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In the summer of 1934, 55 young volunteers contributed 10,000 hours at Norvelt by digging a ditch one-and-a-half miles long and constructing a 260,000-gallon reservoir. The directors of this work camp were Mildred and Wilmer Young, who later led several experiments with cooperative enterprises in Mississippi and South Carolina .
With his victory, Rod became the third generation of State Representatives in the Wilt Family: his grandfather Ray Wilt represented the 29th legislative district in Allegheny County from 1951 to 1969 and his father Roy Wilt represented the 8th legislative district in Mercer County from 1968 to 1980 and the 50th senatorial district in the ...
Hoffer Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long and flows through Chapman Township . [ 1 ] The watershed of the creek has an area of 2.34 square miles (6.1 km 2 ).
W. William Wilt (April 15, 1918 – September 28, 2004) [1] is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [2] References
Calumet-Norvelt is an unincorporated community within Mount Pleasant Township. Calumet-Norvelt is located at (40.213730, -79.493121). [1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2), all of it land.
Calumet is a census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.Although the United States Census Bureau included it as a census-designated place with the nearby community of Norvelt for the 2000 census, they are in reality two very different communities, each reflecting a different chapter in how the Great Depression affected rural Pennsylvanians.
Dead End in Norvelt is an autobiographical novel by the American author Jack Gantos, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2011. It features a boy named Jack Gantos and is based in the author's hometown, Norvelt, Pennsylvania. According to one reviewer, the "real hero" is "his home town and its values", a "defiantly political" message. [2]
Roy William Wilt (born July 4, 1935) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [5] [6] He earned a degree from Thiel College in 1959. [4] He was first elected to represent the 8th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1969.