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LOCAL NEWS
Borough of Jefferson Hills Summer Recreation Program Currently Holding Signups Borough of Jefferson Hills and West Elizabeth parents may register their children for the Borough's Summer Recreation Program through June 1 at Jefferson Hills Library. The program runs from 9 a.m. to noon from July 6 - July 31. Children ages 5-7 will be at Gill Hall Park and children ages 9-12 will be at 885 Andrew Reilly Memorial Park. Children must be 5 years old by September 1 to attend the program. Applications are being taken at the Borough Municipal Center offices or Jefferson Hills Library for counselors for the Summer Recreation Program. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older. For more information contact Jane Milner at 412-973-7262 or jmilner@jeffersonhills.net
NEWS FROM THE DONORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND SMOG MUSEUM The next presentation at the Donora Historical Society is scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at 7 p.m., and is titled, “Remembering the Donora-Webster Bridge.” After another sellout of our most recent Cement City Home and Walking Tour held on May 3rd, we are now adding people to a waiting list for our next tour that will be held in late September or October on a Sunday that doesn’t conflict with a Steelers game. We’ll set the date once the Steelers’ 2015 schedule is released. The tours start at the museum with a photo presentation on Donora’s National Historic District – Thomas Edison’s Cement City, as well as the showing of artifacts and original blueprints during the construction from 1916 and 1917. The presenter is Smog Museum curator and Cement City resident Brian Charlton, who authored an article in the fall 2013 edition of the Western Pennsylvania History magazine published by the Heinz History Center titled "Cement City: Thomas Edison's Experiment with Worker's Housing In Donora." A walking tour follows in the Historic District to point out various architectural details. The walk concludes by touring the interior of two homes that have a cou-
ple of rooms restored to period. If you have any questions about Cement City or one of our Home and Walking Tours, please consult our website and click the “Cement City” tab, or call or email the historical society. If you would like to RSVP for either tour, contact the historical society by phone or email to be added to the list as they are filling up fast. Once again the Donora Historical Society was invited back as a presenter for the Heinz History Center Affiliate Ambassador’s Speaker Series held once a month on Saturdays. The Donora Historical Society is a Heinz History Center Affiliate member. On Saturday, June 13 we will be presenting Stan “The Man” Musial. The presentation is free with paid admission to the museum. Danish and coffee is served. Our last presentation was on “Donora and the 1948 Air Quality Crisis” and was filmed by CSPAN. If you missed the airing on CSPAN in October, you will be able to find the link on our website by clicking on the “1948 Smog” tab. If you have additional questions or interested in volunteering, feel free to stop by or email us at DonoraHistoricalSociety@gmail.com or by calling 724-823-0364 and leave a message. Or visit us on the web at www.DonoraHistoricalSociety.org.
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