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Digging up local roots --- brilliant inventors and medieval peasants A
Sociology students in
Dennis lezzi's class at
Donegal High School were
involved in a ‘‘mini-roots’’
session two weeks ago.
Each student researched
his own ancestry and
cultural background.
| Most of the students in
Mr. lezzi’s class came up
with interesting ancestors:
there were inventors of
cabbage shredders and
secret World War II
weapons, a medieval noble-
man, and a number of Civil
War and Revolutionary
War soldiers. One student
traced his roots back to the
Protestant Reformation in
the Europe of the 1600’s,
when an ancestor was per-
secuted for religious belief.
The class broke into
groups, each of which elec-
ted one of its members,
whose ancestry was judged
most interesting, to ad-
dress the class.
The Times sat in on
The Sociology class at DHS that dug roots: At far left is teacher Dennis
lezzi. Counterclockwise around the circle from Dennis are Becky Zimmerman,
Sharon Cox, Cindy Dissinger, Greg Bowman, Lori Linard, LuAnn Brenneman,
Beth Newcomer (you’re heading back toward Dennis Iezzi now), Wendy
Newcomer, Karen deVitry, Lisa Mummaw, Radean Gordner, and Scott
Adams. That’s one short: we apologize to whomever was not listed.
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Becky Zimmerman’s talk
about her forebears. She
had two American Revolu-
tionaries in the family tree,
a German peasant, a
higher-born man who was
ostracized by his family
after he married his seam-
stress, a two-time National
Science Fair winner, and
the inventor of the rollers
at the Atlantic City
boardwalk.
Not all ancestors were il-
lustrious, of course. One
girl had an ancestor who
was a member of a sort of
Ku Klux Klan, in this case
anti-Catholic.
Many students brought
in old newspaper clippings,
and a few even made up
“family history books.’
The purpose of the study
was to help students
identify their ethnic and
racial backgrounds, and to
consider how each has
influenced contemporary
American culture. The
starting point for each
student was a discussion
with a member of his own
Donegal High School is
proud to have five chorus
members who made County
Chorus on Saturday, Oct.
8th. They are as follows:
Jim Johnson singing tenor
2; Jolene Lindemuth sing-
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aware of the value of
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grandparents, senior citi-
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helping them learn more
about themselves and (just
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better understanding of
their parents and other
family members.”
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