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The 2022 Historians Podcast fund drive needs your help!
To donate click, https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Thank You
Tim and Mary Major
Robert Burns
Adirondacks camp gave kids a break
By Bob Cudmore
The Amsterdam Family YMCA recently observed its 150th anniversary and some long time members reminisced about YMCA Camp Agaming at Lake Pleasant in the Adirondacks.
“I’m going back to the year 1939,” wrote Pat Constantine of Amsterdam. “The plan the YMCA had back then was to more or less treat mostly under privileged kids to a week of fun.
“They would choose a group of children, load them on a truck with their duffel bags, shopping bags and boxes with their belongings. When we got to camp, they would assign eight kids to each cabin, plus one counselor.
“Every morning they would sound reveille and raise the flag. We would assemble around the flagpole, all of us in our birthday suits. After the flag raising, they would give an order to take your morning dip. It was a necessity that in your goodie pack, you had to bring a bar of Ivory Soap, the kind that floats.
“During the week they treated us to a play at the Tamarack Playhouse. Another day was a trip to Tupper Lake Mountain where was a fire ranger station. We all had a chance to climb the ladder to the top to see the beautiful mountain view.
“Then there was a sports company’s CEO who would treat us to a buffet, then he gave us all baseballs, gloves and whatever they had to give.
“Most of us underprivileged kids paid our dues by taking out the trash (in the winter at the YMCA), shoveling snow and sweeping the club rooms after each meeting.”
MORE ON ROUTE 5
Local historian Peter Betz suggests the addition of Fort Wagner to the tour of Route 5 historic sites. The home of Colonel Peter Wagner, Fort Wagner is located about one mile west of the Palatine Church on the same side of the road. Peter Wagner is the ancestor of Webster Wagner whose high Victorian home is in Palatine Bridge.
“There is also an interesting wood-fire lime kiln in a woods just east of Fort Klock, plus the original Klock Cemetery on the hill behind a brick house on the left as you enter St. Johnsville and the foundation of the home of Colonel Jacob Klock at the same location,” wrote Betz. “There used to be historic markers at several locations such as Fort Wagner and the Klock house/cemetery, also at Connolly's Inn at Yost's. But they all have disappeared in recent years. Maybe there's a story sometime in missing historical markers.”
POSTCARDS ONLINE
Amsterdam native and Ohio resident Richard Ellers has passed along information on a web site that displays old postcards, including some from Montgomery and Fulton counties.
One postcard shows women in white hats and uniforms packaging chewing gum under the watchful eye of a Beech-Nut supervisor in a suit and tie in Canajoharie. Other postcards include one of the Louis Meyer glove mill in Gloversville, a moonlit shot of Amsterdam’s Market Street with an approaching trolley car and a 1913 view of Main Street in Glen.
The site devoted to penny postcards is:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html The site is part of USGenWeb Digital Library, a volunteer effort aimed at putting public domain records online. The postcards are not for sale.
Tomorrow
The Buttonwood Agreement
Friday, June 3, 2022-Episode 425-New York City correspondent Jim Kaplan has the story of the Buttonwood Agreement, the founding document of the New York Stock Exchange.
KINDERHOOK, New York – Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will open for summer programs and tours, tomorrow, Friday, June 3, 2022. The visitor center tent will be open seven days a week from 9 am. to 4:30 pm.
https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/news/2022-summer-opening-schedule.htm
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, June 2, 2022
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. West wind around 7 mph.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 74. West wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
This Weekend in Amsterdam and The Mohawk Valley
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, June 2, 2022
Daily Gazette
The leading source for local news in Schoharie, Amsterdam, Gloversville, and Johnstown.
Gloversville’s Dillenback, Mayfield’s Meca named Fulton County’s top athletes
For the first time since 2019, the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Sports Award Banquet took place in-person Wednesday….
For the first time since 2019, the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Sports Award Banquet took place in-person Wednesday….
SPAC hosts Festival of Young Artists on Sunday
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s grounds will resound with a joyful noise on Sunday with the fifth annual Festival of…
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s grounds will resound with a joyful noise on Sunday with the fifth annual Festival of…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
Town of Amsterdam mulling zoning updates for dispensaries, apartments
TOWN OF AMSTERDAM — Zoning updates are being considered in the town of Amsterdam to decide where...
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
As prices rise, a family reaches out: Craft show vendors open property for bi-weekly craft show, more
by Andrew Pugliese
https://www.leaderherald.com/
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By Bob CudmoreThe 2022 Historians Podcast fund drive needs your help!
To donate click, https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Thank You
Tim and Mary Major
Robert Burns
Adirondacks camp gave kids a break
By Bob Cudmore
The Amsterdam Family YMCA recently observed its 150th anniversary and some long time members reminisced about YMCA Camp Agaming at Lake Pleasant in the Adirondacks.
“I’m going back to the year 1939,” wrote Pat Constantine of Amsterdam. “The plan the YMCA had back then was to more or less treat mostly under privileged kids to a week of fun.
“They would choose a group of children, load them on a truck with their duffel bags, shopping bags and boxes with their belongings. When we got to camp, they would assign eight kids to each cabin, plus one counselor.
“Every morning they would sound reveille and raise the flag. We would assemble around the flagpole, all of us in our birthday suits. After the flag raising, they would give an order to take your morning dip. It was a necessity that in your goodie pack, you had to bring a bar of Ivory Soap, the kind that floats.
“During the week they treated us to a play at the Tamarack Playhouse. Another day was a trip to Tupper Lake Mountain where was a fire ranger station. We all had a chance to climb the ladder to the top to see the beautiful mountain view.
“Then there was a sports company’s CEO who would treat us to a buffet, then he gave us all baseballs, gloves and whatever they had to give.
“Most of us underprivileged kids paid our dues by taking out the trash (in the winter at the YMCA), shoveling snow and sweeping the club rooms after each meeting.”
MORE ON ROUTE 5
Local historian Peter Betz suggests the addition of Fort Wagner to the tour of Route 5 historic sites. The home of Colonel Peter Wagner, Fort Wagner is located about one mile west of the Palatine Church on the same side of the road. Peter Wagner is the ancestor of Webster Wagner whose high Victorian home is in Palatine Bridge.
“There is also an interesting wood-fire lime kiln in a woods just east of Fort Klock, plus the original Klock Cemetery on the hill behind a brick house on the left as you enter St. Johnsville and the foundation of the home of Colonel Jacob Klock at the same location,” wrote Betz. “There used to be historic markers at several locations such as Fort Wagner and the Klock house/cemetery, also at Connolly's Inn at Yost's. But they all have disappeared in recent years. Maybe there's a story sometime in missing historical markers.”
POSTCARDS ONLINE
Amsterdam native and Ohio resident Richard Ellers has passed along information on a web site that displays old postcards, including some from Montgomery and Fulton counties.
One postcard shows women in white hats and uniforms packaging chewing gum under the watchful eye of a Beech-Nut supervisor in a suit and tie in Canajoharie. Other postcards include one of the Louis Meyer glove mill in Gloversville, a moonlit shot of Amsterdam’s Market Street with an approaching trolley car and a 1913 view of Main Street in Glen.
The site devoted to penny postcards is:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html The site is part of USGenWeb Digital Library, a volunteer effort aimed at putting public domain records online. The postcards are not for sale.
Tomorrow
The Buttonwood Agreement
Friday, June 3, 2022-Episode 425-New York City correspondent Jim Kaplan has the story of the Buttonwood Agreement, the founding document of the New York Stock Exchange.
KINDERHOOK, New York – Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will open for summer programs and tours, tomorrow, Friday, June 3, 2022. The visitor center tent will be open seven days a week from 9 am. to 4:30 pm.
https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/news/2022-summer-opening-schedule.htm
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, June 2, 2022
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. West wind around 7 mph.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 74. West wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
This Weekend in Amsterdam and The Mohawk Valley
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, June 2, 2022
Daily Gazette
The leading source for local news in Schoharie, Amsterdam, Gloversville, and Johnstown.
Gloversville’s Dillenback, Mayfield’s Meca named Fulton County’s top athletes
For the first time since 2019, the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Sports Award Banquet took place in-person Wednesday….
For the first time since 2019, the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Sports Award Banquet took place in-person Wednesday….
SPAC hosts Festival of Young Artists on Sunday
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s grounds will resound with a joyful noise on Sunday with the fifth annual Festival of…
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s grounds will resound with a joyful noise on Sunday with the fifth annual Festival of…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
Town of Amsterdam mulling zoning updates for dispensaries, apartments
TOWN OF AMSTERDAM — Zoning updates are being considered in the town of Amsterdam to decide where...
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
As prices rise, a family reaches out: Craft show vendors open property for bi-weekly craft show, more
by Andrew Pugliese
https://www.leaderherald.com/