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MEETINGS
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meetings are held throughout the year and are free of charge. |
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2:00 pm @ St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Applebachsville, PA
Historical Events on Celluloid - A Slide- Presentation of Major
Events In The Quakertown Area
Bill Harr, Sr., (owner of Sines 5 & 10 in Quakertown) shares
some of his collection of 5000+ slides of area events. We've asked
Bill to share his slides of the building of Lake Nockamixon, some
of the worst area fires & the moving of Burgess/Foulke house to
name a few topics. If you'd like to see a particular topic, send
your request to Chris Handschin: chandschin@verizon.net and the
request will be forwarded to Mr. Harr.
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Springtown Times Vol. 9 # 40 June 30, 1894
While Elwin
Horn, of near Richlandtown was returning from Bethlehem on
Saturday afternoon where he had taken a load of hay, he was
caught in a heavy thunderstorm while driving along state road
near Fairmont and a bolt of lightning struck and instantly
killed one of the mules of his team. He managed to get to his
home between Richlandtown and Applebachsville.
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