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News from the Past in Memory of Harry A. Sturges

In Columns, Columns - Ravena, The Ravena News Herald
August 31, 2023
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In memory of Harry A. Sturges

News Herald – August 24, 1923 – F.E. Bleezarde, Publisher

Coeymans:

  • The high school will open on Sept. 4.
  • Mrs. Sarah Wolfe’s residence on Colvin Avenue is being painted.
  • The Reformed Church fair will be hold on Nov. 22.
  • A daughter was born to Mrs. Fred Swartout in the Brady Maternity Hospital at Albany, Aug. 16.
  • The district deputy of the Albany district will make his official visit to Onesquethau Lodge, No. 804, F. & A.M. on Monday evening, Sept.17.
  • A tile drain has been laid along the state road near J.H. Suderley’s residence, and the sidewalk in front of G.H. Shear’s residence has been relaid, which makes a great improvement in that locality.
  • The Ladies Aid Society of the Reformed Church will begin their sewing Sept. 6, at 2 o’clock. A food sale will be held in connection with the sewing.

Ravena:

  • Swartz’s Bargain store is making cuts in several lines of their goods to prepare for their winter lines.
  • Dr. R. VanWoert writes that he is “up in the wilds having a great time.” The doctor is at Osborn Inn, Speculator, in the Adirondacks Mountains.
  • The Board of Education met in the old school last week and organized for the coming year. W. Blenis was again chosen president and W.J. Boughton, secretary. C.D. Hawn was appointed treasurer and William V. Roberts, collector.
  • Miss Mary Lewella Mackey, for several years a member of the faculty of the local high school, will be united in marriage to Edwin Rockwell in the Christian Church at Newfield, NY, on Sept. 8. Miss Mackey is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Lester C. Mackey.
  • A meeting of the general committee for the clam bake of the Ravena Grange will be held at the home of the secretary on Friday evening. All members are requested to be present at 9 o’clock advanced time.                                            

Coeymans Herald – August 22, 1888 – S.H. & E.J. Sherman, Proprietors

  • Meeting of the W.C.T.U. in the M.E. Church this Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
  • A.J. Wolfe is laying a sewer through the main avenue running through his tier of building lots.
  • The West Shore R.R. Co. is putting in a new engine and boiler in their pumping station at this place.
  • The hay and oats harvest in this neighborhood is finished, and plowing for winter grain has commenced.
  • A new counterfeit $1 silver certificate has made its appearance. It is well executed, except that the vignette is blurred.
  • The fire company had their engine out Thursday afternoon, throwing a stream through an improved nozzle, which they just received. It worked very satisfactorily.
  • Spars have been placed in the Lotta and will be rodded, which will add greatly to the strength of the hull. They also improve the appearance of the vessel.
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  • Nora Abbott, of Delmar, a graduate of Lehigh University, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. She will use her scholarship to conduct research in Denmark.
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Whittling Away: A hairy situation

In Columns, Columns - Ravena, The Ravena News Herald
September 27, 2024
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By Dick Brooks

For Capital Region Independent Media

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An all-day rain put a crimp in the fun activities I had planned for today, mostly weed whacking and mowing. 

Telly, my faithful canine companion, lies curled up on his comfy bed napping, which looked like a good way to spend the afternoon so I curled up on my recliner for a little ponder session followed by a short recovery nap. 

I went to the barber yesterday. It’s a real barber shop, not some kind of styling unisex salon.  Television sets all set on the sports channels, a comfy couch and even a sweet little dog who came and curled up on the couch next to me for a belly rub. 

The young man in front of me had shoulder-length hair that he had decided to have shorn. In a relatively short time, the barber was standing in ankle-deep hair and a handsome young man appeared where a refugee from the ‘70s had been. The pile of hair that was swept up was about the same size as the shop dog. 

I decided to have a ponder about hair. 

Maybe I made that choice because I was a bit envious. I have been follically challenged for more years than I care to remember. In my early 30s I became aware that my forehead was expanding.  It has expanded to the extent that I now keep a large rubber band hanging on the shower head that I hook under my chin and pull up to the top of my head so I know how far up to wash and how far down to shampoo. 

There’s no doubt that the half acre of pink scalp on top of my head qualifies me as bald. Not the fashionable bald of the younger set who achieve that state with daily use of a razor, but the fuzzy rimmed bald of a senior citizen who came by it naturally. 

I’ve come to appreciate some aspects of this condition. It costs less. I really have no need of shampoos or conditioners. I don’t need a hair dryer or an assortment of styling gels, although I will admit to using Butch Wax as a teen. I shampoo with regular soap, rinse, a quick rub with a towel and a splash of Mop and Glow on top and out the door I go. 

Losing the fur on top doesn’t mean I can no longer grow hair. Quite the contrary, it is sprouting in places where it never grew before. Shaving now takes up the time I’ve saved on my hair. Hair sprouts merrily out of my ears, the top of my nose, it waves out of each nostril, curls around each knuckle and it is braiding length on my forearms.

I suppose I could go to one of these hair restorers I see advertised and get some of the unwanted stuff transplanted to the top, but I’d probably have to weed and fertilize it like the day lilies we just transplanted in the garden. I don’t think I’d like to be responsible for that kind of care after decades of neglecting my head crop. 

There is one solution that seems viable. I recalled Andy Rooney’s magnificent eyebrows. I’m going to try rubbing mine with Miracle Grow. If it works and my eyebrows bush out like Andy’s, I’ll just comb them back and problem solved.

Thought for the week— “In youth the absence of pleasure is pain; in old age the absence of pain is pleasure.” ~ Old Farmer’s Almanac, 1892

Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

Reach columnist Dick Brooks at Whittle12124@yahoo.com.   

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