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.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Class photograph of Simmonstown School, 1937 - 1938. Bottom Row: Lester Hoover, Junior Raum (McDonald), Lester Swartzentruber, Arthur Kennel, John Mast, Everett Walker, Joseph Davis, Earl Swartzentruber. Second row: Malcolm Davis, Kenneth Hoover, Arthur Riley, John Buchanan, [?] Smoker, Ada Stoltzfus, Salinda Kennel, Leo Swartzentruber, Billy Walker, Henry Ammon, Naomi Kennel. Third Row: Arlene Bewley, Viola London, John London, Sarah Mast, Mary Jane Walker, Sarah Smoker, Mary Baughman, Arlene Walker, [?], Leah Kennel. Fourth Row: Lester Blank, Earl Baughman, Herbert Walker, Calvin Hershey, Haines Walker, Miss Alice E. Brown, Thomas Buchanan, Madeline Hershey, James Buchanan, Arlene Berkey.
