P.O. BOX 73, Spinnerstown, PA 18968
Phone or Fax: 215-538-8101

Milford Township Historical & Preservation Society
of Bucks County, PA, Inc.

~ Milford Township ~
History of Milford Township ~ Society Commemoratives ~ Membership Information ~ Newsletter

	Our Society's History The Milford Township Historical Society was formed in 1984 by the Historical Committee of the 250th Anniversary Celebration of Milford Township and is going strong today. Our aims are to stimulate the appreciation and preservation of area historical landmarks, to keep a record of the early settlers, to preserve the artifacts they have left behind, and to educate members of the society and community regarding our heritage. we currently maintain a museum of these artifacts and documents, along with video tapes of interviews with older residents, and speakers we have had at our monthly programs. our library contains historical books and periodicals. Our physical location is in the old two-room Spinnerstown School located at 1580 Sleepy Hollow Road, Spinnerstown, PA.18968
Meetings Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm from September through May. Meetings are held at the Spinnerstown School unless otherwise announced. Our building is open Monday evenings from 7-9 pm in order for you to visit our museum and make use of our library. Need directions to our building?
Spinnerstown School This red brick two-room school house was built in 1909 and was in use until 1955 when the new Lewis E. Pfaff Elemerty School was built. Grades one through four were taught in one half of the school and five through eight were taught in the other half. Sliding pocket doors with blackboards attached divided the two groups and could be opened for times when there were activities for all the grades to join in together. A lady by the name of Rosa Erney was the first teacher in 1909. More than twenty-two teachers worked with the children over these years with Fred Fegley and Hulda Meyers serving the longest terms of 26 years and 11 years respectively. Graduation exercises were held at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Scheetz Church) just across the street. This was a combined graduation program for pupils from all the schools in Milford Township who were graduating from the 8th grade at that time. In June of 1997 our Society hosted the first reunion ever for people who had attended the school and the turnout was marvelous. People brought their class pictures and graduation programs to share and had a wonderful time reminiscing about the good old days. Plans are currently underway for a partial restoration of the Spinnerstown School since it is the only remaining school not turned into a private residence. Watch this website for updates on our progress.
Milford Township Schools Reunion 2002 According to our records, there were 12 one-room or two-room schools in the township during this time period. In September of 2002 we will be holding a grand reunion for all who attended these schools with the Spinnerstown School being the host for the event. All of the other schools still standing are now private residences. These schools are Benner's School Corner's School Gerhart's School Geryville School (no longer standing) Kline's School Milford Square School Roeder's School Shelly's School Spinnerstown School Steinsberg School Union School Weikel School WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you attended or taught at any of these schools, or know any of the people who did, please let us know so that we can contact them about the 2002 Reunion. Please fill out the form below and mail or fax it to us now. We need all the help we can get in finding these people, especially the women whose names would have changed through marriage. Make a list of anyone you can think of and attach it to this form with addresses and phone numbers. Contact us by phone/fax at 215-538-8101 or by mail at P.O. Box 73, Spinnerstown, PA 18968 or email us.
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Please write to us: P.O. BOX 73, Spinnerstown, PA 18968 or call us: 215-538-0922 or email us: milfhistsoc@msn.com.