{"id":13171,"date":"2012-10-24T05:56:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/?p=13171"},"modified":"2013-07-11T20:10:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T00:10:37","slug":"country-musics-shorty-fincher-valley-view-is-the-best-of-the-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/country-musics-shorty-fincher-valley-view-is-the-best-of-the-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music’s Shorty Fincher: ‘Valley View is the best of the lot’: Linked in to York County history, Oct. 24, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

More stuff below:<\/strong> Hex Murder\/Electric Map\/New Eastern Market<\/em><\/p>\n

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This was a typical scene of country-and-western-music lovers at Hellam Township’s Valley View Park in the 1970s. Otis McCall, former owner, was honored recently at the Dover Fire hall for his contributions to country music. A ydr.com story, ‘Country musician recalls heyday of Valley View Park,’<\/a> gives a glimpse of the long-closed park’s past: ‘The story of the park, a seven-acre tract of land in Hellam Township, begins with a man named Shorty Fincher, who first opened the little stage in the early 1940s with his performing “Prairie Pals.” ‘\u00a0 The venue’s old site has been subdivided, and a Jehovah Witness church and some houses sit there today. (See another photo and more history about ‘the Valley’ below. Also of interest: Shorty Fincher, Elvis, Three Stooges shared Hellam Township stage<\/a> and On the happy trails of Shorty, the Prairie Pals and Raw Hide, York County, Pa., entertainment icons<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neat stuff from all over … .<\/p>\n

The Stewartstown Historical Society invites the public to attend a program on one of York County’s – and America’s – most infamous murders and subsequent trials at 7 p.m. today.<\/p>\n

It will be held in the fellowship hall at Stewartstown Presbyterian Church, 14 College Ave.<\/p>\n

According to ydr.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Attorney and author J. Ross McGinnis will discuss the 1928 murder of Nelson Rehmeyer by a vagabond and two accomplices, what is known today as the hex murder; the belief in witchcraft that caused it; and the three trials that followed. His PowerPoint presentation will include photographs. Also of interest: York County’s Hex murder: 5 more quick facts about the forever fascinating witchcraft case<\/a> and Hex murder compared to O.J.’s, Anna Nicole Smith’s cases<\/a><\/p>\n


\nGoing viral:<\/strong> This photo of a World War II veteran casting his vote<\/a> captured the hearts of Web reader.<\/p>\n

A moveable map:<\/strong> The Electric Map <\/a>is expected to move from storage in Gettysburg to its new home in Hanover today.<\/p>\n

Forum of the day, I:<\/strong> Fitz Brothers are closing at the New Eastern Market<\/a>, ending a tenure that started in 1955: . Will you miss the Fitz stand? Do you enjoy going to Eastern and other markets? Please comment below.<\/p>\n

Forum of the day, II:<\/strong> If the Children’s Home was standing today, would it be a candidate for demolition? Have we learned to save our valued landmarks? Please comment below. Background: York\u2019s orphans stayed in big home marked today by little-known plaque.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Otis McCall provided this photo of himself in his performing days, and ydr.com gave a brief history of ‘the Valley’: ‘It was around 1940 when Shorty Fincher, who was born in Mississippi and grew up in Alabama, began looking around York County for a place to call home. According to the preface from an early guide to Valley View Park, Fincher found that home for himself and his musical “Prairie Pals” on a small tract of land east of York. Fincher and his crew worked to clean out the area and soon after a stage was built. Valley View Park was born. The Prairie Pals consisted of Fincher; his wife, Sally; fiddle player Clyde Fogle, comedian “Rawhide” and Rosalie the yodeler, according to the guidebook. ‘In fourteen years of travel I’ve seen a lot of parks,’ Fincher wrote, circa 1940, ‘and I still say Valley View is the best of the lot.’<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yorktownsquare.com covers Valley View Park, the Electric Map on the move, the Hex Murder cases explained and the closing of Fitz Brothers Eastern Market stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,64,6,7,47,258,11,15,374,12,8,9,1,28,25,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-all-posts","category-cops-courts","category-events","category-explanationscontroversy","category-for-photo-fans","category-linked-inneat-stuff","category-local-landmarks","category-mail-bag","category-music-and-musicians","category-nostalgia-memories","category-people","category-small-town-life","category-uncategorized","category-unsungobscure-sites","category-war","category-world-war-ii"],"yoast_head":"\nCountry music's Shorty Fincher: 'Valley View is the best of the lot': Linked in to York County history, Oct. 24, 2012 - 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