THE BERWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY |
ABOUT THE BERWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETYThe Berwick Historical Society was incorporated on July 26, 1940 to carry out the following objectives in the Berwick, Pennsylvania area:
FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIETYThe fifteen persons who attended the first meeting of the Berwick Historical Society, held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harder on January 8, 1938, shall be known as "Founders of the Society." Their names are Robert L. Harder, Miss Sarah Crary, Miss Martha Crary, Rev. Ammon W. Smith, Miss Elma Bishop, Mrs. Morris Evans, Mrs. S. W. Snyder, Mr. Roy Paden, Mr. Frank Whitman, Mrs. Herman T. Waldner, Mr. Thomas Corbett, Mr. Ray McBride, Prof. M. E. Houck, Mrs. Robert L. Harder, and Mrs. Scott E. Fenstermacher. ORGANIZATION
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Russel Fahringer, Designer of The Berwick Historical Society LogoThe Berwick Historical Society is fortunate to have had our logo designed by such a distinguished member of Berwick and world history. The logo shows the American Car and Foundry (ACF) surrounded by an Indian teepee, a log cabin and the profiles of a Susquehannock Indian and a pioneer settler. Along with designing the Society’s logo, Russel also painted two murals in The First Baptist Church on Front Street in Berwick, and designed and copyrighted in 1936 a Romance Map commemorating the Berwick Sesquicentennial (1786-1936). He also did a mural of the Liberty Bell which still hangs in the Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA. Russel was the second eldest of nine children born to Harry and Nellie Fahringer on August 4, 1908 in Berwick, PA.
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