Bad News and the Last Garage
SHOPTALK: On the shoptop this week is a sad note. It is the telegram Vermilion’s Bond family received on December 18, 1944 telling them their son Bill was killed in action in France.
The telegram was given to the museum by local resident Katy Baker Reutener. Kate was Bill’s niece. The museum also has all the letters he wrote home in 1944. And while none are earth-shattering they portray a young man with young man’s hopes and dreams looking forward to the end of the war.
This telegram is not on display at the museum as of yet. It is still in storage. However, when exhibits change it will likely have a place of honor.
On my home desktop this week I continue with my backdoor photo study. This week it’s the former ambulance garage and the Moes Marine workshop (on Grand Street).
As many folks know the ambulance garage was razed a year or so back. Today it’s another little Vermilion pocket park complimenting the library next door. Moes shop still exists.
I started the “backdoor” study in 2010. I believe I’ll follow up on it with some other places when it gets warmer.
AT WORK: It’s kinda a “down time” at the museum right now. We’ve had very few visitors. Consequently I’ve been catching up on some digital photo repair work for a friend.
The pix were damaged in a flood. Most are still in their frames – and to remove them would mean their complete ruin. Ergo, I scanned them in their frames and went to work.
This is labor-intensive work. Each pic requires three or more hours of attention. That translates to about $40 to $50 a picture. Fortunately, I don’t mind doing it.
I’m also continuing to work on the museum darkroom. I’m anxious to get things together so I can do further work with film and glass negatives. I really don’t know a much about the processes– but I’ll learn. I have a good friend who knows how to organize and work in a darkroom.
I don’t generally regret much in my life. (There are some things that just can’t be changed.) But the one thing I do regret is that I didn’t start doing any of these things sooner. That’s because, at best (the way I figure it), I’ve only got a decade or so left to accomplish all that I want to accomplish. (If I didn’t have to sleep it would help.)
But to wax philosophical, I suppose many persons find themselves in similar situations – or will.
C’est la vie (with a little help from my friends).
MUSUEM SCHEDULE: Beginning now the museum will be open six days a week from 11 AM to 3 PM. We will be closed on Sundays and Holidays. We are located at 727 Grand Street in Vermilion across the street from Vermilion's historic E&R Church. The museum is open Monday thru Saturday from 11 AM to 3 PM. A small admission donation of $3 (for adults) is requested. Children accompanied with an adult will be admitted free. For Special Tours call: 440-967-4555.
We are closed on Sundays and holidays.
Private tours during those hours and during the evening can be arranged by calling the museum, or stopping in to see us.
FIVE-OH-ONE-CEE-THREE: The museum is a 501(c)(3) organization. Consequently, all donations and memberships for the museum are tax deductible. This is retroactive to November of 2011.
Memberships for the VERMILION NEWS PRINT SHOP MUSEUM are always 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 44089440.967.4555.
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Historically,
SOME TIMES: I took this photograph of my wife months – perhaps even a year – ago. It is accomplished in color and gray.
Every now and then one comes across a scene that seems like it might made a great picture. And every one in a while if you are fortunate enough – you have a camera close by. This was one of those times.
VOICES OF XMAS PAST 3 - REVEREND A.C. PRETZER: During the mid-19th century political turmoil in parts of Germany became the catalyst for peoples to migrate to the United States of America. Of the thousands of families that left their "Fatherland" some 100 of them chose to settle in Vermilion, Ohio. More than a few of their names are still familiar to local citizens: Abel, Fischer, Gegenheimer, Griesel, Hahn, Neiding, and Schmidt (to name only a few).
By both nature and habit, they were a religious lot accustomed to having a church home where they could attend services and prayer meetings on a regular basis. In Autumn of 1852 they organized a church organization. Early the following year church officers purchased two lots on Grand Street for $75 and on May 2 construction was begun. By late November of the same year the congregation assembled for services in the new church. However; formal dedication ceremonies weren't held until December 31,-1854. Total construction costs were $724.
Less than 20 years later that church became too small for the growing congregation so it was sold at auction and moved down by the river. The new church, which forms the nucleus of the existing Evangelical and Reformed Church on the corner of Grand and Ohio streets, was formally dedicated in February of 1896. By this time a young minister named Albert C. Pretzer had already been in the service of the congregation for six years.
During Reverend Pretzer's pastorate. (1890-1901 and 1909-1919) he saw many building improvements. New doors which would swing outward were installed; the church was wired for electricity; a new furnace was installed to replace two wood stoves located at the back of the sanctuary; the building was raised, moved back room the street, and placed atop a new basement that had been dug during the moving process. Rev. Pretzer had (at that time) been in service of the church longer than any of his predecessors.
And it was during his tenure as pastor of this congregation that he reflected upon his childhood, and what his parents had taught him and his four siblings about the meaning of Christmas.
Both Pretzer's parents were born in Germany. So as previously stated about the religious natures of Vermilion's German settlers his early home environment was very similar. His family considered Christmas to be "the most joyous event of the whole year." And "waiting for its annual recurrence seemed like passing through a small eternity."
Every Christmas the Reverend's parents would have each child choose a passage in the old German Hymn book they had carried from their homeland describing the Nativity of the Christ Child and commit it to memory. And then, on the Eve of Christmas, each child would be expected to recite that passage in the candlelight of the tree in their home without stammering. Later they would repeat their performance(s) at the festival in their church.
And it was also from his parents that he learned the symbolic meaning of the tree. "Its evergreen was to represent the never changing love, grace, mercy, and power of Christ. The candle lights represented Him as being the light of the whole world. The exchanging of gifts referred to Christ as· being the unspeakable gift of a Father to a lost world."
Although he considered his family's way of celebrating the event to be rather "simple," it undoubtedly "had a good and lasting effect" upon his character. Persons familiar with the face of the old church on Grand Street may now better understand just how such character influenced the lives and history of the people who lived (and still live) in Vermilion.
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. X – NO.33 – January 24,1907
A dispatch from Washington states that the River and Harbor bill will be reported to the House today. In this bill Vermilion is scheduled for $15,000 cash for improvements; Sandusky $125,000; Huron $16,000; Lorain $30,00; Port Clinton $3,000. This is good news for every Vermilionite – Here’s hoping we get it.
Very few people know that Vermilion can boast of a band when the “Roses Bloom Again” and perhaps have band concerts. The band was organized some time ago and practice has been going on. Eugene A. Ackley, the well-known Sandusky musician has been secured as instructor and we believe the band can be congratulated in this.
The following are the members as they stand at present: A.P. Becker, President, John L. Sherod, V. Pres., A.J. Giddings, Sec., F.M. Krapp, Treas., Harry Steers, A. Copeland, Geo. L. Krapp, A.E. Beeckel, Albert Hart, A. Buell, Albert Leidheiser, Lewis Blattner, Seth Faulhaber, E. McVeen. – Martinek, Ed Law, Will Krapp.
It will be noticed that some of the above named gentlemen were members of the old Vermilion band and others members of the band last year. We hope they will succeed as we need a good band in Vermilion and the citizens should join hands in aiding in keeping the organization up.
An effort has been made by the merchants of Vermilion to have free delivery of express. So far their endeavors have met with failure as the companies claim that at present business will not warrant it. While we have one of the best delivery service of any town around, if the same was paid for by the Express companies, our businessmen would greatly appreciate it. Keep the thing and we may have free delivery.
[VV. Ed. Note: I’m not sure I completely understand this article. It’s very ambiguous. For one thing – why would any delivery company give the businesses free deliveries? Could this refer to the U.S. Post Office? If so, it would make more sense (at least to me).]
When the fishing season opens thee will be a new firm in the business in Vermilion. A short time ago, H.B. Kishman sold his interest in the firm of Driscoll and Kishman and joined his brother, E.W. Kishman in the fishing business the new company being known as Kishman Fish Co.; the new company has leased property and preparations are being made for fishing season. We understand that the tug Driscoll will be fished by them, having become their property.
Both gentlemen are well known in the fish trade.
The old firm will probably be known as the Driscoll Fish Co.
[VV. Ed. Note: This is a very interesting development – historically. Until now I was unaware of the fact that H.B. Kishman had been in a partnership with Driscoll. So put this in your history record book.]
The new two-story building erected by E.H. Nicholl is about completed.
N.D. Irish has a cherry tree, which is bearing fruit, the first seen in this village and a big crop with a large income is expected.
FOUND – A fur on Brewery Hill on Jan 5,07. The owner may pay for this ad and in identifying same by called on Will Schrader.
The committee on buying a piano for the Opera House have the congratulations of everyone for the splendid instrument they selected.
Dr. Rodgers, who purchased the two Belgian hares of Allison Nicholls, found that one of the hares is an Angora cat with its tail cut off. However, the cat is worth more than the hare.
Quarrymen’s plug running between the quarries and here was late Saturday night made up time on the long stretch through the woods and easily made a mile a minute. Many of the less experienced riders had their hair on ends. Bill Klauss was the most excited passenger on the train and nearly fainted; about ten buckets of water was necessary.
The Board of Education are taking options on property for the erection of another school building, as follows: one in the neighborhood of the Elyria electric light plant on Elyria St., the Old Aiekn [sic] property on the corner of Cleveland and East Sts. A site on the east side of East St. just north of the residence of J.E. Plato and others are in view.
Ed McGuire is seriously ill.
John Filker is seriously ill.
Bill Barber is on the sick list.
Ansel Young a pioneer resident is quite ill at his home.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gawn is improving.
A.G. Nicholl is convalescing after a severe illness of six weeks.
The school at Kendeigh corner is closed owing to the death of the aunt of Miss Bessie Clark, teacher.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Smyth passed away Tuesday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at St. Joseph’s church.
C.G. Ashenbach, the well-known merchant, will occupy the entire building. This is the neatest and most up-to-date store in the village.
The Employees of the Ohio Quarry who quit during the strike are returned to their old positions, sadly disappointed without a raise as expected.
On account of the railroad camps moving out of town, and the building has ceased, the village has endeavored to cut the police force down leaving but one Marshall in our village.
The Amherst Mfg. Co., which was shut down for a week opened its doors Tuesday with the purpose of manufacturing heaters, ranges and automobiles. Watch us spin for Amherst will soon be noted for having more automobiles than any village its size.
The bird show that was here the latter part of the week was unsuccessful.
Sam Town is seriously ill at East Quarry with typhoid fever. Dr. Skeets is the physician.
Dr. Hall was called to the Munger residence where he found Mrs. H.A. in a serious condition.
Miss Anna Gerlach fainted in the high school room Monday. Dr. Foster the attending physician.
Another break in the bridge over the open ditch on North Main St. Friday night resulted in the forming of a dam. The rains in the night had caused an immense amount of water to flow down the ditch, which spread over the lowland property along the banks of the little stream.
Cellars on Church St. were filled to the depth of four feet. Chickens were drowned, canned goods spoiled, potatoes ruined, popcorn and field corns are useless. A damage suit headed by H.J. Sippel, Geo. And Frank Kellar, Chas Miller, J.H. Fredrick and Susieana [sic] Brown will take place soon. Geo. Kellar is the heaviest loser. The damage is though to reach at least $500.
A lake of water fully 140 feet wide and 25 feet deep was formed.
Floyd E. Hull and Edith Poyer are on the sick list this week.
Miss Verda Smith is on the sick list.
Coonrad [sic] Nuhn has recently purchased a new Phonograph.
Mr. Clarence Denman will soon move his household goods into the house belonging to Mrs. Millie Driver, and Ray Gibson will move into the little house belonging to B. N. Goodsell.
Ethel Smith is on the sick list.
Mr. Wm. Frank is making quite a change in his tore, which will be a great improvement, as he needs more room with his increasing business.
Mr. Shoff of this place passed away last evening about 10 o’clock. He will be greatly missed.
Mr. George Gerber and wife have gone to keeping house upstairs in Dr. Boss’ residence.
Mrs. Elmer Henry was called to Clarksfield to attend her mother who is very ill last week.
Mrs. Thompson went to Napoleon Tuesday to attend the funeral of her brother, George Morse.
Agnes A. Pelton was born in Vermilion, April 21, 1865, married to Charles H. McGraw June 21, 1886; died Jan. 17, 1907. The deceased was spoken of by all who knew her as a “good woman”, a “good neighbor, a “true friend”. She leaves a husband, a daughter, May Franklin McGraw, a mother, two sisters and five brothers together with many friends to mourn their loss.
The funeral services were conducted from the home, Monday, 1 P.M. by Rev. J.W.H. Brown.
[VV. Ed. Note: Mrs. McGraw’s daughter, May, was my piano teacher back in the 1950s. She lived in the house currently (2014) known as “Old Jib’s” on the southeast corner of Liberty and Perry streets in Vermilion. I must admit that I was a terrible music student. My older sisters, however, were very good musicians.]
John Feiszli of Axtel has purchased a two-horse-power International Gasolene [sic] engine.
[VV. Ed. Note: Mr. Feiszli’s grandchildren, Leslie Ennis, Tom Roberts and Glenn Feiszli are still about town.
B.L. McQueen has purchased Jas. Hollis milk route and is running the wagon.
Geo. Harris, who has been confined to his home for some time is much improved in health and is reported to have been able to come downtown one day this week.
Mrs. A.C. Phillips of Minneapolis, Minn., arrived Sunday, called by the death of her niece Mrs. Chas. McGraw. She will remain for a month or so among relatives and friends.
FOR SALE – Good Busch and Gert Piano, Mahogany case good as new and used very little. Phone or address A.D. Baumhart, Rexall store – Vermilion, O.
Mr. Will LaVoo of Steubenville attended the funeral of Mrs. McGraw Monday.
Word comes from Huron that the Lake is swallowing up several acres of property along the waterfront.
Mrs. E.A. Boss, who was stricken with paralysis nearly three weeks ago, still lies in an unconscious condition. Miss Crozier is in attendance.
Vermilion will soon have quite a reputation for the building of gasoline launches. Several are no in process of construction in the old Duplex Heater building.
By building a 20X40 addition to his ice house H.H. Patton the “Ice Man” has increased the capacity over 300 tons. This will enable him to better care for the wants of his customers. The prospects of a fair harvest are good if the present cold wave continues.
Hmmmmmm....
THE OFFICE BRASS: For folks familiar with factories and factory work it should come as no surprise that the people who work in the office are both necessary and important (whether we are all inclined to want to think so or not). From there come the work orders and schedules. But more important than all that; from there come the pay checks. Thus, it always pays (no pun intended) to be kind to the office workers. And so it must have also been at the F.W. Wakefield Company.
This photograph furnished by local resident Dorothy (Wood) Hart was taken the same year as the group picture seen in the 4-14-04 edition of the Photojournal. This is also a Rudy Moc Studio portrait. All of the people in it were also in the larger group picture. Some I know/knew. Some I did not.
Starting at the back (left to right) and moving forward are: Albert F. Wakefield, Theodore Dunsmore Wakefield, and Robert Kane. Then Marion Reed, Evelyn (Burrows) French, Dorothy (Wood) Hart, and Thelma (Lyo..!1l Shellhouse. Seated in the foreground are Ada Smith, Edna (Maurer) Klaar, and Flora (Pelton) Hollister.
Al Wakefield was the President and General Manager of the company. Ted Wakefield was the Director and Sales Promotion Manager. Bob Kane was the company Treasurer. Flora Hollister was the Office Manager. I do not pretend to be either a business or industrial expert and/or analyst but I believe the years beginning from about 1935 and moving well into the 1960s were exceptionally prosperous ones for this company.
Albert Wakefield stood at the helm of the lighting firm from 1934 to 1960. In 1916 the concern merged with Abravises Inc. of Detroit 1: name of The Wakefield Corporation. He retired as board chairman in 1964, but remained on as a director and was a member of the executive committee. He died in August of 1969 at the age of 73. Ted took over as president and board chairman of the company as it evolved into the ITT Wakefield Corporation in Vermilion, Detroit, Ravenna, Tiffin, and London, Ontario retiring from those duties in 1966. He had reached his 80th year when he passed away on October 27th,1992.
Flora (Pelton) Hollister worked for the firm for 36 years retiring in 1952. Her first husband Charles Stumpp died in 1924, and her second husband, Jay Hollister, died in 1952. Mrs. Hollister died in 1985 at the ripe young age of 90 years.
Mrs. Hollister was a cousin to May (McGraw-Martin) Fletcher. At one time Mary owned the house now referred to as "Old Jib's" on the corner of Liberty and Perry streets. The McGraw and Pelton names may be recognized by those familiar with the old Pelton McGraw General Store that once sat on the corner of Main and Liberty streets where the city offices are now located.
Evelyn (Burrows) French was a sister¬-in-law to Mary Smith, and aunt to Warren Mehnert Jeanie Miller all current Vermilionites. She and her husband Dudley owned the family farm on Jerusalem Road just east of the Sunnyside Road Route 2 interchange. Evelyn was 92 when she passed away in October of last year.
The stories that belong to all the folks in this picture are both delightful and extensive. So extensive they cannot be told in one writing. But there is one last anecdote here about one of them.
Dorothy Hart who so kindly lent me the use of this photo had her husband, Albert "Jim" Hart deliver it to me while I was working in the kitchen of the Congregational Church. As he handed it to me he chuckled saying something like, "When I looked at it I couldn't believe it. Dorothy (in the picture) looks exactly like our daughter. The resemblance is uncanny.
I must, herein, disagree. It is the daughter who bears an uncanny resemblance to Dorothy. Or such was the case on February 22, 1940 in the Vermilion offices of Wakefield's Brass.
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.
…township; Alvah J., Morris, Betsey (wife of Captain Kelley, of Milan), Polly (Mrs. Green, now of Townsend), Gideon, Amos and Hannah.
Aaron Benschoter and wife came from Neversink, New York, in 1816, with their family; William, Daniel, and a daughter who married Oliver Peak. They were middle-aged when they came, and lived to advanced age. William purchased lot twenty-seven, range four, when both he and his wife died, in 1833. Their daughter, Esther, married Joel Fox, and is the only member of the family remaining in the township. Oliver, Alanson and Betsey D., moved to the West. Daniel purchased lot twelve, range eight, and soon after, losing his wife, married Rebecca, daughter of Hezekiah Smith. They had six children: Gardner, Leander, Sheffield, Hoffman, Cordelia and Eliza. Gardner and Hoffman, only, reside in the township, the latter remaining on the old homestead. Mrs. Benschoter died in 1877.
In 1816, Baswell Wood and James Kellogg came from Tolland, Connecticut. James Kellogg settled on lot seven, range one. He had three children: James, Arlica (Mrs. Keeler), Lydia (Mrs. John Anderson). He died in 1821, his wife, Nancy Wood, several years later. Baswell Wood settled on lot eight, range third, where he resided until his death, in 1851, at the age of eighty-one. He had six children: Andrew, Nancy, Sally (Mrs. Nehemiah Smith), Margaret and Baswell. Mrs. Wood and her youngest child died in 1818. Andrew Wood resided in the township until his death, in 1874 at the age of sixty-eight.
Jared Hine came in 1816 from Litchfield, Connecticut, and purchased lot eleven, range eight, which he made his permanent home. In 1815 he married Betsey Miner, of his native town, and the next year moved to the far-off wilderness of Ohio. His land was first settled by Fitzgerald, who sold to Anson Fox, who sold to Hubbard, from whom it was purchased by Mr. Hine. These owners had each made some improvements. Yet the country was then wild enough, and the first night the young couple stayed in their new home they were disturbed by a prowling bear. One night, hearing a scream in the forest, Mrs. Hine, thinking it was her brother was lost, went to the door and blew a horn. Every time she stopped the scream answered nearer, until Mr. Hine, whom she had awakened, thinking it no human voice, told her that she had better come in. It was a panther; and, although they were secure, the night was passed anything but pleasantly. Mr. Hine was an energetic man and upright citizen, and held the office of justice of the peace for fifteen years. He was the third chosen to that office. He died in 1841:, at the age of fifty-six. They had but one child, Henry W., who still resides on the old homestead. In 1817 Jared was joined by his brothers Sheldon, Nathaniel and Charles, and, the next year, Sheldon returned to Connecticut and married Sally Osborne, returning with his brother Amos.
The journey from Connecticut in those days was a greater undertaking than a voyage to Japan would be at present, and consumed almost as much time. They were forty days on the road, driving ox teams. When Sheldon arrived with his bride he found the log house he had left, with all the stores for the coming year, had been burned. This, united with ague by which he was prostrated, was enough to discourage any ordinary man, but these pioneers were heroic in their endurance, and by sheer pluck and perseverance conquered the wilderness.
Sheldon Hine purchased lot eight, range eight, of Joshua Poyer, and resided there until his death in 1854, at the early age of forty-six. He suffered from malarial disease of the new country, and his untiring industry exposed him recklessly to all kinds of weather. He built a sawmill on the Old Woman creek, where he worked night and day, and also a cider mill. The sawmill was not only a great accommodation to the people but of profit to him. He soon became possessed of large tracts of land in various parts of the township. Mrs. Hine still survives, enjoying a green old age. She had seven children: Lucius A., who devoted his life to reform: Horatio S.; Daniel N.; Theodore B., now in Toledo, but still owning the old homestead; Leman G., now practicing law in Washington, D. C; Julia (Mrs. S. T. Burnham), now living in Saginaw; Laura F. (Mrs. Powers), now living in Kansas.
Amos Hines purchased lot nine, range eight, where he lived until his death in 1854, at the age of sixty-four years. He built a saw mill on the Old Woman creek, which was a great convenience to the people. Before leaving Connecticut he married Polly Allen. They had three children: Lorenzo, Allen, and Mary (Mrs. Simms), who only survives. Mrs. Hine still resides in the old homestead, which she keeps in excellent repair. It is an old fashioned Connecticut farm house, the first brick house erected in the township except Judge Meeker's, on the lake shore, which was built first, but before that section became a part of Berlin.
Nathaniel Hine staid only for a short time in Berlin, removing to Florence where he was drowned in 1826, leaving a wife and three children.
Charles Hine purchased lot eight, range eleven, the farm now owned by L. S. Chapin. He was twice married, but was childless. He died in 1855, aged fifty-six years. His second wife, a few years since, married Mr. George Butler, of Milan.
Oliver Peak was born in Starksburg, Vermont, in 1797, and came to Berlin in 1817. He had previously married Mary Benschoter, daughter of Aaron Benschoter. He purchased lot eighteen, section four, which he always retained. They had five children: Daniel, George, Mary J. (Mrs. George Douglas, now of Toledo), and Amy. George is the only one now residing in the township, being one of the most influential and enterprising farmers.
Oliver Peak came into the wilderness with little…
NOT JUST ANOTHER LINOTYPE PIC: I was experimentin’ - trying to develop a glass negative on Thursday of this week and the result is the above pic.
Digital scanning just couldn’t produce a legible reproduction – and I was frustrated because I could see the pic better with the naked eye. Ergo, the image was on the plate; I just couldn’t produce a good picture from it.
Finally I placed the plate on a light table; cropped it with some card stock; and took a photograph of it with a digital camera. I then loaded the digital-negative into the computer and using Photoshop software produced this pic.
This is, to my knowledge, the first photograph of the linotype type setting machine at The Vermilion News Print Shop. It was probably captured around 1916-17.
Unfortunately, The photo’s not good enough to let us know the identity of the machine operator. Yet the photo is, historically, very significant because it gives us some idea of the floor plan of the print shop prior to additional equipment being added.
It’s really a very exciting development. (Pun very much intended.)
A couple of hours into a visit with my mother, she noticed I hadn't once lit up a cigarette. "Are you trying to kick the habit?" she asked.
"No," I replied. "I have a cold, and I don't smoke when I'm not feeling well."
"You know," she observed, "you'd probably live longer if you were sick more often."
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'".
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.
MARY WAKEFIELD BUXTON’S LATEST BOOK “The Private War of William Styron” is available in paper back for $15.00 with tax and can be purchased locally at Buxton and Buxton Law Office in Urbanna, ordered from any book store, Amazon.com or Brandylane Publishing Company. A signed, hard back edition may be purchased from Mrs. Buxton directly for $30.00 by writing her at Box 488, Urbanna, VA 23175 and including $6.00 for tax, postage and packaging.
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