RIGHT TIME: Life is all about the timing, isn’t it?

Consider this example. A reader tells us of watching a cat
patiently crouch over a chipmunk’s hole waiting for the little
creature to emerge. The cat arched its back obviously having heard
scampering in the tunnel – when our reader put his hand on the
doorknob. The cat ran and the chippy lived to see another day.

One second before or after and the outcome – especially for the
chipmunk – would have been far different.

Just something to think about.

NAME GAME: Sally Costik of Bradford Landmark Society weighs in
on the naming of Bradford:

“We recently discovered an article that was written in 1909 for
the Old Home Week celebration in August of that year. Surprisingly,
it sounds like it was written just last week.”

“It was written by Georgia Newell Oakes, who was the daughter of
A.T. Newell. This is what she says in the Bradford Sunday Herald
dated Aug. 8, 1909: ‘Why the City is Called Bradford’ – ‘I have
been reading from time to time articles in our local papers
pertaining to the early days in Bradford and there seems to be an
uncertainty as to how the name of the town came to be changed from
Littleton to Bradford.’

“‘The facts are these: Daniel Kingsbury, more generally known as
Uncle Daniel, and my uncle, he having married my father’s sister,
changed the name to honor his ancestral home, Bradford, England.
My father, A.T. Newell, better known as Judge Newell, was closely
connected with Daniel Kingsbury in business affairs until his death
and from him I received this knowledge.'”

Georgia Newell Oakes was born in 1858 and died in 1920. She is
buried in the Oak Hill Mausoleum.

We’d have to say that Ms. Oakes – daughter of Bradford’s
“founder” Daniel Kingsbury – is about as close to the horse’s mouth
as you can get on this subject.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “What is desecration of the flag if not the
expression of a disagreeable idea. And what is more disagreeable in
this robust and wonderful democracy of ours than prohibiting
expression of any idea?” said Douglas Clifton, former editor,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.