(Courtesy of Joseph W. Shirk)

Shown here are Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Shirk and four of their children in about the 1880s. The little wooden building to the rear was the tin manufacturing shop, where stove pipe and other tin items could be custom made to order.

(What two business establishments are located in this building today? This should be easy! Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

Ted Hetrick had an appliance store and electric ship in this building. The West Snyder Pharmacy and Shirk Flowers were two other enterprises which operated in this building.

Going back to loafing benches, add Kauffman’s Meat Market to the list. They had two, one on each side of the store entrance, in the original place of business. We thank Janet Kauffman for this information.