years Ago in history

By CinDy BEll toBEy

160 years Ago – May 13, 1863

Tuesday we noticed a novelty in our streets, which struck us as supplying a need long felt in our midst; we refer to the bread wagon of the enterprising firm of Dean & Williams, grocers.

These gentlemen propose to deliver articles purchased of them at any point in the village, and also to make a specialty of delivering baked goods each day to customers who may desire to be regularly supplied with fresh articles in this line – their wagon running morning and afternoon. Messrs.

D & W have been to considerable expense for the purpose of accommodating their customers, not only in the matter of delivering goods, but also in fitting up their store in an elegant manner, increasing its facilities for the transaction of business pleasantly to all concerned.

120 years Ago – May 7, 1903

A man by the name of Otis S. Glynn, who is suspected of being the promoter of a game to get money not from the innocent farmer or the unsuspecting laboring man, but from men who desire to have themselves ranked as the great men of all time.

He got money from several Syracusans, it is said, and a couple of days last week he found time to pay a visit to this village, and interview several of our prominent men.

They were to be “written up” in laudatory style and placed among famous men of the country, for the modest fee of $15. Cazenovia people were to become famous cheaper than Syracuse people as it is said they were caught for sums varying from $100 to $800.

It is thought that he found but few here who cared to become “famous.” l From page 4

It is not known whether it was Glynn or one of his agents who was here but the scheme was the same in both places.

Where did that little girl’s adoration go? I was looking at her through a child’s eyes and it was only when I had children of my own and understood the power of that mother-child bond that I began to understand her in even the smallest way.

As a young mother who also worked outside the home, as she had, I complained that I didn’t have enough time to play with my children. She smiled and told me that she never had time to play with us.

“Always so much to do,” she said.

I spent a week with her about a month before she died. We did nothing of great import. We ate out at her favorite restaurants, simple family places tucked here and there around St.

80 years Ago – May 13, 1943

The first blackout under the Army Regulations Warning System was tried out in the Cazenovia area last Monday night. For the most part the results were very good, thanks to the good work of the wardens and auxiliary police.

The reports showed two or three instances in which people were away from home and left all the lights on in their houses, and one or two instances where people had failed to keep the lights turned out after the second 2-3-2 signal.

Letters are being sent to second offenders.

The use of the telephone was much improved, and the report center functioned very well.

It is felt that once the citizens become accustomed to the procedure there will be as great efficiency with this method as there was last year.

40 years Ago – May 11, 1983

Fifty-six tons of rip-rap, in the form of boulders, were installed at the water’s edge of the state rest area at the south end of Cazenovia Lake last week by the town of Cazenovia.

The purpose is to discourage use of the rest area as an unofficial boatlaunching site and local officials believe it will reduce traffic problems on Rt. 20 at the entrances to the parking lot as well as add to the safety of boaters.

Vandalism of the fence has been a constant problem and the State

Department of Transportation recently authorized the town to maintain it.

The boulders, however, came as somewhat of a surprise to Richard Simberg, regional director of the State Department of Transportation.

“We agreed to have the town maintain the fence, but we never authorized the rip-rap.”

“This did not have our approval and I am going to talk to the town about it,” Mr. Simberg said Thursday.

Pete. We talked, we listened to the gulls on the beach and watched some TV. I helped her plant flowers in the bed by the side of her house.

She told me that she always wanted to be a nurse, but she had to leave school at the end of the eighth grade to help support her parents. And she loved nice clothes. When you have four growing children and an invalid spouse, money for nice clothes wasn’t possible.

Her vices, she would smile, were romance novels and licorice. She loved her small gardens, always with her favorite portulacas front and center. She was an expert seamstress, like her mother, and we were the recipients of her talents for years. She had a faith in God that was strong, a belief in her children even stronger. We could do no wrong. Ever! She cared for us even

Attacked again by Mr. Schreibman

To the editor: After a pleasant trip to visit my daughter’s family in Albany to see my new grandson, I returned home to Barry’s letter in the Cazenovia Republican where again he viciously attacked me. Why? Because I dare to stand for Palestinian human rights and criticize the State of Israel when it acts criminally against the rights of an occupied people. As an American and also a citizen of Israel, I feel it is both my right and my moral imperative to speak out against injustice.

A reading of the article Schreibman references in the April 5 edition will demonstrate that my words were neither “vitriolic,” nor “hurtful, irrelevant, diatribe.” Rather, I stated the work I am engaged in as a member of Justice for Palestine, and why I devote much of my time in the attempt to achieve peace with justice in the “Holy Land.”

I converted to Judaism in 1987, primarily because my husband’s family were survivors of the Holocaust. I now belong to no faith group, but believe strongly in fairness and equality. Friends know that I am not antisemitic, and anyone who suggests otherwise slanders me. Perhaps Barry, your love of Israel blinds you to any of its wrongdoings, and I would suggest that you begin your education by reading important books and articles by notable Israeli writers like historian Ilan Pappe and journalists l From page 4

Leafs to end all of it.

Well, the Leafs finally won a series. Maybe that’s it – but what if it isn’t? You’re talking about the possibility of a catharsis equal to the 2004 Red Sox or 2016 Cubs, spread out over a large chunk of an entire country.

No ending would match the overwhelming emotion of seeing the team in when we, wrapped up in our lives, were too busy to attend to her, too full of our lives to ascribe the debt that we owed. She carried us under her heart for nine months. She nursed us through illnesses, celebrated our accomplishments, visited our classrooms, accompanied us to college …something she could never dream for herself … was the last down the aisle before we walked to the altar to marry, spent weeks with us after the birth of our children, clipped coupons and sent them to us when she had more need of them herself. She spent her life on us, giving us all she could. But, I wanted more than that. What it was, I couldn’t articulate.

I wish that I had known my mother as that young girl with dreams, the one who became a woman who gave up those dreams so that we could live

Thank you teachers

To the editor:

In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 8-12), the Cazenovia High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) would like to recognize all educators, especially the amazing Cazenovia High School teachers and staff that work with our children.

The PTSA would like to express our appreciation for all our teachers for making sure their students continue to learn in our fast-changing world, and for what they do all year round to give their students opportunities for success.

We thank our educators for working tirelessly each week with the wellbeing of our children at the forefront of their intention. We thank our teachers for creating safe places for our children to learn, practice problem solving, and regulate their emotions. We appreciate our educators for nurturing the passions and goals of their students.

The dedication of the Cazenovia High School teachers is heartwarming and has allowed our children to thrive during some very challenging school years. We can’t thank you enough.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! CAzENOviA hiGh SChOOL PtSA CazeNOvia ours. At a mature age, I now know what “more” was, how she was “more” in all she did, so strong and determined to raise her family despite tremendous hardships. She sought nothing more than to see us succeed into happy, healthy lives. We were the parameters that defined her existence. We were her “more.”

Blue and White claim the Cup, easing the pain of two generations. Yet it’s almost guaranteed that whoever does win this will find it novel and unprecedented, having undertaken a long, grueling journey to what is, undoubtedly, the toughest trophy to win in professional sports.

Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.

There’s a small wooden washboard that hangs over the sink at our cottage which reminds me that I am not a good enough person to even come close to being the woman who was and is my mother.

Happy Mother’s Day in heaven.

Ann Ferro is a mother, a grandmother and a retired social studies teacher. While still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up, she lives in Marcellus with lots of books, a spouse and a large orange cat.