BIG 25: Hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Patty Bianco
walked into the newsroom to tell us she was starting a creative and
performing arts center in town. Times flies, obviously, and we
salute Bradford Area Creative and Performing Arts Center on its big
25th anniversary gala tonight at the Pennhills Club with dancing to
the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. Bravo to them!

SIGN OF TIMES: If you think inflation isn’t so bad, consider
what we paid recently for a loaf of bread and gallon of milk:
,7.43. Admittedly, it was at a local convenience store but that’s
still an eye-opening amount.

BIG ONE: Carol Berridge of Limestone, N.Y., stopped by earlier
this week with a gigantic tomato. It must have been five inches
across. But that wasn’t what was unusual. It evidently was three
tomatoes which had somehow grown together and resembled a mutant
brain of some sort. Still, we would have gladly sliced it up for
lunch.

CABBAGE SALAD: Mark Moshier of Bradford passes along a question
for readers – a request for the recipe for cabbage salad that was
served at the Bradford Hotel. And they specified that it’s not a
recipe for cole slaw but cabbage salad.

NAME GAME: Two more notes related to our faux pas about how
Bradford got its name.

Charlie Hallock of Montgomery, Pa., writes: “Re: Bradford being
named for a governor … As a former Bradford resident, I grew up
thinking Bradford had been named after William Bradford (Plymouth
Colony in Massachusetts). Also to be noted, many streets in
Bradford are named after streets with the same names in New England
towns.”

Jerry Kleisath, Preble, N.Y., adds, “What about Bradford County,
Pennsylvania?”

The connection to England – or maybe, New England – is ringing
some faint bell in our memory. Seems someone from New England was
sent to this region after being given substantial acreage to settle
a town that ultimately became known as Bradford.

Col. Little was among the early settlers and thus, the town was
first named Littleton. Supposedly, though, town fathers didn’t
think the name had enough significance when they wanted to get a
Post Office so a new name was selected.

That’s the limits of our memory, but we’ll try to do a little
research and report back to those of you eager to get this question
resolved.