September and October have been busy months at the Levittown Historical Society and Museum. The September meeting featured Bob Doxsee, famous for his family’s clam juice. Doxsee gave a wonderful presentation on the fishing industry starting from the 1800s. It has been in his family for generations, started in 1865. He had beautiful, vintage photographs of deckhands and crews working on the water. He demonstrated how the clamming, fishing and processing were done.
In October, the society attended Fire Prevention Week at the firehouse, which was a huge success despite the weather. Everyone had a great time and our “Candy Count” was a success with the kids. Geri Raab and Betty Johnson met with Spa
rky, the firehouse dog. Also in October, Society Vice President Bob Koenig discussed a “spooky” topic that started on Long Island and haunted the top pop band The Beatles in 1969—that their bandmate, Paul McCartney, was dead and replaced by a copycat. The clues are found on the album covers, and in the songs themselves.
Come November, the next meeting will feature Ed Daniels, to reveal the revolutionary mass-production, civil engineering, labor and purchasing techniques that allowed Levitt and Sons to build Levittown as the Prototype for subsequent Suburb
an development. This meeting will take place on Nov. 21, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Levittown Museum, Levittown Memorial Education Center, 150 Abbey Lane, Levittown.
For more information call 516-434-7140 or email levhistoricalsoc@aol.com.
—Bob Koenig, Vice President
