The Salem Reformed Church of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Confirmation Class of approximately 1920. The photograph has been dated based on the age of Mildred Suntzbaugh, who was born in 1907. Typically, confirmations were conducted when children reached the age of 13.
Persons identified in the photograph are:
Front Row (seated): Mrs. Sara C. Enders; Ella S. Feidt; Mildred I. Sultzbaugh; Minnie A. Yerges; Rev. Calvin P. Wehr; Irena N. Watson; Elma B. Wenrich; Mary E. Zimmerman; Vera L. Engle.
Back Row (standing): —–?—–; —-?—–; Joseph R. Zerfing, —-?—–; William M. Laudermilch; Emory L. Markel; Fred B. Markel; Melvin G. Lupold.
Three boys known to have been in this class, but not identified in the photograph are: Moses E. Mauser; Henry A. Enders; and Stephen H. Mauser.
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Photograph and identifications courtesy of Elizabethville Area Historical Society.