J.C. Penney Company District Managers December 1936. First Row: G.S. Jones, T.J. Maroney, E.G. Ruffner, J.F. Brown, M.H. Shiver, J.A. Parker, A.B. Chambers. Second Row: F.L. Gerlach, L.A. Warner, H.R. Hammerland, E.H. Gyer, L.W. James, H.C. Stevens, C.S. Elliot. Third Row: I.K. Prusia, J. E. Adams, W. F. Cole, W. D. Naffzinger, E. M. Christenson, H. C. Amstutz, R. Jenkins, C. E. Kerby Fourth Row: R. T. Williams and D. C. Andrews.
Photograph- Martin Horting seated with his cat on his lap outside his tarpaper shack. On the shack is a sign that says "God Bless My Home".
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Martin Horting seated with his cat on his lap outside his tarpaper shack. On the shack is a sign that says "God Bless My Home". Real photo postcard. Horting was a blind man who sold almanacs, pencils, and flags in Penn Square. He lived behind the Lancaster County Almshouse. He was born November 5, 1874 and died on December 15, 1941 when he was hit by a car as he was crossing the Lincoln Highway near City Mill Road. He is buried at Voganville Union Cemetery in Earl Township.
