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Posted 10-24-2006 FOUR News-Bits of Reading-Berks historical interest.... ====================== ========================== ====================== ========================== 1- Society's ANNUAL MEETING, Thurs., Oct. 26, FREE SLIDE PROGRAM 2- Sample of INDEX for "The Passing Scene--Vol. 14," "O" -- "Z" 3- Regular News-Bits will resume shortly 4- Order form for Volume 14.... ====================== ========================== ====================== ========================== 1- This coming Thursday, Oct. 26th, is the Historical Society's ANNUAL MEETING at H.S. of B.C. headquarters, 940 Centre Ave., Reading - Phone 610 - 375 - 4375 7:30 p.m. Included in the event is a free-and-open-to-the-public illustrated program titled "THE PASSING SCENE series." You are invited. Bring friends. Refreshments provided. ======================== ========================= 2- As noted previously, the upcoming P.S.--Vol. 14, now being printed, contains 360 restored photos spanning the years 1859 to 2006. The photos in this volume have the most comprehensive captions of any other entry in the series. There are approx. 2,500 index entries, cross-referenced whenever possible. INDEX to The Passing Scene--Vol. 14, "0" to "Z" --------------- Oley Forge - 110 Oley Furnace - 110, 195 Oley Furnace P. O. - 195 Oley Professional Center - 197 Oley Sacred Oak tree - 140, 141 Oley Street Mills -- 54 Oley Valley Family (medical) Practice - 197 Oley Valley Hotel - 196 Oley Valley Inn - 196 Oley Village - 195-197 O'Neil, Cindy - 160, 161 O'Neil, Steve - 160, 161 One-Room Schoolhouse at Jacksonwald - 213 One-room schoolhouse at Temple - 246 One-room schoolhouse interior- 229 Ontelaunee Hotel - 217 Ontelaunee Lake - 167 Open reservoir (City Park) -- 26 Orchestra (Germania) - 98 Orchestra (Reading Symphony) - 98 Order of the Red Men - 153 Ore-cart at limekiln in Amity - 234 Organ (Dieffenbach) - 177 Organ (Krauss) - 164 Organist Harry Schweitzer - 79 Organist Robert Henke - 19 Osterburg, Karl J. - 159 Osterburg, Ruth (Popoff) - 159 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal -- 45 Outer Station - 253 Over Glen Road -- 37 P & R Coal and Iron Company -- 67 P & R Paint Shop Ruins -- 60 P & R Railroad - 222 P & R Railroad Company -- 67 P & R Railroad Depot - 222 P & R Shops - 209 Packard, Karen M. - 132 Packard, Robert A. - 132, 133 Packer, Asa -- 58 Packer, Robert W. -- 58 Packerack Hotel circa 1900 -- 58 Paint manufactuer Wilhelm - 50 Paint Shop Ruins ( P & R) -- 60 Painting (Christ Knocking at the Door) -190 Painting (Transfiguration, at St. James) - 110 Papadakis, Chris – 3,14 -16, 24-26, 29, 32, 33, 38, 54, 55, 58, Papadakis, Chris E. - 72, 73, 252, 254-257 Paper Mill - 91 Paper Mill (Bushong's) - 207 Parade on Penn (Wild West) -- 14 Park (Egelman's) -- 28, 34 Park (Mineral Spring) -- 28, 33-35, 39 Park (Pendora) -- 38, 39 Park (Willow Grove) -- 72 Parker, William G. - 218 Parochial School (Saint Peter's) -- 47 Parsonage of Rev.Garbrich (in background) - 221 Passenger Depot at Mertztown - 232 Passenger Station at Fleetwood - 233 Patriotic Order Sons of America - 153 Pawling, Ida (Mervine) - 113 Peiffer, Edward - 171 Peiffer's General Store - 171 Pendora Drug Store -- 46 Pendora Park -- 38, 39 Penn Commons (City Park) -- 22 - 27 Penn Square (400 block) Christmas season 1907 -- 18 Penn Square (Wild West parade) -- 14 Penn St. - 400 block, north side - 18 Penn St. - 400 block, south side - 11 Penn St. - 441 - 10 Penn St. - 500 (Mansion House) - 13 Penn St. - 500 block, north side - 14 Penn St. - 524 - 7-9 Penn St. - 600 block, looking eastward - 16 Penn St. - 600 block, north side - 15, 17 Penn St. - 700 block, north side - 17 Penn St. - 734 - 6 Penn St. - 755 (inside theatre) – 19 Penn St. - 1101 (view from) - 21 Penn St. - railroad crossing - 17 Penn St. movie palace (Astor) -- 6 Penn Street (looking eastward toward Sixth & Penn) --16 Penn Street (looking to the south side above 11th) -- 17 Penn Street Bridge (Harrisburg Bridge) - 90-92 Penn Street - July 10 1948 -- 17 Penn Street Viaduct -- 58 Penn, John - 187 Penn, William - 201 Pennsylvania and Reading Paint Shop Ruins -- 60 Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad - 103 Pennsylvania Ass'n for Blind (34 N. 8th) - 49 Pennsylvania Cultural Heritage Center - 183 Pennsylvania Cyclone of Jan. 9, 1889 -- 60, 61 Pennsylvania House Hotel - 194 Pennsylvania Railroad - 101, 109 Pennsylvania Railroad Co. -- 66 Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Station (1884) -- 58 Pennsylvania Railroad Station -- 58 Pennsylvania-Schuylkill Valley Railroad -- 66 People's Drug Store (photo) - 17 Pestlikes, Jordan - 114 Pestlikes, Phyllis (Unger) - 114 Pet Store (Boots) southeast corner, 10th & Spring -- 44 Peters, Grace (Ellis) - 221 Peters, Joseph - 225 Pfautz, Jane - 167 Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. -- 67 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co. -- 67 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting - 201 Philharmonic Society - 98 Phillippi, Harry M. - 215 Phillippi, John R. - 216 Phillippi's Hotel Crystal Palace - 215 Photo service (Grim's) -- 5 Photographer (Deatrick, Rev. Dr. W. W.) – 212, 228 Photographer (Dr. William A. Haman) - 93 Photographer (Gruber, Michael A.) - 211 Photographer (Grumbine, Arthur W.) - 51 Photographer (Snyder, W. Earl) - 175 Photographer (Strunk, Henry Y.) - 254, 255 Photographer (Woods, John B.) - 167 Photography studio (above Schleckter's) - 17 Pickar, Jennifer - 194 Pickar, Larry - 194 Plank, Daniel K. - 176 Plank, David R. - 176 Planter's Peanut store on Penn St. - 6 Playground at Sixteenth and Haak -- 80 Plough Tavern - 186 Plow Tavern - 186 Plowville Post Office - 186 Plowville tavern - 186 Pomeroy corner -- 7, 15 Pond (City Park) -- 25 Poplar Neck Covered Bridge - 219 Popoff, Boris - 159 Popoff, Ruth (Osterburg) - 159 Post Office (Albany) - 249 Post Office (Brumfieldville) - 251 Post Office (Friedensburg) - 195 Post Office (Grimsville/Grimville) - 118 Post Office (Host) - 158 Post Office (Klinesville) former - 133 Post Office (Krumsville) - 122 Post Office (Landis Store) - 149 Post Office (Moselem) - 194 Post Office (New Jerusalem) - 150 Post Office (Oley Furnace) - 195 Post Office (Plowville) - 186 Post Office (Rdg. - s.e. cor. 5th & Wash) -- 51 Post Office (Rehrersburg) - 177 Post Office (Sinking Spring) - 204 Post Office (Stony Run) - 173, 174 Post Office near Kirbyville - 206 Potts Residence, circa 1898 -- 66 Potts, George -- 66 Potts, Howard Jewell -- 66 Potts, Mary -- 66 Potts, Sarah Hunter (Eckert) -- 66 Powaski, Helen (Janiszewski) - 178 Powaski, Paul Peter Patrick - 178 Powaski, Sophie (Maggie) - 178 Powaski, Stanley (Red) - 178 Powaski, Stella - 178 Public Schoolhouse at Mohnton - 243, 244 Quaker Meeting-House in Exeter - 198-203 Quaker Meeting-House (Reading Friends) -- 57 Quaker Meeting-House in Oley - 199 Race Track (Clingan's) - 102, 105 Radio Station (Y 102) -- 67 Radio station WEEU - 19 Radio station WRAW - 19, 67 Railroad (East Penn) - 142 Railroad (Mount Penn Gravity) -- 30-32 Railroad (P & R) - 222 Railroad (Pennsylvania) - 101, 109 Railroad (Pennsylvania-Schuylkill Valley) -- 66 Railroad Bridge (Lebanon Valley) – 55, 91 Railroad Company (P & R) -- 67 Railroad company (Pennsylvania) -- 66 Railroad Company (Philadelphia and Reading) -- 67 Railroad Company (Reading) -- 53 Railroad Crossing (Gravity) -- 32 Railroad crossing at 7th & Penn - 17 Railroad Crossing" signs (Mount Penn Gravity) -- 32 Railroad Depot (former) at Wernersville - 241 Railroad Freight Station (Pennsylvania) 1884 -- 58 Railroad Line (Neversink Mountain) -- 74 Railroad Station (Pennsylvania) -- 58 Railroad Tower in Exeter Township - 253 Railway Company (Reading) - 208, 209 Rainbow Fire Company -- 49 Rajah Temple - 98 Rajah Theatre Building -- 56, 57 Rangletown (near Seyfert) - 178 Reading Artillerists - 208 Reading Artistic Glass Works - 96 Reading Belt Line - 253 Reading Bicentennial parades up Penn Street -- 17 Reading Brass -- 50 Reading Brewery - 96 Reading Brewing Company - 97, 98 Reading Catholic High School -- 47 Reading Company Railroad tracks - 253 Reading Company's Depot - 253 Reading Country Club -- 5 Reading Daily Eagle - 94, 96, 215 Reading Encampment No. 43 - 209 Reading Friends (Quaker) Meeting-House -- 57 Reading Gas Co. -- 10, 70, 71 Reading Gas Works - 110 Reading Hardware Co. -- 50 Reading Hospital (Front and Spring Streets) -- 75 Reading Iron Co.'s "Keystone Furnaces" -- 54, 55 Reading Iron Company -- 72 Reading Iron organized in 1889 -- 54 Reading Iron Works - 110 Reading Maennerchor - 98 Reading Post Office (s.e. cor. 5th & Wash.) -- 51 Reading Railroad Company -- 53 Reading Railroad yards - 253 Reading Railway Company - 208, 209 Reading Standard Motorcycle - 113 Reading Suburban Real Estate Company - 255 Reading Symphony Orchestra - 98 Reading Traction Company "Car Barns" -- 38 Reading Yard Goods Shop (photo) - 17 Reading's oldest structure (from Colonial times) - 21 Reading's Waterfront -- 72 Readingtowne - 186 Real Estate Company (Reading Suburban) - 255 Reber, John W. - 134 Reber, Peter W. (artist) - 121 Red Bridge - 207 Red Men Dedication Program - 154 Red Men of Berks - 153 Red Men of Yellow House - 154-156 Red Men's Day at Arlington National Cemetery - 153 Red Men's Hall at Yellow House dedicated - 154 Red Men's Hall in Reading - 153 Red Men's Week - 153 Rees, William - 242 Reeser, Jacob D. - 154 Reeser, William D. - 154 Reformed Ch. Cem. - 6th & Wash. -- 59 Reformed Church (Saint Thomas) -- 79 Reformed church at Maxatawny - 163, 164 Reformed Church in Mohnton - 244 Reformed Congregation (Allegneny) - 138 Rehr, William H. III (Fire Chief) -- 49, 67, 68, 80 Rehrer, Thomas - 170 Rehrersburg Lutheran church records - 177 Rehrersburg Post Office - 177 Reider, Elmer - 154 Reider, William - 154 Reiff, Aaron S. - 154 Reifsnyder, Earl W. - 154 Reifsnyder, Roy - 206 Reinert, John B. - 154, 155 Reinert, Mike - 205 Reinert, Sylvester E. - 154 Reinhart, Charles - 124 Reith, Peter - 204 Relay Bicycle (1897) -- 82-89 Relay Manufacturing Co. -- 82-89 Remaley, David B. – 3, 116, 121, 123, 142-147, 149-151, 157 Remaley, David B. - 166, 168, 170, 172,174-176, 183-185 Remaley, David B. - 188, 224-233, 236, 242, 245, 249 Remaley, David B. (in photo inset) - 224 Remaley, Shirley (Mrs. David B.) - 182, 224 Rentschler, Morris F. - 231 Reservoir in City Park - 26 Residence (Francis J. Keffer) -- 76, 77 Residence (Howard J. Potts) (circa 1898) -- 66 Residence (Jeremiah L. Fritz) - 180 Residence (William Eckert Good, circa 1888) -- 67 Restaurant (Arner's) -- 31 Restaurant, (Leininger's) - 170, 171 Rev. F. A. MacMillen's invocation - 27 Rev. Garbrich's home, Shoemakersville - 221 Reynolds, Ph.D., Robert - 183 Rhoades Hotel - 196 Rhoades, Charles - 196 Rhoads, Catherine (Ritter) - 223 Rhoads, Edgar D. - 154 Rhoads, Isaac Y. - 154, 155 Rhoads, Jonathan - 223 Rhoads, Mathias - 223 Rhoads, Nathan B. - 154 Rhoads, Nathaniel - 154 Rhoads, Richard R. - 216 Rhoads, Wilson G. - 154 Richards, Joy - 154, 156 Richards, Kathryn - 247 Richardson, C. M. - 162 Richardson, Emily -- 66 Richardson, O. M. - 154 Richardson, William F. -- 66 Ries, William - 242 Ries/Rees - 242 Ringler, Jacob - 178 Ringlersville (near Seyfert) - 178 Rishel, Jonas - 231 Rissmiller, Wellington - 154, 155 Ritter, Benjamin S. - 190 Ritter, Catherine (Rhoads) - 223 Ritter, Christopher - 254 Ritter, G. Howard -- 27 Ritter, John H. - 154 Ritter, Mathias - 223 Riverside Fire Company - 207 Robeson Crossing - 101, 102 Robeson Township Historical Society - 99, 103 Robeson Township hotel - 186 Robeson, Jr., Andrew - 99, 100 Robeson, Jr., Andrew (his tombstone) - 99, 100 Roeller, Reverand Isaac - 157 Roeller's (Reverand Isaac) tombstone - 157 Roller Mills (Krick) in Sinking Spring - 258 Romich, Charles W. - 154 Romig, Edgar - 230 Romig, George Oliver - 230 Romig, John O. - 230 Roosevelt, Franklin D. - City Park address by - 27 Rose Valley, in Mineral Spring Park -- 35 Rosenstock, Todd A. -- 28, 36, 48, 75, 259 Rosenthal, Ida Sebald (Bissinger) - 94, 98 Rosenthal, William - 98 Roth, Levi - 174 Rothenberger, Jas. C. - 154 Rothenberger, Jr., James - 155 Rothermel, Amos - 193 Rothermel, Congressman John -- 27 Rothermel, Enoch G. - 225 Rothermel, Frederic deP. - 260 Rothermel, Frederic deP., Jr. - 78 Rothermel, Oscar M. - 225 Rundle, Robert - 216 Ruppert, Herman B. - 150, 151 Rural Telephone Co. (Kutztown) - 127 Russell, Brooke -- 76 Rustic Fountain (City Park) -- 24 Ruth, George - 204 Ruth, Harry A. - 154, 155 Ruth, Peter - 204 Ruth/Reith - 204 Sacred Oak Tree - 140, 141 Sailer, Nathan S. - 154, 155 Saint Gabriel's Cemetery - 99, 100 Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church - 100 Saint James Church - 110 Saint James Reformed Church - 256 Saint Joseph's Catholic Church – 60, 81 Saint Mary's Catholic Church -- 81 Saint Matthew's Church Bldg., Franklin St. - 98 Saint Matthew's English Luth Ch. -- 63, 98 Saint Matthew's Greek Orthodox Church -- 63 Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church - 209 Saint Michael's Cemetery - 107, 108 Saint Michael's Choral Society - 107 Saint Michael's Epis. Ch. (Birdsboro) 104, 105, 107 Saint Paul's Catholic Church -- 81 Saint Paul's Church, Mertztown - 232 Saint Peter's Catholic Church -- 81 Saint Peter's Lutheran Congregation - 224 Saint Peter's Parochial School, Rdg. -- 47 Saint Thomas Ref. (U.C.C.) senior choir -- 79 Salisbury, Carol - 219 Salisbury, Kenneth - 219 Sally Ann Furnace Mansion - 147 Sally Ann Furnace Remains - 146-148 Sally Ann Furnace Site - 144, 146 - 148 Sally Ann Park (Bowers) - 144, 265 Salome Lodge No. 105 - 209 Saloon (Bissinger) - 94 Santilli, Frank - 222 Santilli, Rocky - 222 Sarig, Wilson - 247 Sassaman, Henry - 154 Schaeffer Heating & Electric Contracting - 195 Schaeffer, Barclay - 154 Schaeffer, Clarence H. - 195 Schaeffer, Harry L. - 218 Schaeffer, Jacob - 154 Schaich, Jr., Carl A. -- 36 Schaich, Sr., Carl A. -- 36 Schearer, George H. - 154, 155 Schearer, John M. - 154, 155 Schearer, William H. - 154 Scheck, Margaret -- 79 Schlatter, Michael - 189 Schlechter, G. A. (jeweler) -- 16 Schlechter, Gustavus A. -- 7, 9 Schlegel, I. G. - 218 Schlier, George - 225 Schlier, Verna - 225 Schmel, Catharine -- 79 Schmidt, Jacob -- 8 Schmoyer, John - 254, 255 Schoedler, George P. - 236 Schoener, Sallie - 159 Schoener, William - 159 Schofer Village - 160 - 162 Schofer, Hettie - 162 Schofer, Jacob John - 162 Schofer, Johan Gottlieb - 160-162 Schofer, John Henry - 160, 162 Schofer, Susanna (Bieber) - 160 Schofer's General Store - 160 Schofer's Hotel - 160, 162 Schollenberger, "Saxy" -- 57 Schonour, Douglass (school info, Mohnton) - 243 Schonour, John M. - 187 School (Andrew Maier) - 224 School (Euclid Avenue) - 247 School (Sixteenth and Haak) new -- 80 School (Sixteenth and Haak) old -- 80 School for boys -- Episcopal Diocean -- 69 Schoolhouse (Grimville) 116 Schoolhouse (Hay Road) - 246 Schoolhouse (Jacksonwald) - 213 Schoolhouse (Klinesville) - 131 Schoolhouse (Mohnton) - 243 Schoolhouse (Molltown) - 224 Schoolhouse (one-room bldg., interior) - 224 Schoolhouse (Temple) - 246 Schoolhouse (Wessnersville) - 172, 174, 175 Schroeder, William - 174 Schul-Gemeinde (school association) - 163 Schutt, Geneva A. - 141 Schuykill Canal tugboat "Catfish" - 219 Schuykill River covered bridge in Cumru- 219 Schuylkill Canal - 178 Schuylkill Canal and river, looking to -- 53 Schuylkill Canal circa 1898 -- 73 Schuylkill Fire Company - 207 Schuylkill Road - 186 Schuylkill Valley Ministerial Association - 181 Schwartz's Summit House hotel -- 29 Schwarzwald Union Church - 189-191 Schweitzer, Harry -- 79 Schweitzer, Mrs. Harry -- 79 Schwenk, Warren - 154 Schweyer & Liess - 145 Schweyer Family - 143 Schweyer, Cyrenius J. - 143, 145 Schweyer, Daniel H. - 143 - 145 Schweyer, Francis J. F. (Swoyer) - 145 Schweyer, Henry A. - 145 Schweyers' Granite and Marble Works - 143 - 145 Schweyer's Marble-Cutting Works - 144 Schwoyer, Gene - 120 Schwoyer/Schweyer Family - 143 Scoboria, Francine M. -- 69 Sears, Roebuck & Co.at 424 Penn -- 8, 11 Sebring, Reverand H. M. - 181 Secret Societies (locally) - 153 Seidel, Kathy (Janiszewski) - 178 Seidel, Rebecca (Shoemaker) - 220 Seidel, Solomon B. - 220 Seiders, Daniel (boat-builder) -- 58 Seisholzville/Siesholzville - 188 Seitzinger, John - 227 Sell, John H. - 187 Sell, Jonathon Grist Mill - 143, 144 Sellers, John - 200 Seltzer House (new) - 187 Seltzer House Hotel - 187 Seltzer, Jacob - 187 Seltzer, Jr., Michael - 187 Seltzer, Jr., Jacob - 187 Seltzer, Michael - 187 Selwyn Hall (1883) -- 69 Semmel, William W. - 91 Sensenig, Samuel H. -- 58 Sergeant, Jr., Jack R. - 264 Service Station (Fritch's) - 130 Severns, Barbara - 264 Severns, J. Stuart - 264 Seyfert, Dorothy -- 44 Seyfert, Harold -- 44 Seyfert, Lisa (Bewley) -- 44 Seyfert, Mrs. Hazel (Mrs. Boots / The Bird Lady) -- 44 Shaeffer, Michael - 173 Shaffner & Co. - 158 Shaffner, Jacob - 158 Shaffner, William - 158 Shaffner's Hotel (Washington House) - 158, 159 Sharadin, Prof. Henry (artist) - 249 Sharp, William A. - 261 Shartle, George - 227 Shartlesville - 226, 227 Shearer, George H. - 154, 155 Shearer, John M. - 154, 155 Sheeler, Calvin - 154 Shelbourne Road mill-site - 235 Shiffert, A. - 150 Shifrin, Susan - 186 Shillington Shopping Center -- 8 Shock, A. F. - 248 Shoe Store (A. S. Beck) - 156 Shoe store (Farr's) -- 21 Shoe store (photo of Dunn's) - 17 Shoe store at 7th & Penn (A. S. Beck photo) - 17 Shoemaker Home (Shoemakersville) - 220 Shoemaker, Charles, Jr. - 220 Shoemaker, Henry - 220 Shoemaker, Rebecca (Seidel) - 220 Shoemakersville - 220, 221 Sholl, Michael - 178 Shriners of Reading Temple -- 57 Shulman, Jim - 115 Siegfried, Daniel - 163 Siegfried, John H. - 163 Siegfried's Union Church - 163-166 Siesholtz, Abraham - 188 Siesholzville Hotel - 188 Siesholzville/Seisholzville - 188 Sinking Spring Light Company - 258 Sinking Spring Mayor Noecker - 258 Sinking Spring Post Office - 204 Six-Mile House Hotel - 206 Sixteenth and Haak Elementary School (old) -- 80 Sixteenth and Haak Playground -- 80 Sixteenth and Haak School (new) -- 80 Sixth Street Academy of Music Building -- 57 Skyscraper (Rdg.'s first ) -- 65 Slappy's Bar & Grill – 206 Sloan, Ellen - 3 Smalley, William - 118 Smith Home at Krumsville - 122, 124, 125 Smith, Alexander Forbes (architect) -- 24, 25, 255 Smith, D.D., Reverand George B. - 166 Smith, Jed - 200 Smith, John – 221 Smith, Reuben, 122 - 124 Smith, Shirley - 200 Smith's Store (Krumsville) - 122, 123, 125, 127 Smithville - 122, 125 Snyder, Albert - 154 Snyder, Harry - 154 Snyder, J. W. - 195 Snyder, Levi - 218 Snyder, Percival - 154 Snyder, Thomas - 171 Snyder, W. Earl (photographer) - 175 Snyder, William F. - 173 Society of Friends mtg house, Exeter - 198-203 Society of Red Men - 152 Solliday, William D. -- 78 Soltys, Larry W. - 90-98 Sommers, Paul - 216 Sondheim Store - 156 Sons of Saint Tamina - 152 Souders, Dr. Thomas B. - 248 South Mountain Asyl. for Chronic Insane - 240 Sovereign Performing Arts Center -- 57 Spacht, Heister - 154 Spade, John -- 35 Spatz, Don (Reading Eagle) -- 23 Speros, Susan Miller - 258 Spitzenberg (Albany Township) - 135 Spohn, Luther - 154, 155 Spring (Chalybeate) -- 35 Spring (Kessler's) -- 35 Springhouse in Mineral Spring Park -- 35 Sprinkler (horse-drawn) -- 15 Standard One-Room Rural School - 229 State House, northeast corner of 5th and Penn -- 63 State Theatre (May 16, 1935) -- 19 Station (Bowers) - 142, 143, 145 Station (Clingan) - 102, 108, 109 Station (Fleetwood) - 233 Station (Gravity) -- 38 Station (Mertztown) - 232 Statue of Hebe in City Park reservoir - 26 Steigerwald's Winery - 215 Stelwagon Manufacturing Company -- 52, 53 Stenger, Elizabeth (Lesher) - 217 Stetler's Store - 204 Stettler, Frank - 204 Stocker's Brewery Building - 149 Stoever, Reverand Johann Casper - 177 Stokes, Jr., Edward B. (Ted) - 200 Stokes, Oliver Kindig - 200 Stokes, Thomas Kindig - 200 Stoner Inter-State Business College (Rdg,) - 120 Stony Run - 125 Stony Run (Wessnersville) - 172-175 Stony Run General Store Building - 173 Stony Run Hotel - 173 Stony Run Post Office - 173, 174 Store Building (Bethel Village) - 170, 171 Stoudt, Edwin B. - 206 Stoudt, George B. - 206 Stoudt, Lewis B. - 206, 225 Stoudt, William B. - 206 Stove Works (Mount Penn) -- 60 Strassberger, M. L. - 154, 155 Strauss, Gerald - 168 Strausser, Ph.D., Brendan - 228, 229 Strausstown - 238, 239 Street Angel (movie title) -- 6 Street washer in Rdg. -- 15 Stroh, Heister -- 79 Stroh, Miriam -- 79 Strohecker, Rob't W. -- 40 Strunk Photo: Elias Carey Kitchen - 111 Strunk, Henry Y. (photographer) - 254, 255 Strunk, Samuel H. - 154 Stump, Henry L. - 196 Sullivan, John L. -- 74 Summit House hotel (Schwartz's) -- 29 Sunshine Bread (Maier's) -- 42 Swardley and Ford - 171 Swavely, Wellington - 154 Swedes Tract (called Amity) - 199 Switching trains in Exeter Twp. - 253 Swope, Jacob - 169 Swoyer, Francis J. F. (Schweyer) - 145 Tannery at Grimville - 116 - 120 Tannery at Shoemakersville - 220 Tavern (Plow/Plough) - 186 Tavern (White House) - 206 Tax, Diane (Muse) - 260 Taylor, Norman E. -- 79 Tea, William H. - 140 Tee, Samuel - 149 Telegraph Co. (Kutztown) - 127 Telephone company (Kutztown Rural Tel. Co.) - 127 Temple - 246, 247 Temple (Rajah) - 98 Temple Democratic Club - 247 Temple Elementary School - 247 Tenth St. trolley -- 11 The Big Cut" opposite Mineral Spring Hotel -- 37 The Son of Liberty - 152 Theatre (Astor) -- 6 Theatre (State) -- 19 Theatre (Warner) -- 19 Thomas, Steven W. - 209 Thompson, Nicholas - 91 Thompson, Reverand B. F. - 107, 108, 109 Three-Mile House (along Route 737) - 133 Thunderbolt Roller Coaster at Carsonia) - 265 Tiderman, Edith - 225 Tiderman, Martin - 224, 225 Tilt-Hammer at Exeter - 235 Tobacco Manufactory (Born Bros.) -- 48 Tom Masano's Mitsubishi Motors - 205 Tombstone Preparation - 144-146 Tombstones of Conrad and Anna Weiser - 212 Topton Foundry - 245 Tower (atop Mount Penn) -- 28, 29 Tower Hotel -- 29 Tower in Exeter for railroad control - 253 Towpath (Union Canal) - 93 Trade Coin (Cafe Bissinger) - 97 Tragedy (Bissinger) - 90-98 Transfiguration painting - 110 Tree in Oley (Sacred Oak) - 140, 141 Trexler, Anna (Lesher) - 110 Trexler, Edmund - 231 Trexler, Horatio - 110 Trexler, Mary Ann (Eckert) -- 66, 110 Trexler, Nathan - 232 Trexler, Reuben - 110, 232 Tri-County Heritage Society - 105 Trinity Luth Ch. steeple (in photo) - 51 Trinity Lutheran Church -- 57 Trolley # 802 -- 11 Trolley (10th St.) -- 11 Trolley Car at Carsonia Park - 261 Trolley to Mohnton -- 11 Trout, Horace - 154, 155 Troutman, Harry - 168 Trowbridge, Miss - 249 Tugboat "Catfish" - 219 Tulpehocken Creek - 92 Tunnison's Map of Berks County - 205 Tylka, James -- 5 Tyson, John - 181 UGI -- 70 Umble, Jos. D. C. -- 13 Undertakers (A. E. Mauger & Son) 109 Unger, Edward B. - 114 Unger, Phyllis (Pestlikes) - 114 Union Canal (dried up) -- 55 Union Canal Lock 49 -- 92, 93 Union Canal mule bridge - 93 Union Canal Office - 91 Union Canal Towpath - 93 United American Mechanics - 153 United Evangelical Church - 221 Utility poles being wired in Amity - 250 Van Reed's Bridge - 207 Vaudeville house (Hippodrome) -- 19 Viaduct (Lindbergh) -- 31 Viaduct (Penn Street) -- 58 Victorian home -- 76-78 Victorian home in Grill - 180 Village Art Gallery and Rock Shop - 176 Village of Bethel - 168-171 Village of Moselem - 194 Village of Schofer - 160-162 Village of Virginville - 217, 218 Village of Wessnersville - 172-175 Virginville Grange - 218 Virginville Hotel - 217, 218, 220 Virginville Village - 217, 218 Wademan, Dr. Lloyd C. - 257 Wademan, Fern A. (Leinbach) - 257 Wagaman, William - 124 Wagner, Calvin - 168 Wagner, James - 222 Wagner, Ray - 222 Walborn, Wallace W. - 187 Walker, Tina Web - 200 Warehouse (Columbian) -- 70 Warehouse (Wertz) -- 58 Warmkessel, Norann - 206 Warner Theatre -- 19 Warwick Furnace - 186 Washington House - 158, 159 Washington House (J. Haag's) - 227 Water Co. (Mountain Spring) -- 74 Weavertown - 251 Weavertown Rd. scene at Arrowhead - 250, 251 Webb, John - 199 Webber, Cal - 168 Weber, Henry - 138, 139 Weber, Paul - 168 Weber, Solomon - 139 WEEU radio station - 19 Weidman, Ferris - 204 Weidner, James A. - 154 Weidner, Mrs. William -- 79 Weiser Farmhouse - 210, 211 Weiser Home - 210, 211 Weiser Park - 210-212 Weiser, Conrad grave-stone - 212 Weiser, Mrs. Conrad grave-stone - 212 Weller, John - 149, 151 Wenrich, Mrs. John - 151 Werley, Reverand Jimmy Lee - 166 Werner, Anna - 247 Wernersville Railroad Depot (former) - 241 Wernersville roller mill - 231 Wernersville State Hospital - 240 Werst, Lawrence - 245 Wertz Mill in Wernersville - 240 Wertz Roller Mill in Wernersville - 241 Wertz Warehouse -- 58 Wertz, Elsie - 159 Wertz, George W. - 240, 241 Wertz, Robert - 241 Wertz, William - 159 Wesner, Douglas W. -- frontispiece Wessner, Nathan - 173 Wessner, Samuel - 173 Wessnersville Hotel - 172, 173 Wessnersville Schoolhouse - 172, 174, 175 Wessnersville United Evangelical Church - 175 Wessnersville Village - 125, 172-175 West House (Clingan Mansion) - 100, 103, 106 West Reading - 256, 257 West, Terry Royal -- 7-9, 80 Weyandt, Nora -- 79 White House Hotel -- 74 White House Hotel, Lyons - 236, 237 White House Tavern - 206 Whitehall, Fran - 256, 257 Whiteman, Paul - 176 Whitner, Calvin - 197 Whitner's Department Store - 11, 197 Wild West shows in Rdg. -- 14 Wilhelm, A. (paint co.) -- 50 Wilhelm, Charles W. (pres. of A. Wilhelm Co.) -- 50 William B. Moll & Co. - 188 Willman, Charles G. - 154 Willow Grove Park -- 72 Willson & Clous -- 8, 9 Willson & Schlechter (Penn St. store) -- 7 Willson, Charles G. -- 9 Willson, Gile J. -- 7 - 9 Willson, Thomas A. -- 7 Wilmington & Northern Railroad - 253 Wine and Cheese house on Mount Penn -- 36 Winery (Steigerwald's) - 215 Wiring Amity Twp. for electricity - 250 Wistar, Casper - 182 Witham, Susan -- 17, 64 Witman, William - 186 Witwer, Harvey T. - 186 Wohlink Tribe, No. 179 -- 154-156 Wolfe, Miles C. - 171 Wood, Alan - 100 Wood, Rosalind H. (Clingan) - 100, 101, 105, 106 Woodman, John - 201 Woodmen of America - 153 Woods, John B. (photographer) - 167 Worley's, W. M. enterprise - 244 WRAW radio station - 19, 67 Wright, Sizemore - 199 Wyomissing (golf played at) - 255 Wyomissing Borough - 254, 255 Wyomissing Borough's 100th Anniversary - 254 Wyomissing Street Scene - 254, 255 Wyomissing's Public Library - 254 Y-102 Radio Station -- 67 Yeauish, Steven A. - 196 Yellow House Hall (Redmen) - 155, 156 Yerger, Jacob - 186 Yetzer, Jack R. – 41, 44, 193 Yocum, Daniel - 235 Yocum, Nicholas - 204 Yoder, Dr. E. C. - 154 Yoder, John - 218 Young, George - 119 Young, Irvin - 154 Young, Samuel - 154, 155 Zeigler, Reuben - 186 Zeigler, Robert - 242 Zerr, Walter - 154 Ziegler, George -- 82 Zion Evangelical Church - 175 Zion's (New Bethel) Church - 116 Zion's Union Church - 163-166 ============================= ==================== ============================= ==================== 3- As your reporter was devoting 8 to 15 hours a day--7 days a week (since August)--to completion of Volume 14, time did not permit issuing News-Bits on a regular basis. 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