Monday Morning

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It's Garbage Day, again.

53 degrees and drippy at 5:00 a.m.

The TWCNY Weather Forecast:

"Early Showers to Clearing, Warming Up Through the Week.

There may be another passing shower through mid day today. Sunshine increases late with breezy westerly winds and a high near 70.
We cool into the 50s Monday night under clear skies.
A ridge of high pressure builds in for the remainder of the week with dry, mostly sunny weather and warmer high temperatures in the 80s.  The next chance for a passing shower might not arrive until Saturday night."

- Here & There -

 Flowerbeds and vegetable patches are flourishing.  Many of us have been admiring the great variety of vegetables growing in this complex arangement of "raised beds" at Alexander and Isabelle Haines' home on Austin Road.

 Fields of Soy next to Bogan Road and throughout Hanover are turning gold .....

 

............ and the same shade can be seen looking across the Oriskany Valley from the top of Grant Hill to fields on West Hill.

There was no sign of any ducks or geese on the little pond at the foot of the hill.

Autumn fungus favorites already?  I think these might be "oysters," but they seem to be past their prime and don't look as if they'd be as tasty as those in the stock photograph, below.

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In the Village, next to Stafford Avenue, a new cellar hole has been dug and the Prindle family is one step closer to having a brand new home! 

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Meanwhile, down on Route 315 .....

 ............... a portion of the Pumilia Pizza Shell building that was damaged by fire a couple of weeks ago has been demolished.

It's been interesting to see so much of the original stonework, but sort of sad, too, to see the old walls knocked down. 

Lots of History, there.

The Waterville Foundry and Manufacturing Works

… was founded in 1837 by Bachus Beardsley and  later run by

 his son Brace. At first, the company made mills designed for grinding bark to be used in the tanning process. Adding to the business was the production of Paint Mills designed by either Lewis or Oliver Harris  (historians disagree.)

“The Harris Mill has been the standard metal mill for grinding all substances in liquid or dry (conditions).”

Lewis Harris invented the double-grinding hand-operated mill for grinding coffee and grain.

Lewis Harris also invented a Hop Press that was described in  an 1885 writing as “the celebrated Harris Hop Press with Beardsley’s graded ratchet.” The author, Meeker, described another Beardsley product, the McCabe Hop Press has being heavier and more expensive than the Harris press.

Beardsley then produced a hop press of his own design as well as the mightily heavy, cast iron Beardsley Hop Stove, as can be seen at the Waterville Historical Society.

Other products of the foundry were the several styles of ornamental ironwork such as those seen atop the steeple base of SouthGate Ministries in Waterville and the old Welsh Church / municipal hall and which probably served as elaborate fences in front of many Victorian residences..

In 1898 the company was incorporated and one of the directors was a McLane.  Whether or not this was the Charles McLean whom some of us once knew, but he got blamed (in absentia) by the late “Pete” Peterson and Hilda Barton for “throwing away the moulds” for the decorative ironwork.

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IN THE MAIL

from MaryBeth VanDenbergh

at the CNY Memorial Stairclimb

that took place in Utica on Friday, September 11.

"These brave firefighters from Waterville, Deansboro and Oriskany Falls climbed 110 flights of stairs in memory of those lost 14 years ago."  

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From Karen Fox, for the Brothertown Music Boosters.

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COMING EVENTS

Village of Waterville

GREEN WASTE REMINDER

All residents please be reminded that all green waste must be in dumpable containers weighing no more than 50 pounds. All sticks must be in bundles no longer than 5 feet and weighing no more than 50 pounds.

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Waterville Central School

For Interactive Calendar, please click HERE.

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WCS Sports

 Recent Scores, please see SYRACUSE.COM.

Wednesday Girls' Soccer

Girl's Soccer

Waterville 8, Notre Dame 1

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FOOTBALL

WATERVILLE 43, HANNIBAL 0

from the Utica O-D:

Nick Salm scored three touchdowns and Isaiha Spooner had two as Waterville (1-1) rolled to a home win in a nonleague National Football Foundation crossover.
Hannibal 0 0 0 0 — 0
Waterville 13 7 0 23 — 43
 

FIRST QUARTER
W-Isaiha Spooner 13 run (Nick Salm kick).
W-Salm pass from Batson (kick failed).
 

SECOND QUARTER
W-Salm 6 pass from Batson (Salm kick).
 

FOURTH QUARTER
W-Spooner 18 run (Salm kick).
W-Salm 4 run (Spooner run).
W-Gideon Christian 42 run (Andrew Buell run).

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Waterville Public Library 

Friday Matinée Movie at 1:00

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For Interactive Calendar please click HERE.

On the Library lawn from 2:00 - 6:00 on Friday.

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* Special Announcement *

from Doris Stephan for the

WATERVILLE BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

SEPTEMBER SELECTION

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century....a moving portrait  of one woman's complicated life in  twentieth century America...a fascinating look at a generation of women finding their places in a changing world."

Reserve a  copy of the book by calling The Waterville Library at 841 4651.  

Then pack your lunch and bring it to the Meeting Room at the Library on Wednesday, Sept 23 at noon.  

There's coffee and dessert and good conversation. 

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 FOR THE RECORD

Compare Local Gas Prices.

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