Results tagged “Don Warner” from York Town Square

This big World War II mobile siege gun represented the legacies of two industrial giants. Neighboring factories S. Morgan Smith Co. and York Corporation jointly constructed the gun, which could lob 240-pound shells at targets 30 miles away. Background posts: Glatfelter, Morgan Smith head industrial legacy list and 'Little Johnny' called for Allies in World War II.

In a recent York Sunday New column titled "Contributors bring history to life (see below)," I muse about how York County factories historically have made big things and worked hard to tell the world about them.

I tied it to the recent sale of Bradley Lifting, which made big, heavy devices that helped lift big, heavy things.

I went on a riff like this: ... .

Don Warner, left, and his wife, Ruth, of 70 years are seen near his 40-year-old Conn organ. Warner stars in the weekly "Don Warner at the Organ' on WGCB in Red Lion, Pa.. Background posts: The organ: 'It is a whole orchestra in itself' and Research topic: 18th-century helicopter could have aided pastor.

There's something about keyboard players that brings recognition.

Everyone, for example, knows Sam Keeney.

And Don Warner. (See video of Don in action:)

Maybe it's because they play so many gigs in such varied places ... .