MORE FROM CROTON-ON-HUDSON IN THE FALL OF 1948

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST--AND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE 1940'S (SMILE)--MORE CROTON IN THE FALL OF 1948. CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW, COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PREVIOUS FALL 1948 POST everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/10/croton-in-fall-of-1948.html AND SINCE THE CROTON PLAYERS ARE MENTIONED, you may also have an interest in everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/10/more-on-croton-players-october-1954.html

P.S. SINCE ROY ROGERS WAS PLAYING AT THE STARLIGHT, YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/07/remembering-roy-rogers.html

BIENVENIDOS A NUESTROS AMIGOS DE ECUADOR!

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BIENVENIDOS A NUESTROS AMIGOS DE ECUADOR! 

Croton’s newest tourists are visiting from Gualaquiza, Ecuador.

Dolores and Julio Leon are the parents of Croton business owner Franqui Leon, and Mayor Schmidt stopped by to say hello and present Mrs. Leon with a souvenir of their visit--CLICK ON THE PHOTO.

“Franki is a great success story and inspiration to us” the Mayor told Mr. & Mrs. Leon. READ MORE HERE http://bit.ly/2fJAMV0

PHOTO ALBUM, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GOLF OUTING SEPTEMBER 2017

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AND NOW SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 2017 SEPTEMBER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GOLF OUTING...

Click on the link to see the album http://bit.ly/2wy8iUL

SEE A MOVING BANNER OF THIS YEAR'S SPONSORS here---and remember to support your local business community! http://bit.ly/2wwRkpX

OCTOBER 1948: THE VILLAGE TAVERN OPENS IN CROTON

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST, A READER WAS SEEKING INFO ON THE "VILLAGE TAVERN". As it turns out, your editor had the 1948 grand opening ad and menu, as well as an ad for New Year's Eve 1949...all courtesy of The Croton Historical Society. Click on the images below.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN: THE EMPIRE STATE DINER http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/02/by-special-request-empire-state-diner.html

REMEMBERING PAUL REVERE OF PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS

Click on the photo, courtesy of Rob and Monica...

REMEMBERING PAUL REVERE OF PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS....Who died this date in 2014: Initially based in Boise, Idaho, the Raiders began as an instrumental rock band led by organist and founder Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938, Harvard, Nebraska – October 4, 2014). The band relocated to Portland, Oregon, when Revere returned from serving in the armed forces in 1962.  In his early 20s, Revere owned several restaurants in Caldwell, Idaho, and first met singer Mark Lindsay while picking up hamburger buns from the bakery where Lindsay worked. READ MORE HERE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere_%26_the_Raiders

RESULTS: ASBURY'S 2017 USED BIKE & SEWING MACHINE COLLECTION, PEDALS 4 PROGRESS

From the Pedals for Progress FB page: Asbury United Methodist Church continued their support of our mission with a collection on Sunday. They had a tremendous response from their community collecting 117 bikes and 16 sewing machines. SEE AND READ MORE HERE http://tiny.cc/lb81ny

A NEW BOOK ON MAX EASTMAN

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Came across this interesting article on Croton's Max Eastman (click on the photo to see Max and Crystal Eastman from the Croton Historical Society's past exhibit THE MASSES.) 

It's about a new book--MAX EASTMAN: A LIFE by Christoph Irmscher...

THE NEW REPUBLIC: The Love Affairs of an American Radical 

Max Eastman smuggled Lenin’s last testament out of Russia, and popularized Marxism in the United States. Does his sex life matter? By Daniel Oppenheimer

October 2, 2017--In the winter of 1918, the radical writer and editor Max Eastman wrote to his soon to be ex-wife, Ida Rauh:  I always thought that the avidity with which you could drink up the blood of sacrifice and devotion and still be unsatisfied was truly terrible.… Your conception of what must be given to you seems colossal and hideous, and you rise in my eyes as an unslakable monster of selfishness.

Read the rest here https://newrepublic.com/article/145118/love-affairs-american-radical

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN

--MAX EASTMAN, CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA, THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF FLORENCE DESHON  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-mysterious-death-of-actress_28.html

--PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING OF "THE MASSES" CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXHIBIT  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/02/photos-from-opening-reception-of-masses.html

--1937 MAX EASTMAN AND JOE STALIN SPAR http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/02/crotons-bohemia-max-eastman-joe-stalin.html

EVERYTHING CROTON'S LIST OF RECENT PHOTO ALBUMS AND VIDEOS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

--VIDEO, Kiss Band Stops Concert to Recite Pledge of Allegiance, courtesy of Tom Faranda's Folly http://bit.ly/2yF9syo

--PHOTOS, HOLY NAME OF MARY BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS 2017 http://bit.ly/2fGzf25

--PHOTO ALBUM, DOG DAY AFTERNOON 2017 WITH THE CROTON LIONS AT CROTON POINT PARK, courtesy of BluePath and... http://bit.ly/2ylR0iv

--PHOTO ALBUM, ARCHAEOLOGY DAY 2017 AT CROTON POINT PARK, courtesy of Croton United's FB page http://bit.ly/2kk5Wan

--PHOTO ALBUM, BLAZE SETS RECORD, courtesy of Croton United's FB page http://bit.ly/2xUJnhl 

--VIDEO, ROGER MARIS, homerun #61, courtesy of Tom Faranda's Folly  http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2017/10/56th-anniversary-roger-maris-hits-home-run-61.html

--Photo Album, Muscoot Farm, courtesy of Croton United http://tiny.cc/pu1rny

--Photo Album, Mayor, Trustees Help Bag Hunger at Shoprite, courtesy of Croton United http://bit.ly/2xUcClJ

--Photo album, John "Jack" Coyne, Member Spotlight Monday, courtesy of the Croton Fire Dept. http://bit.ly/2hlB1Wu

--Photo album, grand opening, ENVY HAIR SALON, courtesy of Croton United https://www.facebook.com/crotonunited/posts/862288613928171

REMEMBERING WOODY GUTHRIE, THE CROTON CONNECTION

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Remembering Woody Guthrie, who died this date in 1967; read more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie

But...Woody Guthrie also had a Croton Connection. Thanks to Fabiana Chiu of The Greater Croton SongBook FB page for the article:

It Happened in Croton by Fabiana Chiu for The (Greater) Croton Songbook

The place was Croton-on-Hudson. The year was 1946. Twelve years young and with flowing long dark hair, Dorothy Botkin (now Dorothy Rosenthal) was busy helping her parents (Ben and Gertrude) get ready for a very important visit. Click on the link to read more https://www.facebook.com/TheGreaterCrotonSongbook/posts/937336126356711

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY:

--More about BEN BOTKIN here http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/02/book-on-civil-war-written-by-ben-botkin.html

--A LOOK BACK @ CROTON'S LEE HAYS http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-look-back-crotons-lee-hays.html

--CLASSIC TRAIN SONGS, The City of New Orleans, courtesy of our friend Paul Race--wonderful--scroll down the page once you get there http://www.classictrainsongs.com/city_of_new_orleans.htm

--PETE SEEGER http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/01/pete-seeger-dies-at-age-94-usa-todayand.html

--and from PAUL RACE, WHAT WAS THE "FOLK REVIVAL" https://creekdontrise.com/folk_songs/folk_rev/what_is_folk_rev.htm 

PHOTOS, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, CROTON LIONS & BLUEPATH

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ON SUNDAY OCT. 1ST, THE CROTON LIONS SPONSORED 'DOG DAY AFTERNOON' WITH BLUE PATH SERVICE DOGS. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT SERVICE DOGS AND AUTISTIC CHILDREN, BLUEPATH'S MISSION. FOR MORE ABOUT BLUEPATH: https://www.bluepathservicedogs.org/

TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT, click on the link
https://www.facebook.com/BluePathServiceDogs/posts/425981537797583

And updated--more photos! https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10155682714743476&id=57347153475

FOR MORE ABOUT THE CROTON LIONS: http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-look-back-at-and-forward-with-croton.html

and more from the day from GLEN S. HOCKLEY http://bit.ly/2xWVNWr  

and from WASHINGTON ENGINE CO  https://www.facebook.com/weco2cfd/posts/1597078190356213

ARCHAEOLOGY DAY 2017, PHOTOS COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED

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AN EXTENSIVE PHOTO ALBUM COURTESY OF THE CROTON UNITED FB PAGE--LOCALLY FOCUSED, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN:

ARCHAEOLOGY DAY IN CROTON

The NYS Archeological Assn, in conjunction with Westchester County Parks, hosted the event today at the Croton Point Nature Center.

Children participated in an archeological dig, Dr. Eugene Boesch discussed historic lime kilns, reenactor Arthur Kirmss showed how the Dutch manufactured wampum, Michael Biddle demonstrated how oyster shells were made into lime putty, and visitors got a tour of the oyster middens. The Nature Center is also home to archival collections and a library.

Mayor Schmidt noted that history can be found right in our own backyard...READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE facebook.com/crotonunited/posts/870133929810306

You may also enjoy http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/07/1927-indian-remains-found-croton-point.html

PHOTOS, 2017 BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS AT HOLY NAME OF MARY

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Well it was a packed house at today's HOLY NAME OF MARY BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS in the Peace Garden.  Father Brennan bestowed the annual blessing in honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment to a largely well behaved and varied contingent of canines and quite a few kitties. 

Click on the photos below. High resolution copies have been sent to the parish secretary.

CROTON IN THE FALL OF 1948

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST--AND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE 1940'S (SMILE)---CROTON--IN THE FALL OF 1948. CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW, COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY:

--AND SINCE THE CONCORDIA BAND IS MENTIONED  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/08/final-installment-memories-of-crotons.html
--CROTON FOOTBALL MEMORIES, THE 1940'S http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2011/09/croton-football-memories-1940s.html 

ANOTHER GREAT TOY, COURTESY OF CROTON'S OWN SERIOUS TOYZ--THE JEWEL T CIRCUS TRAIN

A superb vintage train set  made by Unique Art and featured in a 2009 auction at Croton's own SERIOUSTOYZ.COM:

The "Jewel T Circus" Electric Train Set, 1950, Unique Art, 5 car "O" gauge set is 44" long & features a locomotive engine, tender, two box cars, and a caboose.

Unique Art appears to have exclusively produced this circus train for the "Jewel T" Home Delivery Service; untested, individual car condition ranged from C9 to NM.

It's an extremely scarce set and this one was in beautiful condition.

At the SeriousToyz 2009 auction, it sold for $1,581.44.

PLEASE NOTE--SERIOUS TOYZ IS NO MORE.

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS.

Unique Art (out of Newark N.J.) made a number of beautiful tin toys; our personal favorite---also featured in a previous SERIOUS TOYZ AUCTION---the DOGPATCH LIL ABNER BAND.

You can see it here http://bit.ly/2g02jSL

It was the first all metal toy produced after World War II.  You can read more about that--and the company itself--here:  http://bit.ly/2fYJLC7

And if you can't get enough tin-plate toys--and trains--check out this fabulous article--and great pix too--from our friend Paul Race at BIG INDOOR TRAINS: TRIBUTE TO TINPLATE.  CLICK ON THE LINK http://bit.ly/2yzUNVp