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A quality control expert at York, Pa.’s Classic Caramel, now part of Camp Hill, Pa.-based Warrell Corp., checks a piece of Slo Poke candy to make sure the packaging is closed with a proper twist. Warrell also produces candy under the Katharine Beecher name – a brand that started in York County’s Manchester borough. (York (Pa.) Daily Record\/Sunday News photo.) Also of interest: Katharine Beecher: ‘Legacies,’ Part I<\/a> and York Peppermint Patties: ‘York became synonymous with dark chocolate and peppermint’<\/a> and OLLI’s theme song: ‘Don’t stop thinking about learning’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

An e-mailer gave this heads up:<\/p>\n

Katharine Beecher’s name appears prominently in a candy display in York Township’s Cracker Barrel<\/a>.
\nI took notice.
\nThe Beecher name is legendary in a York County that is big on candymaking… .<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Katharine Beecher<\/strong>
\nIt was a successful homespun candy business with a national name.
\nAnd it was a rare business run by a woman – Katharine Beecher, of course<\/a> – in the middle of the 20th century.
\nThe Manchester company has been part of Warrell Corporation for some years. That’s the same Camp Hill, Cumberland County, company that operates York’s Classic Caramel.
\nBut I had never run across the Beecher brand in a retail venue, particularly a national chain like Cracker Barrel.
\nSo the next time I was in the restaurant’s gift shop, I checked out the candy display.
\nThe chain does a nice job of building nostalgia in its candy choices – Black Jack and Beeman’s chewing gum, Necco candy and other popular treats from the past.
\nAnd then there they were.
\nPeanut Butter Duets, part of Katherine Beecher’s Manchester Collection, with the imprint: “Freshly ground peant butter and crispy golden candy thinly layered and formed into delicate satin pillows.”
\nI looked around for Beecher buttermints, the candy that propelled the company in its early years.
\nThe only buttermints there were marked with the brand, Naylor Candies.
\nNaylor is a York County name, so I picked up the mints to investigate their origin.
\nThe package said that they’re made in Mount Wolf, Pa., neighbor to Manchester <\/a>borough in northeastern York County.
\nCharlie and Anna Mae Naylor founded the company in Lombard, Ill., and moved to Mount Wolf in 1955, according to Naylor’s Web site<\/a>.
\n“Today the candy making process is still done using much of their equipment that the factory started with,” the site states.
\nAnd yes, the buttermint line is a staple product.
\nHow interesting, I thought, that you can learn about your community by visiting a national restaurant chain.
\nAt the same time, good for Cracker Barrel for carrying those “delicate satin pillows” and other local treats.
\nIt’s just good business on several fronts, including the fact that browsing such delicacies probably increases the size of the order in the restaurant next door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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