MEMORIAL DAZED: To be sure every day is virtually a "Memorial Day" to me. But I do hope that all "Viewers" have a great holiday as they take time to remember their loved ones (friends, and neighbors) who've passed, and the times they shared.
At this time of year many persons take the time to visit cemeteries. It is my belief that of the very many places on our planet which deserve our heartfelt respect cemeteries are among them. And this leads me to make mention of an urn that was surreptitiously appropriated from a local cemetery recently.
Here's some advice to the sneak-thief: You obviously don't understand it - but you have made a very grave mistake. As the television character Maude (played by Bea Arthur) used to say, "God'll get you for that."
And what the heck does one do with a 200 pound concrete flower urn anyway?
I-Never-Cease-To-Be-Amazed-ly,
The Joppa 11
JOPPA BASEBALL C.1920: This pic was in one of the scrapbooks given me by Birminghamian Norris Latteman several weeks back. Most of the material contained in those books surrounds the area southwest of Vermilion proper (i.e. Vermilion Township).
Part of my interest in this pic has to do with the fact that a young Wilmer Jump is in it. I only remember Mr. Jump in his later years when he and his wife ran their department store in the Fischer Building. But I'm certain that many "Viewers" readily recognize others in the photo. They are:
Back Row L-R: Lawrence Robertson, Charlie Hayes, John Daniels, Michael Quinlan, Walter Lee, and Wilmer Jump.
Front Row L-R: Art Crum, Hobart Ferguson, Art Hayes, Decoursey Crum, and Elvin Crum.
This is one of those instances where the names were included with the photograph. The only problem I could see with it is that the names were not written so as to clearly correspond the position of each person in it. Ergo; if I've failed to identify any of the men correctly I need be informed of my error(s).
But with or without the absolutely correct positioning of names its a wonderful snap.
Summer on the River
PAINTING THE TOWN: As previously mentioned this is a preview piece for a new webpage that I am currently developing. Using a new software program in conjunction with Adobe's Photoshop CS4 I am able to take some already wonderful pix of Vermilion, O. and make them (at least in my view) more "wonderfuller"
Summer on the Vermilion River
This vivid water-color photo-painting captures the Vermilion River and the Vermilion Lagoons in the very blush of summer. Captured from the hill next to the Vermilion Waterworks one can almost detect the pleasant odor of the stream. This is a week day afternoon as the boats moored by the homes along the river attest. Come Saturday morning the banks will be empty - all vessels gone to Lake Erie and / or the Islands to the west.
Ah - sweet Summertime in Vermilion, O.
May 28, 2010 5:38 PM
Beautiful.
AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW THING: This will not take the place of the "Macabre" stuff all the time - but will supplement whilst I search for more macabre stories to tell.
This week you will have (of course) noted the Death Certificate (above). It's interesting because I was not aware of the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Okagi did have a child - although it had a very brief life.
The certificate was sent to me by a lady named Gloria Bauer Ishida (now living in Japan). Gloria is a native of Fremont and Clyde, Ohio and has long been married to a Japanese Lutheran pastor. She is researching the "foreign wives" of Japanese citizens, and came across my "stuff" about the Okagis. (She has actually learned more about Mrs. Okagi than have I.) But - anyway - she set me on a course to incorporate some old "news briefs" pertaining to Vermilion that I come across while surfing the web into "VV" whilst I search for some more ghastly Ohio stories.
I hopes you enjoy these "shorts"...
SMALLPOX
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The Situation at Vermilion is
Rapidly Improving
The health authorities at Vermilion, with the assistance of the Lorain and Cleveland authorities, have got the threatened epidemic of smallpox under control. Seven victims are still suffering from the disease, but there have been no new cases and no deaths since Mabel Brooks died last Wednesday. Those still afflicted are: Orville Brooks, Cathrine Brooks, Mrs. G S. Davis, Henry Ries, Ethel Brooks ,Ada Brooks and Marion Knapp. All are doiug as well as could be expected. Thus far all the deaths have been confined to the Brooks family, the dead being William Brooks, his father, Henry Brooks and his sister Mabel. It has been incorrectly stated that a Lorain undertaker removed the patients from their homes to the temporary pest house. The work was one by Health Offlcer E Z Miller of Lorain, who was compelled to sleep in the public park after he had handled the patients. He charged the moderate sum of $10 for hia services and probably will be paid without any haggling.
from The Elyria Reporter - Wednesday, June 10, 1903
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FATAL RESULTS OF ELECTRIC
STREET CARS COLLIDING
Four Deaths Have Occured Since The Accident-Mr.
James Yarick a Passenger Died Sunday Morning
At Loram-Remainmg Patients Are
Doing Well
One of the worst street railway accidents that has occurred in this section In a long time took place late Saturday afternoon near Vermilion. A collision took place between two cars on the Lake Shore Electric line, caused by a misunderstanding of order. The cars were running at a high rate of speed as is the custom with the through cars between Cleveland and Toledo and In rounding a curve the cars came together with a smash that could have been heard for a couple of miles. Two persons were killed outright and a large number wore seriously Injured. The injured were brought In special cars to the Lorain hospital and their injuries dressed and made as comfortable as was possible. Among the lost of badly hurt appeared the name of James Yarick of Elyria. Wilbur D Moody, the Motorman of the west bound ear, and who, It is claimed, Caused the accident by forgetting his orders, was Instantly killed as was also Frank Smiley of Lima. Mr. Moody wan a married man and lived at Beach Park, near Cleveland.
As a result of the accident there has been four deaths within a few hours. Mrs. Theresa Cullars, of Franklin avenue, who was seriously injured internally, died oil Sunday night.
Mrs. Cullars was on the limited with her nine year old son, Harry. She had no idea how seriously she was Injured until a few hours after she reached her homo Her son was bruised about the neck and one arm. Mrs. Cullars was 33 years old.
James A. Yarick, fifty years old of Elyria, died Sunday mornlng in St. Joseph’s hospital in Lorain. Yarick was the most terribly injured of the forty-two victims, his back and chest was crushed and his forehead smashed After hl.s removal to the hospital a Large piece of bone present on the brain was removed, but his case was considered hopeless from the first. He sank rapidly after the operation. His body was removed to his home In Elyrla.
Mrs. Yarick *peut Saturday night at the bedside of her husbanad, but was [sic] proserated in an adjoining room when deatli came.
The eighteen remaining patients in Loraln hospital are getting along well, and It Is not expected that any of them will die, though several are In a precarious condition. While the investigation into the cause of the wreck has not been completed, .officials of the road state positively that the blame rests on the dead motornian of the limited, Wilbur Moody.
Manager F. J. Stout, who was seen at home In Norwalk last night said:
"I have not completed an Investigation, but I Will say that both conductors were given written orders making siding 38 the meeting place.
The company now baa possession Of this order. Conductor Remllnger gave his order to Moody, aud states that he saw Moody read the same carefully and place it on the hook in front of him.
Remllnier states that as soon as he saw that the car wan passing the stop he rang the motor man to stop, but the signal was not heeded. Again he signaled the man to stop, but no heed was given. Remllnger then tried to crowd his way through the car to the rear, Intending to take the trolley from the wire, but the aisle of the car was crowded, and he could not get through In time."
All day long S.t. Joseph's hospital was [sic] filed with visitors, friends and relatives of persons hurt in the wreck. Many of the Injured suffered from the excessive heat of the day and their Improvement was materially impaired.
The two wrecked carfl, locked like two steers, were dragged back into the siding at Vermilion, late Saturday night. Neither truck under either car was displaced. The front halves of both cars are a tangled mass of wrecekage. The loss to the company in cars alone will amount to several thousand dollars.
from The Elyria Reporter - Monday, August 6, 1906
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OKAGI OPENS RESTAURANT.
The lunch room owned by M. Okagi was opened Thursday for the season after being closed since January. The room has been cleaned and slight remodeling done. Easter flowers were used and the bright colored flowers on the shining white tables presented a very pleasing appearance.
This will be the second season that the Vermilion restaurant has been operated in its present location, although for many years it was conducted across the street. It has always been a popular restaurant and Mrs. Okagi plans to keep the restaurant open all year if the business does not decrease during the winter months. Since being opened this year the lunch room lias been very busy serving several banquets in addition to the regular meals.
from the Sandusky Star-Journal Wednesday, April 7, 1920
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MISS OKAGI DEAD.
M. Okagi, owner and proprietor, of the Vermilion restaurant, has received word of tho accidental death of his Sister at Reedley, Calif. Miss Okagi made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Okagi three years ago.
from The Sandusky Star-Journal - Monday, Nov. 7, 1921
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Hmmmmmm....
"...he stopped to see his uncle, the Reverend H.C. Lynch,
at the First Congregational Church
in a place called Vermilion, Ohio."
JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS -1931:
I found most of this “stuff” in a letter written by my paternal grandfather to my mother just after Christmas in 1931. Although World War I had then been over for thirteen years it was obvious that the memory of it was still very vivid in the minds of those who lived during those years. And so it would always be.
Even so my father must not have talked much about his war - the “war to end all wars” they called it. I would later find in my own experience that such matters only get easier to talk about the further you distance yourself from them. And even then, some of the really bad things never get aired. Perhaps it’s best that way.
Pop enlisted in the Maine National Guard on the 5th day of July in 1917. Shortly afterward his company was called to Fort Williams and the federal government assumed control over the unit. On the 25th of August he left Fort Williams for Camp Curtis in Boxford, Massachusetts where he joined the 103rd Field Artillery, and started training for overseas deployment.
At the end of September the company was sent to Newport News, Virginia to collect horses and guns. Shortly thereafter they boarded the transport ship “Kansas” and set sail for the French seaport city of Brest, France. Whilst on the sea the transport ship encountered a bad storm. They were given up for lost. But 30 days later they finally reached port having only lost time and a few horses on the cruise.
From Brest Pop’s unit - that was by then known as the 103rd U.S. Field Artillery - left for Neufchateau where the regiment was preparing for combat. From there they went to Soissons to enter “the line” (i.e. actively participate in the war). The unit was part of the first full American Army Division to land in France in 1917 - the famed “26th Yankee Division”.
Altogether they spent 205 days on the front line; participating in the Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Hihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Defensive Sector battle campaigns. They advanced 23 miles, and lost 2,281 soldiers during the expedition. 11,383 were wounded.
Just six days before the Armistice (November 11, 1918) Pop fell victim to a mustard gas attack at Verdun and was hospitalized. Afterwards he was supposed to go to a “detention camp” but, instead, set off to find and rejoin his regiment. And on the Eve of Christmas 1918 he found them. In the process, however, his medical records were lost.
Pop was discharged from the service in April of 1919. He was 21 years old. A short time later he would leave the state of Maine on a young man’s quest to find his fortune in the west. On his way there he stopped to see his uncle, the Reverend H.C. Lynch, at the First Congregational Church in a place called Vermilion, Ohio. He never left.
For the most part he put the war behind him. But he never forgot those he left behind nor those whose war wounds were deeper than his own. As the years turned he (among other things) became a charter member and first commander of Vermilion’s American Legion Post. So long as he could he participated in Memorial and Armistice Day ceremonies. He fired the little cannon kept by the Legion at football games, etc. And he may have been the last person to fire one of the big naval cannons in Exchange Park.
As initially indicated Pop must not have (in 1931) talked a great deal about his war - “the war to end all wars”. Ergo; the aforementioned letter from Grandfather to my mother just after Christmas in 1931. In any case there was a New Year ahead and the world was at peace. There would be time enough to think of that yesteryear another day.
Ref: Personal Papers and photograph from the Roscoe-Tarrant Family Collection; Special Thanks to my family; Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 1/07/10; Written 1/03/10 @ 10:19 AM.
"It may be of interest to know that both the park and the church existed before the first steam railroad ran through the village."
VICTORY PARK: Persons often confuse them (I know I have); Vermilion’s Exchange and Victory Parks. This may be because Exchange Park (a.k.a. “Rubberneck” Park where folks like to sit and watch “passersby passersbying”) has forever been the place where some monument or another honoring local war veterans has been located. Victory Park - on the other hand - has in latter days become more of a market place for the “exchange” of goods for money. It has no cenotaphs extolling the sacrifices made by those who served our nation during war; nor does it have cannons very ostensibly protecting Vermilion's harbor. Ergo; the names of the parks are, quite understandably, confused now and then.
Of the two parks Victory is by far the oldest - at least in conceptual terms. It was central to the place that would come to be incorporated as the Village of Vermilion, Ohio. It was a planned public square. Eventually the first church (1843) in the community, and, later, the Vermilion Township Hall (1883) were built across Division Street just to the west of the square. [Note: It may be of interest to know that both the park and the church existed before the first steam railroad ran through the village about 1853.]
Precisely how the square was used by citizens during the 19th and very early 20th centuries is not well known. But by 1937 the square appears to have been firmly established as a major village gathering place citizens called “Victory Park”.
1937 marked the 100th anniversary (March 14, 1837) of the village. The festivities that took place from August 11th through the 15th concluded with a parade that ended at the park and a formal ceremony during which a Founder’s Stone was officially unveiled. The stone - with a dedicatory plaque - still sits near the walk that crosses the park.
Sometime thereafter a substantial bandstand - made of brick was constructed just ot the east of the stone (photograph). And for a good number of years thereafter all official public ceremonies were conducted from it. On Memorial Day and the 4th of July all parades ended at the park. From atop the red brick and concrete platform, ‘neath the verdurous umbrella of large maple and oak trees, speeches were made, and the vigorous strains of John Phillip Sousa marches echoed throughout the village.
In between those times the structure served as a play stage for many youngsters grown tired of the old swings that once hung between two large wooden poles near Ohio Street. Beneath the bandstand was a room that was apparently used to store sundry items. It was both a source of innocent curiosity and inevitable disappointment to any child brave enough to venture down the cold wet stairway only to find a padlocked door without a window through which to peek.
I don’t remember the precise yesteryear when the old bandstand was razed. Nor do I know the reason. Perhaps it just became unfashionable. The structure always seemed to be very solid. But I suspect that it probably was not. So it likely needed to be disassembled. Too bad.
Victory Park has changed a great deal over the years - as has the rest of the community. But two things remain the same: The park is one of the most peaceful in Vermilion; and more than a few people still confuse it with Exchange Park.
Ref: Vermilion Area Archival Society; Kniesel Family Photo Collection, Courtesy Barbara Feiszli; Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 4/17/08; Written 7/13/08 @1:43 PM.
Nothing ever remains quite the same...
SOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW: The idea for this piece began as an idea for a coffee-table book of historical photographs of Vermilion, Ohio and, hopefully, it will (someday) be realized.
Originally the concept - as previously stated - was just a picture book. But after mentioning such a project in an issue of my weekly web page - Vermilion Views - a reader by the name of Scott Dommin suggested that it might be interesting if it featured photographs of how people, places, and / or things in the City of Vermilion, Ohio appear today along with photos showing how they appeared in the past. Ergo; the title "Now & Then".
"What a great idea." I told both myself and Scott.
[NOTE: This is going to take take some time.]
Liberty Avenue c.1955
With the exception of the cars along the street this scene is easily identifiable to most persons. Both photographs were taken in front of the old Lake Shore Electric Station on the corner of Liberty Avenue and Exchange Streets. At the time of the 1955 photograph (that I believe was taken by Vermilionite Bud Ennis) the little building with the tiled roof was serving as Vermilion's Police Department. Today, of course, it has gone full circle and is again serving as a Public Comfort Station.
When it was the Vermilion Police station it had an office for the Chief and perhaps two jail cells. Vermilion's Chief Todi had a heart-attack and died in his office in the building. Believe it or not that little building was - at the time - a step up for Vermilion's finest. Before they had their headquarters there they used a little white booth in Exchange Park for their office. I don't believe that the previous Chief (Ed Benson) had the privilege.
This snap of the scene with the restrooms as the Police station is the first I've ever seen of it during that time. It's a real "keeper".
May 28, 2010 5:45 PM.
"This township was named after the principle river
emptying into the lake through its territory..."
THE FIRE-LANDS: I found the following information re: the early inhabitants of our area to be extremely informative. Methinks you will also.
I am getting better at transcribing these passages so there are fewer mistakes. But I like to read as I go - and sometimes I fill in the blanks. So tread carefully this trail through yesteryear.
The following series will take thee to the south and west of Vermilion in the Berlin / Berlin Heights area. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
BERLIN
by Hudson Tuttle
NAME.
The original name of Berlin was Eldridge, from one of its earliest proprietors. He became unpopular, so much so that in 1833 the people petitioned the commissioners of Huron county to change the name, stating as a reason that they did not desire to perpetuate the name of an unworthy man. It seems the people were mistaken, for those intimately acquainted with Mr. Eldridge remember him as a pleasant gentleman. He purchased the eastern half of the township as a speculation, and the taxes, imposed unequally, rested so heavily on unimproved lands, improvements being exempted, that he was unable to pay his taxes, and was ruined by owning a half of one of the best townships on the Fire-lands. Rumors camo from Connecticut that he had been guilty of forgery to redeem his credit, and possibly the innate hatred the settler felt toward the land speculator, was at the root of the popular sentiment. The petitioners suggested Lyme as a desirable name, but as there was already a town by the same name in the county,—it then being a part of Huron county, the commissioners objected. It was at the time of the Milan-Berlin treaty. Noah Hill, who always was deeply interested in politics, suggested that, as the county had Milan, it should have Berlin, too, and thus the town was named.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
The township, as first surveyed, was five miles square, but received additions of territory extending its boundaries to the shores of Lake Erie. The surface is level, except the valleys formed by the streams, from the lake to the ridge, where it rises from fifty to one hundred feet, and then extends southward nearly as level as before. This ridge was once undoubtedly the ancient shore of the lake. It extends through the township from northeast to southwest, and at the "pinnacle" the base of the bluff is sixty feet above the level of the lake, and its slope presents three distinct terraces, or shore lines, at the respective heights of one hundred, one hundred and fifty and one hundred and ninety-five feet above the level of the lake. These indicate successive periods of subsidence. There are indications of salt in many places in the township. There is, in fact, a line of so-called "licks" parallel with the ridge. The two most noted among early hunters as the resort of deer, were located on lands occupied by Nathan Tuttle and Ezekiel Sayles. Between these a deep path was worn by the deer. These licks present, during dry seasons, a saline efflorescence crusting the surface. That on the Sayles land was in the valley of the Old Woman creek, and the early settlers dug a pit, into which they sank a section of a hollow tree, and the salt water came in sufficient quantities to allow them to make salt in a small way. Salt then being difficult to obtain, and costly, this was quite advantageous. The belief in the value of this salt spring was so strong in the mind of the early proprietor, Fosdick, that the surrounding land was withheld from sale for many years. At a later day Prof. B. L. Hill, and others, made explorations, but without results, the site of the old spring being obliterated by floods, and they were unable to find it. However, they obtained salt water.
The surface formation is almost exclusively of the drift, and in places boulders, often of large size, are thickly scattered.
The soil of the portion south of the ridge is sandy, mixed with fields of loam running almost into clay. The western part, below the ridge, is also sandy, either yellowish or black, and the northeastern portion is clayey, as it is along the shore, which is unequaled for the production of wheat. There is, thus, the greatest variety of soil, and the farmer is enabled to grow whatever crop he pleases, having soil adapted for all.
There are two streams or creeks in the township, the Chapelle, running through the eastern portion, and the Old Woman creek, which has two branches, the east and west, arising in Townsend, and flowing northward through the central portion, uniting about one and a half miles northwest of the heights, and emptying into the lake. From this union to the lake, the stream is like a canal, with wide and marshy borders. The name of the latter stream is said to have been given because an old squaw was drowned at its mouth.
There are four small marshes, two of which have been reclaimed, and when land becomes more valuable, no doubt but the others will be also. The surface was heavily timbered, and the forest presented almost an herculean task to the pioneers. Oak was the prevailing growth, plentifully mixed with ash, elm, hickory, basswood, walnut, whitewood. and. along the streams, butternut and sycamore.
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 -
Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
"...the footprints of the yesteryear linger..."
FOOTPRINTS: This a.m. (4-06-08) a friend, the pre-eminent electric train historian from Birmingham, Ohio, Dennis Lamont, emailed me to say - among other things - that April marks the 70th anniversary of the death of electric rail operations in this area. He also noted that though the trolleys are long gone the “foot prints” of the “greatest electric railway in the United States” - which lived for only 40 years - still remain. For in the wake of those trains came electric power. And given this power the region - which until that time had labored amid clouds of steam and smoke generated by coal or wood fired engines / furnaces; and had lived in places dimly lit by candles, oil or kerosene lanterns - began to see both the literal and the figurative light.
The Vermilion pictured is the enlightened Vermilion (c.1939) just following the demise of the era of the electric trains. The locale, for those who do not immediately recognize it, is looking to the southwest from Exchange Park at the corner of Liberty and Division / Main Streets. The photograph is extraordinarily fine. And while a similar photograph appeared in this publication last year (5-11-07) that photo only showcased the north and westerly side of Division Street. This photograph affords one a view of both sides of the street.
On the west side (right) of the street from foreground to background (r-l) the shops are: Irishman Jack Gray’s Shack Lunch Restaurant; the Starr Gardner-Naegele Meat Market, the Ness Shoe Store (featuring Red Goose Shoes); A.D. Baumhart’s Drug Store (with his wonderful candy counter and ice cream bar); Englebry’s Variety and Dry Goods Store (featuring 5, 10, and 25 cent items); Beeckel’s Funeral Parlor and Furniture Store; Alheit’s / Miller’s Hardware Store; and the last shop appears, at least in this photograph, to be another drygoods store.
On the east side (left) of the street from foreground to as far as is visible in the background are: the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) store (with boxes of Corn Flakes stacked neatly in the window); then Furgason’s “Fergie’s” Bowling and Billiards Room (pointedly advertising “Tobacco” on his sign over the walk); and after it another hardware store (featuring Sherwin-Williams Paint). Unseen down the block is a saloon. Whether it was still called Nolan’s or had become “Lefty’s” Eland’s Cafe at the time is unknown to this writer. Then came Schwensen’s stupendous bakery followed by the Englebry-Hull office / weigh station.
All these businesses are, of course, gone now. The only remaining entity - that probably preceded all the businesses mentioned - is the local chapter of the freemasons who built, and still, own the building housing their temple. It is the structure to the right with ornate pinnacles at each end. But the street, and the buildings on it, generally look the same today as they did then.
This was the center of commerce - the heart - of the Village of Vermilion, Ohio as very subtle changes, in both thinking and in doing, were taking place in America. To be sure, the bright orange interurban cars had disappeared from the landscape, replaced by automobiles, trucks, and busses. The dirt and brick streets, iron rails, electric poles, and power lines that once lined Liberty Avenue had given way to paved streets and electric lights at the intersections. But the footprints of the yesteryear linger. And they always will.
Ref: Pearl Roscoe Photograph Collection courtesy of the Vermilion Area Archival Society and Albert Tarrant.; Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 4/11/08; Written 4/6/08 @11:30 AM.
Enjoy An African Cruise
I found a Somali cruise package that departs from Sawakin (in the Sudan) and docks at Bagamoya (in Tanzania). The cost is a bit high, $800 per person double occupancy, but I didn't find that offensive.
What I found enticing is that the cruise company is encouraging people to bring their 'High powered weapons' along on the cruise. If you don't have weapons you can rent them right there on the boat. They claim to have a master gunsmith on board and will have reloading parties every afternoon. The cruise lasts from 4-8 days and nights and costs a maximum of $3200 per person double occupancy.
All the boat does is sail up and down the coast of Somalia waiting to get hijacked by pirates. Here are some of the costs and claims associated with the package.
M-16 full auto rental $ 25.00/day ammo at 100 rounds of 5.56 armor piercing ammo at 15.95.
Ak-47 riffle @ No charge. ammo at 100 rounds of 7.62 com block ball ammo at 14.95.
Barrett M-107 .50 cal sniper riffle rental 55.00/day ammo at 25 rounds 50 cal armor piercing at 9.95.
"Everyone gets use of free complimentary night vision equipment and coffee and snacks on the top deck from 7pm-6am."
They advertise group rates and corporate discounts and claim "FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY" and even offer a partial money back if not satisfied....here's some text from the ad.
"We guarantee that you will experience at least two hijacking attempts by pirates or we will refund back half your money including gun rental charges and any unused ammo. How can we guarantee you will experience a hijacking? We operate at 5 knots within 12 miles of the coast of Somalia. If an attempted Hijacking does not occur we will turn the boat around and cruise by at 4 knots.
As if all that isn't enough to whet your appetite, there were a few testimonials...
"I got three confirmed kills on my last trip. I'LL never hunt big game in Africa again. I felt like the Komandant in Schindler's list!"-Lars, Hamburg Germany
PODCASE #182:This week the Vermilion Views Podcast #182 takes thee to the old football field behind Vermilion's South and Decatur Street Schools for a balloon send-off celebrating the end of the school year and (I guess) the final days of South Street School(?).
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends Dennis Lamont and Albert Doane. It'd make a nice gift.
Also, please note that all the video (MP4) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4" format. If you don't have "Quicktime" it's easy to find and free to download.
NOTE NOTE:Past podcasts are not available in the on-line archive. They just take up too much disk space. But if one really, really, really wants to acquire a copy of a past cast it can be had by contacting me and I will place it on a disc and send it to ye for a minimal fee.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
Pay particular note to the "Hope Homes" page during the next few months. They are constantly improving the lives of their youngsters and those around them. This is an exciting project accomplished by exciting people.
Although this years Vermilion High School Class of 1959 reunion is over classmates may want to stay connected with each other through organizer Roger Boughton. Ye can connect by mailing him @ 2205 SW 10th Ave. Austin, MN. 55912 or you can just emailRoger.
Where's Alice? I found this link interesting. You just never know what Vermilion expatriots are up to - or where their up to doing it. Alice Wakefield is one of those people. So check out his link. Methinks you'll be surprised: Talking Turkey.
The Beat Goes On: The page is generated by the dreaded Macintosh Computer and is written and designed by (me) Rich Tarrant. It will change weekly ~ usually on Saturday. Bookmark the URL (Universal Resource Locater) and come back at your own leisure. Send the page to your friends (and enemies if you wish). If you have something to share with those who visit this page, pass it on. And if you see something that
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