Gratz Fair Sued for Death on Race Track, 1930
Gratz Fair Operators Are Sued for $25,000. The Gratz Agricultural and Horticultural Association, which conducts the Gratz Fair, is named defendant in a $25,000 damage suit filed in the Dauphin […]
Gratz Fair Hot Dog Stand Raided for Selling Alcohol, 1932
Gratz Fair “Hot Dog” Stand Raided; Nab Two A raid by State Police last night at a “hot dog” stand at the Gratz Fair resulted in the arrest of two […]
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Gratz Fair, 1952
In 1952, the fourth film in Universal-International’s Ma and Pa Kettle series was released, Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair, starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. The synopsis of […]
Stunt Driver Hurt at Gratz Fair, 1949
GRATZ FAIR STUNT DRIVER HURT AS SAFETY BELT FAILS A safety belt which was not so safe after all proved the undoing of John Filipick, 27, stunt man for Ward […]
Millersburg-Upper Paxton High School Band, 1963
A 1963 photograph of the School Band of the Millersburg-Upper Paxton Union High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals in the photo are identified. _______________________________ From the […]
Tri-Valley High School – Orchestra, 1958
A 1958 photograph of the Orchestra of Tri-Valley High School, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo are: Front Row (seated): Marlin Spotts; Mary Alice Bair; Linda Ossman; Virginia […]
Wesleyan Bellringers of Williamstown, 1941
A photograph that appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, accompanied an article announcing the appearance of the “Wesleyan Bellringers” of the Williamstown Methodist Church, Williamstown, Dauphin County, […]
“Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge” – Performed in 1935 in Lykens Valley
An undated photograph of the cast of the play, “Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge,” which was performed at the I. O. O. F. Building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From […]