Students of Dunmore Elementary Center’s first summer camp got to Explore the History of NEPA over a two-week period.
These students learned about Pennsylvania history and facts, engaged in a scavenger hunt of monuments and architecture of Scranton’s Courthouse Square, visited the Steamtown National Historic Site, explored the Electric City Trolley Museum with an excursion to PNC Field, traveled down 300 feet below ground to the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, toured the Everhart Museum, bowled at South Side Lanes, and ate ice cream at Manning’s Farm in Dalton.
This camp was in partnership with a grant from the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Association. Students entering 4th-6th grades were able to apply to the camp. This is the fourth year Dunmore Elementary Center was able to host this program.
On behalf of Coach McHale and the Dunmore football program, the Friends of the Bucks members want to say thank you to everyone who made the 3 events on Alumni Day and Youth Fundamentals Camp huge successes. In no particular order…
Thank you to the Dunmore School District for allowing Alumni Day and Youth Fundamentals Camp to be held on Saturday morning. The District always goes above and beyond for our student-athletes and the community in general.
Thank you to all the athletes who participated in camp. Your enthusiasm on such a hot day demonstrates why the Dunmore football program is successful year after year.
Thank you to the parents and guardians of the athletes for allowing your child to attend camp. There were heat related concerns and you believed in us enough to know we would take measures to keep your child safe.
Boys who attended the Youth Fundamentals summer football camp presented a check to the Friend of the Bucks for $2,007 which they raised at a lemonade stand at Bucktown MusicFest. Pictured from left are: Dominick Lepri, Cullen Hart, Nick DeMuro, Dunmore Bucks Coach Kevin McHale, Brody McCarthy, and Carter Bantell. (Photo by Tony Ingargiola)
Thank you to the alumni who braved the heat and came out to enjoy Alumni Day and Youth Fundamentals Camp. A special shout out to Mr. Earl Davis, age 89, who was our eldest alumnus in attendance. Once a Buck Always a Buck!
Thank you to “Team Sonny” lead by Brody McCarthy for making the formal presentation of the funds collected from the lemonade stand held at the Bucktown Musicfest in memory of Sonny Crotti. You are our future leaders on and off the field. Dunmore Proud!
Thank you to the members of the Dunmore School District maintenance staff. You are always there to meet our needs. You worked in the heat for two days to get everything ready for camp and then take it all down when it was over. You are the best!
Thank you to Ms. Maureen Burke-Maluso for being the athletic trainer for camp. Safety for all those involved was a top priority.
Thank you to all who answered our request for portable tents/canopies. It was definitely the hottest camp day we’ve had.
Thank you to all the people who volunteered as coaches for camp. You are why camp was a great event.
Thank you to Kurt Buaman for being this year’s distinguished alumnus and speaking to our camp participants.
Thank you to Tim Drewes Photography for designing our great shirts. You allowed us to honor the memories of three individuals- Coach Henzes, Sonny Crotti and Mr. Montaro- who held special places in the football program. Nunzis Advertising did a wonderful job putting your vision on the shirts.
Thank you to Mr. Tony “Ingy” Ingargiola for being our photographer/videographer for camp. Check out his work in the separate posts capturing the camp festivities.
Thank you to Jim and his staff from The Fireside Martini Grill for catering our lunch. It wasn’t an easy task cooking at hot grills during a heat wave.
Thank you to The Bistro at the Holiday Inn East for allowing alumni and fans (21+) to gather on Friday night. The hospitality shown by Corey and his staff was exceptional. The alumni and fans who came helped to convert some Bistro patrons to Bucks fans!
Thank you to Mike and the entire staff at Buddy Clarke’s for allowing alumni and fans (21+) to reconnect on Saturday night. After a hot morning at camp, the alumni and fans in attendance truly enjoyed having a cold beverage in the evening and Buddy Clarke’s was a great location to end our events weekend.
Thank you to The Dunmorean for helping us promote our events. There’s nothing better than a hometown paper.
If there were people missed, we apologize and thank you too. As we always say, we couldn’t do what we do without you. You are the TRUE members of the Friends of the Bucks!
Thank You! Tony, Mary Ann, Timmy, Pat, J.J. and Robert
NOTE: The events at The Bistro and Buddy Clarke’s were not associated with or sponsored by the Dunmore School District
“On the great clock of life, the time for health is now.” (Dr. Anna Ellison)
Born on December 26, 1888, to Albert and Elizabeth Etzrodt, Anna Etzrodt was raised and educated in Scranton. Following her early schooling, Anna worked as a dressmaker. She then furthered her education and was a 1917 graduate of the Dr. Reed Burns Private Hospital Training School for Nurses.
In 1919, Etzrodt matriculated into The Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. While at The Palmer School she met recently widowed fellow student Jay W. Ellison of Bay City Michigan. The two dated briefly and were wed in May 1920.
Following the marriage, Anna left school for almost three years. During that time, a son, Edward, was born to the couple. After a hiatus of almost three years, Anna Etzrodt Ellison returned to The Palmer School and graduated in 1923.
Following her graduation the Ellisons returned to Scranton, but Jay Ellison’s stay was short-lived. By 1924, Anna Ellison filed for divorce on grounds of desertion as Jay Ellison had returned to Michigan. The divorce never came to fruition and the couple remained estranged for the remainder of their lives.
Anna Ellison operated a chiropractic office in the Coal Exchange Building on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton until 1940. She then purchased a home at 603 Jefferson Avenue. In 1943, the house became Ellison Chiropractic Hospital. Ellison advertised regularly that her hospital offered a restful environment with one of the finest and most completely equipped offices employing a staff of nurses and trained technicians.
She felt her chiropractic method could correct health problems in all parts of the body. Ellison also practiced plasmatic therapy which involved inducing heat into blood circulation to treat illnesses. In 1942, Ellison’s estranged husband died due to colon cancer. Shortly after his death Ellison began treating of ailments of the colon.
Anna Ellison held membership in the American Bureau of Chiropractic, Pennsylvania Chiropractic Society, Anthracite Chiropractic Association of Pennsylvania, and International Plasmatic Therapy Association. Her establishment on Jefferson Avenue hosted guests in the chiropractic field who visited Scranton for conferences held at the Hotel Jermyn. Likewise, Ellison attended chiropractic and plasmatic therapy conferences both nationally and internationally.
During her career, Ellison received numerous accolades for her chiropractic and alternative methods of healing. But her greatest honor came from the son she raised single-handed. In 1943, while serving with the United States Air Force, Private Edward Ellison was interviewed and stated, “I want to become a chiropractor like my mother when the war ends.” In 1947, Edward Ellison graduated as a physician from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.
Anna Ellison died at the age of 61 of kidney disease on August 24, 1950. She was laid to rest in Section 23 of the Dunmore Cemetery. Shortly after her death, the 20-room house that was the Ellison Chiropractic Hospital was purchased by the Jewish Federation. The house was eventually razed and is currently the site of Scranton’s Jewish Community Center.
