Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA, February 17th, 2006
CINDY HUMMEL
Pennsylvania students were not only allowed to smoke in school at one time, but joined their teacher in enjoying tobacco. In with their lunches, mothers would pack in tobacco and a pipe, explains Mark E. Achtermann of Lancaster. They would all sit there and smoke away. That fact surprises adults today when they hear presentations about Pennsylvania school days, 1755-style. Achtermann, an award-winning living-history performer, will present The Schoolmaster for the Strasburg Heritage Society at 7:30 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church, 101 S. Decatur St., Strasburg. The event...
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