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Hollidaysburg Class of 1959 to meet

Across the area Hollidaysburg Class of 1959 to meet Members of the Hollidaysburg High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the reserved room at The Dream, 1500 Allegheny St., Hollidaysburg. If you have any questions or concerns or need a ride, call Joyce at 814-693-9341 or Jean at 814-695-6764. If you are a classmate and have moved or changed your telephone number, give Joyce or Jean a call so that records can be updated. AAHS ’76 reunion committee to meet The Altoona Area High School Class of 1976 will hold a 50th anniversary reunion ...

Society to present talk on German heritage

“History Speaks,” the lecture series of the Blair County Historical Society, will present its final event of the year, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. “Altoona’s German Heritage and History” will be presented by Harald Dertinger, historian and himself a German native. The illustrated talk will highlight Altoona’s German clubs and culture since the 1860s, the Altoona Symphony Orchestra approaching its centennial after Russell Gerhard founded a string quartet in 1928, and a German heritage exhibit of items now displayed at the ...

New officers

Courtesy photo Recently installed officers for the VFW Post 8685 Auxiliary “Fort Apache” are (from left): front row — Ro Rabenstein, secretary; Carol Brode, president; and Cindy Burket, treasurer; back row — Peggy Thatcher, chaplain; Deb Becker, guard; Stephanie Wilkes, trustee; ...

Altoona Scout attains rank of Eagle

Teen refurbishes lifeguard station into multi-use facility Matthew Harkins of Altoona recently received his Eagle Scout designation at a Court of Honor conducted at the Duncansville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8724. Friends, family, Boy Scout Troop leaders and fellow scouts attended the ...

Jared Box presentation

Courtesy photo Through their work of Unity and Charity, Altoona Catholic Daughters of America Court Prince Gallitzin No. 2625 presented Jared boxes to Tim Balconi (president of the UPMC Altoona Hospital Foundation). Shown are (from left): Mary Grace Horton, Regent Donna Hoover, Carol ...

Family Hospice webinar to feature grief expert

Family Hospice, Part of UPMC, will offer a live webinar featuring world-renowned author and grief educator, Dr. Alan Wolfelt. “The Art of ‘Companioning’ the Mourner: Caring Versus Curing” will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4. The webinar will be offered in-person in the UPMC Altoona Rotunda (sixth floor), 620 Howard Ave., Altoona, or virtually. Anchored in Wolfelt’s “companioning” model of grief care, there will be a recognition of how grief and mourning are normal and necessary experiences that are fundamentally a journey of the heart and soul. A critical ...