This rare photograph shows teens dancing at the Shady Dell in the early 1960s. The photo comes from the two-year-old website: Shady Dell Music & Memories. (See another dance photo below, plus a current shot of the Dell undergoing renovation.) Also of interest: Part I: Memories mounting about old York-area teen hangout Shady Dell and York's Shady Dell for sale: 'People don't like to see their past vanish' and Memories about 'The Oaks' pile up - Part II and About Avalong Dairy and Melvin's Drive-In: 'I am some what familiar with the history of the area'

Former Shady Dell rats continue to come forward and use Shady Dell Music & Memories as a forum to reminisce about their Dell experiences.

Tom Anderson, who runs the two-year-old blogsite dedicated to the longtime Spring Garden Township teen hangout, e-mailed:

"One of them, Lynn B., recently shocked me and my readers with one of the most significant finds in Dell history. Lynn made available a pair of photographs that might be the only ones of their kind in existence. The pictures, taken in 1961, show Lynn and her friends mixing, mingling and dancing in the Dell's barn dance hall!"

This photo is featured on the website "Shady Dell Music & Memories" operated by Shady Dell Knight Tom Anderson. The site is celebrating its second anniversary this month. The privately owned property that formerly housed the southside teen hangout is along Starcross Road in Spring Garden Township. Also of interest: York's Shady Dell for sale: 'People don't like to see their past vanish' and York-area full of memory-spawning landmarks and Interstate lined out Melvin's swan song.

Tom Anderson, who operates a website bearing deep memories of the former hangout the Shady Dell, e-mailed with an update.

Here are excerpts:

This window transom stained glass window at York, Pa.'s, First Moravian Church is one of 31 designed by noted York County artist J. Horace Rudy. This is another in a series on those windows. Also of interest: All Rudy stained-glass window posts from the start and York native Steve Zirnkilton's 'Law & Order' voice known to the world and York County enthusiasts could find historical event, site to visit every day.

Charles Fishel, a member of an early First Moravian family, was honored with the dedication of this stained-glass window about 100 years ago.

"The inscription at the window's base note: In Memoriam - Charles Fishel," Terrence Downs wrote.

Here is the rest of Terry's explanation of the window and the family name on the window's inscription:

Lewisberry United Methodist Church, in the northern York County borough of the same name, celebrated its 225th anniversary in 2006. Here, Circuit Rider Freeborn Garrettson, right, played by reenactor Milton Loyer lays a hand on Matthew Brenneman, while he shares recollections of his first travels and preaching in Lewisberry in 1781. A reason given against mergers of boroughs and townships is that a sense of community in the smaller municipality, such as anniversary celebrations, will be watered down. (See additional photo below.) Also of interest: Northern York area strawberry part of Neapolitan county and Lewisberry project uncovers hidden American Indian mural and Nobel laureate called York County home.

State Rep. Thomas Caltagirone, D-Berks, has bravely put forth a proposal to implode the hundreds of townships and boroughs around the state - and perhaps cities, too - to one per county.

The government body standing at the end of the day would be York County government.

That means that the county's 35 townships and 36 boroughs would be reduced to or subsumed by one York County government.

A legislative analyst said cities like York initially would be included in the mix, too, although one line of thinking would give the county the ability to assign the city to a type of subsidiary status.

The sponsor even admits this would be a long shot, but it will get people talking... .

Mose's Gulf Service Station in West Manchester Township, seen in this 2004 York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News photo, recently celebrated its 50 anniversary. Mose's is a rarity in the York area, an independently owned full service gas station. (See additional photo below.) Also of interest: Independent York gas pumper celebrates 50th in 2007 and Lincoln Highway Garageman returned to old York site: 'I have to take care of my old customers' and E-mail query: Was the Valley Inn Garage part of Springettsbury Township's old York Valley Inn?.

Mose's Gulf Service is a throwback to the days when the Lincoln Highway supported full service gas stations by the dozens. And the days before convenience stores catered to the appeal of one-stop shopping.

But the West York gas station is still there, servicing customers and operating in its 50 year.

Kurt Baker, brother of the current operator of Mose's, Karl Baker, and various York Daily Record/Sunday News stories provide the following snapshot:

The 19th-century homestead of John Emig of York County's Emigsville fame is shown in this drawing. The Emig name was attached to Acme Wagon Works, predecessor of American Acme Company, for decades. Also of interest: 50-year Emigsville construction company's closure: 'It was a bittersweet day for all of us' and In 1997, Emigsville's mighty oak fell and Emigsville's Web site tells tales of community's past.

Pat Martin in St. Louis has some documents that might have value to some folks linked with American Acme, former maker of sleds and other wood products, in York County, Pa.

She wrote:

Mel Miller, a student of York County history, believes this photograph from Earl Shaffer's glass plate negative collection shows the York Carriage Works fire in 1904. "The street on the right would be West North Street. I think the bridge in the foreground is the North Beaver Street bridge and the one beyond is the North George Street bridge. Only the abutment stands out on the north bank," he wrote. That blaze, which broke out on April 6, 1904, claimed the lives of three Vigilant firefighters - Harry Saltzgiver, Lewis Strubinger, Horace F. Strine. The negatives are part of the West Manchester Historical Society collection. Also of interest: Deadly York fire: 'There never was a more horrible one' and York's biggest blaze struck 150 years ago and A list of traumatic, painful incidents that rocked York County .

That Zion View vs. Zions View vs. Zion's View debate?

Well, York attorney and artifact collector Byron LeCates has found an sign that points to "Zion's View," as an early spelling.

The sign, framed in wood, touts: John A. Bahn, Undertaker and Furniture Dealer, Zion's View... .