(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

Front row of this championship team are left to right: Richard Hoy, Richard Saylor, Bob Markley, Bill Markley, Roy Swanger, Richard “Cracker” Howell, and “Solly” Kline.

Back row, left to right: John Boonie, Stan “Hook” Saylor, William “Bim” Saylor, Harold “Deitsch” Wagner, Richard Coleman, Bob “Ink” Middleswarth, Sam Herman.

Gentlemen, you were a great baseball team; one of the best ever!

(Where in town did Beavertown baseball teams play over the years? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

The Brick Plant began in 1926 as the Beavertown Brick Company, Inc. It had six bee hive kilns with a capacity of from 72,000 to 78,000 bricks in each kiln.

During the depression, in 1935, it became the Hill Brick Company.

Finally, it was bought for $42, 000 and owned by the Glen-Gery Corporation, but when better shale was found elsewhere, it was closed in 1961.

In 1973 the Garrisons bought the land where the plant was located and built it into a truck terminal.