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School’s Time Capsule Opened For The First Time In 50 Years

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The time capsule was behind this corner of the school. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The time capsule was behind this corner of the school.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

The Neshaminy School District this week opened a 50-year-old time capsule buried in the walls of a soon-to-be-demolish school.

The capsule inside the cornerstone of the old Tawanka Elementary School on Brownsville Road in Lower Southampton was removed and opened by workers preparing for the building’s demolition.

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On a social media post, the district said the lead box was placed in the corner stone on June 10, 1965, only a few months after the building had opened.

Workers removing the box. Credit: Neshaminy School District
Workers removing the box.
Credit: Neshaminy School District
While water and mold did damage some of the items, some were salvageable and will be displayed when the new school opens in September 2016. Credit: Neshaminy School District
While water and mold did damage to some of the items, some were salvageable and will be displayed when the new school opens in September 2016.
Credit: Neshaminy School District
Former Tawanka ES principal Dr. Christine McKee hold the scroll from 1965 that has the signatures of all the school's students and principal Joseph Botzer, Credit: Neshaminy School District
Former Tawanka ES principal Dr. Christine McKee holds the scroll from 1965 that has the signatures of all the school’s students and Principal Joseph Botzer,
Credit: Neshaminy School District
The scroll with the ribbon is seen with a 1965 Bucks County Courier Times clipping that shows the scroll being placed in the box. Credit: Neshaminy School District
The scroll with the ribbon is seen with a 1965 Bucks County Courier Times clipping that shows the scroll being placed in the box.
Credit: Neshaminy School District
A group of kids look at the contents of the time capsule on Monday evening. Credit: Amanda Kuehnle/LevittownNow.com
A group of kids look at the old items from the school.
Credit: Amanda Kuehnle/LevittownNow.com
Items from the schools history on display. Credit: Amanda Kuehnle/LevittownNow.com
Items from the schools history on display.
Credit: Amanda Kuehnle/LevittownNow.com

As Samuel Everitt Elementary School in Levittown closed and was turned over to the Bucks County Intermediate Unit in June, staff members said they were not able to locate the contents of that building’s original time capsule. The contents of that container were displayed several years ago and then lost.

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