These distinguished gentlemen served as the board of directors of Delta's Peoples National Bank in 1930. The Depression was hard on banks in York County, too, as several rural banks failed. Charles Arthur Bloomfield gave this scorecard for bank failures in York County during the Depression: eight failures and nine reorganizations. Background posts: Events in 1777 helped tip Revolution toward patriots, Easter stories of sacrifice & selflessness and Bad economy turned York Safe and Lock toward lucrative defense work.
Tough economic times are taking some of the excitement away from today's Thanksgiving festivities.
Some of those facing the tough end of the economy might feel that there's no way out.
History helps show us that we've faced gloomy times before as a nation and have come out the other end generally for the better.
Consider the points made in this Thanksgiving Day editorial (11/26/08) in which I reflected on a moment when the world seemed to be piling on:
Continue reading Pre-World War II Thanksgiving holds lessons for York countians today.
