This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Lancaster High School class of 1901, seated on the steps of the school. John Piersol McCaskey is seated to the right of the first row. Students in the photo include: William Zecher, Ephraim Eshleman, James I. Pyle, Dr. John Rieth and Mabel Zecher Kieffer.
50th Reunion of the Lancaster High School class of 1901. Standing left to right: Walter Markley, Schwebel, Titzel, Bucher, Fickes and Ephraim Eshleman. Seated from left: William Zecher, James I. Pyle, Stehman, Crumbaugh and Keppel.
Lancaster High School class of 1901. List of people attached, but not identified on photograph: Mary Resh; Daisy Greiner; Jennie M. Kieffer; Katharine Brown; Mathilde Globisch; Edna P. Carpenter; Mary M. Book; Alberta W. Paden; Grace R. Hawthorne, Sara D. Lutz, Stella Gingrich, Mary K. Strine, C. Elizabeth Hoyler, Edna A. Miles, Irene F. Haughman, Florentine R. Marx, Mary F. Slaugh. Myrtle Adams, Mary W. Smith, M. Maude Mentzer, Lillian D. Freund, Bertha M. Hostetter, May B. Hawthorne, Lula G. Bausman, Minnie Sulcov, Leila M. Frantz, Mabel Zercher, Amy G. Bartholomew, Minnie R.Wise, Olive J. Bonine, Elsie R. Worrst, Nellie C. Haines, Amelia C. Bertschi, Elsie M. Bauman, Jessie A. Koch, Annie J. Heinitsh, Gertrude L. Siegler, M. Ethel Hurst, Clara Kieffer, Sue F. Fralich, M. Blanche McMichel, Lewis H. Abel, John W. Appel, Leonard J. Bachler, Elwood R. Bucher, John J. Crumbaugh,Daniel M. Dukeman, Ephraim S. Eshleman, Alfred C. Fickes, Charles S. Hoffman, Paul H. Keppel, Kirwin W. Kinard, William E. Zercher, Walter R. Markley, Lewis A. Noll, James I. Pyle, John W. Reith, Roscoe R. Schnader, George A. Schwebel, Frank F. Shue, Bon Smaling, Warren E. Snyder, Andrew K. Stehman, Robert J. Titzel, also John P. McCaskey.
