PART 2: We’re continuing the story from Bradford Lion E.E. Lindemuth about his hometown that appeared in a 1924 edition of The Era during the start of the Lions Club in Bradford.
“The city spent $8,804.33 last year on the Carnegie Public Library, furnishing the latest and best books to Bradford’s reading public. It had 24,641 volumes on its shelves and last year 91,354 volumes were read by those bent on improving their minds, or killing time between bridge games.”
The building still stands, housing Beefeaters at the corner of Congress and East Corydon streets.
“(Bradford) has three banks with a combined capital of $1,100,000; $853,000 surplus; and deposits of $16,325,000, which have grown from $4,105,000 in 1910. These resources of over $12,000,000 are used in building up the metropolis of Pennsylvania oil. The banking houses are up to date, their equipment is modern and efficient, and they say their burglary protection systems are of the best.
“The assessed valuation has grown from $5,164,000 in 1910 to $8,675,443 in 1923, an increase of 68 percent in thirteen years, with many new buildings going up this year.
“It has beautiful homes and churches, a number of social clubs and a fine country club and golf links. When the new links are completed on Minard Run this summer, the Sarazens and Ouimets of the oil country will have all that they can hope and ask for in the way of a golf course.
The article goes on to talk about service clubs. The last bit will be in tomorrow.
