![Elizabethtown got a multiplex in 1999; a plan to hike around the world in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/89/f892cf6c-071d-11ef-9d6c-038c64e11c05/663135d5b9abc.image.png?crop=792%2C594%2C86%2C0&resize=792%2C594&order=crop%2Cresize)
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
- May 8, 2024
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Yesteryear
![He remembers teaching 4 grades in 1-room schoolhouse in early 1960s [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/19/a19171a8-0977-11ef-b72c-f37a3dbc0191/663527f58bd6a.image.jpg?crop=1765%2C993%2C0%2C90&resize=1765%2C993&order=crop%2Cresize)
I taught grades one through four, for three school years, in a one-room school from September of 1961 to June of 1964. It was called Pleasant Valley, and it was a public school in the Conestoga Valley School District. Today, it is a private school in farmland along Pleasant Valley Road, sout…
![Dr. Lori: Vintage record players hit a chord with collectors [antiques column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/52/e525d8f8-08c0-11ef-8779-3715e12f916f/6633f516a1d24.image.jpg?crop=1231%2C692%2C0%2C35&resize=1231%2C692&order=crop%2Cresize)
The portable record player has reached middle age. That’s right, portable record players have reached the age of 50, and that means a collecting revival is on the horizon. The 1960s and 1970s mark the golden age of portable record players and turntables with built-in speakers.
![He remembers childhood home, lost to fire [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/3e/73ee7144-041b-11ef-a430-b369832116b8/662c296047411.image.jpg?crop=1819%2C1023%2C0%2C58&resize=1819%2C1023&order=crop%2Cresize)
Devastation hit me when I read about the fire that leveled The Mansion on Main Organic Salon & Spa on West Main Street in Leola late last year. But even more devastating was the fact it was my childhood home, built by my grandmother 100 years ago: A unique architectural structure capped…
![Grabbing Woolworth's souvenirs in 1949; school dress code fracas in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/1b/b1b088b8-fdc8-11ee-bf96-5f4ba34af799/66218d4b24d71.image.png?crop=540%2C304%2C213%2C90&resize=540%2C304&order=crop%2Cresize)
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
![In 1999, a city barber retired after 49 years; TWA service started here in 1949 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/e1/fe1aff06-fc2b-11ee-8bf9-339656bacc77/661ed8e532469.image.png?crop=1054%2C593%2C0%2C94&resize=1054%2C593&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Precious, hard-earned model train travels to new generation [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/e0/de0efcec-fe94-11ee-aad3-0f55c6119b77/6622e3d6e1136.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C992%2C0%2C91&resize=1763%2C992&order=crop%2Cresize)
![In 1962, teen’s job in Catskills turned out to be wrong choice [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/b8/eb820878-f918-11ee-9be5-cfca23e440e1/6619b08c69522.image.jpg?crop=1676%2C943%2C0%2C147&resize=1676%2C943&order=crop%2Cresize)
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