About this blog
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: September 2010
Part II: How one spot in York County, Pa., tells much about what’s going on around there
A man drives a Harley-Davidson attached to a York Sanitary Milk Co. Purity Ice Cream cart in this York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust photograph. Home milk delivery started in 1942, tapered off in the 60s and ended in the 1990s, … Continue reading
Date nights in Rehmeyer’s Hollow and other stories about York County’s Hex Murder
Hametown in Shrewsbury Township, Pa., was the closest hamlet to Rehmeyer’s Hollow, where York County’s infamous Hex Murder took place in 1929. The trio of assailants passed through the village to and from their attack on Nelson Rehmeyer. The three … Continue reading
Mystery building: Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – Sept. 27, 2010
The historical society in Stewartstown received this photograph as a donation, according to Doug Winemiller, a leader of that group. The building was believed to be in Stewartstown because the small sign advertises ice cream made by George Trout, Stewartstown. … Continue reading
Researcher of Hex Murder victim: ‘Why such things must happen to good people is the real horror’
The house where powwow practitioner Nelson Rehmeyer was killed in Rehmeyer’s Hollow in southern York County, Pa. A group of Rehmeyer relatives and a researcher recently visited the site, scene of the Hex murder case in 1928-1929, Also of interest: … Continue reading
The Little Green Church: Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – Sept. 24, 2010
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 415 N. West St., York, began as a Sunday school in 1912. It will serve as rest station for ‘This Ol’ House,’ the Avenues Tour of Homes, 2 p.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 16. Twelve houses will … Continue reading
Page 22 missing from York, Pa., school book? Turn to Page 11 two times, teacher tells Voni B. Grimes
Voni B. Grimes joins other Penn State York administrators instrumental in growing the campus in the 1970s and 1980s. Pictured, from left, John Marshall, director of continuing education; John J. Romano, CEO, Penn State York; Ed Elias, Romano’s predecessor as … Continue reading
The milkman from Stewartstown muses about delivering standing up: ‘I don’t know how I drove’
York County, Pa.’s, Palmer Thompson reflects on his day as a milkman, in this York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News video. It’s part of a “Remember” oral history series. Background posts: Baltimore screamed for York County ice cream and Pinch Gut … Continue reading
