Lindley Presho Genealogy and History Blog

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A big thank you to the members of the Tioga County ,Pennsylvania Honor Guard for taking time out of their busy Saturday schedules to honor the veterans of the Lindley area . The Honor Guard is composed of members of American Legion Posts from Tioga County ,Pennsylvania. Elmer Huels, a Lindley Veteran of the U.S. Army is a member of the unit. His grandson, Matthew Huels, a high school student, plays Taps for the group. The ceremomy was held at the Lindley-Presho Veterans monument located in front of the Lindley Town Hall on U.S. Rt.15 on Armed Forces Day May 16th,2009 . Under the direction of President Robert Leyfert, the Honor Guard Presented the Colors and Raised the American and POW flags. President Leyfert then placed a wreath honoring the Veterans by the monument. The Ceremonial Riffle Firing was given by the Honor Guard members followed by Echo Taps with Matthew Huels and Bob Broderick as the Buglars. The Invocation and Benediction were given by the Honor Guard Chap...

The Tioga County,Pa Honor Guard will conduct a ceremony honoring area Veterans on May 16th 10:30 AM at the Lindley Town Hall on U.S. Rt. 15 . All Veterans, their families and friends are invited to attend as are the general public. Hope to see you there. I have had a request from a DAR chapter for names of possible descendants of David Cook -Revolutionary War Soldier who initially settled in Lindley then moved to Jasper,NY where he is buried. To respond my e-mail address is listed under my profile . Kitty

Next to the Methodist Church was the Alex Brown family. When I was about 14, I had gained the title of "checker champion"in the town. Checkers was played in the Lee Buckley store. Alex would sometimes challenge me to a game. He played what is called the "side" game. I had learned the "center"game was the best.I would beat Alex several games and then let him win a game. He would jump up and say loudly, "There!It's the last game that counts!" And he would not play me again for several weeks.If we were both in the store, he would say" He's not so good!I beat him the last game we played." Bill and Sue Orcott lived next door to us. With their son,Hugh, (nicknamed "Polly")they had a dairy. I worked for them hoeing corn and tobacco,threshing and filling silo. Bill and Sue loved to play uker.They were always partners and jawed at one another if they played the wrong card. Sue made wonderful sugar cookies. Bill always poured hi...