Tidbits of Gallia, Jackson, Vinton, Meigs, and Mason Counties V6 Issue 52

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In honor of YMCA Day on December 29, Tidbits heads to the Y to rustle up some facts on this organization that is more than 170 years old.

• Although we tend to think of the YMCA as a place to work out and join an exercise class, there’s much more to this story. In 1844, the Industrial Revolution was well under way in London. Thousands of young men had migrated from the rural areas to take jobs in the city, resulting in squalid living conditions in seedy areas. One of these men, 22-yearold George Williams, who had taken a job in a department store, was disturbed by the conditions, and enlisted 11 friends to join him in organizing the first Young Men’s Christian Association, a group that met regularly for Bible study and prayer. Their gatherings became a refuge for other young men seeking a sanctuary from the dangers of the streets.

• In 1851, Williams’ organization spread to the United States, when a retired Boston sea captain named Thomas Sullivan perceived a need to create a safe haven for sailors and merchant marines. Having heard of England’s YMCA, Sullivan established the first American Y at Boston’s Old South Church. turn the page for more!

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YMCA (continued):

• The Y branched out in 1853 to establish the first Y for African Americans, founded by freed slave Anthony Bowen. Bowen was the first black employee of the U.S. Patent Office, where he rose through the ranks from laborer to messenger to a clerkship. Three years later, there was further growth of the organization when the first student YMCA was established in Lebanon, Tennessee’s Cumberland University, with the purpose of developing and promoting leadership qualities in college students.

• 1856 was also the year that the YMCA conducted what is believed to be America’s first English as a Second Language class, serving German immigrants at the Cincinnati, Ohio, YMCA. The Y went on to offer large-scale higher education classes in 1893, when the Boston Y offered liberal arts and vocational classes.

Sixty years later there were 20 colleges across America operated by the YMCA. In 1946, about 130,000 students were taking courses through the YMCA. • The Y began providing lodging in the 1860s.

Chicago opened Farwell Hall in 1867, the first YMCA dormitory, named for its benefactor, dry goods magnate John V. Farwell. The building included a parlor, library, and gymnasium. Unfortunately, it burned down the following year. It was rebuilt, only to be lost to fire again two years later. The third Farwell Hall endured until 1893, when it was replaced with a facility that contained a new gym, swimming pool, and bowling alley.

• Even railroad workers had their own YMCA, organized in Cleveland in 1872 to offer safe and affordable overnight lodging for workers in transit. In 1875, San Francisco founded an Asian Y to attend to the needs of their large Chinese population, while Flandreau, South Dakota, became home to the first Native American YMCA in 1879.

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Shelters across the country have responded by opening their doors to influxes of shelter animals moved from disaster areas, which made room for evacuee pets. While they’ve done a fantastic job of getting abandoned and stray animals into safe shelters, the increase in activity has been quite a challenge for many.

This holiday season is a great time to consider donating to or helping a pet-care organization. Whether it’s a national pet rescue group like the Humane Society, or

the shelter down the street, consider giving something. Every nonprofit could use cash, but if you can’t spare it, check out the websites of local or regional pet-care groups or shelters for a list of items that they need.

For example, some shelters need clean, gently used blankets for new arrivals.

You also can look into local volunteer opportunities. These vary widely depending on the shelter’s current needs, and some opportunities are limited to those over 18.

Contact shelters directly to get up-to-date info on what they need. Either way, you can make a big difference to a lot of pets waiting for new homes.

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Sewing Bird Sewing was an important part of the life of a woman during the 17th and 18th centuries.

There was no sewing machine; everything was hand-stitched. Iron “grippers” sometimes were used to hold one end of the fabric while it was hemmed or embroidered. An improvement, the first “sewing bird,” was invented by Charles Waterman in 1853. It was made of brass, iron or, later, steel. The tool was clamped to a table and the bird held the fabric taut. It acted like an extra hand.

Improvements were added to this sewing tool, including emery balls to sharpen needles, spool holders, drawers, winding reels for thread, pincushions, thread cutters and clamps made in fancy shapes like dogs, snakes, cherubs or dolphins. Variations of the sewing tool continued to be made by Singer Sewing Machine Co. until the 1980s. The sewing machine was invented in 1854, but it took many years to sell enough machines so that the sewing bird was no longer necessary. Copies are made today mainly for collectors or as decorations.

Early sewing birds sometimes were given as love tokens. The groom-to-be gave a sewing bird to his future bride long before the wedding so she would think of him while she sewed her trousseau. An elaborate 18th-century sewing bird made of brass and iron sold at a Skinner auction in 2016 for $1,046. It had a feathered bird and a pincushion. *** Q: How much is a Chanel tortoiseshell purse with gold chain strap worth? It’s

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YMCA (continued): • Body building has long been associated with the YMCA, and in fact, it was a Boston Y employee who coined the term in 1881, creating fitness and exercise classes.

• As the Y continued to offer reasonable lodging, the number of rooms available grew from 55,000 rooms in 1922 to upwards of 100,000 in 1940, exceeding that of any hotel chain.

Over the years, some famous people have roomed at the YMCA, including Dan Rather, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas, and novelist Jack Kerouac.

• The YMCA has long been associated with summer camps. America’s first known summer camp program, Camp Dudley, was started in 1885, when seven boys attended a week-long camp. Located at Orange Lake, New Jersey, it’s the longest continually operating camp in the nation.

• During the years of segregation, the Sears & Roebuck founder started a grant program in 1910 that built 25 African-American YMCA’s across the U.S., providing a safe haven for travelers.

• James Naismith was teaching physical education at Springfield, Massachusetts’ International YMCA Training School when he conceived the idea of a new indoor winter game. He set up a peach basket at each end of the gymnasium and used a soccer ball for the first game of basketball in December, 1891 at Springfield’s Y. Each successful shot had to be retrieved from the basket using a ladder. Naismith revised the game shortly afterward, using iron hoops and a hammock-style basket, but it was ten years before open-ended nets were introduced. Naismith went on to found the University of Kansas basketball program.

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• In 1950, a volunteer at the Greenwich, Connecticut YMCA developed the game of racquetball as an option for those who enjoyed squash and handball. None of the YMCA instructors who invented the games were paid for their creations, but bestowed it on the North American public who enjoyed the sports.

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• The world’s oldest surviving basketball court is located in a basement of the Paris, France YMCA. This YMCA was designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel. The basement is also home to a bowling alley and France’s first indoor pool. The basketball court at Springfield, Massachusetts was the first, but it was destroyed by a fire, giving the Paris court, built in 1892, the distinction as the oldest survivor.

• In 1909, George Corsan became the head swimming instructor at the Detroit YMCA, with a goal of “teaching every man and boy in North America” to swim. He was the first to originate group swimming lessons, the first to teach beginners the crawl stroke, the pioneer of the modern butterfly stroke, and the inventor of water wings. He traveled the country conducting group lessons, once teaching 1,500 boys and girls to swim in just one week. During World War I, he trained entire military regiments to swim. By 1932, over a million people were swimming at YMCAs. • The disco group The Village People released their hit single “YMCA” in 1978, a song that remains popular today and is played at many sporting events. In 1979, the actual YMCA organization reportedly sued the group for copyright/trademark infringement. The case was later dropped.

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It’s an unusual tree with an unusual name! Turn your attention to the strange and remarkable dragon blood tree.

• The dragon blood tree, botanical name Dracaena cinnabari, is endemic to the cluster of islands called Socotra, meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth. Socotra, part of Yemen, consists of four islands in the Arabian Sea, 150 miles (240 km) east of the Horn of Africa. The main island is 82 miles (132 km) long and about 3 miles (50 km) across. It is so isolated that 307 out of the 825 of the plant species found there – 37% -- exist nowhere else.

• The tree derives its name from its deep red sap, which dries into a resin. According to ancient legend, the tree first grew from blood on the ground following a great battle between an elephant and a dragon. The ancients believed it was the dragon’s blood, and prized the sap as a medicinal cure-all for wound healing, as a coagulant, a cure for intestinal diseases, for lowering fevers, and to treat mouth, throat, and stomach ulcers. They called it “cinnabar,” and it was a costly trade item, valuable for its dye. A differing piece of folklore claims that the blood was that of the ancient dragon Ladon, a creature with 100 heads that was slain by Hercules.

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For Advertising Call or Text 740-441-7633 DRAGON BLOOD TREE (continued): • The broad shelter of the umbrella also protects new dragon tree seedlings, as well as providing a suitable habitat for other species to flourish underneath its shelter. The tree grows slowly, eventually reaching a height of up to 33 feet (10 m), and has a long life, with some as old as 650 years.

• Leaves are found only at the tips of the youngest branches, and all leaves are shed every three or four years, with new leaves simultaneously maturing. It flowers in February, with the white or greenish flowers growing at the very ends of the branches in small clusters. The fruit takes five months to develop, and is a small fleshy berry that changes from green to black to orange-red as it ripens. The berries are food for birds and domestic livestock, and consumption of the fruit is reported to improve the health of the local cows and goats.

• During the 18th century, the deep red sap was used as a source of varnish for Italian violin makers, and is believed to have been responsible for the rich color of Stradivarius violins. Today the sap is still used as a stimulant, in astringents, lipstick, toothpaste, and paint, and as an anti-inflammatory. It remains part of pagan witchcraft spells for love and protection.

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Tidbits® of Gallia, Jackson, Vinton, Meigs & Mason Counties HOWDY DOODY

Say, kids, what time is it? It’s Howdy Doody Time! Tidbits is commemorating Howdy Doody Day on December 27 with these curious findings.

• “The Howdy Doody Show,” which premiered on NBC on December 27, 1947, was the first nationally-televised children’s show. It featured celebrity host Buffalo Bob Smith, dressed in cowboy garb, along with a frecklefaced marionette Howdy Doody, voiced by Smith. The show premiered on December 27, 1947, and ran until September 24, 1960, after a run of 2,343 programs.

• The show was one of the first series to be produced at NBC’s studio in Rockefeller Center, as well as one of the forerunners of color TV. It started out as an hour-long program on every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5 PM, but within a year was airing Monday through Friday for 30 minutes, the first NBC show to air five days a week. It was also the first show to air more than 1,000 continuous episodes.

• The studio was set up with bleachers with room for about 40 children, an area known as the Peanut Gallery. After Buffalo Bob shouted out, “Say kids, what time is it?” and they answered, the kids sang the show’s theme song, set to the tune of “Ta-ra-ra Boom-deay.”

• The original Howdy Doody puppet was created by a puppeteer named Frank Paris. As the program’s popularity grew, the demand for merchandise multiplied. Macy’s department store contacted Frank Paris, wanting to distribute Howdy Doody dolls and related items. Although Paris had created Howdy, Buffalo Bob owned the rights to the character.

When Paris approached Bob about being cheated out of revenue, a dispute arose between the men. The result was that Paris grabbed the puppet – the only one there was – and stormed out of the studio shortly before the live show, leaving the show with no star.

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• The red-headed Howdy had 48 freckles, one for each U.S. state at that time. His new appearance was improved upon, making Howdy a little more handsome than the original, which Buffalo Bob had called “the ugliest puppet imaginable.” The explanation was offered to the public that Howdy had had some plastic surgery while he was out on the road. He was operated by 14 strings controlling his head, eyes, nose, mouth, shoulders, back, hands, knees, and elbows.

• Howdy Doody merchandise was introduced in 1949, with the first comic book selling 30,000 copies in the first week. A record was released, along with wind-up toys, a humming lariat, a beanie, and T-shirts.

• One of the show’s favorite characters was that of Clarabell the Clown, a part first played by Bob Keeshan, who would later go on to fame as TV’s Captain Kangaroo. Clarabell had no spoken lines throughout the entire series, communicating through mime and by honking a horn for “yes” or “no.” He frequently sprayed Buffalo Bob with his seltzer bottle. Advertisers offered large amounts of money for Clarabell to speak about a sponsor’s name or product, but all offers were refused.

At the end of the very last episode in 1960, a drumroll was sounded, and a tearful Clarabell softly murmured, “Goodbye, kids.”

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I am a 62-year-old female. On my past physical, I was told that my bladder had dropped a bit. Does this have anything to do with excessive urination caused by drinking too much water? -- R.R. ANSWER: The kidney is capable of performing its two primary functions -- removing waste products and maintaining salt and water balance -- under a wide variety of conditions. In fact, a healthy set of kidneys can get rid of 40 liters of water daily. Even so, a high water load does cause the kidney to work hard, especially under the now-rare condition of minimal salt intake. Unfortunately, damaged kidneys sometimes cannot handle a high water load.

I often get frustrated with the recommendation to drink a certain quantity of water, most commonly 8 cups a day. That amount is too much for some people, and not enough for others. Listening to your body and drinking when you are thirsty is, in general, a much better approach. There are some instances where drinking more water than you feel you need makes sense: in people with a history of kidney stones, for example. Some older people have inadequate thirst mechanisms, so an extra glass or two of water might be a good idea for them, and won’t cause problems in most people.

Your second question, about a “dropped” bladder, has nothing to do with the kidneys. Descent of the bladder -- a type of pelvic organ prolapse -- is caused by changes in the pelvic floor, especially in older women who’ve had multiple childbirths. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: A recent newspaper article suggested that mental and brain health might be improved by taking a small dose of lithium (5 mg) daily. What are your thoughts?

-- R.B.L. ANSWER: Lithium is a light element found in trace amounts in the ground and in drinking water. It is used as a treatment in mental illnesses, especially bipolar disorder and occasionally in resistant cases of depression. Lithium requires skill in prescribing and monitoring, but it probably is underused, according to my colleagues in psychiatry. Lithium has a probably unwarranted bad reputation.

I found the article you mentioned, by Dr. Anna Fels, and recalled studies that showed suicide, homicide and rape rates were higher in communities with low lithium levels, and I find this intriguing.

People in higher-lithium areas also seemed to have lower dementia levels. However, much more research needs to be done before I could recommend lithium as a supplement for brain health.

By the way: The usual dose for lithium in people with psychiatric conditions is around 1,000 to 1,800 milligrams daily. The content in drinking water in some areas is as high as 0.17 milligrams per liter. Drinking about 6 liters a day would get you only a thousandth of the usual daily dose. I can’t even speculate on what dose might be appropriate as a supplement. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell. edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2017 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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This speedy side dish will quickly become a weeknight favorite -- and a special part of the table on New Year’s Day. Black-eyed peas are a popular tradition in the South, where they’re said to bring luck in the new year.

4 slices bacon 2 cloves garlic 1 can black-eyed peas 1 package spinach Kosher salt and pepper 1. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, 6 to 8 minutes; transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Break into pieces when cool.

2. Add the garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 2 minutes.

3. Add black-eyed peas and 1/4 cup water and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.

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The first TV dinner came out in the 1950s -- a Thanksgiving dinner with slices of turkey, sweet potatoes, dressing and peas. It took 25 minutes to heat in the oven. Families gathered around the television and ate on TV tray tables. While the cook in the family was happy about the convenience, all was not rosy.

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There were no choices when it came to the vegetable. If you liked the meat selection and the mashed potatoes common in the dinners, maybe you didn’t like the peas/corn/carrots combo. A few years later the aluminum trays were changed to accommodate a small dessert ... as long as you liked hot peach slices.

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