and the national convention met in Wash- ington, D.C., the members of the Pennsylvania state organization gave Mame a half-carat diamond ring presented by the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. Kit, who at sixteen had also joined the now defunct Corps, is the proud owner of that ring

, "David Bixler, Ephrata, Pa. 1830—Equestrian Portrait." The �editors did not know the source of the information when asked. Donald Shelley's article in Pennsylvania German Folklore Society "Fractur Writing or Illuminated Manuscripts of Pennsylvania Germans" has a listing "Fractur Illumination, specific

train for their wedding trip to Steel- ton. �Early Lancaster County Funeral Customs by Miriam Eyde Bixler In 1683 William Penn reported on Indians in Pennsylvania, "If they die they bury them with their apparrel [sic] be they man or woman and the nearest of kin fling something precious with them as a

), according to H. M. J. Klein's Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a History, v. IV, p. 399, was known as a poultry fancier, farmed four hundred acres and was, in addi- tion, a businessman and Justice of the Peace of Manheim Township. He was responsible for establishing Troop E of the Pennsylvania State Police

Street near Walnut. Tips for delivering there were never less than a dime. *Part I may be found in Vol. 69 No. 3 of the 1965 Journal, pages 163 through 167. �I was a freshman in High School when our doctor told my par- ents I'd better stop school and spend a great deal of my time hang- ing around horse

That's all I remember about the different jobs I had, but some- day I'll tell you some stories that are dillies about the undertaking business, if you want. Notes on Lamplighting, Et Cetera by Miriam E. Bixler Interviews Mother's brother, James Kautz, remembers that there were a few remaining oil