Wednesday November 16, 2011 Canton Country Christmas, sponsored by the Canton Area Chamber of Commerce, begins next week (the day after Thanksgiving Day) with "Light Night" on Friday, November 25 and National Small Business Saturday on Saturday, November 26 in downtown Canton and the surrounding area. Passports for patient perusal and possible purchases will be available at all participating businesses and restaurants durin...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 The 13th annual Victorian Country Christmas is to be held at the Manley-Bohlayer House in East Canton (Rt. 414/East Canton Crossroad) on Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 10 am to 4 pm. The festive occasion, sponsored by the Manley-Bohlayer Heritage Farm Committee of Rekindle the Spirit, Inc., will feature a special guest from the North Pole to delight the children, as well as folks of all ages, fr...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 The CHS junior class is hoping to take an educational trip to their state capital and Gettysburg in the spring.  To offset the costs, juniors will be selling 28" Douglas fir holiday wreaths with bows for $24.  Orders and money can be taken until Nov. 30, and delivery is expected on Dec. 7.  You can contact any one from the junior class.   The junior class team members are...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 Do you believe in magic? Well here’s your chance.  “The Magic of Michael St. James” is coming to the Rialto Theatre in Canton on "Light Night," November 25, at 6 pm.   It is your chance to witness firsthand the unfolding of the imagination as presented by Master Magician and Illusionist Michael St. James. St. James has been an entertainment fixture in Atlantic City, th...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 The congregations and the ministers of the Greater Canton Area Ministerium invite all of the citizens of the Canton Area School District and the surrounding area to the annual Community Thanksgiving Eve Worship Experience scheduled this year at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, in the United Methodist Church, Ralston with Rev. Ann Overmiller, Host Minister. The guest speaker for the evening is...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 Another episode of "Cricket County" will be performed at the Grover Church of Christ, December 9, 10, 11, 2011 - 7:00 pm  each night. This years show is based on a quote from Oscar Wilde, "To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love!" You are invited to visit the Prune Valley Nursing Home in Cricket County, where Miss Sadie, an elderly woman, in the last stages of A...

By: Doug Phillips, Social MemberWednesday November 16, 2011 The Troy Vets Club was built in the mid-seventies and has been an important part of our community ever since. The Troy Vets Club is the home for the Troy Lions Club meetings and their raffle. The Troy Rotary has some meetings there. The Old Shoe Banquet and the All Sports banquet are held there. The Senior Class dinner dance is held there. The Troy TOPS meet there. It  is also the home for m...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 LaVerna (Baker) Brewer, 91, Troy, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at the Bradford County Manor in West Burlington. She was the loving wife of the late Richard G. “Dick” Brewer who passed away on April 8, 1997.  The couple married on August 2, 1941 and had 56 happy years together. LaVerna was born on May 28, 1920 in Snedekerville, daughter of the late George and Mertie ...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 Ronald “Pete” Parker, Jr., 64, formerly of Canton,  passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at Manorcare South Health Services in Williamsport. Born on March 20, 1947, in  Sayre, Pete was a son of the late Ronald Parker and E. Frances (Brainard) Ogden.  He was employed as a heavy equipment operator for many years.  Pete enjoyed being an adventurous person. &...

Wednesday November 16, 2011 Margaret “Marge” Smith, 84, Canton, was called home to Heaven while surrounded by her family on Tuesday morning, November 8, 2011, from the Troy Community Hospital. Margaret May Abbott Smith was born on February 27, 1927, in Potter County, PA.  She was one of six children in the family of the late Lewis Benjamin and Etta Lucretia (Houghtaling) Abbott and a 1945 graduate of Cowane...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 The Canton Area Chamber of Commerce's Annual Christmas Raffle is underway. There are many great prizes, including a Grand Prize of $575 Cash, which was donated by: The Wheel Inn, Inc., Morse & Kleese Funeral Home, Inc., Dr. Robert A Place, Gannon Associates; Brann, Williams, Caldwell & Sheetz, D&H Keystone Market, Pepper’s Funeral Home, Canton VFW, H. Rockwell & Son, and Moo...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 The Canton Area Chamber of Commerce will be announcing the plans for the "Canton Country Christmas" from Light Night, Friday, November 25 through Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25. A variety of activities and events, as well as ministries and programs, have been scheduled by businesses, churches, schools, and stores. Crafters and vendors (no fee) and musical organizations from churches and commu...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 The Friends of the Green Free Library will sponsor a Silver Tea on December 2 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at the library. This is a time to give a money gift in memory of or in honor of a loved one. Everyone is welcome to stop in for cookies and punch. The next meeting of the Friends of the Library is November 28 at 6:30 pm.  Please note the change in the meeting date....

Wednesday November 9, 2011 Free reserved seat tickets now available The first presentation of the 2011 Christmas Musical Special listed below will be video taped by WNEP-TV Channel 16, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a broadcast on Christmas Eve. The Canton-Troy Area's Advent/Christmas Tradition (1981 through 1995) is here again and the reserved seat tickets are now available. Come and enjoy  a Canton Country Chr...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 Santa's Sleigh two months away The 18th annual Remembrance Tree ceremony will take place Thursday, December 8,  at 7:00 p.m. in the Troy Community Hospital lobby with Minister Charlotte Morse, Assistant Pastor of the Alba Church of Christ as guest speaker.  The Remembrance Tree, sponsored by the Troy Community Hospital Auxiliary, is an opportunity to remember loved ones by ha...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 With what may be close to a record number of members with more than 50 years of membership, the Troy Lions Club boasts six members with that proud number of years of membership.  The members are listed below. All still maintain their active status, although Tom Calkins II is currently in a physical rehabilitation program and Jerry Vollmer is currently with his son in Virginia. Two of them ar...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 The Heritage Garden Club of Troy is planning a special project to honor the men and women who have served or are serving in the armed forces of the United States of America.  The proposed project is a Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker, to be erected on the grounds of the Bradford County Manor. The project, which will be the first of its kind on Historic Roosevelt Highway Route 6, will also i...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 The Canton boys’ cross country team finished out their stellar season in fine fashion, coming home with a top-ten finish at the state meet for the second year in a row.  The Warriors placed sixth out of twenty-three teams in the PIAA Championship meet held at Hershey on Saturday, Nov. 5. Quaker Valley ran away with the team title by scoring just 90 points.  The next six teams were...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 Amanda Best, 28,  of Columbia Cross Roads, PA passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 5, 2011, the result of a tragic automobile accident. Amanda Lynn Best, “Mandy” to family and friends, was born on April 27, 1983, in Sayre, PA.  She was the proud mother of three wonderful children, Zoelynn (10), Piper (6) and Elijah (3); with her she will take fond and loving memori...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 June Marie Loomis Gee, 69, of Canton,  joined her Lord and Savior on November 7, 2011 after a courageous battle against cancer. June was born in and lived the majority of her life in Canton, graduating from Canton High School in 1960.  She was employed as a housekeeper for the monsignor’s rectory in Vero Beach FL, did factory work at Swayze Folding Box Company and was a nurse&rsqu...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 Ronald “Pete” Parker, Jr., 64, formerly of Canton,  passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at Manorcare South Health Services in Williamsport.  Arrangements will be announced by Pepper Funeral Home.  www.pepperfuneralhomes.com...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 1LT Robert Lee “Robby” Slingerland, 25, of Troy, PA passed away with his loving parents by his side on Saturday morning, November 5, 2011, at the Paoli Hospital in Paoli, PA. Robby was born on May 7, 1986, in Towanda, PA.  He was a 2004 graduate of Troy High School and a 2008 graduate of Penn State University’s main campus earning a Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal J...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 Margaret “Marge” Smith, 84, of Canton, (widow of Dean Smith) passed away on November 8, 2011 at the Troy Community Hospital. Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, November 12, at Pepper Funeral Home, Springbrook Drive in  Canton.  The funeral services will follow at 11:00 with Rev. Jasper Smith officiating. Burial will be in Beech Flats  Cemet...

Wednesday November 9, 2011 On the morning of Monday, November 7th, 2011, well known Canton resident Floyd Davison Taylor, Jr., passed away quietly at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. He was 87 years of age. Born in Brooklyn, NY on August 14th, 1922, and raised in Canton, PA, he was the son of Floyd D. Taylor, Sr. and Maude (Brown) Taylor. A graduate of Canton High School, class of 1940, he attended Penn State and graduated...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 The first snowflakes of the season in downtown Canton fell on the afternoon of October 27.  It was a sloppy, wet day and there were a few flakes among the rain drops. No accumulation at that time, but there was a thin skin of ice on the rain barrel the next day, with a hard frost, and snow in the high country....

Wednesday November 2, 2011 The Canton Fire Dept. will be holding weekly bingos, every Wednesday night, at the social building on Springbrook Drive (Route 14/414). Doors open at 6 pm, play starts at 7 pm. There will be a jackpot each night. The kitchen will be open with a nightly special. A spokesman for the Fire Company says, "With so many organizations having to close their bingos, we are staying open for the community, m...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 The section of Route 6 along Sugar Creek, near Julie's restaurant, reopened in the late afternoon on October 28. The westbound lane of the road had been closed after it was damaged in the flood during tropical storm Lee. Dobrinski Brothers, Inc. completed reconstruction and stabilization work along Rt. 6 where there was a recent lane restriction; completing the flood recovery work to this section...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 The Friends of the Green Free Library will sponsor a Silver Tea on December 2 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at the library. This is a time to give a money gift in memory of or in honor of a loved one. Everyone is welcome to stop in for cookies and punch. The next meeting of the Friends of the Library is November 28 at 6:30 pm.  Please note the change in the meeting date....

Wednesday November 2, 2011 The CHS Library will host a Book Fair from Nov. 7-11, 2011. The theme will be  “Reading is Out of This World“, and a contest is being held to find the best “alien” drawn by a CHS student.. Anyone may submit an entry on regular 8 ½ x 11 paper to the librarian. The winner will be announced Nov. 9th and will receive a free book or two free posters from the Book Fa...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 This Saturday and Sunday, local Boy Scouts will distribute bags to all area residents which they are hoping will be filled with non-perishable supplies and canned goods to be given to the Canton Food Pantry. On November 12, they will retrieve the filled bags of food and take them to the Pantry where they will be distributed to the needy in the area to help make their holidays a little brighter. E...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Tom Hojnowski, Advisor with the Canton FFA along with the FFA Students accept a check in the amount of $4,000 from Wendy Youmans, Stakeholder Relations Coordinator with Talisman Energy USA Inc.  Talisman Energy USA is committed to making contributions to local organizations such as the Canton FFA in order to support the communities in which the company operates through their Good Neighbor Pr...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 LeRoy Heritage Museum announces the return of its Christmas event, “Toys of Christmas Past,” scheduled for Saturday, December 10 from 10 am to 3 pm. The event and will feature special exhibits of old toys from many generations, a luncheon, and the museum gift shop will be open with special deals to help complete your Christmas shopping list. Both the museum and the luncheon will be av...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Jeff Siegel, representative of Chosen People Ministries, will be speaking at Faith Baptist Church, Rt. 14, east of Canton, on Sunday, November 27 during the morning worship service at 11 am. He will be presenting "Israel's Glorious Future." The public is invited to hear Mr. Siegel's message. Chosen People Ministries is on the forefront of Jewish evangelism.  The ministry began in 1894 when R...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 A series of Evangelistic Meetings will be held at the Towanda Creek Mennonite Church, at the intersection of Routes 414 and 514 in West Franklin. The meetings will be nightly from November 2 through November 6 and will begin at 7 pm each night. The speaker will be Gerald Eberly from Ghent, New York. The public is welcome to attend....

Wednesday November 2, 2011 All are invited to a special evening of music in what is becoming an annual Troy Community-wide Service of Thanksgiving on Sunday evening Nov. 13 beginning at 7pm at Troy Baptist Church. There will be musical selections by a community choir directed by Guire Webb.  Additional special selections by Kim Chaapel,Kathy Farrell, members of the Antes Family as well as opportunities for group singi...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Troy Borough Police and the Pennsylvania State Police will conduct aggressive-driving enforcement activities as part of a statewide wave from Nov. 1 to 14.  The State Police will conduct operations in Tioga and Sullivan counties. Pennsylvania law enforcement reminds motorists to keep their distance from aggressive drivers who exhibit behaviors such as speeding, tailgating and running red lig...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 The CHS competition cheerleading is looking for the communities help. They are looking for favorite warropr recipes and old/current sports photos of any kind to be used in a Warrior Country Cookbook. The Cheerleaders will be collecting the recipes till November 10. You may drop them off at the following places: The Canton Independent-Sentinel, Canton Elementary/ High School offices, any CHS compe...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Nathan "Goff" Lawson, 89, of Clinton, Ohio, formerly of Troy,  passed away peacefully Friday, October 21, 2011, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. Born November 13, 1921, he was the son of Nathan G. and Gay Nell Lawson. Nathan was a World War II Army Veteran and a 60 year member of VFW Post No. 8675. He worked for many years as a bookkeeper in Canton. He was preceded in death by his...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 On October 25, 2011, Jay Emerson Lewis, 76, Springfield, passed away at home following a battle with cancer. Born December 30, 1934 in Elmira, NY, he was the son of Joel and Flossie VanSlyke Lewis. He was married to the former Shirley Seybolt in 1957. Jay was a graduate of  Southside High School in Elmira and Harpur College (now SUNY of Binghamton). His working life was spent in the office e...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Shirley Richards, 76, of Canton, and formerly of Roaring Branch, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2011, at Manorcare South Health Services in Williamsport. Shirley Mae Roupp was born on June 18, 1935 in Williamsport, a daughter of the late Welford and Martha (Botsford) Roupp.  She was married to Jacob “Jack” Richards for 45 years before his passing on March 25, 2005. In additio...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Glenn R. Slater Jr., 55, of Cayuta, NY, passed away very unexpectedly on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was born on Oct. 29, 1956 in Troy,  to the late Glenn and Iona (Brink) Slater Sr. Glenn is survived by his wife, Karen "Missy" Slater of Cayuta; sons Charles (Jennylee) Slater of Sayre, Greg (Jenny) Slater of Towanda, and Leslie Slater of Athens; daughters Melissa (...

Wednesday November 2, 2011 Teresa A. Trego passed away on October 26, 2011. She was loving mother of Annabelle Rose Trego Mumford; close friend and companion of Morgan F. Mumford; beloved daughter of Robert Trego, Jr. and Barbara Yoder (Brian); sister of Charles Trego (Sherrill) and Lisa Rose. Also surviving are her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trego Sr,, and Charles and Audrey Brackman; many aunts, uncles, cousins, a...