(Courtesy of Cathi Young Frazier)

Shirley Deppen Young and Carl L. Young Jr. owned the business from 1950-1953, but they rented the building. They were open from 10 AM to 11 PM and had one employee other than Shirley working there. I think her name was Julia Thomas. They did a lot of business from the mill across the street. The menu was soup, hotdogs, hamburgers, ice cream, milk shakes, and coffee. Mom said coffee was 5 cents a cup and she thinks hotdogs were 10 cents. They also had the fruit stand along side and sold apples and peaches when they were in season. Mom said they lived in a trailer behind the dairy bar so she was close to work and all of my sisters and brother were born during this time. She said she worked up to the day she had them and went back to work three days after they were born.

My dad finished his senior year of high school and played on all the teams and extra activities and she worked the dairy bar. This was all while they were 17 and 18 years of age. They sold the business when my dad was hired away from the silk mill in Beavertown and he and Davey Kline came down to York when Tioga hired them.”

(Who did they sell it to? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

The Opera House, also known as the P.O.S. of A. Hall, and later to become our town’s first firehall, had a basement kitchen and dining room on the south side. They often served delicious chicken and waffle suppers there. On coolish or cold evenings, the ambient smell of good home cooking permeated the atmosphere in there and made it all a most delightful dining experience.

(Courtesy of Cloyd W. Wagner)

Originally the “Grange Hall” was a shirt factory operated by Aaron H. Musser. About 1910 a Jewish firm, Prashker Sohn and Co. bought it from Mr. Musser. In 1913 they sold the business to Charles T. Saylor. He moved the factory to the old Specht Furniture Factory in 1919, and the building shown then became the Grange Hall. It was used for Grange meetings, private parties, good chicken and waffle suppers, plays, and more. Here it is being torn down. It was very important to the social life of Beavertown in its time.

(Who else had Chicken and waffle suppers during this time? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

In 1946, after WWII, Charles Aumiller opened a Sunoco gas station which he called the “West End Service Station”, and continued to operate this franchise in Beavertown until 1951. It was located in a nice one story building which is now 520 West Market Street.

He also operated another Sunoco station in Middleburg during 1947 and 1948.

(Courtesy of Alton Camp)

After his Honorable Separation from the U.S. Army after his WWI overseas tour, Charles Aumiller built this garage at the East end of town. This snapshot was taken about 1920. It is hard to see, but the high sign says HUDSON-ESSEX. Also, notice the car to the right of the photo. Charles was easy going and extended too much credit, and was forced out of business in 1930, when Guy Narehood and Dave Rowe bought this business and named it the Super Service Garage.

(What other business did Charles Aumiller have in town later? Answer next month.)