Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (5)
A copy of the theatrical poster displayed at venues showing D. W. Griffith‘s screenplay, The Birth of a Nation, which made its debit in 1915. The poster depicts a horse […]
Irene E. [Sitlinger] Hepler (1934-2021) – Former Member Gratz Boro Council
Irene E. Hepler, 86, of Gratz, passed away peacefully on September 23, 2021, at her home. She was born in Gratz, the youngest daughter of the late George I. Sitlinger […]
Gratz High School – Undefeated Baseball Team, 1934
An article appearing in the Elizabethville Echo of May 31, 1934, noted that the Gratz High School was about to complete its 10-gave schedule and thus far had gone undefeated. […]
Elizabethville – Ebenezer Evangelical Church (1885-1946)
A pre-1946 photograph of the Ebenezer Evangelical Church, southeast corner of Main and Buttonwood Streets, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building was erected in 1886. The congregation united with the […]
Gratz High School – Baseball Division Champs, 1932
Gratz-Porter H. S. Scrap for Base Ball Honors With but one defeat marked against them the Gratz High School baseball team emerged winners of the lower end group of the […]
Gratz High School – Halloween Party, 1931
Hallowe’en Party The pupils of the Gratz High School had a grand jubilee in the social room of the I. O. O. F. Hall on Friday evening. Music was furnished […]
Lykens – K. K. K. In Charge of Funeral of Miner, 1925
In what was probably the biggest Ku Klux Klan demonstration up to this time in the Lykens Valley area, hundreds of hooded members of that order took charge of the […]
More News Briefs About the Ku Klux Klan, 1924
In 1924, the Ku Klux Klan was just beginning its rise in the Lykens Valley area. Two additional examples have been found of Klan activity, one from Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]