(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

After the Kearns Buggy Factory converted to motor buggies, Bill Bickel went into building buggies right down the street from Kearns. It is where Mr. Stacey lives today on Chestnut Street. Bill Bickel is standing at the bottom of the steps. William Coleman was the wheelright and wagon repair man. (Bickel put on the ironing.) Painter Mr. Steece is on the top of the building (which was the paint shop). The man on the right is unknown.

(What famous auto race car driver lived in this home in the 1970s? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

The last engine to pull a passenger train through Beavertown was a diesel-electric, the only such engine ever used on the line for passengers. It pulled the train coming west, but it ran backwards on its trip back east.

Additional Police Data:

Prior to Bob Hartman’s appointment as a police officer on 8/1/1955, at $75.00 a month, Josh Hackenberg was appointed as a special police on 3/6/1950, but was asked to resign on 2/1/1951. On 4/9/1951, Raymond Rine was appointed as a special police. Then on 9/3/1952, Charles Swab was appointed a police officer at $35.00 a month, if he could get credentials. It is not clear, but apparently he did not.

After Bob resigned, Jim Lash and Sam Herman were given some police authority to deal with pranksters at a special meeting of council held on 10/27/1955.

There may have been others, but we have no record.