On this date in NEPA
75 years ago, federal and state agents raided Fowler Farm, near Lake Ariel, and seized a 1,000-gallon unregistered still, a half-dozen 5,000-gallon mash vats and a truck loaded with empty 5-gallon containers.
50 years ago, the boards of Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre and Old Forge Bank approved a merger, creating a bank with assets in excess of $50 millon.
25 years ago, Scranton community development director James Connors ordered the incinerator at Moses Taylor Hospital shut down, labelling it a public nuisance.
10 years ago, the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held an all-day workshop for people interested in genealogy research. Some 100 people attended the event in Clarks Summit.