Burglar Fleeing Hegins Mining Company is Killed by Police Chief, 1972
On August 28, 1972, a man burglarizing a building at the Hegins Mining Company was caught in the act by Hegins Township Police. In an attempt to avoid apprehension, he […]
Hegins Township School Board Membership, 1946
Both sides of a penny postal card mailed to Howard Troutman, Valley View, Schuylkill County, machine-slogan canceled at Harrisburg Post Office, October 2, 1946, 12 m. The slogan: “Save the […]
Hegins Township – Drunk Driver Kills Two & Injures One, 1931
On a Saturday evening in July 1931, three youths of Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, were walking home from a picnic, when they were struck across from the Hegins Township […]
Hegins – New Theatre Features “The Well,” 1952
A movie poster for The Well, which was shown in Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1952, at the New Theatre. A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, […]
Hegins Township – Huntsinger Farm Equipment
A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, 1952, for Huntsinger Farm Equipment, Robert D. Chambers, Proprietor, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. … Does your tractor start hard? […]
Orpah [Bixler] Umholtz (1923-2015) – “Rosie the Riveter”
A photograph of Orpah I. Bixler taken about 1941 when she went to work for the Jacob’s Aircraft Plant in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The story of her work there […]
Lois [Green] Schoffstall (1931-2022) – Gratz Historian
LOIS GREEN SCHOFFSTALL Lois Green Schoffstall, 91, of Gratz died October 25, 2022, at Stonebridge Health and Rehab Center, Duncannon. She was born in Barry Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, August […]
Murder at the Valley View Water Works, 1910
In 1910, at the conclusion of the construction of the Hegins Water Works at Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a fight took place at the quarters of the Italian workers. […]