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This Was Doylestown, 1927

The Doylestown Public School is refurbished, hundreds of people enjoy a street fair, and a Bucks County football league is proposed, 85 years ago this week.

Borough school ready to greet pupils -

School days will soon be here. Next Tuesday morning, the school bell that has been "at rest" for the vacation season will again cast off the dust of the Summer months when the 8:30 "call to colors" will be sounded for a thousand or more pupils.

A trip through the Doylestown Public School on Friday revealed that the engineers have been busy during the vacation period giving the building a "house cleaning." A few improvements have been made in addition to the usual painting of walls and oiling of floors in certain sections of the building.

The building committee chairman, Director Frank Mitch, said that everything is in first-class shape for the opening day. There are a few repairs to be made to the roof in the near future that will place the building in good condition for the Winter season.

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Considerable time was spent in arranging the lighting system in certain rooms so that more light will be available. New shades have been added in certain rooms also. Every floor in the building has been oiled. All the rooms on the basement floor have been whitewashed.

The entire auditorium, the nurse room and the directors' room were refinished in buff-colored paint and varnish. The auditorium never looked better than at the present time. Very attractive curtains, a senior class donation last June, will be erected over the windows of the auditorium.

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On the outside of the building, in the rear of the school, facing Broad street, the playground is being resurfaced with stone. School directors are in hopes of having some time in the near future, a better-equipped playground. What the future plans for playground development might be have not been divulged.

 

Hundreds flock to street fair -

At least 500 persons Monday night patronized the first night of the mid-summer festivities of the and the American Legion at the fire house.

In spite of the threatening weather, the large crowd turned out and virtually filled Monument Square to witness the performance of "Roland the Human Fly," who was scheduled to climb the side of the Court Inn, but who disappointed them.

"It is about the finest street fair and carnival that I have ever attended," was the expression of a new resident of Doylestown, who located here about a month ago. "It seemed last night like a big family picnic with everybody willing to help the cause along."

Children had the time of their lives with "Bill the Cotton Candy Man," who kept his twirling pan in operation all evening, feeding the boys and girls who patronized him.

Unusually attractive prizes--including blankets, canaries, Spanish shawls, dolls, lamps, fruit, candy and cigarettes--were awarded in various contests.

The fair will continue every night this week after 6 o'clock at the fire house on Shewell avenue. The committee in charge reported that with public support for five more nights, both organizations will benefit and the purposes for which the fair is being staged will have been carried out to a successful end.

 

Mercer Museum draws visitors from 19 states -

The growing popularity of the , operated by the Bucks County Historical Society, is evident from the fact that during the past five days over 300 persons who signed the register came from nineteen different states.

The States represented included New Jersey, Virginia, Wisconsin, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, Colorado, District of Columbia, Michigan, Texas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Indiana and Missouri [two states were not listed].

Outside of the United States, there were visitors who came from the Canary Islands, Honolulu, Labrador, Latvia and London, England.

Among the recent visitors to the museum were Mr. and Mrs. Q.B. Beeman, of London; and Rear Admiral George R. Maxwell, of the United States Navy.

 

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Doylestown's two Odd Fellows lodges merge -

With the approval of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Odd Fellows, the two Odd Fellows lodges in the borough, Aquetong No. 193 and Doylestown No. 94, will operate as one lodge in the future.

Doylestown Lodge No. 94 has been in existence for eighty-three years and Aquetong Lodge No. 193 for eighty-one years. They are among the oldest Odd Fellows lodges in Pennsylvania. During that period of time, a keen rivalry at times has been enjoyed by both organizations.

Doylestown Lodge No. 94 was organized on March 30, 1844 by five or six men who met in the jury room of the old [1812] court house. The meetings were held in the old academy building [at Court and Broad streets, replaced in 1890 by the public school].

Two years afterward, Aquetong Lodge No. 193 was organized on July 8, 1846 by a few of the members who broke away from No. 94.

The older lodge continued the stronger until 1872, when Aquetong forged ahead through the fact that it had several members who stood high in the councils of the order in the state. This enabled them to draw in a great number of members.

At the weekly meeting of Aquetong Lodge on Tuesday night, the approval of the consolidation was announced, but no definite plans for a celebration were made. In the future, the organization will continue to use the name of Aquetong Lodge No. 193. The consolidation brings the membership of the lodge to approximately 375.

The election of officers of Aquetong will take place in September, when the two lodges meet as a consolidated unit. The officers of No. 94 cease to function with the consolidation of the lodges.

Aquetong Lodge not only owns Lenape Hall, the borough's largest building, but several years ago erected and now owns the Strand Theatre Building on East State street.

There was a third Odd Fellows Lodge in Doylestown. St. Tammany was organized in 1847, but did not remain in existence for a long time.

 

Bucks county football league proposed -

At a meeting in the Sixth Regiment Armory on Tuesday night, local football enthusiasts favored the organization of two leagues, one in Bucks county and the other in Montgomery.

Doylestown gridiron enthusiasts are opposed to the idea of joining up with teams such as Conshohocken and Pottstown. This is due entirely to the fact that a wealth of football material exists in those towns that Doylestown could not match.

It was the consensus of those in attendance at the meeting that a league composed of Doylestown, Bristol, New Hope, Yardley, Souderton and Lansdale would afford real competition evenly matched. It is the idea of the Doylestown organizers to call a meeting of football supporters from the six towns proposed for the Bucks county or Bux-Mont League, whatever it may be called, to be held in Doylestown next week.

So far as the organization of the Doylestown team is concerned, no action whatever was taken Tuesday night other than the expression of a desire to have a team again this year. Since Doylestown was a "youngster," there has been some kind of town football team in existence and there is no danger that the coming gridiron season will see Doylestown without one.

It is believed that young material will have to be used in the Doylestown team this year. That is exactly what local sport fans want to see done. It has been the contention of veterans in the game that the only way to form any kind of winning team is to give the young players a chance. The same condition exists in Bristol, New Hope, Yardley, Lansdale and Souderton.

The date of the organization meeting of a proposed Bucks county league will be announced in a few days.

 

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Doylestown Town Notes -

Miss Ethel Ott on Thursday defeated Mrs. Carrie Shellenberger in the finals of the golf tournament for the ladies at the , and thereby gained the club championship among the ladies.

Raymond Leatherman has returned to his home after having spent some time in Baltimore, Washington and Virginia.

"The Gardenea," a new type of California bungalow, is being built at West Court and Washington streets.

Miss Gertrude Kolbe gave a party Friday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kolbe, for a number of friends.

Willard Youelis and nephew, William Youelis, motored to Asbury Park, N.J., where they witnessed the baby parade Wednesday.

Mrs. J. Warren Angeny, of East Court street, who eight weeks ago suffered an attack of the flu, is recovering nicely and is able to take short auto rides.

Miss Marion Michener, of West Court street, will leave Friday to spend three weeks in California.

The annual picnic of the students and the faculty of the National Farm School [now ] was held at Chalfont on Wednesday. A chicken dinner was served. In the afternoon, the student body defeated the faculty in a lively game of baseball.

Deputy Sheriff Harvey D. Hunsberger is on a a motor trip with his wife and friends in Ontario, Canada. He will attend the famous Toronto Fair next week.

The peach festival given by the choir of the Doylestown Methodist Church on Friday evening was unusually well attended and was a great success.

Little Jane Neis, of Green street, entertained several friends at a birthday party Wednesday afternoon.

Freeman Snyder, who graduated from Doylestown High School this year, has returned from a hiking trip to Ohio that he describes as one of the most interesting trips he has ever made. Snyder will spend next week in Doylestown with friends and will enter Swarthmore Prep in September.

 

From the Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, Week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1927

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