Monthly Archives: May 2006

Here are York/Adams fighting men who received Medal of Honor

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Jim McClure

Recent news service stories told of phony Medals of Honor for sale on the Web. People who have never served in uniform are wearing, making or selling the coveted award. True recipients of the honor are, indeed, scarce. Here are … Continue reading →

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Autobiographies contain valuable golden nuggets about York

Posted on May 5, 2006 by Jim McClure

Autobiographies should be part of a person’s reading list. Sometimes in passing, they provide memorable moments that add to understanding. I had one of those wonderful flashes in reading Carrie H. Ford’s “Service to His Glory.” Ford, longtime French teacher … Continue reading →

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York, Pa., publishing legend J.W. Gitt vocal about nuclear power

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Jim McClure

Cartoonist Walt Partymiller reflected J.W. Gitt’s views throughout the Cold War. From 1915-1970, J.W. Gitt was a small-town newspaper editor with elite friends — Albert Einstein, Henry Wallace and Linus Pauling, for starters. He gained the international spotlight in 1948, … Continue reading →

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York hardly a hardscrabble river town?

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Jim McClure

A link in a previous York Town Square post “Prominent actor Craig Sheffer hails from overlooked Windsor Park” refers to his hometown as a Pennsylvania steel town. http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/189796 That brings to mind the various ways outside media have referred to … Continue reading →

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Prominent actor Craig Sheffer hails from overlooked Windsor Park

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Jim McClure

Craig Sheffer, right, at the premier of “A River Runs Through it.” A creek runs near it. That’s Windsor Park, profiled in York Town archives post “That’s , not Windsor … .” That post, later turned into a York Daily … Continue reading →

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