In the 1930s, Ralph Charles Minerd Sr. & Violet May Summy (Minerd) were among the first 50 families to be accepted to live at "Westmoreland Homesteads," later named "Norvelt" in honor of the town's political sponsor, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The Minerd house is seen here. In this house, sons Robert and James were baptized by their uncle, Rev. William M. Minerd.