BIRDS GONE?: Here’s a question for all our birders out
there:
Linda L. Green of Bradford writes, “Where have the birds gone?
That is my question and I am hoping someone would know why I am not
seeing them at our feeders. I have always had a lot of birds at my
feeders. My father, who lives in the Bradford Township, noticed the
same thing. He hasn’t seen a lot of birds either.”
“Where are they? Is there something that may have scared them or
are they in hiding or just comfortable since the weather hasn’t
been brutal?
“Anyone?”
LANE LINES: Our columns about the bowling alley on “The Square”
has generated a couple more responses.
Nancy Houser Kania writes, “Two names came to mind as I read the
bowling articles: Gene Fazio, who always seemed to have top scores;
and Manley Butts, whose name I always was amused by as a kid. I
think perhaps Harry Foote also bowled. I have always been
fascinated by names, and the Butts/Foote names just stuck in my
brain. No disservice meant to either family.”
James Charteau of Bradford tells us he set pins there in 1957
when he was 13 years old, working two and three alleys at a time.
“I got my first Social Security card from Oscar Benton and I still
got it in my wallet,” he tells us.
JAN. 1, 1926: Jean M. Hall writes, “I, too, was a New Year’s
baby. I was born Jan. 1, 1926. My maiden name was Jean M. Kan and I
was born on my mother’s birthday. My mother, Carrie Kan, was born
Jan. 1, 1900. I believe after I was born that she no longer wanted
any birthday presents.”
TIMES CHANGE: We received this quote by Joel S. Peskoff which is
food for thought:
“Twenty years ago, I was a conservative and believed in balanced
budgets, limited foreign intervention and limiting the government’s
encroachment upon individual liberties and freedom. Today, I
believe in balanced budgets, limited foreign intervention and
limiting the government’s encroachment upon individual liberties
and freedom, but now I’m called a liberal.
“Conservatives of yesteryear respected state sovereignty and
believed that torturing prisoners was only what the Communists did.
Today’s conservatives have no compunction about using their federal
muscle to overrule state courts. It’s repugnant that we are even
debating the merits of torture.”
