Leonard Reedy, Gunsmith – Historical Marker
Leonard Reedy has been recognized as one of the most skillful gunsmiths during the period 1650-1850. Reedy learned his trade in the Womelsdorf-Reading school gunsmithing. Reedy was born on 20 […]
United War Work Campaign, 1918
A receipt issued to Mrs. Hannah Louisa Riegle of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for her contribution of 50 cents on 13 November 1918. The solicitor/collector was Verna Evitts, […]
John Peter Crabb (1843-1901) – Blacksmith, Born in Gratz
JOHN CRABB DEAD John P. Crabb, an old colored Grand Army man, of 626 North Street, [Harrisburg], died yesterday afternoon at his home. Mr. Crabb was a blacksmith by trade […]
Jack B. Gross (1911-2006) – Air Force Association Executive
Jack Bair Gross was born 19 July 1911 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham Gross, a merchant, and his wife Rosa [Sachs] Gross. When he was two […]
World War II – Ceylon A. Miller – Killed When Plane Crashes Into Tent
Ceylon Abraham Miller was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 10 December 1916, the son of Loy Aaron “Lloyd” Miller (1894-1963) and Lottie Angeline [Lettich] Miller (1895-1938). At […]
Charles Musser Jr. (1925-1946) – Died in Naval Hospital, D.C.
HALIFAX SAILOR DIED THURSDAY Seaman Third Class Charles J. Musser, of Halifax R. D. 1, died in the National Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C., last Thursday. He had been a […]
Gratz American Legion
The following history of the Gratz American Legion, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was written by C. H. Willier and appeared in the souvenir book, Gratz Sesquicentennial, July 2-4, 1955: The […]
Alvin D. Heckert (1919-1941) – Died in Troop Maneuvers
LOSES LIFE DURING ARMY MANEUVERS Private Alvin Daniel Heckert, of the U.S. Army, son of Daniel N. Heckert of near Berrysburg was killed Friday night, during “blackout: maneuvers of troops […]