It was a busy weekend!

Between the Garden Club's Plant Sale, the Women's Club Annual Tea on Saturday afternoon plus the 62nd Annual Sherburne Pageant of Bands and First Communion at St. Bernard's as well as the Brothertown Music Boosters Annual Ice Cream Social on Sunday, some people were on the go all the time!

to the Waterville Central School Instrumental Groups

WINNERS

at the

SHERBURNE PAGEANT OF BANDS
on Saturday

Their Scores:

1st in Jazz (score of 99.5 - highest for entire pageant)

1st in Small Ensemble

1st in Concert Band

2nd in Cadence (drum line)

3rd in Color Guard

4th in Parade (Marching Band)

BEST IN CLASS

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My great thanks to Jody Hildreth for sending me these photographs to post on the blog.




Accepting the Best in Class Award.


The Marching Band performing one of its dance moves.



A little "cooling-off" fun!

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Jody has posted many more photographs in a Shutterfly Album.
See them HERE.

In his E-note to me, he wrote, "We should be proud of our students and our music teachers. They sounded terrific and behaved themselves with great maturity. They were great representatives of our school."

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IN THE MAIL

Just in, from Jamie Broedel: "Sunday, June 5th, 15 of St. Bernard's young parishioners made their First Holy Communion."

The children on the front steps of the church with Father Paul Carey.

Jamie also added - "A special thank you to Linda Nichols and Donna Green for the wonderful job they did teaching the students all year."

MORE CHEERS!

"Brookfield Looks to Continue Baseball Journey."
from this morning's Observer-Dispatch.

Class D Central Region baseball final.

Larry DeLutis Field, Rome.

Section III champion Brookfield (17-0) vs. Section IV champ Hancock (16-4).

4:30 p.m. Admission: $6.

Winner advances to Saturday's state final four championships and plays a 1 p.m. semifinal at Johnson City High School.

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CONGRATULATIONS, Continued!

to R. I. T. GRADUATE, JAMES WRATTEN, JR.

James Wratten Jr. graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in May. He received his Bachelors degree in Mathematics through their honors program and was awarded the highest honors. Also, to Lindsey Wratten, who made the Dean's list for the spring Semester at St Lawrence University.

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IN OTHER NEWS

"Four Charged with Burglary at Oriskany Falls Home."
"Communities Want to be Ready for Hydrofracking."
"Man Charged with DWI after Roll-over Accident."
"Bouckville Antiques Event to Last One Week, This Year."

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LOOKING AHEAD

TODAY IS GARBAGE DAY.

TOMORROW IS "BIG TRASH"

It's 51 degrees and foggy at 6:30 a.m.

Today's forecast from WKTV: "Morning fog gives way to sunshine today as high pressure builds in. Temperatures will be warmer than yesterday, with highs in the upper 70s.

A warm front will bring the chance of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. Highs in the lower 80s.

Hazy, hot, and humid mid week as a classic summertime pattern takes shape. Highs in the upper 80s to near 90 on Wednesday and Thursday. Pop up thunderstorms are also possible both days. A cold front will bring cooler weather by Friday.

Dust was following a tractor across a field next to Fuess-Cleary Road, yesterday.
We do need rain!

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COMING EVENTS

Tuesday, June 7th

How To: Make Easy, Creative Party Food
7pm | Sign Up | Jill Getman will show you how to turn your boring old party food into something fun!

Thursday, June 9th Evening Story Hour
6:30pm | Ages 2-6 | Join us for a story and a craft the 2nd Thursday of every month.
June: Teddy Bear Picnic - Bring your favorite teddy bear.

Friday Flik * Friday, June 10th 7pm |

Movie: True Grit | Free Movie. Free Popcorn.
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First Annual Rotary Club Consignment Auction

Saturday, June 12 at 10:00 a.m. Madison County Fair Grounds, Brookfield
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Also on Saturday


"Tapestry" celebrates 25 years of Singing with a full concert

- which means that the first part will be a formal presentation of early music performed to acclaimed perfection, but that, after intermission,
the singers return in bright Renaissance costumes to entertain you with their attitude of
(nearly)-uninhibited "fun"!



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FOR THE RECORD



Have a Great Day, Everyone!

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Post Script, for history's sake


At the first gathering of the "old timers," last Friday, Jack Youngs started us on the way to remembering what it was like

“Once Upon a Time in Waterville” in 1937 – 38 and into the 40s -

when there were........

9 or 10 Grocery Stores

A&P

Victory

Grand Union

Bissell's

The American Store

Congelo’s

Gibbons' in Sangerfield

Ward Bohner’s store

Berry’s Store

and a new-fangled place called a “deli” in the Candee Block.

Milk Deliveries were made by

Manion

B. K. Crandall

McCabe

Norman Cowen

Eastman’s Good Luck Farms

Hamelines

Best-known Bars and saloons

Ye Olde American

Ann Small’s Hotel

Owen Ruane’s

Ciocca’s. ”Chis’”

Garrett’s

Purple Cow

Kane's – on Sanger Hill

Colonial

6 and 7/8ths in Pleasant Valley

“Green Cats” east of Chittning.

-- and Johnny Salvad(t?)ore’s Still - just east of the canning factory.

Six Car Dealerships

Tyler & Huntington

Yonkers

Pat McDonald

Norton (Holics on W. Bacon)

P.N. Lewis

Mullen Chevrolet (won East Coast Award one year for most sales!)

Full-service Gasoline Stations

Hawley’s, on Stafford Avenue

Kehoe

Dempsey's

Arnold Pughe

Wittenbeck's

George Plante

John Blair

Buffard's

Richfield Station

Nick Gibbons – one tank at S’fld Post Office

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(I was writing as fast as I could. Sorry if I've misspelled names or left something out!)

Next time*, we'll try and put them on a map.

*Friday, June 17 at 10:15 at the Waterville Public Library.

Question: Does anyone remember anything about TOBACCO being grown in this area?

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