CLARK'S SUMMIT CENTENNIAL PLANNING COMMITTEE

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Clarks Summit or Clark's Summit? US Post Office policy removes possessive apostrophes so the Clarks Summit Post Office has none in its name. The borough was incorporated as Clark's Summit and that is its name today. We will try to be consistent in this website.
The corner of Grove and State where Butler’s Sunoco is now used to be an open field where there was a huge carnival every summer.
In the 1950’s after a football game, if the consolidated high school won, the band, the cheerleaders and anybody else who wanted went from “The Pit” down Grove Street to State Street all the way to Highland and all the way back up. Can you imagine traffic then?
There used to be a restaurant down where Friendly’s is now called the Victory Pig Barbecue. They had delicious sandwiches and hired fourteen and fifteen year olds as carhops –– get the order, go and get the food, bring it out and perhaps get a nickel tip – that was considered something.