The Children's Garden: A Mechanicsburg Kindergarten
I shall not call this an infant school, because I do not intend the children to be schooled, but to be allowed under the gentlest treatment to develop freely. -Friedrick Frobell
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Noble Purposes and Labors of Love: Women Answering the Call on the Home Front
When the women of the Civic Club of Carlisle purchased a new Studebaker Street Sprinkler in May 1903 to keep the streets of Carlisle clean, the club was not only embarking on new territory but also continuing an already impressive, albeit short, civic track record.
Wilhelm Schimmel: Cumberland County Image Maker (1817-1890)
Wilhelm Schimmel, regarded today as one of America's most famous folk carvers, was a colorful itinerant who roamed throughout the Cumberland Valley region of Pennsylvania in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He likely immigrated to America from the Hesse-Darmstadt region of Germany shortly after the American Civil War.
Weakley Family Black Sheep: Why James Geddes Weakly Was Disowned
In May of 1837, James and Eliza Geddes Weakley welcomed into their home in Mill Town (Huntsdale) their youngest son, James Geddes (JG) Weakley. The grandson of Samuel Weakley, JG was also the great grandson of the patriarch of "one of the most prominent families in the western part of the county," James Weakley. What act or acts did JG Weakley, a seemingly honorable man, commit in later life that caused him to be erased from the family tree?
Book Review: Twentieth Century Thoughts: Carlisle: The Past Hundred Years
Ann Kramer Hoffer, Twentieth Century Thoughts. Carlisle: The Past Hundred Years. Carlisle: Cumberland County Historical Society, 2001.
Albert Abelt: All-Around Artist-Athlete (1913-1964)
The story of Albert Abelt is one of both a talented artist and a natural-born athlete. His uniquely coupled talents, varying pursuits, and adventurous life make him a fascinating subject.
The Near-Death Experience of John Wilkins
Most of us are familiar with contemporary descriptions of the near-death experience: the bright light, the tunnel, and the feeling of being "out of the body." Those who have had the near death experience also describe being taken to the other side, only to be told that they had died before their time and that they must go back.
James W. Sullivan: An Autobiographical Letter
This letter was written by James W Sullivan to his good friends Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Daller Bache Smead and their daughter Jane Van Ness Smead of Carlisle. It is printed here by the kind permission of Raphael S. Hays, II of Carlisle, who has also provided the illustrations. The Editor.
James W. Sullivan, Carlisle Man of Letters
The front page of the Wednesday, September 28, 1938, Evening Sentinel displayed two large headlines with accompanying pictures. One portrait was of President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the stated hope he could act as a peacemaker in the Hitler initiated German-Czechoslovakian dispute. The other, an image of an elderly, bearded gentleman, bore the legend: "Distinguished Citizen Passes."
Book Review: Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper
Nicholson Baker, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper (New York: Random House, 2001) xii, 371, index. Hardback $25 .95 (ISBN 0-375- 50444-3).