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| Posted 07-05-2006
EIGHT News-Bits of Reading-Berks historical interest…. ( ……….for Wed., July 5, 2006………….) ============== =============== ============== ============== =============== ============== ============== =============== ============== 1- Society’s BCTV program for July is TONIGHT (Wed. 7/5) 2- Society’’s 5 summer crafts workshops. First one is 6/6 ! 3- happened to Molltown’s 1-room schoolhouse? 4- Three MYSTERY photos…. 5- Reminder: the Book Bonanza at Leesport is July 14-16 6- More about the landmark Fies Tavern of Alsace Twp. 7- PA development maps---by county (Look for Berks, etc.) 8- New cookbook published by Albany Twp. Historical Society ==================== ================= =========== ==================== ================= =========== ==================== ================= =========== 1- Tonight is the Historical Society’s monthly BCTV program. Our guest for this program is Society Trustee and author of a shelf of railroad books, Benjamin L. Bernhart. Ben is appearing to discuss his latest publication… ”Pennsylvania Railroad in the Schuylkill River Valley.” 
This book is now available at the Historical Society museum/ gift shop. More information on this volume is forthcoming-- in a few days. As this is late notice, be aware this program repeats this coming Friday evening at 10 p.m. …. Saturday at 6 p.m. ….. and Sunday morning at 9 a.m. You who live beyond the cable area can watch the program by accessing ================== ================= =========== 2- Herewith is a printed notice of the upcoming summer craft workshops for kids 7 to 14. Each session is a bargain at $4. These workshops are open to anyone interested…but be apprised they fill up quickly due to their popularity. 
=============== ================= ============= 3- Dave Remaley, a Kutztown history buff and postcard colledtor, and your editor have made a number of fieldtrips to the hinterlands of Berks to photograph historical sites and to gather information destined for “The Passing Scene— Volume 14,” due out in November. Thus far, we have not been able to definitively locate the one-room Molltown (stone) schoolhouse, in use from 1849 to around 1928…..in Maidencreek Township. 
According to an 1876 map, it stood back from “main street,” just up to road from the village’s former general store—now an apartment-type house. 
Can any reader shed light on this matter? ============== =============== ============= 4- And while we’re dealing with mysteries, here are three Amity Township views (the last one might be Oley) that we cannot pinpoint as to present-day location. The views date from around 1910. 
Again, can any reader provide information? =============== ============== ============= 5- Reminder that the annual Book Bonanza will take place at the Leesport Market (north end of Leesport) July 14 to 16— Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. ================= ============== ============ 6- More about Fies Tavern, located in Alsace Twp., along Antietam Road….not far from Spies Church and Alsace School… REALTOR.com: Find a Home - Listing Detail Reading, PA 19606MLS ID#: 4760771 $300,0002 - 2 Bed - 2 Bath - 800 Sq. Ft. on 3 Acres Estimated payment:$1,471 Per Month Single Family Property, Area: Alsace Twp., Approximately 3 acre(s), Age: 181 year(s) old, Two story, Basement This listing is brokered by DeTurck IncOffice: (610)370-0532 Property Features: 4 total rooms· Approximately 2800 sq. ft. Two story· Type: Single detached· Basement· Approximate lot is 555 x 215· Approximately 3 acre(s)· Lot size is between 2 and 5 acres· School District: Oley Valley· High School: Oley Vally ================== ================== ======== 7- PA development maps---by county (Look for Berks, etc.) ================== ================== ======== 8- Deanna Wahler ( 610 - 285 - 4730 ) informs us that the Albany Twp. Historical Society has just published a PA Dutch Cookbook. It’s the second one the group has produced. Titled “Folk Art and Foodways of the PA Dutch," it was inspired by their experience working in the Summer Kitchen at last year’s Kutztown PA Folk Festival. It's a colorful 7x10, 96-page book with a laminated hardcover, and filled with 115 recipes, reflecting the traditional dishes of the Pennsylvania Dutch, as well as modern selections, adapted using ingredients associated with Pennsylvania Dutch cookery. The cookbook is organized according to the seasons and includes thirteen full-color plates of paintings created by local artist, Gladys Lutz, now age 97, that document the food traditions of PA Dutch ancestors. Miss Lutz’s recollections of life on the farm accompany the paintingsand further explain the local traditions of food preparation on the rural PA farms of long ago. To view the book cover art work, visit the General Store page of the ATHS website..... www.albanyths.org. The cookbook is available for purchase at the Summer Kitchen during the Kutztown Folk Festival, July 1st through July 9th. The cost is $25 plus tax. It is also available by mail for $31, (includes shipping via priority mail). To order by mail, send a note card with your name, mailing address, and phone number---along with a check made payable to Albany Township Historical Society---and mail to Albany Township Historical Society, PO Box 95, Kempton, PA 19529. Please allow several weeks for delivery. =============== ================== =============== =============== =========== END = ===== GMMIX==== |
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