Saturday, August 26, 2023

1938 RADIO GUIDE FEATURE---MAX EASTMAN---YOU'RE AS YOUNG AS YOU THINK

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Stumbled upon this 1938 feature on Max Eastman and Radio Guide. Click on the image.  Read more about Eastman at EverythingCroton: JUST FINISHED MAX EASTMAN'S REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE OF SOCIALISM, FASCINATING READ

AND COURTESY OF ONE OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON BLOGS: CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES--THE 1938 CROTON DIRECTORY, FULL SCAN

The plan was to scan some of the ads like the ones for the Mikado Inn, Konco’s Garage, and Robbins Pharmacy shown below. But when they looked closer and saw listings for well-known Crotonites like Max Eastman, Margaret Mayo, and Miss Carrie E. Tompkins....they scanned every page...SEE MORE & DOWNLOAD THE DIRECTORY HERE https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/18/croton-on-hudson-phone-directory-1938/

TIMES SQUARE IN THE NEWS

You’re not in Disney anymore.

Times Square is looking a lot like its bad old self, with vagrants, boozy migrants, junkies, and scofflaws making the Crossroads of the World look more like the third world, infuriating those who played an important role in its cleanup.

On three separate days over the past week, The Post saw junkies brazenly smoking crack pipes on West 43rd Street, drug dealers peddling their wares within eyeshot of cops, hobos conked out wherever they can find a spot, and scores of aimless migrants loitering the day away.   MORE AT Times Square overrun by squalor, crime: 'It's a sh-thole' (nypost.com)

THANK YOU CROTON CARING COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS, ROBBINS, AND SALON M ON HUDSON

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Facebook--------A huge shout out to all our awesome volunteers who participated in our Adopt-a-Student Backpack/School Supplies Program!! And thank you to Robbins in Croton On Hudson and Salon M on Hudson for always being a big part of this program!! It was another successful year!! With your help Caring for Croton, over 80 kids received backpacks filled with the necessary school supplies to have a successful school year!! We can't do what we do without you!! Thank you for helping us Care for Croton!

BOB BARKER HAS DIED

The host of The Price Is Right was 99; read more at

NY POST - Bob Barker, legendary 'Price is Right' host, dead at 99 (nypost.com)

AND NOW SOME MORE RECENT VIDEOS, PHOTO ALBUMS AND PODCASTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS--A RECAP

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

AND NOW SOME MORE RECENT VIDEOS, PHOTO ALBUMS AND PODCASTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS--in no particular order:

-----PHOTOS, PETER CALO CONCERT; GO TO THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: THAT PETER CALO 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT SENASQUA

----PHOTOS 125TH ANNIVERSARY FLOTILLA; CLICK HERE

----PHOTOS DUCK POND, DRAGONFLIES, TURTLES,  AD MEADOWLARKS; CLICK HERE

----PHOTOS, MERWIN OAK, ASSORTED; GO TO THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: THE "MERWIN OAK'---"REPLACEMENT"

----PODCAST; JAY JENNINGS; GO TO (1848) Jay Jennings' Universal Monsters Museum (Intro) - YouTube

----VIDEO ON YOUTUBE---Croton high school alumni Ana Bach! GO TO https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2ZI9cfzEgMgJ973P6b0YtuBqxBK86HbniYM1d5EkGoMxMJ8_2spNlvT7Q&v=PfdbZfTS8b8&feature=youtu.be

------VIDEO - JAPAN RELEASES TREATED FUKISHIMA WATER INTO PACIFIC OCEAN; CLICK ON (1830) Japan releases treated Fukushima radioactive water into Pacific Ocean - YouTube

----PHOTOS, 2023 CROTON SENIOR CLUB PICNIC; CLICK HERE

----PHOTOS, MONARCH MADNESS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY; CLICK HERE

----PHOTOS, ASBURY METHODIST HISTORIC SUNDAY; GO TO THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: ASBURY METHODIST CELEBRATES HISTORIC SUNDAY

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THIS SERIES AT THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: AND NOW SOME MORE RECENT VIDEOS, PHOTO ALBUMS AND PODCASTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS:

AGENDA, 8/28 BD. OF TRUSTEES--THAT 3 STORY BUILDING IN HARMON, THE LIONS TREE SALE, MORE ZONING CHANGES, REJECTION OF BIDS, ETC.

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AGENDA, THAT 3 STORY BUILDING IN HARMON, THE LIONS TREE SALE, MORE ZONING CHANGES, REJECTION OF BIDS, ETC.

The agenda for the August 28, 2023 Board of Trustees regular meeting and all associated backup materials is now available. You may view the agenda for the meeting at https://play.champds.com/crotononhudsonny/event/883

CLICK ON THE IMAGES AS WELL.



SOME ITEMS FROM THE MAILBOX

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SOME ITEMS FROM THE MAILBOX:

--------A reader is seeking anything on a Croton photographer from the 1970's named Nelson---there wasn't much more info provided----it might be this---click on the image from 1973 and the Kingston Daily Freeman.

--------A reader is seeking anything on CROTON'S OSCAR DE LA VARRE; SEE BELOW

1948 AND 1973 

THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1948, CROTON'S ANDRE DE LA VARRE, FILM PRODUCER, ON THE COLUMBIA RIOTS

AND

WITH HOWARD DA SILVA 1974 THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: NARRATED BY HOWARD DA SILVA,1974, " AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND," WRITTEN, PRODUCED, DIRECTED & SCORED BY ANDRE DE LA VARRE

--------A reader is seeking anything on the "old Starlight Lanes"--you'll find numerous links at THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: BY SPECIAL REQUEST - AN INDEX TO THE STARLIGHT LANES, BOWLING POSTS AT THE OLD EVERYTHING CROTON BLOG

MORE ON CROTON NOTABLE DOROTHY SANDS 1982-1983

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton -- our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship -- in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

MORE ON CROTON NOTABLE DOROTHY SANDS 1982-1983----CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

You may also have an interest in THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1980 OBIT FOR DOROTHY SANDS, STAGE ACTRESS AND CROTON NOTABLE

1942 CROTON'S DR. BROOKS----STUDY FATIQUE IN SCHOOL CHILD

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1942 CROTON'S DR. BROOKS----STUDY FATIQUE IN SCHOOL CHILD

THE ROTARIAN

CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: THE TOP FIVE CROTON IN THE 1940'S POSTS, 2022

IN THE NEWS---HUDSON VALLEY COLLEGES JOIN THE ANTI ISRAEL PROTESTS, PRO PALESTINIAN

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