10 JOURNAL John Passmore: Lancaster's First Mayor and his Councils by Melvern R. Evans, Jr. From its beginning as a borough in 1742, Lancaster had been under "burgess rule." The early borough government consisted of a high burgess, a deputy called simply a "burgess," and six assistant burgesses

attention to proper detailing of molding and trim, and his interior design ranked with the best. Mel was never one for legal contracts or paper work, so most of his business deals were consumated by a handshake, and I have never known a single instance where his word was not as good as his bond. About 1967

Lancaster Borough: Host to British and Hessian Prisoners of War, 1775-1784 By Melvern Evans, Jr. Like it or not, in 1775 the borough citizens of Lancaster were saddled with the unpopular task of housing and guarding prisoners of war from the Revolution. Whether or not they were properly prepared

0 r) �Sons of Rest: 1899-1971 By Melvern R. Evans, Jr. The Sons of Rest probably was the most unique organization in Lancaster history. It all started in 1899 when a group of aspiring young football players, many of them from the Lancaster Boys' High School, banded together and com- peted against