MORE BARBERS: Our list of longtime barbers around Bradford continues to grow.
Neil Reynolds called to remind us of Glenn Osgood, who has barbered in East Bradford since about 1963. He did his apprenticeship in Duke Center in 1960 and ’61, then worked for Dominic Iaderosa on Chestnut Street for a few years before buying a shop in East Bradford in about 1963.
Now 77, Glenn has limited his hours a bit, but he has no plans to retire, according to his wife, Mildred.
And Bill Songer dropped by our office to add his name to our list.
Bill is 76 and has been barbering for 58 years. He started out in the Navy, and after his discharge attended barber school in Erie. He worked in Bradford before opening a shop in Derrick City.
In 1960, he moved to Boston, but returned to the area in 1970 and worked with Patsy Rizzo before opening a shop in Foster Brook where he stayed for 20 years.
Now he has a shop in Limestone, N.Y., in the old Limestone school building.
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BIRD SIGHTINGS: Cindy Winston of Turtlepoint took time out from nursing calves on her family’s farm Tuesday to report that she spotted some bluebirds, robins and mourning doves.
And Helen Morey phoned Monday to say she had a dozen robins in her yard and had to stop her car on Lang Maid Lane to let a flock of turkeys cross the road.
Helen admitted to being a bit “discouraged” about the snow at this time of the year.
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OTHER CREATURES: Birds aren’t the only spring arrivals we’re hearing about these days.
Betsy Swanson of Smethport emailed us to be on the lookout for ticks. She says she likes to walk her dog in the woods, and her dog has already picked up several of the eight-legged pests this year.
“Time to start checking for ticks after being outside and to get the pet medication out again,” she writes.
The ticks are common in our hardwood forests and are frequent travelers on deer. The tiny arachnids survive by latching on to a host deer, dog or person, poking a hole into the skin and sucking out the blood on which they survive.
That’s bad enough, but worse is that they can spread Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
