(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

WWII required EVERY factory to produce for the war effort. During WWII, Plaza made parachute material for the U. S. Armed Forces. During the war, price controls and rationing made consumer goods scarce. After the war, only the U. S. was an industrial superpower, and the savings accumulated by consumers and pent up demand, lead to a golden age for the U. S. and Plaza for about 10 years.

(In the May 2001 issue of the Electronic Beavertown Historical Society home page, the was some discussion of unusual cars owned by Beavertowners. What is the car in this photo? I don’t know, so it depends on you to answer that question. Answer hopefully next month.)

Answer to Last Month

Below is the answer to the question last month:

“Some time ago, Mr. and Mrs. Ner Feese, Beavertown, had a wager on the time the war would end (WWI). The wager consisted in the loser rolling a barrel from Beavertown to Middleburg, a distance of 8 miles. On Wednesday, November 13, 1918, Mrs. Feese who lost, with over 200 citizens arrived in Middleburg at 3:30 PM headed by the Troxelville band. A committee including the Red Cross from Middleburg met her and her followers at the west end of town.”

(According to some sources, Della Feese only rolled the barrel to Royer’s bridge, where it was loaded on a truck and then taken to just west of Middleburg.)