Touching the Ancient One

October 6, 2006

On our way to West Virginia, Millie and I stayed overnight in western NY near the southern PA border. Next morning we traveled down Route 219. When we reached the city of Johnsonburg, PA, it dawned on me that Johnsonburg was James Hill’s hometown. As we went up a main street we saw a veterans memorial on the left, so we parked to look it over. On one of the marble panels along with hundreds of other names we spotted James M. Hill. We stayed several minutes enjoying the park-like atmosphere of the site, appreciative of the fact that the citizens of the Johnsonburg area have honored those who served in the military. Farther up the street on the right was the public library. It wasn’t open yet, but I dedicated a copy of Touching the Ancient One in honor of James Hill, and put it in the return slot. It’s not much, but it felt good to give back a little to Johnsonburg.

I posted a World War II photo of James Hill in a recent post. Click here to see it again. There is also a photo of the Veteran's Memorial mentioned above.

Rupert