The Friends of Overington Park invites residents and neighbors to join us for free upcoming events, food distributions, and clean up service days in park.
Get involved and join us every first Tuesday of the month for our park meetings.
Author: Gil
Coach Juan Namnun Number 24 Retired
Story by Joe Fraioli
Frankford High School held a ceremony after the Frankford vs Fels baseball game. The ceremony was to officially retire Coach Juan Namnun’s baseball number 24. Coach Namnun played three years of varsity baseball at Frankford and has been either a volunteer, assistant or varsity coach of the Pioneers since 2000.
Coach Namnun has been involved with 13 Public league championships. Named coach of the year. Is a Lindback Award Winner for schoolteacher of the year in the School District of Philadelphia. He also organized the Coaches vs Cancer Fest among other volunteer events.
Photo by Jen Johnson
Photo includes: Phillies Rep Milt Thompson, Coach Namnun, Coach Gavigon
Roger Turner of the Science History Institute at the HSF
The Historical Society of Frankford (HSF) today invites the public to hear Roger Turner, curator of instruments and artifacts at the Science History Institute of Philadelphia, speak at its monthly meeting on April 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM. The doors open at
7:00 PM.
His topic will be “Weird, Wonderful, Playful and Profound: Treasures of the Science
History Institute”. The venue is the HSF library/museum, located at 1507 Orthodox St,
Philadelphia. The event is free and open to the public, and parking is available across Orthodox
Street at the Frankford Friends School. Light refreshments will be served.
The Science History Institute is a free museum in Old City Philadelphia with some fascinating stuff.
This talk explores surprising stories behind a few remarkable things from the collections. Why did
Beatrix Potter draw mice around a Bunsen burner dreaming of toasted cheese? What can we learn
about the history of plastic from a washed-up Lego dragon, an ESPN producer’s vuvuzela, and a
song by Shel Silverstein? Added together, these stories illustrate some of the ways that science and
technology have created the world we live in today.
Roger Turner is the curator of instruments and artifacts at the Science History Institute in
Philadelphia, USA. He studies the role of science in our daily lives, from chemistry labs to pollution
control to weather forecasting. Among his recent exhibits are “How to Read a Plastic Bag,” and
“Astroturf: Field of Contention.” His favorite scientific instrument is a spectrometer that has a label
warning users about its “emotional crisis detector”.
Susan Couvreur
Susan Couvreur
Susan M. Couvreur, age 80, of Phila., PA, passed away on March 5th at Nazareth hospital. She was born in Baltimore, MD to Frederick William Mengers and Elizabeth Tickner where she grew up alongside siblings Mary Katherine Mengers (d.2021) and Frederick Marshall Mengers (d. 2022). She attended Towson High School and Maryland Institute College of Art before moving to Philadelphia in the 1970s.
She had a more than 30 year long career as an exceptional fine art picture framer and upon retirement in 2020 she devoted much of her time to The Historical Society of Frankford where she served on the Board of Directors as Museum Chair.
She is survived by her daughter, Vanessa Couvreur and niece, Heather Barnes.
Celebration of life gathering will be May 30th at The Historical Society of Frankford. See their website at this link for exact time/details.
It Only Takes a Minute
IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE
I’m reaching out to all “the Young folks of today,” gather around and listen to what I have to say.
It only takes a minute for you to go astray. It only takes a minute, and you may not be here today.
Sometimes you may not realize, but it only takes “ONE” mistake to take you away. So, listen to what I have to say.
Educate yourself in a godly way, with the knowledge that no one can take away.
Wisdom has a way of telling you when to back up, and when to embrace.
It only takes a minute, so listen to what I have to say – It only takes a minute, for you to go astray.
By Lenny Jaynes
