has lived in the house for a century. A pleasant feature of the program was the rendition of a num- ber of Moravian chorales, by the Trombone Choir of the Lititz Moravian Church, under the direction of John W. Keehn. Some of these hymns were written by Count Zinzendorf, and are in popular favor with

he sold 20 acres in 1752. The legal transfer of the property to the Unity of the Brethren was made August 20th, 1754. Klein was to receive an annuity of £70 during his life. • Archivist of the Lititz Moravian Congregation. �In October, 1754, Bishop Spangenberg organized the church council from the

GRAVEYARD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AT LITITZ* By HERBERT H. BECK OR nearly a century the burial place of the 110 Revolutionary soldiers who had been interred in Lititz was a mystery. At least Abraham R. Beck, former archivist of the Lititz Moravian Congregation, who was born in 1833 and who

REPORT OF COMMITTER APPOINTED TO CONDUCT CELE- BRATION OF 200TH ANNIVER- SARY OF FIRST PERMANENT WHITE SETTLEMENT WITHIN BORDERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY: Laucaster, Pa., Oct. 7, 1910. To the President and Members of the Lancaster Couuty Historical So- ciety: Your committee, appointed to con- duct a

this, the 200th, anniversary of the founding of the Muddy Creek congregation. To be able to celebrate such an anniversary this year is quite a distinction, for it makes this congregation one of the ten oldest congregations of the Reformed Church in Penn- sylvania. The earliest German settlers came to

that children were baptized in the Warwick region as early as 1731, and persons were married as early as 1735. We may also infer that there was a congregation as early as 1730, but the only reference to a church are the words "Kirche und Gemeinde," Pastor Stoever made the early entries of baptisms and

The Thomas Wagon Company of Lititz: Pioneer Motor Truck Manufacturer in Lancaster County. by Donald J. Summar In the first decade of the Twentieth Century the most prosper- ous and successful industries in the quiet town of Lititz, Pennsylvan- ia, were the Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Company and the

Church" is intended to serve as an update of Mr. McElwain's work. It is part of my work as a member of the Bicentennial and 250th Anni- versary Committee of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church. A few of you will remember our 200th anniversary in 1927. Many more will wish to know something about it

people from the coun- tryside, must have been of consider- able influence in a musical as well as a patriotic way in the county. A strong contributing factor in the character of Lititz as an early musical center was the continued elevated plane of the church music. The Moravian congregation was equipped