Look Back: Where was the old Catholic Cemetery in Mechanic’s Square?

Aug. 27—In the voice of Optimus Prime: "Calling all Wilkes-Barre history buffs!" A large gang of workmen had the task 118 years ago of removing bodies from the Old Catholic Cemetery to be re-interred in Hanover Green Cemetery. The location of the Old Catholic Cemetery as described in a Wilkes-Barre Record story on Aug. 31, 1905, places it along South Canal Street, today's South Pennsylvania …