These included the SummersCool tent, where free lessons in camping, kayaking and windsurfing were offered the Lake Arthur Lily Pad, which featured children’s activities and the 18-mile biking, trail running and canoeing “MECA” race. In addition to the classic features of the regatta such as the sailboat races, the car cruise and the Nautical Nature boat tours, the event featured several new activities. The event was at Moraine State Park, mostly around the Pleasant Valley Beach area on the South Shore. In the days leading up to the regatta, Muchnok predicted attendance to fall between 5,000 and 10,000 people. Sunday drew another 3,540, making the two-day total of 9,569 a 27 percent increase from last year. Saturday’s attendance swelled to 6,029, a 67 percent increase from 2013. This morning she said the turnout far exceeded last year’s attendance. “The general mood is excited,” she said Saturday. The deceased male became a "John Doe" and was laid to rest at Longwood Cemetery in an unmarked grave where he remained unidentified for 44 years.MUDDY CREEK TWP - Organizers of the 16th annual Regatta at Lake Arthur had a good feeling about the event, and the turnout for the two-day regatta proved them right.ĭespite periodic downpours, people came out in droves, said Holly Muchnok of East Wing Events in Gibsonia. Initial and subsequent attempts to identify the deceased male through fingerprint records in national and military data bases were unsuccessful. Correspondence detailing the man's description and polaroid photos were distributed to surrounding United States Marine Corps and Naval installations. The incident was reported by newspapers in the surrounding area, including Philadelphia, PA, and Wilmington, DE. An investigation into the man's death and his identity was conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police, Criminal Investigation Unit, at which time it was called the Troop J, Exton Substation. He also had what was believed to be a healed bullet wound on his upper left arm. He had two tattoos one being a bird in flight with a heart in the background and the other being a bulldog wearing a World War I helmet and the letters "USMC" printed below it. He was white, appeared to be between twenty and thirty years of age, dark brown hair, and hazel eyes. The deceased male carried no wallet or identification.
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