WHEN LEON TALKS GEORGE LISTENS
FROM MY DESTOP TO YOURS: Well, a whole lot of people missed it. Leon Buell gave a talk about his family and life in Vermilion last Monday in the Ritter Room of the Vermilion library. He brought a wealth of pictures with him too. Though he also had some slides nobody could figure out what was wrong the slide projector – so they’ll have to wait for another time. (And there will be “another time”.) Leon had a great deal of information to present, and too little time. [Note: It would probably be a real good idea if Leon had someone scan all his slides and place them on a disk. The slides, like most things, do degrade over the years. While the discs also degrade multiple copies can easily be made, and easily and safely stored.]
Among the things he talked about was the evening Cicco’s restaurant (west of town and just east of Volunteer Bay) burned to the ground. It’s a very amusing story. If something like that were to happen today it would be scandalous. It was more like a Keystone Cops segment.
I did make a video recording. It’s over an hour long. It needs to be edited. I’ll get to it. I just can’t say exactly when. Maybe by the time Leon comes back to tell “the rest of his story” I’ll have it done.
THE WEATHER: I found it interesting to note as I transcribed items from the 1904 edition of The Vermilion News that they were having a cold and very snowy winter back then. The January thaw pushed water over the banks of the river – but little damage was done. The week before Lorain experienced some very damaging flooding along the Black River, and downtown Fremont got hit bad. Following the thaw it got very cold again. All of this is quite a contrast to the weather we’ve been experiencing this year in north-central Ohio.
THE RIGHT FONTS: I’ve acquired an amazing piece of software that can identify any font and, as a consequence, help me find it, and add it to my font bank. This doesn’t mean too much to a web developer, but it has a very practical use for a graphic designer / printer. It is a plugin that I use with PS CS5. It’s from Extensis (a division of Celartem, Inc. of Portland, OR.). The software programs are Suitcase Fusion 3; FontDoctor 8; and FontGenius. The potential uses of it are enormous.
Historically,
MRS. WIDDOWSON'S CLASS C.1950
THE CLASS OF '62: My sis, Ginny Wilkes, gave me this pic two Wednesdays back. Phyllis Rogers found it among her late friend (and very well known and liked Vermilionite)Carla Widdowson's effects, and passed it on to me and to the Vermilion Area Archival Society.
This wide angle photo is fair sized (18 ½" by 9 ½") and a good portion of the upper right corner has been torn off the print. (Photoshop CS5 allowed me to correct that problem.) It is a Paul Ludlow portrait - and a good one.
The photo again appears in this week's "VV" in hopes that we can discover more the names of the children in it. Those I recognize are Lou Kuhnle, Linda Russell, Mary Grisel, Kenny Baumert. The little guy in the cowboy shirt just below and to the right of Mrs. W. might be one of the Smith kids from Adams Street. And the little dark-haired girl next to him (with the doll) is also a familiar face. I'm thinking Snezak (sp?). I'm also thinking that the little dark-haired guy (in the striped shirt) at the far right might be her brother.
This pic, or at least a facsimile thereof, is worthy of a nice frame.
"...there is little doubt as it pertains to the site of the J. Englebry Dry Good Store... (it is currently the home of Brummers Homemade Chocolates candy shop)..."
VERMILON C. 1908 (perhaps): Jacob and Mary Englebry migrated to the Village of Vermilion in Ohio from Hesse Cassel sometime after the American Civil War. [Note: Many Vermilion families migrated from this particular part of Europe / Germany during the mid to late 19th century due to ongoing political turmoil in that region.] Precisely when Mr. Englebry became the proprietor of his own dry goods store in Vermilion is unknown. His grandson, Donald C, would later write in his memoirs that, “My father had Englebry's Dept. Store which was founded by my grandfather in ?”. However; according to a U.S. Census by 1880 Jacob and Mary not only had a thriving dry goods store in the busy metropolis of Vermilion; they also had a burgeoning family of three boys; George, Lewis (PJ 7-13-06), and Don’s father Frederick.
Although there is little doubt as it pertains to the site of the J. Englebry Dry Good Store seen in the photo accompanying this essay (it is currently the home of Brummers Homemade Chocolates candy shop) neither the date of the photo nor the identities of the persons in it were recorded. They were likely matters commonly understood by most folks who, during ensuing years, happened to view the photograph. Unfortunately the years tend to slip by quickly and that information was lost.
Approximating the date of a photograph such as this is a difficult, not to mention a rather precarious, business; but it is not entirely impossible. In this case the details in the photo are helpful. The hair styles and apparel of both the men and women set the stage at about 1908. The kerosene lamps visible in the store through the large windows seem to confirm that date. While electricity would soon become common throughout the village it had apparently not visited this store as of yet.
These thoughts also work well with apparent ages of the men in the photo. The gentleman on the left appears to be in his mid to late 20’s, and the fellow at his side looks to be in his 60’s. In 1908 Jacob would have entered his 64th year, and his son, Frederick, would have been 27 years old. By 1910 Frederick, who worked as a clerk for his father, assumed ownership of the business.
The women in the photo obviously worked as clerks in the shop. The older of the two - the girl on the far left - may have been Altna E. Williams who kept a room in the Englebry house. She was just few years younger than Frederick. One might observe that her dress is rather unusual (i.e. it appears to balloon from the forearms to the wrist) and is, consequently, difficult to date.
Also worthy of some note are the reflections in the store’s windows. Jim Nolan’s Saloon, which sat directly across the street can be seen very clearly; along with that which appears to be the Schwensen Bakery building next door. Set among the reflections of leafless trees it may also be easily assumed that these shadows were froze on a rather warm (note the open window above the store) day in early spring / late winter.
As previously mentioned approximating the date and identifying persons in a photograph is a difficult, not to mention a rather precarious, business. Determining the era of a photograph via clothing and hairstyles can be a good tool with which to approximate and, consequently, guess the identities of persons in them; but it is not an absolute device. So lest one doesn’t mind knowing that a family photograph may someday be used as a bucolic decoration on the walls of some restaurant or office building in Boise or Boston a person would do well to pencil in some identifying remarks on all family photographs. Keep in mind that our today will, in time, be another person’s yesteryear.
CASELTON ROSCOE - THE CARPENTER - AND BABY ELLA IN FRONT OF THE NEWS - 1906
SHOPTALK: Tuesday’s edition of the Elyria Chronicle had a nice article about the museum. I think that’s about it for publicity for the time being. Good. I’m always uncomfortable talking with young reporters. I’ve found that they seldom have a sound understanding of their subjects. But I suppose “C’est la vie.”
A NEW VID: Well it’ not really new. I placed a video that I took at the News Museum last October or November on the Facebook page during the week. It’s new to the page. But it’s not new. When you get time visit and take a look. I will do an up-to-date video on the same subject (maybe next week) – and you’ll see what I mean about the current one being old.
After being interviewed by several reporters I discovered that I probably have better recording equipment than they have. Moreover; it’s easier for me to use my videos in a forum like Facebook than it is in “VV”. I have several nice camcorders, but my FlipShare® recorder is ideal for these little videos. Also, Facebook is free.
GETTING TO THE HEIDELBERG: I’ve been trying to get to working the Heidelberg Windmill press for about two weeks – and I just haven’t got to it. Part of the task is trying to access it. I had to move some things into the storage / book bindery room to clear some working space. Now I just have to do the work. This week is Food Pantry distribution week so I won’t get much done until Monday. Fortunately, I’m not in a panic about it. As my friend Steve W. likes to point out, “The tortoise may not ever win the race – but he always finishes.”
IMPRECISE OPENING: Due to all the publicity the Museum’s received people have begun asking when we’ll officially be ready to open the shop to the public. While several small groups have already toured we’re not officially open for business just yet. We should be able to participate to some degree in Vermilion’s 175th Birthday celebration this summer. However, developing a fully operational print shop museum will require a little more time. The project is more like an archeological project than a public exhibit. The building and the equipment are fragile artifacts of local and American history and must be treated as such..
Take the time to visit us on Facebook. Click on the badge below and stop in. We'll keep adding pix as we go along. And if you're in the area stop in. I'm usually there in the a.m. If you see a Chevy Silverado out front with the plate "MRCOOKR" come on in and see what's cooking.
AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW (NOW OLD) THING: Initially I said that "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." But methinks that it's carved out a niche for itself and the "Macabre stuff" with have to find another.
So stay tuned...
February 11, 1904 - Vol VII. No. 36.
At about ten o’clock this morning, Rev. C.L. Hamlen, pastor the Third Presbyterian church, passed away. Since the early part of November, when he was taken with a severe attack of heart trouble, the relatives and friends of the dearly beloved pastor, have felt greatly worried about his condition and received no encouragement from the attending physieians [sic]. Within the past few weeks, the patient grew gradually weaker, Death coming gently and without a struggle, this morning.
Although hourly expected the news of the death of their pastor caused a shock of sorrow throughout the Third Church congregation, amidst which the deceased had worked so earnestly and unceasingly. the entire community is touched by the passing of one of the Chillicothe’s godliest and most respected men.
Rev. Hamlen was one of a family of ten children, Mrs. F.L. Chamberlin, of Cleveland, being the only one of the family to survive. Besides his wife, he leaves two children by his first wife, Mr. Wells R. Hamlen of Pittsfield, Mass., and Miss Mary L. Hamlen of Cleveland to mourn his loss.
The remains will lie in state at the parsonage on West Main street Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 4:30 o’clock. At 4:30 o’clock a brief vesper service will be held at which Rev. roemer will officiate. he will be assisted by Rev. R.C. Galbraith and Rev. Chandler.
The remains will be taken to Cleveland Monday morning, where interment will take place, the funeral service to he [sic] held at the home of Mrs. Chamberlin, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. T.S. McWilliams will officiate.
The following biographical sketch has been furnished by Rev. R.C. Galbraith:
The Rev. Chauncy L. Hamlen, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from the Western University (now Adelbert) with the class of 1863 and at Andover Theological Seminary in New York City. He preached for some years in the Congregational churches at Brooklyn Village, Aurory and Vermilion successively. In 1892 he became a member of the Chillicothe Presbytery and was installed in the pastorate of the Bloomingburgh church in Fayette county. Here he did good work and secure the confidence and love of all the members of the church and gained for himself the respect of all the neighborhood.
The members of the Presbytery as they came to know him had for him an increasing affection and recognized his ability as a preacher and his excellency as an upright manly man one against whom no breath of scandal was ever breathed. Mr. Hamlen was a man of most kindly disposition, whose affection went out after all men and manifested itself in an earnest desire for the salvation of all. He had a great heart and it was easily moved. From Bloomingburgh he came to the Third Presbyterian church in Chillicothe, and proved himself there a workman who needed not to be ashamed. No man could have done better.
In college, Mr. Hamlen stood high. He made diligent improvement of his opportunity, was chosen a member of the Beta fraternity, (the same to which the late Governor [1884-1886] Hoadly belonged,) and when through his course of preparation the excellence of his work showed that none of these years of prepartion [sic] had been wasted.
His work done, Saturday, Feb. 6th, he was called to go up higher and without doubt received the welcome plaudit, “Well done good and faithful servant.” -Scioto Gazette.
The funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. Chamberlain 909 Case Ave., Cleveland at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Those from Vermilion who attended were: M.E. Lawless, L.U. Todd, O.K. Todd, Mrs. E. L. Coen, Mrs. F.V. Pelton, Rev. A.G. Rupert, miss Dott Parsons, C.S. Rumsey and Mrs. R. T. Wilcox of Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. L.U. Todd was also in attendance, going directly to Cleveland with the remains from Chillicothe.
Mr. and Mrs. Riter of Sandusky were in attendance also.
[Editor Note: Rev. Hamlen / Hamlin served Vermilion’s Congregational church from 1888 to 1892.]
How’s this for zero weather? [Editor Note: Obviously the February weather of 108 years ago was unlike that which we’re currently experiencing.]
Light ships and light houses dot the coast of England on an average distance of every 14 miles.
O.B Ransom of this county has been appointed one of the organizers of the Ohio Protective Association, which is an organization of famers [sic] to apprehend and prosecute criminals.
A bill has been introduced in the State legislature which, if it becomes a law, will make eight hours a day’s work on all state, city, county, village or township work.
The shock of the nitro-glycerin explosion at Lima Tuesday evening was probably what was noticed in Vermilion a little after 7 o’clock. Doors and windows shook and rattled violently. About 500 quarts let go.
Frances Greenhoe was born in Connecticut March 21, 1845. She came to Ohio with her parents when a child, married to Andrew Greenhoe June 6, 1867; died Feb. 9, 1904 age 57 years. 10 mos. 9 das.
If the bill which passed the State House of Representatives relating to dog tax passes the Senate and becomes law, the $1.00 tax will have to be paid or the dog killed.
Died - At her home southwest of town Monday, Feb. 7, Mrs. Andrew Greenoe, after a lingering illness. Funeral today. [Editor Note: The name “Greenoe” is spelled “Greenhoe” in the obituary (above). The name was pronounced “Greenoe” but spelled with the “h”. The “h” is silent.]
Miss Dott Parsons is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Lawless at Cleveland.
Lester Berkmyre, 11-year-old of Birmingham, dragged his brother and sister from o [sic] room which had become enveloped in flames, a few evenings since, thereby saving their lives. A carpet and couch were ruined.-Ex.
Miss Maud Fischer of Oberlin spent Sunday here.
Mesdames Hamlin of Chillicothe and Wilcox of Topeka, Kansas are spending the week here.
The firemen will give a Masquerade on the evening of the 23d inst. Particulars later.
G. H. Blattner is again able to look after business affairs in person after undergoing the experienc [sic] of a sprained ankle.
Rev. Ira. Hicks predicted two cold waves and a thaw for the first 9 days of February. Other good (?) things are in store for us.
Go to C. Schwensen for Pies, Cakes, and bread.
The dance given by Vermilion Fishermen’s Union last Friday evening was a very successful affair and the boys are well pleased with the patronage. The attendance was unusually large.
John Klassens, residing a short distance west of No. Amherst was killed by a Lake Shore train early this morning while picking up coal. He leaves a wife and seven children, one daughter married. He is well known in this vicinity. [Editor Note: It was once a fairly common practice for persons to walk along the railroad tracks and pick-up coal that had spilled off trains as they passed to be used to heat their homes. This practice ended (obivously) with the emergence of the diesel engines.]
Work has been received here of the death of Herman Kuhlman which occurred this morning at the St. Clair Hospital, Cleveland. the deceased is a brother of Mrs. Wm. Andrews. The remains will be brough here for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Simons were guests of Fremont relatives Sunday. They witnessed the second flood, which was worse than the first. The leading business street was a rushing torrent and storerooms and dwellings were flooded. The L.S. & M.S. Ry. was the only east and west railroad that could be used for traffic. The sight was one seldom witnessed.
Conrad Nuhn, Bert Todd, Dwight Poyer of Vermilion, Archie Cook and H.E. Penny of Berlin are among those who have been drawn as jurors for the case of Wm. Kimbro, who is jointly indicted with Lenzo Martin who is now on trial for the murder of Otto Mischke in Fremont last May. The hearing will begin March 7th.
The Vermilion river broke all records on high water Sunday. The ice formed a gorge between the piers and at one time the water ran ever [sic] the west pier. The water backed up into some of the fish houses but finally the ice gave way and the river was cleared. No damage has been reported. Not even from the Lorain water works department.
Hmmmmmm....
"The bucolic setting in the photograph accompanying this essay was District School #4 on the corner of Joppa and Darrow Roads..."
DISTRICT SCHOOL #4: When South Street School opened it’s doors in the 1927-28 School year the rural schools - the one-room school houses in Vermilion’s hinterlands - were forever closed; and Vermilion’s education system officially entered the 20th century. Initially the new, state of the art, building only had room for the upper six grades. The lower grades occupied the rooms at the old State Street School. But by 1939 an additional wing on the new building made possible for all youngsters in the district to (again) attend one school; albeit a far cry from their pastoral antecedents. And call it what one may - an upgrade, enhancement, improvement, or even a necessity - there were, undoubtedly, a few students who would not have applied any of those terms to the change they experienced. As American writer Ellen Glasgow so aptly observed; “All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward”. Nevertheless the change did come.
The bucolic setting in the photograph accompanying this essay was District School #4 on the corner of Joppa and Darrow Roads just a few miles to the south and east of the Village of Vermilion. The approximate year of the photo is 1920. It was the same year that the Treaty of Versailles ending the first World War - “the war to end all wars” - was ratified; Jim Thorpe had been named the president of the American Professional Football League; the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed granting women the right to vote; and an Ohio boy - Warren Harding - was elected in a landslide to become the 29th U.S. President. At the time Ohio was also very near the geographic center of the United States - population-wise. Ergo; this photograph is, very literally, a vintage portrait of “middle American” school children of that era.
And thanks to the thoughtful individual who owned this copy of the photo most of the persons in it have been positively identified. Photographed by J.R. Leiter, 37 W. College St., Oberlin, O. they are:
1st Row L-R: Ivan Myers, Earl / Ernie Fichtel, Louie Kovacs, Fred Fichtel, Milton Sanders, Myron Shoop, Henry Fichtel, and Wesley Myers.
2nd Row L-R: James Sanders, Frank Wlodarsky, Ora Crum, Edith Crum, Stella Wlodarsky, Ruth Baker, Catherine Sanders, and Claudia Hauff .
3rd Row L-R: Teacher (Miss K.?), Catherine Fichtel, and Louise Baker.
The detail in the photograph is to be appreciated. These youngsters walked to school and shoes were apparently optional. That the group knew their picture would be taken on this day is very likely. For some of the boys wore neckties for the occasion, and two of them are sporting lilac boutonnieres. Two of the younger boys (Henry Fichtel and Wesley Myers right front) are wearing faux civil war era military uniforms. One (Fichtel’s) even has a calvary insignia on the collar. The young ladies are all dressed quite nicely with ribbons in their hair. (All of them are wearing shoes.) The schoolhouse (I am told) still exists, and is currently used as a private residence.
Many of the names of those photographed are well known about the area. The Wlodarsky family was from Poland. The Fichtels were of German origin. Some like Kovacs were Hungarian. Their precise reasons for settling in this particular area are not known. Whether it reminded them of their homelands, or whether they just arbitrarily settled where family / friends from their homelands settled is also an unknown. But the positive impact of their presence in the community is well known by many. Perhaps that impact had something to do with what they were taught in this one-room school on Joppa Road in that yesteryear - before a tide called progress came along and swept them away. But perhaps not.
The Pain Free Socket: Incorporating Thermal Biofeedback into Prosthetics to Eliminate Phantom Pain in Amputees
Phantom limb pain (pain in a person's non-existent limb) plagues an estimated eighty percent of the world's ten million amputees. Scientists believe that phantom pains are caused by the brain still sending signals and commands down to an amputated limb, which no longer exists. To eliminate this pain, twenty-five feet of embedded thermo-resistive wiring is connected to a lithium-ion battery pack inside of a below-the-knee prosthetic socket. This allows concentrated and controlled heat to stimulate severed nerve endings in the residual limb, effectively stopping the brain's signals down to the amputated limb. This thermal biofeedback works to stimulate a patient's severed nerve endings, as well as to force the brain to focus on the heat, rather than to send signals and commands to the former limb. The concentrated heat also works as a muscle relaxant for the residual limb. This treatment has the potential to be very effective as it takes into account the underlying factors producing the pain, does not use expensive (and largely ineffective) medications, holds no potential addiction factor, and has the ability to be produced in a portable and easily accessible environment.
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 townships south of Vermilion. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
…he manages and keeps in good shape, at the age of sixty-three.
Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, and a view of their old home, appear upon another page of this history, as a deserved memorial of two most estimable persons.
Joseph Sutton, the father of the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, was born July 8, 1790, in Westchester county, New York, and emigrated with his parents to Seneca county when quite a young boy. He married, November 17, 1811, Gabbrina Gillispie, who was born in Tompkins county, October 20, 1790. She died November 12, 1827. They had nine children, Joseph being the sixth in order of birth. He was born in 1821, upon the 7th of April: and moved with his father to Jackson county, Michigan, in 1832. Joseph Sutton, Sr., died there m 1836, and young Joseph, with two brothers and one sister, came to Ohio. They arrived in Greenwich township July 19, 1836. Joseph lived one year with his uncle, Henry Sutton, and worked upon his farm by the month. He continued working for wages and for various persons, for seven years. He was economical as well as industrious, and in 184.5 he had become able to purchase, and pay for, one hundred and eighty acres of land. Later, by a continuance of the same thrifty habits that gave him his favorable start, he added enough to his possession to make him the owner of over three hundred acres of land. His principal occupation has always been farming, and he is regarded as one of the most enterprising of his class in Greenwich. He has, for fourteen years, been assessor of personal property, and has held other offices of trust. He was captain of a company of colored soldiers, in the one hundred and sixty-sixth regiment, Ohio infantry, and also of a company of home guards.
The family with which Mr. Sutton connected himself, by marriage, was that of Neser Sutherland, one of the early settlers of Ruggles township, who was born in Westchester county. New York, August 14, 1786, and who died December 29, 1848. His wife's name was Phebe. She was born October 11, 1789, and died October 23, 1854. Amy, one of the seven children of this couple, born July 2, 1824, was married to Joseph Sutton October 30, 1845, and is still living with him. They have four children, three sons and one daughter, viz: Ambrose Guy, Hattie G., William Neser and John J., all of whom, except the eldest, located in Kansas, are living with their father and mother.
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 - Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
GREAT FOOD, GREATER PRICES: The Okagi Restaurant in the very heart of Vermilion would have earned six stars in a five star restaurant rating scheme. I may be one of the only native Vermilionies that never ate there. [As I have explained (to some) in past articles - when I was a youngster I could not stand even the odor of restaurant cooking. I was a real "homeboy".] But no matter.
The menu seen above is from the mid 1930s. And for those of us who thought McDonald's offered the first 15c burger - how wrong we were. Not only did Mamouru Okagi have a 15c hamburger you could get a Porterhouse (i.e. a large t-bone) steak for a buck. This is a wonderful, wonderful Vermilion artifact. You could get 3 sweet rolls with butter (not margerine) and a cup of coffee for 15c.
Little wonder people came from miles around and stood in a line along Liberty Avenue to eat there.
In 1824, in New Mexico out West, only a few villages had schools. If families were rich enough, they would hire a private tutor or send their children to schools and universities in Mexico City in back South America. In some Pueblo villages, Catholic priests ran mission schools for Indian children. The New Mexicans who could read and write usually learned from a family member at home.
They wrote with a quill pen made from a feather. They dipped the point of the quill into the ink made from charcoal, soot, or powdered ink mixed with water. Some used ink bones and some used inkwells to store the ink. Important papers were often stored in a leather ledger. You can see a ledger in the picure on the right. Books were hard to get, because they had to be transported hundreds of miles across the Camino Real from Mexico City to New Mexico.
Writing was especially important for wills and court cases. Some people signed their names with their own special design or flourish called a rubric. Rubrics were used because they were easy to read yet unique.
The girls learned how to run a home from their mother, aunt or grandmother. By the age of nine, they knew most of what to do. Most boys learned skills they would need for farming or ranching. Some boys became apprentices. Most families prayed together every morning and night.
Children learned about proper behavior from stories called cuentos and sayings called dichos. When parents said "The saints cry over lost time," they were reminding their children to keep busy. Even when the parents could not write or read, they knew lots of songs, poems, sayings and stories.
NEXT WEEK: No Podcast this week. I'll try to have some of Leon Buell's presentation to the Vermilion Area Archival Society next week. Editing video is time consuming with the equipment I currently use. It's fun. It's interesting. But it can be a tedious task.
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 and MOV) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4 / MOV" formats. If you don't have a "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'".
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Vol.9, Issue 49 - February 18, 2012
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