Dorothy Knight Burchett hopes that her 80th birthday open house will be, not just a celebration of life, but a reunion and an opportunity to meet new people.
Burchett’s daughter, Shirley Carroll, granddaughter, Samantha Gatesman, and husband, Bob Burchett are planning a birthday open house from 3-5 p.m. January 25 at Knox fire hall, 514 East Railroad Street, Knox.
Dorothy Knight Burchett is preparing for her 80th birthday open house that is coming up on January 25.
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“Through my many years of existence, I have lived many places in southwestern Pennsylvania; had many careers; and met many interesting people.” says Burchett. “I’m hoping some people will stop by with whom I worked, or gone to church; or who were previous neighbors.”
Burchett graduated from Ford City High School in 1962. She began her work experience shortly out of high school at Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion Railroad Company in Clarion.
“That shortline railroad is no longer in existence,” says Burchett, “and I only know of one fellow employee who is still alive. It would be great to see him.”
Burchett worked at the Captain Loomis Hotel in Clarion when it was owned by Troese brothers. She was a columnist and reporter for the Clarion News in Clarion; co-director of AAA Pregnancy Center in Clarion. She also worked as a data transcriber and materials analyst at US Investigations Services in Boyers.
She was a lector and religious education coordinator at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Emlenton, where she attended for 40 years.
Burchett enjoyed driving Amish in the Knox, Callensburg, Spartansburg, Clintonville and Fryburg areas and hopes to see some of them on the 25th.
In addition, Burchett would like to meet some of the readers of her weekly newspaper column, “On Sunny Lane,” which has been appearing for more than five years in the New Castle News, The Progress News in Emlenton, Leader Times in Kittanning; and the Sharon Herald. When she lived in Knox, she wrote a column that appeared in the Clarion News, titled “On Huckleberry Ridge, which was the name of the community where she lived.
“I get emails from some of my readers from time to time,” Burchett says. “It would be great to put a face to some of them.”
Burchett emphasizes that guests should not bring gifts, as, “At my age, there is nothing I want, need or can use. I always tell people that ‘Your presence is my present.’”
She hopes many people will be present to share the good times on January 25.
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