R. L. Gerhart Company's Ryan monoplane advertised El Capitan Coffee. Pilot Jesse Jones stands at left. This is thought to be the first business aircraft purchased by a Lancaster County company. It was the sister ship of the Ryan "Spirit of St. Louis" flown by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in May 1927.
Committee to choose a site for the new Municipal Airport included members of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, American Business Club and Lancaster Aero Club. Pictured left to right are Jesse P. Jones, Sumner L. Brown, George P. Luckey, A.D. Howry, John H. Carter, Charles B. Weise, F.K. Brinkman, W.S. Raub, H.M. Hersh, William D. Grant, S.R. Slaymaker and G.W. Birrell. Photo take December 7, 1929. William Grant, Christiana businessman and president of Lancaster Airways, Inc. was killed in an auto accident three days later.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
