1964 — The weather was top news in Clarks summit, with a front page headline announcing, “Beautiful, White, Feathery, Blinding, Exasperating Snow on the Abingtons.”
According to a series of photos and captions that ran across the top of the page, the borough did a “bang up job” at keeping the main thoroughfare open to traffic, despite a broken “snow pusher-awayer,” which had to be towed to a “plow hospital.”
1963 — The Parkton Boiler Co. plant on Davis Street in Clarks Summit was featured in a Journal article, which described it as “a relatively young manufacturing industry with a sound growth potential.”
“From its start in 1940, this company has progressed to the point where now it builds boilers for uses ranging from those of the smallest home to large factories,” read the piece.
The business was founded by George W. Parkton. It was acquired in June, 1958 by the Kaminski brothers, of Dupont: John, George, Michael, Walter, Edward and Frank.
Frank J. Brandon, of Clarks Summit, was the sales manager and Russell Tully, of Bell Mountain, was the shop foreman.
1962 — The Clarks Summit Borough got a new police car.
“The up-to-the-minute vehicle is fully equipped with apparatus for the regular emergency services expected of it,” read a caption under a front-page photo of Police Chief William Weight entering the car.
