The UMC of Austin Annual Thanksgiving Meal

Another reason why Austin, Pennsylvania is a great place to live is the Annual United Methodist Church of Austin Community Thanksgiving meal.  There is no cost for the meal and one does not have to be a Methodist to attend.  As the sign says, it is a Community Thanksgiving Meal.

Pastor Steven and some members of his congregation went all out this year as you can see by the photos below.  The food was great and there was a lot of it.

Serving were Pastor Steven, Tootie Stuckey, Nicole Ford and Sheree Lamer

Working the kitchen on the left Nancy Glover.  On the right, front to back Diane Munsell, Peggy Dow and Shay Small

Shirley Garzel at the deserts' table

There was a very large crowd in attendance:

Ready to serve the meal

This article will also be posted on the Austin Boro News blog.

AASD Grad Warden at Lewisburg Federal Prison

David Ebbert

David Ebbert, son of Ronnie and Priscilla Ebbert, Austin, Pennsylvania has been promoted to the position of Warden at the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.  David is a 1982 graduate of the Austin Area School District.  After graduating from the Austin Area School District, David attended Mansfield University.

You can read more about David's promotion to Warden at The Daily Item.

The post appearing in the Austin Boro News blog has some pictures of David as a junior at AASD.

Veteran's Day Flag Presentation At AASD

At 0900 hours, on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, local veterans Jim Hough, Kerry Ehrensberger, and Bernard "Mike" Fowler of VFW Post 7810 performed a Flag Presentation Ceremony with the Austin Area School District, Austin, Pennsylvania.  AASD student's and Boy Scouts Julian Watson, Hunter Freer, Nick Leightley and Tim Purdy participated in the ceremony with the students, faculty, and staff observing.

A roll call of veterans who passed away during the past year included:

• George Sterner
• Tom Glover
• Norm Martin
• Bruce Bresslin
• Max Gaberseck
• William Mooney

Here are some pictures of the ceremony:

NYU Students Film Spec Commercial at the Dam Ruins

On Sunday, November 16, 2014, a team of NYU Graduate Students from The Tisch School of the Arts braved the cold, wind, and snow to film a Spec Commercial entitled "Ok Cupid" using the Austin Dam Ruins as a backdrop.   A spec commercial is simply a “fake” commercial that a filmmaker makes to show ad agencies and companies that he’s worthy of hiring.   

Here are some pictures Ronnie Ebbert and I took of the film crew in action:

 

Names of the Film Crew:

Emily Iason - Producer
Juno Chanin - Director
Ryan Defranco - Director of Photography
Assistant Director - Alik Bersolmian
Assistant Cameraman p Matias Mamus
Sound Mixer; Jacob Press
Mar Vreestarazu
Mary Evangelista
Nadja Setter - Actress
Collin Smith - Actor
Pablo Espinoza

Some Paid The Ultimate Price Preserving Our Way Of Life

Veterans' Memorial, Main Street, Austin, Pennsylvania

The following Austin/Area Area Veterans lost their life in service of this great country of ours:

Paul Brown

Perry Hooftallen

Edgar Nuschke

Robert I. Roberts

                                                 

Edward Ritsick

Howard Thompson

William I. Turner

Fred VanWhy

Two (2) World War II Veterans Reside in Austin

Tomorrow being Veteran's Day, it is a must that we recognize two (2) of our citizens who served in the Armed Forces during World War II.  They are Bart Greeley and Clark Lerch.

Barton Greeley

Clark Lerch

Let Us Never Forget.

A YOUNG STUDENT THAT REALLY DOES CARE

Alexia Nichols

Just wanted to send these two photos along to you to show you that the youth of Austin really care about our local history. Shown here is Alexia Nichols doing  more than her share of volunteer work for the E.O. Austin Home / Hist. Society. 

Alexia visits the museum as often as she can and is more than willing to do whatever is needed. She does everything from Genealogy, welcoming visitors and  cleaning where ever needed

 She also has taken on the task of inviting Austin School's 5th, 6th and 7th grade classes to the museum to view one of the many classic movies we have on hand . She has already sent notice to the school to get the word out. At the movie she will serve pop corn and beverages to all who attend at no charge.

Alexia Nichol

  Alexia is not the only student that is interested and involved in our rich local history. Recently we have had several classes visit the museum. They all seem to take a special interest in the one room school displays as well as ringing  the old one room Cowley Hill school bell now on display in front of the museum. 

 The museum recently has had donated by Shirley Leete, the bell from the Keating Summit School. The society hopes to have that bell on display early next spring. 

  The E.O. Austin Home / Hist. Society wants to extend a special thanks to Alexia and all our students for their interest in their home town area history! 

Submitted by:

Ron Ebbert, Director

E.O. Austin Home/Historical Society