Category Archives: Nostalgia & memories

Did you know Farquhar Estates is a section of Violet Hill? Linked in with neat York County history stuff, May 22, 2012

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Jim McClure

This 1937 aerial photograph, courtesy of Stephen H. Smith’s YorksPast blog, shows A.B. Farquhar’s Edgecombe estate in 1937. It was a part of three posts on the Spring Garden Township hamlet of Violet Hill. Now that’s a thorough look at this place where hundreds of motorists pass through each day.

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Glen Rock’s Roland F. Seitz: ‘By his genius … he has earned the title of ‘Parade Music Prince’

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Jim McClure

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. ‘

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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

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Jim McClure

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.’

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Amish and Mennonites: Don’t know much about Pennsylvania Dutch history? Linked in with neat history stuff, May 14, 2012

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jim McClure

The Amish and Mennonites fascinate folks but how often do you have an opportunity to increase your understanding of these Pennsylvania Dutch denominations? Old Order Amish and Mennonite historians who will discuss the topic of “Amish and Mennonite: History of Growing Faith Communities” on Monday, June 10, 7:00 PM at Martindale Mennonite Fellowship Center, in Ephrata, Lancaster County.

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Penn Park’s Penn-Coates Memorial better known as the York, Pa., park’s ‘caretaker’s home’

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Jim McClure

This blocky building in York, Pennsylvania’s, Penn Park is weather beaten or, well, just looks beaten up today. But when The Penn-Coates Memorial appeared on the cover of its dedication brochure on Sept. 25, 1926, it was a welcome sight.

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U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way, Part 4: York County’s love affair with its cars

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Jim McClure

Remember the U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way? The dragstrip, operating at the York Airport in Thomasville, was the place to go on Saturday nights. It closed in 1979, but it lives on in the lives of the many car clubs around York County and the Musclecar Madness event every July at the York Expo Center.

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Gettysburg’s Majestic Theater goes digital: The show goes on

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Jim McClure

The Majestic Theater in Gettysburg is, indeed, majestic. The main theater in this restored complex seats an audience of more than 800. And the theater will remain open, having updated its projection system to digital. Also of interest:  Gettysburg’s Majestic … Continue reading →

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Last picture showplace: Haar’s Drive-in opening for season

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Jim McClure

Moviegoers get ready for the show at Haar’s Drive-In as shown in this York Daily Record/Sunday News file photo from 2005. Haar’s, York County’s last operating drive-in movie theater, will convert to digital to keep up with a movie industry that is moving away from 35-mm film. The Dillsburg-area drive-in opens this weekend with ‘Ironman 3.’

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Gettysburg’s old Electric Map: How many lights dotted the battlefield? Linked in to York County, Pa., history, 5/7/13

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers a new book touching on the Hex Murder, the status of the old Gettysburg Electric Map now in Hanover and a query about the Susquehanna River ferry at Wrightsville.

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York, Pa., meets William C. Goodridge, former slave and successful businessman, returning from the past: Linked in to history, 5/6/13

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Jim McClure

Robert Brinson, a reenactor portraying William C. Goodridge, played the role of the 19th-century former slave and businessman in the Gettysburg Remembrance Day event in Manchester Township over the weekend. The event, sponored by Good News Jail & Prison Ministry, was an early observance of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Confederate invasion of York County. Many more to come.

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