Good evening, listers, This afternoon a most fortunate event occurred. I had popped into the library in Bellefonte to spend a couple hours working on updating the branches of the Houser family tree, when a lady named Paula Hay, came in asking about Benner Township one room schoolhouses. Since I had helped write the 150th Anniversary History of Benner Township, I was able to provide her with some information. In the course of our conversation, I learned that she runs a most interesting enterprise, called "The Rabbit Mountain Almanac," in the tradition of that larger-than-life character Gottlieb Boonastiel, the pen-name of Tom Harter of the old Keystone Gazette. (Tom Harter, in fact, is a 1st cousin 5 times removed of yours truly.) It is a weekly e-mail news magazine, billed as a "compendium of useful information and entertainments for Centre Countians." It appears to have a focus on the history and culture of this region, as well as listing current cultural events of relevance in the area. She was very interested to learn about our Centre County e-mail list, and particularly the penchant for old recipes here. She recently did some articles on recipes taken from the files of the old Democratic Watchman newspaper in Bellefonte, which seemed very appropriate to our discussions here. She also did an article about efforts to preserve the old Rock Hill one room school in Linden Hall, Harris Township, a quest which led her to inquire about other one room schools, including the ones we have here in Benner Township. At any rate, I thought that the members of the list should be apprised of its existence. You can check the archives of this e-mail news-magazine and subscribe to it through this website: http://rabbit-mountain.com/archives Just wanted to pass on this very interesting item, as I'm sure many of you will want to know about it. Justin

I should also add that Sue Rossman was in the library at the same time and it was her e-mail this evening that prompted me to get this information out quickly! At 09:45 PM 1/20/2007, you wrote: >Good evening, listers, > >This afternoon a most fortunate event occurred. I had popped into >the library in Bellefonte to spend a couple hours working on updating >the branches of the Houser family tree, when a lady named Paula Hay, >came in asking about Benner Township one room schoolhouses. Since I >had helped write the 150th Anniversary History of Benner Township, I >was able to provide her with some information. In the course of our >conversation, I learned that she runs a most interesting enterprise, >called "The Rabbit Mountain Almanac," in the tradition of that >larger-than-life character Gottlieb Boonastiel, the pen-name of Tom >Harter of the old Keystone Gazette. (Tom Harter, in fact, is a 1st >cousin 5 times removed of yours truly.) It is a weekly e-mail news >magazine, billed as a "compendium of useful information and >entertainments for Centre Countians." It appears to have a focus on >the history and culture of this region, as well as listing current >cultural events of relevance in the area. > >She was very interested to learn about our Centre County e-mail list, >and particularly the penchant for old recipes here. She recently did >some articles on recipes taken from the files of the old Democratic >Watchman newspaper in Bellefonte, which seemed very appropriate to >our discussions here. She also did an article about efforts to >preserve the old Rock Hill one room school in Linden Hall, Harris >Township, a quest which led her to inquire about other one room >schools, including the ones we have here in Benner Township. > >At any rate, I thought that the members of the list should be >apprised of its existence. You can check the archives of this e-mail >news-magazine and subscribe to it through this website: >http://rabbit-mountain.com/archives > >Just wanted to pass on this very interesting item, as I'm sure many >of you will want to know about it. > >Justin > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message