Pine Grove High School – Girls’ Basketball, 1973
A 1973 photograph of the girls’ basketball team of the Pine Grove Area High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Team members and coach: Front Row (kneeling): Trudy Baum; Jean […]
Williamstown – Summit Branch Breaker
An undated photograph of the Summit Branch Breaker, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Russ Hand – Minor League Baseball Player from Muir
Russell Burton “Russ” Hand was born on July 21, 1920 in Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Simon Edward Hand (1896-1973) and Bertha Estella [Ressler] Hand (1899-1968). The above […]
Lykens – Food Rite Robbed by Alleged Gypsies, 1989
From the Sunbury Daily Item, July 3, 1989: ‘GYPSIES’ BLAMED FOR THEFT LYKENS – A group of people described as gypsies created a disturbance Sunday at a Lykens grocery store, […]
Wiconisco – Shambaugh Elected School Head, 1929
From the Lykens Standard, April 12, 1929: F. E. SHAMBAUGH TO SUPERVISE WICONISCO SCHOOLS Prof. F. E. Shambaugh, North Second Street [Lykens], former superintendent of the Dauphin County Schools, and […]
The Murder of Verna Klink, 1929
In February 1929, Harry Benton Bowman, formerly of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was formally charged with the murder of Verna Klink, a Harrisburg confectionery store manager. Bowman first stole $900 […]
Hubley Township High School – James Runkle, 1944
A portrait photograph of James Runkle, a 1944 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. James is the tallest member of our class. “Jim” who is very athletic, has starred […]
The Murder of Morris Bender, 1908
The story of the murder of Morris Bender of Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as told in the pages of the Lykens Standard, August 21, 1980, August 28, 1908, and September […]