serve as the Lancaster Service Depot. Prior to this period, as we show in this history, many com- munities in Lancaster County had electricity for lighting purposes, or/and traction companies, or/and industrial uses. Most of these services were furnished by small local groups. Beginning in 1912, the

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His

those needing hospitali- zation were directed toward the Cloister. The picture of their dreary march may be drawn from a few pathetic words of an eye witness—a Lancaster County soldier who stated, "Some were in wagons, some were in carts, and those who were able to walk did so. As they passed in the

History of St. John's (Center) Reformed Church, &tot Ear/ Township, Lancaster County By GLENN WEAVER Introduction About mid-way between the small towns of Terre Hill and Bowmansville, Pennsylvania, on a small hill overlooking the lovely valley of the Black Creek, stands a small country church—rich