Monthly Archives: January 2011

Check out these facts, photographs about York Water Company’s ornate building

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Jim McClure

York Water Co. invites folks to walk into their East Market Street building and admire the ceiling. A York, Pa., Sunday News story about the water company and its buildings reported that the paintings pay homage to water as the … Continue reading →

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Of York County, Pa., social clubs and virtual communities

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jim McClure

York, Pa.’s West Philadelphia Street F.O.E. – Fraternal Order of Eagles – Lodge, seen in this sketch, will be transformed into an art gallery. The building is one of many lodges formerly occupied by fraternal or social organizations in York … Continue reading →

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Part III: York County, Pa., resident answers call for photos of Conewago Creek’s Elm Beach

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Jim McClure

This is Elm Beach on the Conewago Creek in 1925, it’s heyday. It was still reachable by trolley at that point and drew large crowds. Slightly left of center is the large cement platform that formed the beach. This view … Continue reading →

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About York, Pa.,’s Gen. Jacob Devers: ‘He would have been thrilled to meet the lt. of the first POW camp he had freed’

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jim McClure

This two-panel mural of World War II four-star general and York County, Pa., native Jacob Loucks Devers was painted on the side of the York YMCA. It was the last of the 18 large-scale panels to be painted. (See related … Continue reading →

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‘The thrifty and prosperous town’ of Hallam: The boroughs of York County, Pa., series, No. 5

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Jim McClure

Ken Campbell honors Army Spc. Martin Kondor of Lower Windsor Township, Pa., who died while serving in Iraq in 2004. Kondor’s death prompted renovations to Hallam’s borough’s war memorial in 2008. Also of interest: Hallam’s New Year’s shoe drop: Brings … Continue reading →

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What is in a name? For achieving women from York County, Katharine and Elizabeth were tops

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Jim McClure

Katharine Shorey served as York, Pa.’s, Martin Library’s first library director, organizing and administrator the library for its 1935 opening. Her first name was among the most common for women profiled in the 1984 book “Legacies: Remembrances of York County … Continue reading →

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Is that Elvis in the York Fair mural? – Linked in with neat York County history stuff – Jan. 25, 2011

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Jim McClure

This is another in a series of the colorized murals on the walls of Metro Bank offices in the Central Pennsylvania area. This painting covers a wall on the bank’s York Crossing Office in West Manchester Township, circa 1955. But … Continue reading →

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Top 10 most-visited York County, Pa., videos on ydr.com for 2010

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jim McClure

This video of the release of a deer after its rampage through the West Manchester Township Giant is sure to be in the top 10 for 2011. The incident happened on Jan. 15. (For still photo lovers, see below.) Other … Continue reading →

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Part III: ‘Yesteryears’ chock-full of southern York County, Pa., sites

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Jim McClure

The Stewartstown (Pa.) Area Historical Society has put forth another book of photos, which includes this scene from a swimming pool that is no longer there. This is Glady’s Pool, owned by Elwood Glatfelter Sr. Miller’s Mobile Home Park and … Continue reading →

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John Kuhn: From Dover, Pa., to Green Bay, Wis. – Linked in with neat York County history stuff – Jan. 22, 2011

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Jim McClure

Dover, Pa.’s, John Kuhn will play for the Green Bay Packers against the Chicago Bears Sunday for the NFC championship title. He went from Dover to Shippensburg to the Steelers and now has become a fan favorite in Green Bay. … Continue reading →

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