LOCAL NAMES ON AMERICAN SHIPS When Samuel M. Sener wrote in our papers, vol. 3, p. 14, about the USS Lancaster, as the oldest ship in the United States Navy, no doubt he had in mind the active ships; for lying in port, one at Newport, Rhode Island, the other at Bos- ton, Massachusetts, were the

Attorney to David Brookhard, a nephew, to make adjustments and collec- tions for the patent right. Brookhard was a descendant of the family which formerly resided in Lancaster or York County. A portion of the legal contract reads : "Know All Men by these presents, That whereas I the under- signed in the

had a ride on the old Fall River Line, there was nothing in comparison for Lancaster County lads and lassies as a ride on the stern paddle wheel, double-decker, sea-worthy Lady Gay, which drew as much as two feet of water, and churned majestically from Witmer's Bridge to Peoples' Park and return

M. LUTHER HEISEY THE LANE FAMILY OF LANCASTER Despite the overshadowing influence of James Buchanan, the Lane Family man- aged to chalk up a few points of its own, all of which are told here by the Venerable Bede of Lancaster. THE LANES COULD SAY, "DEAR UNCLE" With the destruction of two business

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac

GOING DOWN IN HISTORY: LANCASTER 1957 Compiled and Edited by M, Luther Heisey January 3. After ten years of research, development and testing, Hamilton Watch Com- pany placed on the market the world's first electric wrist watch, 15. A wave of arctic air hit Lancaster, sending the thermometers down

GOING DOWN IN HISTORY: LANCASTER 1956 Compiled and Edited by M. Luther Heisey Jan. 1. With the Byrd Expedition to McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic are two Lancaster sailors—Russell H. Rineer and Roland M. Campbell. Jan. 4. A loan of $7,670,000 was secured by the City of Lancaster Authority to be used

M. LUTHER HEISEY GOING DOWN IN HISTORY LANCASTER 1960 A chronology of happenings in local history during the year of 1960, fresh from the newspapers, and served up by Luther Heisey in his inimitable manner. Jan. 16. The Intelligencer Journal states "Lancastrians came home from the State Farm Show

Cotillions of the Lancaster Assembly M. Luther Heisey Long before the Cotillions of the Lancaster Assembly became famous the art of dancing is mentioned in the early archives of Lancaster County. When Witham Marche attended the Commissioers Treaty gathering in Lancaster he kept an interesting diary