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Gratz – Memories Book, Volume 1

The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 1, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. June, 1986.

The contents includes the following:

Memories of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Introduction. Poem. As We Were – History (Our First Family of Teachers; The Gratz We Never Knew; The Miller Store; Food A’Plenty; The Hess Bakery; An Early Plane; The Crash; Radio Comes to Town!; Blue Monday). School Days ( First Year is the Hardest; Sledding Over Lunch Break; Learning the English; Our School Bus; The Baseball Game; The Rude Awakening; Gratz High School Damaged By Fire; Our Remodeled School Building; “Toots” Throws an Ink Well; The Jelly Beans; Chewing Gum and the Preamble; So Many Graduations; She was Riding the Chair; They are Coming Out the Window; The Last Chance; One More Try). Church (Simeons Church Bell; Long Ago Memories of Simeons Church; The Ladies Aid; Hoffmans Church at an Earlier Time). Farm Life (The New Barn and the Fire; Double Tragedy; The Barnyard Frolic; Butchering; The Nighttime Snacks; In the Hay; The Cherry PIcking Trip; Collecting the Cream; Down on the Farm; The Blizzard of ’36). Leisure Hours (Riding the Mule at the Fair).

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