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Allentown's flag is partly seen at
http://www.allentownpa.org/images/webALLENTOWN-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg. The flag is
yellow-blue charged with the city logo, but I can't tell its exact shape.
Dov Gutterman, 4 December 2002
Aston township in Pennsylvania, USA, has a flag. At this site is given the
official description
http://www.astontownship.net/CHAPTER204.htm:
"204.01 TOWNSHIP FLAG.
(a) The Township shall adopt its own Township Flag, commemorating its founding,
its growth and accomplishments being memorialized.
(b) The Township Flag shall be yellow and maroon in color and shall show the
words "Aston Township" at the top. The center of the Flag shall show a map of
the Township with a star for each of the seven wards, as well as one large eagle
and the date that Aston Township was first created as a township, which is the
year of 1688.
(c) The residents of the Township and all of their institutions and
organizations are hereby requested to properly acknowledge this Flag as the
official Flag of Aston Township. (Res. 188. Passed 10-20-65.)"
Valentin Poposki, 11 March 2006
In the "Daily
Courier", 6 March 2006, Mark Hofman reports that Harry Young Cochran, of
Connellsville, "has donated a flag from the city's sesquicentennial celebration
to the Carnegie Free Library in order for it to be displayed during this year's
bicentennial celebration.
[...]
Cochran obtained the flag from his father, the late Harry Cochran, an automobile
dealership owner who was involved with the sesquicentennial celebration. He
provided vehicles for the parade 50 years ago.
[...]
The blue and yellow flag comes complete with a star in the center of a circle
surrounded by different places and symbols, including coke ovens, the
Connellsville Airport, Connellsville High School and Junior High West, Anchor
Hocking, the railroads and a barn representing agriculture -- the county and the
state's No. 1 industry then and now. The flag also shows the days that the
sesquicentennial celebration took place -- Aug. 10 and 16, 1956. The city was
founded March 1, 1806, by Zachariah Connell.
Valentin Poposki, 9 March 2006
Monroeville's flag seems to be a b-w-b (1:3:1) with device (probably the logo
http://www.monroeville.pa.us/assets/Images/monroeville3.gif) on the white.
It can be seen at
http://www.monroeville.pa.us/Municipal/images/buildingchange.gif.
Dov Gutterman, 5 December 2002
From the online edition of the Carlisle, PA "Sentinel"
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/08/03/business/busi10.txt:
DOIT launches contest for town flagNed Smith, 14 August 2005
By Dale Heberlig,July 27, 2005
A downtown group is sponsoring a contest to design a "town flag" that could be adopted as the official municipal banner for Shippensburg — much like the state's Keystone flag and the nation's Old Glory. Lizzie Bailey of Downtown Organizations Investing Together announced the contest at a recent meeting of Shippensburg Borough Council, asking council to consider authorizing the winning design as the borough's official flag. "Since this is Shippensburg's 275th anniversary, we would like the borough to adopt the flag as official," Bailey said. "We will provide a flag with the design for the borough to fly." Council President Earl Parshall said the issue would be included on council's August agenda.
Bailey says flag designs must be submitted by Sept. 15 on paper or electronically. The flag designs must be original and revolve around the theme of a visual representation of the "essence" of Shippensburg, which she describes as a blend of history, community and notable landmarks. The contest is open to individuals, groups and organizations. A cash prize is offered. The winner will be announced at a black bean soup cookoff that DOIT plans downtown Oct.1.
