Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge presents a portrait of the area that was originally the township of Abington, now a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The towns and villages that comprise the Abington area are captured in this timeless photographic history. From the days of the horse and buggy and the stagecoach, to the days of the grand estates, Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge portrays the area as it developed over the years. Pictured are many familiar sites, as well as those that helped define the area but no longer remain. From the long and distinguished histories of such venerable institutions as the Abington Friends' Meeting and Abington Presbyterian Church to the nationally known Willow Grove Park, Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge is a celebration of the area's legacy. Glimpses of the past are brought into focus with many rare and previously unpublished photographs. The fire companies, businesses, schools, people, and institutions that define Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge are included in this comprehensive photographic history.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... ered by Mr. George Hamel, Jr., the present Superintendent of the school: -- Thirty-seven years, the time since the school was organized, has elapsed. It seems but a short time, but who can look forward for a like period--with any certainty, or without a feeling of fear? At the request of Mr. Hamel, the Rev. Samuel T. Lowrie, then pastor of Abington Presbyterian Church, the Mother Church, has furnished the following data from his personal diary, which seems to be the only record of the event, interesting himself at some length to do so. Many people seem to look upon Friday with a great deal of superstition, thinking it the most unlucky day upon which to begin or do any work of importance, yet on. Friday evening, July 9th, 1869, at a meeting of the Sabbath school teachers of the Abington church at that time a weekly meeting, there were present eighteen persons, Mr. Lowrie suggested the starting of a school at Jenkin. town, and it met with favorable consideration, the result being that on Sunday, July 25th, 1869, at 2.30 p. m., a meeting was held in what was known as the Lyceum building, which is just north of the present church property in Jenkintown, and a Sabbath school was organized by Mr. Lowrie. There were present on that occasion eighteen people who constituted the school, besides a few others as visitors, at which time Mr. Lowrie says he took encouragement from reading and speaking from Luke 5: 1-11, "The miraculous cast of the net." At the close of the school he gave cards and mementoes to the children and all the teachers present. Mrs. J. J. C. Harvey (Mr. Harvey being ill), Miss Annie DuBree, Mrs. Lowrie, Miss Mary Wigfall, Mr. John B. Stevenson and Dr. Beatty. Mrs. Lowrie, Mrs. Harvey and Miss DuBree he counted as teachers. One...

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