Ed, years ago my mother came to this country as an immigrant, after taking 45 days to sail across the ocean, she started to work at age 13 in the Cigar Factory. All the immigrants that came to this country back then sacrificed a lot. Many of them settled in Chambersburg. Now I see in your paper they have violence, killings, and robberies in the ’Burg. I think the original immigrants would turn over in their graves if they saw how little respect there is for that area now.

The Way We Were

Times change.—Ed. Note