Red Hatters Gather In Port Allegany For Library Fundraiser

Hundreds Of Red Hatters Come To Port Allegany

Coudersport Red Hatters

Roulette Red Hatters pose for a picture

Who Are We? What Do we do.?

Maria Marks Amidon all decked out for the fashion show

"The Red Hat Society began as a result of a few women deciding to greet middle age with verve, humor and elan. We believe silliness is the comedy relief of life, and since we are all in it together, we might as well join red-gloved hands and go for the gusto together. Underneath the frivolity, we share a bond of affection, forged by common life experiences and a genuine enthusiasm for wherever life takes us next."

- Sue Ellen Cooper, Queen Mother

You must be a woman of 50 or over (or you may be a Pink Hatter under 50), and you must attend functions in full regalia, (red hat, purple outfit for women 50 and over, or pink hat and lavender outfit for women under 50).

Ladies are strongly encouraged to follow these color guidelines, and to NOT wear purple/red until they have reached THE BIRTHDAY. This adds an element of fun to aging, which we think is invaluable to women in our society who have learned to dread aging and avoid it at all costs. We believe that aging should be something anticipated with excitement, not something to dread.

Port Allegany Main Street Construction

Causer's 6th Annual Senior Expo-Roulette, PA

Carol Spaulding and Janine Morley represent Potter
County Education Council at the Senior Expo.

Potter County Area Agency for Aging

Tri County Electric demonstrates how to save energy.

"A Way Out" Domestic Violence Services is represented

Patty Dusenbury of Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home is
there with her husband, Funeral Director Kevin Dusenbury,
giving out information on their services.

Even the Potter County Historical Society was
represented with an information table.

Potter County Sheriff's office was there to answer
questions and take applications for permits to carry
a concealed weapon.

The Coudersport Volunteer Ambulance Association
was there to offer information on their services.

William B. Henry, Financial Advisor, from Edward Jones
Investments was a busy man today advising Seniors what
to do with a sinking stock market.

Benjamin Olney, Funeral Director at Olney Funeral Home
and Cremation Service was on hand to explain his services
to seniors.

It was a full house all morning at the Roulette
Fire DepartmentDining Hall for the Expo.

Rep. Marty Causer makes sure everyone is served.

All the parking lots were full on a beautiful Fall
day in Roulette, Potter County, PA.

All photos by James Jones http://solomonswords.blogspot.com
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Port Allegany Artist Ardelle Herzing

Divinely Inspired Rendition Of Famous Painting
Photo by James Jones (c)2008

Ardelle Herzing, from Port Allegany, shows Pastor Lynn Geiser
her latest oil painting. The painting is Ardelle's own rendition of
Thomas Blackshear's famous painting "Forgiven." Ardelle says
the work is divinely inspired. It took her three weeks to paint.

The Inn On Maple Street was the place to be last
Sunday afternoon. The Inn hosted an Open House
and a reception for Ardelle Herzing, an extremely
talented local artist who displayed over 40 pieces
of her collection of paintings she has done.

It was Ardelle's day as friends and admirers gathered
at The Inn on Maple Street, looked over her paintings,
and snacked on Red Velvet Cake, tea and coffee.

Celia Gribbien (left) asks Ardelle (right) about one
of her paintings hung at the Inn.

Joan Stromberg, a neighbor of Ardelle's, was there.
Joan, also an artist, will display her paintings, mostly
landscapes, through October at the Inn on Maple St.

Judy Lacher (left) from Roulette, tells Cynthia Jones about
the jewelry she creates. Judy will be featured at the Inn in
November with a display of her work.

Cynthia Jones, (left) of Roulette, and Deb Heroux from
Coudersport have some cake and a spot of tea at the
Open House at the Inn On Maple Street on Sunday.

Deb Heroux and Cynthia Jones look over a scrapbook
of Artist Ardelle Herzing's Artwork on display at the
Inn on Maple Street, in Port Allegany Sunday.

Photos by James Jones for Solomon's words

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(c) 2008