Lindley-Presho Fire Department Chicken Barbeque

                        Support our local volunteer Fire Department
                                        Sunday May 19th ,2013
                                            Noon until sold out
                               9541 Tannery Creek Rd., Lindley,NY

                                                        And
Local Veterans are being honored at 2 P.M. at the Lindley Town Hall on U.S. Rt.15   ( See May 3rd, 2013   LP Historical Society Blog announcement  for more details )

                        Dedication of  Town of Lindley Veteran's Monument
                                             October,21st,2007

                The Town of Lindley will honor all area Veterans
                                    Armed Forces Day Ceremony  
                                        Sunday May 19th, 2013
                                    2 P.M.at the Lindley Town Hall
                                               on U.S. Rt.15
                               This will be the 6th year that the
Tioga County,Pennsylvania Honor Guard  has conducted the ceremony.
        The Woodhull Community Band will play Patriotic Music.

Honored guests this year will be World War II and Korean Veterans.

     Hopefully, the names of  Veterans with any type of Lindley connection and who served in these wars are in the Town Historian files so that they were sent an invitation to the ceremony. My apologies if anyone was overlooked. If  I did miss anyone and  the information is forwarded to me, I will contact the individuals and extend an invitation.  Regardless of the year of service to our country, all Veterans are invited to this special occasion.
        A social hour with refreshments will follow the ceremony.
The public is invited to come and help honor all the men and women who  served or are serving  in the country's Armed Forces.

 Hope to see you there- Bring a veteran or present Military Service member .
CMP

Armed Forces Day May 19th ,2013 @ Lindley,NY

Watch for details on Armed Forces Day Ceremony
 May 19th ,2013 At Lindley Town Hall
                            By
Tioga County,Penna . Honor Guard
                            and
A Community Band from Woodhull, NY

Special guests to be honored  WWII and Korean War Veterans

Details after April 25th,2013

Wellsboro Gazette July 26,1906

Reading old newspapers on line reveals  many interesting stories

"Oil Well down 4,600 Feet
Drillers ordered to keep on, Spiritualist Feeling confident in Manifestations.

     The oil well which is being drilled at the Watrous under the direction of Mrs. Edith Day, an Elmira Spiritualist ,who dreamed that oil would be found where the well is located, has reached a depth of 4,600 feet.  At this depth, soft rock was encountered. While the baler was in the hole, the earth caved in ,covering up the baler. It is the intention to resume drilling the well just as soon as the baler is recovered. Thus far,no oil has been struck.
   While disclaiming that she is a Spiritualist or that she makes a practice of mediumship, Mrs. Day said one day last week that the well is being drilled upon her responsibilities and at a place where she dreamed oil would be found.
  The fact that well has been drilled to an unusual depth does not discourage her,and knowing that it in isolated cases,oil has been found at a greater depth she is ordering continuance of  the work. She is confident that oil or gas will be found .
   Mrs. Day said that she had had other proofs of the genuineness of the manifestations she has at times received ,and she is willing to back the ultimate success in the venture with her own money.
 An experienced oil operator said that four times as much oil has already been pumped from the sand of the Gaines oil field defined by the producing wells, as the sand could hold at any one time ,and that in his opinion there must be a feeder. "
 
     I didn't locate any stories about the end result of the drilling ,but I am guessing Mrs.Day never heard of Marcellus Shale -Makes one wonder if  her predictions would have been correct....

Tioga,Pa Postcards

Old Hotel -1907
Did you know Tioga had a hotel at one time?/
Lawrenceville had several over the years,also.
 

Main Street-Tioga ,Pa  1913
A section of the Old Williamson Road

Enjoy some old  postcards from Tioga, Pennsylvania ..

Happy Easter 2013

     From  an Old Postcard Mailed with a 1 Cent Stamp !!!!!

School Buses & Early Transportation of Students

 Central School @ Lindley- Was Located near Wetlands-Lindley Rd.

(Was Last seen before -1972 Flood ) 

 

I really appreciate it when someone sends new information about Lindley history.

 I received the following note from Durland Weale with additional information to the Lindley History

"Lindley-  Looking Back -200 years- 1900 " about Lindley school bus transportation .

 

"First pupil transportation to high school from Lindley was Fall of 1930. Ruth Weale bought a 1930 4 door Sedan to transport Lawrence Toby ,Dexter Eastwood(?), Evelyn, Eleanor,Margaret Toby  and Marion Weale to Northside High School Daily .

Fall of 1931,  William Ayres bought a Chevrolet dual wheel bus with seats arranged lengthwise of the yellow vehicle.

Fall of 1936, William Ayres purchased a Reo larger bus -green and white for daily trips to Painted Post and Northside High School . Mrs. Ayres assisted."

The Lindley history states Harlo Harris started the present Harris School bus business in 1939. Many of us have fond memories of riding with  Harlo on his "Blue" bus to Painted Post and Northside High Schools.  And if we were good -in the summer-- we 'got' to stop at Dann's Dairy for a 15 cent double dip ice cream cone on Wednesdays..  

Those were the Good Old Days

 

Thanks Durland for sharing the information and bringing back memories of riding Harlo's bus.

In case you haven't discovered them ,there are several photos of the old Lindley Schools and  students on display in the Lindley Town Hall.