By Morris Rote-Rosen
Attending a picture show we sat in the company of Catherine Roberts, Grace Evans, Ann Thomas and Mrs. John E. Dunn ... The picture depicted the life of the Welsh people ... Said Catherine Roberts: "Are you going to see what you can learn about the Welsh people?" ... And we replied to Catherine that after all these years, living among the Welsh people in Granville there wasn't much more that we could learn about them thinking of the history of the Welsh people in Granville and what they contributed to our community.
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And as we watched the picture story develop we saw in it a counterpart of the Welsh immigrants who, like the Morgans in the picture, struggled in the mines and quarries ... How they saved from their hard-earned wages to build their own homes in our village and to educate their children ... And we wondered how they managed to do it on the $1.25 per day ... Besides being out of work from one to two months in the year because of inclement weather, not suitable for quarry work.
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We recalled their community activities, their Eisteddfods; their religious gatherings; their splendid hymn singing and in fact their part to every phase of the life and development of Granville ... We never knew Welshmen who talked of "isms" except as loyal and law-abiding citizens of our country ... Their devotion to their adopted country was second to none for any European immigrant ... Because no one in the world loves freedom and independence more than the Welsh people do.
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We saw the Welsh people in Granville erect fine homes and churches ... We saw them encourage higher education among the young people of the village ... Their homes have always been well kept and a pride of the community ... We remember their contribution to music, to art, to poetry, and to elocution ... And to this day we have never heard better and more impressive group singing than that of the Welsh people of our village.
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No, Catherine, we didn't have to see the picture to learn that, like the Morgans in the picture, many of our Welsh people, one by one, departed and left a void in our community ... Which is keenly felt by our village at the present time. The Welsh people who came here to live, and many to lose their lives in the slate quarries, left indelible monuments which today are a part of our community ... And their departure - and we can recall many and many of them - left sad reflections and tears behind them ... But, their influence and their impression on our village will live in Granville many, many years.
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An epitaph copied from a Wells cemetery stone: "An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there" ... Margaret Wunder accompanying about 100 physically handicapped and under-privileged children to the Shriners circus in Troy; children who need sympathy and understanding to make their lives a little bit brighter. If we had more people like Miss Wunder! What a better place this world would be ... What was that wise-crack Carmella Labate made when she met us on the open road? Hmmm?
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At a recent quiz radio show a "Morris Brown of Granville, New York," was asked where Granville was located and he said: "Somewhere near Lake George" ... Mr. Brown has sadly neglected his study of geography by moving Granville into Warren county ... The remodeling of the Rigali block, for a new business on Main street, will add greatly to our already fine business section ... Now, if Jerome Ginsburg will finish off with the former Rogers block, Main street will have been rejuvenated 100 per cent.
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William Paro, retiring to a well-earned rest after 25 years as custodian of the old high school building, carries with him the good wishes of a host of friends, both old and young. The little folks in the lower grades have learned to look up to Mr. Paro as a kindly gentleman who always looked out ofr their best interests. He visited with them, advised them, exercised a world of patience with them and he saw them safely in and out of school to protect them from careless motor vehicle drivers. We tip our hat as a token of respect to Mr. Paro. He deserves it.
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Captain Glen Beecher of the United States Coast Artillery Corps, on leave after 27 years of service which carried him practically all the way around the world. Ever since he bailed out from his observation balloon over the battle fields of France in 1918, he has been in Uncle Sam's uniform and a credit to the service. He is about ready to retire and expects to return to make Granville his home. He said that the worst place in the world is Japan and the best is his home town - Granville.
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We had a roadside chat with Theodore Jerome, proprietor of the over-night cabins and resort on little Lake St. Catherine, the former Sam Jones property. Introducing himself, we immediately recognized the name of the man who has become known for his courtesy to summer campers and lake visitors. He has improved his popular public vacation place where he lives all the year round. He built a cosy flat over one of the buildings and he and Mrs. Jerome and their two fine children are [ready] to face a cold winter in a warm comfortable home.
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Those who enjoy musical theatricals will have an opportunity to enjoy "What A Life" at the high school auditorium this (Thursday) evening, by the high school dramatic club. Those who attended school under Professor Raymond E. Brown, a generation ago, will appreciate the part being played by his grandson Raymond Brown, in tonight's play as "Professor Bradley", a school principal like his late grandfather. Even the characteristics of Prof. Brown may be caught during the play when young Raymond Brown snaps his fingers and looks down over his glasses. Remember?
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Stanley Yucha telling about his 89-year old mother, who was forcibly removed, by the Communists, from Russia, and forced to exile in occupied Germany. She is allowed to work a small patch of land for two years and after the soil is in cultivation, so that it that it is usable, it is taken away from her. That's what the Communists are trying to sell to all freedom-loving peoples, and if they accept it, they deserve it ... All this hysteria that America is endangered by Communism is a huge joke ... Are the people of this country ready to embrace Communism? You answer that one.
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