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by robert blair craig It seems that one is always wishing one’s life away. It goes way back long before “Carry Me Back To Old Virginia” was penned. Even the prophets of the Bible wished they were — way back, sometimes. Each of us longingly reflect on yester-year at times. It isn’t necessarily because we are tired of where we are at the time, but we do it. As the leaves of age creep across the span of our lives we can’t help but remember — or should I say, some are blessed to have this gift and can’t help but remember those by-gone-days. Dixonville Pennsylvania brings before me some great, great images
that shall never be pushed aside by the avalanche of present day dangers and
fears — even those days when mom would warn when we would go out to
play in the snow: "Don’t eat the snow!" Mom would say, "There is danger
that it may be contaminated with radiation!" "What is radiation?," Ken and
I would ask. "The government has tested a bomb in the desert off (somewhere
that seemed so very far away)." Oh, yes. There were those times. Those of
you that remember, don’t they seem so enticing compared with our fears of
today?
Dixonville. In the article,"Home Made Bread," I reflected on
some of the things we recall of home . . . but, I didn’t touch a great deal on the
memories of the town itself. I have talked about it some here and there —
like in the article when I recalled my grand-father, Harry Blair Fleming,
setting on the front porch and telling me about how he used to float logs down
Dixon Creek. Yes, if you look on the earliest maps of Indiana County, you
will be able to find Dixon Creek — long before there was ever a
Dixonville, Barr Slope or Clymer.
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 While touring Colorado Glenda and I
Riding through on our Yamahaw
The sign out
front simply noted, "Craig's Home."
 
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Column 2, Row 2
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It must have been a grand stream.
However, today, it is hardly a trickle. You may be surprised to know that
it was the Hospital at Dixonville, PA, that the survivors of one of the
worst mining accidents at Sample Run (Near Clymer, PA) occurred. It
is recorded that those victims were taken to Dixonville. Grandmother
Fleming could also keep one's attention while sharing stories of her
life while she kept busy doing a lot of things not even drempt of today.
Memories of Dixonville would have to include a lot of things. Some
of them I shall try and record here — who knows for who. It shall do my
heart good just to do the recalling of them. As my recollections (a word dad,
Robert Le Roy Craig used quite often) begin to roll one of the first things
that I see is how good the sledding was in the winter. Our home was built on
the side of a real steep hill . . . about a 45 degree steep hill. Every winter in the 1940s
brought much snow and so it is fitting that this would be one of the first
thoughts to flow. Along with the snow, of course, was the cold. Ice would
freeze over Dixon Creek and that made for great skating. Oh, no, there
were no ice skates — only the flats of our boots.
SEE "HOME-MAID BREAD"
Chopper!
 You really think so?
I really didn't think it was!
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We believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God, is God, was born of a virgin, was crucified as punishment for the sins of mankind severally, was resurrected on the third day, ascended into heaven, and is coming back soon to rule and reign for evermore.
We believe that the only way to eternal salvation is through personal belief that the blood of Jesus is all-sufficient for the penalty of sin and an acceptance of him into your life as Lord and Saviour.
We believe in salvation by grace alone, and that salvation is immediate and eternal upon acceptance of Jesus as a one-time sacrifice for your sins, and not obtained through any works, sacraments, traditions or merits of our own.
We believe in the Trinity: That God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit are three Persons present in one God.
Our Statement of Faith is based on our experience confirmed by a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the undergirding of the Holy Spirit and a total FAITH in God.
~~Bob & Glenda Craig
Romans 7: 24-25;
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Praise Be to God - it has nothing to do with race,
it has everything to do with grace!
"He paid a debt He didn't owe,
Because I owed a debt I couldn't pay!"
--CPN 2003
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