LISTS

LISTS

On this page, we have a list of lists. Each represents
some facet of Schuylkill Haven and it's past. Look
around and you may find something that interests
you or sparks a memory. If you can think of any
additions to any of the lists or have a suggestion for
a list, email it to me at:

lists@schuylkillhavenhistory.com

POSTMASTERS

Postal records show that the Schuylkill Haven Post Office was established
upon the appointment of Isaac Dengler as the first postmaster, in March 1830.

ISAAC DENGLER	POSTMASTER	MARCH 1830
SAMUEL TRUMP	POSTMASTER	12/12/1831
HENRY J. GEISSENHEIMER	POSTMASTER	3/21/1837
JOHN HUGHES	POSTMASTER	1/23/1838
SOLOMON SHAFFER	POSTMASTER	5/26/1838
PHILIP BOYER	POSTMASTER	3/18/1839
DANIEL H. STAGER	POSTMASTER	6/11/1841
JAMES B. LEVAN	POSTMASTER	3/22/1842
FRANKLIN B. HUNTZINGER	POSTMASTER	7/3/1843
EDWARD HUNTZINGER	POSTMASTER	4/2/1844
JACOB RAHN	POSTMASTER	4/17/1848
ANDREW KEEFER	POSTMASTER	2/27/1849
DAVID H. BAKER	POSTMASTER	5/3/1853
GEORGE L. HUNTZINGER	POSTMASTER	10/20/1855
WILLIAM B. RUDY	POSTMASTER	8/1/1856
DANIEL H. STAGER	POSTMASTER	3/2/1861
ABRAM SAYLOR	POSTMASTER	4/1/1861
AMELIA J. HANNUM	POSTMASTER	11/17/1864
GEORGE F. DENGLER	POSTMASTER	4/6/1889
HARRY I. MOSER	POSTMASTER	1/10/1895
IRVING W. TYSON	POSTMASTER	3/8/1899
CHARLES W. HUY	POSTMASTER	1/4/1904
FRED B. REED	ACTING PM	2/21/1911
FRED B. REED	POSTMASTER	12/12/1911
JOHN M. EBLING	POSTMASTER	1/18/1916
CHARLES A. GRAEFF	ACTING PM	7/1/1924
CHARLES A. GRAEFF	POSTMASTER	3/18/1926
JOSEPH H. BROWNMILLER	ACTING PM	4/22/1934
JOSEPH H. BROWNMILLER	POSTMASTER	2/21/1935
CLYDE L. DEWALD	ACTING PM	11/30/1947
CLYDE L. DEWALD	POSTMASTER	8/1/1949
HARRY F. KREMER	OFFICER IN CHARGE	1/11/1980
DAVID E. MOYER	POSTMASTER	3/22/1980
DIANE F. ROEDER	OFFICER IN CHARGE	6/10/1997
RALPH N. BUTERA	POSTMASTER	8/2/1997

GROCERY STORES

Until the advent of modern day supermarkets, most residents bought much of
their groceries at the corner grocery store. Some of these "mom and pop"
establishments survived into the 1970s before succumbing to economic reality.

BITTLES	333 COLUMBIA ST
BUBECKS	115 CENTER AVE
CLAUSERS	FAIRVIEW
DEWALDS	93 S. BERNE ST
GODSHALLS	39 CENTER AVE
GREENAWALTS	19 PARKWAY
HORNBERGERS	317 E MAIN ST
HORNINGS	20 ST JOHN ST
HUGHES	RAILROAD ST
KERSCHNERS	36 ST. CHARLES ST.
KLAHRS	428 DOCK ST.
NAFFINS	121 HAVEN ST
REPPERTS	221 E. UNION ST
SCHAEFFERS*	200 N. BERNE ST.
STERNERS	122 BROADWAY
SUNDAYS	825 GARFIELD AVE
UNGERS**	COLUMBIA ST

BAST STREET	Connects Naffin Avenue with Hess Street east of Haven Street.
KOCH STREET	Connects North Garfield Avenue with Eaton Street.
MINNICH STREET	Connects Schuylkill Street with Orchard Avenue.
POLK STREET	Adjacent to the west end of the Casket Company off of East Liberty Street.
TAFT STREET	Connects Leonard Street with East Main Street behind Avenue C.

FIVE STREETS YOU MAY
NOT KNOW EXIST

NEIGHBORHOODS OF TOWN

DUTCH FLAT	This is the area bounded roughly by Columbia Street to the east and Parkway to the south and extending toward the sewage treatment plant. It was called this due to the ancestry of many of the inhabitants who were Pennsylvania German.
SMOKETOWN	This name was applied to the Liberty Street area of town. The playground there was and still is called the Smoketown Playground.
IRISH FLAT	Also known as “The Island”, it is the area located between the railroad (currently the Blue Mountain and Northern and formerly the Reading Railroad) and the Schuylkill River. It is accessed via the Broadway Street Bridge. It was so called due to the large population of Irish families.
EDGEWOOD	This is the area bordered by Williams Street on the north, the railroad to the east and Parkway to the west.
FAIRMOUNT	The current location of the Avenues in town was once heralded as a new housing development starting in about 1908. Fairmount Apiaries operated by D. C. Gilham on Avenue C was named after the addition.
THE ORCHARD	The present day location of Orchard Avenue reaching southward toward Blossom Lane. At one time, the area was an orchard of fruit trees.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS	This is the area comprising the residential section between Stoyer's Dam on Washington Street toward the Schuylkill Mountain.
GOOSE HILL	This is the hill on Market Street between St. Peter Street and St. John Street. During my childhood, only the steep hill itself was referenced but at one time the entire neighborhood may have been called this.
SPRING GARDEN	Area located in and around Garfield Avenue, Centre Avenue and Dock Street. At one time the building located at the intersection of Dock Street and Centre Avenue (now apartments and the North Ward Social Club) was known as the Spring Garden Hotel.
CINDER PATH	This referred to the area between the railroad and Caldwell Street.
SHAVY HILL	The steep hill on Haven Street between East Main Street and Paxson Avenue.
GOAT HILL	This was in the approximate area of Caldwell Street near its proximity to the intersection of North Berne Street and Schuylkill Street.
POGEY	The designation given to the area near the Rest Haven Home on the eastern edge of town.

Here are some of the monikers applied to various neighborhoods or
geographical features within Schuylkill Haven. Most have been
around a long time and some are now rarely used and forgotten. The
boundaries mentioned are gathered from research and memories of
residents.

...check back for more lists as they are added....

LAST UPDATED WITH NEW
LISTS ON: FEBRUARY 6

*Owned by Heffners previously
**Owned by Schumachers previously

Atkins Five and Ten 12 E Main Street	A store where you could buy most anything with a lunch counter against the west wall of the store.
Blue and Gold Luncheonette Rotary Lane	Next to the old high school providing subs, burgers and ice cream.
Burkerts Confectionery 206 E Main Street	A variety store selling snacks and confections with a soda fountain to buy cherry Cokes.
Charlie's Sport Shop (Jim's Sport Shop) 12 E Main Street (111 E Main Street)	Owned by Charlie Detweiler, supplied local fishermen and hunters with their needs. It was formerly Jim's Sport Shop.
Haven Pizza St. Peter Street	Run by the Moyer family in a small building serving subs, cheese steaks and pizza.
Hill Farm Dairy Saylor Street	A popular place in town to buy ice cream, milk shakes and sundaes owned by the Schwartz family.
Messner and Hess Five and Ten 14 E Main Street	A large well stocked five and ten where anything from toys to hardware to school supplies could be bought, run by Harry Naffin with a large female clerk staff.
Music Haven 112 E Main Street (111 E Main Street)	An appliance and music store owned by Marne Bubeck where you could buy the latest 45 rpm single, 33 rpm LP and later eight track tapes.

PLACES WE BABY BOOMERS
SPENT OUR ALLOWANCES

1925	HARVEY KLINE	2-5-0
1926-1927	HARRY MCINROY	6-8-2
1928	PHILLIP SNYDER	4-5-1
1929-1955	WILLIAM STAUFFER	151-76-15
1956-1960	HARRY HUMMEL	20-26-0
1961-1965	PAT DROSKINAS	13-32-3
1966-1967	RICHARD ROHRER	1-17-1
1968-1970	JOHN KUBEIKA	3-27-0
1971-1981	FRED PORRINO	86-35-2
1982-2004	JOHN DAVIS	179-88-2
2005-2006	MIKE FARR	15-8-0

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL
HEAD FOOTBALL COACHES

YEARS

HEAD COACH

RECORD

Compliments of Mike Tracey "History of Schuylkill Haven Football"

DANIEL SAYLOR	1840	WILLIAM M. RANDAL	1863
JOHN HEEBNER	1843	WILLIAM GENSEMER	1864
HENRY SAYLOR	1844	HENRY B. HESSER	1865
FREDERICK HAAS	1846	JOHN FREHAFER	1866
SAMUEL BEARD	1847	T. C. ZULICH	1867
CHARLES KANTNER	1848	J. C. KERKESLAGER	1868
MICHAEL BOWMAN	1849	HENRY BYERLY	1869
HENRY SAYLOR	1850	CHARLES WILTROUT	1870
DANIEL SAYLOR	1851	PLINY PORTER	1871
SAMUEL GUSS	1852	JOHN G. KOEHLER	1872
DANIEL H. STAGER	1853	THOMAS GEIR	1873
N. J. HARDENSTINE	1854	H. H. COXE	1874
P. R. PALM	1855	A. W. KERKESLAGER	1875
B. F. KETNER	1856	WINFIELD HENDRICKS	1876
HENRY SAYLOR	1859	E. W. FREHAFER	1877
JOHN FREHAFER	1860	WINFIELD HENDRICKS	1878
JOHN HUMMEL	1861	E. W. FREHAFER	1879
JOHN DOHERTY	1862

The borough of Schuylkill Haven was incorporated by
an act of Assembly May 23rd, 1840. The first election
under the charter was held on the second Tuesday in
July of that year. Schuylkill Haven initially elected a
burgess and councilmen. Munsells History of 1880
provides this list of elected burgesses from 1840-1879.

BURGESSES