Members of the Union Fire Company No. 1 open company's records at the Farmer's Bank and Trust Company. Left to right: Charles M. Gibbs, Earl F. Rebman, G. H. Effing (bank president), George F. K. Erisman, Jack W. W. Loose, and H. Clifton Thorbahn.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Red velvet album of carbinet cards, carte de visites and tintypes of the family of George K. Herr and his wife, Elizabeth Henry. Most photographs are identified. Gift of Deborah Caskey from the estate of Dorothy Warfel.
Several women seated and standing around tables. Sarah Ann Stauffer is seated second from right. Written on back: "President's Council, Lancaster, Fall 1954".
