- Last Updated on Monday, 29 May 2017 01:35
The following announcements were recently made by the Donora Historical Society And Smog Museum.
Stan “The Man” Musial Presentation - West End
As part of our continuing outreach initiative, Smog Museum archivist and curator Brian Charlton will present Donora native and baseball great “Stan ‘The Man’ Musial” at the West End Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on Thursday, June 15 at 11 a.m. Located at 47 Wabash Street in the West End section of Pittsburgh, please contact the West End Library directly at 412-921-1717 for any further information.
First Successful Eldora Park Walking Tour
After two rain-soaked days made Eldora Park a soggy and chilly atmosphere, 30 interested attendees were still willing to venture into the woods on April 1 to satisfy their curiosity to make our first-ever Eldora Park Walking Tour a resounding success. Despite the muddy conditions, tour-goers trampled throughout the wooded footprint of the original park on the old Wickerham Farm to see where people once picnicked and enjoyed all the amenities of an amusement park a century ago.
Next year’s tour will be held on a Saturday in late March or early April at noon. The tour will start at the Smog Museum in Donora with a photo and newspaper article presentation. We’ll then drive the three miles to conduct the walking tour portion. We are now accepting names, phone numbers and email addresses that will be added to a pre-RSVP sign-up and reminder list. Eventually we’ll contact you by phone or email once we select a definitive date.
Cement City Walking Tour Once Again Proved To Be Popular
Our spring edition of our seventh annual Cement City Home and Walking Tour marking the centennial of the construction in 1917 of our historic district proved to be so popular on Sunday, April 23rd that we sold it out and added another day on Saturday, April 22nd to satisfy the overflow crowd. Dave Crawley of KDKA stopped by that Saturday to do a piece on Cement City, as well as our Smog Museum, for WQED. Look for that to air in the near future.
Our fall Cement City Home and Walking Tour is scheduled for Sunday, October 15 at 1 p.m. The Steelers play at 4:15 p.m. that day so the game should not conflict with your desire to see Thomas Edison’s solution for worker housing. If the fall tour is as popular as the spring tour, we will schedule Saturday, October 14 as our overflow date. It is encouraged to call or email to get your name added to a pre-RSVP signup and reminder list to be contacted when the tour date gets closer. If you are flexible to do Sunday or Saturday, please tell us that to give us some scheduling flexibility. 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 contact the historical society.
Return To Glory – Donora Dragons Football
Due to the excitement generated from our ongoing game film project, our first “Game Film Get Together”, to show and relive Donora Dragon football games from the 1960’s with former coaches, players, cheerleaders, band members and fans – a “Return to Glory,” is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, September 23, 2017 at the Croatian Club (Cro Club) in Donora. The time is TBD.
The games will be shown in the club hall with food and drinks available for purchase from the Cro Club. We encourage audience participation with sharing your stories or memorabilia as we show portions of various games. We also encourage your ideas or volunteer time before September to make the day extra special by contacting us beforehand.
If you have any questions on exactly which games we have and which have already been converted to DVD, please view the full list on our website under the “Game Films” tab or consult the Historical Society by voicemail or email (see below). Orders for DVD copies will also be taken on that day.
Follow the “Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum” and the “Donora Cro Club” on Facebook for future updates.
Dragon T-Shirt Sale
We’re having a sale on our “Dragons through the Years” design T-shirts for $5. The T-shirts feature four different dragon logos in two color ink: orange and black (of course.) The T-shirts are available on Saturdays at the Smog Museum or during the week at the Donora Public Library. Sizes are becoming limited to S, M and L.
Additional Info
If you have additional questions about the subjects mentioned above, the society, museum, presentation or possibly volunteering, feel free to stop by on Saturdays or by special appointment (with at least 72 hours-notice), email us at DonoraHistoricalSociety@gmail.com, call us at 724-823-0364 and leave a message, visit us on the web at www.DonoraHistoricalSociety.org, or follow us and like us on Facebook at “Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum.”
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