A SALUTE TO KIRK DOUGLAS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EFSP

From our friends at European Film Star Postcards, a salute to the late Kirk Douglas.

Cleft-chinned and steely-eyed American superstar Kirk Douglas (1916) passed away on 5 February 2020 in Los Angeles, at the age of 103. The legendary actor, producer and director made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.

Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, Westerns and war films. Our favourites are the two classics he made with Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). During his long career, he appeared in more than 90 films. Mr. Douglas, rest in peace, EFSP salutes you. READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE.

SOME MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES: GLORIA SWANSON, LEONORE DOSKOW, AND HOWARD DA SILVA

Welcome to 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.

Continuing this very popular blog series into 2020....SOME MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES...for this installment...GLORIA SWANSON, LEONORE DOSKOW, AND HOWARD DA SILVA.

As always, click on the photos and links.

First up,  a 1931 movie magazine ad for Gloria Swanson in "INDISCREET"...(For those who don't know, Swanson was one of the village's most notable residents and lived for some time on Mt. Airy Road

As for Indiscreet, it's a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story Obey That Impulse, originally was written as a full-fledged musical but only two songs made it into the final product. The film is available on DVD.  You can read more about it here.

Next, a 1987 Mother's Day ad featuring the latest jewelry  from Leonore Doskow, Inc.  For those who don't know, the Doskows lived on Finney Farm.  A world renowned silversmith , Leonore began her career while still a college student when she received permission from her dean to make her jewelry in the science laboratory. After studying Art History at the Sorbonne in Paris for a summer, she opened a tiny shop in Philadelphia. After a few years, she and her husband moved to New York City, but it was the middle of the Depression and they found themselves unemployed with a baby on the way. Lenore would make items like tie clips in large batches at home, and her husband David would sell them to gift shops and boutiques. They moved to Westchester in 1941, where their business flourished. She and her husband owned and operated Leonore Doskow, Inc., a jewelry company selling to upscale stores around the country from 1935 until the 1980s, when her son and his wife took over the company. Many of her early, pins, necklaces and bracelets are collector’s items. She died in 2009 at the age of 97 (info via The Croton Historical Society)

And finally, a wonderful blog spot--with lots of photos--for Croton's Howard Da Silva:  Howard Da Silva: Character Actor Supreme of 1776, THE LOST WEEKEND, DAVID AND LISA and More
 
SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES: LENORE ULRIC, LORRAINE HANSBERRY, GLORIA SWANSON, AND PETER STRAUSS at https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/10/more-recently-unearthed-bits-pieces.html

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THANK YOU CROTON ROTARY!

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THANK YOU CROTON ROTARY! The Croton Rotary is proud to present a new outdoor seating area at the Croton Free Library! We donated these items to create an outdoor space for the community, equipped with two benches and a handicap accessible picnic table. Please stop by and check it out! #peopleofaction #rotary #rotaryinternational Rotary District 7230

SEE PHOTOS HERE.

RADIO & TV FAVORITES OF 1954

So grab that t.v. dinner--yes they were invented in 1954--and check out what was popular that year--click on the photos.

We see Eve Arden of OUR MISS BROOKS and Lucille Ball of I LOVE LUCY made the list. Here's a clip courtesy of YouTube:

--The I Love Lucy Theme' click here

--You can read more about Our Miss Brooks here, which originally started out on radio before transitioning to television.

And we see that both Edward R. Murrow's radio and television shows on CBS made Commentator of the Year. Many people still consider Murrow's wartime broadcasts to be the best today. Click here.

The Vocalist of The Year choices speak for themselves! How can you go wrong with Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Dinah Shore AND Eddie Fisher...

You may also have an interest in....TURN ON THE TV 1950-1959; CLICK HERE

AND THE TV DINNER TRAY TABLE! THE 1960 CAL-DAK CATALOG http://bit.ly/2CEFKeI

FEB. 8TH--GAZETTE CUP--HEN HUD V. CROTON-HARMON

UPDATED: 2020 RESULTS; HEN HUD WINS CUP  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/02/hendrick-hudson-wins-2020-gazette-cup.html

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

As always, some wonderful finds, oldies but goodies, special requests and more. Click on the photos and links.

First up---and if you are easily triggered by these things--skip this paragraph and the first two photos entirely---we were all joking the other day about vintage "girl's toys"--and how many of them centered around hearth and home especially in the 40'S, 50's and early 60's. 

From mock mixers--like the one to the right made by Marx/Linemar--to irons and more---loved them then....still love them now.

The toys are followed by a fab 1956 edition of Jackie Gleason's Funny Book for Boys and Girls....

And finally for your enjoyment....Courtesy once again of LOC, another outstanding old photo, the 1922 Dorset Christmas tree, sliced and diced so you can appreciate all that vintage Christmas--and toy---goodness. Again, click on the photos.

We're a big fan of this "loggie putz house" that Howard made back in the day; see it here

SAVEONCRAFTS IS HAVING A SALE--YOU'LL FIND SOME INTERESTING ITEMS; CHECK IT OUT HERE

A nifty item item from the Auburn Rubber Company, circa 1950's, airport limousine; MORE HERE 

 

And we just had to share this ad for the Mysterious Laughing Camera; MORE HERE

And check out this little train shed that Howard was working on; FOR ALL YOU PUTZ HOUSE BUILDERS, A VERY CLEVER idea for window mullions---PLASTIC CANVAS!

We were reminded of this when  friend was trying to replicate her mother's house and was dreading the prospect of cutting all the little mullioned windows that are key to the 1940's look of the original building!  For a very clever work around using plastic canvas, click here.

Lametta Tinsel trims collection, made in Germany; CLICK HERE 

OKAY--finally got some feedback on this glitter product---it is indeed super fine and more---it's called NUVO

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE 

HERE'S A YOUTUBE REVIEW 

BY SPECIAL REQUEST, LINDA'S 2017 PUTZ VILLAGE SOME OUTSTANDING PUTZ HOUSES

SEE THE FLICKR ALBUM HERE

FOR COLLECTORS OF FRENCH VINTAGE POSTCARDS BY PATHE FRERES; click here

We just love the scraps---vintage and repro---offered at Blunchen.

See them here.

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON HERE.

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HEN HUD ALREADY FEELING FINANCIAL EFFECT OF INDIAN POINT CLOSURE

For those who have asked, part of Croton lies in the Hen Hud High School district.

EXAMINER NEWS--One of the two remaining nuclear units at Indian Point isn’t closing until April, but the Hendrick Hudson School District is already experiencing a financial aftershock.

“Reality is setting in,” Hendrick Hudson Superintendent of Schools Joseph Hochreiter remarked last week at a joint meeting of the New York State Indian Point Closure Task Force and Community Unity Task Force in Cortlandt. “We know a good deal couldn’t last forever.”

In the proposed 2020-21 budget, Hendrick Hudson will receive $3.9 million less from Entergy, owners of the plants in Buchanan. Despite utilizing $3 million for a state cessation fund and $1.4 million from fund balance, residents in the district are looking at an 8.7% tax increase when they vote on the $82.6 million budget in May.

The following year, Hendrick Hudson will be receiving about $10 million less from Entergy as the pilot program winds down.

Overall, when the pilot ends in 2025, the district is facing a $24 million hit, or 33% of its budget. The Village of Buchanan is set to lose $4 million, or 46% of its operating funds. The Town of Cortlandt will lose $800,000 annually, or two percent of its budget...................MORE AT https://www.theexaminernews.com/hen-hud-already-feeling-financial-effect-of-indian-point-closure/

THANK YOU TOWER LADDER 44 MEMBERS & CONGRATULATIONS TO FIRE FIGHTER RICHARD LEACH

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Members of our Tower Ladder 44 spent Saturday morning drilling on different tasks they are expected to perform as our only Ladder or “Truck” Company.Reviewed were setting up the rig for aerial use, ground ladders and working off the aerial platform. Driver Candidate Richard Leach also got to spend some time at the controls, learning how to “fly the stick.”

FF Richard Leach should also be commended for graduating from the Maritime Academy on Friday, receiving a Bachelors of Engineering in Naval Architecture, as well as his USCG Unlimited Third Mates License.

Richard has been a part of the CFD several years, beginning as an Explorer at age 14. We’re very proud of his accomplishments and know he will continue to succeed at whatever he does!

Drill photo credits to FF D. Kempter---SEE SOME HERE AND HERE AND HERE.

MARCH 1939, THE CROTON HARMON HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS GALAHAD JONES

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COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY....

THE CROTON HARMON HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS GALAHAD JONES, MARCH 1939, with Raymond Nelson in the lead.
 

CLICK ON THE IMAGES.

You may also have an interest in these other "1939" Everything Croton articles:

--PICTURES AND PERSONALITIES IN THE CROTON NEWS 1939; some very old Crotonite names; click here for more  

 --THE 1939 DEDICATION OF OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH; a wonderful time capsule; select scans from the commemorative dedication booklet; click here 

--THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR; click here 

FOR MORE ABOUT THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY...

CLICK HERE

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!  AND HELP KEEP CROTON HISTORY ALIVE AND WELL.

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

So many wonderful things to show you--special requests, oldies but goodies and more, As always, click on the photos and links.

First up, an oldie but goodie, a beautiful old ad from 1915 for JAP ROSE SOAP.

It's followed by a wonderful old toy featured in a 2013 auction at Croton's own SeriousToyz.com - the “Shootin’ Shell Buckle Gun Western Belt Set” #632, 1958, by Mattel; if you are easily triggered by seeing guns, toy or otherwise, go no further.... box is 10”; contains Remington Derringer cap gun mounted on buckle, & embossed leather belt; the ‘no hands’ gun shoots a plastic bullet automatically when you push out w/ your stomach; a mint, unfired example in C9 window box, fun stuff. It sold for $303.60. 

And finally---the immortal I WANT A BOYFRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS--MICKEY CARTER--1950! THE SINGING COED!  Again, click on the photos and links.

Now isn't this creative--and it's almost two feet tall! http://bit.ly/2A1KD0w 

If you're looking for 3-D or standing "architectural" Advent Calendars, you just have to check out these offerings from Blumchen--not inexpensive but beautiful---THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS MARKET IS ALSO QUITE INSPIRATIONAL-- http://www.blumchen.com/christmas_shop_advent_calendars_pg3.html

Now here's a project that turned out wonderful--an old (and very early made in Japan) candy box house restoration and new build joint project.

Click HERE-----THERE'S THREE PAGES SO KEEP SCROLLING! 

SPEAKING OF VINTAGE CANDY CONTAINERS--an oldie but goodie courtesy of USSIWOJIMA aka Frank Kelsey, step back in time with two pages and 125 photos of some of the best examples you’ll ever see: http://bit.ly/2h7CzYb

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. AT EVERYTHING CROTON HERE 

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS POSTS AT EPHEMERAL NEW YORK, CHRONICLING AN EVER-CHANGING CITY THROUGH FADED & FORGOTTEN ARTIFACTS; CLICK HERE; CLICK HERE

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST, VILLAGE ACKNOWLEDGES AREA THEY WANT RE-ZONED WILL FLOOD DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, A JUNE 2019 LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Public hearing for rezoning is 2/3, 2nd floor, 8 pm, Board of Trustees meeting; the full agenda is here.

And now, by special request, a letter from June 2019:

OF FLOODING, BUYOUT OPTIONS, BROOK & RIVERSIDE AVENUE RE-ZONING--WHY IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUTTING INNOCENT PEOPLE AT RISK?

Why is the Board of Trustees Putting Innocent People at Risk?

June 15, 2019

The following letter was published in this week’s issue of the Gazette.

To the editor:

I am not one of those residents who is granted private briefings by Ms. Gallelli or Mr. Simmons, let alone someone who has input into the opaque operations of our village government. I certainly don’t get to sit in on those secret “Executive Sessions” in which the Croton Board of Trustees discusses “real property” matters. But I hope that some charitable reader of The Gazette who is granted admission to the Croton inner circle can clarify something for me:

Given what the Board of Trustees know about how climate change is going to affect Croton in the coming years, why is the Board of Trustees putting innocent people at risk?

The report on a little-known workshop on climate change shows in detail that the rise in sea level will endanger residents living in Half Moon Bay, Brook Street, and North Riverside. So why do our Board of Trustees and Village officials want to endanger lives by encouraging construction of apartments in an area that is—by their own admission—becoming a floodplain?

A half-day workshop to discuss government response to climate change in Croton, Cortlandt and Buchanan was held on October 18, 2018. Attending that day were Ms. Gallelli and a “who’s who” of Croton government, gathered with officials from Buchanan and Cortlandt. This included top officials from the Village of Croton and also from the Croton-Harmon school district.

A report of that meeting was issued in January 2019, and on page 13 of the report it says something of great relevance to the rezoning of Brook Street and Riverside Avenue: “Village of Croton to determine buyout options and implications for North/South Riverside Ave and Brook Street, as well as the possibility of levees.”

READ MORE AT http://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2019/6/15/why-is-the-board-of-trustees-putting-innocent-people-at-risk

ABOUT THAT PLASTIC BAG BAN---NY SAYS WEGMANS, OTHERS MUST ALLOW OLD PLASTIC BAGS IN STORES FOR REUSE

NY says Wegmans, others must allow old plastic bags in stores for reuse==Syracuse, N.Y. — Stores must allow shoppers to bring in their old, saved plastic bags for use at checkout after the state’s plastic bag ban goes into effect. The question of whether that would be allowed under the new law was one of the most frequent we heard when we asked you for your questions on the bag ban. The state Department of Environmental Conservation weighed in on the topic in a statement on Thursday. The ban, known officially as the Bag Waste Reduction Act, says stores are not allowed to prevent anyone from using a bag of any kind that they bring in to carry away goods, according to the DEC.  READ MORE AT https://www.syracuse.com/state/2020/01/ny-says-wegmans-others-must-allow-old-plastic-bags-in-stores-for-reuse.html

2/3 AGENDA BD. MEETING--PUBLIC HEARINGS, VILLAGE MOVING FORWARD WITH MASS REZONING FOR "AFFORDABLE" HOUSING/RENTALS, NEW SIGN LAWS, ETC.

2nd floor meeting room, 8 pm - 2/3 AGENDA BD. MEETING--PUBLIC HEARINGS, VILLAGE MOVING FORWARD WITH MASS REZONING FOR "AFFORDABLE" HOUSING/RENTALS, NEW SIGN LAWS, resolution condemning anti-semitism, Diversity and Inclusion candlelight event for the high school, no details available, ETC. The agenda for the February 3rd Board of Trustees Meeting and all associated backup materials are now available by clicking here. 

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN https://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2020/1/4/we-need-to-say-no-to-this-proposal

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

As always, some wonderful finds, special requests, oldies but goodies and more...click on the photos and links.

While most cardboard Christmas houses a.k.a. putz houses were made in Japan and or Germany, the Dolly Toy Co. here in the U.S. did produce a line of houses (among other things)--that have become collectible today. YOU CAN READ MORE HERE bit.ly/1OJnkMT And so......

First up, a fabulous red repro from Lynn--MADE A FEW YEARS BACK--and one of our favorites....Read more at the link below--you can get the templates and windows there too--http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1006

It's followed by more fabulous vintage made in Japan Candy Box/Container houses courtesy of Pete Oehmen.  Some real fun items here and lots of inspiration for the putz artisans.  Again, click on the photos and links.  

AND NOW HERE'S SOME MORE ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN:

--AT VINTAGE ORNAMENTS; page after page of wonderful vintage images printed on translucent rice paper from Europe; perfect for decoupaging--and some perfect for "putzing" especially the small Santa Claus images http://www.vintage-ornaments.com/craft-supplies/rice-paper-decoupage-sheets-with-vintage-images

--FAB 1922 AD FOR IVES TRAINS; click here 

--DRESDEN FOIL CONES, TRIMS, ETC. FOR VALENTINE'S DAY; MORE HERE 

--YOU HAVE GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME AT SILVERCROW CREATIONS; THE CRAFTERS WILL HAVE BALL; THE COLLECTORS OF THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER WILL BE IN HEAVEN!  https://www.silvercrowcreations.com 

p.s. The Mini Hard Plastic Cupids alone are worth the trip!  https://www.silvercrowcreations.com/Vintage-Cupid--Hard-Plastic_p_5554.html

AND HERE'S AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE WORTH READING AGAIN--DANGEROUS DECORATIONS PEOPLE USED TO USE  https://www.familychristmasonline.com/trees/ornaments/dangerous/dangerous_decorations.htm

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON HERE.

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