At Home in the Huddle 2008: Friday with Add-on

9:40 A.M.

I've just received an Email from Mary Beth VanDenbergh asking if I'd post the following information about a bus trip that she and Don Brown have put together for
December 20th. They've had a few cancellations and, therefore, can offer those spaces to others who might like to see the Sights of New York! Sounds like fun!!

"Mary Beth VanDenbergh and Don Brown have organized a trip to New York City on Saturday, December 20th. The cost per person is $50.00 which pays for round trip bus fare on a motor coach to and from NYC. We will be leaving the school at 6:00 am and leaving NYC at 8:00 pm. Some people that are going plan to see a Broadway show, go shopping, eat, wander, or see Radio City Music Hall. We will be dropped off near Rockefeller Plaza, so folks can check out the tree in the plaza and watch the ice skaters. I will be taking people around to see some of the sites. If you are interested or have any questions please feel free to contact Don at dbrown@watervilleschools.org or Mary Beth at mbvandenbergh@watervilleschools.org

Come enjoy the fun! Happy Holidays Everyone!

Mary Beth VanDenbergh
MPS Teacher Assistant
Academic Union Advisor

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According to WIBX Radio,

Waterville Schools are

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From WKTV: "Heavy snow has exited Central New York. Regionwide, we picked up on average between 4"-8" of snow, with sleet mixing in and reducing snow totals further south and east. Light snow will continue this morning and last until about noon, with additional accumulations ranging from a trace to as much as 3". Expect winds to pick up this afternoon as cooler air works in on the back end of this system. Temperatures will fall throughout the day into the low 20s by 5 PM.

Limited lake snow will wrap in behind this storm Friday night and Saturday morning, perhaps depositing a few more inches of snow, before high pressure and a shift to milder weather begins in earnest Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

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Richard Enders stars in

Tonight and Tomorrow!

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I didn't receive any answers re: yesterday's query about the apartment building that sat just in front of the "cemetery wall," on the north side of the creek at the toip of Buell Avenue, but... Sheri Brennan's dad, Dennis Salm, wrote to her with this:

"Just checking the blog: There was at one time a large two story building that was referred to as the Odd Fellows hall. Grandpa Earl was a member and I don't know anything about the origination of the name. Ed Carter was also a member and had the jewelry store on the corner where you could go get the key to play pool. I don't remember if there were one or two buildings along that stretch."

I wonder if this was the original "Oddfellows Hall?" I remember that, in 1971, Nancy King and Jean Davis and I worked on decorations for the Centennial Ball in a big room on the second floor. The building was vacant, otherwise, and was taken down soon after that.

Look at the far right-hand side of the photograph and you can see the stairs leading to the apartment above the former "Hap's" restaurant. That's where Ed Carter had his jewelry store.

The "Oddfellows" was - and still is - a fraternal order.

As to the long, low apartment house that this discussion was originally about, I suddenly remembered that one of the residents was a Miss Korbel who had been a secretary for ..... ?

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This note came from Doris Stephan:

"The Waterville Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 21st at 12 noon. We are reading Pete Hamill's "North River." Bring a bag lunch, and join us for tea, coffee, and treats. Call the library - 841-4651 - to reserve a copy.

(Click the image for more about Pete Hamill and "North River.")

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