The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 5, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 2005.
Contributors:
William Alliso, H. Pefeer, S. P. Heilman, Charles Buffington, Jacque Buffington, Ned Weaver, Edward L. Bechtel, Robert Coleman, Robert Geist, Blair Keefer, Alfreda Leffler, John A. Romberger, Matilda Bordner, Marie [Umholtz[ Stine, Frederick Umholtz, Debbie [Schoffstall] Henshaw, Mary Bateman, Catherine [Hassinger] Kieffer, Charles A. Schoffstall, Harry Smeltz, June [Crabb] Strayer, Sandy [Zerfing] Kissinger, Ralph “Lefty” Knohr.
The contents includes the following:
Long, Long Ago (History): On Fashion; Expenditures for Dauphin County, January 1811 to January 1812; The First Census of Lykens Township; A Laboring Man Contrasted between 1783 and 1883; Gratztown in 1844; Local Mail Service, 1840-1845; Martin Weaver Remembers Violent Storm of 1850; The Old Pennsylvania German Fireside and The Cider Mill; The Charles W. Buffington Family Goes West; Thomas J. Hoffman Remembers Lykens Valley, 1876.
Remembering When: Beware the 1920s Telephone Line; Loyalton Memories; The Gratztown Picnics of 1928-1930; A Nostalgic Look at 1949 and It’s All in the Name.
Down on the Farm: Butchering Days on Austin Coleman Farm; The Huckster Had a Good Answer; Those Wonderful Ice Cream Parties; The Gun Was Loaded; Remembering the Line Fences; Threshing Days of Years Ago.
Human Interest: Gratz Had Its Own Cinderella; Fifty Dollar Bill Goes Up in Flames; His Buggy Turns Over; Rescuing the Perishing 1906; A Country Doctor – Luther Calvin Havice; Dr. Schminky’s Surprise; Fatal Boiler Explosions at Erdman.
Gratz a Few Years Ago: An April Fool Trick; The Neighborhood Umholtz Store, 1830-1955; Visiting Gratz Relatives During my Youth; The Plaid Umbrella; The Gypsies are Back; The Hess Bakery Remembered; Making Potatoes On the Old Cook Stove; The Old Medicine Cabinet; French Fries in Gratz; Growing Up in Gratz, 1930-1950.
School Days: My School Days at Salada School; Kissinger’s Country School; Gratz Schools,1950; The Gratz High School Teams; Playing Ball with Carl Scheib; Hegins Township High School Baseball Team, 1942.
The Military in World War II: Reporting for Active Duty; Coming Home After the War.
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