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MARCH 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 11
Exploring The Old Route 30 BY ANN MEAD ASH
he New Holland Area Historical Society invites local residents to take a trip through Lancaster on the Old Lincoln Highway (Route 30) via a presentation by Benton Webber of Manheim Township, who has sleuthed out the original locations of 40 concrete marker posts placed along the Lincoln Highway where it traveled through Lancaster in 1928. Webber will give his presentation in the chapel at Garden Spot Village (GSV), 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, on Thursday, March 17, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but attendees will be required to wear masks. Webber embarked on a journey to find the present-day whereabouts of all 40 of the marker posts after obtaining a copy of the 1928 list describing the original location of each marker. He also found an updated list from 1960 that noted that 22 had remained in their original locations that time. “There is one
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today in its original position,” said Webber, who noted that the post is at Third and Chestnut streets in Columbia. Webber visited the post and took measurements, and he had a portable replica built. In September 2021, he began taking the replica to the original locations as he found them and posting photos from each excursion on Facebook. He plans to complete the project with a Facebook post on May 28. The markers were put up on a single day in September 1928 by Lancaster Boy Scouts. A representative of the Lincoln Highway Association, an organization founded in 1915 that was dedicated to making public improvements, selected the locations for the posts. “They were trying to figure out how to connect different points,” noted Webber, who added that in Pennsylvania many roads were gravel, well-graded, and traveled regularly. “The Lincoln Highway stretched from New York to San Francisco, and it was the nation’s first transcontinental highway,” he said.
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Circulation Manager Loves Library Work
Entertainers’ Swap Meet Set . . . . . . . . .3
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Kim Cage became the circulation manager at the Adamstown Area Library in August of 2021. Cage hails from Berks County, but Adamstown’s friendly people have endeared themselves to her, and she is impressed with her fellow staff members as well. “I am very passionate about libraries and the whole library science field and helping people access information,” said Cage, who holds a master’s degree in library science from Clarion University. “We have
BY ANN MEAD ASH
When Patrick Buckner was serving at a church in New Jersey, he started a music evangelism outreach he called Unashamed Ministries. The ministry included music he had written himself and combined in a CD project called “Just Be His.” “I love journaling and writing down thoughts and composing music,” said Patrick. See Unashamed Ministries pg 2
Benton Webber will discuss Route 30 location markers at a New Holland Area Historical Society presentation on March 17.
A Passion For Books an amazing staff full of positive and incredible individuals,” she added, noting that director Carolyn Reiste and youth services coordinator Jess Zook work hard to curate the stock and make sure visitors have a positive experience. In her position as circulation manager, Cage oversees the library assistants, creating their schedule and working alongside them at the circulation desk when necessary. She also answers questions from patrons along with her other duties. “I look at books that are outdated or (deteriorating) and decide
Kim Cage
See Library pg 5
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