Hegins News – January 1941
HEGINS: NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Dolly Madison Council Officers Assume Posts; Symphonic Band Concert Dolly Madison Council No. 146 Daughters of America held installation ceremonies in Maurer’s Hall. The following […]
Gratz High School, 1903
Some of the events of the school year 1902-1903 at the Gratz High School, as reported in local newspapers: ________________________________ From the Lykens Standard, 5 June 1903: The commencement exercises […]
Halifax Bank Robbery & Halifax Banking History
A 213-page-book, Halifax Bank Robbery, March 14, 1901 and Halifax Banking History, 1871-2017, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2017 by the Halifax Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 562, […]
Gratz High School Reunion, 1912
Reunion of the Gratz High School On Wednesday, evening, September 4th [1912], the pupils of the Gratz High School, during Prof. H. E. Klinger‘s principalship, met at his home to […]
Paul Molko Dies Following Robbery & Beating, 1981
On 5 November 1981, Paul Molko, 66, of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was beaten and robbed in a parking lot on state game lands in Lykens Township, Dauphin County. He […]
Elizabethville Independent Newspaper – Tramp Tries to Steal Child, 1882
A story that appeared in the Elizabethville Independent in 1882 about a peddler or tramp that tried to steal a child, a son of Jacob Matter, was re-printed in the […]
The Murder of Daniel John Hendricks, 1857; the Hanging of William Williams, 1858
Daniel John Hendricks was found murdered in 1857 on a mountain path near Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. William Williams was arrested and tried for the crime. In 1858, Williams was […]
Branchick Murder-Suicide at Washington Township, 1975
In May 1975, a relative of Theodore Branchick and his wife Mary Branchick, found their bodies in their Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, home. Following police investigation and autopsies, the […]