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Springtime By Brunhilde Luken........................................................... 3 May 1961 By Clifton J. (Jerry) Noble Sr....................................... 4 Lyssa’s Garden - Wildflowers By Lyssa Peters............................ 6 On Memorial Day By Bernadette R. Gentry............................... 10 Preferences - Living in a Virtual World By Melanie Motter.. 11 Where are They Now By Elaine Adele Aubrey.......................... 12 Around Southwick By Southwick Historical Society................ 14 Walk For The Hungry 42nd Annual Crop Hunger Walk..... 15 Retirement Doctor By Enrique J. Alvarez..........................................19 New York Memories, Tenement Terror By Frank Houlihan......20 Country Cooking By Christy Cox...................................................... 22 Southwoods Bulletin Board.............................................................. 22 Music Spotlight Second Nature......................................................... 29 Classifieds ................................................................................................ 27 Publisher: Carole Caron Editor: Lyssa Peters Layout/Design Artists: Lyssa Peters, Christy Cox, Martin Lee, Rachel Allessio,
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May 1961
By Clifton J. Noble, Sr.
May 1, Monday. Jerry Jr. (born 9:05 a.m. April 21, 1961) was fed at 12:30 a.m. and slept until 6:00. Elizabeth is fine with her little son. I took rinsed diapers from pail with some other things to Glen Launderette at top of Route 20 hill in Russell. During half-hour wash cycle (25 cents) I walked part way up Punch Bowl Mountain on south side of Route 20. During drying (10 cents for each 10 minutes) I got groceries at A&P on Franklin St. in Westfield. Mrs. Coash from Blandford clerks there. Got home by 12:30 p.m. Practical nurse, Jean Watson, came at 8:30 and had dinner on the table. I watched her to learn the bottle-sterilization and formula-making process. She left 4:30 to 6:15 to get supper for her own family. With baby ready for bed I quieted him in living room with TV till 9:15. Then he was ready to stay in bassinet and go to sleep. May 2, Tuesday. I got my mother from the old ladies
home while I did errands, then to Montgomery so she could hold her grandson. A letter from Westfield City Clerk requested birth certificate information about baby. May 3, Wednesday. My cousin Lester Emerson came. We made a little clawrake out of guard rail wire, opened septic tank and probed unsuccessfully 70 times for diamond ring Elizabeth accidentally flushed while cleaning toilet. E began twitting me about liking Jean too well. I was angry and she knew it. Unfounded jealousy reminds me of the worst of my late Aunt Florence Noble Boyce and I hate it. May 5, Friday. Baby weighs 7 pounds. New formula got him burping with gas and loose bowels. We used up 7 nightgowns, 3 shirts, 4 blankets, 24 diapers and patience. May 6, Saturday After night of no sleep both E and I were in bad shape. She said she’d better go to Westfield and let her mother take care of her. Jean got baby to sleep. I worked on stone retaining wall. My mother was disappointed when I phoned to cancel her visit. Uncle Ralph came, but I told him not to try to see E or baby. He asked, “Troubles beginning, eh?” and had tears in his eyes as he drove away. Baby slept more normally but still has gas. May 7, Sunday. Rain all day. Minister Shears came to church alone. His little girl has chicken pox. Atwaters visited 3:30-4:00 p.m. I put box for my cat Fluffy under roof on top doorstep, but it got wet. Elizabeth doesn’t want Fluffy in the house and he is good about staying out on step when door is open. However, Elizabeth’s father, Collins, stood talking in the open door for ten minutes, and Fluffy finally ran in. May 8, Monday. I am on vacation from work until E gets
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used to Jean and baby. Jean arrived soon after ten. Cartose gives baby lots of gas. At launderette I did biggest wash yet. Used three dryers. 11:50 at home I folded 42 diapers.. I took mother Hester to Springfield 12:40 p.m and got her a good gray coat at Anderson Littles for $18.30. She was back to Sarah Gillette Home at 2:45. Did errands including getting groceries at A&P and bought three Carters infant nightgowns at Kute Kid-
We used up 7 nightgowns, 3 shirts, 4 blankets, 24 diapers and patience die Shop. E made creamed eggs on toast for me. At 9:00 p.m. I put baby tummy-down in bassinet and he slept. May 9, Tuesday, 4:30 a.m. After seven hours, baby started making small noises. Fluffy cat slept peacefully in his new box on doorstep. May 10, Wednesday. I picked 1,700 dandelion blossoms out of lawn. E still has pain and worries about herself. I napped 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. E woke me to say her folks had come. (She had hematoma during birth.) Mr. Atwater got me and nurse aside to ask, “Do you suppose Dr. Wonson didn’t get all that hematoma out?” “Of course he got it,” Jean replied, “if he didn’t she’d have temperature. Foreign matter in the body causes temperature.” Nurse laid baby on couch where he looked pleasant. I got a vegetable soup supper, and read E to sleep with Little Men. Changed baby 9:45. Bottled him and had him back to sleep by 11:30. May 11, Thursday. Phoebe has built nest over schoolhouse door again. I washed dandelion greens for lunch. They tasted fine. Picked 350 more blossoms. E opened door to air house so Fluffy walked in. I put him on woodshed roof where he remained for twenty minutes until he found a way down. I mowed lawn and took my first bath in brook this year. Atwaters came while I napped 3:00 to 4:30. Baby cried and interrupted our supper. E got excited. Baby stopped crying and filled pants. Cleaned up and got him into bassinet by 9:30. E kept me awake worrying about herself till 11:30. May 12-17. Routine of diaper changing, bottle feeding, launderette and getting meals continues, but I find a few hours to take my mother to ride. May 18, Thursday. I am back to work. Henry Lundgren
is low bidder on the next section west of Route 57 in Agawam. That runs south of Cooper Street and parallel. When I phoned E at noon she put Jean on to tell me not to overfeed baby at night. May 19, Friday. Lots of showers give time to help my men study for next civil service exam. At quitting time John Manzi told me he had something in his car for me. He came over all smiles, put a big Steiger bag on my front seat and dashed off. It was a cute, blue suit for baby. May 20, Saturday. Jean helped with wash at launderette and took E for check-up to Dr. Wonson. Baby weighs 8 pounds 1 ounce and is 21 inches long. May 21, Sunday. 34 at church. E cooked steak for my mother and I took it to her 1:30 p.m. Launderette was busy and I had to wait. May 22, Monday. I have a Polaroid camera. Manzi’s horse, Ambidexter, won again. May 23, Tuesday. Atwaters visited and E’s father enjoyed wheeling baby carriage. May 28 Sunday. While doing laundry a state cop stopped to ask if I heard cars last night. Someone broke into Williston’s Herrick place and stole things. May 29, Monday, State police caught the boys who damaged Williston property. In addition to survey work Dick Barker teaches dance and is set for a four-act recital June 10th. May 30, Tuesday, Memorial Day. Glen Launderette in Russell was not open so had to take laundry to Westfield where mother Hester helped me. Saw American Legion drilling on Broad Street and met parade traffic. Arrived home about ten as Jean was starting Jerry’s bath. E got a nice dinner of cabbage salad, noodles, and hot dogs.
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I have a little garden to the left of my garage in the front of my house that is currently mostly ferns, lilies of the valley and ground ivy. Ground ivy is a weed that travels by runners and can quickly take over a garden. At first it looks like “something,” a ruse many weeds use to take a foothold in our yards. It has cute scalloped leaves and tiny blue flowers in spring. It loves my good soil and spreads like wildfire. Luckily it is easy to pull out, but takes vigilance! Last spring as I was pulling into my driveway, I looked at that garden had a brainstorm. What was needed, to balance out the front of my house, was a tall plant in the middle. And what better than one of my friend Lucy’s big ferns. I have admired them for years, but had no spot in my yard that would suit a
really tall fern. After a quick call, I drove up to Northampton with shovel and pot, and came home and planted my prize. It did well in the spring and early summer, but when the weather turned fiery hot and dry, the fern became crispy and appeared to have died. I feared I had lost it, it was so newly planted and didn’t seem to have had time to get established before the heat set in. But I hoped it was just dormant, and this spring I can see that I was right, the fern is growing and now there are 2! Ferns are a wonderful plant for our New England gardens.
Lyssa’s GARDEN by Lyssa Peters
Most are hardy, do well in shady areas, and can withstand some tough conditions. I remember taking a hike up the halfway trail at Skinner Park in South Hadley one hot summer afternoon a few years back. It had been an extremely dry year, and the ferns were all crispy and shriveled in the dry soil on the mountainside. Ferns like cool, moist woodland settings, I knew, and I didn’t see how those would survive the drought. The next year I went back and the forest floor was rich with healthy ferns of all kinds. Like many of our native wildflowers, they are survivors. I have a variety of foliage plants in my gardens. Texture is as important to me as color, so I have a nice collection of ferns. One of my favorites in the Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina), which has red stems and light green foliage.
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If you have ferns that seem to be taking over your gardens, you probably have the very hardy Hay-scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula). I loved the White Flower Farm description: “Hayscented Fern is a fast-growing deciduous native that forms colonies. It can become invasive but is extremely useful as a ground cover for sun or shade -- just don’t expect it to Bloodroot flower be a nice neighbor to choice little shade plants. Reserve Hay-scented Ferns (so called because the 36 in fronds do indeed smell of hay when bruised) for locations where you need to cover large expanses quickly and inexpensively with something deer-resistant, attractive, and undemanding.” Hay -scented Ferns spread in single fronds, so if you have fern fronds popping up where they do not belong, this the one you have. (I gently pull them out). Most fern varieties stay in neat clumps and are a beautiful addition to shade gardens, pairing nicely with hosta. My Spring garden has several wildflowers that are ephemerals. They come up early in the Spring, flower, and disappear until next year. One of the most well known is the Virginia
Bluebell (Mertensia virginica). This plant is described by the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center as having “gray-green foliage and clusters of pink buds that open into light blue trumpet shaped flowers.” They are beautiful in large clumps, but disappear completely by Summer. Another favorite of mine is Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), which is one of the first flowers to appear in my gardens in early April. I bought it at a small perennial farm, promptly forgot what it was called, but loved the plant. It’s little white flowers only last a few days, but the leaves have an interesting shape. It comes back reliably year after year and always brings a smile to my face when I see the beautiful white flowers. A wildflower I grow just cause it is so interesting is the Mayapple (podophyllum peltatum). This wildflower has one large, umbrella-like leaf, and if you bend way over and look underneath, there is a lovely white flower. Just fun. They seem easy to grow. I came home with one and now have many! This Spring at the WMMGA Spring Symposium, I enjoyed a workshop on wildflowers taught by Leslie Duthie of Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Monson, MA. She inspired me to add to my collection of wildflower plants this season. I’ll tell you about them in an upcoming article. For more info, visit: Norcross Wildlife Santuary: http://nativeplantwildlifegarden. com Ladybird Johnson Wildlife Center: www.wildflower.org New England Wildflower Society: www.newenglandwild.org
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Wreaths are solemnly placed at the monuments. Then at the cemetery a prayer will be said, a moving speech given, and a salute to the dead will be fired. Taps will echo poignantly across the graves. All that we are free to do in our country today, and in other parts of the world, is due to your sacrifices. We can speak freely, worship God, and vote in elections that give us choices. The price
An open letter to all who gave the ultimate sacrifice so that others could live in freedom By Bernadette R. Gentry
It’s a beautiful, late May morning here in our little town of Granby. It’s only 9:30, but already people have picked out their spots to watch the parade. You will be honored here today just as in other towns across the nation. Children, Adults, and young people home from college gather on the Green and along the parade rote. They wave their flags, cheer and applaud as the marchers go by. Service organizations join with veterans, and those serving now, to pay tribute to you.
you paid for these rights can never be forgotten. You were so young, brave, with your lives full of promise. Many of you were just out of high school when you answered your country’s call. You left families and other loved ones behind as you fought for Democracy. You gave your very lives. As the marchers march and the band and fife and drum corps play you seem to be smiling down on us as we enjoy being outside after a long winter. You see the flags flown at half staff in your memory--reflecting the solemnity of this day. At the cemetery you see the veterans graves marked with small flags, red or white geraniums, and other summer flowers. In the flowers we find Hope. After the parade, you would want us to enjoy this almost summer afternoon with things you enjoyed too--like cookouts, picnics, and baseball games. For you see, you are always part of us--a part of your country’s hear. You tell us, “Enjoy this day. Listen to the birds and the laughter of children having fun. Although I’m in Heaven, I share this day with you. Thank you for remembering us”. We reply, “You will never be forgotten. We will always remember you. Rest now in God’s eternal peace.”
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Living in a Virtual World
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emember when preferences meant “what is preferred” or “what do you like?”
I’m sure I’m dating myself, but there was a certain comfort in having my own preferences – the food I enjoyed, the car I drove, the books I read, the hobbies I pursued – those were my preferences. In the digital age, “preferences” takes on new meaning. Most of the time, I see it pop up when I am printing and it’s available as an option to click so that I can choose black and white printing instead of color. There are preferences for websites like Google, Yahoo, and Ebay, and you can specify preferences when you search by using options to “customize default search settings”. You can also choose Group Policy preferences in Windows. It’s woven into our internet language, like it or not. But what if you opt out on internet preferences? What I mean is, how about getting back to what I deem are honest to goodness preferences, not the virtual kind found online? Things like an actual book or magazine, with paper pages that you turn and mark with real bookmarks (or if you’re in a hurry, by bending down the page). Somehow a book I can hold in my hands and flip through is so much better (my preference) than an electronic one that has to power up and be swiped with your finger. Then there is the topic of mail, which few of us use anymore, unless it is delivered on a screen. Of course, email is quick and efficient, quite the modern miracle considering a message can be delivered in minutes (or is it seconds?) practically anywhere in the world. But it can also be misdirected and sent before the author really considers the message or how it has been crafted, and it can pile up so fast it can take hours to peruse and identify which is pertinent and which is true junk email. Now consider a handwritten note, cursive ideally, that
speaks volumes of the care and thought someone extended in order to write and send the three dimensional note to your door. It’s more personal than any email or e-vite will ever be. For me, the bottom line of my preferences concerning communication of words is the concept of our very humanity being tampered with and perhaps even lost. Where is the intimacy and heart in an e-book or an e-card? Some would argue it’s in there somewhere, but I just don’t feel it the same way. Many of these electronic communications are cute or entertaining, but something is missing. Texts and emails are to me just a form of “virtual” communication – give me an actual phone call or letter in the mail any day. Then again, these are just my preferences!
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The Wild Wild West ... the “best stunt work in the history of television”
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gested over 145 westerns had been shown on TV from the late 1940’s to the 1990’s. That fact is in the Get a Life Category. Some lasted a few episodes and some longer, back when a season ran from September to May. Oh, I got lassoed in by Clayton Moore as “The Lone Ranger”, (1949 to 1957) and the Gene Autry (1950 to 1955) and Roy Rogers (1951 to 1957), but high school and a parttime job didn’t leave much time for the likes of “The Cisco Kid”, “Wild Bill Hickok,” “Kit Carson” and all those other cowboys. The longest running show (1952-1975) was “Death Valley Days” with a number of hosts. I remember a couple - Robert Taylor and Ronald Reagan, (yeah President). But another western took a different trail from the rest. It was described as a “James Bond western” and was called “The Wild, Wild West” (1965-69). The show was set in the 1870’s and the story lines revolved around President Grant and his problems. The good guys were a couple of undercover secret service agents played by Robert Conrad and Ross Martin. Conrad and Martin had some pretty good twists to their adventures with little trick gadgets that always saved the day. The first episode began with a grubby, disheveled deserter from the army going to the gallows. Or so the neighbors thought.
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Instead, Conrad is put on a train best described as a “tricked-out custom railroad car.” Once inside he presses a button that By Elaine Adele Aubrey turns a plain wall into a closet. Yep, he cleans up good and becomes the dashing and daring Jim West the “finest underground officer” for the U.S. Government in the old West. His cover - a rich industrialist with his own private railroad car loaded with those gadgets I mentioned earlier. The first we see is pretty tame. West’s side kick arrives, that’s Martin as Artemis Gordon. The locked door can only be opened with a lever hidden under a shelf. But wait, every week it gets better. There’s a knob on the fireplace that opens a desk holding two pistols. That same fireplace has an escape door and emergency flare signals. If he twists the decorative molding shaped like lion heads it will spew knock-out gas. Even the innocent looking pool table has one particular cue ball that’s really a bomb, and the cue sticks turn into swords. Still pretty mild you say well watch West’s clothes. His jacket has many pockets – there’s a lock pick under his jacket lapel; explosive devices in pockets, belt buckle, hat, jacket hem and pant waist. There’s a sleeve gun, a probing rod to trigger traps and a rope for climbing. Watch out for the exploding
pocket watch and the cigar that’s a blow-torch. In his boots there are spring-loaded blades and a derringer in the heel of his boot. I don’t know how this guy can walk around but Gordon; a master of disguise also designed all the interesting gimmicks and had fun doing it. Critics described Wild West as having the “best stunt work in the history of television”. The show received an Emmy and five nominations yet was cancelled only as a concession to Congress over television violence. It could only happen in the ‘60’s. This year on the first of March Robert Conrad will celebrate his 79th birthday. He was divorced twice and has eight children several are actors. He now is a radio talk show host on CRN digital talk radio and lives in California’s High Sierras. Ross Martin suffered a severe heart attack in 1968 but lived with the condition until July 3, 1981. He was married and had three children. References http://wwww.sptddog.com/sotp/tvwesterns.html http://en.wikipedia.org http://www..imdb.com/title/tt0058855/
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Southwick Historical Society Field Trips:
“Around Southwick”
Five classes of thirdgraders from Woodland School in Southwick participated in the fourteenth annual “Around Southwick” field trips last October, touring the town in school busses with their teachers and chaperones. Many interesting historical and geographical sites were described by tour guides Pat Odiorne and Deb Patryn with the assistance of Darlene Arthur. (The old canal, the Congamond Lakes, former schoolhouses, and the site of the powder mills are just a few examples.) The annual field trps are sponsored by the Southwick Historical Society, Inc. with the generous support of the Shurtleff Children’s Services, Inc. Last spring (2013) marked the first time that the students visited the recently opened Southwick History Museum, comprised of two buildings located at 86-88 College Highway. The older structure, built in 1751 for Joseph Moore and his growing family, contains many items of interest from Southwick’s past, donated over the more than forty years that the society has been in existence. During the lifetime of Joseph’s son Roger (1751-1838), the house was in two colonies (Massachusetts Bay
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and Connecticut), two states (Massachusetts and Connecticut), three counties (Hampshire, Hampden, Hartford), and four towns (Simsbury, Granby, Westfield and Southwick). The building was never moved—the boundaries changed. On the other hand, the C.J. Gillett Cigar Factory/Warehouse was originally located at 213 College Highway on property that the CVS is now occupying. The factory, the only now extant building purpose-built as a site for manufacturing cigars from locally-grown tobacco, built in 1872, was moved to its new site just north of the Moore House and re-erected there during 2010 and 2011. The grand opening of the Southwick History Museum on October 1, 2011, with both buildings accessible to handicapped persons, was a memorable day for the Town of Southwick. It is Southwick’s first museum, and it has already been visited by people from many parts of the United States. Members of the historical society took photos of the children which were given to each child as a souvenir of the visit. Members also described the many interesting displays in both buildings, answered the questions that the students posed, and served muffins and juice. Pictured are the winners of a coloring contest that the children participated in, coloring in a drawing of the C.J. Gillett Cigar Factory/Warehouse prepared by artist and society member Sally Killips. First prize: Brielle Ensign; second prize: Isiah Wood; third prize: Alora McClosky. Submitted by Pat Odiorne of the Southwick Historical Society.
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Walk For The Hungry
Teach Your Children To Give Back Millions of people around the world must walk every day for food, shelter, and water in order to survive. Hunger knows no boundaries and affects every community, including our own. The Southwick/Granville CROP Hunger Walk Committee invites you to make a difference by participating in our 42nd Annual CROP Hunger Walk held in Southwick. We are the longest running CROP Hunger Walk in New England. Each year 25% of all monies collected stay local by helping Our Community Food Pantry. This year’s walk will be held on Sunday, June 1st at the Southwick Congregational Church, 488 College Highway, Southwick. Registration will begin at 12:00 pm and the walk will kick off at 1:00 pm. Each participant will receive a free CROP Walk t-shirt bearing the names of local business sponsors. There will be family friendly activities after the walk so please join us for a fun-filled day and great exercise. Once again this year, the route will go through the center of town as walkers will utilize the sidewalks on College Highway and Feeding Hills Road until the entrance to the middle portion of the Rail Trail. Walkers will then continue onto the Rail Trail and enjoy the scenic views of wetlands and agricultural fields. At the intersection with Depot Street, you can enjoy cookies, candy and a nice cold bottle of water. Those unable to complete the entire route may head up Depot Street and return to the church for an approximate 2 mile walk. Walkers may also carry on by crossing Depot Street and continuing on the Rail Trail until the next refreshment station close to Field Street. At that point, walkers will reverse their route and return to the church upon reaching Depot Street to complete approximately 5 miles. The entire route is handicap
accessible and we encourage everyone to join in the fun. There will be volunteers along the entire route distributing water and ensuring the safety of participants. If you get tired, there will be vehicles at each refreshment station to bring you back to the church. Upon completion of the walk, everyone is invited to partake in an old fashioned picnic hosted by the Cigal Family and Southwick Rotary along with other sponsors and volunteers. In addition, you can enjoy live musical entertainment by Sam Chevalier. Anyone interested in walking, becoming a sponsor or volunteering for the event, may contact Clayton Cigal, Sr., Coordinator at 413569-3371 Clayton Cigal, Jr., Co-coordinator at cletocigal@yahoo.com or Marie Daniels, Treasurer at mmaacd@comcast.net . Each of them will have packets available. You may also register online at www.cropwalkonline/southwickma and start your fundraising efforts today. Both individual walkers and teams are encouraged. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, June 1st! Bring the whole family! Please visit our website at www.cropwalkonline.org/ southwickma or “LIKE” us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/southwickgranvillecrophungerwalk to learn more and view pictures from previous walks.
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Phoenix...... This great guy is still looking for a forever home. Phoenix is a great dog looking for a very active family that may want an agility dog or Frisbee dog with some training. Phoenix loves kids and cats and is getting much better with other dogs. He has been at the shelter well over 8 months now and is really ready for his own sofa and person to love! Kittens.......We have kittens! We have orange ones, black and white ones, black ones.........boy do we have kittens! Some will be ready to leave around the 19th of May, others will be a bit later. Kittens go fast so get your applications and deposits in now.
Luke & Seth......Luke shown here is a 4yr old neutered male that has a twin brother. We would so desperately love to see them go together. They were adopted as a pair and returned as a pair 4 years later. Seth is an “in your face” cat while Luke is more refined and will visit like a gentleman. Both are ready for their forever home.
REMEMBER........ Hot weather is coming. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OR CHILDREN IN CARS. Its dangerous AND against the law! Area Pet Shelters Include: Dakin Humane Society, Springfield, MA 413-781-4019 Westfield Animal Shelter, Westfield, MA 413-564-3129 Westfield Homeless Cat Project, email: westfieldhcp@aol.com Paws4Rescue, North Granby Ct, www.paws4rescue.org Thomas J. O’Connor, Springfield, MA 413-781-1484 PAGE 18
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By Enrique J. Alvarez, The Retirement Doctor®, Suffield, CT
Question:
I am thinking about hiring a financial advisor. Where should I go to learn more about choosing the right person? –Karen E.
Answer:
A financial advisor is a very lose term. When I went to the state of CT and The Common Wealth of Massachusetts websites, I could not find any requirements that an individual needs to accomplish in order to become a financial advisor. Other than obtaining an insurance license or securities license, there were no educational requirements or any designations that one should possess. Imagine if you had a friend who read a book on medicine and bought a scalpel, would that make them a qualified surgeon? When you hire an advisor that has degrees, designations,
etc. you know that they have passed very stringent exams, testing their knowledge in financial services. In addition, they had to maintain continuing education credits. I am always fascinated why someone would trust an individual without any professional designations, degrees, etc. in finance to handle their finances. In financial planning you may not see the results for many years to come. When I review new clients’ financial situations, I am appalled at some of the recommendations that they had been given. Many of these may cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars of potential income. You should look for a person that has knowledge of taxation, investments, life insurance, disability insurance, how to finance elder care, liability insurance, retirement plan distributions, estate taxation, etc. FINRA has descriptions for many of the financial designations as well as complaints against advisors at: http://www. finra.org/. The American College for Financial Planning also has descriptions available at their website: http://www.theamericancollege.edu/ as well as The College for Financial Planning’s website: http://www.cffp.edu/. Because each individual’s situation is unique, please speak to an accredited financial advisor about any questions or concerns you might have. You may reach the Retirement Doctor at eja@ retirementdoctor.com or 1-800-406-1595 for a free retirement check-up. Securities offered through Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment Advisor Representative, Retirement Doctor, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor. Cambridge and Retirement Doctor, LLC are not affiliated.
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New York Memories Tenement Terror
By Frank Houlihan
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were filled to overflowing with kids. Many lived on each tenement floor. The stairs of the buildings were home to many bartering meetings. Magazines such as Mechanics Illustrated and comic books like Captain Marvel, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Green Hornet were swapped. One day while having a swap session on the stairwell one of my friends asked if I like to come to his apartment and see the booty his father had taken from Japanese soldiers. I said I would love to see them. His father had fought on many of the Pacific Islands inhabited by the Japanese during the second
world war. I sat on the sofa in his living room. His mother said hello and continued doing something in the back bedroom. My friend went searching in his father’s closet and came out into the living room with a sword, a rifle, a military cap, boots and a belt. As he sat down next to me I noticed a buzzing sound coming from somewhere. His Mom walked by and I asked about it. Without batting an eye, she replied, “It’s coming from the clock.” Then, of course, I noticed the clock. The face and hands were covered with roaches crawling in mass and in every direction. The buzzing came from inside the clock. I sat stunned. I lived next door to this family and, though we had some of these critters in our apartment, it was nothing like this! When I was asked if I would like a glass of soda, I refused, the image in my mind of a critter patrolling the rim of the glass. It wasn’t very appealing, though it might have been good source of protein. Asked if I would like a piece of cake, I rejected that too, for I preferred to remain hungry and thirsty. My friend started to show me his Dad’s Japanese loot. The first was a Japanese rifle. It looked like it was a single shot and probably shot wooden bullets. I later learned that the Japanese had very little metal to make ammunition. I held the gun up to my eye to sight it, pulled back the firing mecahism and lo and behold there was a critter on the gun staring at me. Looking past him for a moment I saw a large snake plant on a shelf in front of a bay window. The leaves on the plant aimed upwards and at its peak gave the appearance of the St. Louis arch. Coming up one side of the plant and down the other was a parade of critters walking along without a care in the world. I decide to pull the trigger. Of course the gun was unloaded, but at that moment a critter flew out of the breech and landed on the snake plant. He joined the parade with his buddies. I started to laugh
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CRC Meeting Location Changing From now on they will be held at The Cove Banquet Facility on Point grove Road the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm. This months meeting will be on Tuesday. May 13th. Our guest speaker will be Southwick Chief of Police and Harbormaster, David Ricardi. He will be addressing lake safety and boating rules. Here’s your chance to ask questions regarding these issues. Our June 10th meeting will feature something interesting; a flyboarding demonstration by Brian Small of Connecticut Flyboarding. http:// ctflyboarding.weebly.com/home.html He will be presenting an overview at the meeting and doing an in water demonstration after the meeting off Louie B’s dock. The annual 4th of July decorated boat parade will be held this year on Saturday, July 5th. The boats begin to gather off Babb’s Park around 5:00 and leave for a parade lap around middle pond at 6:00pm. Best viewing is at Babb’s Park and Louie B’s deck. If the weather permits many waterfront property owners have parties and “light up the lake” with bonfires and fireworks after sunset... Be sure to stick around for that. The Nelson W. Babb, Concerts on Congamond series is taking off in a big way this summer. We are teaming up with the 2 Left Feet Blues Festival to bring in many exciting bands. The kick-off concert will be featuring the ever popular boogie woogie band “Eight to the Bar” on Sunday, July 6th. The series runs every Sunday afternoon, 2-5pm thru July &August. This
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Giant Tag and Rummage Holy Trinity Church, Westfield, MA, will be having a Giant Tag and Rummage Sale on Friday, June 13th from 9 am to 4 pm and Saturday, June 14th from 9 am to 2 pm at the Parish Hall, 331 Elm St. (located before the Great River bridges). There will be items of all kinds available from A to Z for all ages. Please use back entrance from the parking lot with handicapped accessible ramp. Proceeds will support the parish.
Yellow Stonehouse Farm Open Farm Day Come View a Certified Vernal Pool and Eastern Box Turtle Nesting Area 354 Root Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Yellow Stonehouse Farm CSA, a 54 acre property located near the Westfield/ Southampton town line, is hosting an Open Farm Day on Saturday May 17th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Open to the public and CSA members, everyone is welcome to come tour the farm, learn
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about the CSA, and sample a few of the Spring vegetable that the farm has to offer. The Farm store will be open as well as the Vegetable Distribution area for prospective members to learn how the CSA operates. Farm owners Connie and John will be at the farm for folks to meet and ask questions about the CSA and to show off the farms vegetable and flower fields as well as the high tunnels. Samples of Asparagus and other Spring vegetables will be available in limited supply. Walking tours of the fields and pastures of Yellow Stonehouse Farm will be available throughout the day. There
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Southwick Historical Society Annual Meeting The Southwick Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, May 22d at 7PM. at the Christ Church United Methodist, Fellowship Hall , 222 College Hwy, Southwick MA. Dues may be paid at this time. We are changing the program originally scheduled to a fun evening of “What is It???? The society has an eclectic collection of unusual items and we thought you would enjoy learning what some of these “things” are and what they were originally used for. Our Facebook page showed pictures of such and the guessing game was a great success. As always our events are free, but we do welcome donations. Please join us for an evening of fun, games and refreshments!
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May 2014 Dear Friends, I’m excited to share with you that I was recently awarded the American Legion’s prestigious ‘Legislative Award’ for 2014 for my work on behalf of veterans. The American Legion, District 3 recently held their annual awards ceremony in Chicopee to honor and award those in the community that have gone above and beyond to support veterans and preserve By State Representative veteran services. The event recognized Nicholas Boldyga individuals that have made significant contributions to support the American Legion’s mission. I was honored and humbled to receive one of the most esteemed awards of the night, the Legislative Award, which is presented to a Legislator for their continuous efforts to raise community awareness and support for Veterans in our communities and our Commonwealth. In a recent press release, Drew Pajak, Sergeant at Arms for the District 3 American Legion stated, “We chose Representative Boldyga as the recipient of this award for everything he does for our Veterans and for his continued support of the Valor Act and Valor Act II. He is active and visible in the community when it comes to supporting veterans.” The past two years, the Valor Act and the Valor Act II were signed into law by the Massachusetts legislature. Casting my vote in support of these initiatives was one of the proudest moments of my career. The bills provide increased support for veteran-owned businesses, Gold Star Families, military children, and provide access to higher education. The legislation works on many fronts to help veterans and active military members improve business, educational and housing opportunities. The legislation also removes certain educational obstacles by requiring the state’s public institutions of higher learning to adopt new policies and procedures for awarding proper academic credit for a student’s prior military training, coursework and experience. I am extremely proud to have been awarded the 2014 Legislator of the Year Award; it is a tremendous honor. The men and women who serve in our military have made enormous sacrifices for our country and to preserve our freedom. They have put their lives on the line to protect our way of life and I will continue to support them as they return home. The local American Legion Posts serve as a hallmark for community outreach and support. They have been instrumental in providing a venue for many organizations, individuals and youth to raise funds and bring awareness to local issues and worthy causes. They support the nearly 400,000 veterans currently residing in Massachusetts. I hope you’ll join me this Memorial Day in honoring the lives of our Military men and women who lost their lives while serving our country. Thank you for allowing me to proudly serve as Your Representative. Please visit my office to discuss any concerns. I’m always available! Sincerely,
Nicholas A. Boldyga, Representative
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