PAGES OF THE PAST
2004
• Campbell Transportation in Dunlevy did something that no local river transportation company had done in 30 years—it launched two new towboats to ply the waters of the Monongahela and other local rivers. The “Renee Lynn” and the “Alice Jean” were expected to push barges up and down the river for the next five decades. Each of the diesel-powered craft cost about $3 million to build.
• Campbell Transportation in Dunlevy did something that no local river transportation company had done in 30 years—it launched two new towboats to ply the waters of the Monongahela and other local rivers. The “Renee Lynn” and the “Alice Jean” were expected to push barges up and down the river for the next five decades. Each of the diesel-powered craft cost about $3 million to build.
• While many spent Inde- pendence Day in their back yards grilling, Kathleen Zippay spent most of the Fourth of July alone in her bedroom. Zippay worried about her son and daughter, both of whom were serving in the military in Iraq. Zippay, of Fallowfield Township, and her husband Joe, recently learned that their son, U.S. Army First Lt. John Hamric and daughter Army Staff Sgt. Tammy Hamric would soon begin their third tour of duty in Iraq. This means that for the third time in less than two years, the Hamrics will receive their children’s last wills and testaments for safe keeping. Hamric said, “I am just heartbroken. God brought them back to me twice. Will he do it a third time?”
• Downtown West Newton Inc. was set to host its fourth annual garden tour Sunday. The tour would feature a woodsy retreat surround- ing a 14-room mansion-like home dating from the early 1800s owned by Valerie and Rich Bartheis. Also on the tour were returning hosts Sally and Tim Williams of Plummer School Road and Jo and Merle Johnson of Third Street. New on the tour was the home of Henrietta and Ernie Doyle of Allison Street.
