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      On another note, If you have a Lopez Centennial Plate, a Lopez 100 Years of Pride history book, or a Lopez Fire book and no longer want it, let me know as I will try to maintain a list of people that don't want or are looking for said items.  That also goes for the Lopez Commemorative Mugs.  I did see a "100 Years of Pride" on Amazon the other day.

Making a clothes pin as done in the Lopez Clothes Pin Factory

You started with a tree cut into boards and then little wood blocks.  This block would then be turned into a profile of a clothes pin and then someone else would put the slot in it and another person/s would pack them up.   In 1900 we know that a 20 year old Mary Hunsinger was a "Turner" in the factory, Grace Carrington at age 36, Maude Werkeiser (17 years old), Pauline Gross (age 16), and Alta Fenner (age 16) were all "Slitters".  Then there was an Emma J. Steele all of 15 years old that did "packing"

Bundle of kindling made at one of the several Lopez Kindling Wood Factories

Resting on an early wood stove, is a bundle of "Kindling Wood".  Slab wood and other scraps of wood were cut down to about two and a half inches long and placed in a machine that would tighten them in an egg shape about 8 x 10 inches and they were then tied with twine and tagged.  Over 16,000 bundles per day were made and shipped to New York and Philadelphia where they were sold for $.05 each.  The tags were used to light the bundle.

Valentine's Day 2007 arrived with about 16 inches of snow.  This photo was taken the next afternoon and the snow compacted down to 14 inches here.  I knew we were going to get it, just didn't know when.

Daffodils around the Centennial Park Rock

                                            UNSUNG SAMARITAN

  Eleanor Grandinetti, Murraytown, has been making lap robes for quite some time.  She had started out making them for anyone, but then got requests to make them for the veterans.  She has made over 400 so far, with over 170 going to veterans.   The style and size is the same (most of the time), but the colors and patterns vary, depending on the yarn she uses at the time.
  Her lap robes have gone to places like Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Lake Winola, Bath, NY, The Highlands in Laporte, and she just finished 39 for Darway.  She has been doing this at the request of the American Legion in Mildred.  The Legion gets a nice thank-you when they get the lap robes, and Eleanor also gets a thank-you.    I think this is a great endeavor on her part and she says she especially likes making them for the veterans who served our country so well.  If you have some extra yarn you're not using, you can donate it to Eleanor.  She said it doesn't matter the size or color; she uses short, long, the whole ball.  She ties the shorter pieces together and says they come out so colorful.  You can contact her at (570) 928-7883 or stop by her house; she said she's usually home.  She lives between Mildred and Lopez.  She has gotten yarn from all over.  Her granddaughter sent some from VA; her brother sent some from NY, and many others have donated;  it's all very much appreciated.  If you see Eleanor, why not say thanks for the work she is doing and maybe donate some yarn so she can continue.   Eleanor is to be commended for her time and work in this project that she loves.