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Golf Tournament |
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8th Annual PSP-HEMC Four Man
Golf Scramble
July 31, 2008 @ Manada Golf Club, Route 443, Grantville, PA.
(Reserve Early, spots are limited; registration will be accepted on first come, first
served basis) |
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STATE POLICE HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL & MEMORIAL CENTER |
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| Through this web site, and in particular, this newsletter, we
will keep you informed about the Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational and
Memorial Center plus other PSP news events. |
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Preident Harry S. Truman, with his wife Bess |
In the PSP-HEMC January 2008 Newsletter we reported the efforts of Matthew Algeo, a
writer, whose gathering information about a road trip taken in the 1950's by former
President Harry S. Truman, and his wife Bess. He is writing a book about this trip, and
had information regarding the former President being stopped by a Pennsylvania State
Trooper for a traffic violation. Algeo has developed the facts about this incident. We
update our earlier item with a July 1953 news story. “Former President Harry S.
Truman, traveling through Pennsylvania on his way home to Missouri, got a lecture on good
driving yesterday from a State Trooper.” About two miles east of Everett, on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike, Private Manley Stampler, of the Pennsylvania State Police, stopped
the former President after he made an improper pass. According to the news item Stampler
said “He (Truman) was going towards Pittsburgh and doing about 50 mph........when I
started to pass him.” Mr. Truman pulled in front of the State Police car forcing
Stampler to slow down. “I followed him to see what the score was. I didn’t know
I was following the former President.....I pulled alongside of him and thought I
recognized him. I waved at him to pull off the right of way. I told him what he had done
wrong, and he said he didn’t realize it - that it wasn’t intentional....I
don’t remember his exact words but he said he would be more careful. We shook hands
and parted. Mrs Truman was sitting beside him in the front seat and didn’t say
anything. But she smiled and waved to me when they left.” The information for this
story is from a July 6, 1953 Pittsburgh Post Gazette news report provided by Matthew
Algeo. Retired State Trooper Manley Stampler lives in Surprise, Arizona, near Phoenix.
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PSP ret. "Retirees' Scoops") |
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CURRENT EXHIBITS
(Mini-Museum) View Tour Promo |
We currently have PSP historical exhibits at
HEMC. Tours of the "Mini-Museum" are free and scheduled by calling PSP-HEMC. The
Mini-Museum provides only a small glimpse of what the future museum will be like when
completed. Contributions are still needed to help build the actual center.
exhibit page.
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| Learn about, children whose bodies were
found in the woods. |
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Cpl. Robert “Bob” Borkert during
a rodeo performance
circa1960"s. (Photo provided by retired Tpr. Robert Van Noy) |
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| The 8th PSP Rodeo Team
Reunion is set for Friday, June 13, 2008, at the Shellsville Picnic Grove, Shellsville.
Tickets for the event are $20.00 and must be purchased in advance by active/retired
Troopers or Civilian employees ONLY. If you plan to attend this reunion,
purchase your tickets as-soon-as possible. Please do not wait until the week of the event!
Rodeo Website Questions
can be directed to retired Cpl. Howard L. Endy 717-473-3626 or Cpl. Al Irvin at
717-533-7805, atiatiz@comcast.net |
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Tours
If you are interested in touring the Mini-museum please contact us.
For details... click here! |
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an enjoyable and pleasant experience when visiting us... just like we will offer to the
visitors of the center when it's complete. |
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The Pennsylvania
State Police Historical, Educational and Memorial Center is looking for volunteers to
assist in conducting oral history interviews of individuals who have experienced or
knowledge of Pennsylvania State Police historical events.
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You already have the basic skill for doing oral history: these come from life-long
experience in the processes of human interaction. The oral history interview builds on
this basic social competence.
• We will train you in how to do background research, how to do
pre-interview research, teach you the techniques of oral history fieldwork, and you will
learn the many other processes required to make you successful at oral history
interviewing.
• We will also train and furnish you with the necessary equipment
needed to document the oral history.
• All oral history training is provided absolutely free!
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The Oral History Project is looking for individuals in the northwest,
northeast and central regions of the state of Pennsylvania who would be interested in
conducting interviews with chosen Pennsylvania State Police retiree narrators. The
volunteeer interviewers would be trained in conducting Oral Histories and would be
compensated for their mileage and meals during the interview sessions. We are looking for
individuals who want to preserve the history and heritage of the Pennsylvania State
Police.
Details
If you are interested or would like more information please contact Kim Cady at the
Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational and Memorial Center (PSP-HEMC) at (717)
534-0565 or send us an e-mail. |
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not send or submit items for the State Police Center to individuals who claim to be from
the H.E.M.C. You can call the office at 1-717-534-0565 to check on who is authorized
to accept items on behalf of the museum portion of the Center. |
PSP-HEMC
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The Pa State Police H.E.M.C. Operations offices are in Hershey, Pa at 187
East Hershey Park Drive. Office hours may vary at times but generally, you can reach
us Monday thru Friday 8:00am to 5:30pm.
May 17th thru Sept. 13th, Museum is open on
Saturday's from 9:00am-3:00pm
If
you are traveling from a distance, call ahead! (We are normally closed Saturdays,
Sundays and for state holidays, and occasionally we are closed if out of town doing a
show). You can reach us or leave a message at phone 717-534-0565, or e-mail, psphemc@gmail.com
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