Lincoln High School
Centennial Observance
Tuesday, Nov, 25, 2025
10:00 AM
This wonderful presentation commemorated the one-hundredth
anniversary of the laying of the Lincoln High School
cornerstone on November 30, 1925.
Speakers included the High School Principal, Ellwood City
Historical Society Member Robert Morabito, the school
librarian, and teacher Larry Gabis. Holders of county
and state political seats presented commendations.
The ceremony was poignant. The legacies of graduates of
the high school were recalled. A feeling of pride filled
the hearts of all Lincoln alumni who were present.
The present-day students who were in attendance seemed
to be in awe of the fact they were seated on the cusp
of a second one-hundred-year chapter of the high
school. They were profoundly aware that the
keepsakes which they contributed to the new time
capsule will be meditated upon by their future
descendants just as the mementos from the 1925
time capsule have inspired reflection in all of us.
Two letters, written by a student
and a faculty member, were read aloud.
Those letters were addressed to the distant future
generation and will be placed in the new
time capsule. The eloquent
wording of those two letters
brought a chill of profundity to all
of those assembled.
Here are a few photos from the
historic event:
John Fray, September 30, 2024:
A Shout-Out To WFEM, Ellwood's First Radio Station.
In 1968, the Ellwood City community was pleasantly surprised to behold a newly-constructed radio tower overlooking the segment Conoquennessing Creek valley in which the borough is situate. The stunningly tall tower rose to a height of 400 feet, and was topped with a 16-foot broadcast antenna. The broadcasting studio was located along Fifth Street near the railroad overpass. The call letters of the station were WFEM which signified an instrument-only music broadcasting format, one which could be characterized as gentle and nurturing, a la the female spirit. Local news coverage and high school sports broadcasting were part of the mix. Fine on-air personalities added flair to the daily informational broadcasts. In 1973, when I was in my senior year of high school, the format changed to country music, and the station's moniker became "C 92" in reference to country music at 92.1 on the FM dial. I can still recall listening to certain country music recordings which I have not been able to track down to this day. The Saturday evening country music retrospective slot was pure elegance. That was before the "Outlaw" movement of country music arose, but its subversive origins were apparent in some of the new releases which the station offered and which remain dear to my heart.
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Aahh, the Halloween season is upon us.
Time for spooky tales, bobbing for apples, apple cider.
In Ellwood City, Trick-or-Treat night was standardized
around the year 1950. Before that time, neighborhood
youths began knocking on doors looking for
treats in mid-October. The Ellwood City Halloween
parade occurred on a school night from the 1950s through
the 1980s. About 1990, the parade was renamed "The
Cabbage Patch Parade" and moved to mid-afternoon on
the Saturday before Halloween.
Of course, Halloween has its
origins in a religion observance,
that being All Hallows Eve, which is the evening
before the Feast of All Saints Day.
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