[PRCo] Re: PRCo Oil City

[Dennis F Cramer]

Two gems of Franklin are:

The DeBence Antique Music World Museum
http://www.debencemusicworld.com/

The DeBence Antique Music World Museum houses a collection of more than 100 
antique mechanical musical instruments dating from the mid 1800's to the 
1940's.  This collection was begun by Jake & Elizabeth DeBence in the 
1940's.  In 1965 the DeBences retired to the Franklin, PA. area and housed 
the collection in a barn on Route 8 south of Franklin which they opened to 
the public for viewing.  After Jake's death, Elizabeth offered the 
collection for sale.

It was her wish that the collection remain intact and in the area. The 
citizens of Franklin and the surrounding area formed a non-profit 
corporation to purchase the collection and a building in which to house it. 
In a little over 7 months the community and surrounding area was able to 
raise over $1 million in order to accomplish this task. It now resides in 
the old G. C. Murphy 5 & 10 store on Liberty Street.

And the Franklin Silver Cornet Band
http://www.franklinsilvercornetband.com/

Though not the oldest band in Pennsylvania, the Franklin Silver Cornet Band 
dates from 1856 and still performs regularly outside of the courthouse in 
Franklin.



        Dennis F. Cramer
http://home.windstream.net/dfc1