March 04, 2010 - Lilly Lines
Lilly Lines, from the "Mainliner"
LILLY LINES
By Jack Barlick
886-4694
March 04, 2010
As I am writing this on the Ides of March the weather outside is calm. Is in like a lamb a good sign for the coming month?
DIXIE LAND
I had the opportunity this past week to tour the Deep South along with my two sons, John and Steve, who had a project to do at Fort Benning, Georgia. Having last been at Fort Benning in 1965 I jumped at the chance to see how it has evolved over the years,
The trip down took 27 hours as we first went to Harrisburg and then south west to Nashville, Tennessee to pick up some material for their job. Then down through Chattanooga, were Lookout Mountain can be found. This is where General Geary of local fame defeated a Confederate force but lost a son in a battle there.
Once we left Virginia and entered Tennessee the signs of snow vanished. There was no snow to be seen in Georgia or in South and North Carolina (except on mountain tops) on the way home either. Coming north through Virginia old snow was scattered through the fields, it wasn’t until West Virginia that we witnessed the latest snow buildups. The only bad road conditions encountered in the 800 plus miles from Columbus Georgia to home were from the bottom of the mountain at Duncansville until home in Lilly.
The trip re-enforced my belief that we in this area are getting ripped off royal by the large convenience chains in our area. Gas was as low as 2.40 a gallon, averaging in the 2.53 range all over the south and then coming in to Blair and Cambria County it was 2.75 a gallon.
Traveling the Interstates doesn’t do much justice for seeing the south. You have to get on some side roads to really appreciate the scenery. All you see on the Interstates are pine trees, shopping malls and a few factories. Georgia is known as the Peach State but the only peach farm I saw was in South Carolina.
BLOOD MOBILE
Don’t forget the Knights of Columbus sponsored Blood Mobile on Friday, March 5, at the Lady of the Alleghenies Hall from noon until 6 pm.
SYMPATHY
Sympathy is extended to the family of Mary Joan (McAleer) Jaskula, a Lilly native, who died recently.
VETERANS
Korean War era veterans I am tracking this week are: George Miller, Kenneth Murray, Leonard Myers, Joseph Noga, John Nugent, Francis Orehowsky, Anthony Osso, Robert Paterick, William B. Robine and Albert Schmidt.
BIRTHDAYS
Two special birthdays this week, both on March 6, include Mary Slebodnick who will be 100 and Mary Wilk who will be 96.
Celebrating his birthday on March 4th is John Dougherty , along with Ursula McConnell and followed by Faber Conrad on the 5th and Nicholas Cassisi, Britanny Shedlock, Edward Brown, Mary Slebodnick and Mary Wilk on the 6th and Lillian Krull, Bill Leahey, Courtney McLendon and Regina Siuniak on the 7th.
On March 8th, my sister, Monica Barlick will observe her birthday as will Marie Clinemyer, Byran Ehrenfeld and Richard Perrone Jr, On March 9th Jean Albarano, Jonathan Bossler, Christopher Bost, George Noel, Mark Stiffler, Jadon Aldrich, Nicole Morgart and Holly Tremel all will celebrate.
On March 10th Kathleen Bost, Randy Myers and Olivia Sklodowski all enjoy their birthdays. Happy Birthday to All.
July 29, 2010 - Lilly Lines
