Simon Peter Nelson was born on 23 October 1878, in Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Nelson, an immigrant from Germany, and his wife, Rebecca [Heberling] […]
A 1966 news brief told of a recreational flight from Tower City to a family visit in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ulsh, Orwin; Leroy Kolva, Williamstown; and […]
GENE BENDIGO AND HELEN KESSLER WED A very pretty wedding took place in St. Peter’s Reformed Church, Orwin, on Saturday evening at 7 o’clock, when Miss Helen Irene Kessler, Tower […]
A 1918 portrait photograph of Harvey S. Hoffman, Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1918 yearbook of the West Chester State Normal School, West Chester, […]
HOLIDAY FIRE DESTROYS WICONISCO STORE Fire which was started by backfire of an automobile engine shortly before six o’clock, last Friday evening destroyed the store and dwelling of the Forman […]
HENRY WARFIELD Funeral services for Henry A. Warfield, age 67 of Orwin, were held on Saturday. Rev. Ira Frankenfield, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church officiated and burial was made […]
An undated photograph of six young men from Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, said to be future aviators. Note: Holding model airplanes. SCHUYLKILL MEMORY LANE QUIZ Clue: This group of young […]
An undated photograph of a young Charles W. Brown of Reinerton and Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SCHUYLKILL MEMORY LANE QUIZ Clue: Happy Birthday to the barefoot with feet of brown […]