17 Jan 1964: Miss Helen S. Seltzer, a retired city school teacher who devoted 37½ years of her life to the teaching profession, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the Good Samaritan Hospital. She had been a patient there since December 18. Miss Seltzer, who lived in an apartment at 341 Cumberland St., was 85. She was born in Lebanon County, a daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Sarah Snavely Seltzer. A graduate of Lebanon High School with the class of 1897, she started working for the Lebanon City School District in 1904 as the first secretary to the Lebanon City Schools superintendent. In addition to her secretarial duties, she was also the clerk and librarian. She was the first commercial teacher at Lebanon High School and continued teaching there until her retirement in June of 1941. Although she was retired from the school district, she continued to be active in community service. During World War II she worked on the draft board. When the Veterans Administration Hospital opened in Lebanon, Miss Seltzer went there to conduct a training course for medical secretaries. She spent a great deal of time in volunteer work at the Lebanon Community Library and was a member of the library board. She also did volunteer work as a librarian at the VA Hospital. A charter member of the Lebanon Business and Professional Women's Club, she was honored by this organization in September 1955, when the club named her as Lebanon's Outstanding Business and Professional Woman of the Year. Miss Seltzer was also active in the work of the Family and Children's Service, having served as a board member of that organization for more than 20 years. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Lebanon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She was an honorary member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an educators' sorority. In addition to recognition from the BPW Club, Miss Seltzer was honored at the time of her retirement from teaching by the commercial alumni of the high school, who held a testimonial dinner in her honor and presented her with a gold watch. Miss Seltzer was a woman of keen wit and rare intelligence. She gave generously of her ability to whatever she did. Her friends were numerous and her students remembered her lovingly. The 1937 graduating class of Lebanon High School dedicated its yearbook, The Lodestone, to Miss Seltzer. Although she was retired from the school district since 1941, she continued her teaching career by tutoring a number of private students. She is survived by four sisters: Miss Nellie Seltzer, Collingswood, N. J., who at present is in Lantana, Fla.; Mrs. Lucy Graham, Hyattsville, Md.; Mrs. Mary DeHuff, Millville, N. J. and Mrs. Laura E. Light, Lebanon. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. [Lebanon Daily News]