Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
Recently, I’ve been reading pa
pers telling about ail the discover
ies during the last SO years. There
have been many inventions that
lighten our work load. Washing
machines are a big help to house
wives. And, so are dryers and
dishwashers. Although, many an
important conversation can be
held over doing dishes with a
family member.
Even what we do on Sunday
has changed. Not everyone re
serves Sunday for church serv
ices. No longer do people visit
relatives and Mends on a Sunday
afternoon. Rather we read the
The STREAM MAP OF
PENNSYLVANIA was completed
in 1965 after a thirty-year effort
by Howard Higbee, a former
Penn State Professor.
The map is known as the
LOST STREAM MAP to some
anglers.
Professor Higbee succeed
ed in creating a map of the high
est detail possible...a map that
shows every stream and lake. He
painstakingly plotted by hand the
location of 45,000 miles of
streams onto a 3 by 5 foot map.
The map sold extremely
well-until it was lost several
years later, Incredibly, the printer
entrusted with the original draw
ing and printing plates declared
bankruptcy, then carelessly
hauled Higbee’s 30 years of work
to a landfill.
The few remaining dog
eared copies became a prized
fisherman’s possession.
Professor Higbee was offered
$4OO for one of his last maps.
And state agencies were forced
to keep their copies under lock
and key.
Experts told Professor
Higbee that reprints were impos
sible, because the maps were
printed in non-photographic blue.
Then, in 1991, at the age of
91, Howard Higbee's dream
came true. Computers made it
possible to reprint the map.
Howard said, “I never thought I’d
live to see this day."
Sunday newspaper or take a nap.
It is a pleasant experience to
have someone phone or simply
drop in to visit. Farmers always
have something to talk about.
Maybe it is the weather or their
animals. Long ago we did not tell
people that we were coming we
simply stopped by. There were
grandparents, uncles, aunts, and
cousins to visit regularly.
My grandfather had a radio
with head phones and it was a
privilege to use them. Only one
person could listen at one time
and it was very special to hear
people’s voices.
Why every angler and boater needs these maps
It is estimated that 10% of all the anglers catch 90% of the fish. Regardless of which group you fall
into...there’s a sure way to up your odds...simply try new fishing waters. Now. with this map you can find
hidden streams and lakes.
Pennsylvania, New York, New England. New Jersey, Ohio and \lar\land/Delaware are loaded with
great fishing holes...many of them overlooked. Thousands of miles of streams, rivers and lakes are now
easy-to-locate on one map.
The 3-fool-by-3-foot Pennsylvania map shows 45.000 miles of streams plus lakes.
The 3 l/2-foot-by-41/2-foot New York m4p shows 65,000 miles of streams plus lakes. The 3-foot-h\-4-foot
New England map shows 36,000 miles of streams plus lakes. The 2 l/2-foot-by-3-
foot New Jersey map shows 8,300 mill
foot Ohio Map shows 29,000 miles of i
Maryland/Delaware map shows 12.001
Professor HigbeeV Stream Mai
maps of their kind.
RAVE
REVIEWS
"It is amazingly detailed and
names some creeks in the
Mohawk Valley that can’t
even be found on topo
graphic maps.”
—John Pitarres,
OBSERVER-DISPATCH,
Utica
“If you’re looking for the
most definitive maps ever
created depicting every sin
gle creek, river, stream,
pond and lake...then
‘Professor Higbee’s Stream
Maps’ are without question
the finest.”
—Howard Brant,
THE NEWARK STAR
LEDGER
“It is in showing where to
find out-of-the-way trout
streams that makes the map
such a treasure to the fish-
erman ”
—Joe Gordon,
TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT,
Johnstown
LANDIS VALLEY (Lancaster
Co.) A living history museum,
will be hosting Home
school Day on Wednesday, Sept.
25. During the all-day event,
homeschool families can tour the
Landis Valley crossroads village
and participate in educational
hands-on activities at their own
pace. Landis Valley Museum
provides an environment that en-
Older folks have trouble ad
justing to today’s prices too. No
longer does a three-cent stamp
mail a letter or 10 cents buy a
loaf of bread. But we must re
member that people no longer
work 44 hours for $l5. That is
what I was paid in 1940. Clothes
were also much less expensive at
that time.
My husband’s medical bills are
out of this world so to speak.
And, we can be so very thankful
for health insurance.
Stream MAPS
of Pennsylvania, New York,
New England, New Jersey, Ohio,
& Maryland/Delaware
Pinpoint the best fishing in PA, NY, NE, NJ, OH &
MD/DE with this valuable guide. Easily locate
streams and lakes shown on the Stream Map
both alphabetically and geographically. Your
map and guidebook will take you to the select
fishing waters.
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courages home
schooling families to leam to
gether and interact with the re
gion’s rich Pennsylvania German
culture and heritage.
Arrival time is between 9 a.m.
and 10 a.m. Hands-on activities
will take place from 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Each participating
family will receive a schedule of
the day’s events.
Tickets purchased at the gate
are $lO for children 6 and up,
and $7 for all adults. Children
under 6 are admitted free.
While families may pay at the
gate on the day of the event, pre
registration is encouraged and in
cludes a $1 discount off chil-
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Food service is available on the
premises. Families are welcome
to bring picnic lunches.
Landis Valley Museum is a
world class living history village
dedicated to collecting, preserv
ing and interpreting the history
and material culture of the Penn
sylvania German community
from 1740-1940. The museum is
located off Rt. 272/Oregon Pike,
a marked exit off both Rt. 30 and
Rt. 222.
For additional information or
directions, call (717) 569-0401,
ext. 254 or visit www.landisval
leymuseum.org.
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