Vanished Neighborhood - Correspondence 1964-1980, 1964 - 1980

0139.07.01: Vanished Neighborhood - Correspondence 1964-1980 1964 July 20 Charles A. Seidle (Lehigh University) to Mrs. Elaine H. Meilicke (Public Works Committee of (Bethlehem) City Council RE: Master Plan of Lehigh University 1966 January 10 Robert P. Snyder (Moravian College) to Mrs. Joseph Pongracz (Bethlehem, PA) RE: 10 additional boxwoods planted at Visitor’s Entrance of the administration building, thank you for your kindness. 1967 April 18 Agenda for Meeting of City Council 1968 June 25 City Council Meeting RE: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Central City Study, 1919 Linden Street 1968 Jul 9 “Renewal Critic Gets $23,575 For Home” - Pongracz house in the Packer Ave. Urban Renewal Area 1968 July 9 City Council Meeting RE: Re-Zoning 2915 Schoenersville Road, Orchard Street. Town Hall Public Address System. Rezoning E. Union Blvd., St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 1969 Jan 14 “Lehigh Leads Conference on Housing” 1969 Jan 27 “Lehigh Gets 8 Research Grants” 1970 April 2 Bethlehem Bulletin “Gruen Report Is ‘Bombshell’” - Lehigh [University] ‘Irresponsible’, Lehigh Role Defended 1970 June 2 City Council Meeting RE: 203 East Packer Avenue, Parking Authority 1970 Aug 14 Morning Call “Lehigh’s Stalled Housing Project Irks Bethlehem Renewal Agency” by Frank Orpe 1970 September 29 Globe-Times “Lehigh Abandoning Urban Renewal Site” by Jim Young 1970 September? “Payrow disappointed with Monocacy decision - U decision shows bad faith, Bethlehem mayor claims” [Lehigh University doesn’t build dorms near Monocracy Creek site] 1970 October 2 Globe-Times “SS’76, Chamber, Ask LU To Reconsider Housing Sites” 1975 Feb 10 [handwritten note] Community Development Program application was hand carried to Philadelphia by Congressman Fred B. Rooney 1975 June 24 from Fred B. Rooney (Congress of the United States) to Mrs. Joseph Pongracz (Bethlehem, Pa.) RE: thanks for generous gift 1975 June 27 from Frank V. Loretti (Bethlehem Housing Authority) to Mrs. Helen Sofranek (Bethlehem, Pa.) RE: application for placement in city facilities after speaking with Mrs Anne Pongracz 1976 January 21 Globe-Times “Redevelopment Authority Moving To City Center” by Len Barcousky 1976 March 17 Bethlehem Globe-Times “Steel Criticized, Defended At City Council Session” 1976 July 9, 27 Comrade Klein? Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter’s top economic advisor is Lawrence Klein, a professor at University of Pennsylvania and president-elect of the American Economic Association admitted to having joined Communist party but left because “it was too “dull” [2 copies of flyer sponsored by local chapter of The John Birch Society] 1977 April 7 Roy Afflerbach release RE: State Senator Henry C. Messinger (D-Lehigh) issued statement about Senate Bill 196 - the right to use deadly force to protect himself against intrusion in home or office… 1977 April 25 from Roy C. Afflerbach to Ann RE: Senate Bill 196 1977 May 18 from Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to Ann and Mary [Pongracz] RE: thanks for excellent seats at dinner where could see Senator Kennedy up close 1977 September 20 from Arnold J. Falk (Easton, PA) to Annie RE: appreciate you talking to Senator Messinger 1978 June 15 “Agreement Reported Would end dispute over Brodhead will” RE: bequest by Albert Brodhead to Lehigh University 1978 July 14 from J. Michael Schweder (Pennsylvania House of Representatives) to Ann and Mary [Pongracz] RE: thanks for assistance in successful renomination in the May primary 1978 July 19 from William F. Hall Jr. (United States Magistrate, Philadelphia) to Annie and Mary Pongracz RE: thanks for plant 1978 August 23 from Bird & Son/Wetzel Roofing to Mr. & Mrs. Pongracz RE: roofing project at 321 W. 4th St., Bethlehem 1978 October 6 from Jacob S. Kolb (Bethlehem, Pa) to Lawrence B. Fox (Bethlehem) RE: Lehigh University - Albert Brodhead Estate 1978 November 14 from Arnold J. Falk to Annie RE: enclosed article [not with note] 1978 November 15 from Arnold J. Falk (Easton, Pa) to Mrs. Annie Pongracz RE: support for Judgeship 1979 April 10 from Justin D. Jirolanic (Northampton County Democratic Committee) to Mrs. Ann Pongracz RE: her appointment as a member of the Executive Committee 1979 November 16 Morning Call “Bethlehem Council - Lehigh University’s attempts to circumvent Brodhead’s will stir anger” by Nick Politi 1979 November 30 Morning Call “Lehigh protests assessment on new dormitory” by Peg Rhodin 1979 December “Straight Talk” by Sen. Henry C. Messinger [newsletter] 1979 December 3 Globe-Times “County Asks More Data on LU Dorm Finances” 1979 Dezember 18 [death notice] Werner Schneider-Forster, Flurlingen 1980 January 18 from Henry C. Messinger to Mrs. Pongracz RE: PennDOT response to Fourth Street, South Bethlehem widening sidewalk 1980 March 26 from Fred B. Rooney (Washington, D.C.) to Mrs. Joseph Pongracz RE: thanks for flowers, regard to Joe and Mary 1980 June 19 from Msgr James M. Butler (Holy Infancy Rectory, Bethlehem) RE: thanks for memorial in honor of Sigmund Sobiesiak 1980 August 12 from Stanley R. Zweifel (City of Bethlehem Commissioner of Police) to Mary T. Pongracz RE: compliments to police responding to fire 1980 August 19 from Raymond C. Hittinger (Pastor Rosemont Lutheran Church) to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Pongracz RE: thanks for contribution to church 1980 August 20 from Lehigh Valley Manpower Program to Mary Pongracz RE: thank you for your letter regarding our use of “Bi-Lingual” in want ads 1980 August 19 [dinner program for] Third Annual Capistrano Ball 1980 October 1 from Rosalynn Carter (Washington, D.C.) to Ann Pongracz RE: thanks for warm hospitality during visit to Bethlehem [original is filed in I Remain collection of autographs]

Undated miscellaneous items: From Fred B. Rooney, Washington, D.C. [letterhead] to Annie RE: Congressman wasn’t appreciated in Bethlehem [signed by] Peggy From Ueland and Junker Architects, Philadelphia [letterhead] to Ann RE: thank you of material - very helpful [signed] Gary Watrous? From Joan Liftin to Mrs. Pongracz RE: misunderstanding about photographs [two photos in this file maybe unrelated to letter reference: 1 black & white glossy 9 x 12.5 cm of corner 3-story house fronted by big leafy tree; 1 black & white 24 x 21 cm of seated man wearing plaid shirt holding pipe] 2 pages from notebook with telephone numbers of people involved in Relocation COUNCIL VOTES TO SELL LAND TO CHURCH, DISREGARDS NEEDS OF SCHOOLSt. Peter’s Church on Packer Avenue One sheet Page - 16 - MISCELLANEOUS RE: paragraphs in lease construed to be in accordance with lases of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania