The Great Flood of 1972 – A Night to Remember in Lykens
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER! A flood in Lykens? Impossible! The impossible happened… at 1:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 22 [1972], Lykens saw the beginning of the greatest single disaster to […]
World War II – Dean E. Wagner – Killed In Pacific Area
TOWER CITY MARINE KILLED IN PACIFIC AREA Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Wagner of Tower City, have been advised by telegram that their son, Corporal Dean E. Wagner, of the U.S. […]
Gratz News – February 10, 1944
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 10 February 1944: Mrs. Albert Deibler and children of Lykens spent last week with her […]
Rachel Patrick of Tower City, 1920
A 1920 portrait photograph of Rachel Patrick of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1920 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, Bloomsburg, Columbia […]
Bryce C. Oxenrider of Tower City, 1950
A 1950 portrait photograph of Bryce C. Oxenrider of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1950 yearbook, Quittapahilla, of the Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Lebanon County, […]
Dean H. Bohr of Tower City, 1950
A 1950 portrait photograph of Dean H. Bohr of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1950 yearbook, Quittapahilla, of the Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Lebanon County, […]
Gene E. Bendigo (1927-2005) – Founder & Owner of Bendigo Airport
GENE E. BENDIGO SR. March 14, 2009 Gene E. “Skip” Bendigo” Sr., 78, of 11079 Clarks Valley Road, Tower City, died Tuesday evening at Select Special Hospital, Camp Hill. Born […]
Frederick Vernon Knecht of Tower City, 1938
A 1938 portrait photograph of Frederick Vernon Knecht of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1938 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, […]