FROM THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FB PAGE--Great night at the county center for Croton Wrestling, we have 2 wrestlers heading to states! Congratulations Henry, Mekhi, and Coach Bucc and staff! PHOTO AT Facebook
Saturday, February 10, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS MEKHI SMITHWICK AND HENRY MARTIN
CONGRATULATIONS GABBY--ALSO TO KAI WHO QUALIFIED AS ALTERATE NUMBER 1 FOR THE BOYS---SECTION 1 SKI CHAMPTIONSHIP
FROM THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FB PAGE---Congratulations to Gabby who qualified for the Section One ski championship this coming Tuesday at Hunter Mountain! Also to Kai who qualified as alternate number 1 for the boys.
OBITUARY AND SERVICE INFO FOR TROT ALEXANDER BERNARD
HOLY NAME OF MARY YOUTH GROUP 2/23---AND WELCOME CECILIA SARCONE, NEW YOUTH GROUP LEADER
Holy Name of Mary Youth Group Friday, February 23rd, 7-9PM-- We would like to invite all 8th through 12th graders to join Fr. Christian and other members of our community for a Fun Night of games, basketball, crafts, dinner, and of course, prayer. Fr. Christian would like to formally introduce himself to our youth and spend some time with them talking about ideas for future Youth Group activities. Please sign up so we know how many will attend. All youth of the Croton Community are welcome!
AND WELCOME Cecilia Sarcone, our new Youth Group Leader! Thank you Cecilia for accepting this role and being there for the youth of our Parish. Thank you also to her assistants who give of their time and energy to host this rewarding activity.
SOME 1960'S CATALOGS FOR YOUR PERUSAL
Amazing toys and so much more....a real mid-century time capsule.
Generously scanned by Mark Podmore. See it all at 1966 Western Auto Catalog | Flickr
YOU'LL ALSO ENJOY THE 1967-68 HELEN GALLAGHER FOSTER CATALOG AT 1967-68 Helen Gallagher-Foster House Catalog | Flickr
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THE 1965 STAR BAND CRISTMAS DECORATION CATALOG AT 1965 Star Band Christmas Decoration Catalog 56 Pages | Flickr
CDC'S OWN SCIENTISTS FOUND MASKS INEFFECTIVE FOR COVID BUT AGENCY RECOMMENDED THEM ANYWAY
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FROM THE MAILBOX-----REQUEST FOR AN OLD ARTICLE---BLOOMINGBURG, NY & 2014 WINTERMEIER LETTER
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----------------How to build an American shtetl; See: Bloomingburg, N.Y. BY URIEL HEILMAN MAY 22, 2015 11:20 AMBLOOMINGBURG, N.Y. (JTA) – This is how you launch a Hasidic shtetl in 21st-century America.
Step 1. Find a place within reasonable distance of Brooklyn where the land is cheap and underdeveloped.Step 2. Buy as much property as you can in your target area – if possible, without tipping off locals that you plan to turn it into a Hasidic enclave.
Step 3. Ensure the zoning is suited to Hasidic living: densely clustered homes big enough for large families and within walking distance of the community’s vital infrastructure.
READ MORE AT How to build an American shtetl — See: Bloomingburg, N.Y. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)
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---------------REQUEST FOR THE 2014 LETTER, ROBERT WINTERMEIER, Gouveia SITE--THE HIGH COST OF LAND DONATIONS EVEN WITH MILLION DOLLAR ENDOWMENTS; see more at EverythingCroton: THE HIGH COST OF LAND DONATIONS EVEN WITH MILLION DOLLAR ENDOWMENTS, AN IMPORTANT LETTER FROM ROBERT WINTERMEIER
POLICE ISSUE WARNING ABOUT PICKPOCKETS AFTER SPIKE IN REPORTS
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Police Issue Warning About Pickpockets After Spike In Reports--"Thieves are using distraction techniques, and usually are traveling in groups," North Castle police said in an alert issued on Thursday. Police Issue Warning About Pickpockets After Spike In Reports | Chappaqua, NY Patch
LETTER FROM PAUL STEINBERG RE: THE LATEST PROPOSAL FOR THE GOUVEIA HOUSE
THE FOLLOWING LETTER APPEARS IN THE GAZETTE---FROM PAUL STEINBERG RE: THE LATEST PROPOSAL FOR THE GOUVEIA HOUSE
To the Editor:
Croton has many wonderful civic gathering spaces. The library has the Ottinger Room for larger events and exhibitions plus space for small gatherings. The Municipal Building has a large ground floor space with kitchen. Events and exhibitions have also been held at the Catholic, Methodist, and Lutheran church spaces. Croton River Artisans Gallery and the Black Cow have been venues for local artists. Outdoor events have been held at various parks including Senasqua and Croton Point.
When evaluating an additional prospective event space, the starting point would be to look at uses of the existing Croton facilities and determine how an additional venue would either fill a void or be a better option.
The proposal by Trustee Horowitz to use the Gouveia property as a civic venue was worthy of serious study. That did not happen.
The only thing the Working Group did was to determine that Gouveia House should be a “REAL Space” (recreation, events, arts and learning) and that Gouveia House be renamed after Ann Gallelli “at the earliest date possible.”
Adopting a cheesy acronym doesn’t get us any further in determining a use for Gouveia House.
Saying there should be “programming” on “the entire upper level” is not an actionable plan. The
Superintendent of Public Works is going to have to draw up blueprints, determine electric and sewage loads, ensure ADA compliance… and keep the Working Group “updated at minimum quarterly regarding the direction and progress of the project.”
In short—the Working Group dumped the work on Superintendent Balbi. Presumably he will plan for two exits from the upper level and use the most restrictive occupancy load factor for any possible use, since he has not been given specific guidance as to how the public space will be used. Egress requirements are a function not simply of square footage and occupancy but also usage, and the lack of specificity by the Working Group is going to make this a challenge for the architects.
It is not clear from the Working Group report how the ground floor space will be configured. This is no small matter since it affects the maximum occupancy, egress, and electric load planning.
Using part of the ground floor for office space and part for an art gallery is fine in theory but it does complicate the buildout.
This was always going to be a challenging project. All of the venues I mentioned above were designed for public use, and most are ADA-compliant. But with Gouveia, we propose to take a single-family house and convert it to a mixed use office, educational, and exhibition space. The Working Group report does not include whatever input they got from the Village Engineer, and his opinion is a lot more important than whose name gets slapped on the plaque above the front door.
The Village Manager tells us that relocating the Recreation Department to the Gouveia House will enable them to “develop and implement a host of new outdoor programming in the spacious 16-acre park.”
Nothing has prevented the Recreation Department from having events on the 16 acres for all the years since Croton took possession of Gouveia. It is true that the location of Gouveia requires a vehicle (walking along the roadway is dangerous) and there are no public toilets, but that is not going to be solved by putting village employees in cubicles on the ground floor of Gouveia House or renaming the house after Ann Gallelli.
The lack of specific proposed outdoor uses will pose a challenge to Superintendent Balbi. There is a big difference between passive open grassland versus outdoor space used as a place for public events. It is not simply a matter of bathrooms: using the hilly outdoor park may require ADA-compliant pathways to be installed since grass or gravel surfaces can be impassable for the mobility-impaired. Those walkways must have less than a specified slope, which is an issue when holding public events on land as hilly as Gouveia.
Ms. Horowitz has a good idea and it should be given a chance to succeed. But before we start crowing about a REAL Space, we might want to do some REAL work and draft some REAL plans based on REAL data.
—Paul Steinberg, Croton-on-Hudson
MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE FINDS, WEBSITES, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON
As always, some wonderful vintage finds, special requests, oldies but goodies and more. Click on the photo and links.
Courtesy of Mark Podmore and sliced and diced so you can appreciate all that 1971 Christmas goodness, two pages the 1971 Helen Gallagher catalog---AND HOLLYBERRY CHRISTMAS WARE TOO!
One of our favorite craftspeople: Diane Mars ever---excels in scraps and chenille bump creations---see more at her flickr streamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/23098096@N02/with/10539433736/
Speaking of candy containers, a house shaped box from See's Candies, 1995, courtesy of TOYCONNECT here.
And unknown maker, a Flintstone "Flintmobile" candy container! Click here.
Speaking of candy containers, a house shaped box from See's Candies, 1995, courtesy of TOYCONNECT here.
And unknown maker, a Flintstone "Flintmobile" candy container! Click here.
And more from TOY CONNECT at
It's A Small World After All: Kellogg's Fire Dept. (K.F.D.) - Fire House From Engine House Project - Pt 6 Final: Adding Details
The sweet simplicity of this newly made putz house is enhanced by the roof lines and icicles--love it! SEE IT AT TREASURED HEIRLOOMS FLICKR STREAM HERE.
An outstanding collection of 1950's styrene Santas; AND SOME WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE--THANKS BILL AND KATHY--SEE MORE HERE
YOUTUBE VIDEO, GOLDEN GLOW 2012 PUTZ HOUSES, one in here we’ve never seen before; REPEAT VIEWING--MORE HERE
A reader recalls seeing a Halloween putz house "with a bat on the front and purple trees" but can't exactly remember where she saw it---we THINK it is this one • View topic - Halloween House for 2023 (cardboardchristmas.com)
It's A Small World After All: Kellogg's Fire Dept. (K.F.D.) - Fire House From Engine House Project - Pt 6 Final: Adding Details
The sweet simplicity of this newly made putz house is enhanced by the roof lines and icicles--love it! SEE IT AT TREASURED HEIRLOOMS FLICKR STREAM HERE.
An outstanding collection of 1950's styrene Santas; AND SOME WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE--THANKS BILL AND KATHY--SEE MORE HERE
YOUTUBE VIDEO, GOLDEN GLOW 2012 PUTZ HOUSES, one in here we’ve never seen before; REPEAT VIEWING--MORE HERE
A reader recalls seeing a Halloween putz house "with a bat on the front and purple trees" but can't exactly remember where she saw it---we THINK it is this one • View topic - Halloween House for 2023 (cardboardchristmas.com)
A happy place for collectors of vintage Blenko glass and Fenton Glass too THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: A HAPPY PLACE FOR COLLECTORS OR VINTAGE BLENKO GLASS
1983---ZOE CALDER---MEDEA----SHE IS JUST AMAZING THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: ANOTHER ONE FOR YOUR BUCKET LIST---1983, MEDEA
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FEBRUARY 2024 NEWSLETTER IS NOW ONLINE FOR OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
THE FEBRUARY 2024 NEWSLETTER IS NOW ONLINE FOR OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH---even though it is marked 2023------GO TO
BY SPECIAL REQUEST AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, AN INDEX TO THE LATE ROBERT SCOTT'S "CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA" SERIES
BY SPECIAL REQUEST---at least twice a year!--- AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, AN INDEX TO THE LATE ROBERT SCOTT'S "CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA" SERIES....(an additional request for an index to Scott's "train" articles is forthcoming).
For those who don't know, Scott was a long time resident of the village, a historian, and a no-nonsense kind of guy who spoke his mind on everything from the ill-fated acquisition of the Gouveia property to Harmon re-zoning. We didn't always agree but his analysis of local issues was always cogent and well-researched. He died in 2018....And now....
CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA:
--CHARLIE PFAFF'S CELLAR: SETTING THE STAGE http://notorc.blogspot.com/2012/09/chronicles-of-crotons-bohemia-setting.html
--INEZ MILHOLLAND, BEAUTIFUL SUFFRAGETTE ON A WHITE HORSE; MORE HERE
--MAX EASTMAN, A LIFE OF PARADOXES http://notorc.blogspot.com/2012/10/max-eastman-life-of-paradoxes_6.html
(AND FROM YOUR EDITOR, UPDATED IN 2022--JUST FINISHED RE-READING MAX EASTMAN'S REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE OF SOCIALISM)
--DORIS STEVENS SUFFRAGETTE; MORE HERE
--CRYSTAL EASTMAN; MORE HERE
--DUDLEY FIELD MALONE; MORE HERE
--LOUISE BRYANT, LIFE GOES ON AFTER JOHN REED; MORE HERE
--FLOYD DELL, A RESPECTABLE RADICAL; MORE HERE
--LILLIAN NORDICA, UNLUCKY IN LOVE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/02/lillian-nordica-more-chronicles-of.html
--THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF ACTRESS FLORENCE DESHON; MORE HERE
--MABLE DODGE https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/09/chronicles-of-crotons-bohemia-continues.html
--DORIS STEVENS SUFFRAGETTE; MORE HERE
--CRYSTAL EASTMAN; MORE HERE
--DUDLEY FIELD MALONE; MORE HERE
--LOUISE BRYANT, LIFE GOES ON AFTER JOHN REED; MORE HERE
--FLOYD DELL, A RESPECTABLE RADICAL; MORE HERE
--LILLIAN NORDICA, UNLUCKY IN LOVE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/02/lillian-nordica-more-chronicles-of.html
--THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF ACTRESS FLORENCE DESHON; MORE HERE
--MABLE DODGE https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/09/chronicles-of-crotons-bohemia-continues.html
ABOUT THAT "RAINBOW BADGE" HOSPITAL RATING SCHEME FOR HOSPITALS.....
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CROTON'S FRANCES ALLEN WAS A JEOPARDY QUESTION THE OTHER NIGHT!
Croton Computer Genius was a question on JEOPARDY, Friday, 2/9/2024---she was also a communicant at Holy Name of Mary in Croton-on-Hudson, NY and a Lector at Mass, remembered as soft spoken and friendly. Thank you Ed Riley for the info.
VIDEO below:
https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/allen_1012327.cfmFrances Allen - A.M. Turing Award Laureate (acm.org)
Allen passed in 2020---her obituary and photo is here EverythingCroton: CROTON'S FRAN ALLEN HAS DIED
INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN--VINTAGE HARMON-ON-HUDSON AD---TROMBONE CREAM
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We love perusing old magazine ads---and it's even more fun when you stumble upon something with a Croton---OR Harmon reference---what every trombonist needs--CLICK ON THE IMAGE!
More ads from the 50's with a Croton connection at
THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: MORE VINTAGE ADS WITH A CROTON CONNECTION--MORE AMY ABBOTT! 1951
AND AN EARLY ONE FEATURING THE CROTON DAM THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1919 AJAX TIRE AD FEATURING THE CROTON DAM
ANOTHER ONE FOR YOUR BUCKET LIST---1983, MEDEA
SEE THIS INCREDIBLE ACTRESS AS MEDEA-----excellent performances as well by Dame Judith Anderson and Mitchell Ryan---click here.
SEE MORE FOR YOUR BUCKET LIST at THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: PATTON: ANOTHER ONE FOR YOUR MOVIE BUCKET LIST
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1919 MORE ON JANE BURR AND THE DROWSY SAINT INN
More on Jane Burr and the Drowsy Saint Inn 1919. Click on the image.
You may also have an interest in THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1918--MORE ON JANE BURR, ANOTHER OF CROTONS BOHEMIANS
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