of the Carroll Motor Car Company. Finally, I would like to thank Miss Ellen F. Hall, who assisted me in editing the rough manuscript draft and improving m y syntax. March 5, 1974 Don Summar NOTES Research is presently being carried out in preparation for articles on the Wenger, Thomas, and Light

Manufacturing Company during World War I. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Most of the research for this article was done in the office of the Lititz Record-Express, where the files of the Lititz Express and the Lititz Record were made available to me. Trade journal refer- ences to the Thomas motor truck were supplied by John B

trade journal, with an explanation of the self-starting feature in the third para- graph. The article commented, in part: The Rowe Motor Company, Waynesboro, Pa., will shortly put upon the market a five cylinder, air cooled motor, for automobile use. It follows standard practice in a general way

company. A fire broke out in the company's shop late in the evening of February 13, 1906, and before it was put out the shop was completely gutted. The company lost twenty-four finished engines and parts for several tractors. In addition the company's machinery, patterns, and tools were destroyed at a