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A SPECIAL REQUEST we are happy to oblige...
Croton's
Memorial Day Parades! (Click on the 1977 photo, courtesy of The Croton
Historical Society.)
Click here to see more parade photos from assorted years in the 1970's...
AND FROM THE CROTON FD FB PAGE -
For our faith-based readers and history buffs too---NUMBER 33-- one of our most widely traveled and very popular series here at Everything Croton-----TWO ARTICLES BELOW.....CLICK ON THE PHOTOS AND LINKS:
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UPDATED---California governor Gavin Newsom was ordered to pay $1.35 million in a settlement following the Supreme Court’s rejection of Newsom’s restrictions on in-person religious worship during the coronavirus pandemic. The settlement, filed with the U.S. District Court for the 9th Circuit last week, orders Newsom to cover the legal expense of Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal organization that fought restrictions on worship on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry. MORE HERE.
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NEWS 12--Police say over a dozen historic headstones were damaged at two Westchester cemeteries this weekend. News 12 was told that a woman used a harsh chemical to create molds of tombstones at Sleepy Hollow's Old Dutch Church Cemetery and Sparta Cemetery in Ossining.SEE MORE AT https://westchester.news12.com/police-seek-person-who-damaged-over-a-dozen-historic-headstones-at-2-westchester-cemeteries
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SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THIS SERIES: NUMBER THIRTY-TWO, FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS---AND HISTORY BUFFS TOO, VATICAN HONORS MACHAERUS EXCAVATOR, PROFESSOR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS, WINS CASE, TRANSGENDER PRONOUNS, ARREST MADE IN HISTORIC CHURCH VANDALISM, SYNAGOGUE TOO, GOFUNDME PAGE INFO AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/05/number-thirty-two-for-our-faith-based.html
DEVELOPING... The announcement marked a reversal for the social media giant. In
February, Facebook said it would remove posts claiming the virus was
man-made or manufactured "following consultations with leading health
organizations, including the World Health Organization" who had
"debunked" the claim. MORE AT https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/facebook-ends-ban-posts-claiming-covid-19-man-made
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Click on the photo from the 5/26 8th Annual Town of Cortlandt Republican Committee Dinner honoring the Town of Cortlandt 2021 Candidates and long time committee members Delorenzo, Sadofsky and Charles and Sue Braue.
This well attended event featured special guest speakers: the Honorable Robert Astorino and Christine Sculti, Republican candidate for County Executive. It was held at The Cortlandt Colonial Restaurant. For more info, contact DANIELPAGANOLAW@OPTONLINE.NET.
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COURTESY OF PATRICIA LYNCH--NEWS ABOUT THE CROTON HARMON H.S.GIRLS VARSITY LACROSSE MAY 2021
“Our CHHS Girls Varsity lacrosse team continues racking up wins as they move closer to the playoffs. Five senior players were recently honored for their dedication to the team and the high level of play they have brought to the field throughout their high school years. They easily won their ‘Senior Game’ against the Valhalla Vickings 15 to 8.
These special seniors have been playing together for years and are looking forward to graduation and their respective college plans.
CLICK ON THE PHOTOS BELOW.
Congratulations to these special seniors, their families and to coaches, Isabella Zappa, Ryan Callahan, and former coach Alamprese!
Pictured:
Madison Archer #7 is attending the University of Colorado Boulder
Lyndsey DeLasho #13 is attending Springfield College and will be playing both lacrosse and field hockey.
Adriana Nicolari #3 is attending the University of Tampa.
Izzi Popolizio #18 is attending Bard College and will be playing lacrosse.
Matthea Schor #1 is attending Emory University.
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We're always delighted when we come across bits and pieces about the "perfume factory" that once existed on Brook Street. It was called COMPAGNIE PARENTO and while no longer in the village, the company is still in existence today. (YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE CROTON SITE HERE.)
According to the company website, Addington Doolittle, founder of Compagnie
Parento, Inc. believed it was time to break the American dependency on
imported perfumes and start an American manufacturing operation.
Compagnie Parento, Inc. began creating and producing fragrance oils in the United States just after the turn of the 20th century. (For more about COMPAGNIE PARENTO, click here.)
We recently came across some ads and such from assorted perfume and toiletry trade publications back in the day and thought you might have an interest. Click on the images below.
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FROM THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FACEBOOK PAGE - We thank the Croton Harmon Varsity Softball Team for their great efforts raising money for the Annual Pink/Teal Games! Contributing to the continued fight against breast and ovarian cancers. Athletes doing good things!! Tiger Pride!!! #crotonathletics #Crotonharmonsoftball #crotonharmonschools
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The comments came during a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee hearing on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) fiscal year 2022 budget request. Fauci was asked by Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., on a $600,000 grant from NIAID that went to a group called EcoHealth Alliance, which then paid the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study the risk that bat coronaviruses could infect humans....... Francis Collins, the director of NIH, had said earlier in the hearing that the American taxpayer money that went to the Wuhan Institute of Virology was not approved to conduct gain of function research, which is research that involves modifying a virus to make it more infectious among humans. MORE AT https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fauci-gain-of-function-wuhan-collaboration-spillover
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#2 Cheers and applause rang out in the Senate chamber on Tuesday evening after passage of an amendment offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), which bans the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund gain-of-function research in China.............Despite Dr. Fauci's denial, there is ample evidence and backing by the scientific community that the NIH and the NIAID, under his direction, funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. A multitude of scientists have reviewed this research and said it meets the definition for gain-of-function. MORE AT https://www.theblaze.com/news/cheers-break-out-in-senate-after-paul-amendment-passes-banning-gain-of-function-research-in-china
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QUICK SNIPPET ON THE CROTON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL'S 13TH SUMMER SEASON--APRIL 1974. CLICK ON THE IMAGE. SEE MORE 1974 FESTIVAL AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/04/by-special-request-little-croton.html
As always, some wonderful new finds, special requests, oldies but goodies and more. Click on the photos and links.
First up, three examples of circa 1867 "French Villas' and such--some spectacular architectural inspiration for our putz house builders.
They're followed by a charming post Halloween postcard find; very faded, printed on linen paper, circa 1905, 1910----and then an oldie but goodie--Howard's "Slant Roof with Gable" putz house--based on a vintage made in Japan original...
A FLICKR ALBUM OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS LIGHTS--plus a video...
See more courtesy of ScottG here.
MEW FROM TOYS AND STUFF: THE MARX AMBULANCE WAGON; this has such "flattie" potential--AND the photos from all angles are really neat--missing the driver but really not missed; see it here.
BLUMCHEN IS HAVIG A SALE CURRENTLY ON THEIR BRITISH SCRAP OFFERINGS; some really nice images...
AND LEST WE FORGET....
YOU CAN SEE HOWARD'S HOUSE SHOWN BELOW from start to finish with pattern and other tips at http://bit.ly/1MHXae2
NEW FROM PAPER GLITTER GLUE: A MID-CENTURY MODERN BUTTERFLY ROOF PUTZ HOUSE PATTERN! SEE IT HERE.
THE LATEST FROM CROTON'S JAN JOHNSEN AND HER SERENITY IN THE GARDEN BLOG: The Glorious Sunflower - the Fourth Sister in a Native American Garden
THREE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS, some fabulous vintage images:
--BEN LYON; CLICK HERE
--PULP FICTION; CLICK HERE
--KEVIN COSTNER; CLICK HERE
JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A REALLY WONDERFUL ONLINE STORE CALLED...(DON AND CHRIS') OLD STUFF ONLY---it's not a sophisticated site but it works well, has some fab stuff on it---much of which you haven't seen in YEARS, LOL! SPEND SOME THERE---it's kind of addicting--and you will definitely have fun https://www.oldstuffonly.com/
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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.
FRANCES HORWICH, A.K.A. MISS FRANCIS, THE CROTON CONNECTION---Frances Rappaport Horwich (born Frances Rappaport, July 16, 1907–July 22, 2001) was an American educator, television personality and television executive. As Miss Frances, she was the host of the children's television program Ding Dong School, seen weekday mornings on the NBC network in the 1950s and nationally syndicated between 1959 and 1965.
For a brief time she was the head of the Hessian Hills School in Croton. You can read more about Horwich HERE.
YOU CAN READ AND SEE MORE ABOUT HESSIAN HILLS HERE.
With a more normal Memorial Day around the corner, this 1943 article from The Benning Bayonet seemed particularly appropriate. It details the Purple Heart medal that Croton's Harold Eklof received posthumously--and which was awarded to his wife, Elsie Fechner Eklof.
Click on the images.
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--A PHOTO ALBUM FOR MEMORIAL DAY 2019, COURTESY OF TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY HERE
--COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED, A PHOTO ALBUM OF OVER 34 PHOTOS, FROM THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES 2017 http://bit.ly/2rQJmsy
Who
died this date in 1974....Donald Crisp (born George William Crisp, 27
July 1882 – 25 May 1974) was an English film actor. (CLICK ON THE
PHOTO.)
He was an early producer, director and screenwriter.
His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won
an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942 for his performance
in How Green Was My Valley. READ MORE ABOUT THE VERY MULTI-FACETED CRISP
HERE
READ MORE ABOUT HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-this-day-in-1941-how-green-was-my.html
