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For years after Woodstock it seemed that any time that more than a dozen folks got
together outside and listened to music it tended to be classified a "rock festival." And
it was no different around here as what would have previously been just a "party"
morphed into a "rock festival." Certainly the primary one in our area was "Turkey Hill."
Held on the Sunday before Labor Day, the festivals carried on from 1970 through 1975
at a camp in Knox Township generously provided by the late Terence O'Donnell.
Really I don't recall that 1970 was an actual "Turkey Hill Rock Festival" but just
a loose gathering of friends listening to some tunes and drinking some beer . . .
and which just happened to take place up on Turkey Hill. But, for sure, 1971
was billed as and advertised as a "Rock Festival" with several bands and that's
when the community got "involved." They got involved by seeking a court ruling to
keep it from happening - they didn't want a bunch of durned Hippies invading.
I don't think Clearfield County really had any bona fide hippies around then and as
far as outside invaders we did have some friends from State College who came to enjoy
the day with us. But Woodstock had happened in 1969, the movie had appeared in
1970 and by then anything that smacked of a "rock festival" was enough to spur the
negative connotations, deserved or not. It wasn't just here at home that folks were
taking legal action to stop the madness. The same weekend in 1971 that we had
planned for ours there was a group in Butler County organizing one and they
were also enjoined. While the one in Butler ended up quashed, we had some
good attorneys here working on our side pro-bono and the court allowed
ours to go on as scheduled. Reporting on the two court
cases, one of the Pittsburgh paper's headline proclaimed ~
"Rock Festivals - Butler "No-No", Clearfield "Go-Go"
We did make some concessions to the concerned citizens; we had to rent a
sufficient number of Porta-Potties and we had to hire some extra "security"- some
Lawrence Township Fire Policemen who seemed to have as much fun as anyone else.
( See related newspaper articles below and on the next page. )
In the six years of festivals I don't remember so much as a fist fight.
After 1971, while we still called it a Rock Festival and still had bands, things kind of
reverted to the lower key type of party as in 1970 and there were no more legal squabbles.
Even some of the folks from the surrounding villages who had been against us in 1971
showed up to see what all the fuss was about and were welcomed into the fold.
Peace had returned to the hilltop.
In the pictures below some of the folks are wearing "Turkey Hill #3" T-Shirts,
but I'm not sure if they refers to the third "party" or the third actual billed
"Rock Festival" but either way these would be from about 1972 or 1973.
All pictures graciously provided by Jack Woolridge and are most appreciated.
together outside and listened to music it tended to be classified a "rock festival." And
it was no different around here as what would have previously been just a "party"
morphed into a "rock festival." Certainly the primary one in our area was "Turkey Hill."
Held on the Sunday before Labor Day, the festivals carried on from 1970 through 1975
at a camp in Knox Township generously provided by the late Terence O'Donnell.
Really I don't recall that 1970 was an actual "Turkey Hill Rock Festival" but just
a loose gathering of friends listening to some tunes and drinking some beer . . .
and which just happened to take place up on Turkey Hill. But, for sure, 1971
was billed as and advertised as a "Rock Festival" with several bands and that's
when the community got "involved." They got involved by seeking a court ruling to
keep it from happening - they didn't want a bunch of durned Hippies invading.
I don't think Clearfield County really had any bona fide hippies around then and as
far as outside invaders we did have some friends from State College who came to enjoy
the day with us. But Woodstock had happened in 1969, the movie had appeared in
1970 and by then anything that smacked of a "rock festival" was enough to spur the
negative connotations, deserved or not. It wasn't just here at home that folks were
taking legal action to stop the madness. The same weekend in 1971 that we had
planned for ours there was a group in Butler County organizing one and they
were also enjoined. While the one in Butler ended up quashed, we had some
good attorneys here working on our side pro-bono and the court allowed
ours to go on as scheduled. Reporting on the two court
cases, one of the Pittsburgh paper's headline proclaimed ~
"Rock Festivals - Butler "No-No", Clearfield "Go-Go"
We did make some concessions to the concerned citizens; we had to rent a
sufficient number of Porta-Potties and we had to hire some extra "security"- some
Lawrence Township Fire Policemen who seemed to have as much fun as anyone else.
( See related newspaper articles below and on the next page. )
In the six years of festivals I don't remember so much as a fist fight.
After 1971, while we still called it a Rock Festival and still had bands, things kind of
reverted to the lower key type of party as in 1970 and there were no more legal squabbles.
Even some of the folks from the surrounding villages who had been against us in 1971
showed up to see what all the fuss was about and were welcomed into the fold.
Peace had returned to the hilltop.
In the pictures below some of the folks are wearing "Turkey Hill #3" T-Shirts,
but I'm not sure if they refers to the third "party" or the third actual billed
"Rock Festival" but either way these would be from about 1972 or 1973.
All pictures graciously provided by Jack Woolridge and are most appreciated.
Turkey Hill Rock Festival, 1970's - Page 1 ~
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Just a couple of meaningless observations ~
The little boy in front of the barbeque pit in the second row of pictures must be close to 50 now!
Where have the years gone?
I spied at least two VW buses in the pictures, musta been some "hippies" there.
Everyone seems to be drinking Blue Ribbon, none of that "lite" stuff back then.
The little boy in front of the barbeque pit in the second row of pictures must be close to 50 now!
Where have the years gone?
I spied at least two VW buses in the pictures, musta been some "hippies" there.
Everyone seems to be drinking Blue Ribbon, none of that "lite" stuff back then.
Click any picture to enlarge
Pictures 1 thru 3 ~ 1) Eleanor and Dan P. Arnold, Esq. 2) Kate Waterworth (brunette),Tina Lee (blonde),
3) Mary Anne (Hoover) Moore.
4 & 5) Unidentified cute little guy; BULLETIN: I've been advised that the little guy is Mike (he was
probably Mikey back then) Yeager, the son of Lynn & Nancy Yeager, see picture #16
Picture #6) Sam Waterworth.
7) Bobby (Karchner) Carlson, Me, Bobby's Husband, 8) Dave Semelsberger, 9) Nan Rougeux & Mike Wisor.
10) Me & the Carlsons again, 11) view from the Hillside, 12) Karen Young, Me, Tucker Arnold,
Tom Arnold, Rene Woolridge facing us.
13) Jody & Sam Yost being welcomed by Roger Thomson, 14) view from the Hill toward the camp,
15) Peggy Santinoceto & Me
16) Lynn & Nancy Yeager, Bernie Billotte, Terry O'Donnell, Bill Anderson, not sure about the folks at
the condiment table.
17) Charlie Leggs looking right at us, Earl Caldwell in the fancy trou', 18) Roger Thomson &
Ed Kitchen in front, back - Ernie Arford (I think)
19) General crowd scene but that yellow station wagon is an old Rambler we bought from Harry and
"chanced-off", just like at the Fair. Connie Hess had the lucky number., 20) Jim Anderson (l),
Butch Flanagan looking right at us, not sure about the rest.
21) Dan Arnold, Rene (Bireschi) Woolridge, Doug Thomson on cycle.
22) Jean Fox, 23 & 24) Charlie Ricotta on sax.
25) Many of the summer weekends were dedicated to getting the grounds ready including this work
party building the stage for the bands, so this picture is probably from one of those sessions, not the
actual day of the festival. Even though these were "work sessions", we'd also cook up some hot dogs
and drink a few beers and sometimes they were just as much fun as the Festival day itself.
26) Ken Pepper, friend of ours from Virginia, Sam Waterworth in white shirt, Phil Thomson.,
27) Jack Leitzinger, Rene, Sam Waterworth.
( Ken Pepper, Sam & his sister Kate Waterworth, Roger Thomson and brother Doug, Jack Leitzinger,
Jack Woolridge and I were all part of a gang of mostly displaced Clearfielders that hung out together,
some of us sharing a house, in Arlington VA in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There were lots folks in
the gang but I'm only referencing those that appear in these pictures.) Good Times, Good Memories.
28) Cheri Fleck & Marion Kirsch, 29) Sally Palmgren & Orv Fletcher, 30) Kate, Tina and Rene.
31 & 32) Gettin' the grub ready., 33) Terrence "Buck" O'Donnell, our gracious host.
34) Rene Woolridge., 35) Tina & Sam., 36) Charlie Ricotta again on sax.
37) Me drinking a Blue Ribbon on the tailgate of the Rambler with a young lady that I can't identify.,
38) Joe Mollica., 39) Buster DiSalvo sporting a fancy chapeu, lookin' like he's heading to the Derby.
40) Mary Di Salvo. Mary of course was Buster's mother and original owner of the bar on Daisy Street
still called "Busters."
As I said above in talking about the work parties, all of these may not have been taken on the same
weekend nor even the same year.
Anyone who can add to or correct any of the info anywhere on this page can contact me here.
Your input would be welcomed.
3) Mary Anne (Hoover) Moore.
4 & 5) Unidentified cute little guy; BULLETIN: I've been advised that the little guy is Mike (he was
probably Mikey back then) Yeager, the son of Lynn & Nancy Yeager, see picture #16
Picture #6) Sam Waterworth.
7) Bobby (Karchner) Carlson, Me, Bobby's Husband, 8) Dave Semelsberger, 9) Nan Rougeux & Mike Wisor.
10) Me & the Carlsons again, 11) view from the Hillside, 12) Karen Young, Me, Tucker Arnold,
Tom Arnold, Rene Woolridge facing us.
13) Jody & Sam Yost being welcomed by Roger Thomson, 14) view from the Hill toward the camp,
15) Peggy Santinoceto & Me
16) Lynn & Nancy Yeager, Bernie Billotte, Terry O'Donnell, Bill Anderson, not sure about the folks at
the condiment table.
17) Charlie Leggs looking right at us, Earl Caldwell in the fancy trou', 18) Roger Thomson &
Ed Kitchen in front, back - Ernie Arford (I think)
19) General crowd scene but that yellow station wagon is an old Rambler we bought from Harry and
"chanced-off", just like at the Fair. Connie Hess had the lucky number., 20) Jim Anderson (l),
Butch Flanagan looking right at us, not sure about the rest.
21) Dan Arnold, Rene (Bireschi) Woolridge, Doug Thomson on cycle.
22) Jean Fox, 23 & 24) Charlie Ricotta on sax.
25) Many of the summer weekends were dedicated to getting the grounds ready including this work
party building the stage for the bands, so this picture is probably from one of those sessions, not the
actual day of the festival. Even though these were "work sessions", we'd also cook up some hot dogs
and drink a few beers and sometimes they were just as much fun as the Festival day itself.
26) Ken Pepper, friend of ours from Virginia, Sam Waterworth in white shirt, Phil Thomson.,
27) Jack Leitzinger, Rene, Sam Waterworth.
( Ken Pepper, Sam & his sister Kate Waterworth, Roger Thomson and brother Doug, Jack Leitzinger,
Jack Woolridge and I were all part of a gang of mostly displaced Clearfielders that hung out together,
some of us sharing a house, in Arlington VA in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There were lots folks in
the gang but I'm only referencing those that appear in these pictures.) Good Times, Good Memories.
28) Cheri Fleck & Marion Kirsch, 29) Sally Palmgren & Orv Fletcher, 30) Kate, Tina and Rene.
31 & 32) Gettin' the grub ready., 33) Terrence "Buck" O'Donnell, our gracious host.
34) Rene Woolridge., 35) Tina & Sam., 36) Charlie Ricotta again on sax.
37) Me drinking a Blue Ribbon on the tailgate of the Rambler with a young lady that I can't identify.,
38) Joe Mollica., 39) Buster DiSalvo sporting a fancy chapeu, lookin' like he's heading to the Derby.
40) Mary Di Salvo. Mary of course was Buster's mother and original owner of the bar on Daisy Street
still called "Busters."
As I said above in talking about the work parties, all of these may not have been taken on the same
weekend nor even the same year.
Anyone who can add to or correct any of the info anywhere on this page can contact me here.
Your input would be welcomed.
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The following article was printed in The Progress on Sept. 6, 2021 and harkens back to one that actually
appeared in the paper on Sept. 4, 1971 and which chronicled a court hearing that had taken place on the
previous day, Friday,Sept 3, 1971. This will serve as the lead-in to a bunch of articles scavenged
up from newpapers.com that detail the hearing and a Progress recap of the festival itself.
appeared in the paper on Sept. 4, 1971 and which chronicled a court hearing that had taken place on the
previous day, Friday,Sept 3, 1971. This will serve as the lead-in to a bunch of articles scavenged
up from newpapers.com that detail the hearing and a Progress recap of the festival itself.
www.clearfieldreunions.com 144.217.252.134 YES-090921
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NEW Pictures ~ the Context ~
The pictures that follow were from the archives of The Progress and have been turned over to
the Clearfield County Historical Society who have been gracious enough to let us use them. Like
those above it was Jack Woolridge who put me on the scent. I don't know for absolute certain
who took these but I do have a clue: On the following page there are a number of articles from
the paper, some of which carry the byline of Terry Dunkle. At least two of these pictures accomp-
anied one of his articles and I'm going to guess that he took them all. So as they say on Antiques Roadshow when they are not sure of something's provenance, we're going to "attribute" them
to Terry Dunkle. At this late date I don't think anyone will argue about it.
For more Clearfield County Fun go the Historical Society's Website and to see a whole lot more
of these old Progress photos go to the Society's Facebook page.
The pictures that follow were from the archives of The Progress and have been turned over to
the Clearfield County Historical Society who have been gracious enough to let us use them. Like
those above it was Jack Woolridge who put me on the scent. I don't know for absolute certain
who took these but I do have a clue: On the following page there are a number of articles from
the paper, some of which carry the byline of Terry Dunkle. At least two of these pictures accomp-
anied one of his articles and I'm going to guess that he took them all. So as they say on Antiques Roadshow when they are not sure of something's provenance, we're going to "attribute" them
to Terry Dunkle. At this late date I don't think anyone will argue about it.
For more Clearfield County Fun go the Historical Society's Website and to see a whole lot more
of these old Progress photos go to the Society's Facebook page.
Click on any of these pictures to enlarge.
I'll try to get around to captioning some of them.
I'll try to get around to captioning some of them.