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Paul and Ira Bobb - Beavertown Plumbers

(Courtesy of Beatrice Bobb) Shown in the composite photos above are two Beavertown men, Paul and Ira Bobb, now deceased, who went into the plumbing business and served their customers in the...

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Beavertown High School Pennant of 1926

(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society) Last month this item came up for auction on eBay, and it was purchased to keep it in Beavertown. This high school pennant will be on display the entire...

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We Begin the Beavertown News "Hall of Fame"

(Courtesy of Pat Norman) Over our 200 plus years, we have had some citizens who deserve an especial recognition. All inductees selected or to be selected are considered of equal value. Therefore, the...

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Mayor Charles R. "Stuff" Spaid

(Courtesy of Doris Lash) “Stuff” lead the effort to make Beavertown a borough. He can really be described as the “Father of Beavertown” in that regard. He was a great promoter of our reservoir and...

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Mayor J. Frank Hetrick

(Courtesy of Patricia Hetrick Morgan) Continuing with our series on Mayors of Beavertown, this time we feature our 5th, Mayor J. Frank Hetrick, who served two terms from 1958 to 1965. “Frank” was our...

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Mama Bear and the Three Little Bears

(Courtesy of Dr. Ted Hetrick) As we reported elsewhere in this issue, these bears shown above were observed and photographed by Ted Hetrick on two recent occasions. The mother was seen once before,...

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Beavertown's Ninth Mayor - William Kepner

(Courtesy of The Kepner Family) We honor our Mayors in this column from time to time, but I want to remember Bill for much more than his 8 years of public service to our borough. However, first I want...

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Charles M. Kearns, Jr. at the Beaver Fair

(Courtesy of George Saylor) Shown above is a snapshot of Charles M. Kearns Jr. (on the right) in leisure dress taken at the Beaver Community Fair on Saturday, September 26, 1995. Here he is looking...

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Three Soldiers From Beavertown Meet Overseas

(Courtesy of Cloyd W. Wagner) Shown above is a photo of (L to R) SFC Eugene “Pee Wee” Camp, Cpl. Marvin “Monk” Yetter, and SFC Cloyd W. Wagner as they met at Erlangen, occupied American Zone of...

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The Brick Plant - Beavertown

(Courtesy of Bill Wagner) This post card photo shows the Beavertown Brick Plant about the mid 1950s. The bake ovens gave off a nice warmth when fired and sometimes during the winter, the few hobos...

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