Ferenchak channels memories of 1969 North Catasauqua holiday into book
A Catasauqua man has brought his childhood and hometown to life through his book. Ben Ferenchak’s “Benny: A Small-Town Christmas Story” takes readers back to Christmas 1969, telling the story of a small-town Christmas in Catasauqua and North Catasauqua through the eyes of a fifth-grade Ferenchak.
Ferenchak, who now lives in Catasauqua, grew up in North Catasauqua, went to school in the Catasauqua Area School District and considered his “Gramma’s house in Catasauqua his second neighborhood,” he said…