Cambridge Springs Museum and History Center

ACAA Sunday E-Hilltopper! 1964 - 1965, included in the news. Alliance archaeology dig at the Ray Tobin farm outside Cambridge Springs reveals artifacts bel...ieved to be 3,000 years old. -Dr. Parcinski notes there are more students than housing - incoming class projection at 200 new freshman. Overflow housed at the Riverside Inn and Bartlett Hotel - Dean EJ Kruszka begins 50th year at Alliance. Stanley Luter begins his 40th year. Campus mourns the sudden death of Dean Jadus. -College bookstore moves from campus to Main Street Cambridge Springs. Local Chamber welcomes new students. - WACS radio station enters 19th year and will broadcast basketball games. Position on AM dial may change due to interference from a Canadian station. - Polish dance group performs - precursor and early roots of the soon to be Kujawiaki. -College to build new science building. - Led by 7 footer Frank Granat, a CSHS grad from Venango, Pa., Coach Haluch’s Eagles manhandle opponents as they dominate college basketball in the area. Granat will be drafted in 1965 by the New York Knicks in the NBA. - The Alliance rifle team sharpshooters open the season by beating the University of Massachusetts.

If walls could talk.....

Wondering about this whistle, where was it and who blew it? 1901

Janet Beanland Class of 1958

It’s with indescribable sadness I share the passing of Janet Beanland. Janet lost her fight with COVID today, November 27 after only receiving her positive test results on Nov 16. I have known Janet since at least 1977 when we played with the former Cambridge Springs Community Orchestra. Janet many of you know was the presenter of most of our History Nights in the last two years. With our History Nights, Janet researched the topics and gathered pictures that I put into the po...wer points. Her infectious laugh and funny stories made the nights memorable. She has been an active member of our Heritage Society and just this year took on the role of secretary. Janet also wrote for the Meadville Tribune in her weekly column Heard and Seen where she wrote of the goings on in our community. She looked forward to having voted in person in this November election in spite of COVID risks. Just where she became exposed is unknown. The virus has deeply made its presence known in our rural community nine months since the first death in the US and taken one of our finest. How many more will have to pass before we all take this reality seriously and mask up, socially distance, and wash frequently? Janet’s passing will be long and deeply felt in our Heritage Society. See more

We are all devastated and heart broken by the passing of our dear friend Janet Beanland today from the covid virus.

Joe Styborski's family farm was located on Birchard Road where Ridge Road ends south of Cambridge Springs.

Hmmmm...I wonder who the boy on the bike is. He would be in his late 80's or early 90's by now.