Randy Watts
Randy Watts was born in Carlisle and has resided here most of his life. He graduated from Carlisle High School and Shippensburg State College. He was the Fire Service Coordinator for Cumberland County, and for years he worked in the industrial insurance industry.
Randy was a certified instructor for the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy and has taught college level fire protection courses at the Harrisburg Area Community College. He has served as a volunteer firefighter in several communities, including Carlisle and Harrisburg.
He has published over four dozen books and booklet on local history covering a wide range of topics, including railroads, manufacturing and Carlisle history.
Embossed Beer, Soft Drink, and Liquor Bottles of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Embossed Beer, Soft Drink, and Liquor Bottles of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
"The focus of this book is the era of embossed bottle use in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a period from roughly 1850 to the start of the Prohibition in 1920, although the scope has been allowed to creep to encompass a few bottles outside of that era. Bottling operations in Carlisle lasted until about 1970, when the Ma's Old Fashion bottling operation, conducted by G.C. Blosser on East High Street, closed."
129 pages, color photographs, index