THE BLU RM
SHOPTALK: Complaint City. I received several complaints about my failure in the last edition of “Views” for my failure to make any comment about the desktop pic. I did add something after the fact about it. But most folks probably missed that. So – this week the (whole) photograph from which the desktop pic was taken will be featured below with some commentary.
To be candid, I thought the photograph to be self explanatory. I was mistaken.
To avoid a similar problem – this week the desktop pic is one I took last week while doing an operational check on my camera. It’s a still life composition called “Blu Rm”.
In raw form it’s an ok photo. But having an ability to work with it with good software makes it better – extremely poetic. Composition, detail and great color are like good (real) ice cream to me. I can almost taste them.
When Fred Wakefield was just 15 he worked in a Cleveland, Ohio Wire Mill with his father William. The family had immigrated to Ohio from England and set up a home in the eastside neighborhood of Woodland Hills.
I was aware of the fact that Dr. Russell J. Dickason was from Grafton, Ohio, but I always had a difficult time tracking him.
While transcribing material for the “Briefs” section of “VV” a week or so back I came across a little blip in the News that led me to discover the reason:
”James W. Dickason vs. the Graton Savings Bank Company, to enforce stockholders’ liability act. Appeal by W.B. Hale, S.A. Fuller and C.A. Kerr.”
James, I surmised (of course) must have been the doctor’s father. So I looked further and found that he is listed as being a “Druggist” [i.e. pharmacist] in the U.S. Census of 1900. James’ father, John (according to the census of 1880) was a Superintendent in a “Cheese Factory”. James died in July of 1906, the same year his son (our Dr. Dickason) was born. His mother, Emily, then married a fellow named John Knight. The Dr. and his sister Marciline (she was 4 years older than he) grew up in the Knight family. Mr. Knight was a Station Agent for the “Steam Railroad”.
This explains the reason I, initially, had a difficult time finding anything about him before he came to Vermilion. I normally use statistics (i.e. date of birth and death) to discover more details in other periodicals. However, if I’d asked a relative they would’ve probably just told me. [I am forever inclined to go east to get to the west.]
FIVE-OH-ONE-CEE-THREE: It’s now official. The museum is officially a 501(c)(3) organization. Consequently, all donations to the museum are tax deductible. This is retroactive to November of 2011. (Thank heaven. Now I can fret about something else for months on end.)
VISITING HOURS: We are located at 727 Grand Street in Vermilion across the street from Vermilion's historic E&R Church. The museum is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sundays from 1 to 4 PM. On Saturday the museum it is open from 11 AM to 2 PM. A small admission donation of $3 (for adults) is requested. Children under the age of 11 will be admitted for free. Phone For Special Tours: 440-967-4555
We are not open on major holidays.
MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships to the VERMILION NEWS PRINT SHOP MUSEUM are now available. Funds generated will go toward the aforementioned renovations and maintenance of the shop.
If you would like to become a member the VNPSM you can send a check or money order to:
Vermilion Print Shop Museum727 Grand Street Vermilion, Ohio 44089
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Historically,
VHS STAFF 1961
IN 1961: I was 17 years old, and these folks were part of the Vermilion High School faculty at that time. It doesn’t seem that long ago (at least not to me) – but I guess it was (52 years).
If you attended Vermilion schools at, or around, that time you knew these faces as well as did I. I don’t believe I’ve ever forgotten any of them.
Mr. Tuttle was my Driver’s Ed. Teacher. He was nearing the end of his teach career, and his wife was very ill. I believe he like Driver’s Ed. because it gave him a chance to smoke. It’s either that or the kids he was trying to teach to drive were making him very nervous.
Sarah Welker was always hard for me not to like. She taught me how to type, and it probably saved my life when I went to Vietnam.
Roger Watkins was (and remains) a man of great postive energy and enthusiasm. By the time I was a senior in high school he was assistant principal. He’s still a fun person to talk with.
Mr. Ziemke was, and always will be, a Physical Education guy. He was a good basketball coach – and also a nice person.
Connie Dropko I only vaguely remember at school. As I came to know her during the last decade or so, I’ve found her to be a very, very impressive teacher and community leader. She’s not been in the headlines for her good works over the years – but she’s been in the shadows of others who have received recognition for local social / economic programs.
Mrs. Fischer, the School Nurse, that I tried to avoid as much as possible. It was never anything personal. I just don’t want to be around nurses, doctors, etc. I guess they remind me that I am mortal.
Marie Tansey – the astoundingly good State Representative for our district in Ohio. Back then she was the pretty school secretary. I don’t know how many folks recognized her capabilities then. But not long after her stint with the schools she was on her way to Columbus.
Those were great years with great people. The persons I didn’t mention herein are those I only knew in passing in the hallway. But all these folks were remarkable persons in my life, and in the lives of many others.
THE WHOLE DANG TOWN: Even today the site of the photograph accompanying this week’s essay is easily familiar to both residents of, and occasional visitors to, Vermilion, O. Nonetheless the changes that have taken place since the day Vermilion News editor Pearl Roscoe captured these shadows around 1906 are subtly significant.
Though I know very little about the subject of photography I believe that Editor Roscoe used something called the “wet” collodion process on glass plates to acquire many of his early photos. The process was widely used for photographing landscapes (or in this case a “small townscape”) in the yesteryear. It allowed for a relatively long exposure time and, as a consequence, produced some very detailed photographs. The hitch – if you want to call it that – was that the photographer had only about 15 minutes after taking a picture to process the glass photo plate.
Another interesting thing about this particular photo is it’s panoramic view. Precisely how this was accomplished is unknown. This is one of only three or four panoramic photographs found in Roscoe’s extensive portfolio. I assume that he somehow “stitched” them together, but I don’t know how. This can easily be done with current computer software. But doing it with glass negatives and leaving no telltale signs of having done so? That’s quite another matter.
Anyway, it’s a great photo of the corner of Liberty and Division / Main streets during the very early years of the 20th century. To provide a better idea of how this scene actually looked I should point out that the aforementioned photo process was sensitive only to blue light. This means that this scene was a good deal more colorful than we might imagine. The Pelton-McGraw sign, for instance, could have been painted with white or light blue lettering on a deep red or green background.
The building housing the Pelton-McGraw store had been rebuilt after it burned to the ground in 1892. Members of the Ely Lodge Chapter of the local Freemasons leased the upper rooms for an annual fee of $100. The store part of the building was razed in 1922 to provide space for a new Erie County Bank building (currently city offices). The Masons still occupy the upper rooms of the portion of the building that remained.
Along Division / Main and Liberty streets are shops run by persons with names also familiar to long-time Vermilion residents like; Englebry and Leidheiser. In the building currently occupied by the Main Street Grill (on the right) was Wagner’s Café – a place offering spiritual refreshments for thirsty sailors and spiritually bereft ne’er-do-wells who “shot the breeze” as they leaned on the horse tie bar outside its doors. The lion head cornices (inset) on the café are quite interesting. Whether they were simply intended to be a decorative flourish on the part of the builder or there was some ulterior reason for them is not known. But they are an interesting detail.
Though the interurban – the Lake Shore Electric Railway (note the rails running down the middle of Liberty) – had come to town by 1906, electric lighting had not. A lamplighter employed by the village council tended to the kerosene streetlights that lit the dusty lanes at night. There were gates at the rail crossings. But they were raised and lowered by a “Gate Keeper” who passed the time between trains in a little booth near the rails. Sidewalks and crosswalks were made of wood. Horse and wagon, bicycle, and feet were the main modes of transportation for most townspeople. A new technological gadget, however, had come to town. They called it a telephone. The number at The News was 19. The Erie County Bank was 1.
Young Vermilion, O. was being coaxed slowly and, perhaps, just a little unwillingly into the 20th century. But business was booming; the Duplex Stamping Co. had come to town; and A. H. Burrows had opened the Erie Wood-Working Company for the manufacture of interior finish doors. It was time for the whole dang town to wake up and move along. And it did.
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...
Vol. IX - NO.17 – Oct 5, 1905.
Prosecutor Williams has brought suit against A.W. Nieding in Justice Baumhart’s court at Vermilion charging him with having obtained $24 from the county treasury by making “a false and fraudulent” sheep claim.
The prosecutor alleges in his petition that Nieding put in a clam for $24 for 12 sheep injured by dogs and $24 for six sheep killed by dogs, whereas, but 12 sheep were injured and only one killed.
The witnesses to the affidavit made by Nieding in his claim were G. Dickel and P. Schatz. They both swore that they had seen the dead sheep on Nieding’s farm.
It is claimed that other farmers have made fraudulent claims and that other suits will likely follow – Register.
Street Commissioner Schmoll was considerably injured while taking a tile out of a ditch near his residence. The tile was a large one and was to be replaced with iron pipe. He with other workmen were taking a tile out when it fell against him pinning him down bruising his chest and back. He was taken home and is confined to his bed.
Last Sunday while visiting his grandmother with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Kishman, Myron Kishman had the misfortune to fall from a horse, that he was riding, and break his left arm. The fracture is a bad one being just above the elbow, but Master Myron is getting along nicely.
The Duplex Stamping co. expects to commence work in a short time. The factory is unique in having abuilding all constructed of cement blocks. There is a ready sale for the products, which consists of window and door fastenings, catches and other small articles stamped from metal. We hope to have more to say of this industry at a later date.
The establishment of the Erie Wood-Working company is ready for business. Some of the machinery is already running and all departments will soon be in full operation. The kind of work turned out at this establishment, interior finish sash and doors, is always in great demand and as the plant is thoroughly equipped with fine machinery the prospects are good for a successful institution which will be of great benefit to the town. A.W. Burrows has the management. He is thoroughly competent and has made this line of work a specialty for some time past. The concern will give employment to quite a number of skilled workmen.
Sheriff Hoffman and Deputy Montgomery conducted a successful “wild man” hunt Thursday afternoon and captured the young Slav who escaped form the county infirmary about a week ago. This young fellow it will be remembered was brought to the attention of the infirmary directors by Vermilion authorities who found him wandering about in that vicinity and acting very strangely about a month ago. About two weeks ago he escaped and was captured near Huron.
After his last escape, and from the stories told of him it was deemed advisable to issue a warrant for arrest on the insanity charge. The boy was seen at several places in the country nearby, and is reported to have been doing all sorts of queer things, such as living in the fields and eating raw vegetables.
About 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon the sheriff came close upon him near Slate cut about five miles out from the city. From advices received from a section hand on the railroad near there, the sheriff learned he was in a peach orchard near by. The section hand went in and held the Slav until the sheriff got hold of him. The young “wild man” struggled desperately when he saw Sheriff Hoffman was after him but quieted down as soon as the sheriff took him in charge. His clothes were in rags and he was in a very filthy condition as a result of leading the “simple life.” He will likely be taken to Toledo. – Register.
Neuton Holstein, who has been seriously ill for the past five weeks with typhoid fever, is slowly improving.
The remains of Mrs. Morse, of Oberlin, were brought here for burial Saturday.
Will Wilson who has been suffering from a severe attack of appendicitis at his home on the ridge, was takdn [sic] to a Cleveland hospital Tuesday.
It is reported that Geo. Krapp, Sr., is a candidate for nomination for mayor. Mr. Krapp is well known. Other candidates have not yet been reported neither has the date of the Republican caucuses. The Democratic caucuses are announced elsewhere.
The Crosier Bros., who have been working at Columbus, are spending a few days at home.
Commodore Wakefield and sons accompanied by Mr. Copeland of Cleveland spent Sunday in town.
M.J. Trinter went to a hospital in Cleveland Wednesday to have an operation performed for the removal of a tumor.
C.F. Martin, a brother of Chas. Martin of Vermilion, while at work on a house at No. 364 Kinsman street, Cleveland last Thursday fell from a scaffold and broke both legs. He fell a distance of twenty feet.
President Coen and Manager Quigley, of the Vermilion Telephone Co., were in Cleveland Tuesday in attendance at the district meeting of The Ohio Independent Telephone Association. Erie County is in the First District composed of nine counties of Northeastern Ohio.
A joint debate, Socialism vs. Prohibition. Emil H. Anderson, Prohibition candidate for State Senator against Geo. E. Censirt, Socialist candidate for Senator, will take place at the Town Hall, Sunday evening, Oct. 15. Ladies as well as gentlemen invited. No admission.
Mr. Horton is reported very ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Franc Parsons.
Geo. Harris has resumed his position at the Lake Shore depot and Mr. Lohr is taking a rest.
Next Saturday is school day at Foster’s Boathouse. This is an annual event, Mr. Foster giving the use of the boats for the school children of Vermilion.
Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Price are rejoicing over the arrival of twin babies, Charles Kenneth and Florence Emma on Oct. 1, ’05. Mr. Price is the general manager of the well-known Norwalk Piano Co.
Mrs. Ruth McConnell left this morning for Granville, O. where she will enter the Methodist Home. Advancing years and failing eyesight makes this move almost imperative. Rev. Rupert will accompanied [sic] her.
The east gate on the north side of the L.S. Ry. crossing on Grand street presented a dilapidated appearance this morning as a result of an engine backing into it last night. It took a wrecking crew nearly all night to replace the engine and tender.
New block signals have been placed on each side of the L.S. & M.S. Ry. tracks this week the towers of iron are much higher than the old ones, which have been removed.
Elyria has a population of 14,000 according to the new city directory.
Twenty-two employees, thirty-one trespassers and four travelers on the public highway were killed on the railroads of Ohio during September.
According to an opinion handed down by the circuit court at Akron this week any Board of Education in Ohio has a right to order the vaccination of pupils or prevent those not vaccinated rom attending schools.
$500,000 is what it is estimated that the Twentieth Century limited wreck at Mentor will cost the L.S. Ry. Co. The company is trying to settle with the estates of all the victims. Five have already accepted $8,000 each.
A strange and pathetic case has been brought to the attention of the Erie county Humane Society recently. It is that of William Arter, the 13 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arter of Sandusky. The child has a peculiar nervous affliction. He is unable to stand without constantly jerking his head, body or arms and utters a barking sound. His parents claim he is afflicted with epilepsy caused from inflammatory rheumatism and has been so about seven years. It is not known what institution the boy can be sent to as he is neither feeble minded nor insane.
[VV Ed. Note: I’m not a doctor, but this boy’s condition appears to be that which we now call “Tourette’s Syndrome”. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a condition that causes a person to make repeated, quick movements or sounds that they cannot control. These movements or sounds are called tics. There is no cure and no medication that works universally for all individuals without significant adverse effects. The condition was, obviously, very rare in the area back in 1905.]
Hmmmmmm....
1919: I often feel very privileged because I get to see so many pictures of people and places of Vermilion's yesteryear on a relatively regular basis. The downside (if there actually be any) to this process is that not all the photographs come with captions. What vexes me the most are the pictures of people without names. Places I can often identify. But people - that's another matter. And guessing (I have found) names is not a real good idea.
When the accompanying photo was loaned to me by Vermilion residents, Warren and Anita Mehnert, no one had a clue as to the identity of the boys in it. It was obvious that this was the VHS boys basketball team of 1919, and that it was a Rembrandt Studio picture taken by early Vermilion photographer L. R. Moc. But that was all that was obvious.
In the case of pictures like this positive identification resources tend to be very limited. First person recognition is almost an impossibility. So what to do?
I hope that it does not escape anyone but we have a great resource in our local library. There did I find a copy of the Hi-Times from the year 1919 with all the information I wanted on this photo and more. The Hi-Times was the predecessor of the VHS Log book. I'm not sure but it may have been printed by my grandfather, P. Roscoe, owner/publisher of The Vermilion News. He did that sort of thing.
One more difficulty with this particular picture was that it doesn't have captions (even in the book) with the pic ture. To identify the boys I had to go through the entire book in an effort to spot each one in a place where they are specifically pictured (i.e. with their respective class).
Team members pictured (top L. to R) are: (I could find no first name) Mayer; Don "Count" Lawless; Raymond "Dutch" Leidheiser; and Walter Kobs. Those pictured at the bottom (L. to R) are: Mark Harris; Carl "Cy" Englebry; and Decourcey "Crummie" Crum.
This ball team posted a 12-6 record for the 1918-19 season. It was the best record in the Erie County League (we now call them conferences). At that time folks understood this team to have "the finest record in the history of Vermilion High School". (Bear in mind that the sport had only been in existence for 18 years by this time.)
Vermilion's highest scoring game was against Castalia who they thrashed 52- 19. Their lowest scoring game was with Oak Harbor where they were over whelmed with a 11-9 defeat. That must have been a real squeaker. That is actually not such an exaggeration because it was a tournament game held at Tiffin.
For Crum, Englebry, Kobs, Lawless, and Leidheiser these were the final games of their high school careers. As seniors they would soon embark upon their individual life courses. I don't know what happened in the lives of each of these men. Of the group 1 only remember one person. That is Ray "Dutch" Leidheiser.
For whatever reason Mr. Leidheiser retained the nickname "Dutch" throughout his life. He and his wife owned and operated the Leidheiser Restaurant where the Admiral Debbie's Desserts is now located. They lived in the pretty brick house on the east side of Grand Street between South and Ohio streets. Dutch was the boss, the chef/cook, and an inimitable prankster.
Local resident Lucile (Hull) Clark, who worked in the eatery some years ago, recalled the day Dutch sent her on an errand to Lorain to get a Pie Stretcher. When she got to the supply company they immediately asked her if she knew "Dutch" Leidheiser.
Given this bit of information it is very plain to see that at least one member of this Sailor crew retained a sporting spirit long after he set sail from the S(State) S(Street) High School so long ago. Wonderful!
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.
…lake vessels at Huron. In April, 1836, having determined to settle upon a farm, he made his first purchase of land, which consisted of one hundred acres of lot number thirty-eight in the third section of Norwich, but which he exchanged, before making settlement, for the farm on which he has since resided. October 13, 183G, he was united in marriage to Jane S. Pancost, of Bronson, who died a few months after—May 15, 1837. He married for his second wife, April 6, 1843, Lucinda M. Hildreth, the oldest of nine children of Benjamin and Susan (Colegrove) Hildreth, and who was born in Tompkins county. New York, August 31, 1816. The family removed to Fairfield township, Huron county, in the year 1833, where the father died September 30, 1853. Mrs. Hildreth died in Franklin, Tennessee, March 10, 1855.
They were for many years members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one son of their seven surviving children, Rev. T. F. Hildreth, is a distinguished minister of the church, now resident of Jackson, Michigan. To Mr. and Mrs. Hester were born five children—one son and four daughters, as follows: Charles T., born April 17, 1813, of whom a biographical sketch is elsewhere given; Eliza W., born March 31, 1846, married January 16, 1873, S. R. McConnell, and now resides at Burlington, Iowa; Susan H., born October 37, 1847, died November 5, 1853; Julia, born August 15, 1851, married William Dougherty of Mansfield, October 6, 1869, and at present resides at Newark, Ohio; Hattie R., born October 10, 1856, resides with her parents. Mr. Hester united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1835, and since his settlement in Norwich he has continuously filled some office in the church. His parents were members of the same society for many years and until their death, and all their children, children-in-law and some of their grandchildren are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Hester is a man of thought, settled convictions and progressive ideas. He has given each of his children a liberal education, one of whom, Mrs. McConnell, graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, ladies' department, in the summer of 1866. The writer of this sketch was well acquainted with this lady during her school days. She was an exceptionally bright and attractive young lady, and one of the aptest scholars he ever knew. Much superior was she, in this regard, to her classmates of her own sex, for at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, where, previous to her graduation at Delaware, she was for several years a student, the classes were represented by both sexes. She excelled, especially in mathematics, and in scholarship usually outranked the best minds among her gentlemen friends and classmates.
Mr. Hester, in having thus been a liberal patron of a higher education, gives' proof, not only of his appreciation of the advantages which a careful and systematic training has for the mind, but also of the loving generosity toward his family which has ever characterized him. And in all this he is most heartily joined by Mrs. Hester.
Mr. and Mrs. Hester, in their declining years, are enjoying the quiet happiness which should come to those who have ever lived at peace with men and in the fear and favor of God. They continue to reside in the comfortable farm dwelling in Norwich, a view of which may elsewhere be seen, and which Mr. H. erected with his own hands—dug the cellar, drew the stone, and assisted in laying the foundation walls, hewed and hauled the timbers, planed, mortised and fitted the doors and windows, helped to erect the frame and lay the roof. Their daughter, Hattie, an interesting young lady, resides with her parents — their only child and companion. May a ripe old age be attained unto by each of them.
The subject of the following sketch is the only one of the pioneers of Norwich township now living. He was born December 8, 1808, in Westford, Chittenden county, Vermont, and is the third of a family of five, the issue of Wilder and Roxanna Woodruff Lawrence, (for further data of whom, see Norwich history). He was eight years of age when he came with his parents to live in their wildwoods home. His education was derived, principally, in the little log school house, in what is now district number eight, of Norwich township.
His life has been that which usually falls to the lot of a pioneer, one of hardship and labor. He has chopped, alone, one hundred and twenty-five acres of heavy timber, and assisted in logging some six hundred acres more. The farm in lot thirty-three, in the second section, Avhich he now occupies, is the same his father began improvements on in 1819, and is in a profitable state of cultivation.
Mr. Lawrence was married, October 15, 1843, to Clarinda, daughter of Rouse and Mary Barney Bly. She was a native of Springfield, Richland county, Ohio. The children of this marriage are two—Willis T., who was born July 11, 1844; he married Francis Richards. Mary M., who was born October 5, 1847; she married Edgar Richards. Both children reside in Norwich, but a short distance from the old homestead.
Mrs. Lawrence, some eleven years since, united with the Congregational Church in Greenfield township, and continues to the present a consistent and worthy christian. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, and also their children and wives, are members of Live Oak Grange, No. 747, P. of H. Politically Mr. Lawrence is an old time Jackson Democrat. He has seen what few can boast of, a dense and howling wilderness gradually disappear and be made to “blossom as the rose.”
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 - Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
HURON FOOTBALL: I may have mentioned that while going through boxes and boxes of material stored in the attic of the museum that I found roughly 1000 antique postcards. Of them probably only a 100 or so are local picture cards. For about the first quarter of the 20th century cards such as the one (above) of the Huron football team were popular items. The problem with items like this is that none of the persons pictured is identified – nor is the year the shadows were captured. I would estimate, however, from their attire – their equipment – that this photo was taken about the same year that the one of Vermilion’s basketball team was taken – c. 1919.
Perhaps someone from the Huron area may recognize a face or two and lend us a hand in acquiring more information about the pic.
How many people does it take to change a light bulb?
CHARISMATIC: Only 1 Hands are already in the air.
PENTECOSTAL: 10: One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness.
PRESBYTERIANS: None Lights will go on and off at predestined times.
ROMAN CATHOLIC: None Candles only.
BAPTISTS: At least 15. One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad and fried chicken
EPISCOPALIANS: 3 One to call the electrician, one to mix the drinks and one to talk about how much better the old one was.
MORMONS: 5 One man to change the bulb, and four wives to tell him how to do it.
UNITARIANS: We choose not to make a statement either in favor of or against the need for a light bulb. However, if in your own journey you have found that light....blah, blah, blah
METHODISTS: Undetermined Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely out, you are loved. You can be a light bulb, turnip bulb, or tulip bulb. Bring a bulb of your choice to the Sunday lighting service and a covered dish to pass.
NAZARENE: 6 One woman to replace the bulb while five men review church lighting policy.
LUTHERANS: None Lutherans don't believe in change.
AMISH: What's a light bulb?
RASTAFARIANS: You got a light, man ?
GOD: Let there be light.
THIS SECTION WILL CHANGE SOON: I doubt that I will return podcasts to "VV". It's easier to do those things on YouTube. But I want to continue to promote the following:
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.
Another great book with Vermilion Roots is, "Grandmas’ Favorites: A Compilation of Recipes from Margaret Sanders Buell" by Amy O’Neal, Elizabeth Thompson and Meg Walter (May 2, 2012). This book very literally will provide one with the flavor of old Vermilion. And ye can also find it at Amazon.com. Take a look.
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.11, Issue 27 September 14, 2013
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