(Courtesy of Richard C. Wagner)

Shown here are Harry Wagner, Bill Soles, and Paul Hassinger posing with their saddle horses in front of the planing mill. This mill was built in the late 1930s by Russel Benfer, using a building of Jim Wiand’s that was located near where Jim Etzler’s butcher shop is now. In the 1980s, Paul Kline moved it to his estate where it is today, used as a garage I believe.

(Name at least one other building in town today that was moved to its location. Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

“Roundy” Walker once told me that the Beavertown baseball team played a professional ball team in Lewistown as an exhibition, AND BEAT THEM!

“Butch” Rine was the fireball pitcher for Beavertown, and this pro team said they were fearful and could not get comfortable in the batter’s box, and thus lost.

While I am reluctant to name the pros that were beat, it was a world famous team from New York City.

(Courtesy of Larry Zechman)

The 1973 Champs - the Beavertown Tigers won the West Branch Baseball League championship this year when they defeated Mifflinburg in a playoff game to decide the title. Squad members front row, left to right, Larry Zechman, Sid Wagner, co-manager, Steve Hassinger, Galen Graybill and Erman Lepley; back row, left to right, John Graybill, Fred Admas, Frank Thomas, Tony McGlaughlin, co-manager, and Glenn Fogel.

(What was one of the greatest feats a Beavertown baseball team ever did? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

Beavertown today can outdo the hydraulic ram of yesterday because of increased technology.

Our well #6 pump is rated at 75 HP and can pump 600 gallons a minute.

Our well #7 pump is rated at 40 HP and can pump 400 gallons a minute.

In a power failure, our generator can produce 100 KW of power. It has a capacity of 100 gallons of diesel fuel.

(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

“This wonderful machine weighs 2,900 pounds, is 8 and 1/2 feet long, stands 7 and 1/2 feet high. The air chamber is 2 feet 8 inches in diameter. The feed pipe is 12 and 1/2 inches in diameter and has a 6 inch discharge pipe. It has a capacity of discharging 417,920 gallons of water per day.” This photo of the early 1900s was taken just 1/3 of a mile southwest of Beavertown.

(How much water can the best of the Borough’s electric pump today? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

Mrs. Raymond Sassaman was a war-bride from England. She was raven haired and she was most beautiful.

Henry drove a car transporter truck. In 1946 they were living in an apartment in the block house just west of the LK Auto car sales lot at 317 East Market Street.

While there are other Beavertown servicemen who took foreign brides after WWII, we only want to cover WWII in this answer.