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Glen Rock’s Roland F. Seitz: ‘By his genius … he has earned the title of ‘Parade Music Prince’
Glen Rock’s Roland F. Seitz, 1867-1946, was internationally known but he made his music in his Pennsylvania hometown. Now, the Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society plans a band concert to honor Glen Rock’s own ‘Parade Music Prince. ‘
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local landmarks, Longtime York families, Music and musicians, Nostalgia & memories, People, Small-town life, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged Glen Rock, Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society, John 'Otts' Hufnagel, President William McKinley, Roland F. Seitz
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Antiquarian Joe Kindig to talk about his life, family and York history – Linked in with neat history stuff, May 17, 2012
Antiques expert Joe Kindig, spotlighted in ‘Antiques and the Arts Weekly’ will be featured in a York County, Pa., Heritage Trust event, ‘A Conversation with … Joe Kindig’ on Saturday June 1, 2013. ‘Without his inquisitive nature,’ a Trust newsletter states, ‘the Golden Plough Tavern might not have been restored to its Colonial roots.’
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Events, For photo fans, History video channel, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Longtime York families, Music and musicians, Nostalgia & memories, People, Uncategorized, Wheels of York
Tagged antiques, George Leader, Joe Kindig, Live, Steam into History
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Gov. George Leader: Led successful bi-partisan campaign to update Pennsylvania’s Constitution
Former Pennsylvania Governor and York County native George Leader, who died this week, also had another important item on his resume: He was part of the distinguished Glattfelder family. Here, he’s pictured, right, with fellow descendants of Casper Glattfelder, U.S. Congressman William F. Goodling, left, and Dr. Millard Gladfelter at the family’s 250th anniversary reunion in 1993.
Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Heroes, Local journalism & Web, Longtime York families, Uncategorized, York High achievers
Tagged Bill Goodling, Casper Glattfelder Association of America, Dover, George Leader, George M. Leader, Millard Gladfelter
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Distelfink? So now we all know the meaning of the strange Pennsylvania Dutch name
Distelfink Drive-in Restaurant was known as Sandoe’s Distelfink Drive-In on this postcard from York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News’ files. This picture from the undated postcard shows three cars from the early 1960s and one from the late 1950s. All this raises the question. What is a Distelfink?
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Tagged Adams County, Distelfink, Distelfink restaurant, Gettysburg, Glattfelder
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Gettysburg 150th: Casper Glattfelder’s family and the Civil War
This year’s reunion of the Casper Glattfelter Association of America focuses on the Glatfelders in the Civil War in connection with Gettysburg 150th.
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Tagged Art Glatfelter, Casper Gladfelder, Casper Glattfelder Association of America, Charles H. Glatfelter, Heimwald Park
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York-area Remembrance Day marks early observance of Gettysburg 150: Linked in to history, 4/30/13
Yorktownsquare covers Gettysburg Sesquicentennial Remembrance Day, the Casper Glattfelter family, Tom Wolf’s run for Pennsylvania governor and Loganville Fire Chief Rodney Miller’s death in the line of duty.
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Tagged Glatfelter family, Glattfelter family, Good News Jail & Prison Ministry, Joe Shafer, Loganville, Rodney Miller, Sprenkle House, Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene, Tom Wolf
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What is more York County than Yorkco, now Johnson Controls? Part II
Yorktownsquare.com covers the Halpin firefighting family, relics from the Battle of Wrightsville relics, Johnson Controls’ new York County home and Strasburg Railroad’s new roundhouse
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Linked in/neat stuff, Longtime York families, Made in York, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, People, Uncategorized, War, Women's history, Yorkco
Tagged Borg-Warner, Greg Halpin, Halpin family, Johnson Controls, Strasburg Railroad Museum, Wrightsville, Yorkco
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Rivera family, pioneering Hispanics, saw need and founded York, Pa., Spanish American Center
Dr. Edwin A. and Delma Rivera arrived in York, Pa., in 1962, as a pioneering Hispanic physician family. The couple saw the need for services – interpreters, housing, employment – for Hispanics in York. The York Spanish American Center emerged to address those needs.
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Tagged Delma Rivera, Edwin Rivera, Hispanics, José D. Colón-Bones, Jose Hernandez, Latinos, York Spanish American Center, York Spanish Council
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Sunday School orchestra plays on in York County church, as decades-old tradition continues
This is the view from atop Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Dallastown, Pa., several years ago when workers shored up about 15 feet of the 80-foot steeple on this 100-year-old church.Original deteriorating brownstones gave way to stones made from precast concrete. Far below and inside the building a Sunday school orchestra plays every week.
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Tagged B ethlehem United Methodist Church, C. Guy Stambach, Dallastown, George Beverly Shea, Sunday School orchestras, Trinity United Methodist Church
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North Codorus Township’s Diehl’s one-room school, aka ‘Corn-Cob College,’ remembered
Diehl’s one-room school, located in North Codorus Township, York County, was one of 300 such schools that representated a way of life for generations. John ‘Otts’ Hufnagel of the Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society, sent this image along with a narrative of one-room school life by another local student of history, the late Roger E. Shaffer. One-room schools continue to fascinate folks, so yorktownsquare.com profiles them in an occasional series.
Posted in Archives, all posts, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Longtime York families, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, School days, The Pennsylvania Dutch, Uncategorized
Tagged Diehl's School, Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society, John 'Otts' Huffnagel, North Codorus Township, one-room schools, Roger Shaffer
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