Interview of Ron Baughman for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Baughman discusses growing up in the village of Bloserville in Upper Frankford Township. Baughman's father owned one of two general stores in Bloserville and he also talks about attending a two room school house before moving to the Big Spring School District school and his career as a photographer.
Interview of Ray Heckman for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Heckman discusses his life in Newville, Pennsylvania from his childhood attending Newville schools to his life on a farm raising sheep and fixing old furniture.
Newton Township first appeared in Cumberland county tax records in 1773 although it was organized by 1767.[1] In 1929, Newton divided into North Newton and South Newton Townships.[2] The early settlers in the area were Scots-Irish but German families began to move in toward the end of the 18th century.[3] By the time the township had formed, most of the land had been taken up and the area had a settled population.[4]
The recorded history of West Pennsboro Township began in 1735 when it was part of Pennsborough, one of two original townships in the North Valley. This preceded the formation of the county by fifteen years. By 1745, Pennsborough had divided into East and West Pennsboro. In the following years, the township boundaries changed as the population increased and the townships subdivided even more.
Interview of Peggy Wolf for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Wolf discusses growing up in Westfield, New Jersey before attending Penn State University and meeting her future husband Wilbur Wolf. The Wolfs then moved outside Newville where they have lived on a farm for the past 50 years.
Interview of Wilbur Wolf for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank and the Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association. Wolf discusses his involvement with the CCWA and the Cumberland County Conservation District as well as his work in the forestry business and being on the Big Spring School District Board.