Category Archives: teachers

Happy New Year with More Century-old Postcards

Posted on December 19, 2011 by june lloyd

I hope you all have the best New Year ever. Here a few more of the popular New Year’s postcards from the beginning of the last century. They are from the Library/Archives collections at York County Heritage Trust. Assistant Librarian … Continue reading →

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A Mid-Twentieth Century York Wedding

Posted on January 27, 2011 by june lloyd

Weddings can be big and elaborate or small and intimate. They can be in a church, a home or outdoors. At one time couples would often be married privately in the church parsonage, with only the pastor’s wife as a … Continue reading →

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York Woman Left Promising Acting Career for God

Posted on October 4, 2009 by june lloyd

Elaine Ryan/Sister Mary Clare St. Joseph’s Convent outside of Columbia is closing. The convent building has been sold, with plans to turn it into affordable housing for either single mothers or seniors. The Sisters there, members of the Adorers of … Continue reading →

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Students Strike at York County High School

Posted on November 5, 2008 by june lloyd

The York Gazette reported that when a favorite teacher was let go, seemingly as a cost-cutting measure, Codorus Township High School students took matters into their own hands. The teacher didn’t let matters rest either, and the case ended up … Continue reading →

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McGuffey of Reader Fame Has York County Ties

Posted on July 31, 2008 by june lloyd

William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a professor of languages at Miami University in Ohio when he developed a series of enduring readers for children. Truman and Smith, a small Cincinnati publishing firm, brought out the First Reader in 1836, followed … Continue reading →

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More on the Princes of York

Posted on July 3, 2008 by june lloyd

The Prince family, that is. A few days ago I wrote and that I thought there were two contemporary David Princes in York. I based that assumption on that two different women married David Prince, and that one David Prince … Continue reading →

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1837 York Newspaper “Takes the Cake”

Posted on June 29, 2008 by june lloyd

Among the marriages announced in an April 1837 York newspaper was that of David B. Prince and Elizabeth Sandoe, on April 6th. The editors remarked that “accompanying this notice was a liberal slice of the most delicious pound cake for … Continue reading →

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