(Lifestyles editor Louise Fritz is on vacation. This week’s Bulletin Board was written by staff writer Nick Cammuso.)

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Latrobe Area Historical Society Secretary Connie Marucco writes:

On this Veterans Day weekend, my thoughts are of my paternal grandfather, Walter B. Fritz (1892-1987), who drove a team of horses hauling ammunition to the front lines in France as a soldier with the 305th Ammunition Train in the U.S. Army’s 80th Division in World War I, and my father, Raymo…

This week’s column was a joint effort of Lifestyles editor Louise Fritz and staff writer Nick Cammuso.

Sign-up is underway for the annual Veterans Recognition Dinner at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Paul Lizza Post 3414 of Latrobe.

Latrobe Lions Club Secretary Mary Ellen Miller reminds everyone the City of Latrobe Halloween Costume Contest will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Memorial Stadium parking lot. Participants should gather there by 1:25 p.m. since judging begins promptly at 1:30 p.m.

(Lifestyles editor Louise Fritz is on vacation. This week’s Bulletin Board was written by staff writer Nick Cammuso.)

The City of Latrobe Halloween Costume Contest will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Memorial Stadium parking lot. Participants should gather there by 1:25 p.m. Judging begins promptly at 1:30 p.m.

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Youngstown, will participate in the Fall Harvest Walk for Hunger Prevention sponsored by the churches of the Greater Latrobe Ministerial Association from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 5, at Latrobe Memorial Stadium.

A Latrobe area author will be a guest of Greensburg College Club at its first meeting of the 2019-20 season, slated for Thursday, Sept. 19, at Greensburg Garden and Civic Center, 951 Old Salem Road.

The Latrobe Area Historical Society is busy preparing a presentation in time for Veterans Day in November.

The seventh annual Valley Dairy Great American Banana Split Celebration is underway in downtown Latrobe with free entertainment, activities, food vendors and more for all ages.

Art Dira of the Veterans Memorial Plaza Committee asked me to include this update:

Let’s start off with an update from Latrobe Area Historical Society Secretary Connie Marucco:

The flag of our country is flying during August at Thomas B. Anderson American Legion Post 515, Latrobe, in honor of Eric Lee Guzik.

The weather was delightful for the 24th annual Fritz family reunion last Saturday, July 20, at our family’s shaded picnic grounds “Back in the Woods,” located between Lycippus and Weltytown in Mount Pleasant Township.

Unity Township American Legion Post 982 will celebrate the American Legion’s 100th birthday Saturday, July 27, at the post, beginning at 2 p.m. There will be a picnic, with food, games, prizes, a DJ and more. There will also be the installation of Legion and Auxiliary officers.