HISTORICAL PLAYING CARDS - Union County

1 HISTORICAL PLAYING CARDSOur latest and newest project: historic PLAYING CARDS . Each card features a photo of a memorable Union County site, event, or person, with an explanatory caption. card players will be entertained by their game of choice and get a small history lesson on Union County . Our mission is to keep our history alive. The card project was organized by summer intern Dan Bower and UCHS board member Karen Gardner, and supported by local businesses and individuals (see page 2). At only $9 per deck, this is a unique must-have gift for friends and family. And don't forget to get a deck for yourself! Available NOW at the UCHS office, the Dale/Engle/Walker House, and selected sites throughout the County . Mail orders accepted: send check for $9 per deck plus $3 S/H.

2 Please inquire on cost to ship multiple the US entry into The Great War a century ago in 1917, the 2017 calendar features newspaper clippings and photos taken throughout the County around the time of WWI: Troop M of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, recruitment offices in Lewisburg, Christopher Mathewson and Captain Samuel Wolfe (both of whom fought in WWI). Also pictured are a stone crusher at Limestone Ridge and the furnace at Glen Iron, the White Deer-Watsontown Ferry, West Milton and Swengel bands, Mazeppa School, Union Seminary baseball team, Kline farm in Limestone Township, New Berlin Creamery/ Rosedale Dairy, Forest Hill store, and D. H. Anderson s Big Store at Buffalo is $6. Pick up your calendar at New Berlin Day on August 27, at the UCHS office (M-F), at the Dale/Engle/Walker House (Sundays 2-4:00) and at selected merchants and local banks.

3 Mail orders accepted: send check for $6 plus $3 S/H to the UCHS office. Need more than one calendar? Ask for shipping reprinted coloring book Color Me Union County features 14 historic buildings in Union County , including a schoolhouse, train station, covered bridge, the courthouses, historic mill, barn, and homes. The accompanying text describes each historic price is $5 per book, with a standard set of crayons included. Available at the UCHS office (M-F) and the Dale/Engle/Walker House (Sundays 2-4 PM). Mail orders accepted: send a check for $5 plus $4 S/H to the UCHS office. Please inquire on cost to ship multiple coloring books to the same CALENDARHISTORICAL SITES COLORING BOOKU nion County HISTORICAL Society office, 103 S.

4 Second Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837 570-524-8666 ~ for Late Summer and Fall 2016 Thank you for donations to the NEW! PLAYING CARDS project from:Albright Care, Brynwood Rentals,Coldwell Banker Penn One Real EstateDesigner Homes Ritz-Craft Insurance Agency Mary Mastascusa of Hodrick RealtyThe MercantileMeixell-Diehl InsuranceMifflinburg Bank & TrustThe Open Door Gallery, Pizza Phi Rusty Rail Brewing Company The Sholley Agency Karen Gardner, Doug Hovey, Lois Huffines, Marj Kastner, Sharon Lynch, Kim Ranck, Jeff Spotts, Susan Waggoner and Ardith WilkinsOFFICERS & BOARD 2016M. Lois Huffines, PresidentSharon Lynch, Vice PresidentBruce Teeple, SecretaryKim Ranck, TreasurerKaren GardnerDoug HoveyMarj KastnerMike Molesevich Jeffrey SpottsSusan WaggonerEric Wagner Ardith Wilkins2 Welcome New Members Carol Sones Shetler, Muncy, PAMartin Weaver family, Mifflinburg, PAWisconsin HISTORICAL Society, Madison, WIHello Fellow Historians,The year 2016 celebrates many anniversaries, but one that you might have missed is really worth celebrating.

5 President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the National Historic Preservation Act on October 16, 1966. This act was a recognition that the federal government has a role and responsibility in protecting the nation s historic buildings and spaces. State and local governments could now petition for financial help in preserving their own statewide Conference on Heritage, held on June 6 through 8, 2016, in Lewisburg (!) was part of the Preservation 50 celebration of that Act. It included walking tours of Lewisburg, lectures and presentations, and a symposium on flooding in Pennsylvania s historic river towns. The venue was, appropriately, Lewisburg s beautifully renovated and restored Campus Theatre, itself a remarkable achievement of signing the Preservation Act, Lyndon Johnson stated, The bill that I will now sign helps enrich the Spirit of America.

6 That spirit needs the continued nourishment and support from all of us. As one conference speaker reminded us, There is no clamor from the public or its representatives for preservation. We have to do it! The motto of the Union County HISTORICAL Society, preserving the past for the future, is more than a catchy phrase. It is a call for action and support. Our historic spaces and buildings are being lost to the wrecking ball, often in the name of urban renewal. These are places that helped form us and our community, making us who we are. Whenever historic buildings are threatened, ask, How will we remember what happened here and be able to show our children and grandchildren what it was like? Let me give one example. As did many towns, both large and small, Lewisburg lost its railroad stations: the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger and freight station at North Second and St.

7 John Streets, and the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad passenger station at Market and South Fifth Streets. Only the freight station on South Fifth Street survives. These railroad stations are where the commerce that grew Lewisburg happened: where goods were exchanged and transported, where soldiers left their families for training and war, and to where the lucky ones returned. This is where the growth of Lewisburg gained its energy, where visitors came and went, where residents with big sighs of relief returned home from travels and distant work. What can we show our grandchildren? The repurposed freight station saves a piece of those memories, keeping it alive by housing the offices of Lewisburg Borough. Few people know of the railroad station that once graced St.

8 John Street. Even the tracks are us be grateful for President s Johnson s foresight. Support preservation efforts of the historic buildings and spaces important in our past, and tell the stories they represent. Save the Huffines, PresidentThank You! Weis, Inc. for supporting Dairy Month Programs; and Walmart for supporting Celebrate Rural Heritage events; Pennsylvania HISTORICAL & Museum Commission for program support;Community Foundation /Paul & Catherine Ernst Fund; and members Wm. Becker and David Goehring for generous donationsSome Remarks on the Business History of Lewisburgwith Rick SauersMonday, August 15, 7 PMUnion County Public Library, 255 Reitz Blvd., Lewisburg, PAAuthor and historian Rick Sauers will present a talk about Lewisburg s business history.

9 He will include a list of century businesses (100 years or older), discuss how Market Street has evolved over time by examining some buildings and the businesses inside each, and address other aspects of this subject. His talk will be accompanied by a slide show. Sauers is a Lewisburg native and a former director of the Packwood House Museum. He co-authored, with Lois Huffines, the Images of America: Lewisburg book for Arcadia Press, and has written or co-authored more than two dozen books. He is currently the director of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The program is free and open to the public. Please call the library (570-523-1172) to reserve your place. UPCOMING PROGRAMS and EVENTSM assacre & Murder in the Susquehanna Valley: A look back at the Lee Massacre and Pine Creek Indian Murderswith Kathy SwopeThursday, September 29 at 6:30 PMat the Herr Memorial Library, 500 Market St.

10 , MifflinburgThe Lee Massacre and the Pine Creek Indian murders highlight the atrocities that were committed by both the native inhabitants and the settlers, reflecting the tensions and the feelings of anger and resentment that were infused in the settlement of Pennsylvania s frontier in the late Swope, of Winfield, serves on the board of Lewisburg Area School District and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. She is interested in and has written about local history, and helped organize Union Township's bicentennial program is free and open to the public. To register, please call the Herr Library (570-966-0831).Pedal Through the Past Bike RideSunday, September 18 (Rain date September 25) 1:30-4 PMbeginning at Red Bank School, MifflinburgTour the back roads of Mifflinburg with bike tour guide Mary Sullivan as you discover the little known history of the Red Bank area.