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I've been editor of the York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News for 8 years and managing editor of the newspaper for 15 years before that. So, York Town Square explores the rapidly changing world of journalism. And I studied York/Adams' history in graduate school, have written six books about these fascinating southcentral Pennsylvania counties and serve on the York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust board. So, this blog deals with regional history. Often, journalism and history meet here. They're part of a continuum anyway. My hope is that this site intrigues readers on both accounts in giving a daily dose of journalism/history. Or history/journalism. Contact me at jem@ydr.com or become friends on Facebook or follower on Twitter, @JamesMcClure.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Ohio Blenders gives way to Northwest Triangle: Change in York County hidden in plain sight
Glen Burkholder, with The Building Recycler in Kutztown, dismantles a bagger this week at the former Ohio Blenders plant in York. About half of the machinery and silos will be dismantled and reused. (See additional photo below.) Also of interest: … Continue reading
The York Gazette trotted out the Handy Almanac as a handy fundraiser
Joseph N. Gallagher of York, Pa., found this Gazette Almanac in his grandfather’s belongings. His grandfather was the late Rev. Norman Ort, founder and minister of West York’s Four Square Gospel Church. Also of interest: York County newspaper gets new … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – Oct. 19, 2009
Ophelia Chambliss’ art has been widely exhibited at York, Pa.’s, Crispus Attucks Community Center, the York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust and elsewhere around York County. Here, her art is available for all to see in Murals of York-fashion outside York … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – Oct. 18, 2009
Lee Schwan’s Web site includes a bunch of compelling photos from northwest York, Pa.’s Yorktowne Homes, built as housing for defense workers in World War II. Schwan wrote in an e-mail, published in a previous post, that he hopes someone … Continue reading
Since the 1960s, York County, Pa., has enjoyed strong link to NFL’s Buffalo Bills
Hanover High School’s Al Bemiller became known nationally as Jack Kemp’s center during the Buffalo Bill’s glory years in the mid-1960s. (To learn about a Bemiller hobby during his days in York County, see the back side of his player … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County history stuff – Oct. 15, 2009
Lee Schwan has some neat photos on his Web site about York, Pa., in the 1960s. Here, he shows Bear’s Department Store, on the northwest corner of Continental Square. (See additional downtown York photo below) Also of interest: York columnist … Continue reading
Rite of fall in York, Pa.: ‘Feast on oysters – fried, stewed or nude’
Five-year-old Sarah Eline gets ready to feel her first raw oyster slither down her throat at the 2008 Oyster Festival in York, Pa.. The York County Heritage Trust’s 35th Annual Oyster Festival runs from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, … Continue reading
York countian in retirement: ‘It was only fitting that he would return to … his family’s farm’
An article in the Fall 2009 edition of Albright Today profiles York County, Pa.’s, George Spangler. Spangler resides in the Albright Care Services’ Normandie Ridge Senior Living Community in West Manchester Township. Also of interest: No church/school conflict here: Manchester … Continue reading
Dover’s Baughman Memorials met request for marker inscription: ‘He joked. She laughed.’
Dover, Pa.’s, Baughman Memorial Works has been around since 1875, spanning five generations – with a 6th generation working his way in. Donald Baughman told a recent meeting of the South Central Pennsylvania Historical Society that the business is the … Continue reading
