I am submitting several photos taken recently of RL & SL, pre-mutant beach, Mutant Beach swimmers, and graduates of Hobson Place Elementary school, a stone's throw away from the now famous attraction.

Some other pre-Mutant Beach swimmers were Don R., Phil R., Dick G., Johnnie W., Carl F., Johnnie C., Luciano S., Bobby S., Roger W, Gary A., Jay P., Bobbie H., who all graduated Hobson Place. They were all lurking around when the Beach was built and we fondly recollect riding the "Euks", the huge earthmoving machines that ran up and down the "tracks", to Harri Emery Airport, past Phantom Deep. We all talked several of the neighborhood girls to swim "sans clothing" and had a riot. Never harmed a hair on their heads. Carl F. used to do a water act called "pickle on the platter" to all our delight. Alas, Carl F. died a few years ago and we miss him.

SL & RL have many fond memories of watching the Piper J3 Cubs floating in on their final to the grass airstrip just beyond Phantom Deep. SL even remembers brooming the hangars at the field for several hours just to get a 30 minute ride in one of the Cubs. Used to do it a lot. Wonder if anybody else remembers the old hangers out on Dorothy Lane where the Cub prototypes were built? SL went to a CUB reunion in Lock Haven in 1985 and there were Cubs in from all over the country and some were built in Bradford. Even talked to a 95 year old there who did the flight testing of the Cub airfoil like a hang glider off the hill just left of the Cemetery and down into the flats. Anyways, the Cubs were numerous and all over hell in the early 60's when the Beach was built. Anybody out there remember the twin-engine plane crash into the pines just past Phantom Deep? All I can remember is three people were killed trying to make it into Harri Emery and two were decapitated. When the Cubs took off they would pass right over Maple Deep at the end of the runway. I'm sure they saw many naked swimmers out on nice days. About 7 PM the Cubs that were out on patrol would all seem to start their final about then and there would be one a minute it seemed floating in over Onofrio's field. By the time they were over Phantom Deep they were just about 30 feet off the ground. Good times for Cub watchers. By the way, the airplane that sold for only a few thousand dollars back then is now worth in some cases a quarter million dollars if original and flying. Check it out. You can't even find them for sale but they're out there. Hard-core collectors only, I guess.