A local freshman met the President in 1998; Strange lights in the sky in 1923 [Lancaster That Was] | History

Excerpts and summaries of reports tales from the Previous Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Period, and Sunday Information that target notable, newsworthy, or just outlandish occasions within the county’s previous.

25 years in the past

It was the story of two Hillarys when Lancaster freshman Hillary Dalton-Moffit met First Woman Hillary Rodham Clinton on the White Home in January 1998.

Little Hillary was one in every of six kids chosen from daycare applications throughout the nation to assist her announce a $21.7 billion package deal of grants and tax breaks designed to assist working households entry inexpensive day care.

By the way sharing the First Woman’s identify, Hillary was a scholar at Burrowes Elementary Faculty and attended an after-school nursery on the YWCA.

“The Clintons have been good to us,” he mentioned after the go to, the place the kids and their mother and father met with the President and Ms. Clinton within the Inexperienced Room of the White Home earlier than strolling to the West Wing, the place the announcement was made.

In information headlines:

Strolling within the mall extends life

‘Titanic’ sells film theaters however will make little revenue

Digital TV guarantees to take the US by storm

Check out the Lancaster New Era, January 8, 1998, here.

50 years in the past

January means it is time for the Pennsylvania Farm Present, and traditionally, most years have seen many individuals coming into Lancaster County win ribbons to point out off animals or to showcase their expertise in issues like canning or baking.

But in 1973, a pair of Lititz residents expanded their reign of dominance lately, garnering 62 awards between them at numerous canned meals competitions.

Miss James Lengthy and Miss Roy Mull have been the 2 canning queens who gained 29 awards, 9 of which have been first place.

In information headlines:

Two New Orleans snipers resist / Six lifeless, 17 injured by gunmen on lodge roof

Explains Hitler’s automobile proprietor buy

Watergate lawsuit opens in Washington

Check out the Lancaster New Era, January 8, 1973, here.

75 years in the past

In January 1948, a Lancaster County teenager proved himself a champion hitchhiker, operating practically 9,000 mph in lower than two weeks.

17-year-old Jay Brossman was hitchhiking from Philadelphia to Los Angeles after which to Ephrata at a median pace of 460 miles per day. That pace score meant that he made the 5,990-mile spherical journey in simply 13 days.

Nightly lodging is often paid for by “hosts” in change for taking turns behind the wheel, Brossman mentioned.

The current Ephrata Excessive Faculty graduate was in Philadelphia together with her household on December 20 when she determined to set off on her personal. He had gone on a number of lengthy hitchhiking journeys earlier than and was dying to get out once more.

His preliminary plan to go to Florida shortly was a visit to California, and he traveled from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. and Chicago. He then traveled all through the Midwest and ended up in Salt Lake Metropolis for Christmas.

He spent an evening in Hollywood, noticed the Hoover Dam in Nevada, and encountered a sandstorm in New Mexico.

Brossman lastly returned to his residence in Ephrata on New 12 months’s Day.

In information headlines:

Marshall opposes twin management of overseas support

Is Stalin lifeless? Soviets say no

Ladies’s Leap 12 months kinds are misleading, dignified

Check out the Lancaster New Era, January 8, 1948, here.

100 years in the past

Within the early morning hours of January 8, 1923, Lancaster County witnessed a wierd celestial mild present that baffled residents and prompted quite a few telephone calls to the Lancaster Intelligencer newsroom.

The impact was accompanied by a storm, which many observers initially thought was lightning. Typically, nevertheless, the illumination appeared to linger within the sky, and at one level a protracted, silver streak flashed brightly throughout the sky, flashing repeatedly.

Specialists at Franklin & Marshall Faculty have been tasked with fixing the thriller, and whereas that they had no definitive thought, they recommended that the present might be a manifestation of the Aurora Borealis.

In information headlines:

France will occupy Essen with the Military on Thursday

Russian Communists launch assault on heaven with burning photos of gods

Check out the Lancaster Intelligencer, January 8, 1923, here.