PRINTER'S NO. 1495
No. 221 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY NAILOR, GRELL, GABIG, B. SMITH, ARGALL, BAKER,
BALDWIN, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD,
BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CLYMER, CORRIGAN,
CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALLY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE,
DiGIROLAMO, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
JAMES, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LEDERER, LEH, MAITLAND, MAJOR,
MARKOSEK, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MUNDY, MUSTIO, PALLONE,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAPP, REED, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHANER, STABACK, SURRA,
TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, APRIL 6, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 6, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the Borough of Lemoyne, Cumberland County, on its 100th
2 anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, Lemoyne is situated on the west bank of the
4 Susquehanna River just opposite the City of Harrisburg; and
5 WHEREAS, Shawnee and Delaware Indians originally inhabited
6 the area; and
7 WHEREAS, The first known settler was William Kelso, who
8 leased a stone dwelling erected by John Harris just south of the
9 railroad bridge around 1724 and operated a ferry in 1769; and
10 WHEREAS, The ferry, the Great Road built in the 1740s, the
11 camelback bridge built in 1817 and the Cumberland Valley
12 Railroad in 1837 combined to establish Lemoyne as a gateway to
1 Harrisburg; and
2 WHEREAS, Bridgeport and Riverton were originally two
3 unincorporated villages separated only by the Cumberland Valley
4 Railroad; and
5 WHEREAS, Bridgeport to the north of the tracks dates to the
6 1830s, and Riverton dates to 1888; and
7 WHEREAS, Mail was handled through the Wormleysburg Post
8 Office for many years; and
9 WHEREAS, By 1869 the residents, numbering approximately 800,
10 applied for their own post office; and
11 WHEREAS, Riverton and Bridgeport post offices in existence
12 elsewhere necessitated a name change, and Dr. J. W. Bowman
13 proposed honoring Charles LeMoyne, a little-known frontier
14 diplomat from the French and Indian War; and
15 WHEREAS, On May 25, 1905, the Borough of Lemoyne, then
16 totaling 125 acres, was incorporated; and
17 WHEREAS, Early in the borough's history the largest employers
18 were the Pennsylvania Steel Company and the Pennsylvania
19 Railroad; and
20 WHEREAS, Laborers and executives found Lemoyne, with its
21 electric streetcars, a convenient place to settle; and
22 WHEREAS, Four dairies produced milk, butter and ice cream;
23 and
24 WHEREAS, A large bakery which opened in 1915 was a pioneer in
25 home delivery of breads, cakes and pies; and
26 WHEREAS, There were many grocery stores, butcher shops and
27 even Whitman's Department Store of 3rd Street and Hummel Avenue;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, The Lemoyne Trust Company and the West Shore Bank of
30 Cumberland County were organized in Lemoyne's early years; and
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1 WHEREAS, Lemoyne's former airfield, part of a string of
2 airfields stretching down the Cumberland Valley, supported an
3 early airmail service and prompted visits from the Goodyear
4 Blimp; and
5 WHEREAS, Professional employment filled the void as the rail
6 and steel industries declined, and insurance and medical
7 companies now employ thousands in the area; and
8 WHEREAS, Lemoyne developed a fine park system with Negley
9 Park, Memorial Park, Schell Park and Maple Street Park; and
10 WHEREAS, Two Civil War forts in the Bridgeport area of
11 Lemoyne were placed there to defend Harrisburg; and
12 WHEREAS, Fort Couch, located at 8th Street and Indiana
13 Avenue, was restored with the help of the Lemoyne Civic Club in
14 the 1950s; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the Borough
16 of Lemoyne, Cumberland County, on its 100th anniversary and
17 extend best wishes for another 100 years.
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