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The Revolutionary War Conference 250
Fort Palin Museum https://fortplainmuseum.org/viewevent.aspx?ID=1062
THE FORT PLAIN MUSEUM, IN THE HEART OF MOHAWK COUNTRY!
Still Time to Register for The Revolutionary War Conference 250 in the Mohawk Valley that starts this Friday, June 9, 2023
Plus We Added a 2nd Bus!
Bob Cudmore will introduce the speakers this Saturday and Sunday, June 10, 8 am-5 pm and June 11, 8 am to 1 pm at the Revolutionary War conference organized by the Fort Plain Museum.
The speaking program takes place at the auditorium of Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Johnstown.
Over The Weekend
Thanks to an extremely generous and anonymous $1000 donation, The Historians Podcast fund drive has now raised $2610 toward our $7000 goal for 2023. Thank you very much. We still have a long way to go. Please help us provide more history programing on Fort Ticonderoga, Old Fort Johnson, songs of the American Revolution by Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle, the Wild West and much more. Please donate online at The Historians Podcast, organized by Bob Cudmore or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302. Thank you again-every contribution is appreciated.
Monday, June 5, 2023-Story behind the story-early Latino immigrant Aldlmo Canacho
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Johnstown history
The city of Johnstown, with a population of about 8500, is small but elegant, according to Regent Catherine Grady of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The city is planning a series of events to mark its 250th anniversary this year (2008).
Wednesday, June 7, 2023-From the Archives-August 5, 2022-Episode 434-NBC TV has aired an episode of their family history show Who Do You Think You Are including interviews filmed in Fonda and Johnstown. Actor Nick Offerman (who plays Ron Swanson in the sitcom Parks and Recreation) traced his ancestors to families from upstate New York. Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar, Montgomery County historian, explains why Fonda’s Old Courthouse is a mecca for genealogists and historians.
Thursday, June 8, 2023-From the Archives of Focus on History from the Daily Gazette-Violins and ginseng
Friday, June 9, 2023 – Episode 478 Scott Haefner of Old Fort Johnson historic site explains how this formerly fortified home of British Indian agent Sir William Johnson was preserved by a grass roots organization, the Montgomery County Historical Society.
Puerto Rican immigrant marks milestone birthday
By Bob Cudmore
One of the first Latino immigrants to Amsterdam recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
City Mayor Michael Cinquanti said in a Facebook post that Aldelmo (Al) Camacho’s family including grandson Rob Camacho held the celebration at the Century Club.
Cinquanti wrote, “(Al) and his beloved wife Tina have contributed so much to our community since settling here in 1951 and to be on hand to see him share this incredible milestone with his loving family and friends was indeed a privilege.”
Aldelmo Camacho grew up on a farm near Yauco, a small city in south Puerto Rico. The youngest of ten children, he joined the Army in 1942 and served as a medical surgery technician.
After the war, he attended business college where he met his future wife, Ernestina (Tina) Perez. In 1948, they married and the family grew with the birth of two daughters.
Aldelmo said in a 2004 interview that two of his brothers had moved to America and settled in Amsterdam, attracted by newspaper ads from the carpet industry.
In 1950, Aldelmo left his family and arrived in Amsterdam on a Sunday in June. He had his first job the next day, making pocketbooks for Central Leather.
“When I came here, you could have a job, quit the job and get another job in that same building with another company,” Aldelmo said. “If you didn’t have a job here it was because you didn’t want to work.”
Aldelmo stayed in Amsterdam four months but returned to Yauco because he missed his family. There was no work in Puerto Rico so Aldelmo headed north again. This time he ran a milling machine at Collette’s, preparing rubber for tennis and beach balls.
Within a few months, Tina and the children moved to Amsterdam and Tina began work at Amsterdam Glove. Their first home was in the former Amsterdam Hotel on Main Street. Apartments followed and then their own houses on Academy Street and Bunn Street.
There were only a few Latinos in Amsterdam in the early 1950s. “When we came in it was just Puerto Ricans and Cubans,” Aldelmo said. Today, Amsterdam’s many Latinos also have roots in Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico and other countries.
In 1953, the Camachos were instrumental in forming the Spanish American Club, which closed in 2004.
Tina held jobs at Chalmer’s Button Shop, Hanover Dress, Martin Jay Dress and Mohawk Dress. She also earned her high school diploma and attended Fulton-Montgomery Community College.
“We made an honest dollar every place we went,” Tina said. “We started at 75 cents an hour and then it went up to a dollar an hour. We lived on that.”
Aldelmo worked several years at the Naval Depot in Scotia and then was a dress cutter at Hanover’s. Hanover’s closed its Amsterdam plant in 1972 and wanted Aldelmo to relocate to Vermont. Instead, the Camachos returned to Puerto Rico.
“We went back and I got a job in San Juan cutting dresses,” Aldelmo said. “But I was in San Juan and (Tina) was in Yauco, a hundred miles apart and we stayed just seven weeks. When we left Puerto Rico it was one way of living. When we went back it was too different. It was a different country for us.”
Back in Amsterdam, Aldelmo secured jobs at Coleco, then Gem Urethane, Bojud Knitting and General Electric before his retirement.
“This town (Amsterdam) came to be more important than the town where I was born,” said Aldelmo, who has a reputation for his skill at dominoes. “This town for me is like my hometown. It’s where I’ve raised my family.”
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Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, June 5, 2023
51 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 5:54AM
Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Light and variable wind becoming north 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, June 5, 2023
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By Bob CudmoreThe Revolutionary War Conference 250
Fort Palin Museum https://fortplainmuseum.org/viewevent.aspx?ID=1062
THE FORT PLAIN MUSEUM, IN THE HEART OF MOHAWK COUNTRY!
Still Time to Register for The Revolutionary War Conference 250 in the Mohawk Valley that starts this Friday, June 9, 2023
Plus We Added a 2nd Bus!
Bob Cudmore will introduce the speakers this Saturday and Sunday, June 10, 8 am-5 pm and June 11, 8 am to 1 pm at the Revolutionary War conference organized by the Fort Plain Museum.
The speaking program takes place at the auditorium of Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Johnstown.
Over The Weekend
Thanks to an extremely generous and anonymous $1000 donation, The Historians Podcast fund drive has now raised $2610 toward our $7000 goal for 2023. Thank you very much. We still have a long way to go. Please help us provide more history programing on Fort Ticonderoga, Old Fort Johnson, songs of the American Revolution by Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle, the Wild West and much more. Please donate online at The Historians Podcast, organized by Bob Cudmore or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302. Thank you again-every contribution is appreciated.
Monday, June 5, 2023-Story behind the story-early Latino immigrant Aldlmo Canacho
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Johnstown history
The city of Johnstown, with a population of about 8500, is small but elegant, according to Regent Catherine Grady of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The city is planning a series of events to mark its 250th anniversary this year (2008).
Wednesday, June 7, 2023-From the Archives-August 5, 2022-Episode 434-NBC TV has aired an episode of their family history show Who Do You Think You Are including interviews filmed in Fonda and Johnstown. Actor Nick Offerman (who plays Ron Swanson in the sitcom Parks and Recreation) traced his ancestors to families from upstate New York. Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar, Montgomery County historian, explains why Fonda’s Old Courthouse is a mecca for genealogists and historians.
Thursday, June 8, 2023-From the Archives of Focus on History from the Daily Gazette-Violins and ginseng
Friday, June 9, 2023 – Episode 478 Scott Haefner of Old Fort Johnson historic site explains how this formerly fortified home of British Indian agent Sir William Johnson was preserved by a grass roots organization, the Montgomery County Historical Society.
Puerto Rican immigrant marks milestone birthday
By Bob Cudmore
One of the first Latino immigrants to Amsterdam recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
City Mayor Michael Cinquanti said in a Facebook post that Aldelmo (Al) Camacho’s family including grandson Rob Camacho held the celebration at the Century Club.
Cinquanti wrote, “(Al) and his beloved wife Tina have contributed so much to our community since settling here in 1951 and to be on hand to see him share this incredible milestone with his loving family and friends was indeed a privilege.”
Aldelmo Camacho grew up on a farm near Yauco, a small city in south Puerto Rico. The youngest of ten children, he joined the Army in 1942 and served as a medical surgery technician.
After the war, he attended business college where he met his future wife, Ernestina (Tina) Perez. In 1948, they married and the family grew with the birth of two daughters.
Aldelmo said in a 2004 interview that two of his brothers had moved to America and settled in Amsterdam, attracted by newspaper ads from the carpet industry.
In 1950, Aldelmo left his family and arrived in Amsterdam on a Sunday in June. He had his first job the next day, making pocketbooks for Central Leather.
“When I came here, you could have a job, quit the job and get another job in that same building with another company,” Aldelmo said. “If you didn’t have a job here it was because you didn’t want to work.”
Aldelmo stayed in Amsterdam four months but returned to Yauco because he missed his family. There was no work in Puerto Rico so Aldelmo headed north again. This time he ran a milling machine at Collette’s, preparing rubber for tennis and beach balls.
Within a few months, Tina and the children moved to Amsterdam and Tina began work at Amsterdam Glove. Their first home was in the former Amsterdam Hotel on Main Street. Apartments followed and then their own houses on Academy Street and Bunn Street.
There were only a few Latinos in Amsterdam in the early 1950s. “When we came in it was just Puerto Ricans and Cubans,” Aldelmo said. Today, Amsterdam’s many Latinos also have roots in Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico and other countries.
In 1953, the Camachos were instrumental in forming the Spanish American Club, which closed in 2004.
Tina held jobs at Chalmer’s Button Shop, Hanover Dress, Martin Jay Dress and Mohawk Dress. She also earned her high school diploma and attended Fulton-Montgomery Community College.
“We made an honest dollar every place we went,” Tina said. “We started at 75 cents an hour and then it went up to a dollar an hour. We lived on that.”
Aldelmo worked several years at the Naval Depot in Scotia and then was a dress cutter at Hanover’s. Hanover’s closed its Amsterdam plant in 1972 and wanted Aldelmo to relocate to Vermont. Instead, the Camachos returned to Puerto Rico.
“We went back and I got a job in San Juan cutting dresses,” Aldelmo said. “But I was in San Juan and (Tina) was in Yauco, a hundred miles apart and we stayed just seven weeks. When we left Puerto Rico it was one way of living. When we went back it was too different. It was a different country for us.”
Back in Amsterdam, Aldelmo secured jobs at Coleco, then Gem Urethane, Bojud Knitting and General Electric before his retirement.
“This town (Amsterdam) came to be more important than the town where I was born,” said Aldelmo, who has a reputation for his skill at dominoes. “This town for me is like my hometown. It’s where I’ve raised my family.”
Sign-up for the Cudmore email "Blast" (into your email box each Saturday)
Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, June 5, 2023
51 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 5:54AM
Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Light and variable wind becoming north 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, June 5, 2023
Daily Gazette
Support Local Journalism
To subscribe https://dailygazette.com/subscribe/
Paper-Paper, On-line and e-edition
When Credibility Matters
GLEANINGS FROM THE CORN FLATS: Help plan Niskayuna’s future
As Niskayuna’s town historian, today I am entering unfamiliar territory. This month’s article is intended to inspire a focus on…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
GAVAC acquired by Priority Ambulance, agency will be renamed Lake Valley EMS
AMSTERDAM — Priority Ambulance has completed its acquisition of Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Corps (GAVAC) several years after such plans were…
Memories Along the Mohawk
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/