Lemasters is an unincorporated community in Franklin County of south-central Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemasters,_Pennsylvania
The community today is much smaller than it was at the turn of the 20th century.
The arrival of the Cumberland Valley Railroad (en route to Mercersburg, to the southwest) in 1872 transformed this area into a thriving village of shops, warehouse and grain elevator, churches, blacksmith, tinsmith, grocery stores, a school, and a physician.
https://mercersburghistory.org/blog/73
Mr. George A. Greenawalt was a local storekeeper who was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1894.
Justice Greenawalt retained that office until his death in 1950 at the age of 86.
(It took a while to locate this member of the Greenawalt family; George A. was commonly referred to as “Squire Greenawalt”.)
George A. was the son of Jacob Greenawalt (1833-1879) and Henrietta C. Swigart Greenawalt (1833-1917).
“The Squire” had six siblings, three of whom outlived him.
The Greenawalt family (from the German Gruenwald) was established in this country during colonial times.
In Lancaster County, for example, tax records show Greenawalt property in Clay Township and Manor Township in the mid-18th century.
In 1921, it seems that the Justice was a busy man.
Judge Greenawalt received a stern reminder from the Pennsylvania State Highway Department that his quarterly report of fines collected was overdue.
The report was due on October 10, and the postcard was mailed on October 21.
The postcard reminder was mailed from Harrisburg by Benjamin Eynon, Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
A hand-written note on the reverse of the postcard, presumably in the hand of Judge Greenawalt, indicates that the delinquent report was submitted on October 24.
It does not appear that Judge Greenawalt was sanctioned for his tardiness, despite the severe penalties noted in the postcard reminder.
