Lancaster County Court House

23, 1866, the State Legislature passed a special act incorporating Scran- ton as a city. It was reorganized as a city of the third class under the act of 1874. The census of 1900 made it a city of the second class, a rank it assumed January 15, 1901. Its present form of city govern- ment was obtained from an act of May, 1911. It is the greatest coal-mining city in the world. SCRANTON.-Taylor Memorial. Window for John T. Taylor and his wife Rachel E. Roberts in St. Luke's P. E. Church, unveiled October 29.

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Lancaster County CHRISTIANA (near) Octoraro Farmers' Club. Sixtieth anniversary commemorated in Jackson's Grove, September 16. 204 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP. Union Presbyterian Church. One hundreth anniversary, August 29. The raising of subscriptions for a church building began in 1811; the first edifice was completed in 1814. The Union Presbyterian Church was organized in 1816, and the first pastor installed in the following year. The building was enlarged in 1851, and the present structure was erected in 1869. It was enlarged and repaired in 1898-1899. DRUMORE.-Drumore Friends' Meeting House. One hundreth anniversary, September 30. ELIZABETHTOWN.-Berks Home, Masonic Homes, dedicated July 26. Erected by the Masonic Lodges of Berks County. ELIZABETHTOWN.-Allegheny County Memorial Cottages. Cor- nerstone laid September 4. Hon. Louis A. Watres, Member of The Pennsylvania Society, presided. ELIZABETHTOWN.-Philadelphia Free Masons' Memorial Hospi- tal. Presentation of the first unit, October 14. Address of acceptance by the Grand Master, Louis A. Watres [Member of The Pennsylvania Society]. The completed memorial will include three units, of which the first has now been dedicated GAP.-Gap Centralized School. Dedicated October 21. Archi- tect, C. Emlen Urban, Member of The Pennsylvania Society. LANCASTER-Rev. Joseph Clarkson Memorial. Tablet in St. James's P. E. Church erected by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Cotheal Swords, dedicated June 25. Mr. Clarkson was rector of this parish from 1799 to 1820. He was the first secretary to the American House of Bishops, in 1789. LANCASTER.-John A. Coyle and Edward J. Guilford portraits unveiled by the Lancaster Council of the Knights of Columbus, of which they were Past Grand Knights, September 19. LANCASTER.-Hensel Memorial. Window in the First Presby- terian Church in memory of Anna Elizabeth Kieffer Flinn (1826- THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 205

1890); Emily Flinn Hensel (1849-1882); and William Uhler Hensel (1851-1915) [Deceased Vice President of The Pennsylvania Society], the gift of Mrs. John Nauman, in memory of her father, mother and maternal grandmother, dedicated December 3. LANCASTER.-PaStorS' Memorial, First Reformed Church. Tab- let commemorating the pastors of the Church from 1732 to 1850 unveiled May 1. LANCASTER.-Dr. John S. Stahr. Portrait, presented to Franklin and Marshall College by the artist, Lloyd Miffin, June 8. Dr. Stahr was president of the College for many years. LANCASTER.-Mrs. Elizabeth H. Keller Sener Memorial. Altar in Grace Lutheran Church, the gift of J. Frederick Sener in memory of his wife, dedicated October 22. LANCASTER.-St. Paul's M. E. Church. Memorials of the dedication of the new building, October 15-29: Windows for Samuel Car- ter and wife; Mrs. Clara C. Fasnacht and children; Harvey Phillips; George Foster and George Foster, Jr.; Dr. Samuel Behm; Mrs. Cathe- rine Gensemer; Amos S. and Barbara A. Urban, the gift of C. Emlen Urban [Member of The Pennsylvania Society] in memory of his par- ents; Rev. J. L. Gensemer and wife; Mrs. Anna C. Pyot. Individual Communion Service for Isaac and Harriet Smith. Pulpit Bible for Mrs. A. A. Weitzel. LANCASTER.-Lancaster County National Bank. Seventy-fifth anniversary, August 14. Started as a State bank, August 14, 1841, this institution received its National charter January 5, 1865. LANCASTER.-Junor Missionary Society of Holy Trinity Luthe- ran Church. Sixtieth anniversary, May 7-8. The Society is the out- growth of a meeting held for organization purposes April 4, 1856. LANCASTER.-Franklin and Marshall College. Eightieth Annual Commencement, June 8. LANCASTER.-New High School Building cornerstone laid Sep- tember 22. The exercises included an address by the Hon. Frank B. McClain, Lieut. Governor of Pennsylvania and Member of The Penn- sylvania Society. LANCASTER.-Dormitory and Refectory Buildings of the Re- formed Theological Seminary, cornerstone laid October 2. LANCASTER.-Lancaster County Teachers' Institute. Sixty-fifth session opened November 13. 206 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY

LITITZ.-Helen Simpson Memorial. Fountain for Linden Hall Seminary, the gift of the Class of 1914, of which she was a member, dedicated October 4. MANHEIM.-Sentinel and Advertiser. Seventieth anniversary. First published in 1846. MAYTOWN.-Maytown Reformed Church. Memorials of 1916: Portrait of Ion. Simon Cameron; portrait of Thomas J. Albright; memorial window for Jacob Z. Heisey, Lemon Sload, George B. Wels- hans and for the thirty-four pastors of the congregation, dedicated August 27. Weather vane from the church of 1808 replaced on the tower of the present building. MILLERSVILLE.-Normal Literary Society. Sixtieth anniversary, October 27. MILLERSVILLE.-The Millersvillians, organized October 23 to provide an annual home-coming day. QUARRYVILLE.-Old Home Week. September 18-24. The earliest recorded deed for land in this region is one by William Penn, dated 1681. One of the earliest buildings to be erected here is the stone mansion known as "The Ark" built by Abram Barr in 1792. In 1826 the Barrs opened the first quarry for limestone, and for some years the place was known as "Barr's Quarries." The place was called Quarryville with the opening of the Post Office in 1848. It became a borough in 1892. Quarryville was the birthplace of the Hon. William U. Hensel [Deceased Vice-President of The Pennsylvania Society]. SALISBURY TOWNSHIP.-Consolidated Public School dedicated October 21. STRASBURG.-Borough Centennial, November 27-29. Strasburg was incorporated as a borough March 16, 1816.

Lebanon County ANNVILLE.-H. E. Steinmetz portrait unveiled in Lebanon Valley College, September 19. LEBANON.-State Armory dedicated May 10. LEBANON.-Congregational Memorial. Tablet inscribed with the names of fourteen deceased members of St. Mark's Lutheran Church dedicated April 16. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 207

LEBANON.-First National Bank. Sixtieth anniversary, May 22. Organized May 22, 1856, as the Lebanon Valley Bank. In 1858 the name was changed to the Lebanon Deposit Bank. The present title was assumed with the National charter, dated February 8, 1864. LEBANON.-St. Luke's P. E. Church. Memorials of 1916: Win- dows for Rev. Chandler Hare and Rev. Alfred M. Abel, former rec- tors, dedicated October 22.

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I1IU ALLENTOWN MUNICIPAL FLAGS

Lehigh County

ALLENTOWN.-Municipal Coat-of-Arms and Flags. By the gift of Col. Harry C. Trexler Allentown has adopted a coat-of-arms and municipal flags. The ordinance of the City Councils, relating thereto, adopted October 18, is reproduced herewith:

AN ORDINANCE Adopting a MUNICIPAL COAT-OF-ARMS, COL- OURS, FLAGS and PENNANTS for the City of Allen- town, designating the use thereof, and prescribing penalties for placing advertisements thereon or in connection therewith. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN: THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 209

Section 1. That the City of Allentown hereby adopt a MUNICIPAL COAT-OF-ARMS as outlined in the print hereon, in accordance with the following description, and the colour impression attached hereto and made part of this ordinance.

The EAGLE (grayish brown) represents the Nation, occupying position as if in support of the KEYSTONE (white), Pennsylvania's emblem. The BLOOD-RED HEART, Allentown's specific in- signia, in the centre of the keystone, and expressive of everything that pulsates, from the human down, and of everything where growth, power or action is centred; and a heart-felt feeling for all mankind. The OAK (reddish brown and green) to the left of the keystone-indicative of strength and durability. The LAUREL (green) at the base of the keystone- emblematic of victory and success. The RIBBON (white) beneath the laurel with the names of CITY and STATE, and DATE of incorporation in blue. At the extreme base the IVY (deep green)--standing for clinging friendship. The entire surmounted by the GRECIAN LAMP (cop- per-brown) resting on the keystone-symbolic of a higher light in religion and education. Section 2. The MUNICIPAL COLOURS are the U. S. standard army blue and a rich gold-emblematic of truth and loyalty, riches and progress. 210 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY

(Citizens are urged to adhere to these colours towards uniform decoration upon all public occasions.) Section 3. The MUNICIPAL FLAG in blue and gold with the coat-of-arms. In silk, 4 feet 5 inches by 6 feet 3 inches in dimensions, and in proportions blue 31 inches and gold 44 inches, with the coat-of-arms 20 inches by 24 inches painted on both sides, with the centre over the seam. The flag to be trimmed with a 2Y2 inch silk bullion fringe, silk cord and tassels, and have a suitable flag staff with solid brass eagle. In bunting, 5 feet 2 inches by 8 feet 6 inches in dimensions, and in proportions blue 40 inches and gold 62 inches, hand dyed on both sides, with the centre over the seam; also to have suitable staff. Section 4. MERCHANT FLAG AND CITY EN- SIGN. In bunting, 5 feet by 8 feet in dimensions, in proportions blue 38 inches and gold 58 inches, with blood-red heart 165:, inches by 1694 inches inserted slightly above the centre over seam. Section 5. PENNANTS (right and left). In felt, 11½ inches by 30 inches, blue 7½2 inches and gold 22Y2 inches, with a blood-red heart 3½8 inches by 3% inches in the centre of the blue, and the letters ALLENTOWN, PA., in blue on the gold field. Section 6. When municipal or merchant flags or pennants are made in sizes other than above, relative proportions shall be maintained. Section 7. The municipal flag together with the Ameri- can flag shall be displayed on City Hall on legal holidays and upon such other occasions as City Council may direct, and be carried at the head of all parades when authorized by the Mayor. The display of the municipal flag shall in no wise tres- pass upon the rights and precedence of the American flag, but shall be second only to same upon every occasion. Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to use any flag, ensign or pennant THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 211 described and adopted in this ordinance, or any imitation or design of same except for the usual and customary purposes of decoration and display. Any person who shall use such flag, ensign or pennant or any imitation or design of same for advertising or other purposes except for decoration and display, or shall print, stamp or emblazon thereon any word, legend or device not duly authorized as hereintofore stated, shall upon conviction before the Mayor be subject to a fine of from Ten ($10) to One Hundred ($100) Dollars or imprisonment not exceeding Thirty (30) Days. Section 9. The city's flags, ensigns and pennants shall be in the custody of the City Clerk subject to the orders of the Mayor and City Council. Section 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon- sistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 11. This ordinance is hereby declared to be ur- gent and is to take effect from the passage thereof. Approved October 18, 1916.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ALLENTOWN 212 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY

ALLENTOWN.-First Presbyterian Church. Memorials of the dedication of the re-constructed building, November 20: Lights for Mrs. Oliver J. Schneck; choir stalls for Joseph Stopp; window for Charles and Emma Eckert. ALLENTOWN.-High School dedicated June 20. ALLENTOWN.-Liberty Bell Memorial. Tablet on Zion Re- formed Church, which was used as a hospital during the Revolution and in which the Liberty Bell was hidden when removed from Phila- delphia to prevent it from falling into the hands of the British, unveiled by the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, June 10. ALLENTOWN.-Christ Reformed Church. Fortieth anniversary of the first communion service, October 22. ALLENTOWN.-Lehigh Register and Patriot. Seventieth anniversary, October 1. Founded October 1, 1846. The Lecha Patriot, a German weekly, afterwards the Lehigh Patriot, was founded in 1827, and was later absorbed by the Lehigh Register. A&LENTOWN.--Yeager Post No. 13, G. A. R. Fiftieth anniversary, December 11. Organized December 10, 1866. EMAUS.-Western Salisbury Jerusalem Church. One hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary, September 10. MACUNGIE.-Solomon's Reformed Church. Seventy-fifth anniversary, November 26. Luzerne County

COUNTY ANNIVERSARY.-One hundred and thirtieth. Erected out of Northumberland County by Act of September 25, 1786. Named for the Chevalier de La Luzerne, at that time minister of France to the United States. Area, 892 square miles; population (1910) 343,186. Wilkes-Barre, the county seat, dates from 1772. HAZLETON.-Hazleton Sentinel. Fiftieth anniversary, January 18, 1866. KINGSTON.-Presbyterian Church. Memorials of 1916: Window for George Shoemaker (1844-1910) and John Dorrance Hoyt (1819- 1896); window for Elizabeth H. Hoyt (1824-1893) and Augusta Hoyt (1856-1913); window for Ziba Hoyt (1788-1853) and his wife Nancy Hurlburt Hoyt (1793-1872); window for Charles Hamilton THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 213

FORTY FORT, WILKES-BARRE

Reynolds (1864-1901) and Emily Fuller Reynolds (1872-1900); Pul- pit for Abram H. Reynolds (1819-1890) and Elizabeth H. Reynolds (1832-1901); dedicated December 24. NANTICOKE.-High School dedicated July 4. WILKES-BARRE'.-St. John's Lutheran Church. Memorials of the consecration, April 9: Windows for Jacob and Elizabeth Miller Reick, Marian Louise Clauss, George Rapp Maurer, Ira C. and Mary S. Hungerford and Richard and Sarah Gunton, Eliza Mayer and Gei- trude Lindsay, Johanna Lavinia Zimmer and Emily Zimmer Foland. Pipe Organ for Robert H. and Calvin B. Frey. WILKEs-BARRi.-St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Seventieth anniversary, May 14-16. Organized December 28, 1845. The site of the 214 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY church building was purchased May, 1846; it was dedicated October 31, 1846. The site of the present structure was acquired in 1865. W7ILKES-BARRE?-Rev. Dr. Henry Lawrence Jones Memorial. Parish House for St. Stephen's P. E. Church, of which he was rector for more than forty years. Committee organized February.

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Lycoming County MUNCY.-Muncy Luminary and Lycoming County Advertiser. Seventy-fifth anniversary, April 10. This paper was founded by W. P. I. and G. L. 1. Painter, and first issued April 10, 1841. MUNCY.-MUncy Lodge No. 299, F. & A. M. Sixtieth anniversary June 16. Warranted June 16, 1856. MUNcy.-State Industrial Home for Woomen. Cornerstone laid May 20. WILLIAMSPORT.-One hundred and twentieth anniversary. Laid out in 1796; incorporated as a borough in 1906 and as a city in 1867. Presumably named for William Ross, son of Michael Ross, original owner of the site. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 215

WILLIAMSPORT.-St. John's P. E. Church. Memorials of 1916: Altar Book Desk in memory of Louis Andrew and Mary Barbara Lutcher Esslinger, the gift of their daughter, dedicated April 23. Pro- cessional Cross in memory of Rosa Caroline McGinniss, dedicated May 14. WILLIAMSPORT.-Trinity P. E. Church. Fiftieth anniversary, May 7-9. The first services of the church were held in 1866. The cornerstone of the church building was laid July 15, 1871; it was consecrated February 22, 1876. The anniversary sermon was preached by the Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington, Bishop of Harrisburg and Past Chaplain of The Pennsylvania Society. Memorial tablets for Peter and Encie E. Maynard Herdic, for John Wesley Maynard and for Mrs. Amanda E. Howard, benefactors of the church, were dedicated May 8. WILLIAMSPORT.-Dickinson Seminary. Class of 1916 Memorial. Three pedestals for the chapel platform, presented June 12. WILLIAMSPORT.-Northumberland Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society. Fortieth annual convention in the First Baptist Church, September 26.

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MC KEAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE, SMETHPORT

McKean County BRADFORD.-Ascension P. E. Church. Memorials of 1916: Pul- pit and parapet for Delevan Emery, for many years a vestryman of the church; altar candlesticks for Mrs. E. A. Foster; dedicated April 23. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 217 Mercer County SHARON.-Shenango Chapter No. 5, Sons of the American Revolu- tion, organized April 19. Mifflin County LEWISTOWN.-Fort Granville Memorial. Tablet erected by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, dedicated May 30. MCVEYTOWN.-McVeytown Lodge No. 376, F. & a. M. Fif- tieth anniversary October 22. Warranted October 22, 1866. Monroe County COUNTY ANNIVERSARY.-Eighth. Erected out of Northampton and Pike Counties by Act of April 1, 1836. Named for President James Monroe. Area, 623 square miles; population (1910) 22,941. Stroudsburg, the county seat, dates from 1806. STROUDSBURG.-One hundred and tenth anniversary. Laid out in 1806 by Daniel Stroud, son of Col. Jacob Stroud, the first settler in this region. STROUDSBURG.-St. John's Lutheran Church. Fiftieth anniversary, December 17. Organized December 23, 1866.

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ABINGTON.-Abington Memnorial Hospital. Gift of $250,000 by George W. Elkins [Member of The Pennsylvania Society], January 7. ABINGTON.-Young Men's Christian Association (Branch) Build- ing, erected through the generosity of the late J. Milton Colton and his wife, dedicated May 18-20. The exercises included an address on May 10 by Lt. Col. John Gribbel, Member of The Pennsylvania Society. BRYN MAWR.-MiSS Mary E. Garrett Memorial. Endowment of a professorship in Bryn Mawr College undertaken by the Alumnae. Campaign begun January 29. BRYN MAWR.-Minnie Murdock Kendrick Scholarship, founded in Bryn Mawr College by the will of George W. Kendrick, Jr., in memory of his wife; probated March 9. BRYTH ATHYN.-John Pitcairn Foundation. Bequest of $100,000 to the Academy of the New Church at Bryth Athyn, provided by the will of John Pitcairn, probated July 25. CHELTENHAM.-St. Paul's P. E. Church. Fifty-fifth anniversary, May 21. COLLEGEVILLE.-Ursinus College, Founders' Day, March 9. Ad- dress by Dr. Henry S. Drinker, Member of The Pennsylvania Society. COLLEGEVILLE.-Charles Herbert Clark Memorial. Organ for the auditorium of Ursinus College, the gift of Mrs. Clark in memory of her husband, dedicated October 21. GULPH MILLS.-Rev. James Houghton Memorial. Bell, the gift of Bryn Mawr parishioners to Trinity Mission, dedicated No- vember 5. GWYNEDD.-P. E. Church of the Messiah. Fiftieth anniversary, October 29-November 5. Organized in December, 1866, the church building was dedicated December 25, 1871, and consecrated May 2, 1878. HAVERFORD.-Haverford College. Eightieth Commencement, June 16. This institution began in 1833 as the Haverford School; it was closed for three years, from 1845 to 1848 because of debt; thus the present year mark the close of its eightieth year of actual service. Gifts for the year included, among other items, two sections of Lloyd Hall, half of which is a memorial to Charles Smith; a bequest of $150,000 from the children of Gideon Scull, a student about 1843, for the THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 219 teaching of English Constitutional History; $372,000 from the late T. Wistar Brown for graduate instruction in the Bible, philosophy, sociology, history and kindred topics; portraits of Dr. Lyman B. Hall and Dr. Francis B. Gummere.

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HAVERFORD.-IsaaC Sharpless Memorial. Isaac Sharpless Hall for Haverford College. Announcement of an effort to raise a sum of money for the erection of a memorial building for President Sharp- less, to be devoted to the use of the departments of physics and biology and the College Museum, made April 25. NORRISTOWN.-High School Commencement, June 21. Address by Hon. John Wanamaker, Member of The Pennsylvania Society. NORRISTOWN.-General S. K. Zook Post No. 11, G. A. R. Fif- tieth anniversary, December 1. Organized December 1, 1866. OAKS.-St. Paul's P. E. Memorial Church, Upper Providence. Fiftieth anniversary January 25. Incorporated January 25, 1866. The church was built and consecrated in 1872 in memory of the late Rev. James May, D. D. POTTSTOWN.-Herman Van Loan Meigs Memorial. Organ for Christ P. E. Church, the gift of his wife, dedicated April 16. POTTSTOWN.-Zionis Reformed Church. One hundred and twentieth anniversary, October 8-15. A log church, used alternately by the Reformed and Lutheran congregations, was built before 1772. These congregations built the present edifice in 1796. The English Luthe- rans withdrew in 1861. The Reformed congregation having erected 220 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY a new building, transferred its interest in the old property to a portion of its membership, organized as Zion's Reformed Congregation in May, 1869. The German Lutherans sold their interest to the Zion's congregation in 1871. ROSEMONT.-Mrs. Charles S. W. Packard Memorial. Chalice presented to the P. E. Church of the Good Shepherd by her husband, blessed February 6. ROYERSFORD.-First Reformed Church. Twenty-fifth anniversary, June I . VALLEY FoRGE.-Mrs. George W. Kendrick Memorial. Credance Table in the George Washington Memorial Chapel, the gift of the Quaker City Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she had been the first regent, dedicated, with an address by her son, Murdock Kendrick [Member of The Pennsylvania Society], Sep- tember 5. VALLEY FORGE.-Rev. Thomas Davis Memorial. Sedilia in the George Washington Memorial Chapel, the gift of the Daughters of the American Revolution, dedicated October 21. Mr. Davis was a clergyman who came from England in 1773 and joined the American fighting forces; he was afterwards rector of Christ Church, Alexan- dria, Va. He attended Washington during his last illness and officiated at his funeral. WHITEMARSH.-MrS. James Van Court Memorial. Tablet in St. Thomas's P. E. Church, unveiled December 25. WORCESTER. Burial Ground Memorial. Monument to the two hundred and fifty unknown dead in the burial ground of Wentz's Re- formed Church, dedicated November 19. WYNCOTE.-Mrs. H. H. G. Sharpless Memorial. Baptismal font for Calvary Presbyterian Church, the gift of Mrs. Robert Sturgis in memory of her mother, dedicated November 12.

Montour County DANVILLE.-Rev. Walter Clayton Clapp Memorial. Monument in the cemetery of Christ (Memorial) P. E. Church, dedicated April 30. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 221

FIRST HOUSE IN BETHLEHEM, 1741

Northampton County

BETHLEHEM.-One hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary, March. Founded as a dose denominational settlement by the Moravians, the first buildings on this site were erected by Bishop David Nitschman in March, 1741. It was incorporated as a borough in 1845.

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EASTON.-Easton Argus. Ninetieth anniversary, February 24. This newspaper was first published in 1826. EASTON.-Colton Memorial Chapel for Lafayette College, the gift of Mrs. John Milton Colton in memory of her husband, dedicated October 25. The pulpit is a memorial for James Read Eckard, D. D., Professor of History at Lafayette 1858-1871. The west transept window commemorates Rev. A. A. Bloombergh and his wife. Dr. Bloom- bergh was Professor of Modern Languages in the College from 1867 to 1906. EASTON.-Lafayette College. Annual Commencement, June 14. Oration by the Hon. Edwin S. Stuart, Past President of The Pennsyl- vania Society. Honorary degree of LL. D. for Samuel Rea [Member of The Pennsylvania Society]; D. Sc. for Samuel G. Dixon [Member of The Pennsylvania Society]. Endowment of the Helen H. P. Man- son Chair of English Bible and College Pastorate by Mrs. John T. Manson, announced.

SEAL OF LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

EASTON.-Lafayette College. Albert N. Seip bequest of $250,000 or more, for assisting poor and needy students, available at the ex- tinction of certain life interests; Mr. Seip died July 15.-William Runkle bequest of $100,000 received November 4. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 223

EASTON.-William Penn Highway. Dedication of the New York Extension between Easton and South Bethlehem, November 2. Charles M. Schwab [Member of The Pennsylvania Society] Chair- man of the day. EASTON.-Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania. Thirty-fifth annual session, Colton Memorial Chapel, Lafayette College, October 24-27.

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SOUTH BETHLEHEM.-Lehigh University. Fiftieth anniversary. The semi-centennial celebration of the founding of Lehigh University was observed on Alumni Day, June 3, 1916, about 1200 alumni and former teachers, with their accompanying wives and children, joining the Trustees and Faculty of the University in appropriate exercises. Lehigh University was founded in 1866 by the Hon. Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, the builder of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. From an original enrollment of forty students and four professors the Univer- sity has gradually grown to an attendance during 1915-1916 of 775, and a teaching staff of 80, with student representation from nearly every State of the Union and from several foreign countries. The graduates number 2696 and the total attendance at the University during its fifty years of existence about 6500. The University offers courses 224 THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY of study in the Department of Arts and Science leading to the decree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, including the Course in Business Administration, also the following courses in engineering: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Electrometallurgy, Mining Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. The present annual budget of the University is approximately $300,000.

Northumberland County

DELAWARE TowNsHIP.-St. John's (River) Church. One hundreth anniversary, June 14-18. The dates of the beginning of this church and congregation are far from being definitely determined; but the congregation appears to date from 1807 and the first church building from 1815. It is a Union Church, used by the Lutherans and Re- formed. The present structure dates from 1867. Mr. CARMEL.-Mt. Carmel Lodge No. 738, F. & a. M. Fif- tieth anniversary October 22. Warranted October 22, 1866 SHAMOKIN.-Patriotic League of Northumberland County, organized July 1. SUNBURY.-William T. Grant Memorial. Tablet in St. Mat- thew's P. E. Church, dedicated August 20.

Perry County

NEW BLOOMFIELD.-Perry County Democrat. Eightieth anniversary, May 31. The first issue of this paper was dated October 7, 1836. Through the occurrence of years with fifty-three numbers in them, and the occasional issue of two numbers in one week, the date of the beginning of the volume has been brought forward. Volume 80, No. 1, was dated May 31, 1916. The paper is actually older than this record shows, the present title having been assumed in 1836 by a paper called the "Perry Forester," founded by Alexander Magee, June 12, 1820. This newspaper has been continuously owned by the Magee family from this date. bQ

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