'FRACKVIL. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1975

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Criterion Club members pictured are Edgar Thomas, Kenneth Fry, George Wagner, Mr.Brosius, Luther Phillips, Walter Heim, Charles Hostler, Claire Hostler, Leroy Shirey,Walter Eisenhower, Robert Rogers, Jack Williams, Harry Turnbull, Red James, HarrySnyder and Robert Hall.

Harry C. Snyder was born in'Frack- J. D. Evans was the contractor for dam on the east side and his brotherville 90 years ago. His first home the building of The Town Clock William owned the dam on the westwas on Middle Street and he has School and Grandfather Snyder and side of Balliet Street. carp was ,lived at 218 South Balliet Street for his brothers were the plasterers for abundant in these dams and manythe past 86 years! He attended this firm. children enjoyed watching them as

::~,',:, school from first grade until he was Th dat h \ tWhheythrefwold bread to these fish.a Sophomore in the Roosevelt e eon t e cornerstone is 1887. en re rigeration came in the ice

':' Building and remembered his They built .it with bricks from the business fell off and Wagner's Dam::: teachers, Miss Lillie Beard, Miss foundation to the top and plastered on the east was at the site where the

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~",:~,',,::Nettie Ranch, Miss Kirk, Miss Cora all the rooms. In 1897 Henry and Frackville Borough Hall andMyers, Mr. Berk and Principal Joseph Snyder, sons of Andrew, playground are located and theMiller. The school contained three were eontractors in the plastering Wa¥ner's Dam on the west was on

, classrooms each on the first and busin16s followiag their father's the site where the home' of James:::: second floors and several grades footsteps, Henry was the father of Miller is presently located.:::: ,were included in each room. Slate the present Mr. Snyder of town and Politically, Mr. Snyder was active in

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':,:~.,,:~.,:,,:.boards were used in those days he taught his son the plastering the South Ward of town for manywhich the pupil had to buy himself. business during the depression. All years and was tax assessor for 32He also had to buy his own school walls were plastered in the 'olddays years. He was President of the

,', books. , and work wall plentiful. Human hail" Criterion Club in town which had':. \ collected from clippings from their meeting rooms on the second

,~,~:" His hobbies at this time were fishing barber shops was mixed in the floor of the .Law Building. This is

at the MudRun and Pottsville Dams plaster. This made an almost sound- now the apartment in which I am-:, and hunting on the mountains proofwall compared to the dry walls living today! He has voted every

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~"':;"':~nearby. In later YdearBsheba0rlglanized USanedd}OudraYI'Hteehad foukr.lathfemh~n ypeearfrsinCetth~eda~ hilewas 21 and stillthe Frackville Re sase Team 10 P as rers wor lng or im orms IS pnv ege,in town comprised of the best and he recalled during Old Home He talked about the Frack and

e, players from "Guinea Hill" and Week in 1914 the difficult task it was Haupt properties and explained that:;: "Dutchtown." These fellows were to keep these men at their job in- the alley between Nice and Balliet" rivals personally to each other but stead of enjoying the complete day was the dividing line. Mr. Frack

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:,::::: together they were a great team. In athtthdefesti~ties. It was also during owned the land from Balliet Streetthose days the fellows from "Dut- e epression years that he started east and Mr. Haupt owned the landchtown" were not too friendly with as caretaker of the Odd Fellows west of Balliet Street. This'alley wasthe fellows from "Guinea Hill" and Cemetery and he retained this job . called Line Street in the old days andneither of them were too friendly [or forty years. today is known as Birch Street. Mr.with the fellows "from across the Frack sold much of his property asrailroad" ... and that's putting it Mr. Snyder also worked for the individual lots but Mr. Haupt

. mildly!! The older folks in town can .WagnerBrothers in the Ice Business divided his land between his sonsstill remember the feuds between on South Balliet Street. A mule or who in turn sold them as individualthese rivals. A horse and wagon was horse was used to pull the saw while lots. William Haupt owned the !)

hired to transport the team to Mr. Snyder guided it across the ice original homestead which is stillnearby towns which was paid for by to cut the ice into large squares. This located on the corner of Third Street ~

, the team themselves in addition to was then stored in a large ice house and West Arch Street. r;~ buying their own bats and balls. and covered with saw dust. It His family shopped at Mrs. Sandy's,', usually stayed frozen throughout the Grocery Store at 147 South Balliet la::: His first job was as a slate picker at summer until the following winter Street/His father played bass while

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;:;,i Draper Colliery. He said this was a when it was ready to be cut for his uncle played cornet with the nivery hard job and it was so dusty the another year. Laughingly, he said, Meredith Cornet Band of Frackville. at,

::: boyscould hardly see each other. He "Many a boy fell into the dam and Hewas married to Eva Marie Prynn vii,', then worked as an outside laborer at got a good ducking. The ice was and they had two children, Mrs. da::~: the Whippoorwill Colliery for' delivered to the homes by horse and Lillian Mengel and the late Charles zy:::: several years. Mr. Snyder comes wagon and the familiar call, "Ice Snyder who was affiliated with the no~:~: from a long line of plasterers, his ThMan"is remembered by many of us. First National Bank of town. He is a vill':': grandfather, Andrew Snyder was in ere were two Wagner Dams at member of the Masonic Lodge and >n,:':' this business in 1878. this time. Charles Wagner owned the Odd Fellows Organization in town. ert;:::" rae~ ,~~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~;!;!;~;~;!;,~;~;~;~;~;~:,::,::!;!:!:.:.:.:.:..:.:.:.;.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:•••••••••••••••••••••••••!.•••••••••;.;.;.;..;.;..;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;~;~;~;~~:~:~:'!...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:':':':':':':':':':':':'~on