Chuck Felton Remembers his 16 Months at the Cresson TB Sanatorium, Part One

WPSU | By Patty Satalia

Published August 2, 2012 at 12:00 AM EDT

Chuck Felton at the TB sanatorium in Cresson, Pa.

In 1955, Chuck Felton was seventeen, president of his senior class at Towanda Valley High School in northeastern Pennsylvania, with plans to attend Penn State. Then he was diagnosed with TB—tuberculosis.

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Patty Satalia

Patty Satalia was a senior producer/host for WPSU-TV and FM from 1987 to 2017. Prior to joining Penn State Public Broadcasting, she worked in commercial television in Pittsburgh, first as a film editor and fill-in capsule news anchor for WPGH-TV, and later, for WPTT-TV as public affairs director and co-host of the talk-show, People, Places and Things.

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