Safe Harbor School, 1933. First row: Pete Young, Ken Kinningham, Donald Benedict, Dick Gantz, Steve Hecomovich, Elmer Bauer, Ralph Cramer, Bill fink, Bob Hess, Donald Mendictch, Lloyd Gantz. Second row: George Hess, Bud Gantz, Bud Fink, Harold Anderson, Addison Kelly, Ray Warfel, Earl Rawson, Ben STekervetz, Russel Huff, Paul Kohler, Jim Holmes. Third row: Ethel Stekervetz, Betty Cunningham, Delores Hess, Jeanette Gantz, Mary Burns, Betty Rawson, Arlene Campbell, Gene Kelly, Myrtle Stekervetz. Fourth row: Violet Hecomovich, Betty Fink, Rita Huff, Emma Stekervetz, Betty Bauer, Evelyn Brady, Nora Huff, Jane Witmer, Peggy Trissler, Betty Trissler, Ada Wise, Edith Stekervetz. Fifth row: Chet Cramer, Ben Wise, Nick Hecomovich, Jim Groff, Carl Knicely, Jim Gantz, Harold Good, John Holmes, Ruth Warfel. Teacher: Mrs. Reitzel.
Provenance
Digital image only. Original owned by Conestoga Area Historical Society.
Photograph- Martin Horting seated with his cat on his lap outside his tarpaper shack. On the shack is a sign that says "God Bless My Home".
Description
Martin Horting seated with his cat on his lap outside his tarpaper shack. On the shack is a sign that says "God Bless My Home". Real photo postcard. Horting was a blind man who sold almanacs, pencils, and flags in Penn Square. He lived behind the Lancaster County Almshouse. He was born November 5, 1874 and died on December 15, 1941 when he was hit by a car as he was crossing the Lincoln Highway near City Mill Road. He is buried at Voganville Union Cemetery in Earl Township.
