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The First Issue, April 1936
Lancaster-York Magazine Local Ads

The Lancaster-York Magazine began as the Lancaster History and Legend Magazine in 1936. Volume I, No. I,(pictured above in actual condition)was published April 1936 by V.O. and Mardella B. Reichard of Susquehanna Heights, Holtwood, PA.
The magazine continued for several years and is about 18 pages on average. The articles were written by local persons and there are a great number of local business ads. These ads are hand-drawn and a good record for small area businesses.
Below is the text of these ads, in the order of appearance.Unfortunately there is no way for me to reproduce the graphics at this point in time.
Lancaster History and Legend Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1, April 1936

Business advertising

1. "Don't Pass the Buck"--Stop at Abner Musser's (Buck, Pa)

2. Home Dressed Beef, Veal , Pork--LLOYD R. KREIDER Mt. Nebo, PA

3.Say Neighbor Why don't you try some AGRICO The fertilizer with the extra plant foods For Sale by DAVID ESCHBACH, R.D. 2, Holtwood, PA. Call, Write or Phone.

4. ROUGH LUMBER All kinds of rough lumber, tobacco lathe, apple, tomato, potato, and other crates made to your order. *****prices reasonable**** OSCAR J. ERB, R.D. 1, Pequa, PA Phone Quarryville 30-R-21

5. State Automobile Insurance W.W.Thomas Agent, Holtwood, PA

6. General Hauling Quick Service REX W. CULLEN R.D.1, Holtwood, PA

7. MACHINE SHOP Specializing in Brake Drum Truing and Fly Wheel Gear Installation
(Discount to Repairman) BATTERIES TIRES OIL , J.EDGAR GRAYBILL Elliot's Corner,
Lancaster R.D. 4

8. PLUMBING Service and Fixtures C.H. GROFF, Refton, PA

9. New Location RED ROSE STORE "We Deliver to Your Door" WILLIS B. GRAEFF
Rawlinsville, PA

10. Gas SINCLAIR Oil Ice Cream, Candy, Cigars E.A. MYERS Rawlinsville, PA

11. General WHITE WASHING Cow Stable Spraying a Specialty Agency for Lime And
Concrete Silos WILBUR STAUFFER Drumore, Pa. R.D. I

12. Stop at WENGER'S GARAGE General Repairing and Lubrication services Official
Inspection Station BUCK, PA Phone Quarryville 108 R 6

13. For Fruits and Vegetables J.A. PAXSON Greene, Pa

14. PLUMBING Spouting Roofing Heating and Supplies M.W. BOATMAN BRO., PEQUA, PA

15. H.L. BRUBAKER full line of General Merchandise Atlantic Gas and Oils BETHESDA, PA

16. R.A. GRUBB McSparran, Pa GENERAL MDSE Dependable Deliveries and Delivery Service GULF Gas and Oil Phone Hensel 24-R-3

17. G.E. BUSLER GRAHAM GAS Sales and Service Welding, Brazing Machine Work Standard Esso station PEACH BOTTOM, PA Phone Hensel 24-R-3

18. Everything Electrical J.H. STECKLER Electrical Contractor Quarryville, PA Fixtures and Supplies//Radios and Motorwork

19. H.C. BAR GENERAL MDSE. Providence, Pa Phone Quarryville 35 R 4

20. COAL Fertilizer and General Hauling B.S.WARFEL R.D.1, Drumore, Pa Phone Quarryville 31-R-12

21. Smithville GARAGE H.J. KRAMER prop. "General Repairing" WHITE FLASH GAS Phone Quarryville 114 R 2

22. S.J. MYERS & CO. GENERAL MDSE. Holtwood, PA

23. TRUCE STORE PLEE-ZINZ PRODUCTS Gas and Oil Quarryville R.D. 1

24. C.S. ESHLEMAN Marticville, Pa. General Automotive Repairing Gas-Oil-Accesseries COAL and WOOD


Lancaster History and Legend Magazine, Volume 1, Number 2, June 1936

1. GROFF'S BARBER SHOP and Beauty Shop Phone 97-R-2 for Appointments Rhodes Spanish Tavern Quarryville, Pa

2. I. DILLER MILLER Cemetery Memorials Quarryville, Pa

3. Price Quality Service RED ROSE STORE We Deliver! WILLIS B. GRAEFF Rawlinsville, Pa

4. "Service with a Smile" ESSO SERVICE STATION L.S. WIGGINS Quarryville, Pa

5. At your Service If It's Candy, Tobacco, Cigars Etc. HOLTWOOD AMUSEMENT CO Holtwood, Pa

6. W.C. KISE Refreshment Stand Gas and Oil Washington Boro, Pa

7. GARDNER'S TEA ROOM Martic Forge, Pa. Phone Quarryville 85-R-2

8. for Fruit and Vegetables J.A. PAXSON Greene, Pa.

9. N.F.MUSSER Marticville, Pa. General Automotive Repairing Tires-Batteries-Lubrication Official Inspection Station

10. CHAS. H. KREIDER Home Made ICE CREAM Festival & Banquet Orders Taken Conestoga, Pa.

11. H.M. STAUFFER General Merchandise Safe Harbor, Pa.

12. For Economical Printing try Lancaster History & Legend

13. R.A. GRUBB McSparran, Pa. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Dependable Groceries Delivery Service GULF GAS & OIL Phone Hensel 24-R-3

14. MACHINE SHOP Specializing in Brake Drum Truing and Fly Wheel Gear Installation (Discount to Repairman) J. EDGAR GRAYBILL Elliot's Corner Lancaster R.F.D. 4

15. MARTIN C. ESHLEMAN DODGE//PLYMOUTH Sales and Service General Automotive Repairs Quarryville, Pa

16. FIRST GRADE GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE S.J. MYERS & CO. Holtwood, Pa.

17. STOKES MT. NEBO, PA Country Dressed BEEF//VEAL//PORK Lancaster and Mt. Nebo Markets Phone Quarryville 36-R-3

18. STATE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE ASSO. OF INDIANA W.W. THOMAS Agent Holtwood, Pa.

19. SMITHVILLE GARAGE H.J. CRAMER Prop. "GENERAL REPAIRING" WHITE FLASH GAS and OIL Phone Quarryville 114-R-2

20. COAL & WOOD Gas-Oil-Accessories Candy//Cigars//Ice Cream C.S. ESHLEMAN

21. For Automobile Insurance See E.B. HILL Mt. Nebo...PA

22. F.S. DEEN NOTARY PUBLIC Holtwood, Pa

23. DON'T PASS THE BUCK Stop at ABNER MUSSER'S

24. INSURANCE of all kinds RAY A. REESE New Providence, Pa

25. MILK and CREAM From Accredited & Blood Tested Herds MT. PLEASANT DAIRY FARM

26. TRUCE STORE PLEE-ZINZ PRODUCTS Gas and Oil R.D.1 QUARRYVILLE, PA

27. G.E. BUSLER GRAHAM CARS Sales and Service WELDING BRAZING MACHINE WORK Standard ESSO Station Peach Bottom, Pa.

28. Everything Electrical J.H. STECKLER Electrical Contractor Quarryville, Pa Fixtures-Supplies-Radios-Motors

29. H.L. BRUBAKER Full Line of General Merchandise ATLANTIC GAS and OILS BETHESDA, PA

30. STOP AT WENGER'S GARAGE General Repairing and Lubrication Service OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION BUCK, PA Phone Quarryville 108-R-6

31. VINIE'S Home Made Ice Cream TUCQUAN INN "At The Old Mill"

32. SINCLAIR GAS and OIL Ice Cream-Candy-Cigars-Etc E.A. MYERS Rawlinsville, Pa

33. Fertilizer and COAL General Hauling Phone Quarryville 31-R-12 B.S. WARFEL R.D. 1, DRUMORE, PA.

34. DRUMORE CENTER GARAGE DODGE and PLYMOUTH Sales and Service J.GALEN STAUFFER Proprieter QUARRYVILLE 31-R-4


The only ads appearing below are those that do not duplicate the above. Many of the advertisers placed ads throughout the magazine's publication.

Lancaster-York History and Legend Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 October 1936

1."We Furnish the Home" EDW. ETZWEILER & SON Fine Furniture-Funeral Directors Ambulance Service Wrightsville, Pa Columbia, Pa York, Pa

2. BESSIE NESS Beauty Shoppe Dallastown, Pa.

3. The FORBES CO. Mens Furnishings Quarryville, Pa

4. ROBERT FULTON TEA HOUSE 5 miles So of Quarryville On Route 222 The Home Of Choice Foods

5. K.T. CULLY Dealer in General Merchandise American Gas and Oil Holtwood, Pa

6. YOUNG'S GARAGE Fred T. Young, prop. Georgetown, Pa Lubrication Service and General Repairing Official Inspection Station Phone Quarryville 53-R-13

7. Running Pump Farm Market John P. Wagonner, prop. FRUITS Quarryville, Pa

The only ads appearing below are those that do not duplicate the above. Many of the advertisers placed ads throughout the magazine's publication.

Lancaster-York History and Legend Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 October 1936

1."We Furnish the Home" EDW. ETZWEILER & SON Fine Furniture-Funeral Directors Ambulance Service Wrightsville, Pa Columbia, Pa York, Pa

2. BESSIE NESS Beauty Shoppe Dallastown, Pa.

3. The FORBES CO. Mens Furnishings Quarryville, Pa

4. ROBERT FULTON TEA HOUSE 5 miles So of Quarryville On Route 222 The Home Of Choice Foods

5. K.T. CULLY Dealer in General Merchandise American Gas and Oil Holtwood, Pa

6. YOUNG'S GARAGE Fred T. Young, prop. Georgetown, Pa Lubrication Service and General Repairing Official Inspection Station Phone Quarryville 53-R-13

7. Running Pump Farm Market John P. Wagonner, prop. FRUITS Quarryville, Pa


Lancaster-York History and Legend Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 December 1936

1. The Season's Greetings CHESTER E. WILEY & SON Wakefield, Pa

2. A Merry Christmas SHADY SIDE PARK A. Earl Carroll, Prop. 1/2 mile South of Fulton House on Route No. 222

The Lancaster-York Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 March 1937


1. CHESTER E. WILEY and SON Wakefield, Pa The largest and oldest aoutomotive and farm equipment service station in Southern Lancaster County Dodge-Plymouth Sales and Service

2. BUSLER'S GARAGE Cylinders Rebored And Pistons Fitted General Machine Shop "We Weld Anything" Peach Bottom, Pa

3. FLORY BROS. Millers "In Lancaster County Since 1840" In The Market At All Times For Wheat And Ear Corn Phone Us Before Selling Lancaster Exchange 2-4013 or Quarryville Exchange 85-R-3

4. General Repairing SMITHVILLE GARAGE H.C. Cramer, Prop. Phone Quarryville 114-R-2

5. H. C. BAIR General Merchandise New Providence, Pa

6. DRUMORE CENTER GARAGE J. Galen Stauffer, Prop. PHILCO RADIOS Sales and Service Quarryville R.D. 1 Phone:Quarryville 31-R-4


Tales From the magazine

Contents-

1. A Legend

2. Another Legend

3. And Another etc.


These "Legends" are one page stories that appeared in the Lancaster-York Magazine and were written by one of the magazine's editors.


1. A LEGEND from Lancaster-York History and Legend Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 October 1936-

-A long time ago, that is to say when the first white people came to the Susquehanna River, they found a strange old woman living among the Indians. She was short, with bent shoulders, strong arms and legs, with large eyes that observed all things.

For many years she lived with the Indians along the low banks of the river, and was nkown to go about making what was called improvements------a few sticks tied together, a kindled fire with a pot hung over it, and a bundle of deerskins for a bed. That constituted a first right. She sold her rights to the first person who would pay for it, for which she asked only a trifle.

One day she decided to leave the camp of the red men, without announcing her destination. Days, then a week passed by without her return. At last the Indians went in search of her.

It was Autumn, and everywhere in the great forest the trees had put on their dresses of yellow and red. As the Indians pushed slowly on, their eyes were ever open to the glories of the season. On all sides they beheld the woodland birds holding their farewell frolics; some chirping and chattering; others simply nodding and bowing. For a time they carefully surveyed the country about their village, then headed along the river towards the setting of the sun.

That evening, just as the sun begun to lower its disk of gold behind the big forest, the old woman was found. She was dead. Beside her still form lay her old horse, her most valuable property, but he too was dead.

Such is the story of Mary Ditcher, described in our early history books as a wandering old woman living among the Indians near Pequa, leading a horse through the wood, with her knitting in her hand, and clad in a garment of deer-skin.

---Mardella B. Reichard
1936

2. Another Legend-

On one cold December evening, a weary Indian trader along the upper reaches of the Susquehanna River, built a campfire and sit down beside it to rest. In a little while the warmth generated from the burning embers caused him to fall into a deep sleep. When he awoke it was dark, and he was greatly surprised to find that his fire was still burning, though all the fuel he had put on it was gone. He also noticed that in the center of the fire there appeared a reddish glow, from which radiated an intense and unusual heat.

For a time he sit watching the strange phenomenon. Then he investigated. He found that he had built his fire between two ledges of "black rocks", which apparently had caught fire themselves and were now burning and glowing in the December darkness like great live jewels.

But the trader then remembered that he was not the first to discover the strange action, for he had only a short time before heard the Indians speak of "black rocks that burned like pine". He was, however, a progressive fellow, and was one of the first to realize that here was a natural resource much too important to be wasted on campfires. Sometime later he drew the attention of others to the starnge "black stones"---which ultimately resulted in the founding of the vast coal mining industry in Pennsylvania, the trader's strange "black stones" playing a vital part in America's progress.

---Mardella B. Reichard
1936


3. Another Legend

It was during the dreadful persecution of the Protestants, in france, when Joseph Hubley and his young wife fled to Switzerland. from Switzerland they made theri way into Germany where they lived for a time, and where they were blessed with three children. Here Mrs Hubley died and left Joseph with two sons and a daughter. Much Discouraged, he resolved to emigrate to America and make a home for his children in Penn's Woods.

Now Joseph Hubley was not a poor man, nor was he an illiterate person. During his residence in Switzerland and Germany he had written many discourses describing the shameful persecutions by the Jesuits, and accumulated some money.

Packing his gold and manuscripts into heavy wooden boxes one day, he led his two sons, Bernard and Michael, and his daughter Susan, to the wharfs at Rotterdam, where they set sail on the good ship "Pink John and William" for the country of Penn's new land.

It was October when the "Pink John and William" nosed its way into the harbor at Philadelphia, and the day was clear and serene. Everywhere along the sunny shore Joseph could see a great forest, and everything seemed so peaceful and wonderful.

Refuge was found that night in the home of an old friend, where he and his children, together with an elderly Frenchman who he had employed as a valet, lived for several weeks. then one morning the valet reported that he ahd found his master dead, and in a short time the vslet himself disappeared.

On making an examination it was discovered that the manuscripts had disappeared also, and that the old Frenchman was a Jesuit, disguised in the garb of a valet for the purpose of securing and destroying the manuscripts.

Such is the legend of Joseph Hubley----a life that was short lived in the New World, but a name that was always to remain as a rich heritage of honor, sacrifice and bravery, in the story of the founding and building of Lancaster County and America.

Mardella B. Lort
1937



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