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Saturday, March 6
Millerstown Lions Club plans Annual Pinochle Card Party
Plans have been finalized for the annual Pinochle card party sponsored by the Millerstown Lions Club in Millerstown. The event will be held on Saturday, March 6 at the Greenwood Elementary School just off Route 17 East in Millerstown Borough, Perry County. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and the party will begin at 6 p.m. sharp.
This annual event has been held by the Millerstown Lions for many years and is recognized as one of the most popular events of its kind in the area. Prizes generously donated by local businesses will be awarded to the lucky winners and nearly everyone is guaranteed a prize. This year a beautiful handcrafted quilt pieced and quilted in Perry County by Kathy McNair Smith will be auctioned off with a reserve bid. The quilt was donated by Kathy Smith and measures 78 x 94 inches and is “Take “5” Get the Points” pattern. Other items will be auctioned off also so come prepared to have an evening of fun.
Profits from the annual event benefits Lions District 14T projects including sight, diabetes, Beacon Lodge, Leader Dog and many others.
Cost of the party is only $7 per person, which includes refreshments.
Local residents are invited to get out of the house after the long winter to enjoy a fun evening of cards, refreshments, and fellowship while helping the many projects that Lions Clubs support.
For additional information, readers may call Curt Black at 589-3598.
Saturday, March 13
Eighteenth Annual Spring Fling Craft Show sponsored by the Millerstown Area Jaycees will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Greenwood Elementary School, Route 17, Millerstown Borough. Doors will open at 7:45 a.m. for early shoppers. Over 100 vendor spaces are available. Door prizes awarded throughout the day, refreshments on sale, free admission; for information about the show or vendor space, call, 589-3598.
Wednesday, March 17 CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN MILLERSTOWN
Historical Society of Perry County will sponsor an Irish Dinner at the Cochran-Anspach Mansion in Millerstown on March 17. Catered Irish Dinner served by candlelight in an intimate setting in the dining and parlor areas of the restored Victorian home built in 1821. For information and reservations for two different seatings at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., readers may call 589-3598 before March 8. Event is a fundraiser to maintain the historic home.
The Cochran-Anspach House in Millerstown Borough will celebrate its Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday, March 17.
A catered Irish dinner will be served that evening by S & S Catering of Millerstown. Menu will consist of either Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding or Horseradish Cream Sauce, Broccoli and Chive Topped Potato OR Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes both served with Harvard Beets, White Bean Chowder Soup, Molasses Brown Bread, Chocolate Mint Cake and coffee and tea. Cost of the meal will be $30/person and reservations are available for two different seatings, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The Historical
Society of Perry County is sponsoring the event in order to raise
funds to maintain the historic home on Market Street in
Millerstown. The meal will be served by candlelight and guests
will be seated in the dining and parlor areas of the historic home
amidst furnishings many of which are original antiques to the
home that was built in 1821. The Cochran-Anspach House was built
in 1821 by Isaiah Clark for Thomas Cochran one of the first
settlers of Millerstown. It was the third stone house that
Cochran built. Mr. Cochran was born in Londonderry, Ireland
and came to the United States. The home was acquired by the
Historical Society in the 1980’s and has been painstakingly
restored to its original elegance.
Reservations may be made by calling Curt or Sherry Black at
589-3598. Reservations must be made before March 8
KETTLE SOUP AND BAKE SALE TO BENEFIT MILLERSTOWN PARK
The Millerstown Recreational and Park Committee will sponsor another fundraiser to raise much-needed funds to continue the remodeling of the old Millerstown Mini Mart Building as part of the Millerstown Area Community Park Project now underway. The building will now be known as the Millerstown Community Building
Old Fashioned Kettle soup cooked in iron kettles will be sold as well as delicious baked goods on Saturday, March 27 beginning at 8 a.m. The sale will be held at the community building adjacent to the Millerstown Swimming Pool on Juniata Parkway. The sale will continue as long as supplies last. Two kinds of soup will be available including Ham Bean and Chicken Corn. A new item for the sale this spring will be ham and green beans. The kettle soup is the same that is a popular attraction each year at the Millerstown Firemen’s Annual Carnival. A variety of baked goods will also be available. In addition there will be a limited number of 15- inch subs available. Customers are reminded that the sale is carry-out, great for Saturday evening meals or Sunday dinner.
Donations of baked goods and ingredients to make the soup will be greatly appreciated. Everyone’s support to continue work on the new park project will be greatly appreciated. For additional information, please call Billy Roush at 589-3513.
Saturday, May 15
The 3rd Annual Route 22 River Fest
and Car Show, Millerstown Community Park, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Raindate will be May 22. Open to all makes, models and years of
cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles. Food and Entertainment.
Pre-Registration $8, Day of Show, $10. Craft, Flea and antique
vendor spaces also available. Car Show Registration, phone Dennis
Comp, 717- 589-7332;Craft, flea and antique vendors, call Will
Benner, 717- 589- 3060. Sponsored by Millerstown Recreation and
Park Committee.
Breakfast - 1st & 2nd Thursday Each Month
JoJos Pizza/Cafe Dolce in Millerstown has agreed to help support the Recreation and Park Association and Millerstown Community Success Inc. in its efforts to raise money to continue with its projects at the park, and in downtown Millerstown. The nonprofit Park organization is continuing to work on Phase A, which just recently has included an electrical upgrade. It hopes to soon begin construction on building pavilions and an amphitheatre. This construction has been placed on hold to allow Elizabethtown College to complete an archeological dig mandated by the state.
Every first and second Thursdays from 5:30-10:30AM, at JoJos Cafe Dolce, ten percent of the profits from breakfast sales will be given to these two organizations. This will continue throughout the 2009 year. MCSI's profits will directly benefit the businesses in the area, including Stitch In Time, Mastracchios West, Hall's Ice Cream, Choc O Latte Cafe, Wisen's Service Center.
CELL PHONE PROJECT CONTINUES IN MILLERSTOWN
Don’t know what to do with all of your old cell phones after you receive new phones? The solution is quite simple, donate them to be recycled!
Millerstown Community Success, Inc. has been pleased with the response to their recent cell phone drive and wants everyone to know that the drive continues with collection boxes located in area business places including Juniata Valley Bank, Jo Jo’s Pizza, Maggies Tips and Toes, Susie’s Café and Convenience Store, Millerstown Moose Family Center, Hall’s Dairy, and Millerstown Veterinary Clinic, all in Millerstown. Boxes can also be found at Schlegels Hardware and Grocery Store in East Salem, Rite Aid, Highland Presbyterian Church and the Medicine Shop in Newport. Phones can also be given to any MCSI member or persons with cell phones to donate may call 589-3598 to arrange to have them picked up.
MCSI has teamed with Pace-Butler Corporation to sponsor this event designed to recycle the phones to countries where technology is not as advanced as in the United States. Another very good reason to recycle cell phones is to prevent them from being dumped into land fills and contaminating the environment.
Only the cell phones can be donated; the company will not accept accessories or chargers. The project is designed as a community service project of Millerstown Community Success, Inc.