The Lancaster Law and Order Society, 1912 - 1972 By Harry S. Cobey, Jr. The Lancaster Law and Order Society was organized in 1912 by Dr. Clifford G. Twombly, rector of St. James's Episcopal Church, Lancaster, and other members of clergy, local college faculty, and leading citizens. As one of the

A History of Sin and Vice: Lancaster—The Fallen Angel By John W. W. Loose, FLCHS in a community remarkable for its many churches and the reputed piety of its citizenry, the very thought of sin and vice is improbable. In this time of social disintegration and family dysfunction, it is not uncommon

gone the way of twelve-course dinners. Indeed, everything about Clio would appear anachro- nistic. Fortunately, as with many human efforts and institutions in Lancaster, appearances are deceiving. Clio is a remarkably youthful and peppery old lady at the age of one hundred. Probably she is healthier

The Colonial Theatre of Lancaster: 1912-1965 By James Henke, Ph.D. Howard E. Doan had come to Lancaster in 1906, to manage the Electric Theatre, an early motion picture house on West King Street. After establishing a strong following of audience members, H.E. Doan built another motion picture house

"Indications . . . of Progress in Taste and Refinement": The Lancaster and Woodward Hill Cemeteries By David Schuyler In June 1850 a writer in the Lancaster Intelligencer & Journalasserted: "There is nothing in the present age that more strikingly exhibits a progress in refinement and good taste

From Vaudeville to the Silver Screen: Popular Entertainment in Lancaster 1900-1930 By Jodelle L. Bryan American society changed drastically in the early twentieth century. With the rise of a new, urban-industrial environment, streams of immigrants and other workers moved to the city of Lancaster

A Remembrance of General Cigar Company in Lancaster County By Jean Maysilles In the early 1900s several men in New York, already involved in the cigar industry, got together and formed a single company to produce and market their cigars more efficiently. They called the company United Cigar Manu

my mother, Nan Herr Appel, had told me over the years. Conversation at that memorable luncheon by sheer necessity gravitated hastily to the Appel family - about those fortunate enough to be alive and present and to those long since buried in the family lots in Lancaster. My cousin, Jack, at this time

Lancaster High School), colleges and fraternal groups. It would appear that Mr. Apple died about 1953. A reorganization of the firm followed, but the company ceased operations in 1954 and its plant was taken over by the Science Press. When viewing the artifact as a whole, its simplicity and its balance are

The Grand Army of the Republic in Lancaster County by Glenn B. Knight It was early 1866 and the United States of America — now securely one nation again — was waking to the reality of recovery from war. In prior wars the care for the veteran warrior was the province of the family or the community