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C O L O P H O N Wyomissing Boulevard and Penn Avenue. 1935 grocery store opposite the hotel. The Henry Stetler and Floyd Lance residences were among the first to be constructed, until atter the erection of the Textile Machine Works, when homes were built for the accommodation of the workers. The town has grown slowly but steadily through the years. When the resi- dent taxables numbered sixty-one, agitation for the establish- ment ot a borough was begun. Home owners wished to secure more privileges, comforts, protection, and regulation of streets. Petitions were presented to the court in l904 and 1905 and, although there was much opposition, the municipality was ..?a....wM..nmummmmnnrmamw1 n':mQmmnmM.mnmfn.fu,n- V--V-L. L... 1- Page Thirteen
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COLOPHON . ' Lynn and Garfield Avenues, Looking North. 1935 is often mistaken for an electric or an ice plant, was formerly run by water power from the dam, but is now driven by an electric motor. The power for lighting the town was first sup- plied by the Sinking Springs Electric Company. Today it is furnished by the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Numerous changes were made in the original plans of the borough. The Wyomissing Playground has taken the place of a circular road. Franklin Street was formerly named Continental Avenueg Wayne Avenue was Boston Avenueg Spruce Lane was .., .uw ,,..,.W. W. vm. 1.nm,,.mm. ,uv.2fmnwi.2:l.ms.c.fr.u.m''- -Q-a:s:zz2f:m:ls:f..:as ,:mx:f:i:1.mm:.f.- Page Fifteen
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