Contains material gathered for historical documentation in preparation for submitting nomination for Lancaster County Historic Sites Register.
Ecenbarger, Susan; gift.
Summary
Binder containing very detailed history and structural information about this Lancaster house. It appears to be an application for the house to be placed on the Lancaster County Historic Sites Register.
One hundred years of commitment to communication services, 1902-2002 : Conestoga Mutual Telephone Company : Conestoga Telephone & Telegraph Company : Conestoga Enterprises, Inc
"Over the years Lloyd and Mabel [Heller] raised two sons of their own; in addition they adopted two children from the Lancaster Children's Bureau. They also raised four foster children and kept many other children from the Lancaster Children's Bureau for shorter periods of time ranging from six to eight months. They also kept approximately twenty children from the neighborhood for up to several months and at times as long as a year...In 1958, Mabel 'Mama' Heller was recognized by the Lancaster Children's Bureau of Lancaster County for her involvement with the Children's Bureau in the raising of forty children at the Heller farm in Narvon Pennsylvania." [from the introduction]
"A true story of the author and his family members, friends and neighbors circa 1942 to 1964. It also gives the reader a real and factual understanding of the life in that time period surrounding the area of Lancaster County called 'The Welsh Mountains'." [from the book jacket]
