(Courtesy of Gwen Wagner)
This photo appeared in a nationally distributed magazine, Country Living. It was submitted by Frank Ritchey of Leesburg, Florida, and it shows his great grandfather Zacharia Garner (sitting with legs crossed), and his great uncle Sam (holding the 2-man crosscut saw). They were sawing lumber to build a farmstead near Beavertown.
(Where was the sawmill that supplied the lumber for the old silk mill in Beavertown? Answer next month.)
Answer to Last Month
In 1940, Beavertown had a Weis Pure Food store, Ira Lepley’s general store, Walker Brothers general store, Fitzgerald’s store and restaurant, Charles Bobb’s store and ice cream parlor, Middleswarth’s Cloverdale Sodas, Kauffman’s store and meat market, and their store on wheels. We also had Troutman’s Meat Market and Rathfon’s bread truck home deliveries, along with Bailey’s Dairy, A&P Teas, “FISH-O”, Fuller Brushes and others.
