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.
Category Archives: School days
Read all about The Howling Hellians of Dogtown School: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, March 9, 2012
Former residents of Dogtown shared their memories in a recent Weekly Record story on that West York/West Manchester Township area in and around the old Highland Park. But one story not captured there is told by Dave Gulden on his … Continue reading
Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Events, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, School days, Small-town life, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War
Tagged Adamsville, Airville, Bill Schintz, Buffy Andrews, Camp Security, Dogtown, Family Heirloom Weavers, Highland Park, Schultz House, West Manchester Township, West York
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Aerial view shows great size of Central York High School: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, March 6, 2011
When you’re on the ground, the size and scale of Central York High School is hard to take in. When you’re about 2,000 feet above sea level, the complex in the Pleasureville/Emigsville area is immense. York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Bad weather, Black history, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, School days, Wheels of York
Tagged aerial photography, Central York High School, Church Street, eBay, Emigsville, Joan Concilio, North Hills Road, Pleasureville, Rathroad, Shiloh, York County Archives
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Legacy of M.D. Martin, of library fame, living on in West York. Linked in with neat York County history stuff, March 3, 2011
That’s about right. The red-brick industrial complex, home of M.D. Martin’s Carriage Works and later Keystone Weaving Mills, provided employment for people who worked with their hands for more than 100 years. Now, the West York complex, also occupied by … Continue reading
Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Mail bag, School days, Wheels of York
Tagged Bill Goodling, Carriage Works Apartments, George Goodling, M.D. Martin, Neiman Craley, OLLI, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Todd Platts
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Who was McKay of York College McKay Hall fame?
For decades, The McKay Company, 850 Grantley Road in York, made chain, welding products and automatic welding equipment. The long-closed company is back in the news because York College is expanding McKay’s already expansive former building. This photograph, from ‘Greater … Continue reading
Black Widow shoots old Alcazar Ballroom into the news: Linked in with neat history stuff, Jan. 27, 2012
A packed crowd at Cobblestone’s watched Pro billiards player Jeanette Lee’s game as part of the American Poolplayers Association’s Black Widow Tour. The evening was hardly historical, but it gives us a chance to spotlight the interior of the old … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Cops & courts, Events, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Music and musicians, Nostalgia & memories, People, School days, York sports
Tagged Beaver Stadium, June Lloyd, Lee Wolovsky, Penn State University, Treasure Hunter's Road Show, York Water Company
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W. Russell Chapman wore several hats as pioneer in 20th-century York County
W. Russell Chapman is pictured, front row, fourth from left, with other math and science instructors in the York Junior College Yearbook in 1966. Marg Burger Gotwald provided this photograph as part of a Facebook conversation about prominent members of … Continue reading
10 more questions to test your York smarts, 2011 edition
This journalist got his start for the The Gazette and Daily (which he’s holding) under 0wner J.W. Gitt when no other daily newspaper would hire him. He went on to international fame, and a foundation today carries his name with … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Black history, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Longtime York families, Made in York, Nostalgia & memories, People, School days, York celebrities
Tagged Brook Leaf Love Nest, Forry Laucks, Kreutz Creek, Penn Park, Rhodes Scholars, Robert Maynard, The Gazette and Daily, U.S. Census, Valley View Park, World War I, York County Academy, York Safe & Lock
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Part II: York County one-room schools a graduate thesis waiting to happen
This portion of a topographical map from 1910 identifies Brenneman’s School in Lower Windsor Township. It is located northeast of Yorkana. The map shows Brenneman’s stood – and still stands today as a former one-room school, in Lower Windsor Township, … Continue reading
York County one-room schools a graduate thesis waiting to happen
Brenneman’s School in eastern York County, Pa., is one of about 300 one-room schools operating in the county before World War II. After the war, consolidation closed these schools, and elementary and intermediate schools cropped up. In Brenneman’s case, Canadochly … Continue reading
Crash taking lives of 5 New Oxford High School students among worst mass casualty events in York/Adams history
Five New Oxford, Pa., High School students in this Saturn died in a head-on collision earlier this week. The accident occurred on Adams County’s Route 94, north of Cross Keys. It is the highest toll in York/Adams’ traffic accidents in … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Bad weather, Cops & courts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Pain & trauma, School days
Tagged Adams County, Cross Keys, Flood of 1817, Hanover Evening Sun, New Oxford, Route 94, Tropical Storm Agnes, York Rolling Mills
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