Norman Gasbarro | May 24, 2012
In the post yesterday, the story of the last reunion of the First Defenders was told. That reunion was held in 1935 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. One member of that group, which originally consisted of 530 veterans, was able to attend the reunion. Only three were still alive. Their combined ages totalled 286 years. […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 22, 2012
Military Funeral for Comrade William Irving Held on Tues. 2 P.M. LYKENS, 3 May 1935. — The town of Lykens paid its last respects to its oldest ‘first defender’ on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, when the American legion, the High School Band, the Hose Company, and the school children beside a large number of […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 21, 2012
William Irving was one of Lykens elderly and respected citizens. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1841 and came to Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, in 1874 and entered the bottling business in which he engaged until 1874 when he entered the hotel business. He conducted the Valley House which was located at Main and […]
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