John Elmer Dietrich (1893-1941) – World War I Veteran
FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR WORLD WAR VETERAN John Elmer Dietrich, age 47 years, a World War veteran, died at his home in Williamstown, Monday. During the World War he served as […]
Fire Destroys Gratz High School, 1927
Headlines from the Elizabethville Echo of 20 January 1927 tell of a fire which seriously damaged the Gratz school, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 17 January 1927. HEAVY LOSS BY […]
George U. Hopple (1899-1941) – Loses Life in Mine Accident
LOSES LIFE IN WILLIAMSTOWN MINE ACCIDENT George U. Hopple, 51, of Williamstown, was killed when caught by a fall of coal in the Williamstown mines of the Susquehanna Collieries Company […]
The Poison Toe Murder, 1937 (9)
A story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegrah, 4 March 1937, describing the funeral of Clair Guy Wingert who was accused killing William H. McElwee. Clair Guy Wingert, a trapper from […]
Joseph Sholley (1850-1935)
A portrait of Joseph Sholley (1850-1935), a coal miner of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________ From: “Who’s Who in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,” Lykens-Williams Valley History-Directory and Pictorial Review, by […]
The Poison Toe Murder, 1937 (2)
A story appeared in the Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania), 22 February 1937, describing a murder which took place in Clarks Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The murder was committed […]
World War II – Robert A. Miller – Missing in Action
LYKENS AIRMAN REPORTED MISSING Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller of Lykens have been advised by the War Department that their son, Staff Sergeant Robert A. Miller, U. S. Army Air […]
Richard J. Budd (1876-1949)
A portrait of Richard J. Budd (1876-1949) of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Budd was a hotel proprietor in 1910 in Lykens and in 1920, he was a motion picture exhibitor. […]