Presbyterian Church, the gift of Mrs. Caskey in memory of her husband, dedicated September 23.

NAZARETH. Moravian Historical Society. Sixtieth annual business meeting, September 27.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. First Reformed Church. Fiftieth anniversary, November 10-11. The first sermon to the Reformed people of South Bethlehem was preached January 20, 1867, by the Rev. Dr. Isaac K. Loos, who had been called to the pastorate of this church December 16, 1866. Services were at first held in the Lutheran Church; later in a hall, and a church building was erected in 1870. The congregation was incorporated August 22, 1871, the church building being dedicated October 21-22, 1871. The present church was dedicated May 30, 1897.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. St. Luke's Hospital. Hospital Day, October 18. Ward, the gift of the Bethlehem Steel Company, presented by Charles M. Schwab [Member of The Pennsylvania Society]. Accepted on behalf of the hospital by Dr. Henry S. Drinker [Member of The Pennsylvania Society].

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Capt. W. H. Wilhelm Memorial. American flag, the gift of his parents, to Lehigh University. Capt. Wilhelm was killed in service in the Philippines in 1901.

Northumberland County

COUNTY ANNIVERSARY. One hundred and forty-fifth, March 21. Erected from parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton Counties March 21, 1772. Named for the Duke of Northumberland. Area, 454 square miles; population (1910), 111,420. County seat, Sunbury (1772).

MILTON. One hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary. Laid out by Andrew Straub in 1792. Incorporated as a borough February 26, 1817.

MILTON. Northumberland Presbytery. Two hundred and twenty-fifth stated meeting in Milton Presbyterian Church, June 25.

MT. CARMEL. Burnside Post No. 92, G. A. R. Fiftieth anniversary commemorated October 27. Organized October 30, 1867.

NORTHUMBERLAND. One hundred and forty-fifth anniversary. Laid out in 1772 by John Lowden and William Patterson. Incorporated as a borough April 14, 1828.

SHAMOKIN. Grace Lutheran Sunday School. Thirtieth anniversary, April 15.

SUNBURY. One hundred and forty-fifth anniversary, July 3. Laid out and lots granted to applicants July 3, 1772. Incorporated as a borough March 24, 1797.

SUNBURY. Fort Augusta. Act appropriating $20,000 for its purchase introduced into the State Senate April 3, failed of passage.

WATSONTOWN. Watsontown Lodge No. 401, F. & A. M. Fiftieth anniversary, December 27. Warranted December 27, 1867. Commemoration postponed to 1918.

Perry County

NEW BLOOMFIELD. Ninety-fifth anniversary.. Laid out in June, 1822. So named because the original site was plotted in a

clover field.

NEWPORT. Lodge No. 381, F. & A. M. Fiftieth anniversary, February 4. Warranted February 4, 1867.

American Sunday-School Union. One hundredth anniversary, May 13. This association had its origin in a meeting of ten or more Sunday School unions or Societies held in Philadelphia on May 13, 1817, to consider the formation of a general Sunday School union. This larger body was formed under the name of "The Sunday and Adult School Union." Philadelphia was chosen as the seat of headquarters, and the organization was incorporated by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1819. The name was changed to the American Sunday School Union at the anniversary meeting of May 25, 1824. It was newly incorporated under its present name by the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1845. A commemoration of the centennial was abandoned because of the war with Germany.

Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Fiftieth anniversary, November 11-18. Founded as a "Colony" in the First Kensington Presbyterian Church, November 12, 1867. Present name chosen November 15, and first meeting of members November 17, 1867.

Chartered in February, 1868. Church building dedicated October 1, 1870.

Emmanuel M. E. Church. Fiftieth anniversary, October 14-26. Originated in a Mission Sunday School from Spring Garden M. E. Church early in 1867.

First African Presbyterian Church. One hundred and tenth. anniversary, October 14-November 8.

First Moravian Church. One hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary, November 1-11. Moravian work as a missionary enterprise began in Philadelphia in 1734. The first building of the First Church was erected at Race and Broad Streets in 1742, the cornerstone being laid on September 10 and the dedication taking place on November 25. The congregation was finally organized January 1, 1743 (Old Style). A second church building was erected on the same site in 1819; a third at Franklin and Wood Streets in 1855; and the present edifice in 1892.

Fourth Baptist Church. One hundredth anniversary, October 21-28. Organized September 8, 1817, and publicly constituted and recognized September 10. The first pastor was the Rev. Jacob Grigg. The first church edifice was dedicated January 1, 1818. It was incorporated March 20, 1820, as "The New Market Street Baptist Church, in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County;" the name was changed to its present form April 23, 1853. The present structure was erected in 1854; its steeple, deemed dangerous, was taken down in 1907.

Fourth Presbyterian Church Sunday School. One hundredth anniversary, May 20-23. The exercises included an address by Judge Norris S. Barratt, member of The Pennsylvania Society. The school was founded May 23, 1817, at Fifth and Gaskell Streets. Later it was removed to Twelfth and Lombard Streets. The Church and Sunday School were removed to their present location at Fortyseventh Street and Kingsessing Avenue in 1902.

Frankford Church of the New Jerusalem. One hundredth anniversary, May 20.

General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Fiftieth annual convention in St. Michael's and Zion's Lutheran Church, opened October 24. Address of welcome by the Hon. John Wanamaker [Member of The Pennsylvania Society]. This body was