Lancaster's southeast quadrant, the seventh ward, shown with members of Lancaster City Council and Redevelopment Authority tour the area to be cleared in the 1960s. Mayor George Coe, with paper in paper in pocket, leads the group. W. Hensel Brown, Jr. is on the sidewalk at left.
1963 Spelling Bee winner Stewart Straw of Clearfield, Pa. with another contestant. Contestants came from senior centers in 11 Pennsylvania communities. The Spelling Bee was sponsored by the Happy Hours Club of the Lancaster Recreation Commission.
Banquet at the Brunswick Hotel where Lancaster Aero Club and the Chamber of Commerce entertained the pilots participating in the "first Pennsylvania Goodwill Tour" sponsored by the Aero Club of Pennsylvania.
First Row: Harry E. Canter, Jo Knotwell, June Ament, Suzanne Flory, Mrs. Mary Shaw, Jane Moseman, Mrs Jean Johnson, Sarah Hill, Marylin Neff, Gloria Gershenow
Second Row: James E. Maurey, Marylin Cool, Judy Geitner, Dorothy Simmers, Crit Herr, Pricilla Weaver, Allean Stevenson, Ruth Gordon, Mary Lee Angle, Mrs. Marquerite Kreider, Phil Bomberger
Third Row: Walter Kreider, Robert Foster, Eric Herr, Matt Gegg, Gary Kirchner, Wendell Hower, George Hainley, Henry Hoerner, William Carmitchell, Maurice Frontz, Gerald Miller, Joseph Hawkins, William Hutchinson, Ed Matterer
Construction of Post Office building - now City Hall building. Given to Mayor Kendig Bare by John Ward Willson Loose. Received May 8, 1954. Building erected in 1891.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
