Article: Businessman's gift results in gain for recreation center

"I get by with a little help from my friends," are words New Holland Recreation Center could be singing. The familiar words from the Beatles song lends itself to how a generous gift of land from a benevolent businessman resulted in a $1.2 million gain for the recreation center. It began in 2003 when Fred Musselman, local businessman and member of the recreation board, donated a 13-acre tract in Earl Township between Phillip Road and Orlon Street to the recreation board. He purchased the land for $595,000. According to recreation center board member Ed Beck, Musselman didn't want his identity revealed as the donor of the land and used Friends of the

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