Blossburg News & Views for April 4, 2012

by Lonny Frost 2. April 2012 01:25
EVENTS
In cooperation with Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority, Blossburg V.I.B.E. will collect electronics in the Riverside Plaza parking lot on Sat., April 21 from 8am to 1pm.  Any hard drives are destroyed using Department of Defense standards, then the vendor disassembles everything.  It is all done in the U.S.  Please note: NO TVs or microwaves accepted!  For a full list view this site http://www.ntswa.org/recycle.htm .
 
Little League Field Clean Up will be April 6 & 7 at 10am each day.  Lunch will be provided.  Please come out and support North Penn Little League! 
 
You are invited to the Good Friday Service at Covington Baptist Church Fri., April 6th at 7pm.  Then on Easter Sunday we welcome ou to our Sunrise Service at 8am.  Stay for breakfast at 8:30am.  So bring your family or a friend and join us in celebrating Easter! 
   
The Blossburg UMC will hold a Good Friday Service at 7pm. Sunrise Service will be held on the 8th at 6am followed by breakfast.
 
April 28th is the Blossburg Community Yard Sale which will occur from 8am to 2pm.  If you want your sale on the map, email vibe@blossburg.org or call Heidi Jones at 638-2486 by April 15th.
 
Birthday wishes are going out to Hazel Osborne of Blossburg from your family.  Also Steve Bolt of Covington celebrates a birthday this week.
 
Condolences are extended to the family of Doris Scheerer from the entire Blossburg Community.  She will be greatly missed.
 
Send your announcement to news@blossburg.org or call (570) 638-2486.  Deadline for items is 8 pm. on Saturday.  Do not forget to check out www.blossburg.org for any thing you may be looking about our town!
 
A LOOK BACK
Blossburg once had two active fire companies that were housed in the same building.  The Eagle Engine Company was put together in 1869.  Closely following them was the creation of the Mist Hose Company. 
 
By 1873 the Eagle Engine Company became the Drake Engine Company.  At that time, William Shields, who was the prior president of the Eagle Engine Company left and was selected as the new president for the Mist Hose Company.  That was also the same year that a huge fire swept across the entire business district destroying all businesses but one. 
 
By 1897 the Drake Engine Company became the Andrews Hose Company, while Mist Hose Company carried on. 
 
In the early months of 1900, a fire swept through Blossburg's old town hall, which housed both fire companies.  On Nov. 27, 1900 the New Town Hall opened its doors at its present location. On that day the Mist Hose Company selected the north rooms of the new buildingas their parlor. The other company ended up with the opposite side.  
 
Sometime in history the fire companies united and became one, the Awlsworth Company may have been the result of the combination of the two companies.  
 
So over the years, the final fire company became known as the Blossburg Fire and Ambulance Company.   On February 14, 2004, the fire company moved into their new fire station after being housed for over 102 years in the old historic Town Hall, in Blossburg, Pa.
 
Below is a photo of the Mist Hose Company.  If you have any information or photos on the fire company's history please contact me at new@blossburg.org .

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MISSION

Blossburg V.I.B.E. (Visions in Business & Entertainment) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 2004 to envision, plan and implement projects that will enhance the quality of life for those who live, work, play or attend school in Blossburg, Pennsylvania.

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We meet the fourth Wednesday of each month, usually at the Brick Tavern. Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 25,  6:30 p.m. ath the Brick Tavern.

May 30, 6:30 p.m., Brick Tavern

June 27, 6:30 p.m., Brick Tavern

July 25, 6:30 p.m., Brick Tavern

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