RADIO NOTES: Bill Hutton picks up on our WESB theme: “My uncle,
Gene Williams aka Butch Williams, was an announcer at WESB during
the ’60s. I used to go out on Saturday night and spin some records
in the back up studio and then while ‘Dream Dust’ was on I would
put away the albums. ‘I’ll See You in my Dreams’ was and still is
one of my favorite songs. I can still hear it today in my
memory.”

IT’S TRADITION: Gus Gocella writes, “Love readers’ comments
about Easter. Italian traditions, especially Easter, are great to
read and live. Our families, Violas and Gocellas, also had the ham
and rigotta pies, Easter breads with anise and without, sweet
potato casseroles, deserts out of this world and great family get
togethers. Thanks for sharing.”

Meanwhile, as we’ve been writing about traditions surrounding
various holidays, we picked up a copy of the St. Marys newspaper to
find a story about a local woman who was teaching others the art of
palm weaving.

About 30 people gathered at St. Marys Church Annex and learned
how to weave palms into creative designs. Instructor was Patty
Stebick, a parishioner, according to the story in the Daily
Press.

Apparently, there are quite a few ways to braid or weave the
blessed palms which are distributed on Palm Sunday.

Patty was quoted, “It is a tradition so why not pass it on.
We’re sharing an old tradition before it gets lost.”

The story notes that, often, the braided palm was displayed near
a crucifix and burned and the remnants used on the following Ash
Wednesday.

We can remember burning a piece of the palm during thunderstorms
— apparently a custom to keep danger away from the house.

NICE SHOTS: Dale Berridge of Eldred tells us that two of his
photos of the ruins of the Kinzua Bridge  were selected for the
official VisitPA facebook page. “Bridge to nowhere,” shows the
bridge from the gates facing out to the fallen section; and “Eye to
the Sky” is of the steel pavilion.

SCHOOL TEAM: Liz Fleming Duggan checked out the 1929 Bradford
High yearbook to learn the  athletic teams were referred to as the
Red and Black. A reader had wondered what the team was called
before gaining the nickname, “the Owls.”