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December 3, 1975
Candlelight Tour
Mrs. Lavin holds art classes in her home every week. Photo
above shows Leo Motter concentrating on his work, while
Richard Leibfied looks over his shoulder.
The present church on
Market Street was complet-
ed in 1854. It was of brick
with a belfry, like that on the
town hall.
An entrance tower was
added in 1884 and the
Chapel, a gift of Dr. John H.
Grove, was built in 1898.
Avondale marble was used
to front the Chapel, a
material later chosen by
Mrs. Grove to complete the
front of the Church, in
memory of her deceased
husband in 1909.
At the same time Mr. B.
Frank Hiestand presented
new bells for the tower, in
memory of his mother, Mrs.
Martha Schock Hiestand.
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Claire Lavin admires paintings by artist Zois Shuttie.
Works by several artists will be on display in the Lavin’s
mansion this weekend. .
There will also be a craft display. The craftsmen will be on
hand to demonstrate their skills.
12. The residence of Paul-
ette Archer, Gay and Wal-
nut Streets, is a delightful
Victorian Gothic cottage.
The exterior belies the
interior reconstructed to
complement the owner's
18th and early 19th century
furnishings. Ms. Archer has
done most of the woodwork
and interior work herself,
including - the stenciled
floors.
13. The townhouse at 222
W. Front Street is the home
of Richard and Joyce Um-
benhauer. The original
house consisted of one room
downstairs and two up-
stairs, with the ‘‘kitchen
i
wing’ added in the middle
of the 19th century. The old
portion of the house is
contructed of logs (note the
width of the wall between
the living room and Kkit-
chen). Although 18th cen-
tury methods of construction
were discovered during res-
toration, community history
indicates that the early 19th
century is the most likely
date of the building of this
house.
Older Mariettians may
remember this house as the
office of the neighboring
coal yard.
Interior restoration was
done mostly by Marietta
resident Paul Elliot who
purchased the property in
1971, while exterior work
was performed by the
Umbenhauers.
The brick patio affords
many enjoyable hours of
pleasure for the owners.
Items of interest within
the house are the living
room fireplace with its
closets, fabric presses used
as ornaments and the calico
covered ball, popcorn, and
cranberry strings on the
Christmas tree.
Random width floor-
boards are throughout the
structure; in the living room
they are hand-painted, up-
stairs they are stenciled.
A double saltbox, dried
arrangements and hanging
plants complement the an-
tique red woodwork of the
kitchen. Hardware through-
out the house has been
authentically reproduced.
14. 264 W. Front Street, is
the residence of Larry and
Alice Gibble. The ‘‘Canal
House'’ as it is known,
reflects the warmth and
charm of frugal folk dwell-
ings, once common through-
out early America. This
mid-1800 frame home, re-
stored by its owner in the
spirit and enthusiasm of the
original builders has unusu-
al stencillings decorating
walls and floors.
15. The Railroad House,
owned by Marlin McCon-
nell, at Perry and Front
Streets, was originally built
as a canal hotel about 1820.
The building saw its golden
days during the late 1800s
when it was owned by the
late Col. Thomas Scott. It
stood abandoned for 22
years until 1967, when
Marietta’s restoration was
just beginning. The present
owner has continued the
restoration of the 21-room
former hotel and its smoke
house in the rear.
16. The Marietta Commun-
ity House, 264 W. Market
Street, is a memorial to the
veterans of World War I. It
was bought, renovated and
furnished by the late Mr.
and Mrs. Henry S. Hie-
stand, in memory of their
son Benjamin, killed while
serving his country as an
instructor in the Air Force.
The gymnasium was built
with funds contributed by
local citizens. Members of
the Marietta Lions Club and
their wives will arrange
light refreshments here for
those on the tour.
SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN — Page 17
Sunlight pours through the big windows of Tom and Claire
Lavin’'s Marietta mansion.
Works of art and craftsmanship will be displayed in these
bright rooms this weekend.
Zelda’s Zayings
by Zelda Heisey
—Just remember that when
someone tells you that you
have a heart of gold - what
he means is that you're a
hard-boiled egg.
—Would any man ever
marry if he would be sure
he wouldn't outlive his
mother?
—A marriage is between a
substitute mother and a
father image that sometimes
works.
—(Someone else said, not
me) that love is an abscess
that swells in a woman’s
head and bursts in a man’s
wallet.
—An up-to-date local young
man told me recently, ‘I'd
marry her now, but she’s
unemployed, and no pro-
mise of a job in sight.”
— Another local young man
can remember his wedding
anniversary, the 15th of
March (the Ides of March),
because ‘‘That’s the day on
which Caesar got his and I
got mine.’
—After election day my
arms feels like the handle on
a one-armed bandit in Las
Vegas - from being pumped
so often by politicians.
—A new state law guaran-
tees teachers a 30-minute
duty-free lunch, but guaran-
teed the kids nothing.
—What local mother told
het five-year-old son that
she would bake his favorite
cookies tomorrow instead of
today, and was told by him
(in these words), *‘1 find that
totally unacceptable.’
—What well-known local
lady was so enthralled by
watching the recent eclipse
of the moon from her
balcony that she mistakenly
closed a locked door behind
her - and had to climb down
a television tower to get
back into her house? (Her
husband remarked he was
glad he had mounted the
antenna posts solidly in
concrete.)
Congo Doctor at Congregational Bible Church
by Rev. J. W. Reapsome
Dr. Helen Roseveare, the
English medical doctor
whose story was published
in Reader’s Digest last
August, will speak at the
Congregational Bible
Church, Route 441, Marietta
next Wednesday night, Dec.
10 at 7:30 p.m., as part of
her American speaking tour.
The fifty-year-old doctor,
graduate of Cambridge Uni-
versity, spent eleven years
at an isolated medical
station in Zaire (formerly
Belgian Congo) from 1953 to
1964. Hers was the only
medical service for a half
million people.
Then she was caught in
the nightmare of the Simba
rebellion of 1964, during
which some of her col-
leagues perished. She sur-
vived, but only after suffer-
ing physical assault and
emotional torment at the
hands of her captors.
In spite of the way she
was treated, Dr. Roseveare
returned to Zaire in 1966 to
head a new medical center
and a 250-bed hospital, at
which national medical per-
sonnel are trained. There
have been 100 graduates in
the last eight years.
Dr. Roseveare’s story
caught the attention of the
noted British author Alan
Burgess, and he published it
under the title, ‘‘Daylight
Must Come.” The August
Reader’s Digest carried it as
a condensed book.
Dr. Roseveare's own ac-
count is a book entitled,
*“Give Me This Mountain.”’