, Penna. 6Egles, History of Lebanon—Page 149. 'Lebanon County Historical Society notes of Mrs. Lea on Beck Family. 'Penna. Archives, Vol. XVII, 3rd Series—Page 837. 'Penna. Archives, Vol. XVII, 3rd Series—Page 385, Pages 837 & 865. "Lebanon Twp. Triennial Asessment list Dauphin County Court House

H. Appel. Mother Bess could well qualify for the position. A large oil portrait of her dominated the living room at Abbeville, and after 1928 our living room in Cambridge. Her look was soft, kind, commanding and regal, as was her bearing. She, without any children of her own, was the strong bond

"When the Pennsylvania system becomes fully matured it will embrace infant and superior schools".2 In 1877 Dr. Emanuel Greenwald proposed to establish a kinder- garten at Trinity Church School.3 Perhaps the first and best private kindergarten in Lancaster was begun when the western room of the First

, Pennsylvania, and in New York City. One of the Doctor's daughters died at the age of twenty. She was Elsie McCaskey, and two other daughters died while mere children. In politics, Jack McCaskey was a Republican, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. About 1906 the Republicans were looking for a strong

a great deal about the eco- nomic and social differences long noted in other historical accounts between this Negro occupational group and the mass of common black laborers. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a particularly representa- tive and appropriate place for a study of this nature. Most

said, "This is one h--- of a town. I don't blame you one single moment to be disgusted �116 JOURNAL with it. It's my hometown and I can't say a word in praise of the G-- d--- place." I said, "Why should it be this way? I travel through Pennsylvania; every town is wide open but this." He answered

third parties extended their operations until Lancaster became known as a "wide-open" town. 4 According to a 1934 report, underworld characters said that those who had money to spend on prostitution merely went out of town to such places as Columbia and Eden, Pennsylvania, after conditions became

regarding Prohibition, but the time had not come for the Wet Forces to muster sufficient strength to overcome the Drys.Finally, on 14 March 1932, Congressman James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, and Congressman John Lintchicum of Maryland proposed a resolu­ tion which would discharge from the judiciary committee

); "Great Religions" (1922-1923); "Post War Problems (1923-1924); "Modern Thought and Science" (1924-1925); "The Book I Enjoyed Most" (1925-1926); "Char- acteristics of Genius" (1926-1927); "The Making of Pennsylvania" (1927- 1928); and "Modern Men and Movements" (1928-1929). Clio's fifty-first year

A Henry J. Kauffman Sampler of Antiques Professor Henry J. Kauffman is well-known to most students and antiquarians of Pennsylvania German culture. This busy octogenarian continues to produce books on the arts, crafts, and architecture of southeastern Pennsylvania — especially the Pennsylvania