York Town Square

…Loucks was an early partner in York Manufacturing Co. His daughter, Ella, married Philip Devers. They had a son, Jacob Loucks Devers, who grew up down West York Avenue from…

…Gen. Jacob L. Devers was leading two armies through the south of France to force the Germans to defend a second front. Devers’ 6th Army Group reached the banks of…

…plan. The Shipley story is particularly interesting. Jacob Loucks helped form York Manufacturing Company, and P.H. Glatfelter bailed out the company in the 1880s. Loucks’ grandson became the highest-ranking general…

This 1961 aerial photograph, found in York County Heritage Trust files, shows Loucks Road running left to right before the Route 30 by-passed came through. That’s Fireside in the foreground…

This view of Lauxmont, originally developed as York County, Pa., industrialist S. Forry Laucks’ summer estate, came from the camera of Ted Taylor, as part of York County Camera Club…

York native Jacob L. Devers, third from left, surveys Hitler’s home in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Devers’ men helped capture this hideaway, ‘Eagle’s Nest.’ From left, Sgt. John Turnipseed, from Devers’ staff;…

…helped make York’s Avenues sought-after locale. Neat stuff from all over … . Terry Loucks emceed the 300th Loucks family reunion earlier this year. Because I spoke at that reunion…

…the same boat. Jacob took the name, hoping prosperity would rub off on his own family. In the second version, Jacob sends Solomon back for Isaac, who worked as a…

…1945 — Gen. Jacob Loucks Devers concluded a brief grand return to his hometown. A year before, the four-star general led the invasion of southern France shortly after the Allied…

…his death with three other chaplains. 27. Jacob Devers — This four-star World War II general is a prime example of a local boy who makes good internationally. Devers directs…