Cambria County Historical Society curator Alexandria Kaelin sorts through fliers that will be buried in a time capsule next month and excavated in 2075. Mirror photo by Matt Churella

EBENSBURG — Church bulletins, local restaurant menus and letters from local, county and state officials are just some of the items that will be buried in Ebensburg Borough’s time capsule next month, said Community Development Director Danea Koss.

Once the time capsule is buried at noon Sunday, Oct. 12, at Veterans Park, 201 N. Center St., Ebensburg, it won’t be dug up and opened until 2075, Koss said, adding borough officials are still seeking items to put in the capsule.

Those items are due by next Wednesday, Oct. 1, and can be dropped off at the Ebensburg Borough office, 300 W. High St., or the Cambria County Historical Society, 615 N. Center St., during regular business hours.

According to Koss, the Ebensburg Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4963 plans to donate a flag to be buried alongside the items collected.

So far, the borough only has a single restaurant menu to put in the capsule, Koss said, noting officials haven’t purchased the capsule yet and are holding off on it until after next week, once they know how many items they’ll have to bury with it.

The historical society has pamphlets of its events calendar, a few church bulletins and a membership booklet from the Ebensburg Women’s Club to put in the capsule, according to Alexandria Kaelin, the historical society’s curator.

During PotatoFest on Saturday, the historical society will have a booth set up with slips of paper and pens for people to write notes to the borough’s future residents, Kaelin said.

Kaelin said she hopes to see many of the borough’s youth come out to share what they love about their hometown as they will be the ones digging up the items in 50 years.

“It would be really cool to have more children involved just because the people who are children now are the people who are going to be around when they dig it up again,” Kaelin said. “It’s great for everybody to come out and get involved, but especially if you’ve got little kids.”

Earlier this year, Ebensburg Borough officials dug up a time capsule that was buried in 1975. However, officials believe the time capsule broke apart on impact with dirt the day it was buried, Kaelin said.

“Everything was pretty well covered in mud and not in the best of shape,” Kaelin said, noting some of the items were salvageable and are still on display at the historical society.

Koss said those items will likely be buried again with the new time capsule.

“We may put those contents in one capsule and then the contents from 2025 in another capsule. We’re just going to see what we get,” Koss said, noting officials are conducting research and are planning to purchase a sturdier container for the new time capsule.

Details about the Oct. 12 ceremony are still being worked out but updates will be posted on the borough’s website and social media pages as they become available, Koss said.

Mirror Staff Writer Matt Churella is at 814-946-7520.