A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

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

" came in for study during the 1957-1958 season. Clio likes ideas, and for the 1958-1959 season the theme was "History of Ideas." "Problems Facing America Today" seems to be a recurring theme in Clio's long existence, and in 1959-1960 attention was directed to the nation's problems once more. The 1960

The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

. Perhaps Henry Witmer was not in the same league with Robert Fulton and William Henry, but Witmer must be credited with an improved whisky still that facilitated the distilling of a purer liquid. The next important inventor was Peter Getz of Lancaster. Getz was born near Lancaster about 1768. He was made a

paid its employees the highest wages paid in the district for the same kind of labor . . . Two rolling mills within eight miles of Columbia pay ten per cent less wages than the Susquehanna Iron Company does. The Susquehanna mill employees are paid on a sliding scale of wages, and, upon the advance in