3 3% a Photo shows David Geltmacher, who made a Liberty Page 16 - SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Bell in his backyard with his lawn mower. If you look hard enough you can see the bell in the background. The soft ring of freedom by Russ Trimmer [originally published in NCR newsletter, Systemedia Division Plant] During the birth and early childhood of a nation, history is made and pride- fully embellished and glorified by the dynamic men and women whose lives are so bound in the construction of their new country. No less a subject of such legend-making is our own symbol of in- dependence, the Liberty Bell. Folktale provides The Bell’s casting from such romantic materials as: soldiers’ muskets, revolu- tionary ladies’ jewelry, a piece of iron meteor, and even children’s chiming toys. The casting itself is said to have been done by soldiers during a respite from battle. Among the list of names of those who molded the cast that bell was Paul Revere, a noted jeweler, pewtersmith, and horesman of the period. Truth-to-tell, the fore- going list of ingredients would make a lousy bell (iron clangs, tin toys clink, gold and pewter -clunk). Only bronze, preferably in a2 mixture of 60-40, copper to tin, will chime. Histor- ically, soldiers on leave have better things to do than ~ cast bells. Paul Revere probably never cast anything larger than a steak platter. As for the others reputed to have cast our Liberty Bell, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in England will cheerfully deny their claims and back the denial with records proving they did the job - twice. The actual molder of record seems to have been one Thomas Lister. The bell was hung and once rang in the Philadel- phia Statehouse, which has since become Independence Hall. It was cracked on July 8, 1835, while tolling a knell for Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court for eleven years it was protected and preserved as the memorial it should be. Then on Washington’s Birthday in 1846, a happily disremem- bered knucklehead, over- come with patriotic zeal, cracked it irreparably dur- ing a noisy tribute to the ‘‘Father of our Country.”’ Now any person who ventures to ding that grand old piece of our history will be slapped with ten to twenty in the Federal slammer in Leavenworth, Kansas, or Lewisburg, PA. The true worth of the Liberty Bell rests not in the exuberance of its lively chime but in the spiritual representation of freedom, honor, and justice. On this the 196th birthday of our nation, it rests in solemn dignity in Independence Hall, silently ringing Liberty and Justice for all through a shattered and war-torn world. Kinsey's Archery Archery was serious business in 1776. For Indians (and quite a few early settlers) it made possible the absolute ne- cessities of life. With a good bow and a quiver of arrows a man could feed and protect his family. Archery is still a serious business in 1976 for the Kinsey family. They are a nationally known firm pro- ducing the fine bows and arrows now used by hob- byists - and even a few intrepid archers who still dust off their archery equipment when deer sea- son arrives. Vernon Kinsey has writ- ten the following story of his involvement in this old and new business. KINSEY’S ARCHERY PRODUCTS by Vernon Kinsey Kinsey’s Archery Pro- ducts, Inc., was started by Vernon, Helen, and Jim Kinsey in 1950 in a small chicken house, converted to a work shop by fellow employees of the Ger- berich-Payne Shoe Co., on: Chocolate Avenue, Mount Joy. By 1964, Kinsey Arrow out grew its facilities and moved into the former Ford Garage on Main Street. With 18 employees it remained at that address for eight years. It moved into its present location, the old Paper Box Factory, when the building was renovated. It now has 22. full-time employees and several part-time em- ployees. With the larger facilities this factory is established as home base. ...church (continued from page 15) Cornish, then rector of St. Paul’s in Columbia, de- livered a sermon which sorely wounded the feel- ings of several prominent members of the congrega- tion, and the Marietta members went home vow- ing never to return to Columbia’s worshipping services again and deter- Yr J June 23, 1976 mined to build a church of their own. The lot was purchased in December of 1861. The Rev. R. C. Russell accepted the election to the rector- ship at a salary of $800. The cornerstone was laid by Bishop Vail, of Kansas, 1866, assisted by the Rev. J. Mombert of St. James, Lancaster. As appears from the parish register, Mr. Russell continued to officiated at Zion Church during the erection of the present edifice. His first baptism being a Herbert Moodie Thompson on Easter Day, 1868, the first service was held in the church. The parish register continues to state further that in 1874 the bell was to be raised and arranged so the sound could escape. The Parish House was added in 1927. (oar “Telephone Boatigue Pick your favorite phone, in your favorite color, from our United Telephone Boutique. fashioned, the modern, or the hidden phone. Pick a telephone to fit your fancy. Just pick up your regular phone and call the United Telephone Business Otfice today. Pick the obvious, THE UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA A Company of United Telecommunications, Inc. the old Le Be 1
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