(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)
At one time, 1925-1960, this was one of Beavertown’s major employers. As shown above it was owned by the Glen-Gery Brick Company. For those who might not know, today it is where the 522 Service Center is, (which is where the main brick plant was located), and D&R Transport, (which was the brick plant office) and the GLC (Garrison Leasing Company).
(What was another name for this brick plant besides Glen-Gery? Answer next month.)
Answer to Last Month
After Yetters conducted their most extraordinarily successful racing program beginning in 1955, Beavertown was on the auto racing map here in Central Pennsylvania. With the reopening of the Selinsgrove Speedway in 1963, our area got national attention. Then in the 70s, Bogar’s outstanding team really put Beavertown on the national racing scene. After Jan Opperman left Bogar’s, several good out of state racers got the Bogar ride. One of these was Roger “The Slippery One” Larson.
He moved into Beavertown from his native North Dakota and lived where Mr. Stacey now lives on Chestnut Street. He was a good racer, but no one could replace the talents of Jan Opperman, and so Bogar’s gave up the racing operation. Roger moved back to his home state and joined another racing team and was killed in a racing accident not too long after leaving Beavertown.
