Frank, Mary and I, Bill, wish to thank all the people of Shamokin and surrounding areas for the cheerful and heart-warming welcome for our trip back to Shamokin for the Anthracite Heritage Festival.
We had a great time.
Actually, that is an understatement.
We had an absolutely fabulous, fantastic time! It was great seeing many friends and places that brought back wonderful, fond memories. All three of us are proud to be from Shamokin, and it is the people that make it such a great place.
Special thanks to Garth Hall as our host, Jeanne Shaffer (SHS Class of 1965!) for terrific management of the festival as executive director of The Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities, The News-Item for its professional coverage of F&S History and all the events of the festival including our homecoming, Tom Kutza for the "live" coverage of the event, and a big thank you to the people of Shamokin for making it a joyous event!
If we ever start making F&S again, Shamokin will be the first place to receive the inaugural brew. We may have enough orders already.
Thanks again!
Best wishes to all,
Bill, Mary and Frank Schmidt