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Lehigh Township volunteer Firefighters lauded by community
Mary Immaculate Seminary
Lehigh Township volunteer firefighters have received many thank you cards from local schoolchildren, which are currently on display in the municipal center’s meeting room.
Photo courtesy of Jim Hower and family One of the beautiful landmarks in Lehigh Township is the former Mary Immaculate Seminary. Recently, a visitor to the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum shared some rare 1930 photographs showing the masons who set the stones for the building. This writer was fortunate to be given a tour of the seminary when the Vincentian Fathers were teaching courses. The building’s impressive interior contains a chapel with stained glass windows, taking visitors back in time. Years ago I interviewed Mr. Monroe Hall, of Treichlers, who remembered a freight train stopping in Treichlers loaded with stone. The stones were taken to
the seminary site; he marveled watching the construction of the building. The Lehigh Township Historical Society’s book, “Images of America: Lehigh Township” takes us back to 1930. Mary Immaculate Seminary was built between 1935 and 1938 at a cost of $1 million. In 1936, the Congregation of Missions of St. Vincent de Paul in Philadelphia announced plans to build a seminary in Lehigh Township for the Vincentian Fathers of Germantown. “Images of America” states, “Located on 569 acres…it was designed as an interpretation of Continued on page 14
By LAURA KLOTZ During the Nov. 12 Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors meeting, members of Lehigh Township Vol. Fire Co. were thanked and congratulated for their recent efforts in putting out the Blue Mountain wildfire. Board President Michael Jones read a statement thanking the volunteer firefighters, the community members who donated supplies, the police department and the township office administrators for all of their hard work, dedication and courage in such a difficult time. They were particularly lauded for the fact that the fire was contained without a single injury or loss of human life, nor any structural damage. Board member Cynthia Miller informed those in attendance that the Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Lehigh Valley
Chamber of Commerce have jointly opened a fund at the Neffs National Bank, which will raise money for local fire companies in the event of similar situations in the future. The public is encouraged to contribute to this fund. Contributions in cash or personal check can be delivered in person at Neffs National Bank locations at 5629 Pa. Route 873, Neffs, or 211 S. Best Ave., Walnutport, or at any Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber office. Donations can also be mailed to the Neffs National Bank at 5629 Route 873, P.O. Box 10, Neffs, PA 18065; checks should be made payable to Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber. To contribute using Venmo, send them to the Chamber (@GLVCC) with “Initiative to Support Local Fire Departments” in the Continued on page 9
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