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Chapman first populated with English, Welsh, Pa. Germans Governor Wolf Historical Society Christmas House Tour Page 5

Exchange Club Special Dinner Page 9 Chapman’s United Methodist Church, built in 1868 and the former home of Richard Chapman, quarry superintendent up for auction Nov. 12. -photos courtesy of Larry Oberly

By ED PANY, Curator, Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum n this column, I am visiting a very unique community, the Borough of Chapman. William Chapman, a native slater of Cornwall, England, came to

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America in 1842 and organized the Chapman Slate Company in the community that bears his name. After extensive research, he purchased an area in Northampton County containing prime slate deposits. Thus was born the Chapman Slate Company. The

quarry began operations in 1850. Mr. Chapman resided in Bethlehem and was a member of the Episcopalian church. He died in 1902. His half-brother Richard came to America in 1862 and, four years later, became superintendent of the Chapman Slate

Company. He resided in a beautiful Chapman Victorian home with gingerbread woodwork. The home can be seen on Main Street. It is presently owned by Franklin Silfies. The home and Continued on page 2

Talk of warehouses dominates East Allen Township meeting

By KERI LINDENMUTH While one group of East Allen Township residents gathered in the parking lot of the municipal building, another group took their seats inside. The residents outside stood huddled in the

light rain and spoke of the hearing that was taken off the Board of Supervisors’ agenda for the evening of Thursday, October 27. Those inside the meeting room spoke of the hearing that had concluded at the supervisors’ pre-

vious meeting. The two groups of residents spoke of two separate legal hearings. However, those hearings, although different, focused on one growing point of concern for many residents of the Lehigh Val-

ley: industrial warehouses. The Board of Supervisors was supposed to conduct a hearing with regards to the rezoning of property along Weaversville Continued on page 8

Get ready to ‘fall back’ as Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend. Standard Time returns at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday.

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