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Where does Delone as in Delone Catholic come from?
These folks are posing at the groundbreaking for Delone Catholic in McSherrystown, just over the York County line in Adams County on July 17, 1939. So where did the Delone come from. The Evening Sun in Hanover explained that Charles J. Delone, center with Bishop George L. Leech, was a Harvard-educated, civic-minded attorney in Hanover. McSherrystown recently declared a day of remembrance honoring the 150th years since the date of Delone’s birth.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, People, School days
Tagged Black History Month, Cottage Hill College, Delone Catholic, Hanover, McSherrystown, West Manchester Mall, York Dispatch
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Shrewsbury: Home to well-known people, but transportation has defined the town – The boroughs of York County series, No. 12
This historical marker observes one of Shrewsbury, Pa,’s luminaries – Amanda Berry Smith. Another well-known 20th-century figure, humanitarian Spurgeon Keeny, came from this southern York County borough. And now, efforts are underway to observe another native son who made it big on the world stage – actor Cameron Mitchell.
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Tagged Amanda Berry Smith, Cameron Mitchell, Shrewsbury, Spurgeon Keeny
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York County must not forget Wrightsville’s slain fighting man, revisited
When the Confederates approached the Wrightsville and its Susquehanna River Bridge in late-June 1863, a thin line of Union defenders awaited them. The rebel assault commenced, leaving one man – a black fighting man – dead in the trench he had just dug. He was the only known mortality in the Battle of Wrightsville. He’ll probably remain unknown, but he doesn’t have to be unrecognized. The York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News continued its opinion page series supporting a movement to permanently honor this hero.
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Tagged Battle of Wrightsville, Ken Raffensberger, Marian Anderson, Phineas Davis, Rocky Ridge Park, Susquehana River bridge
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‘Hot Spill’ sculpture or giant paper clip in York, Pa.? You decide
Millersville University sculptor Ike Hay died recently, but his legacy remains in York, Pa. – a sculpture in Foundry Plaza next to Codorus Creek. It was named ‘Hot Spill’ when it was unveiled in 1984. A York Daily Record/Sunday News story about the sculptor’s death described a bit of controversy that ensued: ‘The piece — all vivid red curves and lines, with a smaller black section — brought some controversy, (his wife) Teri Hay said, and was initially derided by some in print for its abstract design. They called it a giant paper clip, she said. But it was long one of her husband’s favorites.’
Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Longtime York families, Nostalgia & memories, One-room schools, People, School days, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged CCC, George Leader, Ike Hay, Jeff Koons, Ophelia Chambliss, Tom Wolf
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York County’s history mystery school: Where did this old clapboard one-room school sit?
Some day, we’ll post photos of all former one-room schools in York County, Pa. Well, we might not get them all, but when we run across them, we like putting them up on here. Here’s one submitted to the York Daily Record. Can you locate it?
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, Famous York visitors, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, One-room schools, People, School days, Unsung/obscure sites, York celebrities, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged coffee soup, Dallastown, Dallastown Area Historical Society, Eugene Ludwig, one-room schools, Seven Valleys
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More about York County’s Cameron Mitchell: Famed actor’s family members served in Civil War
Bryan Sellers provided these artifacts about the life and times of famed Hollywood star Cameron Mitchell at January’s Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society meeting. This week, he’ll be back to tell about plans to permanently honor Mitchell in York County, his home county.
How Springettsbury’s Old East York became Old East York
Advent Lutheran Church, decorated for the Christmas 1952 season, stands in this York County, Pa., Heritage Trust photo on the western edge of the East York Historic District, but for years it has been central to neighborhood residents as a church home and nearby gathering place. It was dedicated as the Chapel of the Advent during Advent season, 1924. When the cornerstone for this building was laid in November 1940, the East York development was about two-thirds built out.
Posted in Aircraft and airports, All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, Farms & fields, For photo fans, God & York County, Local journalism & Web, Longtime York families, Nostalgia & memories, People, York High achievers
Tagged Advent Lutheran, Dan Meckley, Fayfield Airport, John Uhler, Luther B. Sowers, Old East York, Springettsbury Township, Todd Platts
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York’s old Codorus Street neighborhood: ‘I didn’t know one family that didn’t get along with another’
York, Pa.’s Codorus Street neighborhood is seen in this page from a book from a past reunion. Former residents of the neighborhood have been meeting annually in reunions and plan to do so again this year.
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Tagged Codorus Street, Jeff Kirkland, urban renewal, York County Heritage Trust
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Cameron Mitchell: Call goes out for historical marker, scholarship to honor York County’s ‘Uncle Buck’
This photograph of Cameron Mitchell was part of the collection on display in a Glen Rock Historical Preservation Society-sponsored evening this week. York County resident Bryan Sellers, whose uncle managed some of the noted Hollywood actor’s affairs, presented about the York native and brought the collection for about 100 people attending to see.
4 photos give picture of Hollywood star Cameron Mitchell’s ties to York County
Hollywood TV/Movie star Cameron Mitchell, right, a York, Pa., native is seen with his sister, Katherine and brother, Carlisle, on a visit to his home county in the 1960s. The Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society is sponsoring a program about Cameron Mitchell at 7:30 p.m. today. The venue has been moved from the society’s museum in the Peoples Bank building to to Trinity United Church of Christ on Manchester Street.
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Tagged Cameron Mitchell, Glen Rock, Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society, Shrewsbury
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