Index of the "Old Frackville Tales"
All of Lorraine Stanton's "Old Frackville Tales" articles are available at the Harrisburg State Library in Harrisburg, PA.
The pdf versions below were produced courtesy of Mr. Paul Coombe of the Mahanoy Area Historical Society who scanned all of the Old Frackville Tales newspaper copies for display on this website. A huge thanks for the work graciously done by Paul in the spirit of documenting our town's historical records.
| Article Date | Article Contents |
|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 1975 [pdf] | Gus Heine |
| Feb. 28, 1975 [pdf] | Francis "Punk" Kiefer |
| Mar. 7, 1975 [pdf] | Grant Hornberger |
| Mar. 14, 1975 [pdf] | Picture of Frackville 1889 and Frackville Buffaloes article |
| Mar. 21, 1975 [pdf] | Wagner's Butcher Wagon picture and tale |
| Mar. 28, 1975 [pdf] | (pictures) Continental Hotel and WWI Carpenters |
| Apr. 4, 1975 [pdf] | Jim Williams |
| Apr. 11, 1975 [pdf] | (pictures) Jim White Theater, Firetruck, and Jack Harris Store |
| Apr. 18, 1975 [pdf] | (picture) Lorraine Gibowicz Stanton's 7th grade class, Reminiscing the 20s and 30s |
| Apr. 19, 1975 [pdf] | Browsing through a 1902 Newspaper |
| Apr. 25, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Sanner |
| Apr. 26, 1975 [pdf] | (pictures) Anthony's IGA and Laurusevage Stores |
| May 2, 1975 [pdf] | Let's Go Back to 1925 [& Bleiler biography <- missing in pdf] |
| May 3, 1975 [pdf] | Dr. Neds & Old Timer Dr. John Berk biography |
| May 9, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Anna Gibowicz (my mother) |
| May 10, 1975 [pdf] | Bakeries & Old Timer Hillanbrand **dupe? |
| May 16, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. and Mrs. John Habel |
| May 17, 1975 [pdf] | Do You Remember Column & Old Timer Chas. Hillanbrand biography **du;e? |
| May 23, 1975 [pdf] | Lehigh Avenue picture and tale |
| May 24, 1975 [pdf] | Ted Mallick |
| May 30, 1975 [pdf] | Schuylkill County Historical Pageant |
| May 31, 1975 [pdf] | Schuylkill County Song |
| June 6, 1975 [pdf] | Ella Kaup |
| June 7, 1975 [pdf] | Wagner and Kaup family pictures |
| June 13, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Elizabeth Trautman |
| June 14, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phillips & Joseph Kehler biography |
| June 20, 1975 [pdf] | Gip Fulton's Old Stone Tavern picture; the first 4 months of writing OFT |
| June 21, 1975 [pdf] | Burchills, Claire Hostler, and Paulines pictures & Old Timer John Meredith biography |
| June 26, 1975 [pdf] | St. Ann's Church |
| June 27, 1975 [pdf] | Nice Funeral Home & Old Timer Dr. David Taggart biography |
| June 28, 1975 [pdf] | Haupt Building & Old Timer Joseph Scheaffer biography |
| July 3, 1975 [pdf] | Two articles on 4th of July |
| July 5, 1975 [pdf] | Frackville Water Works picture & Charles Wagner biography |
| July 11, 1975 [pdf] | Civil War |
| July 12, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gradwell & Robert Reick biography |
| July 18, 1975 [pdf] | Herbst Dellecker |
| July 19, 1975 [pdf] | The 1950's Do You Remember; pictures: Cub Pack 92 and Gettysburg College Convocation |
| July 25, 1975 [pdf] | Poems written by Frackville residents |
| July 26, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Florence Caton |
| July 31, 1975 [pdf] | Vintage July 4th pictures and American Revoluation article |
| Aug. 1, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. Melvin Reed |
| Aug. 2, 1975 [pdf] | Lehigh Ave. looking north & St. Peter's Church picture |
| Aug. 8, 1975 [pdf] | Nice Street picture and tale |
| Aug. 9, 1975 [pdf] | Mahanoy Plane |
| Aug. 15, 1975 [pdf] | Pictures of Lehigh Ave., Luthern Church & Wm. Bellas factory |
| Aug. 16, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Margaret Anna Edwards & George Burchill biography |
| Aug. 22, 1975 [pdf] | Fat Richards Orchestra and songs article |
| Aug. 23, 1975 [pdf] | Frank Mekailek's Saloon & William Dampman and William Sanner biographies |
| Aug. 29, 1975 [pdf] | Alexander Scott biography |
| Aug. 30, 1975 [pdf] | Frackville Star Newspaper articles & The Haupt Family biography |
| Sep. 5, 1975 [pdf] | Battlefields of France & John Harris biography |
| Sep. 6, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. Richard Fennelly |
| Sep. 12, 1975 [pdf] | Old Home Week I |
| Sep. 13, 1975 [pdf] | Old Home Week II |
| Sep. 19, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. William Gilfert |
| Sep. 20, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. William Minahan |
| Sep. 26, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. Al Farrell & John F. Reynolds biography |
| Sep. 27, 1975 [pdf] | Story on old receipts. |
| Oct. 3, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Kershner |
| Oct. 4, 1975 [pdf] | Frackville Passenger Station picture, 1888 and tale |
| Oct. 10, 1975 [pdf] | Ashland State Hospital. (Flu epedimic in town) |
| Oct. 11, 1975 [pdf] | Rev. Miller's History of Frackville |
| Oct. 17, 1975 [pdf] | Miss Elizabeth Shaffer |
| Oct. 18, 1975 [pdf] | Burke Funeral Home |
| Oct. 24, 1975 [pdf] | Train Story |
| Oct. 25, 1975 [pdf] | (Special Shenandoah Evening Herald Centennial Edition) The Mining Story and picture of Freight Station siding and tale |
| Oct. 31, 1975 [pdf] | Continental Hotel, Lehigh Avenue, pictures & captions |
| Nov. 1, 1975 [pdf] | Oct. 29, 1919 Homecoming Parade for WW I veterans |
| Nov. 7, 1975 [pdf] | Frackville Outlook newspaper articles (History of Frackville, Community Houses, Industries of Frackville, and Rowdyism) |
| Nov. 8, 1975 [pdf] | Carrie Kiefer |
| Nov. 14, 1975 [pdf] | Roy Thomas |
| Nov. 15, 1975 [pdf] | Miss Edith Hampton |
| Nov. 21, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. Clarence Swade |
| Nov. 22, 1975 [pdf] | Mr. Mitch Miller |
| Nov. 28, 1975 [pdf] | Harry Snyder |
| Nov. 29, 1975 [pdf] | Carman Sarra Store |
| Dec. 5, 1975 [pdf] | Stegmaiers Basketball Team |
| Dec. 6, 1975 [pdf] | Ralph Tregembo |
| Dec. 12, 1975 [pdf] | Charles Lindenmuth |
| Dec. 13, 1975 [pdf] | Mrs. Irvin Jones |
| Dec. 19, 1975 [pdf] | Haupt Square and articles from Frackville Outlook News |
| Dec. 20, 1975 [pdf] | Iron Mike Kushwara |
| Dec. 26, 1975 [pdf] | Did You Know Column and American Legion Post picture |
| Dec. 27, 1975 [pdf] | Kirelawich family |
| Jan. 2, 1976 [pdf] | Dixie Keysock |
| Jan. 3, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory 1924-26 with Picture of Lutheran Church |
| Jan. 9, 1976 [pdf] | Brady Atkins 5 & 10 picture with tale |
| Jan. 10, 1976 [pdf] | Rev. Zimmerman and Church |
| Jan. 16, 1976 [pdf] | Picture of Lehigh Avenue and Ordinances |
| Jan. 17, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory 1919-21 with pictures of Swade's Restaurant and Stone Hotel |
| Jan. 23, 1976 [pdf] | Robert Garrett |
| Jan. 24, 1976 [pdf] | Scotty Bradbury and Firemen's Parade |
| Jan. 30, 1976 [pdf] | Joseph J. Kehler |
| Jan. 31, 1976 [pdf] | Mrs. Dorothy Spence |
| Feb. 6. 1976 [pdf] | Rev. Stanley Norbutas |
| Feb. 7, 1976 [pdf] | Peter Kowker |
| Feb. 13, 1976 [pdf] | Interesting Facts with picture of H.D. Bob Co. |
| Feb. 14, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory 1913-15 with pictures of Church of God & Frackville Flag Twirlers of 1952 |
| Feb. 20, 1976 [pdf] | Father Tomczyk |
| Feb. 21, 1976 [pdf] | Do you remember column with picture of Rifle Club 1924 |
| Feb. 27, 1976 [pdf] | Walter Mensch |
| Feb. 28, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory 1905-06 with Burchill-Lumber Co. |
| Mar. 1, 1976 [pdf] | Schuylkill County Court House |
| Mar. 5, 1976 [pdf] | Do you remember column; Haupt & Baney & Herwick store & Jesse Frack & Eleanor Hale pic |
| Mar. 6, 1976 [pdf] | Elks |
| Mar. 12, 1976 [pdf] | Union of Polish Women |
| Mar. 13, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory 1903-05 |
| Mar. 19, 1976 [pdf] | Charles O'Donnell |
| Mar. 20, 1976 [pdf] | Do You Remember Column with pictures of St. Ann's Church |
| Mar. 26, 1976 [pdf] | Harold Hahn |
| Mar. 27, 1976 [pdf] | Sam Lipkin |
| Apr. 2, 1976 [pdf] | Mrs. Pearl Herb |
| Apr. 3, 1976 [pdf] | Lorraine Stanton |
| Apr. 9, 1976 [pdf] | North Balliet Street Opening |
| Apr. 10, 1976 [pdf] | First Census of Frackville |
| Apr. 16, 1976 [pdf] | Dr. Wm. Dougherty |
| Apr. 17, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory, 1901-1903 |
| Apr. 23, 1976 [pdf] | Woman's Club Chorus |
| Apr. 24, 1976 [pdf] | 100 years of Frackville Officials |
| Apr. 30, 1976 [pdf] | Do you remember column with A.&S. & 3 modes of transportation |
| May 1, 1976 [pdf] | Roeder family and Hodgert the Cop |
| May 7, 1976 [pdf] | Squire Connelly |
| May 8, 1976 [pdf] | Mrs. Connelly |
| May 14, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Outlook articles, pictures of 1930 girl's basketball team |
| May 15, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory, 1895-97 |
| May 18, 1976 [pdf] | Flood at Gilberton |
| May 21, 1976 [pdf] | Parades in town with picture of American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps |
| May 22, 1976 [pdf] | Do You Remember column with William Bellas Factory picture |
| May 28, 1976 [pdf] | Pictures of nursing classes & article (Frackville Outlook) |
| May 29, 1976 [pdf] | Frackville Business Directory, 1893-94 |
| June 4, 1976 [pdf] | Jacob Pauly |
| June 5, 1976 [pdf] | Pictures of Shadels and Alexander Polanchyck; Frackville Business Directory 1891-2 |
| June 11, 1976 [pdf] | Library History |
| June 12, 1976 [pdf] | Police and State Police Story |
| June 18, 1976 [pdf] | Poem on Scotts Store & Old Arch with pictures |
| June 19, 1976 [pdf] | Did You Know column with pics. of W.R.Trautman & Franklin school students |
| June 25, 1976 [pdf] | Do You Remember column and Molly Maguire sketch and story |
| June 26, 1976 [pdf] | St. Ann's Church |
| July 2, 1976 [pdf] | St. Joseph's Church |
| July 3, 1976 [pdf] | May Day and Special Independence Day edition (Several L.S.articles) |
| July 9, 1976 [pdf] | Doc. Mengle |
| July 10, 1976 [pdf] | 3 pictures: Cub Pack 92; Good Will Hose Company Band; Clarence Brosius, L.K. Stoney, and George Sebold |
| July 16, 1976 [pdf] | Kuchta story |
| July 17, 1976 [pdf] | four pictures of 1948 |
| July 23, 1976 [pdf] | Mrs. Levi Bohard |
| July 24, 1976 [pdf] | four pictures with captions |
| July 30, 1976 [pdf] | Bell Telephone |
| July 31, 1976 [pdf] | Four pictures with captions |
| Aug. 6, 1976 [pdf] | Kyran Purcell |
| Aug. 7, 1976 [pdf] | Knights of Columbus |
| Aug. 13, 1976 [pdf] | Glick-Sanner Families |
| Aug. 14, 1976 [pdf] | Beard, Leddicoat and Hall Families |
| Aug. 20, 1976 [pdf] | Senior Citizens |
| Aug. 21, 1976 [pdf] | Complete Centennial Edition newspaper |
| Aug. 21, 1976 [html] | Centennial Edition - How Frackville Got Its Name |
| Aug. 21, 1976 [html] | Centennial Edition - Ballietsville Inn |
| Aug. 21, 1976 [html] | Centennial Edition - History of the Frackville Schools |
| Aug. 21, 1976 [html] | Centennial Edition - Daniel Frack |
| Aug. 21, 1976 [html] | Centennial Edition - Mary Balliet Frack |
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