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February 26, 2021
After 32 years of making sure Wexford County roads are in good shape, the manager of the Wexford County Road Commission is retiring.
Al Cooper started off as a driver for the road commission and soon made his way up to manager.
Through the years, he’s done a lot to make sure potholes are filled in the summer and roadways are cleared of snow in the winter.
After more than 30 years, he says it’s time to close this chapter in his life and Friday was his last day on the job.
“I feel pretty excited, I’ve left the road commission in really good shape we have good equipment we are financially sound and I think it’s going forward they should do really well,” said Cooper.
Bertoia s to auction magnificent Schroeder antique bank & toy collection
One of few known examples of Ives (American) Monkey Perambulator clockwork toy. Cast-iron horse head and wheels, painted wood cart. Excellent to pristine condition. Estimate $20,000-$30,000.
VINELAND, NJ
.- Another illustrious entry will soon join the list of legendary collections that have passed through the portals of Bertoia Auctions New Jersey gallery. As confirmed by company president Michael Bertoia, the Aaron and Abby Schroeder mechanical bank and antique toy collection considered by many to be in a league of its own will be auctioned by Bertoias on March 5-6, with Part II scheduled for fall of 2021.
Sunday morning coming down
Tom Rush made his name in the sixties folk revival; he is a peer of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, and Judy Collins. Tomorrow he turns 80. I’ve loved his music for a long time, Incorporating notes from my 2011 interview with him, I want to take the occasion to celebrate his birthday. I hope readers who may have missed the interview or who may have joined us since then might find the notes of interest.
Performing at the Club 47 coffeehouse, Rush emerged from the vibrant Cambridge folk scene around Harvard. Tom recorded two fantastic folk albums on Prestige in the early sixties. Tom’s first album on Prestige was
Feb. 5, 1866 –
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen s Bureau Bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated First land to freedmen and loyal refugees in 40- acre lots.
Born on this day, February 5, 1934 – Hank Aaron
One of America’s greatest baseball players, Henry Louis “Hank Aaron” was born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. The baseball Hall of Famer held the Major League Baseball record 33 years with 755 career home runs.
Feb. 5, 1958 - Clifton R. Wharton Sr. confirmed as minister to Rumania. This career diplomat was the first Black to head a U.S. embassy in Europe.
Feb. 5, 1962 - Suit seeking to bar Englewood, N.J., from maintaining racial segregated elementary schools filed in U.S. District Court.
By Keefer
Feb 5, 2021
1967 - Hello, Goodbye off Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles was the No. 1 single in the country. Paul McCartney wrote this. His friend Alistair Taylor, who was visiting McCartney, asked Paul one day how he wrote his many songs, and how he came up with his ideas. Paul took him into his dining room to give him a demonstration of his hand-carved harmonium. As an experiment, Paul asked Taylor to shout out the opposite of whatever he sang, such as black and white, yes and no, hello and goodbye, etc. From this, the song was born. John Lennon hated the song. He viewed it as an inconsequential song of McCartney s, saying it was three minutes of contradictions and meaningless juxtapositions.