Most of you reading this were born at the end of the Golden Era of Radio and during the infancy of television. We have lived through the Golden Era of Television. Now we are in a new frontier of media including the internet, smart phones, smart televisions, and Echo Dots. Television programs, podcasts, and social media are all watched on demand. While I am not a big fan of all the changes, I have accepted them. My grandparents and great grandparents probably went through similar thought...

I hope that your summer has been good so far. We’ve had some wonderful programs at the HGSIC recently. If you’ve not been to any of our events, check out the HGSIC website and plan on attending an upcoming one. If you live far away, check out HGSIC YouTube channel and watch the programs that we record. I am so pleased with what our Museum, Program, and Fundraising Committees and their volunteers do. They make being the president of the HGSIC much easier to do. I am indebted to all of them....

I grew up in a housing plan that was established sometime around 1946. A local farmer, George Sweeney, sold most of his land in lots to returning World War 2 veterans to buy and build modest houses. It was 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, halfway between Pittsburgh and Uniontown along Pennsylvania Route 51. We were about three-and-a-half miles from Donora and five miles from Monessen, where there were large steel mills. The mills at Clairton and McKeesport were about ten to 15 miles away....