WKTV Channel 2's weather headline: "Stuck in a Rut!"
Today: Fog and drizzle. Picture London weather right here in Central New York. High in the upper 40's.
But this would be perfect weather for an event that's scheduled to take place tomorrow night in Morrisville when the Madison Hall Ghost Tales will be Revealed! (And if there ARE any "spirits" there, they might just be the ghosts of members of the Loomis Gang, don't you imagine? They spent a fair amount of time there!
There was an enormous fire in Oneida, yesterday - the old National Casket Co. building, a landmark, is no more.
Last week, the historians in Waterville were presented with the mystery of a tobacco pipe carved from stone and this week it’s a penny - but not an ordinary penny! The description sent to them read: “Front of Coin: One Penny, Warren Chapter #22, R.A.M, Chartered February 3, 1808 Waterville, NY. Back of Coin: HTWSSTKS in a symbol.” With the help of the internet, they were able to decode it quite rapidly and determine its original purpose. (The writer, presuming to let the reader have fun with the puzzle, too, will reserve the explanation for a week or two!) And as was the case with the discarded pipe, this item is worth much more than first glance would tell, and "priceless" in sentimental value to the owner's family.
--- and other tidbits worth noting:
There are rumored suggestions (very vague!!!) the the Board of the Waterville Public Library will make an announcement, soon.
Pleasant hearsay --- the old "Bigelow House" at #146 Stafford Avenue will soon have new owners.
Absolutely TRUE! Mr. and Mrs. Holic, their daughter Ms. Kim Kempf and her daughter, Cassie, have returned from a delight-filled two-week trip to "Disney"!
Trudy Karram spent what she described as "eleven wonderful days" in Switzerland with her longtime friend Adele Roberts, from New Jersey. The two girls had become acquainted when "'Trudy" was nine years old. “Adele's grandfather and my Dad were from the same village, Trogen, in the canton of Appenzell. When Adele and I were young, her family used to come and visit us, on Shanley Road, every summer. As we grew up, we continued to be very proud of our heritage and enjoy the strong traditions of that particular canton. After a final nudge from our husbands that we should go, we booked our trip." And you can read all about it in "In Timely Manner" in this week's issue of the Waterville Times.
Marilyn and Don Belfield spent their vacation in Ireland! (And when we get E-mail addresses sorted out we'll know more about their travels! ) We DO know that - to their great surprise - Norma Emerson's sister was on the same tour and that since their return the threesome have enjoyed a "reunion," of sorts, at - where else? - an Irish Pub!)
Barely three weeks following hip replacement surgery, Shirley Spearing, is back on the treadmill at ProActive Physical Therapy! And she credits the therapists, there, with such effective pre-sugical preparation that she has been experiencing a recovery so rapid as to amaze the physicians and therapists at the hospital in Hamilton!
When Catharine Quayle was a little girl, she loved "Sock Monkeys!" (Remember those? made from the tweedy brownish/gray Rockford Socks that had a red heel?") But now "Cat" is Mrs. Stern, and will soon have her own little girl or boy to make "sock monkeys" for ------ except that "Grandma Quayle" will no doubt make them first! Susy Q. and Danielle Fiorini gave a baby shower for Cat on November 4, and EVERYTHING was about "Sock Monkeys!" Those lovable toys hung from everywhere; they sat wherever they couldn't hang; and all the guests were given wee, tiny Rockford Socks filled with goodies as take-home treats!
I don't believe that with all of the posts to this blog - which began in June - I've ever posted a cartoon or funny bit of E-mail, but I can't resist this. It was sent to me this morning by Ron Bornick, in Clinton.
"If your kids take away your car keys!"
