(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

Pictured here is another POS of A parade held in Beavertown about 1915. This scene is on South Center Street, just off of the square. Thomas Kohler’s Groceries and Confectionary Shop can be seen at the middle left. This shop featured fresh roasted peanuts, and inside had a mouth watering smell of this delicious specialty.

(Who else had owned a business at this location? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

There may be several other works of art with Elmer Fall as the subject, but the main one I have in mind is a song composed by Rudy Coleman and Nelson Fitzgerald in the late 1930s entitled, Elmer’s In Town.

Toey Walker and Max Rhamstine joined Fitz and Rudy in singing the song, and recording it in Max’s Keystone Electric Shop on an acetate record machine located there.

Next it was put on Fitz’s jukebox in his Restaurant, and played very often, much to the annoyance of Mr. Fall.

One day Fitz took a record from the jukebox and gave it to Elmer, who immediately smashed it to pieces, only to quickly learn that it was not his record, but another one that was worn out.

That original record was worn out itself by the many plays it had on the jukebox. No one remembers what happened to it. In any event, it was a work of art!