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...oh, what the heck
This Historians narration is "7 minutes" long
Story Behind the Story podcast is an audio version of Saturday’s column on the winter of 1958.
...from The Gazette https://dailygazette.com/
‘My heart is broken’: As Russia invasion continues, Amsterdam’s Ukraine community prays for peace
AMSTERDAM — In the days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Nataliya Romanishin has done her best to stay in touch with…
Tomorrow is March 1, 2022
From the Bob Cudmore Library of Daily Gazette stories—Sportsmen’s shows in Amsterdam
The league formed in 1931 and the annual shows began in 1933, first at the South Side armory then at the junior high.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022-From the Archives-Episode 78, September 20. 2015-Dennis Webster has written “Old Main: New York State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, N.Y.” Opened it 1843, it was the first insane asylum in New York State and the second one in the nation.
Thursday, March 3, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—The Italian Gardens of Broadalbin
Husted, who died in 1921, apparently wanted the gardens to duplicate formal gardens in Italy.
Jim Kaplan is back on The Historians schedule this Friday, March 4, 2022
Episode 412
New York City correspondent Jim Kaplan discusses the life of Marinus Willett. Willett is well known to historians because of the work he did during the American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley. But Willett was born downstate and returned there after the war to serve in public office.
The winter of 1958
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
Snow disrupted life in the Mohawk Valley in February 1958. For four days a U.S. Army helicopter evacuated isolated families and brought in food, fuel and medicine to Charleston.
There were about 100 rescues in rural Montgomery County. Grateful families provided plow operators with coffee and food. Some farmers had to dump spoiled milk. Amsterdam city schools closed for a week.
According to the Recorder a mid-February snowstorm deposited 27 inches of the white stuff on top of a nine inch snowfall the week before. High winds tossed the snow into drifts as high as ten feet and “blocked most roads in Montgomery County.”
In Scotch Church on the border between Princetown and the town of Florida a returning family member was briefly mistaken for a bear. On a more optimistic note, the snow didn’t stop a birthday party in Amsterdam.
Ralph Bohlke was thirteen in 1958. Snowed in by the first storm for seven days, relief arrived in the form of a Schenectady County plow that got to Bohlke’s home on Route 160. That evening produced the second snowfall and the Bohlkes were snowed in another seven days. Relief finally came from a town of Florida plow.
Bohlke wrote, “I remember there was so much blowing snow that it was the only time in my life that I could not get out the front or back door. There was even a porch on the front door, but the snow was still blown up against the door so we couldn’t get outdoors. We had a wood shed attached to the back of the house with a dog door. I climbed out of the dog door to get outside.”
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Bohlke and his mother Genevieve stayed home in Scotch Church to make sure the furnace kept working. The snow was almost even with the telephone lines. Bohlke’s father, Harley Bohlke, stayed in Amsterdam with an aunt, Elizabeth Folmsbee on Guy Park Avenue, as he had to operate his business, Mohawk Cleaners & Dyers, on Cedar Street.
Bohlke wrote, “I remember digging a tunnel out to the road in the driveway. When my father came home after the two weeks, he had a black bear hat on and when I first saw it I wasn’t sure who or what was coming through that tunnel. Fortunately it was my father with groceries in both arms.”
Bohlke said, “As kids, we loved the two weeks off. We played basketball in Aucompaugh’s barn and did a lot of tobogganing. We would go right over apple trees, going airborne, and crash into the snow. Since there was so much snow, we would just go right into the snow and get buried. You could not sleigh ride as the snow was too powdery and too deep. Those were the days.”
Meanwhile an Amsterdam couple trudged uphill through deep snow to a birthday party for four-year old Gerald R. Snyder during the snowstorm.
Snyder and his parents lived at the top of the hill at the corner of Columbia Street and The Mall. The Mall is one of the steepest streets in a very hilly city.
Snyder’s aunt and uncle lived in an apartment down the hill on Stewart Street and often came to Snyder’s house to watch television.
Snyder and his mother Eileen saw two figures in the distance trudging through waist deep snow. When the walkers got closer, they were recognized as Snyder’s aunt and uncle, Anita and Haverly Hewitt.
The spring brought flooding along the Mohawk River. After that, the Army Corps of Engineers built retaining walls along the south side of the river in Amsterdam.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, February 28, 2022
Increasing clouds, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as -3. West wind 6 to 13 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday
A chance of snow showers before 2pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 39. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, February 28, 2022
Daily Gazette
‘My heart is broken’: As Russia invasion continues, Amsterdam’s Ukraine community prays for peace
AMSTERDAM — In the days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Nataliya Romanishin has done her best to stay in touch with…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
Plans for new clubhouse at Amsterdam Muni Golf Course approved
AMSTERDAM — Construction of the new clubhouse at the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course is expected to break ground in the…
AMSTERDAM — Construction of the new clubhouse at the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course is expected to break ground in the…
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Leader Herald
Gloversville boys’ basketball knocks off No. 1 seed Troy in double OT in Class A quarterfinals
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By Bob Cudmore...oh, what the heck
This Historians narration is "7 minutes" long
Story Behind the Story podcast is an audio version of Saturday’s column on the winter of 1958.
...from The Gazette https://dailygazette.com/
‘My heart is broken’: As Russia invasion continues, Amsterdam’s Ukraine community prays for peace
AMSTERDAM — In the days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Nataliya Romanishin has done her best to stay in touch with…
Tomorrow is March 1, 2022
From the Bob Cudmore Library of Daily Gazette stories—Sportsmen’s shows in Amsterdam
The league formed in 1931 and the annual shows began in 1933, first at the South Side armory then at the junior high.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022-From the Archives-Episode 78, September 20. 2015-Dennis Webster has written “Old Main: New York State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, N.Y.” Opened it 1843, it was the first insane asylum in New York State and the second one in the nation.
Thursday, March 3, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—The Italian Gardens of Broadalbin
Husted, who died in 1921, apparently wanted the gardens to duplicate formal gardens in Italy.
Jim Kaplan is back on The Historians schedule this Friday, March 4, 2022
Episode 412
New York City correspondent Jim Kaplan discusses the life of Marinus Willett. Willett is well known to historians because of the work he did during the American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley. But Willett was born downstate and returned there after the war to serve in public office.
The winter of 1958
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
Snow disrupted life in the Mohawk Valley in February 1958. For four days a U.S. Army helicopter evacuated isolated families and brought in food, fuel and medicine to Charleston.
There were about 100 rescues in rural Montgomery County. Grateful families provided plow operators with coffee and food. Some farmers had to dump spoiled milk. Amsterdam city schools closed for a week.
According to the Recorder a mid-February snowstorm deposited 27 inches of the white stuff on top of a nine inch snowfall the week before. High winds tossed the snow into drifts as high as ten feet and “blocked most roads in Montgomery County.”
In Scotch Church on the border between Princetown and the town of Florida a returning family member was briefly mistaken for a bear. On a more optimistic note, the snow didn’t stop a birthday party in Amsterdam.
Ralph Bohlke was thirteen in 1958. Snowed in by the first storm for seven days, relief arrived in the form of a Schenectady County plow that got to Bohlke’s home on Route 160. That evening produced the second snowfall and the Bohlkes were snowed in another seven days. Relief finally came from a town of Florida plow.
Bohlke wrote, “I remember there was so much blowing snow that it was the only time in my life that I could not get out the front or back door. There was even a porch on the front door, but the snow was still blown up against the door so we couldn’t get outdoors. We had a wood shed attached to the back of the house with a dog door. I climbed out of the dog door to get outside.”
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On the Internet
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In the U.S. Mail
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Bohlke and his mother Genevieve stayed home in Scotch Church to make sure the furnace kept working. The snow was almost even with the telephone lines. Bohlke’s father, Harley Bohlke, stayed in Amsterdam with an aunt, Elizabeth Folmsbee on Guy Park Avenue, as he had to operate his business, Mohawk Cleaners & Dyers, on Cedar Street.
Bohlke wrote, “I remember digging a tunnel out to the road in the driveway. When my father came home after the two weeks, he had a black bear hat on and when I first saw it I wasn’t sure who or what was coming through that tunnel. Fortunately it was my father with groceries in both arms.”
Bohlke said, “As kids, we loved the two weeks off. We played basketball in Aucompaugh’s barn and did a lot of tobogganing. We would go right over apple trees, going airborne, and crash into the snow. Since there was so much snow, we would just go right into the snow and get buried. You could not sleigh ride as the snow was too powdery and too deep. Those were the days.”
Meanwhile an Amsterdam couple trudged uphill through deep snow to a birthday party for four-year old Gerald R. Snyder during the snowstorm.
Snyder and his parents lived at the top of the hill at the corner of Columbia Street and The Mall. The Mall is one of the steepest streets in a very hilly city.
Snyder’s aunt and uncle lived in an apartment down the hill on Stewart Street and often came to Snyder’s house to watch television.
Snyder and his mother Eileen saw two figures in the distance trudging through waist deep snow. When the walkers got closer, they were recognized as Snyder’s aunt and uncle, Anita and Haverly Hewitt.
The spring brought flooding along the Mohawk River. After that, the Army Corps of Engineers built retaining walls along the south side of the river in Amsterdam.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, February 28, 2022
Increasing clouds, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as -3. West wind 6 to 13 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday
A chance of snow showers before 2pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 39. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, February 28, 2022
Daily Gazette
‘My heart is broken’: As Russia invasion continues, Amsterdam’s Ukraine community prays for peace
AMSTERDAM — In the days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Nataliya Romanishin has done her best to stay in touch with…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
Plans for new clubhouse at Amsterdam Muni Golf Course approved
AMSTERDAM — Construction of the new clubhouse at the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course is expected to break ground in the…
AMSTERDAM — Construction of the new clubhouse at the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course is expected to break ground in the…
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Gloversville boys’ basketball knocks off No. 1 seed Troy in double OT in Class A quarterfinals
https://www.leaderherald.com/