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8 THE NEWS-HERALD Franklin and Oil City, Pa. Saturday, Juna 26, 1965 VISIT TO iKlDIAN BURIAL GROUND History Recalled as Guyasuta's Grave Goes to Historical Society CONSTIPATION IN ME MENTAL! W) NEUROPATHIC-PATIENTS Wafson Says Cranberry Tax Lisls Are Current WML Russell Watson, Cranberry Tnmwhro tax collector, told Ve nango County Comissioners Fri day be has been succeam getting the county to remove the names ot aeceasea and those who have moved away from the per capita tax I i lists: "All changes which I suggested in mv letter of Jan. 4, 1965, such as deceased, change of ad dress. Incorrect addresses ana names and most important of all the new residents, have been added to my 1965 dupli i i I if 1 1 4 1 111 mwii .5 cate, which is almost an impos 1 sible task in sucn a snort tune. I "I would like to take this op portunity to congratulate the county commissioners aw uic WITH EXHIBIT Dr.

Carol Maurer, of the Polk State School and Hospital staff, is seen with her exhibit which was one of the Saiures af the annual meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency held this month a the Americana Hotel, Bal HaSFla The exhibit is based on a paper which Dr. Maurer prepared and which was published in the Amencan Journal of Mental' Deficiency. It was based on research which she had done at Polk. assessment office tor me iu work which they did in helping me straignten out my per capita records," Mr. Watson, said.

CHINA AS I SEE IT The per capita tax list que finn was brought up last Mon Will AT BRIDGE day bv the Franklin Area School Board which had to exonerate district tax collectors of more than $13,000 in per capita taxea. Village Life Unchanged In Years Since 'Good Earth' shows 0 THIS LOG CABIN IS OLDEST BUILDING IN VENANGO COUNTY -gjg by President Washington, rirfck staved in the log cabin shown above during his first visit in 1798 to the land grant wmcn fa a manner Guyasuta a manner 01 ACES ARE SLAM MAKER'S WORRY belonged to his father, Abraham Heydnck 01 rnnaoeipnid. the 1 surprised to find one family ot Founded in 1958 with aress which suggests that of a Delaware Chief. However, that may be, Custa-loga's Town and its surrounding arpa became one of Guyasuta's five living in a small and very 1 old two-room traditional house. amalgamation of three farm cooperative societies, it is now a single organization with a population of about 10,000 and On the floor was a clay cook stove completely filmed, with EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the.

last of three dispatches on China by a Japanese journalist who recently spent three weeks in the country as an ordinary tourist. By KENJI NAKANO NANKING (UPI) The ex Heydrick Land Preserved For Chief's Marker capitals. Custaloga, the local Delaware chief, was under the thumb of Guyasuta, legends soot by many years of use, Near the stove a pair of chick about 50,000 acres of land under cultivation. Roughly Middle Rank ens were pecking at a heap of vegetables, scattering them all say. Through the next 30 years, fiuvasuta used the creekside over the floor.

I was told that by size it is at roughly the middle rank of community as a focal point for press train takes 24 hours to travel the 700 miles from Wu A framed photograph of the war on the white man. Chinese communes young master and his wife at NORTH AKJ10 AQ4 KQ64 K72 WEST EAST AA86432 A 5 V972 10863 S3 J1097 106 J883 SOUTH (D) Q97 VKJ5 A82 AQ54 No one vulnerable South Wet North East 1N.T. Pass 6N.T. Pass Pass Pass Opening lead 4 A han to Peking, and most of the A paved road runs through A paved roaa runs In 1758, Guyasuta took part in the massacre of English troops their Wedding simply seemed nL of place. route lies through plains tnat By ALFREDA L.

DIWIN News-Herald Staff Writer A small piece of land of historic interest is in the process of being transferred to the Mercer County Historical Society by one of the members of a pioneer Venango County family. Miss Louise Heydrick of 1218 seem endless. snops, numca, o- Nobe pnze Rice paddies, wheat fields, and factories line the road and winning author, wrote of peas- at Fort Duquesne. In 1763, he was eastern leader for the Pon-tiac-Guyasuta conspiracy. During this time, white captives were imprisoned in Custaloga's rivers, small nius, muie in.c extend back for some distance.

Int jn th'js grea jn her paddies, wheat fields, rivers Along the road I saw straw nnupl uju fiood Earth" nub and small hills tioatea Dy as 1 mats spread on the ground ioau- lished the 1930s stared out the window. ed with "daikon" (an oriental More than three ri.ecadeS have Town. Iti thought that Guyasuta led the forces that massacred the soldiers guarding the It was spring ploughing sea white radish about a foot long vpt villages I Elk Street, as one of the execu- tors of the estate of the late Mary T. Heydrick of Mead- ville, has offered the fenced-in Indian burial ground, about two son and occasionally I saw English fort at Franklin ffroucs of 10 to 20 farmers ana two or inree muies ganced at seemed to have gone cabbages and onions for sale. forward not a single step since '4 But Guyasuta's men were working in the fields.

Some of Some shops had ducks and those days. beaten by the English at Bush- them trailed behind oxen, oiners acres ot tne iormer ncyui.n sides OI pom iwiikimk TWPnt tn the commune's stood in front of ploughs and ev Run 23 miles east ot rort farm, to the Mercer county hooks at the front. The street farm machjnery" It harrows with ropes over their Pitt in August, 1763, the same was full of nousewives wmi seemed more iike a viuage year the conspiracy began, shoulders. I was surprised. By JACOBY SON We have pointed out earlier this week that you normally use Blackwood to make sure that your opponents can't start out by cashing two aces against your slam contract.

When you are sure that your side holds at least three aces baskets over tneir arms smithv than a factory. At the end of the conspiracy Later, when I visited com young farm girls pulling mantei Workers could De seen pound- munes. I found that life in Chi carts. There was an air 01 on Dieces of steel witn nese villages is indeed a long, in 1764, he and Custaloga returned three prisoners who had been kept at Custaloga's Town, to the British, and Guyasuta of Dustie 10 tne piace. hammers to make shovels, hoes long way from being modern.

1 saw this in communes outside Most of the houses were ploughs and other equipment you don't need to use Black thatch roofed, but there were that was needed. fered to bury the war belts Canton and Peking, and most distinctively at the Shihyue wood unless you are interested in getting to seven. group. Contains Chief's Monument The burial ground contains a red stone monument to the memory of Chief Guyasuta, which was erected by Charles William Heydrick in 1915. The burial ground was reserved by the Heydrick heirs when the original farm sold to the Dodge family of Ashtabula.

This section of the farm lies within Mercer County-It was Miss Heydrick's wish that the small area which commemorates Guyasuta's role in with the bones of the dead. Sided with British still some of the old fashioned while I was there the work Chinese peasants residents built continued without letup, the pa-entirely of blocks of clay cut tient pounding of steel on steel, "I (October) peoples commune in North has 18 high card points. He sided with the British dur the suburbs of Nanking. His partner has opened one no- from the fields. the rising and falling of arms The Shihyue commune is on ing the Revolutionary War, but ranorts that he sacked Hannas- The interiors of the houses and hammers.

It seemed char- a hillside 15 miles east of lan- trump and they are playing a 15 to 17 point no trump so North sees that the partnership town. the seat of Westmoreland king. It overlooks the great at least the ones I visited were acteristic of what has long not particularly clean. I was been written of China. County, are being disclaimed.

Yangtze river. total is between 33 and 35. This Yet as I watched them my As much as he tried to halt mind jumped to the compari leaves 7 points or less for the enemy and 7 points can never the swead of white civilization Sandy Lake Class Of he did have some friends among colonial history and especially in events of this region, should son with modern lathes, die-sels, electronic computers and other goods that I had seen in represent two aces. Ot course 35 points might produce 13 the whites, it is said. Miss Hey drick does not believe, however, the industrial exhibition hall of the stories which credit Guya tricks, but without a five card suit you just don't want to be in seven.

1945 Marks Anniversary Shanghai, all of which was said pass into the hands of a group whose primary concern is per- petuating and maintaining his- ft. torical sites and records. I It is easy to recall and appre- suta with saving the lives of 1 members of the Heydrick fam to have been manufactured in China in Shanghai itself, I After West opened the ace ToU ijvUiff Slates Picnic of spades South had no 1 1 11 i.U ily, since Guyasuta died De-fore the Heydricks settled the Tairo too No. 434 r. ana naa Deen 10m ciate stories of Indian life and trouble running off the rest 6-' a will hn a fami picnic ine wnirdst mm mC the life of the early settlers as M0NuMENT COMMEMORATES CHIEF GUYASUTA Charles By LYDA KELLY SANDY LAKE The Sandy Lake High School Class of 1945 marked the 20th anniversary of graduation with a dinner Sat nt Grove Citv Park at 6:30 p.

mune wornsnop near aiiiuiig, one roams over the former Hey- wilyam Heydrick erected the monument shown above in iid student3 history have drick farm today. to commemorate Chief Guyasuta and his role in the history of to establish that Guyasuta mn 30. All where the workers manufac- of the tricks. He had 11 top tricks and while East did have both minor suits stopped he had to unguard one of his jacks Ul. tUiiMuu; cn rmt momhers of tne tlirea items inai weie csscuum Boy Scouts Own Farm this region.

was buried elsewhere, but the Tho Rnv Scmit Council of Mer- cit tha ttvrmur T4o- Lake Lodge are also invited to to continuation of life, and lived urday evening in the Lake-viow Inn. The evening was cer County purchased the farm was brought overland from I an idiot boy, a squaw ana a drkk fam hag been accepted attend and bring tneir iam- in communis ui ico auj, was striking. snent in reminiscing, showing when South finished cashing high cards in the major suits and that gave South his twelfth trick. cniei. ne mauumiicu um hv many.

In anv Philadelphia). i it- ad 1 hiwwv Dr. Hevdrick was born in Coffee, pop, and ice cream from the Dodge family in 1963. On a recent visit, therefore, I saw not only the burial ground, but 174 flannel -shifted Boy pictures of families and friends, and reading letters from members not present. Class mem Chief Guyasuta, he nad maoe a case monurnent recalls a coffin, following the request of brave Indian hero and the strug- will be provided.

Those at- Curiously enough, West Philadelphia in 1770. He had chosen to study medicine there. tiVa top l- icaincu ovinia uuu gles that were waged by him could have beaten the hand the Indians mat noies ue tui in the wood above the chief's bers and guests were present f.uA K.clratc onrt tah serv- -rr (His carefully written medical and his contemporaries. uucu uasnLw I western eyes Scouts camping within sight of the monument. Modern trailers were parked near the former school lecture notes have been The land northeast of Venango ice.

from Kittanning, Sharon, Mercer, Grove City, Clarks Mills, and the Lakeview area. The Chinese farmers at had he led any card but the spade ace and had followed up bu ducking the first two spade leads. eyes that he could look out." Spot Marked in 1915 Missionary society mee har. preserved. Some are still in the possession of Miss Louise Hey County in which the Heydrick property was located, was de- handsome brick Heydrick resi Mrs.

Harrv Dean, delegate to tft seei, an eas. Mrs. Judy Bowmer Riddle It must have been Charles dence. drick and are interesting iu and Ernest Kittelman were in I fcVl --w the. annual conference at tne k.

more pleasurable life in the peruse.) But even then, a sense of the past struggle between Indians charge of arrangements. Mrs. ceedingly fertile" and "pictur esoue" and remains so. Stoneboro camp grouim, metropolis. Heydrick who passed his interest in the burial ground to his children, one of them Charles William, who formally Practiced in Mercer The young doctor was appar Phyllis Dye Snyder and uod-ert Urey were named to ar The sawmill in rencn- and whites could be felt.

Two young scouts stood respectfully sented a report on the confaD came to feei that jf the at the Friday evening meeting farmer is tied to the of the Sandy Lake Wesleyan SQil it at jeast partiy De- East would be able to discard a heart on the second spade and could hang on to both diamonds and clubs until the cows came home. West would probably lose his ace of spades but East would collect one trick in each ereek Township. Mercer County range the 25th ogservance in ently charmed by the territory which he saw and returned in with me in front of tne monu was erected and operated by 1970. marked the spot in 1915. (Charles H.

Heydrick was al Dr. Heydrick in 1828. It was Mrs. Austin Tanner was as ment andseemedtobeas aware of the past as I was. Methodist Missionary society cause he has planted his feet, the home of Mrs.

Clarence Ub- ch0ice, firmly in the good er. Mrs. Dean also related ex- 1819 to establish a medical practice in Mercer, not far located near the mouth of Deer ways considered a Venango Wild flowers blossomed nearby Creek. sisted by Mrs. G.

R. Emery and Mrs. H. W. Vogan in conducting a short memorial serv from the land gram.

minor suit and two tricks are enough to defeat any slam County citizen despite the prox imity of his home to both Mer probably as similar ones had cerpts from talks given oy mis- The chjef of the commune, a sionaries from Haiti, Jamaica, was only about 30 Heydricks Active Here After several years, however, The Heydrick family has cer and Crawford counties. He tong ago. Ancient trees looked old enough to have he is said to have "retired" to and the Brainard Indian Mis- o(1 He seemed to have a jt or I i ice for the late Mrs. L. ei-lev at the Monday afternoon continued to be active partici the farm, for he was extremely sion at hoi springs, a.

v. verv fact and figure apoui was named Venango County auditor in 1842 and served as pants in the community and po meeting of the Women cnris- hidden Guyasuta's men. Oldest Building in County interested in agriculture. Bui Following reading ot a letter communie at nis fingertips, tian Temperance Union of San deputy surveyor until 1859). hp did continue to practice from a missionary in New He sooke with ease.

litical life of this area. Judge Christopher Heydrick Goine over to the log cabin Stories circulated concerning dy Lake and Stoneboro. The a brother of the man who Guyasuta conflict, but it seems meeting was held in me sanay Guinea, the society voted to "What are the living condi-undertake a clothing project for tjons of a member of the com-converted natives in that land. mune factory?" I asked. then, which is reputed to be the oldest building still standing in Venango County, I could really erected the monument to Guya Lake Church of Christ.

accepted that he was the young medicine in the vicinity of tne farm. During his latter years, he became blind. He died on the farm in 1856. Dr. Hevdrick married Mary suta's memory, served as The Union also voted to give hunter George Washing A letter was also read from "The average wage of a wotk Court of Imagine Dr.

Christopher Hey Judge of Supreme $33. to the Torch bearers Rev. Wesley Swanger and ast year was 105 yuan drick. as he came out on horse Pennsylvania. Fund, the sum of $10 eacn 10 Care in 1793.

Their son, Charles ton referred to in his Journal when he described his mission to Fort Venango and Fort LeBoeuf. Some historians say wife, of Lima, Peru. (about $47)," he replied mstant- Mr. r.ipnn Andrews, nresi- lv. A family's monthly earnings His children were the rate two selected Lakeview Hign back to Venango County in 1798 from his home in Philadelphia H.

Heydrick, born in 1799, ap The bidding hss been: Sooth West North Ewt 1 Pass 1 P5 2N.T. Pass 3 Pas You, South, hold: AQJZVKQ4K87AJ1 What do you do? A Bid three no-tmm. would muoh rather try for nine trkks thma for It. TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of responding com diamond your partner bids one no-trump. "What do you da now? Monday Attorney -Carl Heydrick, the School Seniors, and a subscrip late Miss Harriet Heydrick, the dent conducted the business totals anywhere from 40 to 50 session and Mrs.

D. L. Robert- yuan (about $17 to $21). Each tion to the Union Signal WCTU pears to have been ineir umy child to come with them to Ve late Frederick P. Heydrick and magazine for Rev.

Sydney that even then "the young hunter" was marked to be chief of the Seneca Nation in the re nango County or at least the the late Mrs. A. Mac Brown. Johnson at The Shelter, Cut- son read the efficiency stand- family saves from zo to yuan ard for the coming year. Mrs.

a year. There is no difference on one to remain nere. Miss Louise Heydrick, Mrs tack. India. .1 i gion of Mercer, Crawford and to see the land grant which his father, Abraham Heydrick, had purchased from a Revolutionary soldier who chose to sell it rather than go west to claim it.

Dr. Heydrick stayed in this log cabin, accepting the hospitality of John Martin who had Robert Cole led the worship in pay between commune mem John Budke and Christopher Mrs. C. E. Vogan was tne It was in 1813 wai naiics Hevdrick first visited the land Venango Counties.

bers and commune leaders. i i i Heydrick, children of Frederick leader, and presented an article on the Flower Mission of Vnonn was an- ror exatnpie, tiuiuugn "Though not a hereditary chief." Paul A. W. Wallace says grant and realized that Gusta-losa's Town, a well-known In P. Heydrick, are sun residents iparipr for members of my family are the WCTU, which was founded of Franklin.

dian village, had been located the July meeting. Mrs. Dale working more than the aver- is his recent book, "Indians in "he te built It a relatively short time by Jennie Cassidy, as well as The family enjoys a lifetime interest in the "shack" which the farmers nothing to eat but the leaves of wild plants. Kaltenbaugh closed witn a devotional program on tne on his family's property. Realized Historic Value vast influence among his peo before.

(The loe cabin is within loud er. Miss Harriet Heydrick built not ple and the whites." Charles became increasingly Rihu KrhnU to Close Earnings Are Lo theme, "By the Right We Walk "At present," he replied, "there are eight small dams shoutine distance of the burial far from the log cabin aware of the historic value of for the Thus the farmers earnings trrmirtft. althoueh not within It was decided to retain tne We ended oui recent visit Some still consider him a Delaware who was working with the Senecas because of the and 15 irrigation stations in our the territory and the individual to the farm at the "shack" heroes who had taken part in current officers for the coming year; as follows: Mrs. Tanner Standing on the broad porch pressures of the time. On the Vacation Bible School at the are far lower than those of Sandy Lake Church of Christ workers in the cities, where will be' held at 7:30 p.

m. Fri- average pay per month runs to The public is invited. 60 to 70 yuan of the I asked Liu how Uie farmers the earlv struggles sight. I could still hear the scouts, although I couldn't see them. The log cabin is in Venango County, as is part of the brick home.

This latter structure is so situated that it is said that the Heydricks could monument he is called a ueia-ware. It is well known that the which faces the Crawford County hills in the distance I could understand why the descendents Delawares used the site of Cus commune. Some of them had already been completed in 1959, and they were useful to tide over the calamities. We weren't affected much. Furthermore, since the government has thoroughly developed social welfare programs, the peoples' livelihood is guaranteed." of the pioneers and why others president; Mrs.

Dent vernon, vice president; Mrs. Albert Vath, secretary; and Mrs. Emery, treasurer. The July meeting will be in the Stoneboro Baptist Church, and Mrs. Emery will be devotional and program leader.

too, continue to seek the quiet From J-ohn Martin son 01 the old settler who had first hosted Dr. Heydrick in the log cabin, Charles learned that Guyasuta had been buried on the farm. The younger Martin described how he had assisted at the burial of three Indians, New Lebanon Community Va- in his communie survived the cation Bible School win be held great agricultural calamaties of at 8 m. Thursday in the New 1959 to 1961, when it was Lebanon Community Church, said, floods and droughts de- Everyone is invited. stroyed the crops and left even breakfast ki Venango County and have dinner in Mercer taloga's Town with the permission of the Senecas.

Was Likely Delaware Chief Furthermore, a gold medal, presented to Guyasuta In 1792 of this rural setting. The natural land-beauty of Pennsylva nia is nowhere more apparent, County. The brick and some of the timber work of this home.