Lone Scouting was started in 1915 by William D. Boyce who had started the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. Lone Scouts gave rural boys a chance to participate in Scouting. Lone Scout Magazine Letters Sometime in December 1917, Raymond … Continue reading
War Saving Stamps and Certificates were provided for in the bond act of September 24, 1917, and put in operation December 3, 1918. Thrift stamps cost 25 cents each, but did not accrue interest. Sixteen thrift stamps on a thrift … Continue reading
Monticello, N.Y., Republican Watchman, May 11, 1917 Miss Minnie Meyer led off with a piano solo and it was of such par excellence that it made the other participants hustle to keep the pace. Miss Anna Meyer and Miss Edna … Continue reading
Real Photo Postcards (RPPC) seem to have started in general use in the first few years after 1900. In 1903 Kodak introduced their No. 3A Folding Pocket Camera designed for postcard-size film. The photographs could be printed on postcard backs. … Continue reading
I thought Halfway Brook readers might enjoy this photo of Pond Eddy, PA, contributed by Dennis C. Pond Eddy, PA is south of it’s New York name twin.
One of the major contributors to Echo Hill and Mountain Grove has listed his house in Eldred for sale. Please email me at info [at] halfwaybrook [dot] com if you are serious about the house and I will get you … Continue reading
It is a bit of a conundrum that I can collect research and write books in Cave Creek, AZ about a place 2500 miles east with “real” green trees (in the summer) and numerous blue streams and lakes. (We do … Continue reading
Lon Austin and Mr. Proctor As mentioned at the beginning of the Chapter 6, Uncle Lon (A.A. Austin) managed some Lochada property for the Proctors in the 1880s. Lochada, the Proctor’s home, overlooked Loch Ada (Haggai’s Pond). Their English Tudor … Continue reading
1897 Work for A.A. Austin 3 hours with horse .60 4 hours with horse .80 half day with horse 1.00 6 hours with horse 1.20 A load coal 1.00 1898 work for A.A. Austin Feed 2.50 Hay, straw 2.50 Horse … Continue reading
