It's "Big Trash" Day
65 degrees and drippy at 6:00 a.m.
WKTV's morning Weather Forecast: "Good Wednesday! Last night's beneficial rainfall has moved to the east, leaving behind some low clouds this morning. The clouds will slowly give way to sunshine through the day. Still quite humid, with dew points in the mid 60s. A weak disturbance swinging through today will bring the slight chance of a pop up shower or thunderstorm.
Clearing skies tonight with thick fog developing after midnight. Lows near 60.
Unsettled weather continues on Thursday evening with a disturbance bringing showers and thunderstorms. More unsettled weather possible this weekend."
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Yesterday.
We had some rain, last evening and during the night. I'll go back to see if the little pond at the foot of Grant Hill looks any different, today.
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IN THE NEWS
Front page headlines from
The Waterville Times.
"New Year, New School"
"Youth Activities Discussed"
"Brookfield Pursues Moratorium"
"Scholarship Available"
"Park Will Remember Sigsbee"
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To read more, please click HERE.
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FARMERS MARKET TODAY
from 11:00 'til 5:00
The Wednesday Evening Concerts in the Park have ended for the season, but thanks should be given to the Village of Waterville and Trustee Tom McNamara for arranging the series!
VILLAGE BOARD MEETING AT 7:00
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Today at the Library
"Movie Matinée" at 1:00
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PLANNING AHEAD
Click to enlarge and copy to your desktop.
For an interactive calendar of all Library Events in September,
please click HERE.
The WCS Calendar for SEPTEMBER
Village of Waterville
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A Magnificent Hop Vine
Climbing a telephone pole guy-wire next to a house atop Grant Hill, probably planted there by the Schachtler family.
If YOU have a super Hop Vine, please send me a picture or let me know where it is!
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I did not have a great deal of time to roam around taking pictures, yesterday, but saw more and more fields where acres of green beans have just been harvested and bare twigs of stalks remain.
One of the "old-timers" told me that during the 1940s and '50s "nearly all the farmers grew beans. At first, they were processed in Clinton but, later, they were taken to the Canning Factory (now Gale's Feed Mill)." For the most part, picking was done by migrant workers.
During the last of our "Story Swaps," we talked about the days of "migrant camps," and Dorothy McConnell brought a map of their locations:
1. Allens' - corner of Kane & Brothertown Roads.
2. "Blueboy Canning Factory camp.
3. "Camp Baldy."
4. Goodson's on Route 12B, where two or three trailers are, now.
5. Claude Hinman's, in Forge Hollow.
6. Sally Bros. on Route 315, across from old Dump.
7. Zweifels, on Zweifel Road.
Courtesy Dorothy McConnell.
Italian pickers from Utica.
Camp Baldy was located just south of the Deansboro bridge on Route 315. It was built by William Currier and, upon his death, bought by Donald Hinman. Frank Fitzgerald donated the land for a Memorial Park. A monument was set in place and the park was dedicated in 1975.
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That's far more history than you bargained for - I promise more current photographs tomorrow!
Have a great day, everyone!
