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Minority baseball leagues topic of museum’s event

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host baseball historian Lou Hunsinger Jr. at its Coffee Hour at 10 a.m., June 13 in its Community Room. According to a news release, Hunsinger will be speaking on ‘The Negro Leagues: Respect & Recognition.” The ...

Brown Library plans variety of learning programs

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will kick off the 2024 Summer Learning Program with special activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15. The Library’s Summer Learning Program is an opportunity to keep children engaged in reading and learning over the summer, whether ...

Jersey Shore girl qualifies for Pennsylvania National Horse Show

JERSEY SHORE — Piper Harmon, 12, of Jersey Shore, qualified for the ninth annual LifeVac Therapeutic Riding Championships. The championship competition is scheduled to take place on Foundation Friday, Oct. 18, during the Pennsylvania National Horse Show at the PA Farm Show Complex in ...

Library to host program about illustrator

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will host an educational program about the artwork of pioneer illustrator Frances Tipton Hunter at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 8. Marisa C. Saìnchez, PhD, assistant professor art history at Lycoming College, will provide an overview of Hunter’s artwork, which was most known for gracing the covers of 18 Saturday Evening Post magazines during the mid-1930s and 1940s. Hunter graduated from Williamsport High School in 1914 and went on to national fame for her Norman Rockwell-style illustrations of children and pets that were featured in ...

Rose Morgan: The last bloom of a generation

The gentlemen walked solemnly in unison. They hoped that they had timed this final walk from her home to finish shortly after the last member of the society had been seated along the main aisle, surrounding Rose like a shield of honor . . . but, as usual, there were latecomers! Rose Morgan ...

Upcoming Laurel Festival pet parade will be organizer’s 51st

This June, Verla Bryant of Wellsboro is marking her 51st year of involvement with the Laurel Festival Pet Parade, 50 years as chair and one year as co-chair. “In 1974, I was a senior in high school and Jack Rymell was looking for someone to take his place as Pet Parade chairman. He asked ...