The Lancaster Law and Order Society, 1912 - 1972 By Harry S. Cobey, Jr. The Lancaster Law and Order Society was organized in 1912 by Dr. Clifford G. Twombly, rector of St. James's Episcopal Church, Lancaster, and other members of clergy, local college faculty, and leading citizens. As one of the

gone the way of twelve-course dinners. Indeed, everything about Clio would appear anachro- nistic. Fortunately, as with many human efforts and institutions in Lancaster, appearances are deceiving. Clio is a remarkably youthful and peppery old lady at the age of one hundred. Probably she is healthier

The Colonial Theatre of Lancaster: 1912-1965 By James Henke, Ph.D. Howard E. Doan had come to Lancaster in 1906, to manage the Electric Theatre, an early motion picture house on West King Street. After establishing a strong following of audience members, H.E. Doan built another motion picture house

A History of Sin and Vice: Lancaster—The Fallen Angel By John W. W. Loose, FLCHS in a community remarkable for its many churches and the reputed piety of its citizenry, the very thought of sin and vice is improbable. In this time of social disintegration and family dysfunction, it is not uncommon

"Indications . . . of Progress in Taste and Refinement": The Lancaster and Woodward Hill Cemeteries By David Schuyler In June 1850 a writer in the Lancaster Intelligencer & Journalasserted: "There is nothing in the present age that more strikingly exhibits a progress in refinement and good taste

Three Nineteenth-Century Lancaster Theatres By James Henke, Ph.D. Landis Beitler's "Circus" Sometime prior to 1818, Landis Beitler converted a building that stood on the southeast corner of Prince and Orange Streets into a theatre. As the building was sometimes referred to as the "Circus," it is

The Lancaster Brick Company 1919-1979 By Roy A. Horning II This is an effort to present a history of the Lancaster Brick Company. By any standard applied, this was a small business. But some very prominent citizens played a role in establishing and nurturing it through some very difficult times

Lancaster County's Literary Tastes Of The Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries By John Ward Willson Loose Modern historians have focused much of their attention on intellectual history, that is to say, what did our progenitors think about, what influenced their thoughts, and how did they

my mother, Nan Herr Appel, had told me over the years. Conversation at that memorable luncheon by sheer necessity gravitated hastily to the Appel family - about those fortunate enough to be alive and present and to those long since buried in the family lots in Lancaster. My cousin, Jack, at this time

newspapers, in particular the New Era, were also helpful in putting together a composite picture of Lancaster. Both sources also helped to broaden the scope of my research. The poster that reads: "THEY DIED FOR YOU" and "BUY LIBERTY BONDS," had photos of all the Lancaster County soldiers who had been killed