Now Available! 2012 Calendar
The Clifford Township Historical Society 2012 Calendar is now available and it's the perfect holiday gift or stocking stuffer! The Diary of a Country School Teacher - Clifford Township 1863 calendar features the pages from an 1863 diary that was kept by sixteen-year-old Martha Millard of Clifford Township. The diary begins with Martha teaching school and it follows her daily activities through the year, including her marriage to William Hallsted who ran a mill at Lenoxville. Calendars are available at Clifford Supply, Endless Mountains Pharmacy, Dundaff Country Store and The Forest City News. Or email peltz@nep.net or phone 570-679-2870. Price $10 each, plus $2 shipping, if applicable. Hoover One-Room School Open House - 3rd Sunday each month, May thru October - 1 to 4 pm 
Visit the renovated Hoover School, a one-room schoolhouse with many of the items that were found in a typical school of a hundred years ago, including wooden desks, pot-bellied stove, drinking water bucket, vintage textbooks, plus the original blackboard made from wooden planks painted black. Also on display are a collection of school souvenir booklets, old photos and other artifacts donated and acquired relating to early schools of Clifford Township and surrounding areas. The school is located on SR 2014 between Dundaff and Rt. 106 in Clifford Township. For more information, contact Pat at peltz@nep.net or at 570-679-2870. Admission is free. Handicapped accessible. Dugout Canoe and Mural Display Open House - 3rd Sunday each month, May thru October - 1-4 pm 
On display at the municipal building in Clifford is a dugout canoe which was found in a local pond and donated to the Clifford Historical Society. Local artist Michelle Jaconia McLain completed a 20-foot mural depicting the activity that may have surrounded the making and using of this Native American dugout canoe which has been dated to 1692. This first-class display is located in the Clifford Township municipal building across from the Willow View Cemetery. For more information, contact Sandy at 570-679-2723 or Pat at 570-679-2870. Exhibit is admission free and handicapped accessible. Area Events & Happenings ~ for places to go, things to do, sites to see... 
A calendar of events & happenings, picnics, fairs, art festivals, auctions, church dinners, as well as goods and services available in the community and the surrounding towns, available on the Elk Mountain Area Directory. "So many things to do & places to go while wandering about the neighborhood..." This web page announcement is funded in part by the Susquehanna County Room Tax Grant Fund and the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau. Application for this funding was submitted by the Clifford Township Historical Society, Inc. |
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
The mission of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors is to preserve
and strengthen township government and to secure greater visibility and involvement for
townships in the state and federal political arenas. Throughout its 87-year history, PSATS
has played a major role in shaping the laws that have laid the foundation for township and
municipal government as we know it today.
For more information, click on the PSATS logo. Sandra Major's Budget Proposal Increased Spending, Tax Changes Wrong Move for State Budget "As your state representative, it is incumbent upon me to keep you informed on what is happening in state government." March 4, 2010 for Immediate Release by Rep. Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming) To read the full column, please click here. |