In Memoriam
Joan Campion, 71, died on Oct. 13, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem,
Pa. Joan founded the South Bethlehem Historical Society in 1985. In the early
1970s, Joan was employed at the Bethlehem Globe-Times. Her published books
include In The Lion’s Mouth: Gisi Fleischmann and the Jewish Fight For Survival,
Smokestacks and Black Diamonds and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A City of Music.
Joan’s cremated remains were interred in the Cathedral Church of Nativity’s
Memorial Garden (above) at the conclusion of her burial service on a snowy
October 29. The Very Reverend Anthony Pompa conducted the rites. After the
service, friends and associates enjoyed a light lunch at a reception in Sayre
Hall, where remembrances of Joan were shared by those who attended.
 Flatiron Hits the Century Mark
The cover image, recently produced by Community Murals of Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., is a composite of three images: the Flatiron Building during the
celebration of the Borough’s Semi- Centennial in 1915; a worker at Bethlehem
Steel’s Benzol Plant, c. 1910; and the title from an 1886 Wells Fargo & Co.
money transfer. The fabric mural hangs in a window of the banking room at the
Broadway and W. Fourth St. branch, Southside Bethlehem.
The image of the Flatiron Building is the history of South Bethlehem—a survivor
of the Borough’s illustrious immigrant and industrial past. Construction of
South Bethlehem’s E.P. Wilbur Trust Co. began in 1910. It opened in 1911, four
years before the Borough’s Oct. 1915 Semi-Centennial celebration. Three years
later in 1918, the Borough was consolidated to include all of “the Bethlehems.”
South Bethlehem Tour
 Twenty-five attendees of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives
Conference (MARAC) toured historic Wilbur Mansion conducted by SBHS board member
Ken Raniere on Oct. 20, 2011. The three-day conference was held at the Historic
Hotel Bethlehem. SBHS board member, Lance Metz presented Documenting
America’s Industrial Past with a focus on Bethlehem Steel.
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South Bethlehem Historical Society
proudly presents
Traditional Ethnic Dinner
“Hungarian Nights”
Ethnic Hungarian Fare
served at
Starters Riverport
17 W. 2nd Street,
Southside Bethlehem, Pa.
Offered every Wednesday
November & December 2011
On the Menu
Hungarian Beef Goulash
Chicken Paprikas
Dumplings and Rye Bread
Stuffed Peppers
Cabbage and Noodles
Dobos Torte
Wines and Beer
Restaurant Dinners
served 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
No Tickets Necessary
Parking on the Premises
Proceeds benefit South Bethlehem Historical Society
The 150th
Commemoration of the Civil War
1861 ~ 2011
This pastoral scene shows Bethlehem prior to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Beginning in 2011, the country will celebrate the Sesquicentennial (150th) of
the Civil War, or, as many refer to it, The War Between the States.
Though most
of the tributes will be held during the 150-year anniversaries of battles and related
events (2011-2015), some programs will extend through 2016.
“The Pennsylvania Civil
War 150 Commemoration is far more than a formal remembrance,” said Barbara Franco,
executive director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
“It is
a collection of stories brought to life that are as epic as the fields at Gettysburg,
or as small as the struggles of a soldier’s wife working to survive her husband’s
absence on a Pennsylvania farm. Through these stories, Pennsylvania Civil War 150
will renew interest and engagement in our state’s heritage.”
The Pennsylvania Civil
War Road Show, a traveling museum experience within a 53-foot trailer, will deliver
interactive exhibits and unique programming to all 67 counties in the state.
The
Road Show will encourage residents and organizations in each locality to share stories
and artifacts with the traveling exhibition.
Pennsylvania Civil War 150 offers a
website which unlocks the personal stories of Pennsylvanians on the battlefield
and at the home front, the vast Civil War collections of the state’s museums and
historical societies, and the state’s numerous heritage tourism attractions and
trip-planning resources. Visit www.pacivilwar150.com for more information.
Archivists hired by SBHS Board
The Society’s Board of Directors has engaged archival preservation specialists
Tiffany Fisk-Watts and Beverly Hoover to inventory and preserve its
collection of papers, photographs, records and artifacts currently in storage
at the Wilbur Mansion.
After an initial assessment of this collection by Fisk-Watts and Hoover, the
Board determined that it was in the best interests of the SBHS to catalogue and
store the items in the proper archival methods to preserve them before any further
deterioration takes place.
Once this inventory is completed the Board will consider ways in which these
important historical items might be made available for research and possibly placed
in exhibits so that many can share in the history that they represent. In addition,
protocols for accepting future donations will be developed so that the Society‘s
collection may properly accept future items of historical interest.
The project is costing your Historical Society $4,000 to $5,000. If any friends
of the SBHS would be interested in helping to underwrite some of these costs, your
support would be greatly appreciated and is tax deductible. All donors will be recognized
in a future issue of “Southern Exposure.”
Support for this important project may be forwarded to the Society’s address
at SBHS, PO Box 5106, Bethlehem, PA 18015.
Checks should be made payable to ‘SBHS’ and be designated for the ‘archival project’
on either your envelope or check.
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