ABOUT THE PHOTO ON THE COVER

Because there are no paved roads, which did not occur until 1922, this photo was probably taken before then. Seven houses in lower Second Sample Run can be clearly seen, and at least fourteen houses in upper Second Sample Run can be seen.
The small buildings behind the seven houses are woodsheds (and probably tool sheds). Several very small buildings which may be "outhouses" can be seen.
The elongated building was a garage and was used for storage for some of the residents who owned automobiles.
Two-Lick Creek can clearly be seen on the left as well as a white line where the stream was slightly damned to form a swimming hole. Because there was yet no raised berm to help contain the Two-Lick during the spring, most likely Second Sample Run flooded more often until a paved highway was constructed.
A clear square patch and a round patch can be seen on the right. These served as baseball fields for the miners and residents.
This photo was taken from atop "High Rock" also known as "Turtle Head" and "Big Rock." Notice the clear view. Today, tall trees block the view.
All of these matters and others will be discussed in this booklet.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harry "Butch" Shingledecker

Harry grew up in Second Sample Run in the 1950s and attended Penns Manor Elementary School in Clymer, (This was before school buses when all the children in Sample Run walked a mile each way to and from school in fair and foul weather.) Harry's family later moved to Commodore and then to Indiana where Harry graduated from Indiana Area High School in 1966. He then served in the United States Air Force for about ten years where he worked with secret satellite data inside of Cheyenne Mountain (NORAD) and operated the computer that simulates global nuclear war games. He also helped to test software for spy planes (AWACS) that were deployed in the Middle East. After his honorable discharge, he worked for various corporations for over twenty years as a computer operator and computer programmer. Harry has been writing fiction and nonfiction part time since 1986, and full time since 2000 when he retired. Based on his boyhood experiences, he has written a children's book titled: Sample Run: A Story About A Boy Who Grew Up By A Coal Mine. (The book has not yet been published.) He had a short story titled "Mating Games" published in "Chess Life" magazine. He has also written three nonfiction books and a dozen screenplays, one of which was optioned to a Hollywood Producer. (The movie was never made, unfortunately.) Only his family and a few childhood friends refer to Harry as "Butch," a nickname given to him by a local butcher when Harry was a toddler.

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