The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 3, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1988.
Contributors:
Marie Stine, Hannah Clark Seeger, Pauline Wiest Welker, Susan Miller Sepavitch, Mary Matter Bateman, Mae Rogers, Margaret Kissinger Shadle, Ruth Fidler Goss (Contributor), Mildred Kocher, Carrie Miller Matter, Charles A. Schoffstall, Helen Bowers Deitrich, Naomi Klinger Straub, Robert Rothermel, John Harris, Hal Hepler, Lottie Kissinger, Mary Updegrave Hepler, Marlin Wolfe, Linda Matter Bush, Sally Bateman Reiner, Gerry Witmer Miller, Bernice Straub Witmer, Mildred Kocher, Elsie Schminky Portzline, Mildred Rothermel, Robert L. Williard, Mark Zerfing, Selin Klinger, Harry Dewey Schminky.
The contents includes the following:
Table of Contents. Introduction. The News A Hundred Years Ago.
Trade in Good Old Gratz: The Umholtz Store; Area Merchants of 1910; S. O Smeltz‘s Store; The Kessler Brewery; Kades Store; The Shaeffer and Blyler Stores; Area Merchants Remembered (The Raebuck Store; Mary Buffington‘s Milliner; McNoldy’s Photograph Shop; Mark Kebaugh‘s Butcher Shop; John Buffington‘s Blacksmith Shop; Hess’s Bakery; Dr. Schminky; The Ford Dealership; The Umholtz Barber Shop; George Hepler‘s Peaches; Mary Hartman‘s Hat Shop’ Isaac Hepler‘s Grocery Store; Harry Smith‘s Hall; The Gratz Hotel; The Miller Store; The Tannery in Gratz; Williard’s Fruit Orchard; The Gross Department Store; Buffington’s Harness Shop; The Newpaper Man; Ritzman’s Restaurant; Zerfing’s Hardware Shop; The Gratz Shirt Factory; Kratzer’s Village Blacksmith Shop; The Gratz Bank; The Miller Funeral Home; The Shoe Repair Shops; Dr. Lebo; O. T. Tobias and Mary Tobias; Hoffman Dairy; A Lumber Mill; Bricks Made in the Area; The Rural Mailman; Milton Umholtz and Sally Umholtz‘ Store; A Carpenter and Musician.
Gratz a Few Years Ago: Gratz in the Forties; Coming Home for Easter; Thank Goodness for Small Towns; The Big Parade; The Big Roundup in Gratz; Before 1900; Just After 1900 in Gratz; Black Mariah; The Wedding in the Parlor; The Motorcycle Gang; A Funeral in the Snow Storm; Going to the Dentist; Out of Control; The Umbrella Man; The West Mont Victory Gardens; The Gratz Boy Scouts; The Gratz I Knew; Going for Yeast; The Singing Milkman; Growing Up on the Farm.
The Military: Life on Guadalcanal; Memories of World War II; Missed the War, But.
The Big Gratz Fair: Some History; The Fair – A Popular Place; Changes on the Fair Ground; Fair Exhibits; Special Attractions at the Fair (Racing, Music, Gymnastics); Good Old Memories of the Fair (School Children Enjoy the Fair; The Gypsies; A Family Outing; The Franklin Car is Tested; Memories of My Day at the Fair; A Coat for a Little Girl; A Special Trip to the Fair; Getting Our Fair Project Ready; The Never Forgotten Ride; What a Ride!; Elsie and Her Swine; A Special Renter; Episodes of the Gratz Fair.
Tragedy: The Humming Bird Story; The Coffee Bean Tragedy; A Devastating Fire; A Fierce Cyclone Hits; An Early Spring Thunderstorm; Collision on the Railroad.
Teaching and Learning: Gratz Academy; Morris Zerfing, the Teacher; Practicing, Practicing; Getting Ready to Teach.
Tribute: Poem – Gratz, Our Home Town.
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