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Upper Paxton Township Bicentennial (1767-1967) – Souvenir Plate

A souvenir plate issued in 1967 for the Bicentennial of Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the center of the plate is the seal created for the bicentennial. Included […]

October 19, 2023
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Grace I. [Lenker] Warfel (1922-2022) – Centenarian

GRACE I. WARFEL MILLERSBURG – Grace Irene Warfel, age 100, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022, at the Northern Dauphin Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born on April […]

October 16, 2023
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Erma G. [Lenker] Stoneroad (1920-2022) – Centenarian

ERMA STONEROAD MILLERSBURG – Erma Stoneroad, age 101, passed away May 08, 2022, at Kinkora Pythian Home in Duncannon, Pennsylvania. She was born on September 24, 1920 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, […]

October 14, 2023
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Rife – Zion Lutheran Church

A 2011 photograph of the Zion Lutheran Church, Rife, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Zion Lutheran Church is located on Rife Road, Upper Paxton Township, between Millersburg and Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]

August 29, 2023
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Curtin C. McLaughlin (1884-1938) – Businessman & Auto Dealer

The death of Curtin Cleveland McLaughlin on February 10, 1938, brought to an end a garage and auto dealership (McLaughlin Motor Company) located on Market Square, Millersburg, in the brick […]

July 23, 2023
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Souvenir Book for Upper Paxton Township Bicentennial, 1967

The cover of the souvenir edition of The Bicentennial Book: Upper Paxton Township, 1767-1967. In 175 pages, it is a “review of the historical background and development of Upper Paxton […]

April 29, 2021
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Millersburg Black-Face “Artist” Joins Circus, 1970

The Lykens Standard of February 19, 1970, published a news story that indicated that a black-face performer, Robert “Bobby” Snyder, originally from Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, had joined a traveling […]

August 16, 2020
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Rife Boy Joins Medicine Show as Black-Face Comedian, 1936

A brief article that appeared in the Lykens Standard of September 11, 1936, told of a boy from Rife, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who had been a black-face performer with the […]

July 22, 2020

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