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The official seal of the Mt. Wolf Borough has the same coat of arms as the Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
The last movie shown in the Mt Wolf Theater, in 1984, was "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial". The young projectionist for that last showing became a politician with initials J.F.K. We knew him later as, Mayor James F. Kinder. In that very audience was another future politician. The 2010 Borough Mayor, Joshua Bowers. Jim retired from the Mayor's office after serving for about a quarter of the Borough's history. He is surpassed only by Edwin Greiman, who held the office for the first 40 years.
On August 1986, the first Borough newsletter was published. It was to open communications on policies, procedure and information. By the third edition, October 1987, the Borough asked for suggestions on naming it's award winning newsletter. In Feb. 1988, the name "The Mt. Wolf Howler" was first used. However, it only howled a few times after that. In 2002, a Borough website was developed by Benjamin Stambaugh for his senior high school project. Ben later became a software / website designer but the Borough did not publish his creation. However, his father, Charles, later followed in his footsteps by developing and publishing this website for the Borough, in October 2009, as a part of the centennial. |
Second Place winner of the best Borough newsletter in the State (under 2,500 population). Click for October 1987 newsletter.
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Dedicated in 1973, the gymnasium at York College was named in honor of Charles Wolf of Mount Wolf. Later his nephew, Tom Wolf, served as President of the Board at York College. The last class, that Tom handed York College diplomas to included Mt Wolf's Ben Stambaugh. Ironically, later that year, York College started using a newer gymnasium.
Hoover Street, Holland Street and Manchester Street used to be names of streets in the Borough. The Borough was at one time part of Manchester Twp. The two creeks run through Mt. Wolf are called the Manhattan Creek and Hartman Run. Buttstown was a suburb of Mount Wolf. All but one alley in the Borough are named after animals. With the first being named Wolf Alley. |
A nice metal offical sign for Mt Wolf was recieved from the State. But half the sign was not correct, so it was never publicly displayed. |
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| The speculation that the town was named for Pennsylvania Governor George Wolf is farfetched. The George Wolf, who served as governor in the 1830’s, had no relationship to the founding family, George H. Wolf, who served as postmaster and stationmaster in 1850. However, Mt. Wolf's George H. Wolf did have a great great grandson, Thomas Wolf, who lives in George's house, oversees the Wolf's business and who had worked directly for a State Governor, considered running for the 2010 Governorship. |
| Bradley Rentzel authored A History of Mount Wolf and is working the second edition. He can spend hours telling stories about past events and people in the Borough. He gets his mail from the Mount Wolf Post Office every day. The interesting thing about Brad is that he never lived in the Borough. |
There is only one Mt. Wolf Post Office in the US, but there is another Mount Wolf in the White Mountains, NH. Click here to see. |
Most people, who have a Mount Wolf, PA. address, do not even live in Mount Wolf. East Manchester Township, Starview and Saginaw all use the Mount Wolf post office with the zip code of 17347. Because of this, many are confused over the two Third and Fourth Streets (miles apart) using Mount Wolf, PA. Most in the Borough do not have home mail delivery. |
Ordinance No. 4, adopted by Borough Council on January 14, 1913, established the Mount Wolf Electric Light Company. In the April 1, 1917, New York's, "Electric World" publication is printed that Mt. Wolf Borough contracted Edision Light & Power Company of York to take over the Borough's electric. This pole shows the history of utilities in the Borough. The bottom individually nailed numbers (red circle) are from Bell phone company. The next metal ban are old electric company numbers. The orange digits ban are GTE/Verizon pole numbers. The top 10 digits yellow ban are MetED pole numbers. |
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| If you have more Mt Wolf trivia send them to: 100th@MtWolfBorough.com | FYI, Mt Wolf trivia contest is starting summer of 2010. |
