COLD COMFORT: A reader puts a slightly different spin on
Bradford’s bad rap as one of the cold spots in the country:
“If all else fails on you being so cold, move to Florida.ðYou’ll
roast to death and never complain again. Good luck on your search
to find out why Bradford is so cold. I, too, heard it on the
Weather Channel one day and remarked to my husband but knew better
than to rub it in to a Bradfordian by reporting it to RTS.”
Mary Fairbanks continues: “A lot of people we meet here in the
southðknow where we came from just from this fact alone, so maybe
it isn’t always all that bad. At least it puts you on the map and
those of us who have movedðget to useðthis fact as a reference
point!”
“And, for the record,ðthe second commentðnew friendsðmake after
the ‘cold remark’ is, ‘and the home of Zippo and Case.’ And, aðfew
even know about Kendall Oil.”
TWO MORE: A couple readers reminded us that Foster Township had
three elementary school – not just Lee Driver which we’ve been
writing about. They were Lincoln School and E.J. Hyatt.
SURVIVAL TOOLS: James P. Girty of St. Marys writes, “Having
spent a good deal of my spare time in the woods, if I had the
choice of two things that I carried along, one would be a Case
pocketknife and the other would be a Zippo lighter.”
“Why the lighter first? I don’t smoke, but there are times when
one can get disoriented – (with) an overhead cast and no good wind
blowing. To make a straight line, just take the Zippo lighter,
light it and blow your breath in it. It can give you enough of an
idea to follow a straight line. Sooner or later, you will come out
on a highway or a logging road.”
HERE’S HOPING: Hal R. Harmon of Bradford writes, “While reading
the story about the returned high school ring (Aug. 14), it brought
to mind something I don’t think about much anymore. I know it was a
long time ago, 50 years ago last May, but I thought I’d ask anyway.
Someone stole my class ring from the top of the sink in auto shop.
The initials are H.R.H., and the stone was onyx. If anyone knows
where it is, maybe they would return it. It’s not too late.”
