(Courtesy of Doris Lash)

“Stuff” lead the effort to make Beavertown a borough. He can really be described as the “Father of Beavertown” in that regard. He was a great promoter of our reservoir and water system and for many years had large numbers of the community out once a year to completely clean the drained reservoir. He was later the 3rd mayor (then Chief Burgess) of Beavertown, for one term from January 1 1930 to December 31 1933.

(How many mayors has Beavertown had thus far? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

In 1851 Moses Specht finished building the first real church in Beavertown. It was a Union church of Lutheran and Reformed. Today it is the U.C.C. church.

One faction of the Lutherans wanted a church of their own, so they turned to Moses to build one. In 1880 he finished what was the old Lutheran church, but today is owned by Davy Jones who will establish a multiplex of theater, museum, and music hall in this now restored venerable old building.