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1 The Herald Fall 2010 Hark the happenings of the Historic Ll1lghorne Association ](io \VCS( Ma lie Avenue. Lell "lome. 1'1\ 190,~ R ANTQUE APPRASAL AT "LA on SEPTEMBER 27th, 2010 HSTORC LANGHORNE ASSOCATON will host an Antique Appraisal event during our regular monthly meeting on Monday, September 27 th from 7 PM to 9 PM at 160 W. Maple Ave., Langhorne. Appraisals will be conducted by representatives from Auctions by Stephenson's. There will be a charge of$10 per item with a limit of2 items per person. The total number of appraisals will also be limited. f you would like to have an item appraised, please call ahead at ] 888 or us at historiclanghorne1@verizon.net to reserve a spot for your treasures and so we can plan for the time and space required. Our meetings are open to the public so please join us whether or not you have something to be appraised. The representatives from Stephenson's will discuss each item for the audience. Admission is free for the general public. ANCESTRY FAR AT BCVC On Satmday, September 25, 2010, the Fourth Annual Ancestry Fair will be held at the Bucks County Visitor Center in Bensalem on Street Road. Historic Langhorne Association along with genealogical exhibitors, other historical societies, booksellers, and various other vendors and speakers will be present. The fair highlights the rich heritage and diversity of the region. The event is free to the public and runs from 9 am to 7 pm. OPEN HOURS Wednesdays loam w 12pm 7-9pm Saturdays loam - 12pm...Or by appointment Admission is Free & Gift Shop Available MANY VSTORS TO THE LBRARY This past summer has been one of the busiest for Historic Langhorne Association with some 100 visitors, including those on Memorial Day and during the Langhome Car Show. Not bad considering our limited hours. This number does not include the numerous inquiries we receive each month. The visitors corne from as far away as California, Florida, Connecticut, and even France! Who knew that Langhorne was so weh known? Many talk about the old Langhorne Speedway. Some people come in just to look around while others come for research. Our volunteers will sometimes spend an hour or two with the latter. Of course many of these people spend time walking around town visiting our shops and eateries. We would like to expand our hours, but we need people willing to give a few hours a month, familiar with the Langhorne area and willing 10 learn about the library's resources. f you are interested, give us a call or drop us an . Our headquarters is located in The Anna Mary Williamson Library & Museum

2 ARCHVES COLLECTON EXPANDS Thanks to generous donors, OUf archives collection continues to expand. Here are some of our recent acquisitions: HLA President Jim Maier has donated a black and white photograph of North Bellevue Avenue, Langhorne, showing the old Bell Telephone Building. The photograph was taken for the C. Harry Johnson, Philadelphia, Member American nstitute Real Estate Appraisers. Mr. Matt Vandenbraak of WDlmington, Delaware sent us,65 page typed draft of "A H~story of Langhorne-Middletown Schools, Langhorne, Bucks County, Pa.: " by his father-inlaw, William A. Thomas, a teacher, High School Principal, Supervising Principal in the district from 1920 to The paper includes photographs of many of the old schools in the area. Also included was a copy ofthe Langhorne-Middletown High School Handbook , a copy ofthe Langhorne-Middletown High School STYLE BOOK in Correct English: 1936, and a Manual of nstructions in Freshman English - Lock Haven State Teachers College. Jean Candy Rounsavililoaned us a copy ofa black and white photograph of the Candy family at -church. (Church is unidentified.) The original photograph was scanned and returned to the owner. We received numerous donations from the Estate of Elizabeth Linington from Jane Boyle including a black and white photograph of the girls' hockey team, , Langhorne Middletown High School, a black and white photograph of the Peoples National Bank on South Bellevue Avenue in Langhorne taken shortly after it open in Dominick Dorazio contributed a digital recording and printed transcript of an interview he conducted with long-time Langhorne resident Clara VanSant. -Dominick conducted the interview as part of his course work for the Bucks County Community College's course on "Oral History" in the Historic Preservation Certification Program. STRAWHERRY FESTVAL Historic Langhorne Association's annual Strawberry Festival was held on June 6 th this summer, and despite questionable weather conditions, a great time was had by all. HLA would like to thank all of the volunteers, vendors and patrons for an enjoyable and successful event.

3 OCTOBER GENERAL MEETNG. The History of the Neshaminy School District HSTORC LANGHORNE ASSOCATON will present a program on "The History of the Neshaminy School District" at its general meeting on October 25 th at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Anna Mary Williamson Library building and the program will be presented by William Macht. Mr. Macht is a long-time resident and former mayor of Langhorne and a retired teacher and administrator for the Neshaminy School District. William and Romaine Macht are charter members of Historic Langhorne and have made a significant contribution over the years to the formation and growth of this organization. We acknowledge that contribution with appreciation and we look forward to Mr. Macht's presentation. General meetings are open to the public, admission is free and refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the presentation. "Eight-Square" Oxford Valley School Photo isjrom the William Thomas report in the HLA Archives Maple Point School Photo is/rom the William Thomas report in the HLA Archives Langhorne-Middletown High School Photo is/rom the William Thomas report in the HLA Archives

4 HANDCAPPED-ACCESSBLE ENTRANCE PROJECT UPDATE You may have noticed that the construction work on the rear of our building appears to have been completed this summer. Twining Construction has completed all site work for this project. TJlis project involved constructing a new foundation to reposition our original rear steps. The steps have been turned 90 degrees and moved out a few feet allowing room for a handicapped lift to be installed next to the building. A concrete walk was installed and the driveway was stabilized with pavers from the street to our rear entrance. Twining Construction did an excellent job on this project. The stone work on the new foundation blends in very well with the original stone work on our building. A vintage style black railing has been installed from the steps to the building. The handicapped lift has been ordered. Within the next few weeks it will be delivered and installed. Final permits for this have been applied for from Harrisburg. Once the lift has been installed the final step on this project will be the planting of a few shrubs along the walkway. These projects have been financed in part by a combination of grant funds, a bequest from the Estate of William and Evelyn Parry and other member contributions. Upon completion of this project, we will finally have a handicapped-accessible entrance to our building. ;~ ~ ~ 4 4 t 4 " Jim Maier!}; ;'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'1 THANK YOU FOR THE : REDNERSTAPES ing grocery register receipts from Redner's Market i on Route 1 in Langhorne for which we have received i more than $ This money goes to help main-! tain our building and cohections. We want to thank! i all those who have donated their tapes, especially l!several individuals who mail or drop them off aoooy- i imously. f you would like to take part in this pro-! i gram, ask for a Save-A-Tape card the next time you ~ i are in Redners. You do not need to give your name i i or any other personal information. i j.. MEMBERSHP UPDATE ~ We recently mailed our Membership Renewal ~ requests for the membership year. i f you have not received this information, For three years HLA has been collecting and redeem- i i please contact us by telephone or and we j will send this out to you again. Membership j applications are also available at our website.. Membership income is our most important source of funds for operating and maintaining the historic Anna Mary Williamson Library. We appreciate your past support and ask that you continue to support us by mailing in your renewals as soon as possible.

5 r ! Coming.JUtractions at ~ :J{istoric Langhorne Association i ; ~ Saturday, September 25th, 9:00am- 7:00pm i ~ Ancestry Fair HtsToR!C LAN~HO"~NE i ~HosTrouR5 j l 1!Join us this fall for our annual Ghost Tours through haunted Langhorne Borough. Our tours are approximately one hour walking tours and begin at Historic Langhorne Association. Tickets i,will be available from Monday to Friday, gam to 15:30pm at Will Travel, nc. 118 South Bellevue Avenue, Langhorne. Tickets will also be available j at Historic Langhorne Association on Wednesday i!evenings from 7pm to 9pm and Saturday imornings from loam to 12pm. Please check our website for this year's schedule; and further details. Tours will run on weekends ' i, throughout October. 1.. " "" _ ".._ ".,,.. --l..l ~ "...nv'v."'"...",v.v.v.v.v.v.".".v."ylv...,y.v."."'...,..v.vv.vvv.v...,'vv...tvlv ''''t'lnva''' Free public event at the Bucks County Visitors Center in Bensalem, PA. Monday, September 27th, 7:00pm ~ 9:00pm General Meeting & Antique Appraisal Antique appraisal event at HLA's general meeting at 160 W. Maple Ave - see article. Monday, October 25th, 7:30pm General Meeting, "History of Neshaminy School District" Presentation held at 160 W. Maple Ave - see article. Saturday, October 30th, 10:00am - 3:00pm Olde Langhorne Harvest Day Community festival celebrating Autumn! Tuesdays 3:00pm - 6:30pm until Oct. 26th Langhorne Farmer's Market Held at the American Legion building, 115 W. Richardson Avenue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '\ HOLDAY HOUSE PROJECT J> ~ ~ ~ Four Lanes End Garden Club's Holiday ~ House Tour will be held November J8th and ~ HLA has been invited to participate again this ~ year. We are planning an exhibit of quilts, so -' ~ if you have a favorite quilt that you would J> ~ like to display, please contact me. Because of..p ~ limited spacc we are asking for "quilts with a ' '\. history", and please include that ' ~ history! Also, we will need to borrow blanket,r '\ stands, folding laundry racks, quilting frames,.,f <\. etc. to display the quilts. Most important of '\ all, we need committee people to make this.p 1,. exhibit successful. J> '\- Any volunteers? Call me! J> \..f <\ Jean Noble J> '-ir 2] J' ~~~~J>~.fJ>~~J>~J>J>~~~~ Month of October, Dates & Times TBA Historic Langhorne Ghost Tours See article. Thursday, November 18th, 10:00am-8:00pm Holiday House Tour Sponsored by Four Lanes End Garden Club J\ N '' ~ D Old photographs, postcards, maps or documents of Langhorne and neighboring towns for preservation in our archives. You can either donate or loan material and we will scan and return the item(s). Photos of houses, businesses, streets, events are sought along with local event brochures, programs, yearbooks, etc. Contact Larry, Charlie or Jim at or hisjoric/anghornel@verizon.netif you have items that you wish to donate or loan for preservation.

6 :O ~ ~ ~ ~ BTS & PECES f you like history, or just have time on our hands, check this out: Historic Langhorne Association has a fan page on Facebook! We invite everyone to join and follow for information on our activities. ~ 1 HLA has three addresses for communicating with us at our headquarlers. Add them to your contacts for future reference. General HistoricLanghorne1@verizon.net Archive emaijhlaarchives@vcrizon.net Research hlarcsearch@verizon.nct Historic Langhorne Association's 2006 Officers & Committee Members President- Jim Maier Vice President- Lany Langhans Treasurer- Jack Fulton Recording Secretary- Evelyn Aicher Corresponding Secretary-Barbara Kittel Technology- Charlie Lauble & Jim Maier Artifacts- Evelyn Aicher Publicity- Jean Noble Hostess- Nancy Pietsch Archives- Larry Langhans & Jim Maier HLA Gift Shop- Evelyn Aicher & Judy Sloan Finance- Jack Fulton Genealogy- Open Holiday House- Jean Noble Library- Jean Noble Membership- Jack Fulton Newsletter- Jack Fulton & Leslie Fulton Oral History- Open Programs Open Property- Charles Lauble Sunshine- Nancy Pietsch Ways and Means- Jean Noble Grant Advisor- Kathy Horwatt House Plaques-Judy Sloan Tea- Barbara Kittel Picture your name here and volunteerl