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The 110th location is thought to be the area where Colonel Crowther fell	The ravine is from Hazel Grove looking toward Fairview

The Colonel Crowther Foundation’s bus tour to the Chancellorsville Battlefield on May 3 is filling up fast; only nine seats remain unreserved.
This is a very special event for the Foundation since everyone will be on the battlefield on the exact date that Colonel James Crowther was killed while engaged in combat 145 years ago.
The chartered Fullington bus will leave Tyrone at 7 a.m. from the Park and Ride area. A documentary, Battle of Chancellorsville, will be shown on the bus as everyone makes their way down to Virginia. Dr. Bob Hileman, President of the Colonel Crowther Foundation, will talk about the role of the 110th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers after the documentary is viewed.
Everyone on the tour will eat lunch at Fuddruckers restaurant before proceeding to the Chancellorsville Visitor’s Center. Each member of the tour will select an item from a special menu for his or her lunch in advance. The folks at Fuddruckers will have lunch ready to eat when the tour arrives.
After lunch, the bus will travel to the National Park Service’s Chancellorsville Visitor’s Center. The afternoon will be spent touring the battlefield with Bob Roser. Bob has served as a volunteer tour guide at the battlefield and is Senior Vice Commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp No. 4, Irish Brigade in Fredericksburg. He is well-known as a very knowledgeable tour guide with a great sense of humor.
When the tour is complete, everyone will travel to the Fredericksburg National Cemetery where the color guard and others from Camp No. 4 Irish Brigade, will join the tour for a special wreath-laying ceremony at Colonel Crowther’s grave. Colonel Crowther is the senior Union officer whose remains are buried in this cemetery. After the ceremony, everyone will have a buffet dinner at Old Country Buffet. The bus will return to Tyrone after dinner, stopping at Bedford on the way, arriving back in Tyrone around 10 p.m..
The cost for the tour including meals is $65 per person. To get a reservation form, contact the Foundation by telephone at 814-641-0353, by mail addressed to: The Colonel Crowther Foundation, 318 Mifflin Street Huntingdon, PA 16652, or by email at rhileman@pennswoods.net.
Full payment in advance with the completed form is requested. Credit card payments are accepted. A four percent service charge will be added for credit card payments to offset the Foundation’s cost of processing the payment.

Members of the Church of the Good Shepherd are keeping busy with various activities planned for the upcoming months.
Currently, the church is hosting Lenten youth breakfasts each Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. Area youth are invited to bring a friend and stop by for breakfast before school.
There is also one more Lenten luncheon planned for March 12 when Pastor Paul Bottenfield will be the speaker. The luncheon will be held at noon, with preparation by Birmingham Presbyterian Church. .
The Holy Week schedule of services was also announced.
On Palm Sunday, traditional worship service will be held at 9 a.m. with Sunday school at 10:10 a.m. A contemporary/praise service is scheduled for 11:15. Also, prayer group will be held at 5 p.m. and evening worship at 7 p.m.
On Holy Thursday and Good Friday, worship service will begin at 7 p.m.
A sunrise service is planned for Easter Sunday and more details will be released.
Traditional worship service will be held at 9 a.m. with Sunday school at 10:10 a.m. A contemporary/praise service is scheduled for 11:15. Also, prayer group will be held at 5 p.m. and evening worship at 7 p.m.
Anyone who would like to order lilies for Easter services should do so by March 9. The lilies may be ordered to be placed in the sanctuary in honor or in memory of family members and friends. The cost is $7 per pot.
A new testament disciple Bible study group is currently in the works to be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the downstairs classroom.
Interested individuals are asked to sign up at the information table by March 24. Classes will be held April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 14 and 21.
Also, as a reminder, there are collection bins for food, aluminum cans, ink cartridges and Mission Central items in the hallway, by the mailboxes. Proceeds from the aluminum go to help the church engineers and ink cartridges go to the Agape fund.

Wesley United Methodist Church and the Tyrone Community Partnership have teamed up to serve a special St. Patrick’s dinner on Thursday, March 13. The meal will be served at Wesley UM Church from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
The menu includes Mrs. O’Leary’s salad, Irish stew, colcannon, corned beef and cabbage, Paddy O’Punch, soda bread, scones with lemon curd, oat cake with berries and Irish coffee.
The finale of the great meal will be music by the Michael O’Brian Band performing authentic Irish songs.
Tickets are available at the Tyrone Area Chamber of Commerce office, G & P Dollar Stretcher, Alice’s Garden and the office at Wesley United Methodist Church.
Everyone is invited to eat in or take out.

Charles R. Lynn, age 94, of West Chester, formerly of Bellwood, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 in West Chester.
He was born in Bellwood on September 8, 1913, a son of the late Percy H. and Mary Eva (Wertz) Lynn.
He is survived by his nephew, the Reverend P. Stevens Lynn and wife, Lori of State College, and niece, Barbara Lynn Burleigh of Downingtown and their families.
Charles was very dedicated to his family.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Paul M. Lynn.
He retired as a sheet metal worker with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Lynn was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Bellwood.
Friends will be received from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Reverend Thomas M. Maatta officiating.
Interment will be at Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood. Remembrances may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, Bellwood.

H. Martha (Gruber) Ford, age 85, died March 7, 2008, at Nason Hospital in Roaring Spring.
Mrs. Ford was born November 18, 1922, the daughter of Karl Heinrich and Elisabeth (Webera) Gruber of 31st Street in Altoona. Mrs. Ford was a 1940 graduate of Altoona Area High School, and a 1944 graduate of Shippensburg University. She married Donald Lehman Ford of Beale Avenue, Altoona, in June, 1943. Mrs. Ford taught in the Altoona school system before becoming a full-time mother and homemaker. For many years the Fords lived in Latrobe and Greensburg while Mr. Ford worked for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mrs. Ford moved her family to Warriors Mark in 1964, following Mr. Ford’s death.
Mrs. Ford was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Tyrone, where she served on the vestry; and later of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Altoona. Mrs. Ford was also a long-time supporter of the Warriors Mark-Franklin Volunteer Fire Company. She moved to Homewood Retirement Community in November, 2000.
Mrs. Ford was predeceased by her parents and her siblings Louise Gruber Snyder of Santa Maria, California; Mary Gruber Swarts of State College; Carl Gruber of Denver; and Otto Gruber of Los Angeles; and by her sister-in-law Mary Elizabeth Ford of Altoona. She is survived by her children Karen and husband David Washabau of Flagstaff, Arizona; Kim and wife Karen Ford of Elmhurst, Illinois; and Don Ford of Iowa City, Iowa; grandchildren Robert and Kathryn Ford of Chicago; her niece Marilyn Snyder Fail of Santa Maria, California; her cousin Julia von Uiblagger of Munich, Germany; and nieces and nephews in Massachusetts, California, and Utah.
A memorial service for Mrs. Ford is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Homewood Community Chapel, 430 South Market Street, Martinsburg. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Altoona, Habitat for Humanity, or the Warriors Mark-Franklin Volunteer Fire Company, Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania.
Arrangements are by The Good Funeral Home, Inc., located at the Alto-Reste Park Cemetery. Interment is at Alto-Reste Park.