co-publisherLUCY DONNELLY... publisher, 1970-93JOSEPH DONNELLY... publisher, 1970-2000MICHAEL DONNELLY... publisher, 2000-presentCentury-long family ownershipruns counter to industry trend“Locally owned and operated.”It’s a significant accomplishment when any family can make thatclaim about its business after 100 years.The achievement is even more notable when the business is anewspaper.“In the newspaper industry, especially, it’s very rare” to still havefamily ownership, said Michael Donnelly, president and publisher ofThe Indiana Printing & Publishing Company. Donnelly today holdsthe company leadership position previously held by his parents,grandfather, great-uncles and great-grandfather.“Back in the 1980s, most newspapers sold out before the Reagantax reform came in in ’86,” Donnelly said. “The reason they had todo that was because the inheritance tax was so high that familiescould not afford to pay the estate tax. So instead of keeping it in thefamilies, the owners had to sell out so they could pay theirinheritance taxes.”By RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netThe roots of today’s IndianaGazette can be traced to1890, but it was a centuryago, in 1911, that R. NelsonRay, a successful businessmanand formerteacher in Indiana Countyand the Midwest, purchased the IndianaPrinting & Publishing Company after hiseldest son, R. Hastie Ray, asked his fatherto buy a newspaper for him.While in the Midwest, R. Nelson Rayhad learned the produce business, andwhen he returned to Indiana he and apartner started Indiana’s first cold storagebusiness.In 1905, the Indiana Cold Storage & IceCompany merged with the Indiana ElectricCompany to become the Indiana Provision& Electric Company. The powerproduced by the company’s generatorswas used for refrigeration and soon forstreet lighting and residential use.After R. Nelson Ray acquired IP&P, hisyounger twin sons, N. DeWitt Ray and B.Dwight Ray, joined older brother R.Hastie Ray as the newspaper’s equal ownersand publishers.R. Nelson Ray was publisher and presidentof the company when he died in1942.On Dec. 17, 1986, Indiana Printing &Publishing Company, including The IndianaGazette and its commercial printingdivision, Gazette Printers, were acquiredentirely by Lucy Donnelly, R. Hastie Ray’sdaughter, and her husband, Joseph Donnelly.Sally Ray Naylon, sister to Lucy Donnelly,and Joan Ray Reece, cousin to LucyTHIS DIGITALLY enhanced photograph made by Jamie Empfield shows the Gazette building as it appears today.Donnelly, no longer served as corporateofficers of the company.Lucy Donnelly had served as CEO ofIP&P since 1976 when her father wasGazette Printers grew from ‘job shop’named board chairman.Under the new ownership, Lucy Donnellybecame president and co-publisher;Joseph Donnelly became vice president/co-publisher/editor; their son, MichaelBy RANDY WELLSPhiladelphia St. and the old Shick Printing the commercial printing manager.Donnelly, became secretary/ treasurerrwells@indianagazette.netbuilding along North Fourth Street.“We brought someone with Kevin’s talentsand advertising and marketing director;In the mid-1980s, when Donnelly returned in because we knew there was a market outtheir daughter, Hastie Kinter, became assistanttreasurer and continued to serve has had a “job shop,” a printing operation business, expansion of the commercial serving it very well. Kevin came in with someFrom its earliest days, The Indiana Gazette from California and rejoined his family’s there,” Donnelly said. “We just were notas the Newspaper in Education coordinator;and their younger daughter, Stacie ders.sibilities.and he has grown that from five full-timefor its own use and for small commercial or-printing division became one of his respon-significant printing and selling experience ...Donnelly, (now Stacie Gottfredson) becameassistant secretary.Donnelly, Indiana Printing & Publishing the company in 1987 as advertising and The commercial printing division record-“A lot of newspapers did,” said Michael Donnelly and Joseph Geary, who joined employees plus himself to about 40 people.”In 1987, Michael Donnelly was named Company’s president and publisher. “Newspapersfigured that if you’re printing a news-markets — advertising inserts for large tive years in the late 1980s, and IP&P’s webmarketing director, initially focused on two ed double-digit sales growth four consecu-general manager of Indiana Printing &Publishing. He became president and paper you might as well print some other clients such as department store chains and printing business continued growing intopublisher following the deaths of Lucy things.”the printing of outside publications.the early 2000s.Donnelly in 1993 and Joseph Donnelly in At the Gazette’s job shop, those small ordersoriginally included printing church bul-1986 we purchased the 75 percent of the a day, five days a week on one of our presses“The reason why we did that was that in “At one point we were running three shifts2000.“Recently, newspapers have been fightingfor their own survival,” Donnelly said. “And almost every newspaper failed at Donnelly said.“We have seen a lot of those customers, unletinsand high school football programs. Gazette stock from other family members,” and two shifts on the other,” Donnelly said.“If a family organization isn’t well capitalizedit becomes a problem as well. I’ve cause the newspapers didn’t give the time get more revenue streams because we could business or shift to glossy printing which webeing successful in job-shop printing,” be-“And at that point, we had to diversify and fortunately, either decrease, or go out ofread that only 3 percent or 4 percent of all and attention needed to be successful, he not meet our monthly principal and interest can’t do on the web.(family-owned) companies make it to the said.payments with just being a newspaper. It “On the sheet-fed side, our growth happeneda little bit later. We had steady growththird generation, and we are on our third The job shop and Gazette Printers, the was a necessity to survive.”generation and headed toward our commercial printing division that evolved According to Donnelly, IP&P’s job shop through Kevin Huston’s first 20 years.”fourth.”from the job shop, operated from several locations,including the basement of 1019 when the company hired Kevin Huston to beContinued on Pagewas not especially successful until 1984, As the company’s web and sheet-fed print-Continued on Page 5 5The Indiana Free Library joins with TheIndiana Gazette in celebrating their 100thAnniversary of sharing the printed word!For more than a century we have served the Indiana communitywith great literature and quality information in support of thiscommunity. We celebrate literacy and reading in all of its formsand thank our supporters through the years for making it happen.We invite you to join us as we continue to grow and change withthe Indiana community.

OwnersbuckindustrytrendContinued from Page 4Pennsylvania is a strongstate in terms of family ownershipof newspapers, buttypically the families ownmultiple titles.“So they’re family ownershipsbut they own five orsix different newspapers inPennsylvania,” Donnellysaid.Indiana Printing & Publishingowns multiple publications,but only one newspaper.There are major differencesin how family-ownednewspapers are operatedcompared to those run bymedia conglomerates.“A conglomerate is allabout numbers,” Donnellysaid. “And so when the numbersaren’t met, changes aremade. A family-ownednewspaper doesn’t operateas strictly that way. For instance,we have a muchlarger news hole, as a percentage,than most newspapersin the country have. Wemay have the largest. That’sour investment we make inour community and a commitmentwe make to ourcommunity.”A news hole is the amountof space in a newspaperdedicated to editorial copy.“Newspapers have anedit-to-ad ratio,” Donnellyexplained. “They find outhow much advertising is inthat day’s newspaper andhow much advertising dictateshow much editorialcontent is in there. We don’tlet that happen. We throwthat away and make surethere’s enough content inthere to keep the readers’ interest.We work hard at thatevery day. It’s a significantinvestment on our part, butone we’ve been committedto.”Readers once had severalIndiana County newspapersto choose from, but theGazette over the decadessurvived to be the county’sonly daily newspaper.“We became a newspaperin 1890. The Indiana CountyGazette, which was what itwas called at the time, wasone of six newspapers,”Donnelly said. “The newspapersback in those dayswere not business ventures.They were politically orientedmouthpieces. So if youdidn’t like what the dialoguewas in certain papers thatwere available, and if youhad the money, you createdyour own newspaper.“What happened throughthe industry is peoplestopped, (and said), ‘Thisisn’t making any sense. Idon’t have the money tofund my political voice.’ Andso newspaper owners thenhad to look at them as aneconomic model, too. Wewere able to survive thatshakeout in Indiana County.“I think what has happenedto the betterment ofnewspapers is that they nowreport both sides of thenews in a fair and balancedway because they have torepresent all sides of astory,” he said.Business models and technologyhave changed TheIndiana Gazette over theyears, but the role of thenewspaper in the communityhas not. From the beginning,the Ray and Donnellyfamilies, and by extension,the Gazette, have beenstrong supporters of economicgrowth, transportationimprovements and a“buy-at-home” businessphilosophy in IndianaCounty.“In 1890, the missionstatement of the Gazette basicallysaid it will take an activerole in the communityand will try to be a vehicle ofContinued on Page 6Gazette file photoASSEMBLING THE press in the basement of the Gazette’s plant along Water Streetwas a huge undertaking in 1970.Variety of pressesused for printingBy RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netPrinting presses generally are oftwo varieties — web and sheet-fed.Web presses print on long rolls ofpaper. Those used at the Gazette are23 inches wide, weigh 800 poundsand, if unrolled, would stretch morethan seven miles. They cost about$240 each, and thousands are usedjust for the newspaper each year.The webs of paper are threadedthrough rollers on the printing pressand then cut and folded to formnewspapers.The Indiana Gazette’s web presscan print 19,000 newspapers anhour and is used to print manyother publications for the GazettePrinters’ commercial customers.Web presses generally print oncoarser paper, and images are lesssharp than those produced onsheet-fed presses.Sheet-fed presses print on individualsheets of paper that are pulledinto the machine one at a time.Sheet presses generally are slowerROLLS OFnewsprintare routinelystackedin thebasement ofthe Gazettebuildingnear thepress sothey areready foruse.than web presses, although the HeidelbergSpeedmaster, a sheet-fedpress purchased by IP&P in 2001,can print on both sides of 12,00040-inch sheets of paper per hour.That faster speed provides shorterturnaround times on orders, freeingup the press to handle more jobs.Another advantage of the Heidelbergpress — which is nearly 28 feetlong, more than 9 feet wide andweighs 44 tons — is its capability toprint on varying weights of stockand on paper with coated surfaces.And it produces more detailed imagesthan earlier presses.The Heidelberg reproduces imageswith up to 200 lines of dots perinch, compared to 133 lines of dotsper inch on presses being used byGazette Printers in 2001 and comparedto 85 lines of dots per inch ontypical photographs then printed innewspapers.The new Heidelberg press “reallyallowed us to grow substantially,”said Michael Donnelly, presidentand publisher of Indiana Printingand Publishing.Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 5Gazette Printersgrew from shopContinued from Page 4ing business grew, more roomwas again needed, and thecompany bought the buildingat 775 Indian Springs Road.“That was a 20,000-squarefootbuilding,” Donnelly said.“Then, we kept growing and weadded another 20,000 squarefeet to the building.”IP&P’s customer base forcommercial printing has grownfar beyond Indiana County.“On the web side our range ismostly mid-Atlantic,” Donnellysaid.“We do occasionally do someprinting for people in Texasand Georgia. But the core ofour business is right aroundthe mid-Atlantic states.“On the sheet-fed side, westarted growing and doing a lotof printing around westernPennsylvania as our core market.We do get other jobs thatreach outside that market. Weget customers in Canada andMassachusetts and Rhode Island.“But the core of our market iswithin about a 100-mile radiusof Indiana.”Finished products aretrucked to clients or — becausethe Gazette’s equipment canlabel printed pieces muchfaster than most customerscould perform the same task —they are taken directly to thepost office.“We do probably 2 million to2½ million mail pieces amonth,” Donnelly said.For many customers, GazettePrinters has become a onestopshop, providing the servicesof an advertising agency,TOM PEEL/Gazetteprinter and mailer.Many publications, some ofthem readily familiar to IndianaCounty readers, take shapeon the IP&P presses.“We do mainly specialty publications,”including The Penn(the Indiana University ofPennsylvania student newspaper)and class schedules forseveral community colleges,Donnelly said.IP&P also prints Steelers Digest,The Jewish Chronicle andThe Catholic Accent, alongwith other newspapers includingThe Kittanning-LeaderTimes and The Blairsville Dispatch.The size of the commercialprinting orders can vary greatly.“Because we have a variabledata printing press, we canprint as little as one. We do itsometimes,” Donnelly said.“But typically we’ll print 1,000and 2,000 as the smallest, andthen we’ve printed as many as1.7 million at a time.“Each job we do has its ownlife. And we have to be flexiblefor our customers’ needs. Andour terrific employees that wehave here do a marvelous jobof answering that bell everytime,” Donnelly said.Printing orders frequentlymust have a quick turnaroundtime.“One of the things you findout in this business is, if you’renot a daily newspaper, you’renot as committed to the timeframe as other folks are. …Everything we do print has adefined shelf life,” Donnellysaid.Gazette file photoBy thenumbers800 poundsWeight of each roll of newsprint.If stretched out, it would beroughly 7 miles long.$240Cost of each roll. 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6 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Ownershipbucksindustrytrend“MY MOMalways said,‘You cannotfind a strongtown withouta strongnewspaper.And youcannot finda strongnewspaperwithout astrongcommunity.”MichaelDonnelly,president andpublisherContinued from Page 5growth in the county,” Donnellysaid. “And we have not changedthat. … It is still there today in thesame form it was in in 1890, becauseit was dead-on.“My mom (Lucy Donnelly) alwayssaid, ‘You cannot find a strong townwithout a strong newspaper. Andyou cannot find a strong newspaperwithout a strong community.’ Thisis a marriage that’s important, certainlyfor the newspaper’s wellbeing,and also for the community’swell-being. And that’s one of thereasons why we fought to stay independent,because we think Indianadeserves to have an independentvoice like that.”And daily the Gazette strengthensthe community in other ways.“I would suggest that the readerslook at the newspaper and they’llfind many, many community servicemessages, whether it’s the Kiwanismeeting, or how to volunteer, orthe Red Cross blood drives, thegood works of the service clubs —many items that happen in thecommunity,” Donnelly said. “We’reglad to provide those public services.”Despite rapid changes in technologythat affecthow people gettheir news, Donnellybelieves themarket for printednewspapersremains strong.“The newspaperindustry hasnever beenunder the attacklike the perceptionwe havetoday that we area traditionalmedia that doesnot work intoday’s environment,”Donnellysaid. “Nothingcould be furtherfrom the truth.Today we actuallyhave morepeople readingThe IndianaGazette in onefashion or anotherthan everin the history ofthis company.“That’s done intwo differentways. One is, thereadership pernewspaper hasincreased by almost50 percent.So every newspaperthat goes out,instead of 2.5people (reading it), it is now up to3.7 people. So right there we havemore readers than we have ever hadat the peak of our circulation.”What is driving that trend?“Quite honestly, I think it’s peoplebeing efficient with their money,”Donnelly said. “There are probablymore people sharing copies of thepaper than there ever have been inthe past.“The other thing is the website wehave, indianagazette.com. We havea few hundred subscribers who payto read the newspaper just online.But more importantly, we haveabout 65,000 unique visitors(monthly) to our website, andthey’re coming here to consume thenews we have. Some are local, somea bit regional. Some are people whohave left the area and want to keepup with what’s going on in Indiana,”Donnelly said.“What medium you read us in andconsume our news and informationin isn’t the main issue anymore. It’sjust that you have the ability to consumethat information,” he said.“We still continue to be the largestsource of locally generated news.“Lastly, because of where we live,we’re less affected by the Internet,”Donnelly said. “We actually have alot of readers who comment thatthey still want to get their nationaland international news from TheIndiana Gazette. Even though thereare other avenues with which to getthat news, we have a lot of our readershiprequesting that we give themthat news through the printed product.”Gazette file photosGAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHERS kept a close eye on construction of the current building along Water Street, as seen on Dec. 20, 1969,above; April 11, 1970, below; and Aug. 16, 1970, bottom.Three facilities used in last 100 yearsBy RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netWhile The Indiana Gazette hasbeen under the stable ownershipof the same family for a centuryand has been a fixture in IndianaCounty 121 years, the newspaper’sphysical location in Indiana Boroughhas changed a few times.When R. Nelson Ray purchasedthe newspaper in 1911, its officewas at the corner of Gompers andCarpenter avenues. Ray decidedthe business needed “a windowon main street,” and he purchaseda building at 843 Philadelphia St.That office was between what isnow the Indiana County CourtHouse and Indiana Borough’sCommunity Center Building.During Indiana’s urban renewalproject of the 1960s, the Gazette’sowners and managers prepared tomove the newspaper from itsspace along Philadelphia Street toits current home at 899 Water St.,one block to the north.The Water Street building, with26,000 square feet of space, wasdesigned specifically to be anewspaper office and printingplant.“My parents traveled all over thecountry to look at different newspapersand how they designednew buildings back in the ’60s,”Michael Donnelly, IP&P’s presidentand publisher, said. “And ultimatelywhat they decided was tobuild a building that followed thework flow of the newspaper. Sowhen you came in the newspaper,most people at that time eitherwanted to talk to the circulationpeople or the classified advertisingpeople. And so we have onerepresentative of each at the frontdesk area. Back in the day, that resolvedabout 90 percent of allquestions that we got.“But as you flow through thebuilding, as you get out of thefront office, on the right hand sideis advertising, and on the left, theeditorial offices,” he said.“Then the work that they doflows back to the production department,which sits behind eachof those, and they would put thenewspaper together. 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Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 7A LOOK BACKSinking of the Titanic — April 17, 1912

8 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Three facilities have been used in last 100 yearsContinued from Page 6The changes that wereabout to happen to theGazette in its new home wereamong the most sweeping inthe history of newspapering,including a move away fromhot-lead type.“Early newspapers werelabor intensive,” Howard“Skip” Myers, a formerGazette job shop foreman,said in a 1990 interview aboutthe newspaper’s history. “Severalpeople were busy at thesame time setting type. Andwhen the chase — or frame ofset type — was finally readyto be loaded into the bed ofthe press, it could weigh hundredsof pounds and take twomen to lift.“All printers needed a sixthsense, to be able to look at apage of type (which was set inreverse image) and see if itwas right. More than a craft, itwas an art,” Myers said.The first Gazette printed atthe 899 Water St. office wasthe edition of Nov. 7, 1970.“We brought almost nothingover from the old building,”Donnelly said. “We leftthe press there. We switchedfrom old type to what iscalled cold type. We switchedfrom direct printing to offsetprinting. So we came over toall new technology here inthe new building.”At the heart of the newbuilding was a red Goss Urbaniteoffset press, purchasedfor about $400,000and assembled in the lowerlevel of the new building. TheGoss press is a web press andprints on a continuous 800-pound “web” or roll of paper.“It (the Goss press) allowedus to put full color in thenewspaper and the first day’spress run, which is normallyan hour and 15 minutes, took22½ hours,” Donnelly said.Humidifiers in the pressroom that were to keep thegiant web of paper soft andsupple were not yet operational,and the paper becamebrittle, causing the web tobreak again and again whenthe press was put in motion.“The troops hung in therevery, very well … and as soonas we finished, we started thenext day’s newspaper,” Donnellysaid.“We came over here (to thecurrent location) in 1970 with65 people. And that includedGazette Printers,” IP&P’scommercial printing division,he said.Ten years after the moveinto the present building, anothermajor technologicalchange occurred at theGazette: a computer systemfeaturing visual display terminalsfor reporters and editors.A June 28, 1980, story in theTHE GAZETTE offices on the north side of Philadelphia Street can be seen at the left of this photo.Burns Ave.39th St.28th St.Oak St.Water St.7th St.Philadelphia St.Gompers Ave.Church St.newspaper explained the upgradein equipment.“Gone are the old hot-leadlinotype machines which pioneeredthe growth in newspapersmore than a century1. Corner of Gompers andCarpenter Avenue (1906-15)2. 843 Philadelphia Street(1915-70)3. 899 Water Street(1970-present)Carpenter Ave.Nixon Ave.16th St.BOB VISNESKY/GazetteSINCE 1911, the newspaper’s offices have been inthree different locations in Indiana.ago,” the article reported.“Gone, too, are manual typewriters,wire service machines(tickers) and even theelectric typewriters that hadsignaled the beginning of thecomputer age in the newspaperfield a few years back. …If Joseph Pulitzer were alive,the mere thought of seeingwords come up on a screen asyou type would seem to himlike something out of a JulesVerne classic instead of amodern newsroom.”The $1 million investmentallowed stories to be written,edited and headlined fromany terminal and sent directlyto a typesetting machinewhere it was set into copy.The new computer systemalso allowed for a variety ofpage makeups. On Jan. 2,1982, the Gazette appearedwith a new look. The papernow had six columns insteadof the then-familiar eight,and the left column on Page 1became an index. And therewas a name change. The IndianaEvening Gazette becamesimply The Indiana Gazette.Ten years later, the Gazetteunderwent another significantchange.When it was launched 121years ago, the Gazette was aweekly newspaper. Then, fordecades, it was publishedJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoMondays through Saturdays.On July 12, 1992, the Donnellyfamily took advantageof an opportunity to makethe Gazette a seven-day-aweekpublication.“The Pittsburgh Press, andultimately the Post-Gazette,was on strike,” Donnelly said.“And there was, basically, noSunday newspaper availablehere. It had always been agoal of the family to have aSunday paper, but because ofthe strong presence of thePittsburgh Press on Sundays,it made it more difficult.“For a long time when wewere six days a week, we hadto tell people we did not haveroom to put their stories inthe paper,” he said. “Once weadded the 40 pages of extracopy a week, it allowed us tobe able to put in the copy wewere not able to put in. …We’ve not had to say no manytimes since then that we justcan’t squeeze the copy intothe paper. We’ve been able toprovide that to our customers.”Another major changebegan in 2001 with the introductionof pagination, inwhich the page makeup isdone on computers.“It allowed us to reducedramatically the amount ofproduction time to producethe newspaper because therewas no more cutting andpasting,” Donnelly said. “Basically,once somebody gotthe stories, we had a blankpage and all we had to do wasdrag them over and do somekey strokes and it was in theprocess. That sounds a lotmore simple than it is. Therewas a significant investmentin software we had to make tobe able to do that.“It did allow us to use lesshours in the productionarea,” Donnelly continued.“What also happened at thesame time is that we werecontinually growing ourcommercial printing division,both sheet-fed and web,so the time we took awayfrom the newspaper led to nolayoffs because we neededthose people’s time commitmentsfor the other projects.”New typesetting processeshave not only continually reducedthe amount of timeneeded to assemble thenewspaper, but improved itsquality as well.“Direct to plate is what wedo now,” Donnelly said.“Each step we made allowedus to increase our quality ofprinting because wheneveryou make a copy of somethingthere’s degradation inthe quality of the copy. Wemade positives which went tonegatives which went to platethat went on the sheet ofpaper. So we had four steps inthere. Now we’ve cut it downto two steps. … So we basicallygo straight to plate …and then direct to the paperright after that.“In 1999 we eliminated thecutting and pasting and wewent direct to negative. Andthen we were able to fullypaginate our newspaper in2003, which allowed us to notonly improve our quality butalso allowed us to condensethe time it took us to manufacturethe newspaper.“When putting out a newspaper,minutes matter,” Donnellysaid.“That’s the difference betweengetting a story or notgetting a story in the paper,and it also means, on theother end, getting our newspaperto our customers ontime. Our goal is to be at thecustomer’s house by 5o’clock.”And being able to put thenewspaper together quickeralso means that fresher, moreup-to-date news can be includedeach day in the papersthat still reach readersby 5 p.m.As longtime publisher,Ray was ‘heart and soul’JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteR. NELSON RAY, top, bought the newspaper for his sons, N. DeWitt Ray,left, R. Hastie Ray, bottom, and B. Dwight Ray. These busts, depicting thefour men, were dedicated by the employees in 1970 to mark the occasionof the completion of the newspaper’s building along Water Street. Thesculptures are still on display just inside the building’s main entrance.By RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.net“For more than 65 years, the heartand soul of the Gazette was R.Hastie Ray,” former Gazette associateeditor Frank Hood wrote in ahistory of The Indiana Gazette in1990.The centennial history of thenewspaper was published in a76-page special edition of theGazette that year. “Hastie Ray drovehimself not only for a better newspaper,but also a better IndianaCounty.”The Ray philosophy was to continuallyreinvest in the newspaperso it could be a leader in small-townjournalism.“Less than two years into histenure with the Gazette, Mr. Raydiscontinued the weekly IndianaCounty Gazette, and after becomingmanager and editor in 1913 immediatelyannounced the expenditureof $5,000 to acquire a linotype machineand other equipment thatwould allow for a speedier printingof the newspaper,” Hood wrote inthe history.Under R. Hastie Ray’sleadership more modernpresses and other equipmentwere added later.New cars were offered asprizes in two contests toenroll subscribers in 1925,and equipment was purchasedto receive teletypetransmissions, allowingmore comprehensivenews coverage fromaround the world.The Gazette joined TheAssociated Press in 1935,and in 1946 it subscribed to the fullAP wire service, becoming thesmallest newspaper in the UnitedStates then receiving the “main line”of AP news and features. In 1960, areceiver was installed to collectphotographs directly from the AP.At the same time Ray pursuedother personal business interests inthe Indiana area and championedindustrial expansion in IndianaCounty.He also promoted the IndianaCounty Jimmy Stewart Airport, thegrowth of Indiana University ofPennsylvania, the Soap Box Derbyand youth activities at theIndiana County Fair andthe development of YellowCreek State Park. Healso supported merchantsin providing more andbetter shopping opportunitiesfor county residents.Frank Hood, the newspapermanwho chronicledRay’s achievementsFRANKHOOD in the Gazette’s centennialhistory, oversaw theGazette’s Sunday editionwhen it began in 1992. He also becamerecognized and respected as ajournalist who along the way foundtime to be a teacher, soldier, localhistorian and community servant.In a 40-year career with the Gazette,from 1957 until his retirement in1997 as an associate editor, Hoodreceived awards for his communityinvolvement from the Jaycees of Indiana,The Salvation Army, theJohnstown Regional Red CrossBlood Center and the Historical andGenealogical Society of IndianaCounty.Hood died in 2005 at age 77.203 Years Strong & Growing!SUNDAYS:8:30 AM - Contemporary Worship11:00 AM - Traditional WorshipSunday School For All Ages 9:45 AMPhone: 724-349-5556www.graystonepc.orgRev. Richard Hurley - Senior PastorRev. Bill Milligan - Interim Associate Pastor

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10 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Printing business keeps press rollingBy RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netThe Goss Urbanite press in the lower level of TheIndiana Gazette building is capable of printing19,000 newspapers in an hour.When Joseph Geary, Indiana Printing & PublishingCompany’s general manager, joined the companynearly a quarter-century ago, one of his firstassignments was to find ways to keep the pressbusy longer than the brief time it took to print thedaily newspaper.“When Mike’s family (the Donnelly family) acquiredsole ownership of the paper in ’86 … ournewspaper press was working about 1½ hours aday,” Geary said. “Next to our employees, it wasthe single largest asset that our company owned.Mike’s vision was to use that asset. And that’s whenwe started to get into the commercial web printing,in late ’86.“I was hired in ’87, and one of my responsibilitieswas to try and grow the commercialprinting business,” Geary continued.“We were fortunate that … by ’88 weoutsold the capacity of this press, thenhad to commit to buying a new pressand finding a location for it.”That’s how the acquisition of thecompany’s building at 775 IndianSprings Road came about.Today, in addition to printing TheIndiana Gazette, the web press in theJOSEPHGEARYGazette building runs six to sevenhours a day printing commercialproducts for outside customers.“At one time we were producingmore than 100 different titles and deliveringproducts to 12 different states. But our primarymarket is the Middle Atlantic States,” Gearysaid.Gazette Printers today provides sheet-fed, digitaland web commercial printing along with directmail and design services for its customersthroughout the mid-Atlantic region.Among the publications printed on the Gazette’spress are Steelers Digest, The Catholic Accent, TheJewish Chronicle and The Penn, the IUP studentnewspaper. Such publications are niche market,rather than mass market, publications.“We’ve chosen to be more in the publicationsniche,” Geary said. “We know the publicationbusiness. We’re in it all the time. We understandthe trials and tribulations of the publishers, sotherefore we felt that was a good niche to go into.… The Catholic Accent that we do is close to50,000 copies. Most of the others are between8,000 and 20,000 copies.”Gazette Printers also prints the Catholic paperfor the diocese in Youngstown, Ohio, and classschedules for several community colleges.“We do some high school newspapers that areabout 300 copies,” Geary said. “We printed aPrince Georges Community College of Marylandclass schedule that was 366,000 copies. It was actually1 million impressions, in three sections.”In some cases, clients never take possession ofthe finished printed products.“The direct mail service has played a big role” inthe growth of Gazette Printers, Geary said. “A lot ofthe publications that we have acquired to printneeded to be mailed. So that has caused us to becomea pretty significant mailer. We may be thelargest mailer at the Indiana post office.”The Shopper’s Guide, a product of IP&P since1999, is distributed as an insert with the Gazetteand by direct mail.“We print 23,000 Shopper’s Guides, and about13,000 get direct mailed” to people who do notsubscribe to the newspaper, he said.Through the years, IP&P’s owners and managershave been alert for other business ventures thatare good fits with niche publishing.“In 1995, we brought local dial-up service largescale,” Geary said. “At that time it was called indianagazette.net.And then in 2000 we purchasedYour Internet. And at one time we were providingdial-up Internet access to more than 4,000 customers.That was a big venture for us.“In 2004, we were probably one of the first to putour newspaper on the Web as a PDF. That’s reallycommonplace now, but we’ve been doing it sinceback then,” he said.Geary said the Donnelly family deserves recognitionand praise for its decision to stay in thepublishing business and to keep IP&P a familyownedoperation.“People know what’s happened to papers insmaller communities that have been acquired bychains,” Geary said. “And then what happens totheir local voice, the local coverage? … Peopledon’t understand the investment that goes into thelocal coverage and that’s an investment that Mike’sfamily has made in the community.“The economics of it is that you should have 60percent ads and 40 percent editorial. And we definitelyhave significantly more editorial,” Gearysaid.“When you talk to people who have gone awayand come back … they say, ‘I didn’t realize howgood your newspaper was,’” Geary said. “Or peoplewho have moved to this area will say, ‘Boy, youreally have a good paper.’ … That validates a lot ofwhat we do.Continued on Page 14Gazette file photoTHE DONNELLY family, pictured in the 1990s: Joe and Lucy Donnelly, seated, and, from left,Hastie Kinter, Mike Donnelly and Stacie Gottfredson.Gazette file photoPOSING IN the publisher’s office with their grandfather, R. Hastie Ray, were, from left, Stacie,Hastie and Mike Donnelly.Diversityhas beena key tosurvivalBy RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netAs The Indiana Gazetteand Gazette Printers havegrown and expanded theirclient bases, the owners andmanagers of Indiana Printing& Publishing Companyhave watched for opportunitiesto diversify the company’sbusiness ventures.“Besides the commercialprinting that we do, ourmost successful has beenbuying Recreation News in1999,” said Michael Donnelly,IP&P’s president andpublisher. “In that timeframe we have quadrupledrevenue for that product.“It’s the official publicationof all federal employeeswho work in the Washington,D.C.-Baltimore market,”he said. “It deals withtheir leisure activities. It’s100,000 copies every month.We’re able to get (the publication)in governmentbuildings that others, quitehonestly, cannot get in. Ourdistribution is so valuable.… We are the publishers andthe printers. We own thepublication.”Recreation News givesfederal employees suggestionson what to do withtheir incomes and their vacation,leisure and retirementtime.“WE PURCHASED Kerr Promotions(in 2007) becausewe were already talking topeople about their advertisingand printing needs …and often it’s the same personwho controls the promotionsbudget,” Donnellysaid.“Kerr Promotions is an advertisingspecialty company,”added Joseph Geary,IP&P’s vice president andgeneral manager. “Anythingthat has to do with marketingand advertising that youwant to promote your companyon — pens, shirts,hats, coffee mugs, whatever— we can find a source toput your name on it.”There are Kerr Promotionsoffices in Indiana and Altoona.IN 2008, IP&P acquiredthe publications division ofthe Barash Group of StateCollege. Barash Publicationsfor nearly 50 years was acentral Pennsylvania leaderin custom publishing.Barash Publications’ mostrecognized publication isTown & Gown, which since1966 has been covering thepeople, places, events andhistory of State College andPennsylvania State University.About 20,000 copies of thefree monthly publicationare available at more than400 locations around thetown and campus.Barash Publications alsopublishes Neighborhoodsand Westsylvania magazinesas well as other magazines,commemorative books, visitors’guides, directories,marketing brochures andprograms for varied audiencesand marketplaces.Continued on Page 15ElectPATRICK DOUGHERTY DA TOUGH. EXPERIENCED. READY.www.doughertyforda.comPaid for by Patrick Dougherty for DACongratulations on 100 years Indiana Gazette2 Foot & 1 Foot Subs • Wraps • BurgersSandwiches • Salads • SoupsBreakfast SandwichesCatering Available! Call For DetailsMon-Fri 8am-9pm • Sat 9am-8pm • Sun 11am-7pm901 Philadelphia St., Indiana • 724-465-5221

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12 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011SAME PAPER, DIFFERENT LOOKIndiana CountyChamber of CommerceAt A Glance• UpcomingBusiness AfterHours EventsFirst CommonwealthBankOCT. 27, 2011Calvary PresbyterianChurchNOV. 17, 2011St. Andrews VillageDEC. 15, 2011• 99th AnnualMembershipMeeting &LuncheonFRI., DEC. 2, 201112 PM(venue to beannounced)Chamber membersand guests areencouraged toattend!Reservationsrequired.Keynote Speaker:to be announced• 2012 ExpoSAT., JAN. 28, 201210 AM-4 PMIndiana MallShowcase products& services that yourbusiness offers.Great networkingopportunity!July 1, 2011The I ndiana Gazettewww.indianagazette.comVol. 107 — No. 30924 pages — 2 sectionsJuly 20111 2 1 1 1 1 2Friday3 4 5 6 7 8 9110 11 13 14 15 15 1617 19 20 21 22 23 232424 25 27 28 29 29 3031HELLO, UP THEREJuly 1, 2000July 1, 197575 centsCorbettbeatsIndiana CountyInMarcellus ShalePlayLEGENDIndianaCountyUS StatesPA CountyBoundariesMarcellusShaleSource:United States Geological SurveyDate: 7/13/2010Author: Bill DeguffroyPrepared by:Indiana County Office ofPlanning and Development• Why join theChamber?+ Advertising &exposure of yourbusiness.+ Many FREEservices available toyou.+ Various otherworkshops,seminars, meetingsand showcase eventssponsored by theChamber ofCommerce.Contact the Chamberof Commerce office tostay connected andsee how yourbusiness can benefitfrom a membership!1019 Philadelphia St.Indiana, PA 15701724-465-2511www.indianapa.com/chamberdphenry@wpia.net2012 is the 100thAnniversary for theIndiana CountyChamber of Commerce!July 1, 1950July 1, 1911

Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 13THE GAZETTE newsroom in 1969.Gazette file photoHENRY HALL1866THE COMPOSING room in 1969.Gazette file photo2011Gazette file photoFRANK M. SMITH, city editor from 1913 to 1944, left, Dane Hill, center, and Vincent C. Nelson, associate editor from1936 to 1939, worked in the old newsroom along Philadelphia Street.Time flieswhen you’rehaving fun.

14 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011~FOUR GENERATIONSR. Nelson Ray familyacquires controllinginterest in The IndianaEvening Gazette.Teddy makes hisfi rst appearanceon the front pageof The IndianaEvening Gazette.The Gazette is afacilitator of thecountywideChristmasAngelprogram,knowntoday asTreasuresfor Children.Indiana Printing & Publishingreorganizes, naming LucyR. Donnelly, president; SallyRay Naylon, vice president;Joan Ray Reece, secretary;Betsy Rae Sweeney, treasurer;and Joe Donnelly, editorand general manager.Lucy & Joe Donnelly acquire full ownershipof Indiana Printing & Publishing,including The Indiana Gazette.191119141917 1946 196019701979198019861990Hastie Ray,co-owner &publisher.DeWitt Ray,becomesco-publisher.Dwight Ray,becomesco-publisher.The Indiana EveningGazette subscribesto the full AssociatedPress wire, becomingthe smallest newspaperin the UnitedStates to receivethe “mainline” of APnews and features.R. Hastie & DeWittRay look on as thelast edition of TheGazette is publishedat the PhiladelphiaStreet site.The Gazette gets its first computers –video display terminals, which madetypewriters obsolete.The following day The Gazette prints itsfirst newspaper from its new home atthe corner of Ninth and Water Streets,current site of The Indiana Gazette.The commercial printingdivision relocates to anew building at 775 IndianSprings Road. A new webpress is installed at the19,000 square foot facility.This also becames the newhome to Gazette Printers.Printing business keeps presses rollingContinued from Page 10“We are a source of information,probably the best sourceof information in IndianaCounty. And the changes thatare taking place are in howthat information is providedand distributed, and that’swhat the flux in the industryis.” he said.“The Internet was born to befree, so therefore people feelthat whatever is on the Internetshould be free. But … a lotof the journalism rules ofcheck and recheck, and verifyyour sources, are not adheredto as well on the Internet, sotherefore the credibility of theinformation is not as good,” hesaid. “And we’ve not waveredfrom that. I think that’s wherepeople need to rely on us forthat.“That commitment to thecommunity is probably themainstay of the story,” Gearysaid. “We have a family thathas continually committedthemselves to making IndianaCounty a better place to live,and continues to do so.”According to Geary, neitherhas IP&P’s business philosophyand role in the communitychanged.“We’re here to serve the communityand make the communitythrive. I don’t think it haschanged,” Geary said.“The role of any communitypaper is to keep the citizensinformed, but also to strive toimprove the economics of thecommunity, and play an activepart in that.“That’s been demonstratedby not only the members ofthe family being involved inthe community but by the employeesbeing involved incommunity organizations.”Geary said that he, publisherMichael Donnelly, and his father,the late Joseph Donnelly,have provided more than 30years of service to the IndianaRegional Medical Center’sboard of directors.In addition, Joe Donnellyserved approximately 30 yearson the Indiana County Chamberof Commerce and the IndianaCounty DevelopmentCorporation; Lucy Donnelly,among many other commitments,was chairwoman of theGreater Indiana Corporation,served on the executive boardof the Downtown IndianaMerchants Association, startedthe local Christmas Angelprogram (now Treasures forChildren) and was founder ofthe Indiana County HumaneSociety; Michael Donnelly hasbeen active with the chamberof commerce and developmentcorporation about 20years; and Hastie (Donnelly)Kinter has long been active inimproving downtown Indiana’sbusiness district as a volunteerin Downtown IndianaInc.And other Donnelly familymembers, and Gazette employees,have been active inmany ways in churches, civicand business promotiongroups and other organizations.“We survive based on ourcommunities, so it’s only rightto give back to the communities,”Geary said.Success is not granted, it’s earned. At Indiana Regional Medical Center, ouremployees are family. Over the years, they have helped shape this organizationinto the extraordinary institution it is today. We congratulate the Indiana Gazettefor 100 years of service to the community. It seems we share a common bond...OUR BUSNIESS IS FAMILY!www.indianarmc.org

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All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 15ONE HUNDRED YEARS~Mike Donnelly joinshis father, Joe, asco-publisher of TheIndiana Gazette.1993SHOPPER’SGuideYourCOLLISION CENTER$19 95giveyour home theNewLook You’ve Always WantedA&A724-463-10601999$ 50 SHEETZGASCARD$50 OFF$50Analog out. 100% digital in.DeductibleTheGazettepublishesthe fi rstIndianaCounty’sShopper’sGuide.The Indiana Gazettegoes online withindianagazette.com2000GazettePrintersprints its100,000thjobThe Indiana Gazette introduces Pastfinder, an online serviceconnecting subscribers to 150 years of both Indiana Countyhistory and Gazettearchives.The Gazette relaunchesits website,indianagazette.comwith a boldnew look.THEPASTFINDER2006 20082010The Gazetteprints QR codesto link readersfrom print, tovideo, the weband more.2011The Indiana Gazettepublishes its fi rst Sundayedition.The Donnellyfamily receivesIUP’s Center forFamily BusinessDistinguishedFamily BusinessAward.Gazette Printers relaunchesits website, making it moreinteractive for its customers.Hastie (Donnelly) Kinter, Mike Donnelly, and Stacie(Donnelly) Gottfredson preserve the family legacyas co-owners of The Indiana Gazette.Hastie Kinterreceives the2010 Female CivicLeader AwardThe Gazettelaunchesscoopbug, it’sprofessionalphotographydivision.Diversification has been a key to survivalContinued from Page 10“We also saw it (the acquisitionof Barash Publications) as a wayto increase our footprint geographically,and State College isalways an economically vibrantarea,” Donnelly said.SCOOPBUG is the latest diversificationfor IP&P.“It’s going to be a web-basedphotography service,” Gearysaid. “People will be able to printtheir photos professionally. We’llbe able to offer the newspaperphotos for sale that way.“We have our own professionalphoto-printing equipment.Everything is printed in-house.And we can then take those samephotos and apply them to whatever.“We can do cutouts. We can dosigns. We can put photos on coffeemugs,” Geary said. “And mostrecently we provided photographyservices to organizations likedance schools, Little Leagues,football teams, where we’ll goout and take photos and folkscan select photos they want tobuy.”“Basically what we’re doing istaking people’s digital memoriesand creating photos, calendars,invitations, mouse pads,” Donnellysaid.“But we’re also using this as afundraiser for a lot of nonprofitgroups that can make moneyselling these items.”Following beta testing in theIndiana area, Scoopbug may beready to spread to other marketsnext year.“This will be introducedthrough our friends in the newspaperbusiness across the country,”Donnelly said.“We’re always looking for opportunities”to diversify, Gearysaid. “The Donnelly family hasalways been great about that. Wedon’t just consider ourselves adaily newspaper. We don’t justconsider ourselves a print marketingand advertising company.We’re always looking for opportunitiesthat make sense and thatcan leverage the assets that wehave.“Those assets are our equipment,the knowledge that we’vegained, our employees,” Gearycontinued.“Our employees are the biggestreason that we’ve been able togrow. To have people who arestill doing business with you inthe printing market, especially,for 20 or 25 years, that’s just a testamentto the employees. …That’s because we’ve been ableto provide the services and it’sour employees who deal directlywith our clients. … We’ve got a lotof great employees who know thevalue of meeting customers’needs. 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16 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Gazette file photosABOVE: Reviewing a new design to the newspaper on May 3, 1957, were, seated, from left, Lucy Donnelly, coordinator; R. HastieRay, co-publisher; N. DeWitt Ray, co-publisher, and his wife. Standing, from left: Joe Donnelly, associate editor; Will Doerge,sports editor; William Boseman, advertising manager; and Bill Hastings, associate editor.BELOW: Mike Donnelly, left, and Lucy and Joe Donnelly examined the first Sunday edition, printed in 1992 (at right).

1001911-2011Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 17Photography tells countless storiesBy RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netTom Peel’s first photographpublished in The IndianaGazette — of a Purchase LineHigh School football game —was in September 1966.His father brought the buddingphotographer and the filmto the Gazette office becauseTom wasn’t old enough to drive.In the 45 years since, Peel hasmade well over a half-millionphotographic frames on Gazetteassignments.He’s been a full-time Gazettephotographer for 42 years,longer than anyone, and hasbeen the newspaper’s directorof photography since 1999.He is one of more than 60 people— including former publishersLucy Donnelly and N. De-Witt Ray — who have served asGazette full-time, part-time andstringer photographers in thenewspaper’s history.When Peel began his career,he and the other Gazette photographerswere shooting blackand-whitefilm exclusively. Andmuch of the work was still donewith cumbersome 4-by-5 inchGraflex Speed Graphic presscameras.Later, 120 mm film cameraswere used, and then, in the1970s, the change was made tothe 35 mm film format.At the end of a photo assignment,the photographer’s workwas far from over. The photographerthen retreated to thenewspaper’s darkroom wherehe or she first unloaded the filmfrom the camera and wound itonto a wire spool or a metalhanger, then immersed the filmin developing chemicals, a fixerand a water bath before the negativeswere hung up to dry.Next, the negatives were cutinto short strips that could beplaced in an enlarger to makeprints on paper. During thatstage the photographer mighthave to spend more time “burning”or “dodging” the negative— exposing parts of the negativeto light for a longer periodor shading light from otherareas — to bring out contrast inthe image.The entire process — from removingthe film from the camerato making the first print —could take 20 to 30 minutes.Eventually a MohrPro photographicprocessor, with selfcontainedchemicals, simplifiedthe developing process.Because the photographer,during the assignment, couldnot assess the quality of thephotos he or she was taking, thepractice at the time was to shootextra frames to make sure hehad something useable.“At a football game you mightshoot three or four rolls of 36-inch exposure film,” Peel said.“You didn’t know if you had anythinguntil you got back in thedarkroom.”It was also advisable to shootextra frames in case the negativewas scratched during developingor in case the subjectblinked their eyes at the instantthe camera’s shutter opened.“Bracketing” — making multipleimages at a range of light exposuresettings — was also astrategy to ensure the assignmentproduced a negative thatwould make a quality print forthe newspaper.Because the processing tookContinued on Page 18Gazette file photoFORMERGazette chiefphotographerWillis Bechtelreceivedhonorablemention statusfrom theNational PressPhotographersAssociation andfour statewidefirst-place pressawards for thisshot publishedSept. 7, 1967.In the photo,ambulanceattendant TomStreamsapplied artificialresuscitation toelectrocutionvictim CharlesWhited, 21, ofNanty Glo,while RonaldViney, of TwinRocks,providedsupport 15 feetabove theground. Whitedand Viney wereinstalling TVcable inIndiana.MORE AWARD-WINNING SHOTSJAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteCLYMER ASSISTANT Chief George Rapach peeredthrough a hole in the roof after a fire torethrough a home in the 300 block of NorthSeventh Street in Indiana on July 26, 2008.Second place, Pennsylvania Associated PressManaging Editors contestTOM PEEL/GazetteMICHAEL HOY made his way up a hill inClymer as he traveled to his next lawn carejob on Sept. 16, 2009. Second place,Keystone Press AwardsERICA HILLIARD/GazetteSTATE POLICE officers were silhouetted against the bright lights at the sceneof a vehicle accident on June 29, 2010. Second place, PennsylvaniaAssociated Press Managing Editors contestTOM PEEL/GazetteTERRY ANDERSON, left, was defiant when he met PennsylvaniaSen. Arlen Specter when Specter swung through town on acampaign stop on Aug. 14, 2009. Second place, Keystone PressAwardsTOM PEEL/GazetteSILHOUETTED IN the shade June 6, 2007, were Red Rumgay, of Clymer, withhis dog, Pepper. First place, Keystone Press Awards

18 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Technology transforms industryAdvances change workflowin production of paperGazette file photoHASTIE KINTER led a Newspaper in Education activity at a local school on Feb. 14, 2003.Newspaper’s NIE programcelebrates a quarter centuryBy REBECCA SINGERrsinger@indianagazette.netFor 25 years, The IndianaGazette’s Newspaper in Educationprogram has offeredteachers a tool to help enlightenand inform their studentsin the classroom. Ledby Hastie Kinter, the Gazette’sNIE coordinator and treasurerof Indiana Printing andPublishing, the program continuesto grow.By using various pages inthe newspaper, students areable to learn about currentevents and things happeningin the world that may affectthem directly and indirectly.Among the in-paper featurestailored to students are Shortcutsand USA Weekend onSundays; The Mini Page onMondays; Teen Speak onTuesdays; serialized stories(periodically) on Wednesdays;School News pages onFridays during the schoolyear; and through the summermonths, the SummerReading Experience.Each spring, NIE studentcontests are held, featuringactivities geared toward studentsin grades kindergartenthrough 12th. The youngestchildren craft cartoons andadvertisements, while olderstudents write news, opinionand features stories and submitphotographs.The NIE program originatedin the 1930s, when severalnewspapers, including TheNew York Times and The MilwaukeeJournal, began providingnewspapers, curriculumaids and training forteachers. The program continuedto grow and spreadover the years. By the 1980s,the first NIE Week was celebratedduring March. In recentyears, approximately 200teachers and between 4,000and 5,000 students havetaken part in the Gazette’syearly NIE program. The centerpieceis an annual publicationprinted during NIEmonth recognizing the workof these area students.By MARY ANN SLATERnews@indianagazette.netEDYASICKIn his wildest dreams, JohannesGutenberg couldn’thave imagined the publishingworld of the 21st century.Long gone is his printingpress of the 15th century,considered one of theworld’s most important inventionsof the modern age.Also gone are other traditionaltools of journalism —hot lead, the teletype machine,the proportion wheel,long ribbons of waxed filmthat compositors fit togetherfor the page layout of theday.In their place are PCs andpaginators and direct-toplateprinting that speedsup press runs and improvesprinting quality. Computers,the Internet, digital photographyand other technologicaladvances havegreatly changed theways in which TheIndiana Gazette —as well as newspapersworldwide —deliver informationto customers.The Gazette, celebratingits 100th anniversaryunder theownership of the Rayand Donnelly families,had its firstcomputer while its officewas still situated alongPhiladelphia Street in Indiana,where the countycourthouse is now.Ed Yasick, who was thenewspaper’s longtime systemanalyst before his retirementin February, saidthe Gazette’s first computerwas from Digital EquipmentCorp., which was eventuallybought out by Compaq andlater by Hewlett Packard in2002.“We trained on the PDP-8at the old building,” Yasicksaid. When the Gazettemoved to its current quartersat 899 Water St., thePDP-8 was ready for production.It stood tall at eightfeet and had 8K of memory— a paltry amount bytoday’s standards.“Today’s phones have 100times more memory thanthat,” Yasick quipped.The early DEC computerjustified the newspapercopy into columns thatcame out onto tape that thestaff used to lay out thenewspaper.In those days, the productionprocess began withtypesetters.“We at that point typedeverything that went intothe newspaper,” said DonnaRethi, now the production/pre-pressmanager atthe Gazette. She started as atypesetter at the newspaperin the early 1970s.“You would type on apiece of equipment that createda ticker tape,” she saidrecently. The ticker tapecontained a type of codethat was fed into a readerand then into the computerso the print columns couldbe justified for the layout.“The compositors wouldfollow the layout from theeditorial staff or the advertisingdepartment,” Rethisaid. “They (the compositors)would cut out the stories.They would makeheadlines.”Rethi remembers learninghow important it was fortypesetters to give properinstructions on font; columnwidth; point size andleading, or the space betweenlines, so the copycame out correctly for in thepaper. Today aspects suchas font and column widthare just as important, Rethisaid, but they are set bycodes from the computerizedpagination program.“Through the years it’s allthe same,” she said. “Youjust have a different way todo it.”In the late 1980s, theGazette moved away fromDEC and started businesswith System Integrated Inc.from Sacramento, Calif.,which had sold computersystems at theNew York Stock Exchange.“What was amazingto me was that itwas a total computersystem,” Yasick said.“The computerswere totally backedup.”With SII, too, videodisplay terminals(VDTs), which predatedpersonal computers,came to the Gazette.For Eric Ebeling, executiveeditor of the Gazette since2006, the advent of personalcomputers was a hugechange for newspapers.Even with electric typewriters,deleting typographicalmistakes, fixing misspellingsor reorganizingsentences within a story wasa clumsy process, Ebelingsaid. Word processing on acomputer facilitated thewriting process, allowing reportersand editors to moveparagraphs around with justa few keystrokes. Paragraphsat the bottom ofcopy could be moved to thetop with relative ease.“It sped up the process. Itis incalculable,” he said.The advent of PCs in thenewsroom also startedchanging the way most journalistsapproached writing.Instead of writing draftslonghand in notebooks,they learned to compose ona computer screen, somethingthat has become secondnature for editorialstaffers.Familiarity with otherfacets of technology hasgrown in the newsroom aswell, including integrationof the print medium withcontent delivery via theWeb. Gazette Web EditorChauncey Ross said recentfigures show the onlineGazette edition netted morethan 900,000 page hits permonth.Growing online use of thenewspaper has changed theway the editorial staff works.The daily newspaper goes topress at 10:45 a.m., with thefirst copies hitting downtownIndiana streets by11:15 a.m., said Joe Geary,vice president and generalContinued on Page 22Tom’s credentialsYears: 45 (42 full time)1966: Had his first pictureprinted in the Gazette1999: Year he was nameddirector of photographyPhotostell manystoriesContinued from Page 17so long, photographers hadless time on each shift toshoot photos.“You had to plan your darkroomtime,” Peel said.By the early 1970s, it waspossible to publish colornews photos in the Gazette —if plans were made a few daysin advance to allow time forthe film to be processed andcolor separations made outof-house.In November 2000, the photographydepartment transitionedto digital cameras.Since then, the photographershave been able to lookinstantly at a monitor on theback of the camera and seethe image they had just made.The photographer can thendecide if the shot is a keeper,or if it should be immediatelydeleted from the camera’smemory and the photographershould keep snapping toget a usable image. With digitalphotography, “It doesn’tcost any more to shoot 100frames than one,” Peel said.Since the digital photographicimages are transferreddirectly into a computerrather than printed on photographicpaper, there is noexpense for consumables, includingthe film, processingchemicals and paper.On a typical photo assignmenttoday, a photographeroften carries a camera body,lenses and flash units worthabout $4,500.Another major advantage ofdigital photography for thenewspaper is that it makesreusing file photos — thosetaken in the past — mucheasier and quicker.“We have 30 years of negatives”stored on shelves in theGazette’s photography department,Peel said. “But youhave to know the date thephoto was taken to find it inan envelope.”By comparison, digital photographyhas given editors amuch more ready access tothe nearly 138,000 imagesmade in the past 11 years.They can be searched bycomputer in minutes and retrievedquickly from the photographydepartment’s computerhard drive.Est. 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22 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Ever wonder what goes into making the newspaper?By MIKE PETERSENmepetersen@indianagazette.net... It’s more than you might thinkPeople who work in thebusiness of putting out adaily newspaper sometimesrefer to the finished productthat rolls off the printingpress as a daily miracle. Andthere are times when it doesindeed seem to be just that.In reality, getting TheIndiana Gazette to yourdoorstep every day involvesnot a miracle, but a complexprocess that brings togetherthe efforts of nearly 170 people,ranging from reporters,photographers and editorsto advertising sales representatives,business officeemployees, computer technicians,pressmen, distributionworkers and the independentcontractors whodeliver the paper. It’s aprocess that takes days andsometimes weeks of planningand preparation. Andit’s a high-pressure, deadline-drivenprocess that isrepeated nearly every day ofthe year.Deadline is, indeed, theoperative word in the newspaperbusiness. Each departmenthas its own internaldeadlines: the timewhen an ad must be submitted,when a story is due,when bills must be sent out.But the deadline that mattersmost is the time set forthe printing press to start.Every deadline in the news,advertising and productiondepartments is pegged tothat press start.In turn, the press run iskeyed to the demands ofphysically distributing thenewspaper, and a timelypress start means the newspapergets to readers whenthey expect it.The whole process is interrelated.Each departmenthas its own job to do, and asnag in one departmentflows downstream, creatingproblems in other departmentsand potentially affectingour readers.❏ ❏ ❏To understand the processof publishing a daily newspaperbetter, let’s start withthe advertising department,which has employees workingin both display and classifiedadvertising. CathyReed is the advertising andmarketing director for theGazette, and Barb Vickhouseis advertising manager.For the most part, the adsales staff works well in advanceof the daily newspaper.Display ads, the large,often color ads that can takea full, half or quarter page inthe paper, are purchased byadvertisers days, weeks orpossibly months in advance,depending on the advertiser’sneeds.Many display ads, particularlythose for local businessesthat use local picturesand other local content,are created or customizedby the advertisingdepartment, working withthe Gazette’s art departmentJAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteTHE FIRSTpersonvisitors to theGazette mostoften see isPatti Sottile,who works atthe front desk.She is alsothe first voiceyou’ll typicallyhear duringbusinesshours, as shehandlesmyriad callsevery day astheswitchboardoperator.and composing room. Otherads from national, regionaland local advertisers arrivein a digital, ready-to-use format,but many still requireediting or revision by thecomposing room staff.Traditionally, classifiedadvertising is one of themost popular sections of adaily newspaper, and that isthe case at the Gazette,where the classified ad staffdaily fields scores of phonecalls, emails, faxes andmailed-in requests to placeads for everything fromHelp Wanted and ArticlesFor Sale to Used Cars, YardSales and Apartments ForRent. The section also includesclassified display ads,and the front page ads thatappear at the bottom ofPage 1 in the Gazette eachday are another responsibilityof the classified advertisingstaff.To a degree, the amount ofadvertising — both displayand classified — determineshow many pages are in eachday’s newspaper. Somepages are a given and mustrun every day: Page 1;Weather on Page 2; Obituarieson Page 4; Viewpoint onPage 6; Elsewhere on Page 7;Sports on the front and succeedingpages of the secondsection; Family page; Entertainmentpage; Comicspage; and Et Cetera for DearAbby and Today in History.Other features run once aweek on a regular basis: TheMini Page on Mondays;Health and Teen Speak onTuesdays; Food page onWednesdays; Calendar onThursdays; School Newspages on Fridays during theschool year; and two Religionpages on Saturdays.Finding the correct balancebetween advertisingand editorial space fallslargely to the staff in dispatch.All advertising passesthrough dispatch, where theemployees determine howmuch space will be neededfor that day’s ads while stillcomfortably accommodatingall regular and specialnews pages and allowingspace for stories on the remainingpages.Continued on Page 24Technology transforms news industryContinued from Page 18manager for the paper.Before the Gazette had an onlineedition, the editorial staff couldthen turn attention to the nextday’s paper. But not anymore.The news cycle for a paper hasbecome more of a 24-hour one,Ebeling said. In 2007, the newspaperappointed veteran reporterRoss in charge of its website becausemanagement saw the needto increase online visibility.“We have to be smart about whatwe put out there,” Ebeling said.Newsroom staff has had to learn touse the online edition to complementits print edition.According to Ebeling, a breakingnews story that hits the web lateone afternoon should be fleshedout for the next day’s print edition.Editors can’t ignore the growingnumber of online readers, he said.But they also can’t forget the traditionalreader.“You just can’t abandon your(print) newspaper. In IndianaCounty, not everyone has a computerand not everyone is hardwiredwith the Internet. It is quite abalancing act (for us),” Ebelingsaid.Newspaper layout is done now inthe newsroom with the use of pagination,which began at the Gazettein 2000. There is no more cuttingand pasting of filmed tape in theproduction department. Instead,newsroom editors use copy to designeach page of the newspaper ona computer screen at their desk.“What pagination did was makeus take an electronic file to create apage,” Rethi said. “Everything hasto have a PDF.”Some pages can be done a fewdays ahead of time — such as theFamily page and Leisure section;others, such as the front page andother news pages, are completedshortly before press time.Then from the computer room of“The Gazette wants to be the friend of every man, the promulgator of allthat’s right, a welcome guest in the home. We want to build up, not teardown, to help, not to hinder; and to assist every worthy person in thecommunity without reference to race, religion or politics. Our cause will bethe broadening and bettering of the county’s interests.”Our credoJAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteERIC EBELING, the newspaper’s editor since 2006, oversees the newsroomand the revamped website.the production department, a staffof five reviews all the files, checkingfonts and graphics and makingsure pages print in the correctorder.This includes the daily paper plusall commercial print jobs fromboth the Gazette’s office alongWater Street as well as GazettePrinters along Indian Springs Road.From the Water Street locationalone, the Gazette prints approximately100 commercial publicationsper month, Rethi estimated.When the electronic files areready, they are sent to the pressroom,where Joe Naman is manager.Naman has worked for thenewspaper for 39 years, and, likehis fellow employees, has seentechnology drastically change thenewspaper’s production.Naman noted a recent technologicalchange came about nine yearsago when the Gazette bought anautomatic splicer for press runs.Naman started his career at thepaper as a roll tender, and wouldhave to change paper rolls duringpress runs: “You used to have tostop three or four times during therun.”It would take considerable timeto replace the paper roll and makesure it was operating properly forthe run to resume.Automatic splicers made pressstops unnecessary, Naman explained.Now during a run, a paperroll runs until it nears its end. Thesplicer cuts it off and a second rollcomes into position to take itsplace and resume the run.“You don’t have to stop. It saves alot of money (because) each timeyou had to start you have to get thepress in registration. We do thedaily in an hour now. We used to dothe daily in an hour, 20; an hour, 30minutes.”But the biggest change Namanhas seen is when the newspaperwent direct to plate, a relativelynew printing technology that allowsnewspapers to eliminate useof film in making the printing plateused on the press. Now the printingplate can be produced directlyfrom the computer.The change cut back on laborneeds in the press room while increasingprint quality and clarity,Naman said.The new direct-to-plate technologyallows better control of colorquality, and this is especially importantas the Gazette saw a growingdemand for color in the newspaper.“When I first started, it was a bigdeal if you wanted to run color,”Naman said. “Now everyone wantscolor. We run it every day.”Geary, the paper’s general manager,said the decision to move todirect-to-plate technology has hadother advantages.“It has definitely improved ourability to get the paper on the streetfaster,” Geary said.Technological changes such aspagination and direct-to-platetechnology have also helped theGazette increase its commercialprinting business. For example,after every Pittsburgh Steelersgame, the Gazette prints 20,000copies of Steelers Digest and shipsthem to Pittsburgh by the next afternoon.The Gazette also prints newsletters,papers and brochures for businesses,schools and organizationsoutside of western Pennsylvania.Rethi said it recently produced320,000 brochures for a school inPrince Georges County, Maryland.It also produces print jobs forcustomers in Virginia, Florida andDelaware.“Now location doesn’t matter,”Rethi said. “We have an FTP (filetransfer program) site. 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24 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 201150 years spawnslots of memoriesFifty years!Where do I start?It was in September of 1961that Bill Hastings, then aneditor at The IndianaEvening Gazette, called mewhile I was still living inSaltsburg and offered me ajob writing sports.I hesitated in answeringbecause I really wanted towork in Pittsburgh, where Ihad attended school atDuquesne University and fellin love with the city.We made a deal that Iwould work through the highschool football season andthen make a decision.In those three months Imet a lot of coaches, made alot of friends and, in December,I was named sports editor.The rest isCARLKOLOGIECarl Kologie isa retiredmanagingeditor at theGazette.history.Afterseven yearsin sports Imoved tonews, becamean assistanteditor,waseventuallynamedmanagingeditor andofficially retiredin July2003. Mycontributionssincethat timeare as neededand penninga regular Sunday column.Sitting at a newsroom deskfor a half-century at theGazette, I have seen andbeen involved in manychanges not only with thenewspaper, but within IndianaCounty and the surroundingarea.Technology in publicationof the newspaper comes tomind first as I witnessed thetransformation from letterpressto pagination. The historyof this process is describedin detail elsewhere inthis publication.That certainly was a majorchange in the newspaper industry.In 1961 the Gazette was locatedat 843 Philadelphia St.,next to the Indiana Free Library,on the site of the IndianaCounty Court House.It was a long, narrow buildingwith the advertising departmentright off the street,followed by the newsroom,the composing room andthen the pressroom, which iswhere the newsboys pickedup the papers for deliveryeach day.One of my more memorablemoments at that oldbuilding occurred on Oct. 22,1966.Next to the Gazette, goingeast on Philadelphia street,was the Gazette parking lot,where a small REA office waslocated, a set of railroadtracks, Stapleton’s Restaurant(which was the old train station)and the Moore Hotel, atEighth and Philadelphiastreets.It was a busy Friday nightand the sports writers wereworking on high school footballstories when an REAdriver came in through theback door, just off the parkinglot, and said the hotelwas on fire.I ran out the door and sawflames shooting through awindow on an upper floor.Trying to get a closer look Ijumped across the railroadtracks as a police car waspulling up in front of thehotel.The officer ran in and, secondslater, came out andbeckoned for me.He said there was no one atthe switchboard and asked ifI would help him go throughthe hotel and get the visitorsout.I took the second floor andremember running throughthe hallway knocking ondoors and shouting orders toget out of the building.Then I spent most of thenight assisting the Gazettephotographer and otherswho needed help as thebuilding eventually was destroyedby fire.At about 6 a.m. I was stillwriting a football game storywhen Hastings arrived at theGazette and asked that I alsowrite the fire story sincethere was not a news reporterat the fire scene.It was 10 or 11 a.m. before Ifinished both stories, andthen realized I had to be inClarion for a 1 p.m. kickoff atthe Clarion-IUP (then IndianaState College) footballgame.After a quick shower and achange of clothes, we left forClarion with Hastings drivingas I slept.Clarion won that game andI will never forget that theyhad a halfback named MickeyCatello who was fromPenn Hills and gained 241yards that day. How aboutthat?❏ ❏ ❏Remember the day thatJohn F. Kennedy was assassinated?It’s a day I won’t forget.I was en route to AtlanticCity, N.J., where IndianaState College was playingMontclair State in the first indoorfootball game in NewJersey.Hearing the news aboutJFK on the radio and all thecancellations that were takingplace, I reached Harrisburgand called back to theGazette.I was informed that thefootball game was canceledbut JFK’s body was to lie instate in the rotunda at theCapitol for public viewing.Four of us — my formerwife, Sonia, and I, and Boband Phyllis Wagner, of HomerCity — then drove to Washingtonand got in the longline to get to the rotunda. Wewere there all night, and thatwas another non-sports storyI wrote as sports editor.Two other memorableevents of the ’60s included atrip to the Final Four at theUniversity of Maryland withHerman Sledzik, then-IUPbasketball coach, and RayGoss, play-by-play announcerwith WDAD in Indiana andDuquesne University in Pittsburgh.I had a ticket to get in ColeField House, but they didn’t.Fortunately, I saw a friend Iknew from Curwensville whowas a maintenance man atMaryland, and he got themthrough the side door. This isa long story and is includedin Goss’s book, “Misadventuresin Broadcasting.”Jim Nance was the greatestathlete that I covered duringmy years as sports editor.I saw him play football atSyracuse University and wason hand when he won one ofhis two NCAA Division Iheavyweight wrestling titles.He also played professionalfootball for the Boston Patriotsin the old American FootballLeague and set a seasonrushing record that will neverbe broken. In my book, hewas the greatest athlete tocome out of Indiana County.There is not enough spacehere to tell of my many adventuresas a news reporter.One of my favorite storieshappened in the late 1970s orearly ’80s.I was assigned to cover theClymer Borough councilmeeting, which was a part ofmy beat for many years.It was a hot summer nightand my son, Craig, had justgotten a new motor scooterfor this birthday.So, naturally, I asked if Icould take it to Clymer. Heagreed, but he was not happyabout it.Well, Clymer council met atthat time in the fire hall and,at times, their meetingsdragged on and on. And onthis evening it was after mid-Continued on Page 28MADELINE STRACK works in the classified advertising department.Continued from Page 22Because of production considerations,changes to the number of pagesgenerally have to be done in four-pageincrements: 20 pages, 24 pages, 28pages, 32 pages. On most days, exceptfor Sunday, the best balance works outto be 24 pages in two sections, althoughthat can change if the news oradvertising departments need additionalspace.❏ ❏ ❏The Gazette’s editorial department ismade up of news, sports and photography.The news staff is composed ofreporters, who do much of the writingthat appears daily in the newspaper,and editors, who determine the directionof news coverage and who are involvedin the daily production of thepaper. Some news employees doubleas reporters and editors and assist withproduction of the daily paper.Eric Ebeling, executive editor, is theperson in charge of the editorial department,including sports and photography.As news editor, Jason Levanis responsible for the daily schedulingof the staff and for assigning reportersand photographers to cover stories.Sports Editor Tony Coccagna has astaff of full-time and part-time employeeswho handle the sports coverageand produce the daily sportspages, including the exhaustive dailyScoreboard page.The Gazette’s chief photographer isTom Peel. Members of his staff of fulltimeand part-time photographersoften are out in the community chasingdown breaking news or looking forfeature pictures in addition to theirregular assignments. All photography,both locally produced and off the wire,is now digital.To illustrate how the newsroomworks, let’s look at a typical day in thenewsroom. For the most part, the newsand sports staffs follow a similarschedule.Nearly everything in the newsroomJAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteEver wonder what goes intoproducing a newspaper?Scan thiswith asmartphoneto watch avideo aboutthe Gazette.these days is done on a personal computer.The primary software used isknown as Falcon, which was created byAdvanced Prepress Technologies, a nationalvendor of newspaper technology.Falcon integrates readily availablecommercial software such as WindowsXP, Word and Quark Xpress into a fullpackage designed to handle nearly allfacets of newsroom production. (APTalso provides the software for the advertisingdepartment and business office.)The first person to arrive in thenewsroom most mornings is the wireeditor, who starts around 5 a.m. Workingat his computer with specially designedsoftware, the wire editor sortsthrough the wire, which means siftingthrough the hundreds of stories thatmove daily from The Associated Press,The New York Times News Service andour other wire services.The wire editor also reviews the latestphotos from The Associated Press,which are downloaded from an APwebsite on the Internet. Later in themorning, the wire editor also paginatesElsewhere, the showcase wirepage that usually runs on Page 7.Continued on Page 26JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteEDITOR Eric Ebeling and wire editor Bill Zimmerman discussed story placement on deadline recently. 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Ultimately,the wire editor must rely onhis knowledge of the area and ourreaders, his experience and hisnews judgment to decide whichwire stories to recommend for inclusionin that day’s report.Depending on the day, the rest ofthe staff arrives in the office between6 and 7 a.m.One member of the news staff isassigned to do the police beat, handlingthe police and emergencyservices reports on crimes, accidents,fires and other breaking stories.Another staffer is designated toprepare the obituaries, which arriveby email or fax or in printed form.Reporters who may have covered alate municipal or school boardmeeting the night before often takethis time to finish up their stories orto pursue leads on other local newsstories they are writing.Meanwhile, the news editors takethe preliminary input from the wireeditor and collate it with the availablelocal stories and photographsto generate a morning news budget,essentially a list of current storiesto help guide decision-making.Copies of the budget are handedout to all members of the news,sports and photo staffs at the daily7 a.m. editorial meeting, when thestaff makes its final decisions onwhat stories will be placed on Page1 and what stories will be used elsewherein the paper.Generally, there are four or fivestories on the front page of the dailypaper. Significant local stories alwaysreceive priority in the selectionprocess, but stories of state,national and world importance alsoget consideration, as do stories referredto as “readers,” which maynot be of world-shaking importancebut are likely to generate a lotof reader interest. These could bearticles on recent poll results,health stories, census reports orsimply human-interest pieces. Withthe wide variety of stories availableand the limited space, finding theright mix for the front page presentsone of the key challenges facing thenews staff daily.Given the nature of the newsbusiness, decisions made at themorning meeting are always subjectto change if a major storybreaks during the course of a morning.A prime example involved theevents of Sept. 11, 2001. The frontpage of the paper was nearly doneGazette file photothat day when word of a plane hittingthe World Trade Center in NewYork City came over the AP wireshortly after 9 a.m. As events unfolded,the news staff redesignedPage 1 several times to reflect thebreaking news reports on the terroristattacks. In its final form, Page1 looked nothing like the originalplan. While such dramatic and tragicevents are rare, the staff must stillremain flexible and alert right up todeadline.Even as the Page 1 decisions arebeing made each day, production isalready well under way for the restof the paper. Some pages — Family,JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteRANDY WELLS, currently thenewspaper’s most senior reporter, isseen in this photo taken in 1990, left,and while finalizing a story earlierthis month, above.JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteLEISURE EDITOR Jennifer Woomer worked on a recent edition.Viewpoint and Entertainment, forexample — are done a day or two inadvance. 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28 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Gazette file photoKOLOGIE at work in the newsroom a few years before hisretirement.50 years spawnslots of memoriesContinued from Page 24night before they adjourned.I was going to ask for aride home from one of theguys that had a pickuptruck, but I didn’t.So I started back to Indianaon Route 286 and neversaw one vehicle on theroad. Near the top of SampleRun Hill, the enginestarted to sputter. It was outof gas.Now what? I did manageto coast and walk to thebottom of the hill near theintersection with TanomaRoad where there was a gasstation, which was closed,and a car wash.I waited for a car to comeby so I could flag it down. …Nothing.Then I noticed a phonebooth near the car wash. Ireached in my pocket andrealized I didn’t have anymoney at all.Frustrated, I stuck my fingerin the coin return on thephone and, guess what?There was a quarter.I called home, got Craigout of bed, and he came outand picked me up. That’s atrue story.❏ ❏ ❏In 1983 Jimmy Stewartcame home to Indiana tocelebrate his 75th birthday.At that time one of my dutieswas designing Page 1,editing and layout.Jimmy was at the IndianaFire Hall across the streetfrom the Gazette and whenhe walked over I had the opportunityto meet him andhe autographed the layoutpage. I still have that in aframe with my Stewart collection.I had been to his father’shardware store on PhiladelphiaStreet, which was verynear the old Gazette, onmany occasions.❏ ❏ ❏Through the years I hadthe opportunity to authorcolumns under variousnames: “Sports Logic byKologie” as sports editor,“Footprints on a Reporter’sDesk,” as a new reporter,and columns on Tuesdaysand Sundays in more recentyears.I have been fortunate incovering many events, notonly with county teams, butwith the professional teamsin Pittsburgh.I have been to the WorldSeries, All-Star games,Super Bowls and StanleyCup playoffs involving Pittsburghteams, the KentuckyDerby and Preakness inhorse racing, the Indianapolis500 in auto racing,the Masters, PGA and U.S.Open in golf, and all themajor bowl games with theexception of the Rose Bowl— which is on my bucketlist.None of this would havebeen possible if I had notbeen working at theGazette.Every day is differentworking in a newsroom.There is no time to bebored, and working on adeadline is always fastpaced.That’s what makes itfun to come to work.But foremost in my memoryis all the wonderful peoplein Indiana County that Ihave met in the last halfcentury.This has truly beena great community in whichto live, work and raise afamily.And I am deeply indebtedto the Ray-Donnelly familiesfor the opportunity towork for them and withthem for the past 50 years.They have been my extendedfamily and I greatlyappreciate all they havedone for me and my family.It made it all worthwhile.Yes, time really flies whenyou’re having fun.JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteBRENT FULTON worked in the camera room to get a recent edition of the newspaper ready to be printed onthe press.JENNY EVANICK, left, and Mary Novak bundled and labeled the papers in preparation for delivery.FINALLY, THE papers are delivered by carriers on foot and in cars.JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteJAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteWhat goes into the newspaper?Indiana Floral721 Philadelphia St. • Downtown IndianaPhone 724-465-2608Continued from Page 26the page electronically, andpage elements can be movedaround on the screen, resizedand edited to fit the availablespace. In most cases, the paginatorwrites the headlinesfor the stories and the captionsfor the photos.Before being placed on apage, all stories must be editedto ensure accuracy, consistencyand adherence to APstyle. Wire stories, which areedited by the wire servicesbefore they are transmitted,receive at least one andFlowers Say It All!• Birthday • Anniversary • New Baby• Sympathy • Get Well • Just Because• Brighten Your Day • WeddingsFlower Boutique1690 Warren Rd. • Indiana, PAPhone 724-465-4440Ordering made easy! Give us a call or look online at www.indianafloral.com. Credit Cards Taken By Phonesometimes two additionalreads by Gazette editors. Locallywritten stories must gothrough at least two editors,although three or more editorsmay review local storiesof major significance.All photos are routedthrough a photo editor, whoproperly sizes them and adjuststhem for color balance,contrast and sharpness tomake sure the photos — bothcolor and black and white —are of high quality when theyappear in the paper.As a final step, newsroompaginators send their completedpages to a laser printer,which makes proof copiesof pages at 70 percent of fullsize. Page proofs must bechecked and initialed by atleast two editors before beingsent electronically to the nextstep in production.To avoid bottlenecks, theGazette uses a staggeredschedule for moving pagesalong to production. All insidewire pages and advancepages are to clear the newsroomby 8:30 a.m., followedin a regular progression bySports, Elsewhere, Weatherand finally Page 1 and Obituariesat 10 a.m.❏ ❏ ❏Putting out the Sundaypaper is the same process,only different. Obviously, themajor differences betweenthe daily and Sunday papersare in the number of pagesand their configuration —normally 24 pages in two sectionson weekdays and 40pages in five sections on Sundays.In addition to many ofthe regular offerings that alsorun daily, the Sunday editioncontains an array of once-aweekfeatures. Also insertedinto Sunday’s Gazette are themoney-saving manufacturers’coupons.The editorial departmentworks on the Sunday paperall week, but the final pages,including Page 1, are completedSaturday night. Thepress run for the Sundaypaper is set for no later than1:30 a.m., and members ofthe distribution and circulationdepartments workovernight to ensure deliveryby early Sunday morning.❏ ❏ ❏Whether it’s a weekday or aSaturday night, the final outputfrom the newsroom istransmitted electronically tothe composing room andelectronic prepress, which isheaded by Donna Rethi.The first step in this stage isto electronically refresh theads that the composing roomstaff had placed on each pagebefore the news content wasadded. After the refreshedads are checked to be surethey are displaying properlyand that the page has no obviousproblems, each page isconverted into a PDF file andmoved to electronic prepress.Since the Gazette adopteddirect-to-plate technology in2005, electronic prepress hasgained even more importance.It is here that the electronicfiles are prepared forthe final step of physicallymaking metal plates for thepress.Press plates are created insets of two pages each, weddingPage 1 with Page 12,Page 2 with Page 11, Page 3Continued on Page 29THENSINCE 1986Serving the Area for 25 Years!SALTSBURGPHARMACYYour hometown pharmacy.237 WASHINGTON ST., SALTSBURG724-639-9022NOW

A LOOK BACKJohn F. Kennedy is assassinated — Nov. 22, 1963Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011— 29What goes into the newspaper?Your one-stop Flooring Shop for every room(and everyone) in your home!Continued from Page 28with Page 10, and so on. Theproper pairing of pages iscrucial so that when the finalnewspaper is put togetherand folded on the press, thepages will appear in the properorder in the finished newspaper.Black-and-white pages requireonly one plate each andare wedded to other blackand-whitepages. Pages withfull color require four plateson the press — cyan (blue),magenta (red), yellow andblack — and are wedded totheir corresponding pages.Each plate includes a seriesof dots in a matrix designedto help cut down on waste atthe start of the press run byelectronically adjusting aplate’s alignment on thepress. Color pages also includea gray bar with color indicatorsat the bottom of thepage to assist the pressroomstaff in adjusting color duringthe press run.Before pages are sent to theelectronic page-plate maker,technicians in prepress makevirtual proofs and full-sizepaper proofs of each set ofwedded pages and follow a15-point checklist includingfonts, graphics and otherpage elements as a final stepto make sure the final pressplates are ready to go.❏ ❏ ❏The pressroom, managedby Joe Naman, represents thefinal step in the production ofthe day’s newspaper. Directto-platetechnology, which replacedthe older, labor-intensivephotographic process,has streamlined the output ofpress plates. Along with improvingspeed, the technologyalso helps to ensure theprint quality of the final product,especially color pages.As plates are created, theyare mounted on the massiveprinting press located on theground floor of the Gazette.The web-fed press is capableof printing 19,000 newspapersan hour. The daily pressrun takes about an hour.As completed newspapersroll off the press on a conveyorsystem, they are alreadytrimmed, collated and folded,ready for the distributiondepartment, managed bySam Parisse. This departmentmakes sure the finishednewspapers get where they’resupposed to go, whether it’sto news carriers, the mail orbulk shipment. Distributionis also responsible for insertingads, fliers and pre-printedpages into the paper; in ensuringthat the front-pagesticky ads are applied whenneeded; and in making surethe Sunday newspapers includethe manufacturers’coupons.As they receive newspapersfrom distribution, the employeesin the circulation department— under circulationdirector Ron Seckar —are busy divvying up newspapersfor vending machinesand over-the-counter sales atarea businesses and for thenews carriers and motorroute drivers who work as independentcontractors to deliverthe Gazette to homesthroughout our circulationarea.This is where the rubbermeets the road, so to speak,because the ultimate goal ofthe entire enterprise is tobring readers the best newspaperwe can on time, dayafter day, year after year.❏ ❏ ❏Even as the day’s newspaperis being shipped out thedoor, work on the next day’sedition has already begun.There are ads to sell, bills tobe prepared and paid in thebusiness office, stories towrite, people to call, equipmentto maintain. And, tomorrow,like nearly everyother day of the year, there isanother deadline waiting.save up to65 %BLAIRSVILLE FLOORFree ParkingBehind Store!everydayon carpet & vinylremnantsPLUSH • BERBER • FRIEZE • WOOD • VINYL • TILE • MORE!COVERING26 W. Market St., Blairsville • 724-459-9350 • Mon 9-7; Tues, Thurs & Fri 9-5; Wed 7 Sat 9-1Servingthe areafor 54yearsNCK Computing & Technical ServicesWe Do Anything Technical• POS Systems • Surveillance Cameras • Networking • Computer Repair• Sound & Lights • Home Theatre Installation • I-Phone Repair560 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701Cell: 724-388-42811934.SAFE, SOUND & SECURE SINCE 1934Your LOCAL Independent Agent724-479-9378Homer City WalbeckInsurance.com

30 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011PAPERBOYS RECEIVEDa box of candy fromGazette circulation directorHugh Bell at a companyChristmas party in themid-1940s. Formernewsboys profiled in thissection did their best toidentify their counterparts.Pictured are, in front, fromleft: unidentified, DonKinter, Chuck Muller, DonGibson, Jim Shay, SamSherwin and Don Kritzer.Second row, from left:Bell, Paul Wetzel,(unidentified) Moreau,Eddy Graves, Don Miller,Bob Sherwin, GeorgeHood, unidentified,unidentified, Andy Smith,Blair Taylor and RonKinter. Back row, from left:unidentified, Bill Shane,Bob Spicher, WalterKrytusa, Fred Gershman,Don Calhoun, Ted Allen,Jack Freeman, Ray Allen, aman known only as Taylor,unidentified andunidentified.Gazette file photoPaperboys reflect on lessons learnedBy BILL ZIMMERMANbillz@indianagazette.netMayor George Hood rememberswhen he only had to oversee a partof Indiana Borough.As a paperboy in the 1940s, hedelivered The Indiana EveningGazette in the South Sixth Streetarea, tossing papers from his pedalbike.“I could throw that paper a longways and make it hit the rightspot,” he said. “I never broke anywindows or doors.”As the Gazette looks back on itsown history, a group of paperboysfrom decades past looked back ontheir days folding papers, distributingthem around town and collectingsubscription fees fromtheir customers. They can recalltheir routes, the people who reliedon their services and the lessonslearned from their early entry intothe workforce.“I learned how to greet people,meet people, I learned how tomake change. I had money in mypocket as a kid,” said Hood, whowent on to work 40 years with thestate department of transportation.In those days, paperboys wereresponsible for collecting customers’subscription payments,“I LEARNED how to greetpeople, meet people, Ilearned how to makechange. I had money in mypocket as a kid.”George Hood,Indiana’s mayor andformer Gazette paperboypunching a card, indicating paymentfor the week. Hood, who is inhis late 70s, said subscriptions cost18 cents a week when he began.Delivering papers from sixth toeighth grade, he recalled receivingextra money on his birthday and atChristmas, and getting an invitationto the Gazette’s annual holidayparty. His son George Jr. wouldlater deliver papers on a route similarto his father’s.“I got to know all my customers,”the elder Hood said.For Bill Shane, one customermade a lasting impact: the guywho gave a $5 tip at Christmaseven though he lived in a oneroomshack and had only beans toeat.“I’ll never forget Art, the guy wholived in a little shanty in the alley,”he said.As a fifth-grader, Shane, 75,would cram 93 papers into thebasket of his Schwinn cruiser anddeliver to parts of Oak and Chestnutstreets. He lived in the middleof his route at 290 Chestnut St.“It was a great starting job, and Ilearned a lot, about being responsible,showing up, doing your jobno matter how miserable theweather was,” Shane said.If customers stiffed a paperboyon their weekly bill, the moneywould come out of the carrier’spay until it was covered. Shane rememberedhis mother, Jean,Continued on Page 33Senator Don WhiteCongratulatestheDonnelly FamilyOn100 Years ofFamily OwnershipContinued success in thenext century ofserving Indiana County!Paid for by Friends of Senator Don White

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33 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011R. HASTIE RAY1001911-2011GazetteeditorsguidepaperChangea constantin industryBy HEATHER ROTHhroth@indianagazette.netJOE DONNELLYBILL HASTINGSCARL KOLOGIEShortly after his fatherbought the daily The IndianaEvening Gazette andweekly Indiana CountyGazette in 1911, R. HastieRay took the reins of thenewsroom-side of thebusiness.And he kept them fordecades.Ray became manager andeditor in 1913, after hegraduated from KiskiminetasSprings School, and almostimmediately bought anew press and did awaywith the weekly editionpeople were used to.Instead, he focused effortson the daily paper.An editorial that ran afterhis death in 1978 paid specialattention to that decision.“To dare to concentrateon the daily newspaper fieldnot only demonstrated confidencein his own ability tochange the advertising andreading habits of the peopleof Indiana County, but alsotestified to his genuine confidencein the future developmentof the Gazette’s circulationarea,” it read.The company built a newbuilding just a few yearslater, in 1915. It acquiredanother press in 1921 andagain in 1933, and joinedThe Associated Press in1935.Ray was named managingdirector in 1945, and wasnamed as co-publisher withhis two brothers, N. Dewittand B. Dwight Ray.He died April 30,1978.TOM PEEL/GazetteFORMER NEWSPAPER carriers Don Gibson, left, Bill Shane, center, and George Hood recently strapped on a carrier’s bagagain for old time’s sake.Paperboys reflect on lessonslearned delivering GazetteContinued from Page 30would “slip something in there” if hewas short.Shane would go on to be a Democraticstate representative, countycommissioner and chairman of thePublic Utility Commission, taking alesson from his paperboy days intopolitics.“I was very comfortable meetingpeople, knocking on doors,” he said.Now carriers are independentcontractors, delivering papers onfoot and by automobile; they’re nolonger responsible for collectingcustomer payments. Each day, theycollectively travel more than 2,300miles and walk more than 110 miles.Each month, they deliver a total ofmore than 350,000 papers, accordingto the Gazette’s circulation department.“I ABSOLUTELY loved it. I hadso many nice people. That wasone of the best things that Iliked about the paper route.”Larry Stadtmiller,delivered in the 1950sDon Gibson, 81, can recall his entiresnaking route, which ended athis home at 600 S. Seventh St.“You get to know a lot of people,and of course you had a lot offriends who were doing the samething you were doing,” he said.He delivered papers for severalyears in the ’40s, taking on a moredemanding route of 100 to 110 paperswhen his brother, Bob, movedon. His sons Greg and Barry bothdelivered papers along with hisgrandson Steve. (Greg Gibson laterworked 11 years in the newspaper’scirculation department.)Gibson walked his route and remembersusing his Christmas tipsone year to buy a radio at Art Lewis’old downtown store. He can’t rememberever needing a substitute.“There was all kinds of weather,”he said. “If you had snow or rain,you had to deliver the paper.”Gibson would later retire after 25years at Fisher Scientific, where heworked in the accounting department,handling money on a muchlarger scale than his days carryingcustomers’ change.A lot of money went through LarryContinued on Page 34SAM BECHTELWILL KENNEDYJOE DONNELLY beganworking as a reporter in thenewsroom in 1952, andafter years in the newsroombecame co-publisher withLucy Donnelly, his wife andRay’s daughter.In 1957, Donnelly wasnamed the acting cityeditor, became editor thefollowing year and later,general manager.By 1986, they bought outother members of the Rayfamily and became co-publishers.Toward the end of Donnelly’stenure overseeingthe newsroom was the transitionto the current building,and to offset printing —a change that allowed theuse of color for the firsttime, current publisher andpresident Michael Donnellysaid.The Gazette was amongthe first newspapers tomake that transition, hesaid.Joe Donnelly was co-publisherand chairman of IndianaPrinting and PublishingCo. when he died on Oct.19, 2000. An editorial writtenthen by Bill Hastingscredited him and his familywith “producing an awardwinning,middle-Americanewspaper that championsfamily values, communitybetterment and the public’sprecious right to know.”And newspaper colleaguesacross the statespoke of how he left theGazette in a strong positionto continue.NEWSPAPER DELIVERY cars from the 1950s.Delivery, by the numbersGazette file photoERIC EBELINGBILL HASTINGS, a memberof the Gazette staff since1945, took leadership of thenewsroom at the time of theContinued on Page 34Miles walkedeach day bythe Gazette’scarriers.Miles driveneach day bythe Gazette’scarriers.Total Gazettenewspapersdelivered everymonth.

34 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Change a constant in newspaper industryContinued from Page 33move to offset printing andto the new building.That change, he said,characterized his 20-plusyeartenure as the Gazette’smanaging editor.“A lot of years passedthrough there,” he said,years that reflect a switchfrom hot type to offset printingto pagination.Hastings started as asports reporter, when hewas all of 16 years old. Hewas named sports editor at18, writing a “Speaking ofSports” column starting in1948.After he was drafted intothe Army and after workingfor a while in New York,Hastings returned to theGazette as a newsman. Hestarted writing “On theCounty News Trail,” a predecessorto his “Inside Indiana”column of today, regularlyin 1953. He was countyeditor in 1959, named newseditor the following yearand was promoted to managingeditor in the 1970s.He, along with Donnelly,oversaw the change to offsetprinting.“That was a dramaticchange,” he said.Hot type was just like itsounds: lead melted intomolds and heated for printing.Offset printing ushered inthe use of a computerizedprocess, creating negativesused to make the plates thatprinted the pages.By the 1980s, computerswere coming into use, andpages were created at computerterminals rather thanon graphics tables.Hastings also oversaw thecreation of an internshipprogram in 1976, and hethinks of that as somethinghe’s particularly proud of.“I had the opportunity ofcoordinating it along witheverything else,” he said.“My goodness, we put somenice people out.”In January of 1993, Hastingsstepped down as managingeditor. But he continuesworking part-time forthe Gazette; his “Inside Indiana”column still runs everyFriday as one of the mostpopular features in thepaper.CARL KOLOGIE was the assistantmanaging editorwhen Hastings retired, andserved as managing editorfrom 1993 to 2003.He started at the paper in1961 as a sports editor, hiredby Hastings. He moved tothe news desk in 1967, andbecame assistant editor in1972.Technology was changingwhile he led the newsroom,and the way news was coveredchanged, too.Before computers and theInternet, reporters spentmore time in face-to-face“WE REALLY havefocused on gettinginformation on (thewebsite) in a timelyfashion.”Eric Ebeling,current editorinterviews. But withtechnology, “reporting becamemore impersonal,” hesaid.He also had correspondentsin communitiesaround the county who includedall the bits andpieces of society news: whogot married, who had ababy, what church was havinga chicken dinner.“People just loved to seetheir names,” he said.Looking back, Kologie isparticularly proud of howevery municipal meetingwas covered.“We never missed coveringa municipal meeting,”he said. “To get a full-blownreport of the municipalmeeting, people would haveto read The Indiana Gazette,and we never missed.”“We really took pride inthe local news,” he said.Kologie writes a Sundaycolumn for the Gazette; overthe years, he has writtencolumns including “SportsLogic” and “Footprints.”SAM BECHTEL took overthe position of assistantmanaging editor from Kologie.But several monthslater, with Kologie requestingless responsibility, Bechtelwas named executive editorin November 1993. Heresigned in August 2004.Under Bechtel, paginationmoved into the editorial department;first partially in1999, and then fully in 2003.“The biggest thing thathappened while I was there,and it was just really gettinga toehold, was all the electronicstuff,” he said recently.“I had a wonderful staff,we built the staff, we did alot of things that had neverbeen done at the Gazettebefore.”He said they focused oninvestigative stories thatgarnered awards for theGazette.Bechtel started as sportseditor in 1968, then left towork for 12 years at theBeaver County Times andfor nine for the PittsburghPress before returning to theGazette.WILL KENNEDY was hiredin January of 2005 as executiveeditor, and remainedwith the Gazette for justover a year and a half. He resignedin October of 2006.During his short tenure,he oversaw a style updatefor the newspaper, bringingabout significant changes tothe look and design.Previously, he was a reporterand editor in Ohio,managing editor at The Augusta(Ga.) Chronicle andexecutive editor of the Topeka(Kan.) Capital-Journal.ERIC EBELING is the currentexecutive editor at theGazette, taking leadership inNovember of 2006.He came to Indiana fromMaryland, where as a managingeditor at The DailyTimes, in Salisbury, he directednine weekly papers.He also served as generalmanager of the WorcesterCounty (Md.) Times, whichhe helped create, and twoother publications ownedby the Gannett newspapercompany.He was managing editor ofThe Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformerfor several years inthe late ’90s, then spenttime writing for a book seriespublished by StackpoleBooks.He began his news careerat the weekly HersheyChronicle, then worked as areporter, columnist and editorialpage editor at TheDaily News in Lebanon.After almost five years inIndiana, Ebeling said he’sproud of the way the newsroomhas come together.“I feel that there’s camaraderiein the newsroomand teamwork” that’s necessaryfor creating a goodnewspaper, he said, referencingthe paper’s performancein statewide KeystonePress awards.And there’s also a sense ofpride in working at a newspaperthat has such a strongbond with the community.The Gazette’s involvementin Indiana through programssuch as the annualLight Up Night, the Newspaperin Education initiativeand other community projectsis “real hands on,” hesaid, and can “make a differencein people’s lives.”Currently, the paper isworking to enhance the onlineexperience — an areathat has changed and iscontinuing to evolve sinceEbeling joined the Gazette.“What role the Internetand that kind of a technologychange and delivery systemwill play” is still to beseen, he said, adding thatthe newspaper continues toevolve to address the newchallenges.Over the past years, thewebsite has gone from avery limited offering, withjust a few stories uploadedeach day, to featuring acomplete news report eachday as well as online-onlypieces such as videos andinteractive polls.“We really have focusedon getting information on(the website) in a timelyfashion,” he said.THESE GAZETTE newsboys in the mid-1900s posed for a photograph before leaving on their routes.Gazette file photoPaper carriers reflect on life lessons learnedContinued from Page 33Stadtmiller’s hands in the1950s as he delivered papersfor the Post-Gazette in themorning and The IndianaEvening Gazette after school— typically 65 papers in themorning and 30 in theevening.“I absolutely loved it,” hesaid. “I had so many nicepeople. That was one of thebest things that I liked aboutthe paper route.”Stadtmiller, 66, said heused his earnings to buy arotary lawn mower on creditfrom Stewart Hardware sohe could also make moneymowing lawns, a gig he keptwell after he gave up his paperboyjob.He has fond memories ofholiday gifts from customers— a pocket knife, apair of hockey skates fromJimmy Stewart’s father, AlexStewart — and the contactsmade that helped him as a“jack of all trades” in adulthood,when occupations includedhandling land accusationsfor R&P Coal Co.,selling cars and insuranceplans and ultimately startingRed Oak Advertising inthe borough.“It’s too bad that more kidstoday don’t do it,” he said. “Ithink they would have moreself-esteem. They wouldlearn how to communicatebetter, something that theydon’t know today.”In 2010, Stadtmiller againdelivered papers when hehelped his carrier, ElonaBridge, make her rounds inWhite Township, a gooddeed publicized by Gazettecolumnist Bill Hastings. 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A LOOK BACKPresident Nixon resigns — Aug. 9, 1974Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 35Evolution of website leads to huge growthBy CHAUNCEY ROSSwebmaster@indianagazette.netThis is getting old.With better than a week ofshelf-time from the pointwhen it was written until thetime it was printed for the IndianaGazette Centennial section,this story could well beantiquated.It’s all about The IndianaGazette Online, the Internetversion of the daily paperwith all the news about theIndiana County area.Who knows what breakingnews, updated stories andspur-of-the-moment featuresmay get the online spotlightafter this story leaves myscreen, but disappear into thearchive by the time you turnto this page?The Indiana Gazette Onlineis a companion to the dailypaper that lands with a thudon your porch. A few clicks onyour computer keyboardopens the Gazette site and thedistinct features that make it ateam element in the completedaily coverage you get withIndiana Printing & PublishingCompany media.The Gazette first launched awebsite in 2000. Over thedecade, it has evolved,matching the other advancesmade on the World Wide Web.As with other online media,it’s a work in progress, an incompleteinvention that’sbeing modified — improved— on a daily basis.Before the Internet, storiesbreaking an hour after presstime waited a day to reachGazette readers.Before the Gazette website,customers were limited tophoning or visiting duringbusiness hours — or sendingpostal mail — to place a classifiedad or to get service on asubscription.Before The Indiana GazetteOnline, readers needed to clipand file stories that theywould need for future reference.Since the start of theGazette website, we’ve keptspecial online sections of referencematerial for readers’ongoing use. Find informationabout your local communities,schools, governmentoffices at your fingertips inthe Life In Indiana section.We’ve built the daily newsofferings from a short list ofdaily highlights to a comprehensiveroundup of the reportsthat roll off the press.By devoting more manpowerto management of thewebsite, the Gazette has dismissedone-deadline-a-daythinking and begun postingdeveloping stories as theyhappen, especially those suchas emergency situations thataffect the way you go aboutyour daily business.The Gazette has embracedother online capabilities —you know, email and socialnetworking — to make yournews reading experiencemore convenient. We sendheadlines by email, breakingnews by text message andContinued on Page 36JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteCHAUNCEYROSS, whowas hired bythe Gazette in2000 after along career inradio, wasnamedwebsiteeditor in May2007.SPECIALIZING IN: TREATMENT OPTIONS: DIAGNOSTIC:General OrthopaedicsSports MedicineFracture CareJoint PainCarpal Tunnel SyndromeWrist & Hand InjuriesFoot & Ankle InjuriesWorkers’ Compensation CasesArthroscopyPain ManagementTotal Joint ReplacementPhysical TherapyX-RayEMG/NCVIndiana • Blairsville • Punxsutawney www.pacosm.com 724-465-2676

36 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011WebsiteseesgrowthContinued from Page 35links to our online features onFacebook and Twitter, savingyou the time of digging andsearching for something youneed, especially when youmay not know it’s there.Imagine having an IndianaGazette newspaper carrierfling a fresh page of updatednews onto your desk at workwhen you’re wrapping up forthe day, or tossing a new editioninto your car while you’redriving to bring the kids homefrom soccer practice.It’s like that — immediate,and maybe just a little moreconvenient.The past decade has foundthe Gazette taking advantageof Internet security technologyto let you conduct businesswith us online. Subscribe tothe paper, extend your subscriptionand pay by creditcard on a secure connection.Report a problem with service,ask us to hold your paperswhile you’re on vacation, orstart a gift subscription for afriend, relative or businessclient.The advantage of growingcomputer disk capacity hasenabled the Gazette to free upall that space in your bottomdesk drawer and to clear theold microfilm viewing equipmentout of the cubbyhole inthe back of the newsroom.Now, all the old articles andphotos that you clipped andsaved are stored away in digitalform in any one of threeonline archives of Indiananews.From the roundups of lastweek’s school board coverage,to a comprehensive collectionof exact images of thenewspapers since 2006, to thepreserved pages of the historicGazette and its predecessorsand competitors, IndianaCounty news from theCivil War through today isstockpiled online.We’ve looked at all the webhas to offer and we’ve seen noend. That means we offer abottomless page of news.Without a limit on paper andink, by comparison, IndianaGazette online news coverageis extended with deeper stories,more sidebar reports andmany more photos. We attachto the stories all kinds of supportingdocuments, such asschool budgets, court recordsand teacher contracts that thepaper, and even radio and TV,can’t deliver. The Gazetteposts online videos of breakingnews and communityevents, and opens an onlinechatroom to take your immediatefeedback and discussthe hot issues of the moment.Could more technologicaladvances be far behind?I can’t tell you in this storywhat Gazette sports writerMatthew Burglund will tellIUP football fans in an onlinechat session before the Sept.24 game against SlipperyRock — which you will haveread about by now.And I can’t predict whatkind of bad weather alert wemight have to text you beforethis weekend — which, bynow, was last weekend.Visit www.indianagazette.com to see where it all starts.Write to webmaster@indianagazette.netfor questions,comments and suggestions.All that being said, we havethis footnote for our longtimereaders, who have managedtheir lives so far without Internettechnology, and who planto go on getting their news theold-fashioned way: Keep thisIndiana Printing & PublishingCompany Centennial sectionin your hands.It’s so special that not all of itwill be found online.Send extra copies to yourout-of-town friends. Tuckyour copy away for posterity.Go ahead, let the edges getyellow. Because, in a lot ofways, there’s nothing badabout getting old.A LOOK BACKFlood of ’77 — July 20, 1977Challenger explosion — Jan. 28, 1986The PA CareerLink is a “One Stop” Centerproviding an array of career and workforce developement servicesto employers and jobseekers.Jobseeker Services• Resume & cover letter assistance• Info & referrals to other services in our community• Find computerized job listings• Info on unemployment compensationEmployer Services• Automated job matching• Referral of qualified candidates• Access to posted resumes by jobseekers• Room rentals for meetings, interviews, and recruitmentsFull PA CareerLink Services are available at www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us300 Indian Springs Road, Indiana, PA • 724-471-7220 • TTY: 724-471-7221

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38 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011A LOOK BACKTerrorist attacks — Sept. 11, 2001

Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 39A LOOK BACKThe IFirst black president elected — Nov. 5, 2008ndianaGazettewww.indianagazette.com28 pages — 2 sections Vol. 105 — No. 7550 centsWednesday5Who’s in the newsThere is goodnews today inThe IndianaGazetteabout thesearea people:VickieBlattenberger,Joe Bonini,Corey Lee Boston, BeckyPetrisko, Jesse Garshnick,Breanna Kochinsky.WeatherTonightwill beclear withan overnightlow of 43.Thursday willbe mostly sunnywith a high of 69./Page 2Coming upSUNDAY: IUP studentscreated works of art fromdiscarded plastic for the“Animals In Your Trash”exhibit at the Indiana CountySolid Waste Authority./LeisureInsidePlayIn Today’s Gazette!Daily winner on Page 2.Play today — Page 20.CUTBACKS: Retirementaccounts already battered by asteep market decline may gethit again as several companiessuspend or reduce their 401(k)matches./Page 7MOVING ON: NorthernCambria was pushed to thelimit by Elderton beforeadvancing in the PIAA girls’volleyball playoffs./Page 15NO MORE DIETING: Afterdecades of obsessing aboutfat, calories and carbs, manydieters make the unorthodoxdecision to simply enjoy foodagain./Page 28For young readersSERIAL STORY: Woody thinksabout freedom./Page 22DeathsObituaries on Page 4HAMILTON, Roger W., 74,IndianaKRISKO, Nick, 87, IndianaIndexClassifieds......................25–27Dear Abby ............................24Entertainment.....................23Family...................................22Food .....................................28Lottery numbers ...................2NASCAR ...............................16Today in History..................24Sports .............................15–20TV-Comics ...........................21Viewpoint ..............................6Teddy“Examinewhat is said,not him whospeaks.”■ Poll gibes with reality./Page 2■ Election notebook: The youth vote,doughnuts, going to the dogs./Page 8■ A large group of students gathered incelebration Tuesday night after Obamaclinched the nomination./Page 8■ Area’s uncontested legislatorsroll on./Page 8■ Jack Wagner gets nod for auditorgeneral; Tom Corbett wins re-electionas attorney general; Rob McCordelected treasurer./Page 9By RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.net■ Voters approve referendum to fundwater and sewage systems./Page 914,632 votes to7,184 for his Democraticchallenger,Samy ElMasry.Smith’s marginof victorywas nearly 2-to-HISTORICObama elected as first black presidentMORRY GASH/Associated PressAN ESTIMATED 125,000 people were on hand for Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago.Victory seen as move to equalityBy LAUREN DALEYldaley@indianagazette.netTo Dr. Edwina Battle Vold,Barack Obama’s slogan of “Yeswe can” has become “Yes wedid.”Growing up as black womanin the segregated South, Voldsaid she would have never believedthat a black man couldbecome the Democratic nomineefor president, let alone president-elect.Smith easilybeats El MasryHatred and suspicion existsbetween blacks and whites, shesaid, and while some of that hasdiminished, it still surfaces insome parts of the country. But inthe midst of it all, to her, Obamastayed focused and brought thecountry together, evident by hiselection.“I never thought this daywould happen, that I’d live tosee it happen. I guess to a certainextent I am just so surprisedbecause my life has spanned theJACKWAGNERINSIDEwhole segregation era,” saidVold, president of the IndianaCounty chapter of the NationalAssociation for the Advancementof Colored People. “Toreach this stage in my life wherethere’s the possibility that ‘yeswe did’ is amazing because Inever thought growing up thatwe would ever see ourselves inthis position. It’s been a marvelousjourney.”If Obama does what she hopesContinued on Page 10TOMCORBETT■ Reaction from America and aroundthe world./Page 10■ Democrats gain firmer controlof Congress./Page 11■ Turnout across the country was thebest in a century./Page 11Results unofficialAll election results in today’s Gazetteare unofficial. The official tabulation bythe board of elections begins Friday.9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT✓ Rep. Bill Shuster (R), 64%Tony Barr (D), 36%12TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT✓By TERENCE HUNTAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTON — His name etched in historyas America’s first black president-elect, BarackObama turned today from the jubilation of victoryto the sobering challenge of leading a nationworried about economic crisis, two unfinishedwars and global uncertainty.“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will besteep,” Obama cautioned.Young and charismatic but with little experienceon the national level, Obama smashedthrough racial barriers and easily defeated RepublicanJohn McCain to become the firstAfrican-American destined to sit in the Oval Office,America’s 44th president. He was the firstDemocrat to receive more than 50 percent of thepopular vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976.“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, becauseof what we did on this date in this electionat this defining moment, change has come toAmerica,” Obama told a victory rally of 125,000people jammed into Chicago’sGrant Park.After an improbable journeythat started for Obama 21months ago and drew arecord-shattering $700 millionto his campaign accountalone, Obama scored an ElectoralCollege landslide thatredrew America’s politicalmap.He won states that reliablyvoted Republican in presidentialelections, like Indianaand Virginia, which hadn’tsupported the Democraticcandidate in 44 years. Ohio and Florida, key toPresident Bush’s twin victories, also went forObama, as did Pennsylvania, which McCain haddeemed crucial for his election hopes.In Indiana County, voters cast 19,617 ballots(52.6 percent) for McCain and 16,964 for Obama(45.5 percent). Independent Ralph Nader registered356 votes (almost 1 percent), while Libertariancandidate Bob Barr garnered 151 votes(about 0.5 percent).In 2004, Indiana Countians cast 20,254 votesfor George Bush (55.9 percent) and 15,831 forJohn Kerry (43.7 percent). In 2000, Bush garnered16,799 votes (53.5 percent) in Indiana County toAl Gore’s 13,667 (43.5 percent).With most U.S. precincts tallied, the popularvote was 52.3 percent for Obama and 46.4 percentfor McCain. But the count in the ElectoralCollege was lopsided — 349 to 147 in Obama’sfavor as of early today, with three states still to bedecided. Those were North Carolina, Georgiaand Missouri.With just 76 days until the inauguration,Obama is expected to move quickly to begin assemblinga White House staff and selecting Cabinetnominees. Campaign officials said IllinoisRep. Rahm Emanuel was the front-runner to beObama’s chief of staff.The advisers spoke on condition of anonymitybecause the announcement had not yet beenmade.With these moves and many others to comeupon him quickly, Obama planned a low-key,everyman day-after in his hometown of Chicago.The president-elect was taking his two youngdaughters to school, and then heading to thegym, with little else on his schedule.The nation awakened to the new reality at daybreak,a short night after millions witnessedObama’s election — an event so rare it could notbe called a once-in-a-century happening.Continued on Page 10Locally, all incumbents retain their seatsBy the numbers“I NEVERthought thisday wouldhappen, thatI’d live to seeit happen.”Dr. EdwinaBattle Vold,president, IndianaCounty NAACPJOHNMcCAINMurtha survives challengeBy KIMBERLY HEFLINGAssociated Press WriterPHILADELPHIA — JohnMurtha scrambled to jumpwonre-election with 58 percentof the vote, unofficial returnsshowed.In his hometown of Johnstown,supporters chantedCheap Drinks – Lousy FoodDELMONICO STEAK $13Cooked one way, the right way!Served with fries, salad andhome made rollTUESDAYTACOS $1FRIDAYFISH WITH FRESHCUT FRIES $5566 Philadelphia Street724-349-0372Sun. thru Sat. 11am-2amKitchen Open 7 Days a Weekwww.grubsportsbar.comBIG BEEF BRISKETSANDWICH $5Smoked right outback with our ownrub. 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40 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011THE WAY WE LIVED: BLAIRSVILLEBLAIRSVILLE’S Market Street is pictured in the 1930s.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHIS SHOT shows an assembly in the town’s Market Square on the first Decoration Daycelebrated in Blairsville in 1868. Decoration Day is the former name for Memorial Day.BLAIRSVILLE Savings and Trust.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE McKINLEY Monument, named in honor of former President William McKinley, wasthe predecessor to the Diamond at the end of Market Street. The cannons flanking thegazebo are no longer there.AT ONE TIME, the municipal swimming pool was a hub of activity.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoIndiana County’s first choice forhome health care for over 40 years!724-463-6340www.vnaindianacounty.comAffiliated WithVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA COUNTYCompassionate Care Right at Home

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42 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Area centenarians remember ...Martha FraileyAge: 101, born Sept. 29,1910Of where: Rose Haven,IndianaQuestion: What do you feelwas the most influentialdevelopment in the countyduring your lifetime?Answer: Martha answeredsimply “The college, IUP.”Question: What do youlove most about IndianaCounty?Answer: Its simplicity. Itwas nice growing up in asmall town. Indiana was anice little community and Iliked being raised here.TOM PEEL/GazetteThey have witnessed two world wars,were alive when Henry Ford’s Model Trolled off the production line and weregiven the right, as women, to vote.Indiana County centenarians were askedto answer one of the following questions:1.) What is your earliest memory of life inIndiana County?2.) What do you feel was the mostinfluential development in the countyduring your lifetime?3.) What do you love most about IndianaCounty?Five responded — interestingly, allwomen — sharing what changes they haveseen the county undergo in the past 100years and what they love most about livinghere.Age: 100, March 11, 1911Of where: Rose Haven,IndianaHow long you’ve lived inIndiana: Born in IndianaCounty, lived her entire lifehere except for a two-yearperiod.Question: What is yourearliest memory of life in IndianaCounty?Answer: My earliestmemory of life in IndianaCounty was the ending ofWorld War I. I rememberseeing and hearing a soldierin uniform driving a Ford carup and down the streetsblowing the horn, hearing themine whistle and churchAnn WasdiTOM PEEL/Gazettebells. My mother’s commentwas, “Now I will be able toget my sugar for the baking.”Ethel GuardSubmitted photoAge: 101, born April 21, 1910Of where: IndianaQuestion: What is your earliest memory of life in IndianaCounty?Answer: When I was 4 years old, I came by train to Indianafrom Pittsburgh and went to my grandma’s in the country byhorse and buggy.Margaret LewisSubmitted photoAge: 100, born Aug. 9, 1911Of where: IndianaQuestion: What do you love about Indiana County?Answer: I’m not originally from Indiana. I moved herefrom Dayton after daughter Judy and husband Joemoved toIndiana County in 1977 because of a job change. Myhusband, George, and I started shopping and visitingoften here. In the past 10 years, my home has beenbetween my three daughters. Now my permanent homeis Indian Haven for the past 2½ years.I’ve liked the shopping in Indiana and if I wasyounger, I would like to shop in all the new stores, butwhat do I need at this age?Jean DouglassSubmitted photoAge: 103, born May 22, 1908Of where: Brush ValleyHow long you’ve lived in Indiana: Born in Coral, lived inIndiana County her whole lifeQuestion: What is your earliest memory of life in IndianaCounty?Answer: I remember as a child my dad died in the mine whenI was in third grade and things got real hard for my family. MyMama had to take in laundry and did wall papering for peopleand my job was to put on the paste. She also did deliveringbabies. I also helped her in a restaurant she had in Homer Citylater on. Then as a teenager I worked for the American Store inHomer City. I remember one time gypsies came through and Igot taken for money from the store.Back then you didn’t have doll houses; you played house inthe corn cribs.JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteTOM PEEL/GazetteTOM PEEL/Gazette-Appetizers -Wings -Salads -Gyros-Hoagies -Speciality Pizzas-Traditional Pizzas -Pastas -Specialty Pastas-Stromboli -Calzones -Wedgies -Desserts504 South 13th Street, Indiana, PA 15701(Across From IUP Tennis Courts)Mon.-Thurs. 10 am-12 am • Fri. 10 a.m.-2 amSat. 11 am-2 am • Sun. 12 pm-12 amDELIVERY: 724.349.0100

THE WAY WE LIVED: HOMER CITYIndiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 43JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE Prairie State Incubator Factory was later known as Syntron, then FMC. The company has had a longstanding presence in Blairsville and Homer City.At its height, the company employed more than 830 people at the plants.THE TOWN’S baseball team, pictured in 1909.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE OLD Homer City High School is pictured in this photo before 1955.Known as Laura Lamar High School until then, it was renamed Homer-CenterHigh School in 1966.THE Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Plant.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoLorelli’sQUALITY • SELECTIONJewelry• AFFORDABLE PRICESSINCE 1977Indiana Mall 724-349-2500

44 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011THE WAY WE LIVED: INDIANAJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE Brown Hotel, at Sixth and Water streets, burned on Feb. 14, 1993, when it was 120 yearsold. The roof was badly damaged. This photo was shot after it was repaired.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE ORIGINAL Indiana County Jail along North Sixth Street was replaced by a building alongNorth Ninth Street, then moved to White Township in 2009.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHESE WOMEN were among the first people to arrive in Indiana by train, according to historian John Busovicki, of Clymer.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHIS BUILDING, at the sourtheast corner of Philadelphia Street, used to be known as the Old IndianaHouse. Notice the oversized chair on the adjacent building at left.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoA HOUSE was sandwiched between a business and the Indiana Post Office alongSouth Seventh Street in this photo, shot in the early 1930s. It is now a parking lotfor the post office.Indiana Mall:Part of Indiana CountySince October 1, 19792334 Oakland Ave., Indiana724-349-6110www.indianamallpa.comMonday-Saturday 10a.m. to 9p.m., Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. • www.indianamallpa.comOVER 50 STORES & SERVICES UNDER 1 ROOFBON-TON - BIG KMART - JC PENNEY - SEARS• Aeropostale• American EagleOutfitters• Auntie Anne’sPretzels• Bath & Body Works• Bo-Rics Hair Care• Bon Worth• Capri Pizza• Cinemas IV• Claire’s Boutique• Dingbats Restaurant& Sports Bar• Finish Line• Freedom WirelessVerizon• FYE Music• Game Stop• Gardners Candies• General NutritionCenter• H&R Block• Indiana Co.Tourist Bureau• Jewelry Junction• Kay Jewelers• King’s Jewelry• Kitchen Collection• Lorelli’s Jewelry• Luxenberg’s Jewelers• Matthew’s Hallmark• Maurices• Mobile Phone Pros• Old Navy• Pacific Sunwear• Pa. Drivers LicenseCenter• Pa. Lottery Booth• Pearle Vision Express• Pittsburgh SportsConnection• Radio Shack• Regis Salon• Rue 21• Shoe Dept.• Sinobi JapaneseRestaurant• Spencer Gifts• Subway• Style Nails & II• Things Remembered• United VendingArcade• Windgate Wines

THE WAY WE LIVED: SALTSBURGIndiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 45JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE OLD River Bridge was destroyed by fire and later replaced with the current bridge that spans the Kiskiminetas River. Passersby can still see the cement piers where the bridge stood.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoA HORSE and buggy sat on Salt Street in this undated photo.THE POOL in Saltsburg was known as Camp Kiskiminetas.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoMEN AWAITED the arrival of a train at the old station in town.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoMEMBERS OF the Utopian Club basketball team of Saltsburg were identified as, top row:McGregor, left, and Smith; second row, from left: McIlwain, R. McKelvey and I. McKelvey;and third row, bottom left: Cunningham, Kelley, Alcorn and Bonner.~On April 30, 1949, Napoleon and Josephine Patti servedthe first beer in Nap Patti’s Bar. The tavern quickly becamethe neighborhood’s favorite watering hole. Over the next40 years, it remained a place for friends to gather. ~ In June of 1992 the doors of Nap’s beloved tavern closedfor renovations. Lead by Nap and Josephine’s daughter, MaryJo Karas, they re-opened as Nap’s Cucina Mia. (Nap’s Kitchen)~The passing of time leads to change, and Nap’s is no different.Returning from Florence with a master’s in Italian cuisine,Mary Jo’s son, Nick, has continued his family’s time-honoredtraditions, while adding many new, exciting dishes to the menu.To Mary Jo and her family,the kitchen is a placefor more than just cooking food.To eat at Naps takes youback to a time that exudeswarmth, friendship, and love.~ Ciao!~Committed to both tradition and the future, Nick’s ever-changingspecials keep customers returning time and time again.1033 Philadelphia St.724~465~5396HOMER CITY: 724-479-2006 • MCGEES MILLS: 814-277-4576SAND & GRAVEL• 1B, 2B, #3, #4 CRUSHED SANDSTONE• AGG SAND & LANDSCAPING STONESMONDAY - FRIDAY: 7 AM - 5 PM; SATURDAY: 7 AM - 12 PM OPEN 24/7 WITH APPOINTMENTWWW.KINKEADAGGREGATES.COM

46 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011toThe IndianaGazettefor achievingsuch a hugemilestone.THE WAY WE LIVEDofFamilyOwnershipis a sure signof DedicationandCommitmentto theIndiana Area.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoCLARKSBURG: This was known as the original Marshall House, seen atthe turn of the 20th century.PINE FLATS: Hotel Thornton.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photo®Locally Owned& Operated.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoCREEKSIDE: This photo of the old post office is the only knownone from Creekside during this time period.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoMARION CENTER: You could actually become a teacher by attending a12-week course at one of the summer normal schools, which werecommon just after the turn of the century. This photo was shot outsideMarion Center’s school in 1910.HELPINGWITH YOURMORNINGROUTINE -•Coffee•Iced Coffee•Donuts•BreakfastSandwiches•MuffinsCheck out ourNEW FALLFLAVORSPUMPKINDONUTS &PUMPKINSPICECAPPUCCINO!OUR DONUTSARE MADEFRESH -NEVERFROZEN!NOW SERVINGLUNCH -•Chicken SaladSandwiches•Tuna SaladSandwiches•Hot Dogs•NachosPatrons’ Mutual Insurance a mainstayBy NICOLE ROSERnroser@indianagazette.netEven though a lothas changedsince thefounding of Patrons’MutualFire InsuranceCo., one thing remains thesame at the business — providingquality insurance topolicy holders throughoutPennsylvania.Patrons’, founded in 1877by 18 farmers from Indianaand Jefferson counties,began as Farm Mutual. Thefarmers, according to Eliza-JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoPLUMVILLE: This view of Main Street in Plumville, shot in the early 1900s, features the Plumville Hotel, the first buildingon the left. Plumville was incorporated as a borough in 1909.beth A. Hastings, the company’scurrent treasurer,were uncertain if the businesswould succeed. Buthistory has proven thosefears to be unfounded; withsteady growth over decadesthe company has operatedon the second floor of theMidtown Towers buildingfor more than 90 years.Mutual insurance, a companywhich is “owned” bypolicyholders, does nothave shareholders. At Patrons’,clients pay the costof the coverage after theclaim has been made, Hastingssaid.PATRONS’ MUTUAL Fire Insurance, founded in 1877, operatesout of the Midtown Towers in downtown Indiana.Hastings, who has beenwith the business for manyyears, said she has seen a lotof changes throughout thebusiness since she beganworking there in her 20s.Sarah B. Gaul, current secretary,also said the business isdifferent because when shebegan in the 1950s everythingwas done by hand, butnow they have computers tohelp do the work.“It’s a little different thanwhat it used to be,” Gaulsaid.” “(But) it’s all I’veknown and I enjoy it.”But before there werecomputers, Hastings’ mother-in-law,Beulah Hastings,who served as the secretarytreasurerfor many years,was the only administratorworking in the office.“She was a very good administrator,”Hastings said.The company has 13members serving on theMCADAMS CONSTRUCTIONboard of directors from Indianaand Jefferson counties:William Brickell, DavidA. Fairman, Emmin W. Fenstermaker,Joseph Lynn Fry,Gaul, Hastings, Kirby A.Kendall, Robert W. Kunkle,Clyde E. McKee, John J. Park,Richard C. Perry, Thomas E.Trimble and Donald J. Vite.There are also five regularemployees who work for theoffice.Hastings, who replacedher mother-in-law as treasurerin 1973, currently worksfor the company from herhome, and said she still enjoysworking.“You have to enjoy it, loveit and feel that adrenalinerush,” she said.“It is important to havethat in everything, becauseyou want to do the best jobyou can.”Your #1 Choicein Roofing!OPEN DAILY 6AM - 8PMCONVENIENT DRIVE THRU1024 Philadelphia St.Indiana • 724-464-2140Free Parking In Rear®For more information, contact:Suzanne Coccagna17 Maple Avenue, Suite C, Blairsville, PA 15717Office: 724-459-4325 Fax: 724-459-4931American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac)Worldwide Headquarters1932 Wynnton Road • Columbus, GA 31999Afl ac insurance policies are sold on a voluntary basis at the worksiteafl ac.comRoofing - SidingSoffi t - FaciaGarages - AdditionsWindows - DoorsDecks - PorchesSAM MCADAMS, OWNER • 724-762-713540+ Years Combined ExperienceFree EstimatesFully InsuredHIC# PA064243

“WE’RE NOT a chain store, we don’t operate like a chain store. How often do yougo to the store and have the same cashiers for over 20 years?”Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 47Main goalhas notchangedfor Tate’sBy HEATHER ROTHhroth@indianagazette.netDenise Packer may bethe first woman toshare ownership ofTate’s Supermarketin Clymer. But sheand her cousin andco-owner, George Tate, are part of along family line of grocery-storeowners, starting in 1906 in Arcadia.“It runs deep in my veins,” Packersaid. “You have a sense of pride, asense of commitment to (a familystore). We just were given theresponsibility of keeping it well.”Tate’s celebrated its 100th anniversaryin 2006. It was founded by Anthony“Pete” Tate and his brothers,Albert, Carl and Frank. It was first ameat market and later a grocerystore.After a while Pete Tate moved thestore to Franklin Street in Clymer.In the early 1950s he gave the storeover to his sons: George, Anthony“Pete” Jr. and William “Skip” Tate.Skip went on to other things, butGeorge and Pete Jr. kept ownershipof the store.Under the second generation ofTates, the store on Franklin Streetsaw three additions in the 1950s and1960s; then, in a bid for more room,the brothers moved to a new buildingin 1976 along Fourth Street,where it stands now.The following year, Twolick Creekflooded the town. Water stood 4 feethigh inside the store, and it tookemployees three days to reopen thestore.Denise Packer and George Tategrew up with their other cousinsworking in the store, stockingshelves or sweeping floors or cleaningproduce or working as cashiers.“It was something that was expected,”she said. The boys calledthemselves “cellar rats,” washingproduce in the basement of the oldstore.They both went on to other jobs asadults: Tate to a chemical companyin Texas and Packer as a registerednurse for 22 years.But they both came back by thelate 1990s to take over leadershipfrom their fathers.“The same principles that Ilearned as a registered nurse (appliedto the store), like caring andbeing responsible,” Packer said.Since they took over, the cousinsadded a deli and a bakery and furtherexpanded the store.Packer says it’s the family heritageand a committed customer base thathas kept the store in business for thepast century.Some customers who have movedfrom the area still come back to visit,and reminisce, and take home coolersfilled with the meat and producethey grew up with.“We’re not a chain store, we don’tDenise Packer,part-owner of Tate’s SupermarketDENISE PACKER displayed a photo of the way Tate’s used to look outside the current supermarket.operate like a chain store,” she said.“How often do you go the to storeand have the same cashiers for over20 years?”They’ve employed “hundreds” ofhigh school students over the years,Packer said. And some employeeshave been there for as many as 30years, or 50 years. They’re employees,but it’s more like family. You willsee us working side by side with ouremployees.”Both Packer and Tate began lifeworking in the store. She said she remembersgetting off the bus andheading into the store to find her fatherand uncle in their respective departments.And while there were some difficultmoments, “having our fathersthere” is a favorite memory, she said.“You felt it would never end. It wasjust the memory of growing up withfamily.”Much has changed since Pete TateSr. founded the store, particularlywith electronics: scanning systemsand ordering processes, for example.TOM PEEL/GazetteAnd they’ve added services, likemoney orders or bill paying, in an effortto create a one-stop shoppingexperience.But other things — such as a focuson personal interaction — are thesame.“I think our goals have neverchanged,” she said. “Bigger isn’t alwaysbetter. … I think we’re muchmore personable (than chainstores).”Taking on the chain stores is one ofthe biggest challenges these days,Packer said. The downturn in theeconomy isn’t helping, either.“Providing the best meats, bestproduce, with the best prices wecan, it’s very difficult in this economy,”she said.But their fathers left the store wellestablished, she said. And thecousins are working to keep itstrong.“It’s a long family heritage,” shesaid. “Growing up over the last 30years, sharing the family (business),the core is still here.”AwardWinningWinesEIGHTTHOUSANDGALLONSof award-winningwinesare handcraftedannuallyfrom our 14 acreestate vineyardVINEROOMAvailable forParties & ShowersHardware store as old as Clymer itselfBy HEATHER BLAKEhblake@indianagazette.netIt’s one of the threeClymer businessesthat have been in operationfor a hundredyears or longer.And yet, virtuallynothing is known about ClymerHardware’s originalowners or when it firstopened its doors.The business was mentioneda few times in the“Clymer-Cherryhill Story,”put together in 1952 byClarence Stephenson andpublished in 1953, provingits existence in the early1900s, according to historianJohn Busovicki, who livesin Clymer.“They started selling lotsin late 1905,” he said as helooked at a photo, dated1907, of the original buildingand the dirt streets thatsurrounded it, adding thatClymer Hardware mighthave been one of the firstbusinesses opened whenClymer was founded. “It’sbeen around since at least1906.” And it has stayed inthe same building all theseyears.The post office was locatedin the rear lot of the hardwarestore around 1906, hesaid. Earlier than that,though, not much informationcould be found.It was the place where theelection for borough officerswas held on April 4, 1908,after Clymer was authorizedas a borough on Feb. 29 ofthat year, according to J.T.Stewart in “Indiana County,Pennsylvania: Her People,Past and Present.” The electiontook place in Room No.1 on the second floor of thebuilding.At that time, Stewartwrote, there were two hardwarestores; the other wasEureka Hardware. However,both establishments had nomention of ownership ormanagement.According to the store’scurrent owners, Dennis andJudy Greek, of Penn Run,Clymer Hardware was oncea wholesale house, deliveringmaterials to other establishments.It also sold a lotof equipment and suppliesto the local mining industryat the time.The store even had at onetime a pulley-operated elevator— which ran three stories— to the right of thecounter, to get to suppliesupstairs.Two original scales usedfor weighing items such asgrass seed and nails stillexist in the store today.The Greeks said the storeused to be owned by LeroyMoorehead, who most likelybought it from a corporationaround 1955, accordingto their predecessor, RonWincek, of Clymer.Dennis Greek recalledgoing into the store at ayoung age and how differentthe store looked then.“I can remember comingin with my dad when I was alittle kid,” he said. “It waslike walking into a barn — itwas dusty, it had wood wallsand (there was) stuff sittingeverywhere. There were nogondolas.”Wincek, who bought thestore from Moorehead in1970, owned Clymer Hardwarefor 29 years.During that time, the storeunderwent some renovations:The wooden cabinetrywith doors that linedthe long wall parallel toFranklin Street were removed;the ceiling, “whichwas 2 feet higher,” wasdropped down; the areathat houses the store’s paintand sundries used to be aseparate room, and Wincekopened it up in the 1970s.The elevator was taken outaround 1973-74 when hedid the renovating, and“might still be in the basement,”according toWincek.Submitted photoCLYMER HARDWARE, as it appeared in the early 1900s.TOM PEEL/GazetteRON WINCEK, left, the previous owner of Clymer Hardware, met recently with current ownersJudy and Dennis Greek.He even moved the entrance,which used to be atthe corner of Franklin andSixth streets. It now facesFranklin Street. Some of thetile is still up by the old entrance,and the stoop remainsoutside.“Now it’s just a place tosit,” Judy Greek said.Clymer Hardware not onlysurvived renovations, it survivednatural disasters, suchas the flood of 1977.Wincek had received a callfrom a tenant, saying a carwas flooded in the street. Helooked outside and sawwater rushing down the hill,and Levinson’s DepartmentStore’s windows filling upwith about 5 feet of water. Itwas coming in through theback of the store, whosefront windows eventuallygave way under the pressureand “busted out.”Wincek, who had put bagsof concrete around the frontof the building, said hisstore came out of the floodwith only a foot or so ofwater in the basement.During Wincek’s time asowner, he said he didn’t noticea change in business,even with the major homeimprovementbusinessessprouting up.“Whenever the economygot bad, I did well,” he said.“But the economy has takena toll on everybody.”Dennis Greek, whoworked for Wincek as amaintenance man for five orsix years doing plumbingand heating work, took overthe business on July 1, 1999,when Wincek retired. Thefirst five years were “reallygood,” he said, but then“started to go downhill,”noting the shift from ayounger to an older population.“Clymer is mainly retiredpeople,” he said. “Theyounger people are movingout of Clymer. But (also), theeconomy has had an impacton all businesses.”Despite the economy, naturaldisasters or changes inownership, Clymer Hardware— the building and thebusiness — has perseveredfor more than 100 years,adding a little history (andmystery) to this onceboomingcoal town.“It’s an old, old building,”Wincek said. “(But) it’sstayed well-kept and wellmaintained.It has survived.”GETAWAYTO AMISHCOUNTRYCall about ourGuest HouseAt these 5 Locations:WineryIndiana MallDowntown SmicksburgPittsburgh MillsDowntown RidgewaySmicksburg, PA814-257-8797Open Daily Noon-5 p.m.www.windgatevineyards.com

48 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Clymer store a study in perseveranceBy HEATHER ROTHhroth@indianagazette.netSitting across fromthe charred rubblethat had beenher store on aSunday morningin July 2005, EuniceBence had to decidewhether to rebuild.Only it wasn’t just a furniturestore that had gone up inflames; it was generations offamily history. Bence’s fatherin-lawhad begun it; her husbandand she had owned itfor decades; her sons andeven her grandchildren wereemployees there.“I thought, ‘what am Idoing?’” she remembered recently,sitting inside the ClymerFurniture showroom.Today, the showroom isfilled again with all American-madefurniture, flooringsamples and tapestry books.She decided to rebuild.That lot on Sixth Street hashoused a furniture storesince J.A. Dearolph moved tothe new mining town of Clymerin the first decade of the1900s.But it wasn’t until 1929 thatCarl Bence Sr. moved his furniturestore from Dixonvilleto Clymer, moving into theDearolph building in 1931.At the beginning, the storewas called Clymer Furnitureand Undertaking, and it wasn’tuntil the late 1940s thatthe two businesses splitapart, into Clymer Furnitureand Bence Funeral Homes.“They always sold qualityfurniture,” said John Busovicki,a historian in Clymer.“When they came in (to Clymer)in the ’30s, they stuckwith it and they’re still hereand they’re still doing a nicejob.”Clymer was one of severalsmall towns founded by theNew York Central Railroad’smining subsidiary, ClearfieldBituminous Coal Corp., inthe first few years of the1900s. Businesses grew uparound the mining industry;Clymer Furniture is one ofthe few that are still operating.In those early years, ClymerFurniture sold the “HooverEUNICE BENCE started work at Clymer Furniture in 1947.Electric Sweeper” and the“Edison Talking Machine,”per advertisements that ranin The Indiana Gazette. Anotheradvertisement told ofthe funeral services, includingboth auto and horse-drivenhearses.Later, the store sold appliances;now it sells furnitureand accessories, as well asflooring.Bence joined the store —and the family — in the late1940s. She had just graduatedfrom Clymer High School,and was looking for a job.Carl Bence Sr., chatting withher sister, suggested she stopby.Eunice Helman did, on aFriday, and started workingthe following Monday.That was 1947.Carl “Gid” Bence Jr. was inOhio when Eunice startedTOM PEEL/GazetteJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE STORE began as both a furniture store and funeral services. This photo, from 1933, shows,from left, Lyle Marlin, mortician; Logan James; Arvilla Butterworth; and unidentified.working there. But when hecame back to work with hisfather, she caught his attention.Their first date was on EasterMonday, and they weremarried a couple years later.Together, they ran the store.Eunice Bence took time off toraise their sons, Michael andPatrick, and both worked inthe store alongside them.When Carl Bence died 13years ago after 50 years ofmarriage, Eunice Bence keptthe store running. She is nowin the process of transferringownership to her sons.For all those decades inClymer, the store has beencommitted to quality, Bencesaid.“We never go low end,” shesaid. “I love furniture. Eventhough I pick out what I haveon the floor, I can’t wait until Iunpack it.”Except for lamps, all thefurniture is made in U.S.manufacturing plants; Bencesaid she can’t find Americanmadelamps.“I don’t want it unless it’smade in the United States,”she said.And their carpet and flooringselection and installationhas become a big part of thebusiness; they work withcontractors around the area,she said.Though she’s in her 80s,Bence just can’t keep herselfaway. People come by, lookingfor her and wanting her towait on them. She sells furnitureto the grandchildren ofmen and women she used tosell to.“They’re like your friends,”she said. “Those kinds ofpeople you never forget.”Some people have alwaysbought from her store; shesaid one woman who wouldsay, “there’s no other store forme.” And one customerwould call in a description ofwhat he wanted, but neverstop by himself to see it.”She tried retirement for twodays. Then she was back.“What would I do if I didn’t(come in)?” she asked.Bence still works most daysin the store, and her son,Michael Bence, runs theflooring side of the building.Patrick Bence ran the appliancesdivision while it wasstill a part of the business.She has three grandchildren,one stepgrandchild,and three great-grandchildren.One of her grandsonsworks for her on the weekends,she said.For all the years that Benceworked alongside her husband,she said he was knownfor his generosity.“If someone walked in thestore and said do you have$20, $50, if he didn’t have it inhis pocket he would go backand get it,” she said. “It paidoff though.”Busovicki said he rememberedseeing the Bences inthe Catholic church “everysince I was an altar boy.“They were very active inthe community as well,” hesaid. “They’re a welcome addition(to Clymer).”An addition, that is, that’sbeen around for a long time.Of course, Clymer Furniturehad some hard times toweather over the past century.In 1987 a fire started in aloading dock and damagedthe ceiling and back door;smoke damage was throughoutthe building.But the fire in 2005 wasmuch more significant. It destroyedthe building, burnedup all the papers and picturesfrom the store’s history anddamaged an adjacent house.That night, the fire was discoveredin the showroomand filled the building. Theroof was gone, the walls fellapart and the second floorcollapsed.A news story following thefire reported that hundreds ofvolunteers from 30 fire departmentswere activated;they battled the blaze untilwell into the next day, and thedamage was estimated at$250,000.A fire marshal blamed it onan electrical problem.Bence remembered goinghome that night, skippingchurch the next morning,wrestling with what to do.But sitting there in theparking lot across from theashes, she impulsively decidedto rebuild.“I think I would have rebuilt,”even if she thoughtabout it longer, she said.By February 2006, ClymerFurniture reopened with anew building. Instead of thethree stories that were in theold building, the new showroomis all on one level, witha basement workshop. Awood carving in front of theoffice counter shows the dateof the new building: 2006, established1909.Thank You, Indiana.We’re Proud to Call You HomeFamily Owned Since 1970Congratulations to the Indiana Gazette for 100 Years!Gilbert, Joan, and Mark ZilnerDRUG STORE670 PHILADELPHIA ST.724.465.4200DRUG STORE841 HOSPITAL RD.724.463.3440MEDICAL SUPPLY1354 OAKLAND AVE.724.349.2830

1001911-2011Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 49Indiana County’scentury farmsIndiana County’s century farms, listedby name, town, date founded and datethey were recognized, as certified by thePennsylvania Department of Agriculture.■ William C. and Karen J. McMillen;Marion Center; 1795; 1984 (county’s onlyrecognized bicentennial farm)■ Walter and Yvonne Learn; Commodore;1876; 1977■ David and Carolyn Pollock; MarionCenter; 1808; 1977■ Gary G. Savage; Clymer; 1857; 1977■ William and Shirley Barrett;Smicksburg; 1837, 1980■ Jacob and Lucille Casaday; Rossiter;1830; 1980■ Leroy and Orpha Miller; Punxsutawney;1852; 1980■ Colleen Travis; Smicksburg; 1813; 1980TERI ENCISO/GazetteFOUR GENERATIONS of the McMillen family on their farm along Wridgen Run Road. Seated, from left, are Jacob Weil, 3; KarenMcMillen; Jennifer Weil, holding William Weil, 9 months; and Helen McMillen. Standing, from left: Bill McMillen, Patrick McMillen andDave Weil. The Marion Center farm is the only one in the county recognized as a bicentennial farm.By RANDY WELLSrwells@indianagazette.netAt least 45 of thebusinesses inIndiana Countythat are 100years old orolder have onething in common:They are all farms that havebeen owned by the same familythat long or longer, and are allcertified by the Pennsylvania Departmentof Agriculture as PennsylvaniaCentury Farms.The agriculture departmentstarted the Century Farms Programin 1977, and some IndianaCounty farms were certified thatfirst year.To be eligible for the recognition,the same family must ownthe farm for at least 100 consecutiveyears; a family member mustlive on the farm on a permanentbasis; and the farm must consistof at least 10 acres of the originalholding or gross more than$1,000 annually from the sale offarm products.There are 1,890 century farmsin Pennsylvania.In 2004, the agriculture departmentadded a BicentennialFarms Program, recognizingfarms that have been in the samefamily 200 years or longer. Thereare 156 bicentennial farms inPennsylvania, and one of those isin Indiana County.Recently, owners of some of IndianaCounty’s century farmsand the bicentennial farm sharedsome of the history on their oldhomesteads, and explained theA rich traditionThe county’s biggest industryhas well-watered roots,producing many century farmsallure that has kept them “downon the farm” so long.COLLEEN TRAVIS has lived onthe lush West Mahoning Townshipfarm along the Little MahoningCreek since she and herlate husband, Elmo “Flip” Travis,were married in 1948. Their farmwas certified a century farm in1980.Flip Travis died in 2002, butColleen stayed on the farm.“The land has quite a pull,” shesaid. “It’s a wonderful place toraise kids,” to teach them aboutcharacter and responsibility.“Everybody has to work together.If you want to prosper, everyonehas to help,” she said.At times — when the farm washome to 400 animals and theTravis family was milking 200cows — finding enough help wasa challenge, she said.One of the most notable featuresof the Travis farm is thelanding strip.The couple were active membersof the International FlyingFarmers and together they flewtheir small plane to many IFFconventions in several states, includingAlaska, and to Canada.Colleen Travis was named thequeen of the PennsylvaniaChapter of the Flying Farmers in1999.She said that for her husband,flying, like farming, was somethinghe couldn’t get out of hisblood, and he especially enjoyedshort flights over his farm.“That was a special thing forhim,” she said. “In the evenings,he’d come in from working hardDANIELLE BURGLUND/GazetteTHE DIXON family farm was established in 1855 and is farmed today byfamily and a few close friends. Pictured are, from left, Paul Dixon andwife Stacy, and Shirley and Jerry Dixon, with their yellow Lab, Rebel.and say, ‘I’m going to fly for a littlebit.’”ONE DAY last month, Davidand Carolyn Pollock’s lunch wasdelayed by the birth of a heifercalf at their East MahoningTownship farm. Such interruptionsare not unusual for farmers.What was notable, and indicativeof new technologies that arehelping farms stay solvent beyond100 years, was that thecalf’s birth was influenced bysexed semen obtained through aWisconsin dairy cow breedingcompany.Sexed semen is semen inwhich the fractions of X-bearing(female) and Y-bearing (male)sperm have been modified fromthe natural mix through sortingand selection. Its use increasesthe likelihood of producing amore valuable heifer calf than abull calf.David Pollock said that byusing sexed semen, breeding inhis dairy herd results in the birthof heifers 75 percent to 90 percentof the time rather than thenatural 50 percent of the time.The Pollocks can trace ownershipof their farm to around1800.John Brown purchased theland in 1805. It then was passeddown to Jeremiah Brown, then toJohn Craig, and then to Craig’sson-in-law, Hugh Pollock, thento Hugh’s son, Clark, then toClark’s son, Wallace, and to Wallace’sson, David.Today, the seventh generationof the family, Karl Pollock, isworking on Green Park Farm,and 16 members of the familylive on the farm in six separatedwellings.The Pollocks raise corn, alfalfaand hay on the 240-acre farm inaddition to milking 60 cows.Continued on Page 50■ Howard G. Lockhart; Smicksburg;1848; 1985■ Robert and Margaret Blosser; Indiana;1864; 1986■ Jerry and Shirley Dixon; Clarksburg;1855; 1986■ Clifford D. Griffith; Smicksburg; 1866;1986■ Robert Nuss; Indiana; 1865; 1986■ Clarence Coleman; Saltsburg; 1835;1987■ Edward Elbel; Rossiter; 1865; 1987■ Betty L. Elder; Rochester Mills; 1837;1988■ David A. Wachob; Punxsutawney;1859; 1988■ Boyd E. Abel; Marion Center; 1874;1989■ Jon R. Heitzenrater; Punxsutawney;1816; 1989■ Gladys Heckman Leib; Rossiter; 1880;1989■ Barbara O. Williams; Rochester Mills;1796; 1989■ Glenn and Marlene Barron; Blairsville;1873; 1990■ Robert and Esther Cunningham;Indiana; 1851; 1990■ Donald and Joyce MacIsaac;Rochester Mills; 1841; 1990■ George A. Martin; Smicksburg; 1866;1990■ Helen Mentch Plouse; Penn Run;1870; 1990■ Donald Simpson; Indiana; 1888; 1990■ Marlin Stephens; Homer City; 1840;1990■ Edward C. Houck; Clymer; 1855; 1991■ John and Judy Miller; Smicksburg;1850; 1991■ H. Donald Allison; Clymer; 1827; 1992■ Roger and Robin Good; Smicksburg;1841; 1992■ Ronald and Georgia Smith;Commodore; 1823; 1992■ William G. Reeger; Shelocta; 1884;1993■ Dorothy R. Strong; Strongstown; 1803;1993■ Dale and Thelma Kohlhepp;Rochester Mills; 1865; 1994■ John E. Rising; Indiana; 1875; 1995■ William George; Homer City; 1793;1996■ Walter R. Mack; Vintondale; 1898;1998■ Frank and Eleanor Winsheimer;Indiana; 1894; 2000■ Frank E. Moore; Rochester Mills; 1891;2006■ Karen DelFavero; Clarksburg; 1904;2009■ Richard and Frances Snyder; MarionCenter; 1869; 2010Submitted photosON A LATE summer day in about 1939, Clarence Little and Clark Pollock, on top of the wagon, stacked wheat shocks, while Wallace and HerbertPollock, right, pulled weeds from a field of potatoes on the Green Park Farm, East Mahoning Township. The man pitching the shocks from theground is unidentified.■ Alan and Theresa Wainwright;Clarksburg; 1911; 2011■ Ted and Beverly Akins; Blairsville;1911; 2011

50 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011A rich tradition: century farmsContinued from Page 49Until 2000, the Pollockfarm was also well known forthe potatoes grown there. ThePollocks delivered the harvestedpotatoes to HandyAndy’s, Steiner’s and othergrocery stores in Indiana,Punxsutawney and Vandergrift.Basing their family life on astrong personal Christianfaith has helped make thefarm a success, Pollock said.And for him, the opportunityto be with his family has beenthe draw for staying on thefarm.“The family connection —to be able to work together asa family, to learn the workethic and to add responsibilityas you grow older,” hasbeen a key value of farm life,Pollock farmLineage of the Pollockfamily farm in EastMahoning Township:■ John Brown■ Jeremiah Brown■ John Craig■ Hugh Pollock■ Clark Pollock■ Wallace Pollock■ David and CarolynPollockhe said.In addition to the ever-presentstruggle with weather —“7 inches of rain in April andonly 2 inches of rain in July”— economics is a main challengefor today’s farmer, accordingto Pollock.“It’s becoming a tightermargin than 20 years ago,” inpart because of the cost ofequipment and supplies, Pollocksaid. “There’s less net incomein real dollars.”IN 1793, William George’sgreat-great-great-grandfather,William Hamilton, anAmerican Revolutionary Warveteran, established a farm inwhat is now Center Township.Over the years the farmproduced turkeys, chickensand hogs. But it is for milkcows that Brookside Dairy, asthe farm has been called formany years, is best knowntoday.“In 1932 we started to haulmilk to Homer City,” saidWilliam George, who is apartner in the farm todaywith his sons, Kevin andKeith, and with valuable helpfrom Keith’s son, Shane.And from 1957 to 1987, thefamily marketed their cows’milk from a retail store alongOld Route 56.Today Brookside Dairy isthe county’s biggest dairyfarm. The 460 cows in the lactatingherd produce about3,255 gallons of milk eachday. Supporting the herd areabout 1,400 acres of croplandand pasture.And Brookside Dairy is theonly farm in Indiana Countythat captures and burnsmethane gas from cattlemanure to generate its ownelectricity.WILLIAM McMILLEN’Sgreat-great-great-greatgrandfather,Robert Thompson,arrived in 1795 in what isTOM PEEL/GazetteKEVIN GEORGE today owns Brookside Dairy, Indiana County’s biggest dairy farm, in Center Township, with his father, William, and brother Keith.Submitted photoFRANK MOORE, of Indiana, was a young boy, second from left on top of the wagon, when he helped harvest hay in the late1930s. Beside him was his grandfather, Edgar Work, who owned the East Mahoning Township farm, and his older brother,Craig Moore. A friend, Junior Hull, held the reins and steered the horses, Jack and Harry. Working from the ground wereMoore’s cousin, Paul Ryan, left, and John Potts, a hired hand on the farm.TERI ENCISO/Gazette“OUR ROOTS are deepand we continue tobe in awe of the factthat we are living,working and caringfor the land settled byour steadfast anddedicated ancestors.”Yvonne Learn,Blossom Hollow Farmnow Rayne Township andpurchased land from theWilliam Penn heirs to start anew farm.The farm has passedthrough generations of thematernal and paternal linesof McMillen’s family, andtoday is also one of the oldest,continuous family-ownedfarms in the county.In 1984 it was designated acentury farm, and in 1995 theMcMillen clan got together tocelebrate 200 years of farmownership. It is the sole farmin Indiana County recognizedby the agriculture departmentas a bicentennial farm.Even the location of theMcMillen farm is historic.The 132-acre spread lies inRayne, East and South Mahoningtownships and thePurchase Line runs near thefarmyard buildings. Thatboundary, extending in astraight line from Cherry Treeto Kittanning, was establishedin 1768 by the WilliamPenn heirs and the nativeAmericans in the region asthe dividing line of a landpurchase. Land to the southwas sold to the white menand territory to the north wasto remain the Indians’ huntinggrounds.William McMillen’s father,the late John McMillen,moved onto the farm in 1946,and John and his wife, Helen,purchased the property in1950. William and KarenMcMillen now own the farm.“My grandfather went tohousekeeping in a log cabin”near the present-day farmhouse,John McMillen said ina 2003 interview. His mother,Emma, was born in 1886 inthe farmhouse where Williamand Karen reside.“We had chickens and pigs.We raised our own pork, ourown beef,” he said in the interview.“Salt and sugar wasabout the only thing youbought. And kerosene.”“You raised your own gardenand canned” fruits andvegetables, said Helen, who isthe only surviving chartermember of the IndianaCounty Farm Bureau organizedin 1958. She has been thelocal bureau’s secretary since1964.She recalls that all the gardenshad fences around themto keep out the free-rangingchickens.Few people today, she said,still raise many of the oldfashionedgarden and yardfruits so common when shewas a child — rhubarb, currentsand gooseberries.John remembered thatelectricity came to the farmin about 1923, that a lot ofarea farmers kept a team ofhorses even after they boughttheir first tractor and thathundreds of things becameavailable for farm use afterWorld War II ended.The Surge milking machinewas a great labor-saver on thefarm, he said. In the earlyyears of his dairy operationthe milk was poured into 5-and 10-gallon cans for shipmentto processors.For many years theMcMillen farm was home toone of only two registered Jerseydairy herds in the county.And during his years ofworking on the farm, JohnMcMillen saw milk productiontriple and the per-acreproduction of corn double.Continued on Page 51Al Patti’s Bar & Grill552 Philadelphia Street • Indiana, PA724-349-5717 • www.facebook.com/alpattisbarAL PATTI’S FAMOUS STEAK NIGHTSTuesday – Friday 4pm – 10pmNow Saturday 4pm – 9pm16 oz. Delmonico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18.9512 oz. Delmonico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14.9512 oz. New York Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14.9512 oz. Flat Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15.958 oz. 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Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 51A rich tradition: century farmsContinued from Page 50WALTER AND Yvonne Learn tracetheir Blossom Hollow Farm to 1860when it was established by PeterLearn, Water’s great-grandfather.The farm’s original house wasbuilt in 1882, and the barn was builtin 1887. The barn timbers werecarved from virgin pine that coveredmuch of the area, and were hewn byPeter Learn when he was 65 yearsold.Learn Settlement was establishedon 412 acres near Cookport and atone time there were 13 adjoiningfarms in the area all belonging tomembers of the Learn family.The Learns’ son, Ron, continues tooperate the family’s dairy business.It has consistently been one of thetop milk producers in the county.His herd has produced 25,417pounds of milk (2,955 gallons) percow per year, according to the DairyOne Dairy Herd Improvement Associationrecords.He also raises silage corn and hayon nearby properties.“Our family enjoys living in thecountry and working with natureand being part of God’s plan to begood stewards of His resources,”Yvonne Learn said. “Our roots aredeep and we continue to be in aweof the fact that we are living, workingand caring for the land settled byour steadfast and dedicated ancestors.”OVER THE past few years, DonSimpson sold his farm in WhiteTownship that was split by the Route422 bypass. It was certified as a centuryfarm in 1990.His grandfather, James Simpson,started the farm in 1888. The housethere was built the following yearand the barn in 1901.Simpson said a challenge formany farmers today is one farmershave always faced — the weather.And their hourly income falls far behindmany other occupations, especiallywhen farmers get up at 3:30a.m. in the summer and work untilthe sun goes down, he said.In February, Simpson sold his 60dairy cows.“I never realized how much workit was,” milking twice a day, he said.“It took me a month to get used tosleeping in in the morning.”WHEN ROBERT ELDER in 1835established the farm along EastElder farmLineage of the Elder farm inEast Mahoning Township,established in 1835:■ Robert Elder■ John Reed Elder■ Aaron Elder■ Eugene Elder■ L. Wayne Elder■ Betty ElderCreek Road, East Mahoning Township,where Betty Elder lives today,the area must have had a frontierfeel.“He came here in a covered wagonfrom Huntingdon County,” she said.Robert Elder later became an attorneyin Pittsburgh, and the farmpassed down to his son, John ReedElder, and then to his son, AaronElder, then to his son, Eugene Elder,and then to his son and Betty Elder’slate husband, L. Wayne Elder.Betty Elder has lived on the farmsince 1956, and said raising herthree daughters there was one of themost enjoyable aspects of farm life.In addition to being a home forhogs, beef cattle and other livestock,the farm also generated incomethrough selective timbering, andlike many Indiana County farms, afew natural gas wells were drilledthere and coal was strip-minedfrom a part of the 130-acre farm.The mining company built a farmpond that became a favorite recreationspot on the farm for familygatherings.Part of the acreage today is leasedfor crop farming.“THE SMELL of the soil turnedover in the spring when you plow …the excitement of seeing the creativityand sustainability of the land”are some of the most enjoyable benefitsof life on a farm, according toClifford Griffith.“Every time I have a satisfyingmeal I sit back and thank the Lordfor the land” and how it sustainshim and his family, he said.And another benefit of farm life,he added, is that it has allowed himto have his family around him.Griffith is the fifth generation ofhis family to own and live on the 67-acre spread in West MahoningTownship. It was established in themid-1860s by David Griffith, whohad come from Wales. The farm waspassed down to his son, Evan, andto his son Earl, and to his son Carl,TERI ENCISO/GazetteSubmitted photoMATT LEARN, left, Walter and Yvonne’s grandson, helps tomilk about 50 cows a day.ONE OF the Learns’ relatives worked the fields in a photoabove, provided by the family.and then to his son Clifford and hiswife, Joan.The Griffiths raise beef cattle andhay, wheat, oats, corn and soybeans.About three years ago they added anew crop — an acre of sunflowers —to feed the birds, Griffith said.GARY SAVAGE was probably one ofthe happiest farm kids growing upin Indiana County.In addition to the cows and sheepon his parents’ Cherryhill Townshipfarm, his mother operated a colliedog kennel, and raised and shippedcollies all across the nation.Savage often had 50 or 60 colliepuppies to play with.The farm, along Route 553, had110 acres when it was established byhis grandfather, Calvin Gibson, inthe mid-1800s.It was later passed down to hisparents, Iral and Cora Savage, andthen to Gary and his siblings, Kenneth,Marilyn and Kathryn. It wascertified a century farm in 1977.Some of the farm acreage today isleased for crop farming.IN JULY, just in time for a big familyreunion, Alan and Therese Wainwright,and Alan’s sister, Mary West,and her husband, Gary West, ofDelaware, received notice that thefamily’s farm along WainwrightRoad in Blacklick Township hasbeen designated a PennsylvaniaCentury Farm.When Alan’s grandparents, Georgeand Annette Wainwright, lived thereit was a stud horse farm. Alan’s parents,Clark andDorothy Wainwright,laterraised chickensthere and soldeggs. And eventuallyit producedbeef cattle.Today the farmhas roughly 100acres, and muchof the land isleased to a cropfarmer whogrows corn, oatsand soybeans.Therese Wainwrightestimatesthe house on thefarm is 130 yearsold.“EVERYTIME I havea satisfyingmeal I sitback andthank theLord for theland.”It still has some horsehair plasterwalls, transoms above the doors,much of the original woodwork andfireplaces in the living room andkitchen.The Wainwrights can also makethe claim that their farm has a connectionto the entertainment indus-Continued on Page 52CliffordGriffith,fifth-generationfarmer679 Philadelphia Street, Indiana724.349.4091

52 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011A rich tradition: century farmsContinued from Page 51try. Parts of the farm last fallwere used as locations for theindependent horror film“Caustic Zombies.” TheWainwrights’ son Greg hadan acting role in the film.LIKE MOST farm children,Frances Snyder had to be anearly riser on her parents’farm along Georgeville Road,South Mahoning Township.“We always did barn workbefore school,” she said.The barn on the farm wasstruck by lightning twice. Thesecond time, in the late1930s, her father, LesterHamilton, had just enteredthe barn with a team of workhorses and was standing betweenthem when the lightninghit.Both horses were killed, buther father was not hurt, Snydersaid.The farm was establishedby John Hamilton about1869, but possibly as early as1860, she said. It was passeddown to his son, MiltonHamilton, and then to hisson, Lester Hamilton, andthen to Frances and her latehusband, Richard.For years it supported adairy herd, and then beef cattlewere raised there.Today the farm has about90 acres and some of the landis leased for crop farming.GEORGIA SMITH’S centuryfarm in Green Township haslong been associated withtrees and timbering.In the 1800s huge whitepines and hemlocks grewthere, trees so tall they wereharvested to make masts onsailing ships.In the 1900s, parts of thefarm became a Christmastree plantation, and at timesmembers of her family operatedsaw mills on the farm.Richard Quaker Smith establishedthe farm with a purchaseof about 1,200 acres in1823. The land was repeatedlydivided into smaller tractsthat were passed downthrough the generations.The tract that GeorgiaSmith owns today startedwith Richard Quaker Smith,then came to his son, MacagaSmith, then to his son,George Scott Smith, and tohis son, Grant Smith, and tohis son, Frederick GrantSmith, and to his son andGeorgia Smith’s late husband,Ronald Smith.Ronald Smith grew up nearPittsburgh, and Georgia wasraised on a dairy farm, so thecouple always enjoyed therural setting of the farm.“We just like living out herein this area,” she said. “It’squiet and peaceful.”The farm now has severalhiking trails that the Smithfamily, and local Cub Scouts,use and enjoy.“OUR ENTIRE family takesgreat pride in owning one ofthe oldest century farms inIndiana County,” said NormaLockhart, who with her husband,William Lockhart II,owns Ross Run Farmstead inSouth Mahoning Township.The farm was established in1842 by Patrick Lydick Sr., aveteran of the War of 1812.His father was pioneer JohnLydick, who is buried in Indiana’sMemorial Park.The property passed downto his son Patrick Lydick Jr., in1845; then to Samuel Lydickin 1861; and to SamuelKephart Lockhart in 1898; toJohn Curuthers Lockhart in1890; to Howard Lockhart in1986; and to William Lockhartin 1996.Howard Lockhart actuallyhad the property certified as acentury farm in 1985. NormaLockhart was able to trace thefarm’s history even further, to1823, and applied for a newcertification that was grantedin 1997.Much of the 88-acre farm isnow planted in warm-seasongrasses and enrolled in theConservation Reserve EnhancementProgram, a voluntaryland retirement programthat helps agriculturalproducers protect environmentallysensitive land, decreaseerosion, restorewildlife habitat and safeguardground water supplies. Theprogram is administered bythe U.S. Department of Agriculture’sFarm ServiceJAMES J. NESTOR/GazetteTHE GRIFFITHS, Clifford and Joan, cultivate about an acre of sunflowers, primarily to feed the wildlife on their West MahoningTownship farm.Ross RunFarmsteadLineage of the Ross RunFarmstead in SouthMahoning Township:■ Patrick Lydick Sr.,1842■ Patrick Lydick Jr.,1845■ Samuel Lydick, 1861■ Samuel KephartLockhart, 1898■ John CuruthersLockhart, 1890■ Howard Lockhart,1986■ William II and NormaLockhart, 1996Agency.The farm’s long history hasbeen part of the magnetismthat has kept the Lockhartfamily there.“We feel a connection withour ancestors who owned thefarm before us,” Norma Lockhartsaid. “Bill’s great-grandfatherhad an apple orchardand one of the trees is stillstanding. … My kids grew upin a yard where their greatgreat-great-grandparentsplayed.“We have an appreciationfor the land, whether it isthrough a farming activity,hunting or walking to thecreek to feed the fish. We arethankful to live on a propertythat has such a deep, rich heritage.Ross Run Farmstead istruly a family owned tradition,”she said.BY THE early 1900s, many ofthe water sources onClarence Coleman’s farm inYoung Township had beendisrupted by coal mining. Butthrough ditching, conservationmeasures and by buildinga reservoir, he and hisfamily were able to consolidatewater sources and eventuallyhave enough water tosupport three homes on theproperty and herd of dairycows that once numberedabout 135. Today it supports adairy a herd of about 45 animals.The house Coleman lives inwas built in 1875.“My grandfather was 20when he helped his fatherbuild it,” Coleman said.He recalls listening to a battery-poweredradio on thefarm before REA Energy Cooperativebrought electricityservice there in 1938.The farm, Coleman said,was a good place to raise hissix children, all of whom wereactive in 4-H.EDWARD HOUCK’S 91-acrefarm along Purchase LineRoad, Green Township, isnow used for crop farming,primarily hay and corn, anduntil about 1990 was a dairyoperation.Economics — the high costof seed, fuel and implements— poses a challenge for farmerstoday, Houck said.The farm was established in1855, and was certified a centuryfarm in 1991.“WE JUST enjoy it. It’s niceto live in the country. 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Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 53From humble start, IUP flourishesCounty support important in school’s 136-year historyBy BOB FULTONbfulton@indianagazette.netJane Leonard probablywouldn’t have been surprisedhad she lost her jobin 1875. A professor of geographyand history at IndianaNormal School,Leonard realized betterthan most on campus thatthe school was as likely tofounder in the year of its foundingas it was to survive.Undeniable risk accompanied thelaunch of such institutions back inthe 19th century. The prominentcitizens of Indiana County whocampaigned for a Normal School intheir backyard and supported theundertaking financially had no assurancetheir efforts would ultimatelybear fruit. Money was tightin the years before Indiana joinedthe roster of Pennsylvania NormalSchools and for several years thereafter.The institution did survive, ofcourse — Indiana Normal evolvedinto Indiana University of Pennsylvania,a model of higher educationfor more than a century — but acommon occurrence in those earlydays was a backer of the school dippinginto his personal bank accountand providing desperately neededfunds so the school could weatherits latest financial crisis.“The Normal School law of 1857provided for no State appropriations,”Leonard wrote in 1888,JANE LEONARDwhen she penned an article titled“History of the School” for theClionian, the INS yearbook. “Thefriends of these schools proposedto apply to them the old Pennsylvaniapolicy of allowing private enterpriseto precede State action in theestablishment of public institutions.“Later the State came to their aid,but, with all their required expensiveand large equipments [sic],they must be in the main self-supporting.This makes the struggles ofnew schools difficult, sometimesappalling.“From such struggles Indiana wasnot exempt; but so determinedwere the Board of Trustees to shieldthe school that its reverses and misfortuneswere taken up by themselves,as far as possible, and bornein silence.“It happened more than once thattrustees had every dollar they personallyowned pledged for thehonor of the school.”Indiana Normal opened for classeson May 17, 1875. Four days later,after touring the school’s singlebuilding, John Sutton Hall — nowan administrative center — Dr. J.P.Wickersham, the superintendent ofpublic instruction in Pennsylvania,alluded in a speech to the financialobstacles the founders had surmounted.“It was a proud day for Indiana, aproud day for this Commonwealth,and especially it was a proud dayfor the trustees of this institution,”noted the Indiana Progress newspaper.“He knew something of theirtroubles, and they had been victoriousover all difficulties, and in successmay be all the more proud, becausetheir work was laborious,troublesome and difficult.”MILLERSVILLE BLAZED the trail asPennsylvania’s first Normal Schoolin 1859, only two years after passageof the Normal School Act,which established guidelines for institutionswhose objective was thetraining of teachers, then in greatdemand at schools throughout thestate. Edinboro came next in 1861,followed by Mansfield (1862), Kutztown(1866) and Bloomsburg(1869). Community leaders in IndianaCounty soon began calling for aNormal School of their own.Joseph T. Gibson, the IndianaCounty superintendent of publicschools, championed the causealong with notable figures such asJohn Sutton, a merchant, real estatebroker and president of First NationalBank; Indiana lawyer Silas M.Clark, a descendant of FergusMoorhead, one of the first settlersin the area; Andrew W. Wilson, anIndiana merchant who had oncetaught in Indiana County schools,beginning at the tender age of 14;and Indiana native Henry Lloyd“Harry” White, an influential statesenator who would later serve inCongress. The editors of Indiana’stwo newspapers — James B. Sansomof the Democrat and R.M.Birkman of the Progress — also advocatedvigorously for a NormalSchool. “This is the right kind ofventure to ‘take stock’ in,” Sansomwrote in the Jan. 12, 1871, edition ofthe Democrat. “It will pay the communitybetter than a thousand oilwells.”The Normal School Act dividedthe state into 12 districts, with thecounties of Indiana, Armstrong,Cambria and Westmoreland constitutingthe ninth. White devoted hisenergies to ensuring that the NinthDistrict school would be located inhis hometown.In a letter to the Progress on Aug.25, 1870, he wrote: “My attentionfor some months has been called tothe subject of the establishment ofa State Normal School, at Indiana,for the District of which we are aconstituent part. To the propriety ofan effort to this result there aught[sic] to be no opposing opinions.”White later introduced a bill inPennsylvania’s General Assemblyfor the incorporation of the IndianaNormal School of Pennsylvania. Itpassed on March 25, 1871.The dream of many in IndianaCounty would soon become a reality— if sufficient capital could beraised.THE CITIZENS of Indiana Countyresponded favorably to appeals forfinancial support. By January of1872 in excess of $53,000 had beenraised for the school through subscriptionsand contributions, morethan enough to get the projectrolling. “It looks as if we are to havethe School, with all its many benefits,”Sansom wrote in the Democrat.The next step was to secure a sitefor the campus. Two compellingoptions were placed before thenewly formed board of trustees: a10-acre parcel owned by James P.Carter in White Township, nearwhere South Sixth Street Extension,the Mack Park pool and the southernportion of Indiana RegionalMedical Center’s property are situatedtoday; and a 12-acre tract inthe borough of West Indiana (laterto merge with Indiana Borough) onContinued on Page 55A rich tradition: century farmsContinued from Page 52across the boundary into JeffersonCounty.His ancestors establishedthe farm in 1850 or perhaps1848, but his family has anearlier deed from the HollandLand Company showingsome acreage was sold originallyfor 1½ cents per acre.The Millers today growcorn, wheat and soybeans.But Shawn’s father, JohnMiller, operated a dairy herdwith 88 Holsteins on the farmuntil 1978 when he decidedto concentrate on crop farming.He has lived on the farmsince he was born 67 yearsago.“I’ve always enjoyed farmlife,” John Miller said. “You’reresponsible for everything.How hard you work is whatyour rewards are.”DONALD AND Joyce Mac-Isaac’s century farm south ofMarchand in North MahoningTownship has been in thehands of one family since1841. Donald’s great-greatgrandfather, Hugh Mc-Kissock, who had arrived inAmerica from Scotland in1827, purchased170 acres for$5 an acre.At the time, the land wascovered with hardwood timber.Only ¼-acre was cleared,and in that clearing was asmall abandoned squatter’slog cabin. Hugh and his son,Robert, cleared 3 acres thefollowing year and plantedthem in wheat.In the spring of 1843,Hugh’s wife, Mary, anddaughter, Jane, joined themen and took up permanentresidence in the little cabin.“From that humble beginning,with enormous industry,the land was cleared,buildings were built, fieldswere fenced, animals andcrops were raised, and theendeavor succeeded,” DonaldMacIsaac wrote in a briefhistory of his family.The MacIsaacs live in thefarmhouse that was completedin 1870. It was selected fora Frances Strong HelmanHistoric Preservation Awardin 1986 by the Historical andGenealogical Society of IndianaCounty.Much of the 156-acre farmTOM PEEL/GazetteTHE MacISAACS, Donald and Joyce, proudly displayed their 1986 historic preservation awardfrom the Historical and Geneaological Society of Indiana County.is still covered with timber,and on the tillable land aneighboring farmer raisescorn and soybeans.JERRY AND Shirley Dixon’scentury farm, near Clarksburg,was certified in 1986,but it has actually been in theDixon family since 1855when Samuel and EuniceDixon passed it down to theirson Richard and his wife,Anna, and then to their sonPaul and his wife, Lena, andthen to their son Edgar andhis wife, Margaret, and thento Jerry and Shirley.“In the Depression, mygrandfather (Paul Dixon), almostlost the farm” and tooka job off the farm at a factoryto earn enough to pay taxeson the property, Jerry Dixonsaid.The 120-acre farm in YoungTownship was used for raisingcorn, oats and hay until2003. Now much of the farmis in the Conservation ReserveEnhancement Program,but the family still raisesa few beef cattle for theirown use.The 100-year-old farmhouseand barn are still there,and several family memberslive in homes on the farm.A landscaped area at theentrance, designed and builtby their son, also named Paul,includes a sign that proudlyidentifies their property as acentury farm.THE BARN on Frank Moore’scentury farm along EastCreek Road, East MahoningTownship, may be the onlyone in the county decoratedServingwith a mural.The farm was establishedby David Work in 1891. Thesame year, a barn of handhewnlogs that are pinned togetherwas completed.In 2006, the farm was certifiedas a century farm, andthe following year Moorecommissioned a Punxsutawneyartist to paint amural with a patriotic themeon the shed attached to theTaste-n-TourVoted #12007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011plus“Best Overall 2010”Breakfast, Lunch & DinnerHomemade Baked GoodsStarbucks Coffee & Specialty DrinksHomemade Daily SpecialsFamous Capital Rolls!Inside Gatti Pharmacy724-463-4142 701 Phila. St., Indiana Free Deliveryside of the barn.The farm passed fromDavid Work to his son, EdgarWork, then to Frank Moore’suncle, Lysle Work, and then toFrank Moore. A part of the 42-acre farm is now leased to anarea farmer who grows hay,corn, oats and wheat on partof the land.THE NORTH MahoningTownship century farm of thelate George Martin, which inthe past year passed down tohis son, Dean, is differentfrom many other centuryfarms in Indiana County inthat it is growing. The farmoriginally had about 133acres, but purchases of adjoiningland has swelled thefarm to roughly 350 acres, accordingto Barb Martin,Dean’s mother, who has livedon the property for 49 years.A dairy operation until afew years ago, the farm nowraises beef cattle. Corn, oatsand hay are also grown there.The Martins have foundNative American artifacts ontheir farm along trails thatcenturies ago were used byIndians traveling from theirvillage at Kittanning northinto present-day JeffersonCounty.INDIANA COUNTY’S newestcentury farm, just added tothe list on Aug. 11, is Ted andBeverly Akins’ 255-acrespread in Blacklick Township.Established in 1911 byLucy Ray Donnelly1924-1993William and Mary Ackerson,it was passed down to theirdaughter, Vera, and her husband,Roy Stuchell, and thento their son Samuel and hiswife, Doris, and then to Tedand Beverly.Farming can be a dangerousoccupation and, tragically,two of the former ownersdied in accidents on the farm:Roy Stuchell, in 1960, andWilliam Ackerson, in 1919.One of Roy and Vera’s childrenalso died of complicationsfrom an injury sufferedon the farm.Beverly Akins has lived onthe farm 57 years, and one ofher early memories is of thehundreds of chickens thereeach spring.“The peace” is one of the attractionsthat has kept her onthe farm nearly all her life,she said.And the friendliness andhelpfulness of neighbors hasalso been important. Whenthe farm’s barn burned on afrigid Christmas Eve in 1982,the neighbors quickly camein and rounded up the 125cattle and dispersed them tonearby farms for temporaryshelter. “You know if youneed help, you just have tocall and it’s there,” she said.The family earlier thismonth celebrated their farm’sinclusion on the century farmlist by hosting a hog roast andparty attended by about 150neighbors, friends and relatives.YESTERDAY ~ TODAYANCESTRY ~ HERITAGEGENERATIONS ~ NAMESAKECECLOWEST PRICES IN THE AREA ... On LG HiMac Solid Surface Kitchen TopsCUTTING EDGECOUNTERTOPSStop In Our Showroom For Details!!!Buy Direct From The ManufacturerINSTALLED QUALITY: • Solid Surface • Laminate • Granitewww.cutting-edge-countertops.com • 10064 Rt. 119 North, Marion Center, PA724.397.8605 • TOLL FREE 888.816.0575 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8-5; Sat. 8-12; Evenings By Appointment

54 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Indiana StateCollege1959 to 1965Indiana State Teachers College1927 to 1959Indiana University of Pennsylvania1965 to presentIndiana StateNormal School1920 to 19271961: TheStudent CooperativeAssociation isformed to collectand disperse aspecial studentactivity fee. Thefirst student unionbuilding opens, theonly such buildingat a Pennsylvaniastate college.1959: A legislative billallows state teacherscolleges to drop “teachers”from their names; theschool becomes IndianaState College under PresidentWillis Pratt, in the interestof moving towarduniversity status.1927: Indiana State Normal School becamethe Pennsylvania State Teachers College atIndiana. The school’s purpose officiallybecomes “the education and preparation ofteachers,” though students preparing for othercareers are allowed to enroll.1965: The institutionbecomes IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvaniaas it achieves universitystatus.1973: The Association ofPennsylvania State College& University Facultiesproposes the IUP and the13 state-owned collegesin Pennsylvania unite andestablish a governingsystem to be freed fromthe rule of the Departmentof Education.1983:APSCUF’s planelevated the 13state collegesto universitystatus andcreates astate-ownedsystem of 14universities.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoIN THIS postcard sent in 1917, the Oak Grove on the IUP campus was used as both a baseball diamond and football field.Size: 12 acresBuildings: OneTHEN (1875)Students: 225Tuition: $14Principal: Edmund B.Fairfield, 1875-76Indiana Normal School1875 to 1920Early 1900s: Intercollegiate athletic teams begin to form andcompete. The football team won a national championship in1917 and mile-relay track teams from 1911, 1918 and 1925also won championships.1875: Indiana NormalSchool officially opens at2 p.m. May 17. About 150students were on hand for theopening ceremony. The entireuniversity and all facets ofstudent life operated out ofJohn Sutton Hall, then knownas Main Building.TODAY, THE Oak Grove is full of trees and, often, activity throughout the school day.Size: 374 acresBuildings: 72NOW (2011)Students: 15,132Tuition: $6,240 (in-state)TOM PEEL/GazettePresident: Dr. DavidWerner, 2010-presentAll That GlittersChristmas ShopSt. Joseph Home Selling StatueRecipe Cards • Tea TowelsApronsWreaths • GarlandHeritage Lace • Musical ClocksChristmas Pet Ornaments& AccessoriesHundreds of new ornaments,decorationsand much more.OPENTUESDAY - FRIDAY11:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.APPOINTMENTSWELCOME724-349-5768953 N. BEN FRANKLIN RD., INDIANA(EXACTLY 2 MILES FROM THE YMCA)A nderson’sChimney Service& FIREPLACE SHOPPA022215Eden Pure Electric HeatersQUADRA-FIREWood, Gas & Pellet StovesBUCK STOVES • HEAT-N-GLO FIREPLACES•Burning Displays •Vented & Ventless Gas Logs•Chimney & Air Duct Cleaning •Relining •Repairs

Universitygrowsduring136 yearsContinued from Page 53elevated ground owned by Sutton.Board members ultimatelyselected the Sutton property,which adjoined what the PittsburghCommercial newspapercalled “a magnificent grove oftrees.”On this site the trustees proposedto erect a multipurposebuilding to house classrooms,dormitory rooms, faculty residences,administration offices,a chapel, an indoor recreationfacility, a dining hall, sciencelabs and a library. J.A. Caldwell,in his 1880 “History of IndianaCounty,” characterized thebuilding that would result —christened John Sutton Hallfollowing Sutton’s 1877 death— as “a town complete withinitself.”Pittsburgh architect James W.Drum was hired to draw up theplans for this indoor “town.”Drum, in a happy coincidence,was a native of Indiana. He hadearlier designed the old IndianaCounty Courthouse, whichlike Sutton today occupies aplace on the National Registerof Historic Places.Ground was broken in Aprilof 1873. The contractors —Voris, Haigh & Gregg Co., ofShippensburg — built a refractoryon site to manufacturebricks, a welcomed conveniencegiven that so many wererequired to complete the fourstoryedifice. Two stories werefinished by late November,when the contractors haltedwork for the winter.“About one million and onehundred thousand bricks havethus far been placed in position,”the Progress noted in itsNov. 27, 1873, edition, “andnearly as many more will be requiredbefore the work will becompleted — enough, really,with which to construct an ordinaryvillage; many more thansome towns in Pennsylvaniacontain.”The contractors finishedtheir work in time for the startof classes in May of 1875. Thebuilding was ready, as was thenew teaching staff.Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 55JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHIS VIEW captured how the campus of Indiana State Teachers College looked in the 1930s. In the center of the photograph are, clockwise, from right,Wilson Hall (built in 1893), Leonard Hall (1903), McElhaney Hall (1931), John Sutton Hall (1875), Clark Hall (1893), the athletic fields and WallerGymnasium (1927).JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoSILAS M. CLARK Hall,the boys’ dormitory atIndiana Normal School,was erected in 1893 andwas destroyed by fire onDec. 1, 1905. It wasreplaced with thebuilding pictured in thispostcard that wasmailed in May 1908. Awindmill was used topump water from a wellbeside the dormitory.THE INDIANA Normal trusteesselected Hillsdale (Mich.) CollegePresident Dr. Edmund B.Fairfield, a former Michiganstate senator and lieutenantgovernor, as the institution’sfirst principal. He would alsoteach Latin, Greek and the theoryand practice of teaching atthe school, collecting theprincely salary of $2,250 for hisefforts.In an ad that appeared in numerousarea newspapers,school officials from the beginningestablished lofty standardsfor Indiana Normal: “Theservices of E.B. Fairfield …have been secured as Principal,and he will be assisted in thevarious departments by thebest talent that can be secured.Every effort will be made tomake this school equal, if notsuperior, to any other institutionof this kind in the country.”The other original facultymembers were:Continued on Page 56THIS POSTCARD, sent in 1914, shows the Conservatory of Music on the campus of Indiana Normal School.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoLOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED,REALLY MEANS …locally owned and operated!Ed Bratton receivingkeys from Mr. Steineras he becomes thenew owner ofSteiner’s Marketalong PhiladelphiaStreet in Indiana onDecember 28, 1971.Photos courtesyThe Indiana GazetteOld Giant Eagle store front along South 7th Street inIndiana. Mr. Bratton became the owner in 1983.New state-of-the-art 85,000 square foot grocerycomplex along Ben Franklin Road in Indiana whichopened in fall 2010. Mr. Bratton is still a co-owner.Congratulations to the Donnelly Family andThe Indiana Gazette for your commitment to ourcommunities over the past 100 years.Upstreet Financial AdvisorsFrank Kinter, Jr., CLU, ChFCWilliam Simmons, CLTCDavid Myers922 Philadelphia Street • Indiana, PA 15701 • 724-463-5933

56 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011THENNOWJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE UNIVERSITY’S library was built in 1960 and was named for Rhodes Stabley.TOM PEEL/GazetteWHEN IUP outgrew its library, it built Stapleton Library in 1980. The two are nowinterconnected.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE STUDENT UNION at IUP used to be in a two-story building along Pratt Drive across fromWhitmyre Hall.TOM PEEL/GazetteTHE HADLEY Union Building replaced the old student union, and a major expansion has beenadded since.JOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE TRI-HALLS — Stewart, Mack and Turnbull — have been demolished to make way for newstudent housing buildings, pictured at right, erected as part of IUP’s residential revival a fewyears ago, along Grant Street.TOM PEEL/GazetteUniversity grows during 136 yearsContinued from Page 55■ Leonard, who served as preceptress— analogous to a dean ofwomen — in addition to her classroomduties. She would outlasteveryone else hired to teach duringthat inaugural term, becomingsomething of an icon on campusbefore retiring in 1921. LeonardHall, home to IUP’s English andgeography departments, is namedin her honor.■ The Rev. Andrew J. Bolar,mathematics. An ordained Presbyterianminister who previouslyserved as superintendent of IndianaCounty Common Schools,Bolar had been wounded 10 timesin various Civil War battles littlemore than a decade before, accordingto Clarence Stephenson’s“Indiana County 175th AnniversaryHistory.”■ Joseph H. Young, English literature.He and Bolar were the onlyIndiana residents among the originalfaculty.■ T.J. Chapman, English grammar.■ Ada Kershaw, elocution andreading.■ Mary Bradley, penmanshipand drawing. (Kershaw andBradley’s stay at INS was painfullybrief — both were dismissed at theclose of the first term for “conductunbecoming a teacher.”)■ Hiram Collier, chemistry andphysics.■ A.H. Berlin, director of theModel School, where studentteachers would instruct the youthof the community. According tothe 1875 INS Catalogue, “The purposefor which this School isfounded is pre-eminently the educationand training of Teachers.”Indiana Normal literature lateremphasized that “the Institution isopen to all of proper age, whetherthey have teaching in view or not,”but turning out educators was itssole mission in the early years.One hundred fifty aspiringteachers filed through the doors ofSutton Hall when classes commencedat 2 p.m. on May 17, 1875,each having submitted a tuitionpayment of $14 for a 10-weekterm.Before long, enrollment hadswelled to 225.FOR MANY of the students whoresided on campus, creature comforts— even by 19th century standards— were sorely lacking duringtheir first weeks at the school.Not only were dormitory room furnishingsdecidedly sparse; somemale students didn’t even havebeds to sleep in.“Eyes will fall on this that will recallthose opening days of ’75, beforeour furniture came, andwhen, do the best we could, thehouse would seem bare andempty,” Leonard wrote in her“History of the School” article in1888.“‘The boys’ for a week or two,cheered by Dr. Fairfield’s hopefulwords, bravely slept on the floor.He promised then that they wouldContinued from Page 57Ground Beef • Steaks • Pork ChopsRoasts • Ribs • Sausage • KielbassiAward Winning Hot Dogs • Snack SticksDeli Meats & Cheeses • JerkyCALL TO ORDER OR STOP IN TODAY!Route 422 West, Indiana724-465-8862Mon-Fri 9-6; Sat 9-4Visa, MC, Debit Cards, EBT Cards AcceptedSince 1956

Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 57University grows during 136 yearsContinued from Page 56remember and laugh at their hardshipssome day, and be glad, in spite of them all,that they had been Indiana’s first students.”Lack of beds wasn’t the only concern.Bedclothes were in such short supply, accordingto a Democrat account, that INSofficials enlisted the help of “the ladies” ofthe community in contributing sheets,blankets and pillowcases. “Of course,” thenewspaper noted sarcastically, “this willbe a ‘thankee job,’” the implication beingthat no monetary compensation wasforthcoming.Before long, though, the students andprofessors began to appreciate their newhome. Sutton Hall was, after all, a state-ofthe-artfacility replete with modern conveniences.Newspaper advertisements created toattract prospective students extolled thebuilding’s many virtues: steam heat, electriclights in every room, even an “elevatorfor girls.”Wickersham raved about Sutton Hallwhen he and his committee — officiallythe Board of Recognition — came to INSon May 21, 1875, for a formal dedicationceremony.Noted the Progress, “Suffice it to say that[it] is one of the largest and best arrangedSchool buildings in the State, and if wetake the testimony of the State Superintendentand other visitors as correct, thevery best, and not excelled [sic] in theUnited States.”At a cost of $183,000, it was truly a marvel.WICKERSHAM AND his committee arrivedaboard a special train — the rail linepassed just down the hill from Sutton’seast entrance, where Pratt Drive runstoday — to tourthe new buildingand then, everyoneconnectedwith the schoolfervently hoped,bestow on theschool their officialblessing.According tothe Progress,Wickersham andhis colleagues“inspected thebuilding fromcellar to garret.JOHN SUTTON They were accompaniedbymembers of theboard of trustees and shown every apartmentand all the arrangements. A verythorough inspection was made, and explanationsgiven in regard to class andrecitation rooms, sleeping rooms for students,apartments for professors and employeesof the institution, etc.“The committee expressed themselveshighly pleased, and warmly congratulatedthe Board on their success.”An overflow throng gathered in the SuttonHall chapel to hear Wickersham’s reportand listen to an array of luminariesspeak of Indiana Normal in glowing terms.Congratulations were extended to thoseaffiliated with INS for overcoming dauntingodds to establish a Normal School onthe premises and to erect such a magnificentbuilding.Wickersham recalled the dedication inan article he penned for the July issue ofPennsylvania School Journal: “The quietpeople of Indiana and neighboring counties,assembled at the school to witnessthe ceremonies, were stirred up to an unwanteddegree of enthusiasm by a surveyof the noble building dedicated to the purposesof education and the contemplationof the good work for the benefit of futuregenerations that would be carried onwithin its walls.”He couldn’t have imagined those wallswould still be standing 136 years later.Or that a school whose enrollment thennumbered less than 200, consisting of asingle building on 12 acres of land, wouldundergo such prolific expansion, to thepoint where more than 15,000 studentsnow walk a campus that encompasses 374acres and 72 buildings.Jane Leonard would have been amazed,too, by such phenomenal growth.After all, she was a witness to the leantimes, when school trustees were apt todig into their own pockets just to keepalive the dream of a Normal School in IndianaCounty.Leonard fretted over job security alongwith her fellow professors when the morepessimistic citizens of the area predictedthe founding of the school would be followedclose at hand by its foundering.But the fledgling school weathered everyfinancial crisis that threatened its existence.And Jane Leonard, in the bleakest oftimes seemingly destined for the unemploymentline, wound up teaching at IndianaNormal School for nearly half a century,a veritable institution at the institutionand very much a survivor — just like herschool.Pa. governor was INS graduateBy BOB FULTONbfulton@indianagazette.netThe early years of IndianaNormal School were marked bya well-known graduate, a better-knowndropout, a beloved“aunt” and a stern warningabout “evil” practices, as thefollowing items reveal:■ Indiana attorney JohnFisher, an 1886 graduate ofINS, served as governor ofPennsylvaniabetween 1927and 1931. Athrong estimatedat35,000 turnedout in Indianato congratulateFisher when hereturned to hishome countyJOHN four days afterFISHER defeating EdwardBeidlemanin May’s Republican primary.The multitudes, accordingto an Indiana EveningGazette account, “raised such adin that it required more than20 minutes to quiet the crowdafter the candidate had appearedon the platform tobegin his address.” Fisher, whowas born near Plumville, easilyprevailed in the general electionsix months later, garnering1,102,823 votes to 365,280 forDemocratic challenger EugeneBonniwell.■ Longtime Preceptress JaneLeonard was held in such highesteem that when she retired in1921 after 46 years of service tothe institution, she was permittedto keep her apartment inJohn Sutton Hall. The death ofIndiana Normal’s beloved“Aunt Jane” on April 6, 1924, atthe age of 83 prompted an outpouringof grief on campus andin the community. “The memoryof her will long be revered,”the Gazette noted, “and thepassing years will soften therecollections of one for whomso much sorrow is now beingexpressed.”■ Sutton Hall, completed in1875, was for many years theonly building on campus. Thesecond, according to a story inthe Gazette’s centennial homecomingsupplement of Oct. 12,1974, was a boiler plant constructedin 1890. The originalClark Hall (destroyed by fire in1905 and rebuilt) and WilsonHall followed in 1893. Wilsonstill stands at the eastern edgeof the Oak Grove.■ Two faculty members weredismissed in 1881 for “conductdispleasing to the contemporarycommunity standards” —reportedly a love affair thatsparked intense gossip amongtheir fellow professors and theschool’s students. Both werelater rehired.■ Elizabeth Cochran ranks asunquestionably the most distinguisheddropout in IndianaNormal history, though sheachieved her fame under anothername.Cochran, who was born inCochrans Mills, ArmstrongCounty, enrolled at INS in Septemberof 1879 but ran out offunds before the end of the semesterand left school.She would ultimately gainrenown as a newspaper reporterfor The New York World,using the pseudonym NellieBly. In 1887 her exposé on brutalityin a New York City mentalinstitution, where she spent 10days after feigning insanity,shocked readers and triggeredreforms.Bly augmented her fame twoyears later by ridingsteamships, railroads and evencamels while circling the globein 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutesto eclipse the “record” establishedby fictional characterPhileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s“Around the World in EightyDays.”■ Dr. Edmund B. Fairfield,the first principal at INS, spentless than a yearat the school,leaving in 1876to becomechancellor atthe Universityof Nebraska.Geography wassomething of afactor in hisdeparture. SaidFairfield, whoexpressed in aletter to aSubmitted photoDR. EDMUNDFAIRFIELDfriend that he never truly felt athome in Indiana, “the Westsuits me better.”■ Fairfield praised the studentsof the institution for theirdeportment at the close of thefirst term in July of 1875. Butnot all of them were so well-behaved,as he later discovered;several ran amok in Sutton Hallone night in March of 1876,JOHN SUTTONHALL in the earlydays of IndianaUniversity ofPennsylvania.JOHN SUTTON andSilas M. Clark signedthis Indiana NormalSchool stockcertificate in 1874.This was Sutton’stypical signature. Heserved as our firstpresident of trustees.causing extensive damage. Accordingto the IndianaProgress, “some of the studentsat the Normal School took advantageof Dr. Fairfield’s absenceand abused the buildingand furniture of the institutionin a fearful manner, knockingthe plaster from the walls,breaking in the doors of severalrooms, and in other ways mutilatingthe interior of the building.”■ That a Victorian code ofconduct was strictly observedduring Indiana Normal’s infancyis very much apparent froman 1880s school catalog. 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58 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Practicingsupply-sideeconomicsHenry Hall’s legacyremains at downtownIndiana businessTOM PEEL/GazetteJEFFREY TOBIN, whose family bought Henry Hall in 1967, is the owner of the business, now at 708 Philadelphia St.By CHAUNCEY ROSSchauncey@indianagazette.netCall it transition.Once boasting aninventory includingmusical instrumentsand cigars,then Bibles,dolls and jewelry,Indiana’s Henry Hall store nowcounts desktop microphones,copier toner and office cubicles inits range of stock.Call it evolution.One “J.M. Stewart” placed hisorder for calling cards with HenryHall back in the day. Today, LosAngeles International Airport outfitsthe public seating areas in itsterminals with chairs bought fromHenry Hall.Or call it progress.From the early days of hopscotchingits storefront across thedowntown business district tobuilding an electronic sales floorand warehouse on the Internet,Henry Hall — in 150-plus years ofservice — has been a leader in IndianaCounty commerce.But call it constant.The name Henry Hall has carrieda reputation as a businessman’sbusiness since a young Hallhawked newspapers in the pre-Civil War days.“A name, like anything, becomesvested in itself over time, in thiscase for things like quality andservice,” said Jeffrey Tobin, whosefamily bought the company fromHall’s family in 1967.“It would be almost irresponsibleto change the name of thebusiness because the value is inthe name,” he said.It easily is one of the cornerstonesof the downtown businesscommunity.Henry Hall first had floor spaceon the north side of PhiladelphiaStreet, where Brody’s DepartmentStore later stood, according to thelate Indiana County historianClarence Stephenson’s account ofHall’s first century in business.Stephenson’s research showed 9-year-old Henry Hall, in 1857, soldnewspapers and magazinesshipped into the area by train fromPittsburgh.Indiana still had no telegraphlink, and any new dispatch of newswas a premium.By 1861, Hall, 13, was gettingbundles of papers from the train atTorrance and distributing them toregular customers from a warehousein Indiana.Then Hall started his retail businessin 1866, at age 18. He movedit twice in the next few years, andoperated at the northeast cornerof Philadelphia and Sixth streetsthrough most of the 1870s.The business in 1882 settled inthe 700 block of PhiladelphiaStreet and moved in 1888 to 714Philadelphia St., where Hall andothers after him sold a changingstock of products for more than110 years.In 2000, Tobin moved Henry HallOffice Products two doors east to708 Philadelphia St., where itshares space with a sister company,Henry Hall Technical Services,which Tobin established in 1993.The technical services divisionencompasses Tobin’s photocopierdealership, a venture based largelyon service for a spectrum of officemachines.While the service companythrives on products that have onlyemerged in the technical age ofthe last couple of decades, HenryTOM PEEL/GazetteROB DILLON, an employee at Henry Hall Office Products, displayed one ofthe address plates that would have been made on the Graph-O-Typemachine.Hall Office Products occupies amuch smaller share of actual floorspace.The store has a few racks of traditionalpen-and-paper merchandiselines but turns the vast majorityof its business electronically,through the henryhall.com website,which features a colorful andsophisticated online catalog andsecure ordering system.A recent online sale includeddiscounts on self-stick pads, filecarts, handheld label makers,web-cams, tailgate coolers, flashdrives and blank CDs and DVDs.A far cry from Henry Hall’s 1882-83 holiday season newspaper adfor fine stationery, gold pens, NewYear’s and Christmas cards, china,Bohemian glassware, handmirrors, skates and presentation“A NAME, like anything, becomesvested in itself over time, in this casefor things like quality and service. Itwould be almost irresponsible tochange the name of the businessbecause the value is in the name.”Jeffrey Tobin,owner since 1992canes.Henry Hall, according toStephenson’s history, regularlymade the rounds of school boardmeetings throughout IndianaCounty, taking orders for schoolsupplies.Hall was known, too, for hisprominent role in civic and educationalinterests, serving on IndianaBorough Council, the West Indianaschool board, the Indiana CountyChamber of Commerce and theIndiana Hospital board of directors.After his death in 1935, Hall’snephew Charles H. Russell Sr. becamemanager and later presidentunder the newlyformed Henry HallInc.The company toredown and replacedits 714 PhiladelphiaSt. building in 1941,and sold the venturein 1967 followingthe death of CharlesH. Russell Jr.Joseph DiSimone,of Murrysville,bought the stationerysupply businessand James“J.T.” Jones tookover the commercialprinting segment ofthe Henry Hall company.DiSimone’s sonin-law,Edwin Tobin,became vice presidentin 1986 andopened a branch ofthe business inBlairsville.Tobin’s son, JeffreyTobin, joined thebusiness in 1992and ushered it intoan electronic age.Henry Hall OfficeProducts was one of175 companiesaround the world in1986 that joined Microsoft’s trialof the Merchant Shopper onlineshopping center, one of the earlytests of secure online businesstechnology.“Back then, nobody was doingthis, of course,” Jeff Tobin said.“Merchant Server never went anywhere,but we were a beta tester.”Pushing ahead, Henry Hall OfficeProducts independently wentonline in 1995 with the digital versionof its inventory, provided byits wholesalers, and started doingbusiness on the Internet.“We were never able to find thatanyone else was online doingtransactions before we were,”Tobin said.“We had access to everything weneeded, and we certainly were aHENRY HALLLocations1866: North side ofPhiladelphia Street1870s: Philadelphia andSixth streets1882: 700 block ofPhiladelphia Street1888: 714 Philadelphia St.2000: 708 Philadelphia St.front-runner in doing that.“We had so much business fromall over the country, we kept a wallmap with push pins” showingwhere orders were sent.Early on in Henry Hall’s developmentof an Internet presence, thePennsylvania Chamber of Businessand Industry honored Tobinand the company in 1999 with itsinaugural Delta Award for use oftechnology.“That was a cool thing at thetime, because of the use of technology,”Tobin said. “It was the firstone presented in the state.”Doing business online cut outthe need for warehouse and storagespace.Online orders areshipped directlyfrom suppliers, sothe Henry Hall storein Indiana carries nomore than a tokenstock of pens, paperand the like for walkincustomers in immediateneed.The Blairsvillestore, destroyed by amajor business districtfire in 1993 andbriefly reopened, hasbeen closed foryears.The companyarranged withBlairsville NewsCompany to let customersplace andpick up office supplyorders at its counters.And the longtimeHenry Hall storefrontat 714 PhiladelphiaSt. underwent atechnologicalmetamorphosiswhen Jeffrey Tobinreplaced it with afranchise of theWireless Zone,selling Verizon cellulartelephone products.Tobin also opened a WirelessZone store in SouthTowne Plaza inWhite Township, and has freelancedas a business and managementconsultant under the nameThe Concept Coach.Tobin no longer runs the wirelesszone in White Township andBlairsville.But his banner business remainsunder the Henry Hall name, foronline office products and on-sitetechnological support.It’s the same focus on currentneeds that Henry Hall himself hadsome 140 years ago as a primarypurveyor of “music and musicalinstruments, gent’s furnishinggoods, notions, tobacco, cigars,pipes” and books and stationery.TOM PEEL/GazetteTHESE RELICS areon display in thestore alongPhiladelphiaStreet.History of the Coney IslandThe Coney was originally started by my great uncle, Jim George, in 1928 as a hot dog shop on the 800 block of Philadelphia St. three doors down from Stewart’shardware store. He bought a liquor license in 1933 after prohibition ended. This location became a place that welcomed one and all for a Coney dog.From there the Coney moved to 11 South Carpenter Ave. in 1965 with Betty, uncle Jim’s daughter, and Chuck Lewis, her husband, as owners. Bob and DonnaMcQuaide became partners in 1968. Bob passed away in 1992 and that is when Tim returned to Indiana to help run the family business with his mother, Donna.DeDe Snyder and Jamey Snyder (Tim’s sister and brother-in-law) came home to join the business in 1996. These are the partners who own the Coney now. Duringthe time between 1992 and present the Coney grew from 1,700 ft. to 17,000 ft., to include restaurant areas and a dancing area, and also a banquet facility on thesecond floor. The addresses grew to include 642, 636, and 640 Philadelphia St., for the Coney as well.History of the buildings where the Coney is currently locatedOn this site in the very early 1800s was Indiana’s first tavern-general store, Sutton’s Tavern. That building was raised in 1858 to buildthe first of two buildings that became Sutton’s and Wilson’s mercantile store. The Suttons and Wilsons also were the founding fathers ofIUP. Through time these two buildings became separately owned and a long list of businesses occupied them, one notable entity wasone of S&T Bank’s first offices. When we purchased the hardware store building at 636 Philly, we found a door that had been bricked upthat joined these buildings at one time. We reopened the doorway to bring these two historic buildings back together.And back to the present, after rehabbing these two historic buildings we have now returned to where it all started, redoing the originalbar on Carpenter Ave. The Coney is very proud to be part of downtown Indiana, and proud to contribute to its ongoing success.www.theconey.com724-465-8082

Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 59Funeral homes integral to countyFamily involvement fuelsBowser Ondriezek successBy JOHN COMOjcomo@indianagazette.netFor years, a round clock atop ametal pole in front of a majestictwo-story house alongCardiff Road informedpassers-by that it displayed“Ondriezek time.” While somepeople may have been happyto synchronize their timepieces by the familiarlandmark, it is doubtful that many wereanxious to actually reach Ondriezek time.The clock advertised and marked the locationof the funeral home that George J. Ondriezekopened in 1910.George Ondriezek bought the location inNanty Glo in 1908 and began offering funeralservices in 1910 after working at the JohnKreshalk Funeral Home in the borough. Hebegan three generations of service to thecommunity that often extended beyondhelping families deal with grief over the lossof loved ones until the funeral home was soldin 1993 to C. Frederick Bowser Funeral HomeSubmitted photoPICTURED, FROM left, are Megan Bowser Carion, Joyce Bowser,Kristen Raykes, Anthony Warynovich and Fred Bowser.Inc. of Homer City.Although the house has been remodeled, itis still the main part of the Bowser OndriezekFuneral Home.Fred Bowser continues the Ondriezek traditionof dedicated and caring services at thefuneral home that moved to 1102 CardiffRoad in 1939.Three descendants of George J. Ondriezeksaid they are pleased with the professionaland caring services being provided by Bowser,who himself is a third-generation funeraldirector. The funeral home is managed by hisdaughter, Megan Bowser Carion, a fourthgenerationfuneral director/supervisor, andAnthony J. Warynovich III, of Nanty Glo, a funeraldirector at the home since 1993. BowserCarion is also funeral director/supervisor atthe funeral home in Homer City. KristenRaykes, another daughter, is office managerat both funeral homes.Harry R. Ondriezek II, who owned the funeralhome from 1978 to 1993 and his sisters,Suzan Popich and Diana Conrad, recentlyspoke about the history of the family business.They are the children of the late RichardD. and Melda Ondriezek. Richard was involvedas an owner of the funeral home from1954 to 1978, including a partnership from1954 to 1970 with his brother, Harry R. “Pete”Ondriezek. George J. owned the businessfrom 1910 to 1954.“In the beginning, our grandfather(George) worked out of an office on RobertsStreet because viewings were done in thehomes of the families,” Diana Conrad said. “Ican remember some instances when our livingroom was open to lay people out forviewing. I was 6 when we moved across thestreet in 1953 and they started having regularviewings in the funeral home.”They said ambulance services were offeredfrom the late 1940s to 1978 by the OndriezekBlood Donor and Ambulance Service.“We had contracts to provide ambulanceservices to the three Bethlehem Coal Mines,Nos. 31, 32 and 33, Harry said. “In the beginningthe membership in the ambulance servicecost $1 and the members received all theblood they needed. We lost about half themembership when the fee was raised to $2.”He said the membership included transportationto hospitals for rehabilitation andother treatment.The service also rented out hospital equipmentsuch as beds, walkers, crutches andwheelchairs.“The equipment was stored in a garage,”Diana recalled. “Whenever someone came tothe house and neededsomething, we wouldrun up to the garage andget it. At age 18, I drove alot of miners to Pittsburghfor treatment becauseeveryone knew Ididn’t mind making thetrips.”Harry said he gave upthe ambulance service in1978 when he took overthe funeral home becauseof all the changingregulations and trainingrequirements.He said instructorsfrom Citizens’ AmbulanceService of Indianadid the training for theBlacklick Valley AmbulanceAssociation whenit was formed.Suzan provided theGazette with folders of pictures and articlesabout the family’s involvement with the funeralhome and in the community. One articlereported that Richard and the funeralhome were recognized by the PennsylvaniaFuneral Directors Association for more than75 years of continuous service to the community.“We are very proud of our dad,” Suzan said.“He took care of the people and this communityvery well.”Fred Bowser opened the C. Federick BowserFuneral Home Inc. in Homer City in 1968and merged with the Askew Funeral Home in1977. In 2004, he built a new funeral homealong Old Route 119 in Homer City.Bowser is the grandson of Fred S. Bowser,who owned a funeral home in Parker City,and the son of Donald S. Bowser, who owneda funeral home in Plumville.Bowser said he grew up in the funeralhome business and is proud of being amongfour generations of a family that has carriedon a tradition of service with personal attention.“With funeral homes at two locations, I believewe can offer some of the best prices forour services,” Bowser said. “We have six fulltimeand six part-time employees who provideservices 24 hours a day, seven days aweek. We also keep our website,bowserond.com, up to date. Such sites areimportant to give people a chance to readobits and offer condolences.”JAMESROBINSONJ. ARTHURROBINSONHAROLD T.ROBINSONRobinson-Lytlesteeped in historyBy JOHN COMOjcomo@indianagazette.netThe families thatowned theRobinson-LytleFuneral Homehad served residentsof IndianaCountywell, said Richard T. Wolfe Jr.,who purchased the business in2000.“We have tried to continueand maintain the tradition ofservices,” Wolfe said.He said the traditionstarted in 1891 whenJames W. Robinsonopened a funeral homein Saltsburg and wasjoined in the businessby his sons, J. Arthurand Harold T. Robinson.J. Arthur Robinsonopened a branch funeralhome in Indiana in1928 at its current locationat 36 N. Seventh St.and R. McKay Lytle Jr., anephew, joined the firm in1948. Ralph M. Lytle III followedin 1966 and sold thebusiness to Wolfe in 2000.“They served many generationsof families,” Wolfe said recently.“I worked with both ofJames Robinson’s sons and J.McKay and Ralph Lytle, andthey were very dedicated andmeticulous. You have to bededicated because you are oncall 24 hours every day becauseyou never know when a deathwill occur.”He said the Robinsons andLytles also provided ambulanceservices for many years.“They had contracts to servearea coal mines, and the ambulanceservice was a substantialpart of their business,”Wolfe said. “They donatedtheir ambulance to help Citizens’Ambulance Associationget started.”Wolfe worked part time at thefuneral home while he was astudent at Indiana Universityof Pennsylvania. He moved toPittsburgh after graduating in1980 and worked at the John A.Freyvozel Funeral Home until1986. “I came back to Robinson-Lytlein 1986 as a licensedfuneral director,” he said. “As Ibecame exposed to the manyphases of the funeral homebusiness as a part-timeworker, I realized that itwas a profession Iwould like to becomeinvolved with.”He said there havebeen many changes inthe funeral home businessin the 110 yearssince James Robinsonopened in Saltsburg.RICHARD “One of the biggestWOLFE changes was movingviewings from the family’shome to the funeralhome,” Wolfe said. “That resultedin having all the facilitiesneeded for funeral services andviewings here instead of in thefamily homes. Although we stillhave all the materials neededto do a viewing in the home if afamily wants it.”He said viewings in the funeralhome also required aneed for increased parking andheating and air conditioningsystems.Services also have expandedto include counseling, eitherindividually or in groups, tohelp people deal with grief.“It is an interesting profession,”Wolfe said. “Each familyis unique with different needson how to handle the death of aloved one. We try to meet thoseneeds.”Submitted photoROBINSON-LYTLE as it appeared decades ago along North Seventh Street in Indiana.Submitted photoTHIS EARLY photo of the Ondriezek Funeral Home shows the landmark clock in front of thebusiness.Submitted photoA HORSE-DRAWNcarriage like thisone was used byJames W.RobinsonFuneral Home inSaltsburg.StewartRobinson, abrother ofJames W.StewartRobinson, had alivery stable andfurniturebusiness, so hehad the meansto providecaskets andhorses.Larry A. 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60 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011YMCA celebrates 100 yearsBy MARGARET HARPERmharper@indianagazette.netisGoing toDo BigThings andEvery Man“IndianaMust DoHis Duty,” read a headline ofThe Indiana Evening Gazetteon Jan. 20, 1911.“The Young Men’s ChristianAssociation MovementWill Take This Old Town ofOurs by Storm.”That’s how the newspapereditors saw it, announcing tothe community that plans tobegin a fundraising campaignfor a YMCA were “maturingdaily.”Now, a century later, theYMCA of Indiana County iscelebrating 100 years of providing“programs that build ahealthy spirit, mind andbody for all.”EARLY DAYSIt started at a town meetingon Oct. 7, 1910, according topublished newspaper articlesthat detail the organization’shistory in IndianaCounty.A Jan. 7, 1911, article sayscitizens assembled andelected Harry McCreary astemporary president of themovement to build a countyYMCA.“It will be the biggest thingIndiana has attempted in ageneration; it will involve usall,” another article said. “Sogird up your loins and preparefor the avalanche. Bigthings are in the air. But Indianacan do big things.”Community members sawthe benefits of a YMCA.“Better boys make bettermen, and that means betterhomes and business,” the articlesays.So townsfolk began a“Whirlwind Campaign toRaise $50,000 in SevenDays,” according to a Feb. 15,1911, headline.And they almost did.On the last day of the campaign,the group was only$9,891.50 short of the goaland was determined to collectit. The campaign hadunited the whole town.“Little boys and girls havecaught the enthusiasm andare hustling for theY.M.C.A.,” the article says.“Toy banks have been drawnupon and small savingsaccounts in the big bankshave been (or will be) fractured.”A few months later, it wasannounced in the June 7,1911, edition of the Gazettethat the YMCA buildingwould be erected “on the lotat the northeast corner ofCONTACT US FOR AQUALIFIEDCONTRACTOR!Philadelphia and Ninthstreets on the site of the presentFourth ward enginehouse and weigh-scales office.”The lot, it says, was “75 feeton Philadelphia Street and200 feet on Ninth Street.” Itwas purchased from PennsylvaniaRailroad Co. for$10,000.Two years later, a Dec. 11,1913, article announced theformal dedication of thebuilding.“This afternoon OUR newYoung Men’s Christian Associationbuilding was formallydedicated, with rathersimple ceremonies, yetmeaning much to the hundredsof persons who gatheredat the building to listento the exercises,” it says.H.F. Beck was hired as generalsecretary, and the YMCAopened “for the use of ourboys and young men.”The building contained “agym, 20-by-30-foot pool,meeting rooms, readingrooms and two floors of dormitories,”according to anaccount by Ralph McCrearyin Clarence Stephenson’s“Indiana County 175th AnniversaryHistory,” publishedin the 1970s.Email us: indarmbd@microserve.netVisit Us Online: iabuilders.com724-349-2327FINANCIAL DIFFICULITIESIn 1933, financial difficultieswere reported.The headline “BoroughTakes Over Y Property” wasstreamed across the top ofthe Nov. 25, 1933, IndianaEvening Gazette.Ralph McCreary, son ofHarry McCreary, recalled thisunfortunate turn of events inthe April 27, 1971, edition,republished in Stephenson’shistory books.“When the ‘Crash of 29’ occurred,the dormitory on thethird and fourth floors of thebuilding was emptied becausepeople were no longerworking and couldn’t affordto pay the room rent,” RalphMcCreary said. “This, ofcourse, reduced the incomeof the YMCA substantially.Since the depression wasupon the community, raisingfunds in Indiana to supportYMCA operations and programswas almost impossible.“However, the board of directorswanted to continueto operate the YMCA, feelingthe youth of the communityneeded the YMCA more thanever before. So they borrowed$17,000 to operate the‘Y’ and mortgaged the buildingfor that amount.“As it turned out, theDepression was not somethingof one or two years, butlasted far beyond anyone’santicipation.“Most people were havingtrouble getting enoughmoney to feed themselvesand maintain a livelihood sono money was available tosupport the ‘Y.’ as a result,the ‘Y’ couldn’t pay the intereston its mortgage; and themortgage holder was aboutto foreclose and sell theproperty.“When it was learned bythe board of directors thatthe building would be usedfor commercial purposes,they approached the city andasked them to pay the mortgageof $17,000 and operatethe building for the use ofcitizens rather than losethose facilities.In 1933, the YMCA boardand Indiana Borough Councilmade such an agreementand the YMCA building wasgiven to the city to be usedfor civic purposes. After that,the library moved into thebuilding, the top floor wasrented to the Masons, andother government and civicgroups used the facilities.”In taking the property, theborough “assumed the mortgageagainst it of $17,000”and about $1,500 in interest.WITHOUT A HOMEDave Watkins, of Indiana,was a program director atthe YMCA starting from thefall of 1965 until Septemberof 1972. In his job, he developedprograms for childrenand young adults.He was the YMCA’s firstfull-time employee, he said.“Over the next seven years,I developed programs to thepoint of where the board ofdirectors and fundraisers feltwe could go out on a campaignto build a YMCA building,”Watkins said.At the time, Watkins hadoffices in the Frick building,Drye Building, then the Rendbuilding. The YMCA wasbased in the Rend Buildinguntil the new building wascompleted.In his time at the YMCA,Watkins developed about 40programs that “touched allfacets of the age span,touched a lot of the county.”They had a gym/swim program,where children werebused from different parts ofthe county to local gyms,such as on the Indiana Universityof Pennsylvania campus.Half the children wouldget gym time, the other halfwould enjoy the pool. Thenthey would switch.They offered a learn-to-skiprogram, taking folks to HiddenValley, Seven Springsand other local ski resorts,picking people up as theywent.There were swim programsfor preschoolers, a day campfor children every summer, apreschool camp for youngerchildren, basketball programs,father/son trips, judoand self-defense, all withoutJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoTHE YMCA was under construction in 1913, above, at Ninth and Philadelphia streets in Indiana. It was built on the site of the old West Indiana Fire Station. Until1895, the easternmost boundary of West Indiana was Eighth Street. The completed Y is shown below, about a year later.Indiana County Chapterwww.redcross.org/pa/indiana•Disaster Services •Blood Services•Health & Safety ServicesBe Red Cross Ready724.465.5678 • 610 Kolter Drive, IndianaJOHN BUSOVICKI/Submitted photoa building.There certainly were challengesof having a YMCAwithout a facility, Watkinssaid. Before anything couldbe planned, he had to figureout where it was going totake place.“The challenge was alwaysfinding a place,” Watkinssaid. “We didn’t run out ofideas or interest. … As timewent on, some of the facilitiesthat were available to usdried up, so to speak. Theywere no longer available.That would mean we wouldhave to cut a program.”Camps were held at LionsHealth Camp and Mack Park.Swimming programs were inbackyards and Mack Pool.Indiana Area School District,IUP and other communityorganizations “were extremelyhelpful,” Watkinssaid.“People were receptive andpeople were welcoming, forthe most part, when we’d askabout a facility,” he said.“Usually, they were good tolet us use it. Some of the facilitiesdid dry up over time.That made the need for abuilding, especially foraquatics, all that much moreeminent.”So the community began acampaign for a permanentfacility.“The Y campaign was conductedin the community ofthe county,” Watkins said.“We considered ourselves acounty agency.”The group committedenough money to build officesand a swimming pool,Watkins said, and there was alarge workout room in theback area off the pool “withweights and mats and thatsort of thing.”Key players, he said, includedAlan Holsinger, RalphMcCreary, Paul Bair andDixon Lightcap.“All these gentlemen werevery much interested in seeingthe Y succeed,” Watkinssaid.Watkins said he looks backon those years with fondness.“We had a personal commitmentto what we weredoing,” he said. “We tried tohire persons of like mind inwhatever we did so that thepeople in the communitywho were participatingwould have a good experience.… It would be a warmthing where people wouldknow that the counselorscared about their children …knew their names.Continued on Page 61Enjoy Dinner In Our Restaurant & Also ARound Of Golf at 1 of 2 Amazing CoursesGOLF RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTERBLAIRSVILLE, PA • chestnutridgeresort.com • 724-459-7191 ext. 126Relax & Treat Yourself To Our Wonderful Spa & Salon.We Also Specialize In Elegant Wedding Receptions

Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 61YMCA celebrates 100 yearsContinued from Page 60After leaving as programdirector to go to graduateschool, Watkins stayed on asa volunteer to coach theswim team until 1980.“That was one of my bigloves,” he said of the swimmingprogram.TIME TO BUILDThe YMCA of IndianaCounty received its nationalcharter in 1971, said EricNeal, current chief executiveofficer.A campaign that yearfunded the permanent facility,constructed on 14 acresof land purchased from theMack family in November1969.“It was locker rooms and apool,” Neal said.Over the years, a multipurposeroom was added, alongwith three wellness centers,an exercise studio, gymnasium,ball fields, volleyballcourt, walking track andpavilion area.In the 1990s, a partnershipwith Head Start added aportion where children attended.The partnership was nationallyrecognized sincetwo nonprofits were helpingeach other for the bettermentof the community,Neal said.They YMCA also took overMack Pool in the 1990s, Nealsaid.“We were pretty busy inthe ’90s,” Neal said.In 2003-04, a gymnasiumaddition added 11,000square feet. At the sametime, a group exercise roomand a weight room/functionalfitness area wasadded, plus three programspaces and group area.“It provided the YMCA theopportunity for year-roundprogramming for children,”Neal said.In 2010, the gym was dedicatedto Kennard Fairman, aboard member who waskilled in an auto accident.Today, the YMCA of IndianaCounty has 4,700 members,Neal said.The YMCA recently had itsannual shutdown, when allmajor maintenance is takencare of for the year. Thisyear, the gym floor was replacedafter it was damagedby water, and, with the recentexodus of Head Startfrom the building, a newteen/senior center is available.It will provide a place forseniors to socialize afterclasses, and those who don’twant to exercise will have aplace to be.That space will be for seniorsuntil about 2:30 p.m.Monday through Friday, andon weekends will serve asthe teen center.FINANCESMany people in IndianaCounty live in poverty, Nealsaid. Because of that, the Yhas a very aggressive financialassistance program.In 2010, the amount of financialassistance for memberships,programs andservices was $165,000. The Yraised $65,000 and absorbedthe rest.The annual Strong KidsCampaign helps offset thecost, and there are annualfund mailers, donationsand a handful of specialevents that fund the organization.The annual Bowl for Kidsevent benefits the BigERIC NEAL is the YMCA’s current executive director, taking over in 2010.DANIELLE BURGLUND/GazetteTHE Y offers many different exercise programs. Participating in a spinning class led by SarahGriffith, of Marion Center, recently were, from left, Robin Haines, Lynn Marsh and Ryan Long,all of Indiana, and Cheryl Bevard, of Seward.ZACH KING, of Indiana, above, works out four or five times a week at the Y,with an emphasis on powerlifting.DON SMATHERS, of Kittanning, below, said he uses free weights severaltimes a week to stay in shape.JAMIE EMPFIELD/GazetteHearts, Little Hands program(formerly Big Brothers,Big Sisters), under newleadership at the YMCA forthe past few yearsThere is an annual golfouting and 5K run, and theUnited Way is a critical partner,Neal said.Neal said there are misconceptionsabout fundingfor the YMCA: They are notgovernment funded, hesaid, and they do not receivestate or federal support.REBRANDINGRecently, the YMCA organizationlaunched a rebrandingcampaign, Neal said.There are more than 2,000YMCAs nationally, and eachhad different marketingideas, creating an inconsistentimage.People’s opinions of theYMCA organization were reflectiveof the Y in their owncommunities, not as a nationalbrand, Neal said.The YMCA had lost thepower of a national brand.So the rebranding campaignput a focus on the reasonthe Y exists.“At the end of the day, theY exists to benefit the community,”Neal said.The new national campaignhas a focus on threeprinciples: youth development,healthy living andsocial responsibility. Themission remains the same:To put Christian principlesTHEY directorsEric Neal2010-presentMikeMcElhaney2006-09GeorgeCummings1999-2006MattLeininger1989-98HaroldPears1976-89DavidCochranMIKE McELHANEYGEORGE CUMMINGSinto practice throughprograms that build ahealthy spirit, mind andbody for all.This is important becausesocial responsibility createsstrong communities, Nealsaid.ALWAYS IN STYLEThe YMCA of today is notthe YMCA of 100 years ago.It has evolved to meet theever-changing needs of thepeople.But throughout its evolution,the core principleshave remained the same,Neal said. And the YMCAtakes what is good and triesto evolve it into somethingeven better.“As long as we’re alwaysimproving our product ...making it better ... we’regoing to find people whowant to be part of theYMCA,” Neal said. “TheYMCA really kind of blazedthe way. ... 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62 — Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011Banks form backbone of countyBy SAM KUSICskusic@indianagazette.netOf the things Indiana County has to crow about,there is the obvious. The county’s Christmastree production. Jimmy Stewart. Indiana Universityof Pennsylvania. But what you won’tfind celebrated on the tourist brochures is thecounty’s dynamic banking industry. Sure, itmay not make for a compelling reason to take a day trip here,but it is noteworthy.And not insignificant, either, considering that there are fourbanks headquartered here, all within 2½ miles of one another.And it also is not insignificant that three of them, dependingon how you call it, are more than 100 years old. And let’s notforget that two of them are publicly traded, billion-dollar enterprisessitting two blocks apart in a town whose populationnumbers 13,975.Of the lot, First Commonwealth Bank is the biggest — andgoing strictly by its charter, the oldest, dating to 1866 — with$4.6 billion in deposits, according to its latest annual report.Second on the list is S&T Bank. Founded in 1902, it claims $3.3billion in deposits, according to its latest annual report.There also is Marion Center Bank, which opened in the summerof 1905. It, according to its financial reports, lists assets ofaround $250 million.The youngest of the quartet is Indiana First Bank, whichopened its doors in 1922.So how is it, then, that in a small, rural county well beyondthe borders of Pittsburgh, there could be four banks headquarteredhere, plus branches of other institutions headquarteredelsewhere?For starters, local finance veterans say, the overall financialindustry in southwestern Pennsylvania needs to be considered.Historically, they said, it has been fragmented, withmany small operations dominating the landscape, almost areflection of the area’s fragmented geography and municipalboundaries.But beyond that, “There’s no real magic to it,” said FirstCommonwealth Bank retired chief executive Joseph E. O’Dell,speaking particularly of his former bank and S&T.O’Dell, who spent more than 40 years with First Commonwealthbefore stepping down in 2007, said both institutionshave always had the benefit of strong leadership with supportive,independent-minded boards that have been resistantto merging with larger, big-city institutions.And, he said, Indiana County is diversified and has beenfairly stable through the ups and downs of the market overthe years.State Sen. Don White, R-Indiana, chairman of the Senate’sbanking and insurance committee, echoed that, saying agricultureand the oil, coal and gas industries along with thebusinesses that formed to serve them and the people workingin them all have supported the banks. He also said the bankshave generally been overseen by small businessmen who understandthe impact of investing in the community. He saidthe banks have shown a willingness to invest in local initiativesand problems and have maintained generous corporate-neighborpolicies.And that, he said, has helped create the unique environmentthat exists here today. “You can’t find any other countythat has this kind of landscape,” White said. “I don’t think weshould ever take for granted the (impact they have had on thearea).”The impact isn’t hard to see.A good example is the last phase of IUP’s Residential Revival,the multimillion dollar project that replaced most of theuniversity’s old dorms with modern, apartment-like suites.The Residential Revival was a project of the university’snonprofit fundraising arm, the Foundation for IUP, whichstruggled to line up financing for the last phase in the midst ofthe Great Recession. 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Indiana Gazette Celebration of 100 Years, Friday, September 30, 2011 — 63Banks form backbone of countyContinued from Page 62of a campaign speech bythen-Sen. John F. Kennedy in1960.Under a long-term leasewith the county, the bank restoredthe building and continuesto maintain it. Had itnot, the county may haverazed it to make way for aparking garage, according tobank officials.“It’s been a win-win for thecommunity and the bank aswell,” said John Dolan, presidentand chief executive.At S&T, it has served as a regionalpartner in the distributionof tax credits throughthe state’s Keystone InnovationZone program, designedto promote research and development.It also has been a supporterof a career development programgeared toward singleparents and those exploringnontraditional occupationsin Indiana and Armstrongcounties.“With our executive officeshere, S&T has always maintaineda sincere interest inhelping Indiana remain vibrantby not only providingtop-tier banking services, butby creating a positive economicimpact and supportingeducational and community-basedinitiatives,” saidTodd D. Brice, S&T’s presidentand CEO.❏ ❏ ❏The banks are local, butalso homegrown, tracingtheir origins to the communitieswhose names they incorporatedinto their own.S&T, for instance, startedout as The Savings & TrustCompany of Indiana. Formallyorganized on May 19,1902, it opened its office inJuly 1903, doing business outof a building that now housesThe Coney restaurant. Accordingto the bank, the firstday’s deposits totaled$34,636.16, which in today’sdollars amounts to morethan $790,600.First Commonwealth,meanwhile, was establishedin April 1934 as First Nationalof Indiana, opening with aninitial capitalization of$255,000, according to thebank. Today, that translatesinto roughly $4.3 million.Marion Center opened in1905 as Marion Center NationalBank, beginning with acapitalization of $35,000(somewhere around$800,000 in today’s dollars),according to newspaper reportsat the time.“The new building and entireoutfit is pronounced, bythose competent to judge, tobe one of the best and mostcomplete establishments forshe (sic) purpose in the State,for a town anyways near thesize of Marion Center,” theIndiana Evening Gazettewrote in an article about thenew bank.The banks grew slowly andsteadily over the years, servingcustomers in their immediatearea and ploddingthrough the Depression.When a bank holiday was declaredin 1933 to save thecountry’s financial industryfrom collapse, Marion Center,according to its history,pulled its door blind downhalfway and continued to dobusiness.“This earned the local bankthe reputation of the bankthat did not close during theDepression,” it stated in itshistory.Expansion for the institutionsdidn’t come into playuntil at least 1956, when FirstCommonwealth opened abranch office in Plumville.According to the bank, it wasthe first in the county tobranch out. Two years later, itacquired First National Bankof South Fork, and two yearsafter that, added Union DepositBank of South Fork.In 1967, S&T hit its growthspurt, finalizing its acquisitionof First National Bank ofSaltsburg in 1967. In 1968, itopened another branch inWhite Township.Marion Center didn’t expandits presence until 1984,when it opened its second officein Clymer.❏ ❏ ❏The early ’80s ushered inthe modern era for thebanks, which took advantageof a major change in statebanking law and reorgan-Submitted photoMARION CENTER National Bank opened in 1905 in this buildingin along the town’s main street.ized, taking the form thatthey remain in today. Beforethe reform, banks could onlymerge with other banks intheir home county or withbanks in contiguous counties.The old law inhibitedgrowth, but the reformchanged that. As a result, allthree became bank holdingcompanies.First Commonwealth,which at the time was knownas National Bank of the Commonwealth,moved first, establishingits parent, FirstCommonwealth FinancialCorp., in 1982. It then setabout buying up other banksand branches in the area. Itsfirst was with Deposit bank,based in DuBois. The mergermore than doubled its assetsto about $519 million, andgave it a reach that extendedbeyond Indiana into Jefferson,Clearfield, Elk, Cambriaand Westmoreland counties.In 1995, the bank put all ofits banks under one charter,using Deposit Bank thatdated to 1886.S&T established its modern-dayparent, S&T Bancorp,in 1983. And, like FirstCommonwealth, it began acquiringother banks in thearea. Its first following the reorganizationwas Homer CityState Bank, which brought itTOM PEEL/GazetteFounded1905Location1271 Indian SpringsRoad, White TownshipAssets$250 millionBranchesSeven inthree countiesbranches in Homer City, Armagh,Burrell Township andalong Wayne Avenue in WhiteTownship.Marion Center reorganizeditself three years later, settingup its parent, CommunityBankers Corp.O’Dell said that the rise ofthe automated teller machinesin part fueled themergers. Banks, he said, werefinding that they needed toinstall them to remain competitive,but with technologicalexpansion an expensiveproposition, some simplydidn’t have the financialwherewithal to set up thenetworks.So, he said, they wereforced to look for partners.❏ ❏ ❏So what does the futurehold? Growth, it seems.Marion Center, for instance,recently opened itsnew headquarters along IndianSprings Road in WhiteTownship, a move thatcomes as it attempts to makea push into the county’ssouthern parts.And S&T announced earlierin September that it is acquiringMainline NationalBank, which maintains eightbranches and has assets of$241.8 million.“We plan to continue growingstrategically in order tofulfill our goal of being thepreferred banking institutionin western Pennsylvania,which is exemplified by ourrecent merger,” Brice said.“The incorporation of theseadditional locations and talentedindividuals will enableus to better serve our customersthroughout the region.”Dolan, too, said his bankcontinues to grow, but in away that maintains its connectionsto the communitiesit serves.“That’s missing in a lot ofthese larger institutions, andas they continue to get largerthey tend to forget that component,”he said. “We wantto be able to maintain thatcommunity feel and thecommunity touch in everycommunity we deal with, regardlessof how large weget.”He said that while thebanking landscape is changing,and new regulations thatarose from the recent recessionmay force some of theweaker institutions under,First Commonwealth intendsto remain strong. 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