Francis J. Hain (1895-1947) – Veteran of World War I
FRANCIS HAIN PASSED AWAY MONDAY Francis J. Hain, age 51 years, died at his home on West Broad Street, town [Elizabethville], Monday evening. He had been in ill health for […]
Ellen [Dietrich] Scheib (1911-2004) – Registered Nurse of Gratz
Ellen Marie Dietrich was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 25 September 1911, the daughter of Walter A. Dietrich (1877-1936) and Maude Elnora [Klinger] Dietrich (1892-1975). On 6 September […]
Elizabethville – Fire Destroys Swab Wagon Company Garage, 1927
In January 1927 at about 5:15 P.M., a fire was discovered in the garage of the Swab Wagon Company, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A report of the fire appeared in […]
Irwin R. Wentzel (1896-1984) & Iva [Koppenhaver] Wentzel (1899-1989)
An undated snapshot photograph, probably taken some time abound World War II, of Irvin R. Wentzel (1896-1984), his wife, Iva Rebecca [Koppenhaver] Wentzel (1899-1989), and their daughter, Lila F. [Wentzel] […]
Fire Destroys Gratz High School, 1927 (2)
A fire occurred on 18 January 1927 at the newly renovated Gratz High School building on North Center Street in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to the Lykens Standard, the […]
Reflections of a Former One-Room School Teacher, 1936
On 26 April 1936, former one-room school teacher Christie [Boyer] Latsha, reflected on her time in 1902 as a teacher at the Troutman School in Lykens Township, her year as […]
Mabel F. [Bretzius] Daniels (1906-1996) – Founding Member Gratz Historical Society
Mabel F. Daniels Mabel F. Daniels, 90, of Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, formerly of Gratz, died Saturday at Polyclinic Medical Center, Harrisburg. Born in Llewellyn, 25 March 1906, she was […]
Minnie M. [Boyer] Snyder (1890-1956) – Killed When Struck By Auto
Pillow Lady Instantly Killed Mrs. Minnie M. Snyder, 66, wife of Dauphin County Deputy Sheriff Thomas L. Snyder, was struck by a car and killed instantly on Friday afternoon near […]