1916 Zarfos Furniture ad Some of my past posts have been on York County furniture manufacturers, including George Dowdel’s bedbug-proof beds in the 1820s through Charles Strack’s furniture and coffins in the 1840s to the upscale Glen Traditionals in the 1960s. York County people also appreciated their local furniture stores.
Utz new Carlisle Street plant in 1950 Here I was, all ready to resume my “potato chip series,” working my way up to the biggies, including my favorite Utz chips, and what do I see when I pick this morning’s paper of my porch? Utz is being sold! I breathed
Elaine Ryan/Sister Mary Clare St. Joseph’s Convent outside of Columbia is closing. The convent building has been sold, with plans to turn it into affordable housing for either single mothers or seniors. The Sisters there, members of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ community, must move to another building
York Daily Record image of 1976 Freedom Train in York In my recent York Sunday News column and blog post on the very successful visit of the 1948 Freedom Train, I said that the 1976 Freedom Train didn’t stop here. That wasn’t quite accurate, as pointed out by a reader
After a recent post on the Bon-Ton/Bickels potato chip plant, I received some comments on Senft potato chips, including a question about where the Senft factory was located. After digging through the file on local potato chips and some city directories at the York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives, I came
York’s Liberty Bell at the Freedom Train Stop The other evening I was talking to a childhood friend who now lives in California. She said that her son and his family, who have just moved to Pennsylvania, recently visited the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. My friend remembered seeing a Liberty
Princess Street Chapel from Atlas of the City of York by Frederick Roe, 1903 A recent post told how the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Princess Street Evangelical Chapel successfully carpeted their church by raising the funds with an autograph quilt in 1909. Click here to read that post. I