GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

. The "Circular of Terms" for the Beck Family School for Boys is a case in point. �Moravian Family School for a Limited number of Boys, Abraham R. Beck, Principal. Litiz [sic], Lancaster County, Pa. Terms. "For tuition and all domestic expenses, $300 a year, to be paid half-yearly in advance, in

bright spot to re- pair to — and that was the "public soup house," maintained by the city government in the Grant Street police station, where pails of hot soup were ladled out to the needy. The ordinary workingman of the earlier days received low wages and as a rule lived near his place of employment

, than Major Ellicott always appeared to me to be in the faithful execution of the public business committed to his charge." Andrew, son of Joseph Ellicott, was born in Bucks County, January 24, 1754, and became famous as a surveyor, astronomer, scientist and mathematician. While yet a young man, he and

province of Pennsylvania, came from sturdy Scotch Irish stock. After James I attempted to plant a Protestant people in the County of Ulster in nothern Ireland, thousands of Scotch Presbyterians left Scot- land and settled in Ulster, Ireland. In time, however, the British crown imposed such heavy taxes on

ANN LETORT The second in a series on noteworthy women in Lancaster County history, this article on Ann Letort by Marian Wallace Reninger brings new attention to the courage and versatility of pio- neer women. Ann Letort was a French Huguenot who came to America with her husband James in 1686. They

Mrs. Hall. On January 21, 1732, a little Quaker girl named Ann Wood was born in Burlington, New Jersey, the daughter of Abraham and Ursula Taylor Wood. All Ann's ancestors were substantial, well-educated English Quak- ers. Among them were Philip Taylor of Chester County, George Wood, one of the first

County Antimasonic Party in national and state affairs. Secondly, I shall disclose how the Anti- masonic Party completely dominated local politics in Lancaster County for more than a decade, and why this particular county was so receptive to this "peculiar movement." Lastly, I shall point out many of the

�Sunday News Photo The Huebener House at Lititz close by Moravian Church Square is one of a number of charming 18th century buildings being preserved in that historic com- munity of Lancaster County. NOT FOR RAZING! Realtors and proponents of modernity would do well to avoid calling on Mr. and Mrs

Ephrata Cloister Brief Story of Historic Ephrata: An Important Link in the Chain of Early American Development. Printed and for sale at Review Book Store, Ephrata. No date. Insert 1 “A Peculiar People,” by Howard Pyle. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. (article is not complete) No date. Insert 2 “A Study of