CURRENTLY: For several years I’ve wanted to get a microfilm reader. They’re available - new and used. However; the price is astronomical (at least for me) and the size of most of the readers that I looked at was substantial. Accordingly I wrote the idea off as wishful thinking.
But - wouldn’t you know - about a week ago I was thinking (again) how helpful it’d be in research to have such a reader. And - wouldn’t you know - that it crossed my little mind to wonder if someone made a portable reader (?). And as fate would have it - not only are portable readers available - but I found a company in Ohio who sells them.
As a consequence I contacted the company and purchased one. It’s not large. It sits next to me and my computer. It’s not sophisticated. I can’t see - for instance - an entire newspaper page on the screen. There are no motorised / automatic parts. But it does the job.
If I want to copy something from the film I use my MacSpeech Dictate software; read the text to a word processing app. where it is typed; and - presto - I have the information on my computer.
The photo (above) is the actual reader with a microfilm pic on the screen. I purchased Roll #1 of the film of The Vermilion News (June 24, 1897 - November 6, 1902) over a year ago from Bowling Green State University. BG is the custodian of the original files and owns the master copies of all the old News issues (i.e. the ones that were available when they acquired them). Each reel costs about $50.00. As best I can recall I once priced out the entire collection and it ran to about $1500.00. In time I intend to own them all. And when I’m gone they’ll go to the Vermilion Area Archival Society.
The Ritter Library has a complete collection - as well as a collection of the Vermilion Photojournal - on microfilm. That’s nice. But I don’t always have a specific time when I can get to the library to see them. And sometimes the reader is in use. So I’d prefer to have my own collection that I can use on demand.
I really, really, like to browse through these old newspaper issues. I love everything about them - including the advertisements. I do (of course) have an ulterior motive for wanting to have my own copy of these files. But I’ll save that revelation for another time.
Privily,
Vermilion Village Council 1958-59
VILLAGE COUNCIL: These gentlemen appear exactly as I remember them. In my mind this photo might have been taken just yesterday. Pictured are:
Seated L-R: Harold Smith, Mayor Fred Fischer, and Gorden MacCauley.
Standing L-R: Nelson Parsons, Fred Friday, Joe Ryan, and Charles Baumhart.
This is one of three photographs provided me by Vermilionite Larry Jeffery a few weeks ago - and it's a treasure. While I didn't know all the men in the photo well all their faces - as I have noted - are familiar.
Joe Ryan eventually became Vermilion Municipal Judge - and held that position until shortly before his death. Charlie Baumhart became Mayor. He may have been elected to that position when Fred Fischer decided not to run again. Mr. Fischer very likely could have held that position forever had he opted to do so. He was a very good person with a very level head on his shoulders.
If I'm not mistaken Charles Baumhart was the very last Village mayor. For when the next mayor (Louis Rauh) was elected Vermilion became a city. These were the fellows who helped make that transition possible.
What a great pic!
WEST END OF THE BALLROOM
PAINTING THE TOWN: As previously mentioned this is a preview piece for a new webpage that I am currently developing. Using a new software program in conjunction with Adobe's Photoshop CS4 I am able to take some already wonderful pix of Vermilion, O. and make them (at least in my view) more "wonderfuller"
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
This is (at least in my view) a very compelling photo-painting even if no further details about it are offered.
This is west end of the ballroom in the wonderful home of Nettie and Tom White on West Lake Road just east of Volunteer Bay. The Whites and their pretty daughter were the generous hosts of the June, 2006 meeting of the Vermilion Area Archival Society (VAAS). What a treat!
Most folks passing the very distinctive looking home are curious - and they have a right to be. Because it is a very unusual and beautiful place - and it should be. The Whites have put a great deal of energy, time, money, and an excepional amount of love into it.
Originally it was an ordinary 19th century farm house sitting on (I believe) 99 acres of good earth. Through the years and various owners additions were added - the most notable being that of the "great room" at the front of the structure (with the castle-like facades at each corner) which immediately catches the eye of even the most casual observer. (Note that the rounded part of the room to the left was often used by the owner as a place where he could play poker with the boys.
That owner was known in the area as "Big Al" - Rumsey. And the farm, under his ownership, came to be known as the Rumsey Park Farm whereupon were raised some grains, cattle, and fruit.
"Big Al" was, as his name implies, a man of unusual character. He like to box. He had a boxing ring in one of the barns on his home. And when a new acqaintance came to visit the routine was that that person had to box him before he became a friend.
"Big Al" also kept a couple of bears in a big cage near the lake. It was apparently a natural habitat for the animals. It is said that "just for fun" he would occasionally leash the animals and take them to town (Vermilion). Townsfolk would, likely, not have been as amused as he.
The following owner was "Pop" Haines/Hanes. "Pop" had acquired his wealth as an executive/share-holder in the Sherwin-Williams Paint Company in Cleveland. To keep his family close to him he built three brick homes across the street from the farm on the lake for them and their respective families."Pop" worked the farm with the help of his sons and grandchildren until old age and health made it too difficult.
Just to dispel any roomers pertaining to "bootlegging" whiskey via tunnel from the lake into the house here is the truth:
There was no tunnel. There was no tunnel "protected by the bears". The bears were simply an amusement for "Big Al". "Rum-running" would have probably come during "Pop's" ownership of the property. But it is unlikely that "Pop" had anything to do with it.
What seems to be true, however, is that booze did sometimes find its way to the south shore of Erie in the Volunteer Bay area. Nearby Sugar Creek was a very like place for bootleggers to drop their cargo incognito. And we know that because Dave Rathbun (one of "Pop's" grandkids) tells of his grandfather's being perplexed when a shipment would get quite literally "dropped" near the shore, and his workers would run off to the beach, gather in the booty, and consume it on the spot.
The White Family, as indicated, have placed an exceptional amount of energy, time, money, and love into this home. For after it was sold in the 1960's it was not properly, nor adequately, cared for. Although they'd only been in the home for about five years when this pic was taken their care and work is been nothing short of miraculous. A 2009 fire in the home could have been disastrous. But it was caught in time; repairs have been made; and the place is looking like "a million bucks" today.
From Rich Tarrant's "Painted Vermilion" -
Apr 21, 2010 7:28 PM.
Beautiful.
ANOTHER NEW THING: I have, as of late been "batting" my head in an attempt to find a story that someone sent me some time ago about a rather sensational occurance in the area of Vermilion O. I have looked high and low for the paper containing that information to no avail. Tis really a "macabre" story. But, in the meantime, perhaps some other ghastly things will suffice.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN COLUMBUS
(From The Vermilion News March 30, 1899)
Columbus, March 28. - Convict Oscar Hurley was detected yesterday at the penitentiary as the lay in wait for his former victim, Miss Daisy Sprague, whom he attempted to murder in September last. Hurley had been in solitary confinement and wore and ball and chain, but with the aid of a steel saw he removed his fetters and cut his way out of the cell. When discovered he was hiding on top of a safe in the office where Miss Sprague is employed as bookkeeper. He was armed with a stiletto made of half a pair of scissors. Hurley is serving a 12-year sentence for his former attempt upon the young lady’s life.
TORTURED BY ROBBERS
Dennison, March 31. -- Six masked burglars entered the house of Thomas Crocker, an aged man, and bound and gagged him and his wife. Mr. Crocker was tortured by having lighted matches put to his feet to compel him to reveal the hiding place of his money but refused. Mrs. Crocker was subjected to a barbarous indignities. The robber secured only $97.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Akron, April 1. --An Erie freight train dropped the body of an unknown man on the Market St., Bridge yesterday. The unfortunate man had been caught in some manner by the trucks near the Buchtel Avenue crossing and for half a mile between the two points had swept clean a path where the body had been dragged.
BURNT TO A CRISP.
Akron, April 4. -- John Caughey, 45, formerly a well-to-do citizen of Akron, but lately an outcast, was burned to death at Barberton yesterday. He was sleeping by the side of one of the kilns in the works of the National Sewer Pipe Co. when his clothing caught fire and he was burned to a crisp.
Hmmmmmm....
"...grandfather Pearl (pictured with my grandmother Elizabeth “Bessie”)..."
CALLER I.D. AND HISTORY:
My wife and I have a thing called “caller i.d.” on our telephone. It helps us separate the whey from the chaff of callers. (The “do not call” list is hardly foolproof.) In any case, I noted a call from someone named Dana Williams. Area code 207. Sales person or politician thought I - and I promptly ignored it.
A little while later I went to check my e-mail on my Mac G5 that does everything but make coffee and bake cookies, and found a communiqué from who else? Dana Williams. It read, in part:
“Hi Rich,I just phoned you and have been meaning to do so for months. I think I said I was your fifth cousin but in checking again it's fourth!
Several months ago I was online at ancestry.com and came across an inquiry for anyone related to John Forster and Sarah Berryhill Forster. Since my grandmother was a genealogist, I was familiar with those names so I responded. Turns out I connected with a fourth cousin - Beverly Wagner - who lives in Florida. Fourth cousins share the same great-great-great-great-grandparents. My grandmother (Helen Laura Clock Williams) and your grandfather (Pearl Roscoe) were cousins. I have it all charted out on paper which is much easier to visualize...”
She further explained that she grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, but currently lives in Portland, Maine. Ironically (or not) Portland was once my father’s (W.B. Tarrant) hometown.
She also told me that she’d prepared a binder of genealogical information information containing several letters to her grandmother from my mother, Ella G. Tarrant, and grandfather Pearl (pictured with my grandmother Elizabeth “Bessie”) that she would send me if I was interested. I was. And she did.
According to the records in the folder the first known Forster / Foster in America was one Thomas Foster. The name was apparently changed / corrupted through time to Forster. Thomas enlisted into “the service of his country” on July 5, 1775. He later married a Virginia girl who was a full cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke. Randolph was half Indian and a descendant of Pocahontas. This is probably factual, but not extremely rare. Some genealogists estimate that Pocahontas descendants probably number as many as 100,000 persons or more. Nonetheless; it’s interesting.
To fast forward this genealogical disquisition - Dana’s grandmother, Laura Clock Williams, and my grandfather were maternal first cousins. And back in 1944 Laura was very interested in tracing and preserving the history of the Forster Family. The binder I received contains her work and, as previously mentioned, several letters written by my grandfather and mother to her on the subject during those years.
By and large, all the details contained therein - aside of the Pocahontas thing - are likely of little interest to persons outside the immediate family. Thus is the very nature of family trees. But I have always wondered why my great-grandparents named my grandfather Pearl. Family names, I have found, are commonly passed down through generations. And in this tree there are Johns, Toms, Jims, Richards, and Bobs from 1700 on. But their ain’t a Pearl among them. At least not until my grandfather was born in 1869. Perhaps that “is” the answer.
Whatever the case, I was both pleased and surprised to hear from my fourth cousin even if we don’t really know one another. And who knows? I might even answer the telephone the next time someone I don’t know calls. It just might be a matter of history.
Ref: Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 10/15/09; Written 10/11/09 @10:40 AM.
YET ANOTHER NEW THING: This is but another idea I've stumbled on as I make my way through life each day. As an amateur photographer I don't do many people portraits. I don't know why. I just don't. But I thought it might be nice to do a few of them for "Views" each week - just because. Sometimes they will be my photographs and sometimes - like the one above - they'll be my interpretation of an existing pic. And when possible I will also add a few comments about the subject.
SAMUEL DARLEY
Actually this pic has appeared in a previous editon of "VV". I found it in a collection of pix given me by Emily Moc. Emily is married to Rudy Moc Jr. Rudy Moc Sr. was (as some folks know) a well known 19th and 20th century professional photographer in the Vermilion and Lorain, Ohio areas. All those photographs, by the way, are now part of the archives of the Vermilion Area Archival Society.
This particular image is actually a tintype image. And whilst I did not know the identity of the subject when I initially used it I found the image too powerful to ignore. So I published it. And it was a good thing too.
As it turns out a "Viewer" named Elaine Petroe saw it (in 2008) and emailed me to tell me in part:
"My grandmother Gertrude Filker's parents were Henry Filker and Eliza Lang. When Henry passed away Eliza married Werner Leidhauser (Leidheiser). Werner and Eliza had a daughter Augusta. Augusta married Phillip Darley son of Samuel. Augusta and my grandmother were half-sisters but as a child I always called her Aunt Augusta (technically she wasn't). So I was surprised to see the photo of Samuel..."
I've not really done a great deal of research about Mr. Darley (yet). But I have to tell ye that Elaine provided me with a number of other items (pix and information) that I have all intentions of using in future editions. But in the meantime I thought that this rendering of Samuel Darley is signficant enough by itself. There was a hard working man...
Nothing ever remains quite the same...
SOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW: The idea for this piece began as an idea for a coffee-table book of historical photographs of Vermilion, Ohio and, hopefully, it will (someday) be realized.
Originally the concept - as previously stated - was just a picture book. But after mentioning such a project in an issue of my weekly web page - Vermilion Views - a reader by the name of Scott Dommin suggested that it might be interesting if it featured photographs of how people, places, and / or things in the City of Vermilion, Ohio appear today along with photos showing how they appeared in the past. Ergo; the title "Now & Then".
"What a great idea." I told both myself and Scott.
[NOTE: This is going to take take some time.]
JIM NOLAN'S SALOON
James Nolan’s Saloon featured “Milwaukee Beer” and a “Hot Lunch” that would quench fires of a more corporeal and immediate nature for the hardworking men of Vermilion, O..
Nolan’s buvette, was sandwiched (pun intended) between the Schwensen Bakery to the south (right) and the outdoor dance floor and refreshment bar of the Lakehouse Hotel to the north (left). Currently (2009) it is an empty building housing the ghosts of the Strong Waters, Flashback, Brass Horn. Lemon Tree, and Eland’s / Lefties saloons. It has a comprehensive (again, pun intended) oral history.
When this image was frozen James F. Nolan and his wife Adel owned the place. James, born in Vermilion in February of 1860, was the oldest of six children born to Irish native William, and Canadian born Mary, Nolan. The elder Nolan was a sailor. And prior to purchasing the taproom, which took his name, the younger Nolan also spent some time on the lake.
Part of the facade, as well as an addtion enclosing the stairway to the upper floor was added sometime in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. As is obvious in the current pic the upper facade (for whatever reason) was intended to give the illusion that the upper story is larger than it actually is. The property - while currently looking for tenant - will probably never be occupied until it has a new owner.
"This township was named after the principle river
emptying into the lake through its territory..."
THE FIRE-LANDS: I found the following information re: the early inhabitants of our area to be extremely informative. Methinks you will also.
I am getting better at transcribing these passages so there are fewer mistakes. But I like to read as I go - and sometimes I fill in the blanks. So tread carefully this trail through yesteryear.
SETTLEMENT
FIRST EVENTS (continued)
The mails were carried on foot, first, by a Mr. Leach. The present postmaster is Henry Baxtine. The first orchard was planted in 1813, by Peter Cuddeback, on the farm afterwards occupied by his son, J. J. Cuddeback.
Captain William Austin opened the first public house, says Wm. H. Crane, at or near the mouth of the river. At present (1879) there is but one hotel in the township. This is the "Lake House," located in the village, W. I. Irish, proprietor. C. P. Judson put in the first stock of goods. His store was located in the village. At present the business houses are as follows: Lewis Wells, and Delker & Englebrecht, dry goods, etc.; Ed Kane and John King, groceries; Dr. F. C. McConnelly and others, drugs; a hardware, furniture, jewelry and several millinery stores, with a number of boot and shoe and blacksmith shops.
ORGANIZATION.
The first record of an election bears date April 6, 1818. It was held at the residence of Hon. Almon Ruggles, who was elected township clerk. Peter Cuddeback and James Prentiss were judges of the election, which resulted as follows: Francis Keyes, John Beardsley," and Rufus Judson, trustees; Peter Cuddeback, treasurer; Jeremiah Van Benschoter and Horatio Perry, overseers of the poor; Peter Cuddeback and Francis Keyes, fence viewers; Peter Cuddeback, lister and appraiser; Stephen Meeker, appraiser; George Sherrats, Francis Keyes, William Van Benschoter, and James Prentiss, supervisors.
Mr. Cuddeback seems to have carried off the honors of office on this occasion, probably with great opposition, as the emoluments were nothing and the public crib empty; in fact, it was soon after resolved that all township officers perform their duties free of expense to the township.
The township officers for 1879 are: John H. Farber, Jesse Ball, and S. A. Pelton, trustees; Otis H. Tilden, clerk; Franklin Pelton, treasurer; David Haber, assessor; Conrad Nuhm, L. W. Champney, and L. P. Walker, constables; Otis H. Tilden. M. J." Trinter, and Lemuel Goldsmith, justices of the peace; and eight supervisors.
CHURCHES.
The first religious meeting was held at the house of Captain William Austin in the spring of 1810, by the Rev. Joseph Badger, who was one of the earliest missionaries in northeastern Ohio, and identified with the churches during the first twenty-five years of settlement. The first church organized in the township was the Congregational, February 20, 1818. The first meeting house was built near the center of the township in the spring of 1838, and on the 33d day of May, the same year, the first pastor. Rev. Harvey Lyon, was installed. The first class of the Methodist Episcopal Church was formed in the fall of 1831. Members: John Myers and wife, Miss Zuba Jackson, and subsequently Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Julia Summers, wife of Hon. Benjamin Summers. John Myers was the leader of the class. Rev. Henry 0. Sheldon and Edward Thompson were the first ministers. There are at present, in addition to the above, four German churches, but of these we have no statistics.
SCHOOLS.
The first school house was built on the lake shore in the spring of 1814. Miss Susan Williams taught a term of school, the first in the township, the summer following the erection of the school house. Among her scholars were: J. J. Cuddeback, Jacob Sherarts and Joseph Brooks.
The village school district was made a special district at the March meeting of the board of education in 1851, and was reorganised in 1873, April 14th of which year it was decided to erect a school building. Work was begun as soon as practicable, and the building was completed in 1874. It is a substantial brick structure, and cost, with grounds and furniture, some eighteen thousand dollars. The school comprises three grades, primary, intermediate and grammar, and employs four teachers.
The present board of education is composed of the following: J. C. Gilchrist, president; Otis H. Tilden, clerk; H. G. Delker, treasurer: William McGraw and G. W. Lavoo, directors.
SOCIETIES.
Ely Lodge, No. 434. F. and A. Masons. The charter of this body was issued November 9, 1868. On September 7, 1870, the building was burned in which the lodge convened, and with it the charter, records, jewels and furniture. The present charter was issued October 22, 1870, and contains the following names: Dr. F. C. McConnelly, E. H. Anders, Thomas W. Green, Stephen Van Winkle, Homer Durand, R. Case, James Nicholl and Alfred Smith. The officers on charter were: E. H. Anders, W. M. ; Dr. F. C. McConnelly, S. W.; Thomas W. Green, J. W. The society has a present membership of thirty-five, and is in a prosperous condition. It meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The officers for 1879 are: Dr. F. C. McConnelly, W. M.; M. M. Pelton, S. W.; J. J. Patchet, J. W.; C. B. Summers, secretary; L. Body, treasurer; H. Sturdevant, S. D. ; B. Parsons, J. D.; William Bolams, tyler; W. S. Irish and Royal Harris, stewards. Dr. McConnelly was the founder of this lodge, and has occupied his present position the greater part of the time since its formation.
Koeing Lodge No. 543, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted November 35, 1873, with the following charter members: J. M. King, N. Fischer, V. Gerlach, Charles Leimbach, John Englebrecht, J. Krapp, A. Trinter, Charles Nagle, M. Herman, C. Bachman, L. Body, A. Heusner, J. Englebrecht, J. Schade and J. Miller...
Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Subject: Huron County (Ohio) - History; Huron County (Ohio) - Biography; Erie County (Ohio) - History; Erie County (Ohio) - Biography
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio: Press of Leader Printing Company
NOT IN COPYRIGHT
Continued Next Week...
God Bless their souls - each and every one.
" He was probably still a teenager when he left home
and signed on to work as a sailor on the Great Lakes."
THE LAST GROCER: During the 1950’s Vermilion’s downtown - the area along Liberty Avenue bounded by the railroad tracks to the south, Ferry Street to the north, Sandusky Street to the east, and Decatur Street to the west - was very much alive and thriving. There was a bank, a bakery, a shoe-store, a lawyer’s office, a laundry, a haberdashery, a blacksmith shop, a flower shop, a dime-store, a dentist’s office, a bowling alley, a gift shop, a Western-Union office, an Ohio Edison office, a telephone company office, a movie theater, a library, a post-office, two hardware stores (one sold liquor), four auto dealerships, four gas stations, three saloons, three commercial fish houses, a lumber company, ten restaurants, and five grocery stores. (Sorry. No partridge in a pear tree.)
In time many of these enterprises began to disappear. Some, like the auto dealers, simply required newer facilities with more space and relocated. Others, like several of the restaurants, just vanished. The entire transformation should not, however, be overstated. It was actually so subtle - gradual - that it was nearly indiscernible. But by the mid 1960’s very few emporiums founded during the first decade or two of the 20th century remained. Of them Hart’s Corner Drug Store (est. 1912) and George Rathbun’s Grocery Store (est. 1916) were, perhaps, the only businesses still being operated by the original owner or owner’s family.
As one might rather easily suspect, due to its very nature, business at George Rathbun’s Grocery during later years had steadily decreased as business at local “Supermarkets” increased. Had George been a younger man he might have been concerned. But by the time this was taking place he was already well past the age where most persons hang up their work duds. Running his store was, therefore, more habit than necessity. And this, combined with a sincere desire to trade tales with an occasional visitor whilst the face of Vermilion outside his windows evolved, was the way he apparently opted to spend his golden years. For George certainly had some tales to tell.
As a young man it is doubtful that his first vocational choice would have been that of operating a retail grocery business. And as seen in retrospect - it was not. George (Stuart / Stewart) Rathbun, born January 9, 1882 in Solon, Ohio, was like most young men then and now an adventurous spirit.
He was probably still a teenager when he left home and signed on to work as a sailor on the Great Lakes. In a relatively short time he worked his way up the ranks to first mate on a freighter. In the bottom right inset photo George is pictured (to the right) on the deck of an ice covered vessel dressed in a heavy coat and hat, and puffing on a pipe that many persons who knew him may readily identify. Exactly how long Mr. Rathbun worked on the big boats is unknown (to this writer). However; by 1910 he had left the Lakes and was married to a Vermilion girl named Hattie (Abel). They had a son (Robert L.) and had begun working as Captain of a steam tug (a gill-netter named the “J.H. Driscoll”) out of the Port of Vermilion. He is pictured on the deck of the “Driscoll” in both the large photo and, again, with his crew in the inset [top left] dressed in a white shirt with the pipe - his unofficial signature - in his mouth.
By 1915 or 1916 - after adding another son to their family (Harold J.) and having worked nearly 20 years on the freshwater fields of the Great Lakes in one capacity or another Mr. Rathbun - purportedly at the behest of his wife who had grown weary of his long absences from home and his safety in general - quit sailing and opened a grocery store on solid ground. And there he prospered.
The family lived in a little house on the south side of Ferry Street near the corner of Washington Street. The Ritter Library Community Room now occupies the approximate site of that home. Hattie died in 1945. Son Harold moved to Illinois. Robert remained in Vermilion. Both men and their families prospered. And everyday George went off to his store where in “later years business had steadily decreased as business at local Supermarkets increased”. But that didn’t really matter - so long as there was a story to tell, and there was a person with which to share it.
On Sunday July 28 1968 the pipe-toting, taletelling, adventurous spirit who became Vermilion’s the last “independent grocer” passed away at the age of 86 years. Those who knew him in a yesteryear will forever recall the white-haired gentleman; pipe in mouth; sitting aside the stove at the back of his store; and lost in quiet reflection; whilst the face of Vermilion outside his windows so gently unfolded.
Ref: U.S. Federal Census’ of 1910-20-30; U.S. WWII Draft Registration, 1942; The Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 7-29-68; Special Thanks to: the Vermilion Area Archival Society; Dave Rathbun, Linda (Rathbun) Rucins, and Claire (Rathbun) Ribble; Pulbished in the Vermilion Photojournal 10/16/08; Written 10/12/08 @1:52 PM.
"I'LL BE LATE FOR WORK BECAUSE..."
1. I felt it was better to sleep at home rather than at the office.
2. I drove to the place I'd rather work at by mistake.
3. Well, I'm not really late. I decided to change my hours to make them more convenient.
4. I'm a newlywed. Do you want me to continue?
5. I tried a new way in to work and it took me two hours.
6. John Smith, one of our biggest CLIENTS, was stranded with a flat tire...
7. The bartender wouldn't let me leave.
8. It takes a lot of time to dump a body.
9. Your wife didn't have my breakfast ready on time.
10. The wind was blowing against me.
11. I saw a bright shiny object
12. ...I'm not late, you’re early.
13. Of a traffic jam caused by stopped clan of tibetan yak herders.
14. I was delayed by a rip in the space-time continuum.
15. The radio broken in my car and I can't drive without music.
16. I accidently stepped into an alternate dimension
17. I used up all of my sick days, so today I'm calling in dead.
18. The bell for happy hour just ended.
19. Sorry, I had to work late at my other job.
20. I had to refill my cat.
21. I removed my own apendix with a tire iron.
22. The evil monkey hid my pants.
Podcasts - "forever under construction..."
PODCAST #178: This week we Vermilion Views Podcast #178 see a fine example of how one person (namely Vermilionite Jennifer Smith) can make "the system" work.
Also note that I've mucked-upthe numbering of these podcasts. Don't ask how I accomplished that task - but I did. I will try to correct that by next time.
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends Dennis Lamont and Albert Doane. It'd make a nice gift.
Also, please note that all the video (MP4) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4" format. If you don't have "Quicktime" it's easy to find and free to download.
NOTE NOTE:Past podcasts are not available in the on-line archive. They just take up too much disk space. But if one really, really, really wants to acquire a copy of a past cast it can be had by contacting me and I will place it on a disc and send it to ye for a minimal fee.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
Pay particular note to the "Hope Homes" page during the next few months. They are constantly improving the lives of their youngsters and those around them. This is an exciting project accomplished by exciting people.
Although this years Vermilion High School Class of 1959 reunion is over classmates may want to stay connected with each other through organizer Roger Boughton. Ye can connect by mailing him @ 2205 SW 10th Ave. Austin, MN. 55912 or you can just emailRoger.
Where's Alice? I found this link interesting. You just never know what Vermilion expatriots are up to - or where their up to doing it. Alice Wakefield is one of those people. So check out his link. Methinks you'll be surprised: Talking Turkey.
"Ha! All the other kids had to go to the zoo."
The Beat Goes On: The page is generated by the dreaded Macintosh Computer and is written and designed by (me) Rich Tarrant. It will change weekly ~ usually on Saturday. Bookmark the URL (Universal Resource Locater) and come back at your own leisure. Send the page to your friends (and enemies if you wish). If you have something to share with those who visit this page, pass it on. And if you see something that
is in need of correction do the same. My sister, Nancy, is a great help in that respect. It only takes me a week to get things right. And follow the links. You might find something you like. If you experience a problem with them let me know. Also, if you want to see past editions of this eZine check the new archives links below.
If you're looking for my old links section (pictured) I've replaced it with a pull-down menu (visible in the small box next to the word "Go"). If you're looking for links to more Vermilion history check that menu.
How the old links menu looked
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"I was born of writing. Before that, there was only a play of mirrors."
-Jean Paul Sartre
Vol.8, Issue 7, May 1, 2010
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