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Fal l Awards BanquetOctober 2nd at Central House Resor t

WALLENPAUPACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Wal lenpaupack Histor ical Society ’s Upcoming Events

This year ’s fa l l banquet took p lace on Sunday, October 2nd at the Centra l House Resort on Mi lanvi l le Road in Beach Lake. Ab Ruther ford presented on Chri s ty Mathewson, a loca l major-league basebal l p i tcher f rom the late 19th century, and Mike and Linda Lazaro of Penny Lane Candies and Candles were honored wi th a preservat ion award for the ir candy shop in Hawley.

OCTOBER 2016 NEWSLETTER

WALLENPAUPACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

“ K e e p i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f L a k e W a l l e n p a u p a c k a l i v e a n d a c c e s s i b l e f o r p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s ”

Veterans Prog ram to Honor Vietnam VeteransNovember 16th , 1 :00 p.m.

The annual veterans ’ day program held in November wi l l focus on the veterans o f the Vietnam War. For anyone who i s a Vietnam veteran and would l ike to speak at the program, p lease ca l l Jon Tandy (570) 857-0882. No membership program wi l l take p lace on October 19th.

Annual Hol iday Concer t and RefreshmentsDecember 21st , 12 :00 noon

The annual hol iday concert g iven by the Wal lenpaupack Area High School Show and Chamber Choir s wi l l be he ld on December 21s t at 12:00 noon ins tead of the nor mal meet ing t ime of 1 :00. P lease br ing a p late o f hol iday re freshments and lunch i tems to share as th i s wi l l be the choir s tudents ’ lunch on that day.

a descendant o f Wal ter Vet terl ien. Wal ter Vet terl ien l ived in Paupack and operated Maple Far m, a homestead and boarding fac i l i ty for summer vacat ioner s. Among the many i tems donated were photographs and Louis Hense l pos tcards, a 1914 edi t ion of Trad i t i on s o f Wal l enpaupack by Helen Cooke, a number of programs f rom 1906 to 1914 for the Teacher s ’ Ins t i tute he ld annual ly in Mi l ford for area educator s and director s, early 20th century minutes f rom the Pike County School Director s ’ meet ings, food rat ion s tamps f rom the Fir s t World War, a Ger man poem wri t ten about Paupack by a v i s i tor to Maple Far m c . 1901, and two pr inted poems wri t ten about Paupack by Nora Del Smith Gumble in the early 20th century.

Wallenpaupack Historical Society

• OFFICERS

Robert Essex, President Kristen Brown, Vice-President

and Newsletter Editor Jon Tandy, Secretary

Donna Stuccio, Treasurer •

DIRECTORS Arnold T. Anderson

Robert Ammon C. Richard Briden

Donal Coutts, Dir. Emeritus Nancy Gumble

Rolf Moeller Gertrude Schleiker

Bruce Taylor R. Anthony Waldron

Ann Wiedenman •

103 Manor Woods Court P.O. Box 345

Paupack, PA 18451 •

( 570 ) 226 - 8980

• WallenpaupackHistorical .org

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Janet Ansley

Fucci 1927 - 2016

A dear fr iend and WHS founding

member and qui l ter wil l be

missed.

Recent ly-publ i shed Loca l His t o r y Pas t -Por t guide booklet s are avai lable for f ree at the Lake Wal lenpaupack Vis i tor s Center, Norther n Poconos Chamber of Commerce, and Pike Chamber of Commerce. The guide features 15 h i s tor ica l s i tes in Wayne/Pike Count ies, and i s publ i shed by the Local His tory Roundtable, a g roup of representat ives f rom area

his tor ica l organizat ions. WHS was not inc luded in th i s year ’s publ icat ion but p lans to organize for mal publ ic hours and be inc luded in next year ’s Pas t -Por t guide.

WHS’s Col lec t ion Commit tee recent ly rece ived a number of late 19th/early 20th century Paupack ar t i fac t s donated by Chri s Mansway,

How Nancy Kimble Lost Her Thimble (and who found it along

Lake Wallenpaupack) by Kris ten Brown

Nancy Genung Pel le t t Kimble (1841 - 1924) was the daughter o f Calv in Pe l le t t and Eunice neé Kimble. Calv in and Eunice were each chi ldren of or ig ina l Wal lenpaupack se t t ler s whom pioneered here f i r s t in 1774 and then again per manent ly in 1783. I t i s presumed that Calv in’s father and mother John and Nancy (Bingham) Pe l le t t constructed the c i rca 1800 house known as the Pel le t t house which today i s ca l led Loch Highlands. Nancy marr ied Andrew Jackson Kimble, a l so a descendant o f or ig inal se t t ler s, and they l ived for severa l

year s at the Pe l le t t house before moving next door to the S locum house, a l so known as the Porter house, in Paupack. I t was Annabur n Macdonald ( later Von Hake) who, whi le walk ing a long Lake Wal lenpaupack, d i scovered an o ld th imble and gave i t to her mother Dol ly for inspect ion. The in i t ia l s N.K. were engraved on the th imble - th i s must have been the th imble which Nancy Kimble had los t so many year s ago! Dol ly Macdonald loved to te l l s tor ies in ver se, and used th i s subject matter for a poem about Gramma Kimble who los t her th imble. The poem was pr inted in the 1961 Treasu re rs f rom Wal l enpaupack cookbook compi led by the W.S.C.S. o f the Paupack Methodis t Church. In 1980, Marian McKenzie o f Ann Arbor, Michigan, wrote to the George

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P ictured here , f i rs t i s Nancy Genung Pel le t t Kimble , next the Hawley High School por tra i t o f Nancy ’s great -granddaughter Annaburn Macdonald , a t l e f t i s Annaburn Macdonald wi th s is ters Jane and Chris , be low is a photo o f the S locum house around 1900 , next are three o f Nancy Kimble ’s daughters , Clarabel , Annaburn and Eunice Kimble , and a t r ight , Nancy Kimble wi th her grandchi ldren .

Lit t le Press o f Burl ington, Ver mont , ask ing the cookbook’s publ i sher i f she could have per miss ion to use the th imble poem in her book T himbl e Memor i e s . In her introduct ion to the book of co l lec ted poems and paint ings on sewing, Marian McKenzie wr i tes, “Thimble Memories i s nos ta lg ia - a co l lec t ion of poems, paint ings and photographs - reca l l ing our chi ldhood of th imbles… Unt i l the 19th century, young g irl s, and of ten boys, were accompl i shed wi th the needle, thread and th imble, and were taught intr icate needlework.”

“Treasure of Wallenpaupack” T he sho re o f Wal l enpaupack A t suns e t i s fo r roaming ; Jus t l i s t en ing t o t h e wh i sp e r ing wav e s, Or th ink ing , o r b each- combing.

Fo r on e who l o v e s o ld Ind ian l o r e , I t i s a fond ambi t i on , To f ind an a r row head o r two, To add t o h i s c o l l e c t i on .

Bu t , on on e lu ck y s t ro l l I found , ( 'Twas on an au tumn day) A bla ck en ed ob j e c t -po l i sh ed b r i gh t T he go ld band r ead “N.K.” .

T he o ld fo l k s l o ok ed a t i t w i th awe, And tho s e who s e emed t o know Sa id i t was l o s t on tha t o ld road Some fo r t y yea rs a go.

Coming home f rom Nancy Jane ’s Our d ea r o ld Gramma Kimbl e Had d ropped th i s t r i nk e t f rom he r ba g. I t was h e r g o ld band th imbl e.

W here now th e l ak e, s o l a r g e and d e e p, L i e s on a b ed o f ea r th , T he fa r m’s wh i t e hous e s h e ld t h e l i v e s, T he l o v e s, t h e d ea th s, t h e b i r t h s.

How many t r ea su re s do e s i t ho ld? No one wi l l e v e r know. As l i f e g o e s on , can we fo r g e t T he days o f l ong a go?

The ver s ion pr inted in the Treasu re s f rom Wal l enpaupack cookbook adds th i s note : T he th imbl e was l o s t by Nancy K imbl e i n 1909 and found by h e r g r ea t - g randdaugh t e r n ea r K i l l am Cre ek .

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