Dillman Teaches at the Union School, Two Miles from his Parents' Farm

He began teaching there in 1900.       

(10 photos below)

Dillman Bomberger married Aimee Brubaker in 1910. Before their marriage he had been a schoolteacher in several rural schoolhouses near Lititz, including Union School, Sunnyside School, and Owl Hill School. He studied teaching at the Millersville State Normal School (today's Millersville University). 

Dillman was active with the local Teacher's District Institute, where he served as treasurer in 1902. He was corresponding secretary of that local teaching institute in 1903, the  same year he received his permanent teaching certificate. Four years later he served as secretary of the Teachers' National Science Club.

Several years before Dillman married Aimee he redirected his career path toward business and finance, away from teaching. His first major employer in this new endeavor was the Lititz National Bank, located at the site of today's Cafe Chocolate on Main Street. Dillman began working there as a clerk in 1906, and by 1909 he advanced to a teller position. Dillman and Aimee got married the next near, and they moved to Reading, where Dillman later became president and treasurer of the Reading Battery Company.

Above and below: Girls on one side. Boys on the other side.

 

Above and Below: Dillman's students on a snowy day at the Union School.

 

 

 

 

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Photos Below: Dillman Photographs Other Local Schools

Above: Dillman labeled this photograph "Picnic at Brunnerville." Brunnerville is a village north of Lititz, near the farm where Dillman and his brothers were raised. Dillman is at the far right, with his students. Other teachers, and their students, are on the left.

 

Above: The chalkboard reads, "Webster School 1908."  The young woman schoolteacher stands in the center. Dillman photographed other schoolteachers' students, in addition to his own pupils. Dillman had attended this school on Webster Hill Road when he was a young boy, as it was located less than one mile from his family's farm on Bomberger Road. Dillman later served as the historian for the Webster School reunion group, in the 1930s and 40s. The schoolhouse was eventually converted to a residence, and it remains a residence today at 803 Webster Hill Road, Lititz.

Above: Dillman's caption for this photograph is "Elsie Miller's School." The schoolteacher, Elsie Miller, stands in the top right corner (wearing eye-glasses.) In 1905 Elsie was living with her parents at Lexington and taught primary school at Brunnerville.