Coplay Garden Club is set to meet 7 p.m. tonight, April 27, at St. John’s Lutheran Church hall, 18 S. Third St.

The model train group also meets this evening 7:30 p.m. at the borough hall, Fourth and Center streets.

The public is invited to check out its second-floor digs.

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Trinity United Church of Christ will hold a spaghetti and meatball dinner 4-7 p.m. April 29 in the fellowship hall, 17 N. Third St. The event is open to the public.

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The Log Cabin, one of four taverns that over the decades lined Second Street, has closed.

A “For Sale” sign has been placed in front of the premises.

The town, at this time, has only one remaining commercial entity with a liquor license - Samuel Owens Casual Dining at Second and Chestnut streets.

There are still some in the borough who recall the history of the Log Cabin tavern. Built by Frank Kukitz, the structure dates back to at least the 1940s. Kukitz, with the help of many men, mostly from families who settled in the town from Austria in search of a new beginning, brought logs from tall trees in the Poconos.

On Sundays, Kukitz held picnics for the families on the grounds off North Second Street, on the Coplay Cement grounds.

Kukitz, a big game hunter with Phil Neuweiler, built the tavern. The large hall featured polka bands on weekends.

Adjoining were bowling alleys that Kukitz also built with logs. Patrons did not have to go outdoors to enter the bowling center; rather, they entered through an enclosure near the bar.

The once-popular bowling alley, in recent years, was home to Coplay Sporting Goods, now also up for sale.

Only the front exterior of the Log Cabin still shows the exposed logs; the sides of the structure are now covered with siding. The impressive stone columns on the outside lend to the history of the tavern.

As former patrons ponder the building’s future at Second and Hall streets, the community holds its breath in hopes it will reopen for future generations to enjoy.