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Archaeologist Steve Warfel in front of Dill’s Tavern in Dillsburg,where he conducted an investigation for the Northern York County

Historical and Preservation Society in summer 2011.

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Indiana Jones, eat your heart out. Central Pennsylvania native Steve Warfel has made his share of amazing

archaeological finds, too.One of Warfel’s finds was a cobble with a face pecked on it that dates back

to 2050 to 1770 B.C. He found it just off the shore of Piney Island, belowthe Holtwood Dam. It was found under water near a habitation layer withcharred remains in a hearth, he said. The cobble is now on display at theState Museum of Pennsylvania.

Another extraordinary discovery was a glass trumpet at Ephrata Cloister.Dating to the period around A.D. 1730, the German religious communalsociety, which was devoted to separating itself from the outside world,probably found the trumpet to be too ostentatious and it was disposed of ina trash pit, Warfel said.

Warfel’s love of archaeology began when he stumbled across anthropologywhile attending Franklin & Marshall College as a pre-med major.

When Warfel heard that the State Museum of Pennsylvania’s archaeologistneeded extra helpers with his dig, he decided to get involved.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into, but I had a little coursework undermy belt,” he said.

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The official portrait of HRH theDuchess of Cambridge wasunveiled at London’s National

Portrait Gallery on Jan. 11, 2013, and iscurrently on public display there. Theportrait was commissioned by theNational Portrait Gallery through the ArtFund.

It was painted by the BP PortraitAward-winning artist Paul Emsley (bornin 1947 in Glasgow, Scotland), who hasalso painted such notable figures as SouthAfrican President Nelson Mandela andauthor V.S. Naipaul.

Experts are categorizing the paintingwithin the tradition of Italian Renaissanceportrait master Leonardo da Vinci, citinga keen ability to capture likeness and theuse of dark and light areas to conveydrama to the image.

Soon other royal portraits will becompared to this painting of the Duchessof Cambridge, like the paintings by Hans

Holbein of the royalcourt members of KingHenry VIII to the morecurrent and famouspainting of PrincessDiana by Americanartist Nelson Shanks.

Onlookers the worldover—that is anyonewith a pair of eyes—have offered theircritique of the paintingtoo. Some adjectivesthat have been used to describe the workof art include dark, unflattering,inconsistent, etc.

I think that the way that the artist hascaptured the duchess’ trademark flowing,long hair and coy yet understated smile isan achievement, aesthetically speaking. Ofcourse, the natural beauty of the Duchessof Cambridge contributes to the successof the Emsley painting.

Some say that thepainting shows a moreserious side of theduchess, but I disagreewith that assessment. Asan art historian, appraiser,and former museumdirector, I think that thepainting depicts ayouthful royal with a zestfor life and a sinceresmile that shows herunique understanding of

her position. The piece captures herlikeness, suggests her vigor, and makes theviewer want to take a second look.

The duchess sat twice for the artist, inboth May and June 2012. One sittingtook place at the artist’s studio and theother in the duchess’ own surroundings atKensington Palace. Like mostcontemporary portrait artists, Emsleyproduced photographs and worked from

them to complete the portrait. Thepainting was completed afterapproximately four months of work bythe artist.

The duchess’ eyes are attractive,realistic, and bright. An oddly familiarearring emerges from the duchess’ curledhair, which shows a strong resemblance tothe famous sapphire-and-diamondengagement ring that was once owned bythe late Princess Diana.

The portrait of the Duchess ofCambridge is a bust-length portrait thatdoes not show the sitter’s hands, so theearring may serve as a remembrance ofthe family tradition and the famoushistory of the royal jewels. I think that, aswith many works of fine art, the earringmay be a symbol of the legacy of theroyals. This object is a recognizable link toher husband, Prince William, and hisroyal lineage.

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In the decade prior to andfollowing World War II, mostdays of the week were dedicated

to a routine of specific activities.Mondays were dedicated to

washing the laundry and hanging itto dry, secured bywooden pins to slenderrope lines in thebackyard. Amazingly,clothes hung in freezingtemperatures dried,despite turning stiff asheavy-duty aluminumfoil. Undergarmentsmight be hung in thebasement, adding a bit ofcomforting humidity tothe heated air in thehouse.

Almost everyone used one or moreof three brands of laundry soap: FelsNaptha bars, Rinso powder, andOxydol powder. Clothes hungoutside to dry always had a “freshsmell” regardless of the brand of soapused. Most homes were heated withcoal-burning furnaces that emitted

bits of black ash (“soot”) through thechimney, speckling laundry hungnearby.

Some homes had only awashboard to scrub clothes. Theslightly more affluent had a wash

machine equipped with dual hard-rubber rollers. When hand-cranked,these rollers squeezed out much ofthe water from laundry passingbetween them.

Americans in the 1930s and 1940shad limited wardrobes. This madefamily laundry manageable untildiapered babies arrived.

Tuesday was given to ironinglaundry. Wrinkle-free fabrics did notarrive until late in the 1900s.President Truman, in 1947, askedAmericans to not eat meat onTuesdays so this country could ship

more grain to theundernourished peoplein postwar Europe.

Wednesday providedrelaxation at the movies,where theatres promotedattendance by holding a“Bank Night.” The paidadmission ticket, usually25 cents, had identicalnumbers printed at eachend. Half of the ticketwas surrendered to the

usher upon entry. At intermission atheater employee would pull thewinning ticket stub from a jar toaward a cash prize of about $20, acoveted sum in those days.

Thursday was not a dedicated day.The evening was spent listening topopular radio shows that, throughaccompanying sound effects, brought

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meant fish for dinner or perhapsmacaroni and cheese. Meat was bannedas atonement for sins.

There was less opportunity to sin inthis era. One lived in a communityclose to aunts, uncles, cousins, andgrandparents. Our behavior was closelymonitored. No one wanted to bringshame to family members.

Saturday was given to maintenanceof the house, garden, lawn, and car—but not before shopping for thegroceries needed for the week ahead.

Movie theaters featured matinee filmsfor children, usually presented inserialized segments to encourage returnfor next week’s episode. Featuresincluded Tarzan, Charlie Chan, BuckRogers, and cowboy heroes. Eveningfilms featured programming for adults.

In the 1950s, Saturday-night movieattendance declined as television gainedaudiences. Teens with automobilesfavored “cruising” downtown streets toattract companionship before headingto the drive-in snack spot.

Sunday was the time to attendchurch. Proper dress was prescribed—church was not a leisurely event.Attendees often selected the same pewseat every Sunday as though it were

reserved. Most retail stores were closedall day to observe the Sabbath.

Sunday dinner, usually scheduled forearly or mid-afternoon, typicallyfeatured chicken, mashed potatoes, avegetable, and homemade dessert.Potato salad and ham were frequentchoices for picnic events. Visitingamong relatives and friends providedentertainment, until it was time to hearfavored radio programs aired in theevening.

Today we shop any day of the weekand most hours of the day. Laundry issimplified by automatic washers anddryers. Any night is movie night, thanksto DVDs, Netflix, and cable television.

The abandonment of structuredweekdays has impaired seeing ourfriends, relatives, and neighbors atsupermarkets, church, and movietheaters. Life is much more convenientas we find ourselves increasinglyisolated.

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This cold starting coming on lastThursday; by Friday, it wasaccelerating at full throttle

toward a wretched head- and chest-buster. My wife and I still went out toeat Friday evening. Being able to down ahearty meal while feeling less than well isnot an ideal way to display toughnessand resolve against illness.

Midway between the eatery andhome, I felt something else creeping upon my weakened mass. A perfect stormwas brewing. I was about to be crushedby the agonizing process of negotiating afull-scale assault by not just the cold, butalso a horrible bout of food-borne illnessthat was surely brewing inside.

It was strange, though, how my bodyquickly put the cold aside to clear theway for a relatively short but brutal battleto exorcise the evil bug invasion takingover my body. The two storm systemswere miraculously diverted from collision

by the force of self-preservation, aninnate sense that I could not handle bothafflictions at the same time.

All ofSaturday wasa grueling testof mywillingness tobattle. Andbattle I did.

By Sundayafternoon, thebacteria armywasvanquished.So thereckoningbegan. Mycold took itsrightful placein the dark space that was previouslyoccupied by the poison beasties. And ittook its place with vicious authority.

It felt as though somebody wasrunning a steel-wool pad in and out ofmy throat and chest with a rusty pipe,

my head wasbeing attackedfrom within bya troop of littledemons withball-peenhammers, andmy muscleswere beingpulled andtwisted byunknownforces.

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cold can drive you as crazy as the peoplewho swear by them. I stick to myregimen of drinking instant chicken

noodle soup, taking short (or long) naps,whining, and, of course, taking long, hotshowers, minus the joy of singing songsto which I have long since forgotten thewords. I have to preserve my ravagedvoice for better days.

It’s now Tuesday and my wife is eyeingme with that enough-is-enough look. Onher way out this morning, she droppedone of those dust-magnet cloths on thetable and pointed out that the particlelayers were getting thick on the flatsurfaces. She also informed me that thevacuum was downstairs in the familyroom, just in case. In case of what?

Oh, now I get it. She just doesn’trespect my pain.

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Dear Savvy Senior,What’s the best, conflict-free way to divvy

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Reports indicate that the duchesswanted to be portrayed naturally, notofficially. Many who know her say thatincluding the duchess with her smile wasa good and obvious choice.

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, nowthe Duchess of Cambridge, was born inBerkshire and attended MarlboroughCollege. The duchess studied at theBritish Institute in Florence beforeenrolling at the University of St.Andrews in Fife. She has a degree in thehistory of art.

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Alvin T. Kemble, a Navy gunner athis battle station on a merchantship in World War II when the

torpedoed vessel began to sink, was gladhe received the proper training regardingabandoning ship. It may have saved hislife.

Kemble, 88, of suburban Harrisburg,was at the stern (rear) of the ship as itsbow (front end) sank under the water.The rear end, where his gun was located,lifted about 30 feet above the water.

“The first thing they teach you inNavy survival courses is to hold downyour life jacket when jumping off a ship.This prevents the life jacket frompopping up on contact with the waterand snapping your neck.

“The second thing they teach you isto jump feet first. This way, if you hitdebris floating on the water, you willimpact it first with your feet and not

your head. Finally,they teach you to getas far away from theship as quickly as youcan; otherwise, youmight get suckedunder with it.

“These were allgood lessons and I amhere to prove it. It wasgetting dark quickly. Iwas bobbing up anddown in the water likea beach ball. I decidedto turn on the littlered light fastened onthe life jacket which, ifworking properly,should ensure that youwill be visible by alifeboat or rescue vessel that may happenby.

“I’m not sure howlong I was floatingwhen I heard a voicethrough the darkness,‘Over here is one!’, asound that was musicto my ears.”

Kemble’s lifeboatjoined four others.

“It was decidedthat we should all staytogether. That nightwe tried as best wecould to stay in apack. The nextmorning the oceanhad her own plans forus and we soon wereenduring a small gale.Wind and waves soon

made it impossible to maintain the packand each boat broke off and floated away.

“The metal lifeboat I was in was 18feet long and 4 feet wide. There were 19of us packed in like sardines. I was sittingagainst the side wall of the boat and myknees touched those of a fellow sittingacross from me. We had no room tomove around, just stand up from time totime to keep the blood circulating in ourlegs. We had oars but didn’t use them toconserve our strength. I think they wereeventually thrown overboard as they tookup valuable space.

“We elected the oldest man in theboat to be our captain as he was in theMerchant Marine with the mostexperience. His job consisted of rationingout the water. Each man would get 6ounces. There was a built-in keg ofdrinking water. The meals were a can ofPemmican. Four men shared one can.We tried to gather rainwater but withoutsuccess. When the canvas we used got

He Survived 34 Days in a Lifeboat:Part 2 of a 4-Part Series

Beyond the Battlefield

Alvin S. Goodman

Alvin T. Kemble


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wet, it was covered with salt from thewater.

“The days were extremely hot and thenights very cold. Storms would pop upand last for days. Waves would averageabout 30 feet and it was a task just tokeep this tiny boat afloat. After thestorms, our clothes would be wet forthree days and we would shiver.

“During the times of prolonged heat,we would take turns hanging over theside of the boat to get wet. This wasrefreshing but short-lived. The saltwaterhas a tendency to dry out your skin. Itwasn’t long before we became much too

weak to enjoy this small comfort.Conversation centered around places weknew that had sensational food and, ofcourse, home with Mom’s homemademeals.

“On the third day one of the menspotted a ship. Our hopes were sooncrushed when it turned out to be aGerman submarine. It nearly ran over us.As it attempted to maneuver around usat the last minute, our lifeboat washedup on its deck. A second or two later, weslipped off again, bouncing against theside of its hull. We made every attemptto push ourselves away. This vessel would

surely swamp our little boat and sink thelast chance we had for survival.

“Slowly the sub moved away andcircled around, coming to a stop a shortdistance away. The captain on her bridgeasked if we needed any medicalattention. Our elected chief answered,‘No.’ The German commander inquiredas to the name of our ship. ‘Was it theJames W. Denver?’ He also inquired as tothe contents of the Denver. The chiefresponded, ‘We don’t know, and couldyou tell us where the nearest landfall is?’

“The German commander advised usto head due east for 300 miles. He

wished us God speed and sailed away.We speculated that this may have beenthe sub that had sunk our ship, theDenver, and may have been hangingaround to hit any rescue vessels thatwould come to save us, but we will neverknow because no rescue ships came.”

Continued next month …

If you are a mature veteran and haveinteresting or unusual experiences in yourmilitary or civilian life, phone Al Goodmanat (717) 541-9889 or email him [email protected].

Tax/Rent Rebate Applications Now Available

Applications for rebates on propertytaxes or rent paid in 2012 becameavailable in late February 2013. If youreceived or qualified for a propertytax/rent rebate within the past year, youwill automatically receive an applicationin the mail.

If you did not receive a rebate thispast year on property taxes or rent youpaid in 2011, but you think you mayqualify to receive a rebate in 2013 forthe taxes or rent you paid in 2012,

applications will be available atwww.papropertytaxrelief.com.

In early March, you can also callCumberland CountyAging & CommunityServices at (888) 222-9190 (toll-free) or(717) 240-6110.

CCACS, 1100Claremont Road,Carlisle, is scheduling appointments toassist with completion of the application

form. Appointments will be availableevery Wednesday through the end ofJune for those individuals who presently

have applications.Please call (717) 240-6110 or (888) 697-0371, ext. 6110, tomake an appointment.

The PropertyTax/Rent Rebate

Program benefits eligible Pennsylvaniansage 65 and older; widows and widowers

age 50 and older; and people withdisabilities age 18 and older. Theincome limit is $35,000 forhomeowners and $15,000 for renters(excluding one-half of Social Securityincome). The maximum rebate forqualified homeowners is $975 a yearand renters can receive rebates up to$650 a year.

Applications must be postmarked byJune 30, 2013. Rebate checks are mailedbeginning July 1 each year.

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Cumberland County

Calendar of EventsBig Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-447891 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, NewvilleFridays through April 14 (except March 29) – AARP

Tax Assistance by AppointmentMarch 12, 12:30 p.m. – Legal Advice: Employment

While Receiving Social Security

Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-500720 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle

Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center – (717) 732-391598 S. Enola Drive, Enola

Mechanicsburg Place – (717) 697-594797 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg

Southampton Place – (717) 530-8217www.seniors.southamptontwp.com56 Cleversburg Road, ShippensburgMarch 18 – St. Patrick’s Day CelebrationMarch 19, 10 a.m. – Legal Advice: Employment While

Receiving Social Security

West Shore Senior Citizens Center – (717) 774-0409122 Geary St., New Cumberland

Please call or visit the centers’ websites for additionalactivities.

Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public.

March 5, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Alien Invaders: Combating Unwanted Plant Species, Amelia Givin LibraryMarch 14, 7 to 9 p.m. – Public Information Meeting and Volunteer Kickoff, Kings Gap Environmental

Education CenterMarch 17, 1 to 3 p.m. – Searchin’ for the Green Hike, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center

AARP Driver Safety Programs

For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888)227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.

March 5, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Shiremanstown United Methodist Church125 E. Main St., Shiremanstown(717) 737-6621

March 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.Hampden Township Recreation Building395 S. Sporting Hill Road, Mechanicsburg(717) 761-4951

March 22, 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Trinity Lutheran Church2000 Chestnut St., Camp Hill(717) 761-4822

Senior Center Activities

Please send us your press releases so we can let our readers know about free events occurring in Cumberland County!Email preferred to: [email protected]

(717) 770-0140Let help you get the word out!

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PA State Parks in Cumberland County

Fridays through March 21, 7 to8:30 p.m.Country Line Dance ClassesSilver Spring Presbyterian Church444 Silver Spring [email protected](717) 790-9353

March 5, 7 p.m.CanSurmount Cancer SupportGroupHealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital175 Lancaster Blvd.Mechanicsburg(717) 691-6786

March 7, 6:30 p.m.Too Sweet: Diabetes Support GroupChapel Hill United Church ofChrist701 Poplar Church RoadCamp Hill(717) 557-9041

March 13, 11:30 a.m.NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465VFW Post 67044907 Carlisle PikeMechanicsburg(717) 737-1486www.narfe1465.orgVisitors welcome; meeting is free butfee for food.

March 13, 6:30 p.m.Amputee Support Team MeetingHealthSouth RehabilitationCenter175 Lancaster Blvd.Mechanicsburg(717) [email protected]

March 19, 1 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupMechanicsburg Church of theBrethren501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg(717) 766-8880

Cumberland County Library Programs

Amelia Givin Library, 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt. Holly Springs, (717) 486-3688

Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642March 20, 1 p.m. – Afternoon Classic Movies at Bosler

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900

East Pennsboro Branch Library, 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola, (717) 732-4274

John Graham Public Library, 9 Parsonage St., Newville, (717) 776-5900

Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, 16 N. Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, (717) 766-0171

New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820March 10, 3 to 4 p.m. – Cultural Program: 19th-Century Families of New CumberlandMarch 26, 11 a.m. – “Spring Planting!” Luncheon and Gardening TalkMarch 24, 2 to 3 p.m. – Annual New Cumberland Community Easter Egg-Stravaganza

Shippensburg Public Library, 73 W. King St., Shippensburg, (717) 532-4508

If you have an event you would like to include,

please email information to [email protected] for consideration.


Join the Team for a Cure – The Arthritis Walk

Let’s move together to fight for a curethis spring by participating in theArthritis Foundation Central PA Office’s2013 Capital Area Arthritis Walk onSaturday, May 18, 2013.

The Arthritis Walk is a non-competitive, 5-kilometer (3.1-mile), or1-mile course with varying distanceoptions to accommodate all levels offitness. The event also features severalfun festivities and a Health Expo.

Individual walkers and teams areencouraged to walk in honor of a lovedone with arthritis, while men, women,and children living with arthritis leadthe way, wearing special blue honoreehats to signify their action in takingcontrol of their condition. Individualswho raise $100 or more will receive a t-shirt.

Arthritis affects more people than youmight imagine. There are 50 millionmen and women in the United Stateswith doctor-diagnosed arthritis. That’s50 million reasons to care. That’s 50million reasons to walk.

Children are also affected.Nationwide, there are more than

300,000 children who suffer from aform of juvenile arthritis, 11,500 ofwhich live in Pennsylvania.

Funds raised from the Arthritis Walksupporthundreds ofprograms tohelp peopleprevent andcontrolarthritis. Italso fundspromisingarthritisresearchthat iscritical tofinding newtherapies,treatments,andeventually acure forarthritis.

The Arthritis Foundation is the onlynationwide, nonprofit healthorganization helping people take greatercontrol of arthritis by leading efforts to

prevent, control, and cure arthritis andrelated diseases. The ArthritisFoundation also provides a largenumber of community-based services

locatednationwideto make lifewitharthritiseasier andless painful.

Byjoining our2013ArthritisWalk, youbecome apart of theLet’s MoveTogethermovement,a nation-wide

movement led by the ArthritisFoundation that encourages people tomove every day to prevent or treatarthritis.

Make a difference in the lives of those

with arthritis by joining the movementand signing up to participate in theCapital Area Arthritis Walk atHersheypark on May 18. There is nocost to walk through the park for theArthritis Walk; however, if you wouldlike to enjoy the park for the whole day,a park ticket is required. Any individualwho raises $200 or more will receive afree ticket for the day.

There will also be a free Health Expowith lunch provided for all walkers. TheHealth Expo and lunch are also open tothe general public. Parking for this eventis also free.

You may register online atwww.arthritiswalkcapitalarea.kintera.org.For more information on the ArthritisWalk, please contact Douglas Knepp [email protected] or (717) 884-7525.

For information on the Health Expo,please contact Joan McCabe [email protected] or (717) 884-7524.

Together we can change lives, and welook forward to seeing you at theArthritis Walk in May.


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The dig was conducted at the Stricklersite, along the shores of the SusquehannaRiver, just south of Washington Boro.This site was where the SusquehannockIndians traded with Europeans.

“We found datable objects from 1640to 1660,” Warfel said.

It was that first dig that Warfel creditswith changing his life.

“The light bulb went off and I had mycareer. Once you’ve got the bug, you’vegot it,” Warfel said.

After graduating in 1971 with a degreein archaeology, Warfel taught four yearsat Sterling High School in Summerdale,N.J.

Each summer, Warfel worked with theState Museum of Pennsylvania. That jobhelped him understand he really wantedto pursue archaeology full time.

“I was lucky enough to land a job withjust an undergraduate degree as anindustrial archaeologist in Paterson,N.J.,” Warfel said. Paterson was thenation’s first planned industrialcommunity in the late 1790s to early1800s.

Then, from 1978 to 1980, Warfelwent back to grad school to earn hismaster’s degree in anthropology fromBrown University, Providence, R.I.

Warfel was hired full time by the StateMuseum of Pennsylvania in 1980. Heworked there until retiring in 2007 as thesenior curator of archaeology.

Since retiring, Warfel, 63, has workedas an archaeological consultant for smalllocal historical societies.

“It’s been fulfilling and busy,” he said.Warfel recently completed work with

the Shippensburg Historical Society,trying to discover the actual site of FortMorris, which stood from 1756 to 1765during the French and Indian War.

During the project’s third phase, Warfelwas fortunate to find evidence of the fortsite and solve the mystery of which ofthree possible sites the fort was actuallylocated on.

During the last phase, “our biggesthandicap was that the fort was located ina part of town that was developed in the1890s. We were working in side yards andbackyards of houses,” he said. “It waschallenging work in an urban setting.”

Locating the entire outline of the fortwas hampered, he said, because theycouldn’t access all of the properties andthere had been a lot of utility disturbancesbecause of the property development.

But the dig yielded a “tremendous”amount of recovered objects, he said.They found 20,000 artifacts.

Warfel also worked with Historic YorkInc. on the Schultz House, the earliest

stone house in York County. It hadreportedly been used as a prison campduring the Revolutionary War.

“We were unable to prove that, but wehope to do more work in the future,”Warfel said.

Warfel worked at two other sites ofnote. The first was in Columbia’s RotaryPark. In the late 1720s, Samuel Blunstonbuilt his home there. Blunston wasWilliam Penn’s land manager. If anyonewanted to settle across the river, he had toget a license from Blunston, Warfel said.

When Blunston died, the property wasdeeded to close friend Susanna Wright,and the home became known as theWright’s Ferry Mansion.

A private company wanted to knowabout Wright’s life in her later years, soWarfel was asked to help.

“As luck would have it, we alsodiscovered a prehistoric site from theShenk’s Ferry culture,” Warfel said. Byradiocarbon dating charred hickory nutsuncovered there, Warfel determined theNative American settlement was from1468.

In the summer of 2011, Warfel workedon a dig at Dill’s Tavern in Dillsburg. TheColonial-period tavern was being restoredwhen elements of another building werefound in the ground.

“They wisely didn’t open the site untilarchaeologists were on hand to expose thearea,” he said. As they dug the site, theyfound an outbuilding, which probably wasa summer kitchen that served the tavern,he said. “I was fortunate to work on it. Itwas a really interesting site.”

But Warfel doesn’t work on digs alone.He said he has a large number ofvolunteers who help him. Because thesmall historical organizations have to raisetheir own funding or get small grants,they can’t hire many professionalarchaeologists and must rely onvolunteers, he said.

Most volunteers are either undergradstudents or senior citizens, he said.

Some of the senior volunteers havedonated as much as 3,000 hours of labor.Oftentimes, seniors are more availablethan anyone else because they have flexiblework schedules or they are retired, he said.

“Many have always wanted to do anarchaeological dig,” he said, and arefulfilling their lifelong dreams.

Warfel said he is straightforward withthe physical demands of digging andsifting soil. Those who aren’t up to thephysical challenges are quite useful in thelab, cleaning, labeling, and organizing theartifacts.

What the volunteers do is a “greatservice to their communities,” he said.

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March WeatherWinter grows old but refuses to go!

It still holds in its grasp an icy zoneThat turns soft earth to frozen stone.

It sends March winds to roar and blow.It whips the land with flurries of snow

And icy blasts that chill to the bone.But then comes spring into its own;

Days grow longer and winds fall slow.

Soon after this lovely season arrivesDays become warm and skies turn clear;

The tiny seed within its pod survives.Days of blooming flowers draw near,

The warmth, the spirit of the world revivesMarch winds are gone—until next year!

Written and submitted by John McGrath

Cumberland County 50plus Senior News March 2013

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