Cumberland Valley Township Historical Society

10/21/2016

Mr. Larry Garlock's presentation scheduled for October 18th has been postponed until November. Watch for more details.
His talk will be on - The Common Soldier in the Vietnam War.
Larry is a Bedford County native. He attended
local schools and in 1963 graduated from Penn State
University with an English degree. He served two
years in the US Army in Germany before volunteering
for Vietnam. He served as a captain during the war
and saw a great deal of combat during his leadership.
After he came home, he started his career as an
English teacher in the Bedford School District and
currently is active in the Bedford County Vietnam
Veteran Association, the Everett Honor Guard, in
addition to doing public education programs

07/27/2016

Trying to think of some topics for a guest speaker this fall. What would be a subject you would like to learn more about? Let us know and we will work on getting a speaker on that subject.

06/02/2016

Proud to say that Centreville still has it's old sign, on the south end of town!

05/26/2016

The June meeting of the Historical Society will be held on June 21st at the old grade school in Centreville, room 5. The meeting starts at 6:30 and all are welcome to attend.

05/26/2016

We would like to thank everyone who came to our Scanning Blitz last Saturday. We acquired some new photos, some new genealogy information and new friends! We plan on holding another one in the future!

04/27/2016

The Society will be holding a Scanning Blitz on May 21, 2016 in room 5 of the old Centerville Elementary School starting at 10 am.
What is a scanning blitz? We will scan, on the spot, any old photos, documents, letters to our computer. This way, you get to keep your items and we have a copy of them for our archives. If you have any item that you wish to "donate" to the society, we will gladly accept them for our archives.
We will also, for a small fee, burn your scanned photos and documents to a CD for you or print them out for you.
The room and its contents will also be open for all who would like to see what we have.
Hope to see you there!

04/11/2016

The Society will hold its monthly meeting on April 19th at 6:30 pm in the Cumberland Valley Township Elementary School, room 5. All are invited to attend.

03/04/2016

The Society will hold its monthly meeting on March 15th at 6:30 pm in the Cumberland Valley Township Elementary School, room 5. All are invited to attend. If the weather is too cold, we will move the meeting to a warmer location, which will be posted here.

We are working on a guest speaker in the spring and a scanning blitz to scan photos and documents, you bring them, we scan them. For a small fee, we will also burn your photos and documents to a CD for those attending. Dates will be posted as soon as we have them firm.

01/19/2016

Due to the cold weather, the meeting of the Historical Society on January 19th will be held at the home of Society President Ross Arnold. Ross live on route 220 on the hill across from the Texas Eastern Transfer Station (commonly known as the pumping station). All are welcome.

01/13/2016

Tuesday, January 19th is the first meeting of the new year for the Historical Society. The meeting will be held at 6:30 in the old Centerville Elementery School. Anyone interested in the history of the Valley and helping preserve it are welcome to attend.

09/19/2013

We will be hosting a Civil War encampment and reenactment on September 21, 2013 on Route 220 near the Pennsylvania/Maryland state line. This is the site of an actual encampment during the Civil War. The camp was to be just an overnight stay until the 1500 troops crossed into Maryland, but they ended up staying there for almost 2 weeks before the orders came through to leave. The camp's official name was Camp Mason and Dixon, but due to conditions at the unprepared camp, it became known as Camp Misery and Despair by the men.
Members of the PA Bucktails reenactment group will be there to show what a Civil War encampment was like.
The event is open to the public from 9 - 5 on Saturday, free of charge.
Hope to see you there.

09/19/2013

It is with great sadness that I am reporting the death of our President and charter member of the Cumberland Valley Township Historical Society. Paul Crawford, Sr. passed away on July 27, 2013 at the age of 90. We extend our sympathies to his family and many friends in the area. He will be greatly missed by all.

Vice President Deb Topinka and President Paul Crawford with one of our two signs. They are on either end of Centerville Road, Cumberland Valley Township, Bedford County, PA.