Lee York

Directed SHS Band

By Durward Kirby
for the News Progress

In early days of the Little Theatre on the Square publicist Lee York wrote stories about the shows and escorted the stars to interviews.
Andrew Lee York, Jr. (85) died of natural causes early April 17th at Mason Point in Sullivan, IL.
York came to Sullivan as junior and senior high band instructor. His talent was a natural for the young Little Theatre and soon became publicist.
During that time of consistently large growth attendance gains under theatre founder/mentor Guy S. Little Jr. York arranged interviews and escorted 65 major radio, TV and movie stars for radio, TV and newspaper to outlets in Decatur, Champaign and Springfield. The White House and even in the D.C. Capitol office of Everett Dirksen, at that time the Senate Majority Leader, York appeared on behalf of Little Theatre on the Square.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.