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.
Group of standing in front of a row of Piper Cub airplanes. Identified are, back row, left to right: Frederick Klein, Roy Geltz, Bruce Boggs, Jessie Jones, Abe Snavely, ?, George Ritnour, ? Sterner. Front row, left to right: Helen Jones, Clyde Grissinger, and Beverly Snavely. Phortgraph taken at the Lancaster Airport.
Group of 6 men in military uniform. Identified left to right are: George Ritnour, ?, ?, ?, Roy Geltz and Ernie Beuhl. Franklin and Marshall V5 Navy Pilot training at the Lancaster Municipal Airport.
Robert "Peanut" Myers, bottom row, left, with the 1941 Lancaster Red Roses baseball team. Ed Stumpf is standing at left in the third row. Photo taken at Stumpf Field.