We've shown you this 1958 Sears Christmas Wishbook catalog page before but only recently discovered that one of the kits available made a FIVE FOOT tree! Not sure that this would have been effective as anything more than a tabeltop size--but let's face it--at five feet it would have made quite the impression. It seems to have been a passing fad because a review of other Sears Wishbooks after 1958 shows that the kits were no longer being offered...Either way, a marvelous time capsule!
Next up a marvelous collection of later made in Japan putz houses--but very minty--with two seldom seen very large and early bottle brush trees complete with spun cotton fruit, courtesy of AngelaG.
It's followed by a wonderful piece of Marx tin featured in a previous auction @ Croton's own SeriousToyz.com--Porky Pig with Spinning Umbrella", 1939, Marx, 8.5", wind-up--it sold for $196. Stay tuned for more magic from SeriousToyz.com
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Powder coating vintage steel kitchen cabinets http://retrorenovation.com/2015/04/07/steel-kitchen-cabinets-powder-coating/
LOL, not our taste, but surely fun all and all -- a pattern for a TIKI putz house http://retrorenovation.com/2014/11/20/kahiki-tiki-restaurant-design/
Want more vintage? Go here http://bit.ly/1akFtPV and here http://bit.ly/1akFy6c
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We've been hearing about this place for years and now....JULY 16, 1942: THE EMPIRE STATE DINER OPENS IN CROTON
Click on the photo. Thanks Jeannie!
2016 UPDATE! MORE HERE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/02/by-special-request-empire-state-diner.html
Just received a phone call that there was a press conference in the Village of Ossining in which it was announced that Croton village manager Abe Zambrano is leaving Croton to take a position there. NOW CONFIRMED. He will start 5/27 and replaces Richard Leins as village manager.
It is unknown at this time who will replace Zambrano here in Croton.
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If you have a moment, stop in to see the beautiful 2015 Easter decorations from top to bottom at Holy Name of Mary--click on the photo.
The volunteers did an exceptional job as always, and this lovely church, built in 1929 and fully restored in recent years, has never looked better.
For more about Holy Name of Mary, visit their website at holynameofmary.org/
You may also have an interest in http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-3-most-read-2014-holy-name-of-mary.html
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YOUR ALL VOLUNTEER CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN ANSWERS THE CALL....ON EASTER MORNING 2015:
FIRST DUE EASTER MORNING STRUCTURE FIRE - BY CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT - Just before 4:30 AM on Easter Sunday, Croton's Bravest were dispatched
to a reported structure fire on Croton Dam Road in the Town of
Cortlandt. The initial dispatch assignment included a Full Department
Response from Croton, as well as Tankers from neighboring Millwood and
Yorktown. READ MORE AND SEE THE PHOTOS HERE http://www.crotonfd.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=216
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COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY...MUST BE SEEN...BY THE LATE HAROLD ZABITZ, DETAILING A PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBIT @ THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF THE HUDSON VALLEY HERE IN CROTON. Click on the images below.
A Half Moon Bay resident sent the following link to Everything Croton in a comment; it shows you the house currently under construction at the village's waterfront. This was under the Plotkin application: http://s172.photobucket.com/user/alexr30/media/house_zpssmvwstxa.jpg.html
This post is closed to all comments; please take your concerns and/or questions to those village officials who approved the project some time ago.
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Courtesy
of the outstanding archives maintained by the volunteers of The Croton
Historical Society, select scans from THE TIGER RAG, JUNE 1966. Click on the images below. You may also have an interest in seeing some select scans from the 1966 Year Book http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/07/final-installment-class-of-1966-chhs.html
Had a special request for a list of "mass produced" putz house makers currently around today. Here are the ones we're aware of. If you know of more, please let us know.
While most do not have the charm or detail of a Karl Fey or a Howard Lamey (littleglitterhouses.com), there are exceptions--and of course Radko was very true to the originals--click on the photo, then the link http://www.familychristmasonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=70
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As many of you know, the 2015-16 budget is on the Monday 4/6 agenda; you can read more about that here: http://bit.ly/1F92wFq
But for now, please take a moment to read an important letter from Croton United's Joel Gingold:
CRITICAL THINKING ON CROTON'S 2015-16 BUDGET
To the Editor,
Last night the Village Board “reviewed”
the capital budget for the next fiscal year. What transpired was
disconcerting, to say the least.
The village currently has
a bonded debt of about $32 million. While about $2 million will be
retired over the next year, the Board proposes another $10.5 million in
new debt, or a 33% increase in just a single year.
Annual
debt service has increased by 36% over the past three years to nearly
$3.4 million, nearly 20% of the total operating budget, and it will rise
sharply again in the 2016/2017 fiscal year when payments on the new
debt will begin. Looking a few years down the road, this Board proposes
to borrow $6 million for a new village garage and another $6 million
for the renovation of police headquarters, all of it by 2019.
READ THE REST HERE
https://www.facebook.com/notes/croton-united/cu-official-joel-gingolds-gazette-letter-critical-thinking-on-crotons-2015-16-bu/430614020428968
KA-BOOM! Vintage Easter has simply EXPLODED over at Rob and Monica's.
Click on the photo to see some outstanding Easter honeycomb--be still our beating hearts...
Then check out the rest and more--THE WEEKEND BEFORE EASTER--at http://www.ouradventuresamongsttheducks.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-weekend-before-easter.html
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Courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by the volunteers of The Croton Historical Society, THE TIGER CUB, APRIL 1945 prepared and edited by the students of Croton Harmon High School. The Croton Lions Club is also mentioned.
You may also have an interest in http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/03/vintage-croton-tiger-rag-october-1964.html
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A LOOK BACK AT THE SHADOWBROOK INN 1928; PSEUDO AGENTS CAPTURED AFTER "FIXING" ARRESTS--thanks Lisa for forwarding; a copy will be sent to the historical society. Click on the images below.
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Here
at Everything Croton, we get quite a few emails from former Croton residents living
across the country. A reader recently asked if the SPEAKING OF CROTON DVD was still available. Yes it is! Prepared and edited by Ken Sargeant, it
makes a great gift as well. Click on the flyer for more info.
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