(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

Shown here is the eleven member cast of the play from the early 1900s. From left to right we find Ed Rhamstine, Oscar Freed, Carrie or Annie Wetzel, Lura Specht, Max Bingaman, Lulu Kearns, Jacob Wetzel, Esther Bingaman, Carrie or Minerva Faust, Max Kearns, and Bill Soles. Word has it they were a hit!

(Can you name some other local plays put on at the Opera House? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

The land on which the original silk mill was built was purchased from Jacob H. Hetrick in 1916, for B. Edmund David Inc. of New York City, by F. Q. Hartman of Danville, acting as agent for B. Edmund David Inc.

Mr. Hartman also arranged for the purchase of all materials required to complete the building, and acted as overall architect and construction supervisor.

Jacob H. Hetrick, awarded a job for life, supervised the pouring of the concrete piers and foundation, which is how the mill began.