Bob Cudmore’s guest this weekend on Magic 590’s Talk of the Town is Siena College men’s basketball coach Carmen Maciariello. The coach stepped up to lead the team from an assistant coaching position with the Saints when the previous head coach left for a job with a bigger college. Talk of the Town today, Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and on 96.9 and 1410 in the North Country.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Episode 261-Richard Ratajak, now 87, looks back on his life as a child in Amsterdam, a soldier in the Korean War, and a priest in training who served summers at Auriesville Shrine. Ratajak left the priesthood to marry the woman he loved and held jobs in state government as he gradually lost his eyesight. He worked for the state agency that helped blind people find meaningful work and served on the board of RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind.
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"In Print" Daily Gazette
Monday, April 15, 2019- The Story Behind the Story Podcast focuses on the Daily Gazette column-Albert Vander Veer, born in Root, became a prominent Albany physician.
Focus on History in the Daily Gazette- Albert Vander Veer, born in the Montgomery County town of Root, became a surgeon in the Civil War and a prominent physician in Albany.
Albert Vander Veer, born in the Montgomery County town of Root in 1841, became a surgeon in the Civil War and then had a long career as a physician and Albany Medical College professor.
The son of Abraham Harris Vander Veer and Sarah Martin, Albert attended Union Free School in Palatine and Canajoharie Academy. He studied medicine initially with Dr. Simeon Snow, a physician in the hamlet of Currytown in Root. Vander Veer married Margaret Snow, Dr. Snow’s daughter, in 1867.
Before that Vander Veer studied medicine with Dr. John Swinburne, a surgeon in Albany in 1861. Then Vander Veer joined other medical students at a hospital treating the wounded from Civil War battles near Richmond, Virginia.
He enlisted in the Union Army the next year and held the rank of major. He earned his medical degree at what became George Washington University in the nation’s capital.
He was a surgeon with the 66th regiment of the New York Volunteers, taking part in most of their major engagements starting in 1864. He witnessed Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia in 1865.
Archivist Jessica Watson at Albany Medical Center wrote, “In 1869 he became professor of anatomy at Albany Medical College, professor of surgery in 1876 and dean of the college in 1896. Additionally, he served in the Albany Hospital as surgeon in chief and senior consulting surgeon.”
He was credited in 1886 with being the first surgeon to successfully remove a thyroid gland. He wrote professional articles primarily on the topic of abdominal surgery. He also was the first physician to use a plaster of Paris jacket to treat curvature of the spine.
With Dr. F. C. Curtis, in 1880 Vander Veer began the publication, Albany Medical Annals. He was president of the American Surgical Association in 1895 and president of the American Medical Association in 1916.
He was a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Copenhagen in 1884, and was honorary president of the International Medical Congress held at Lisbon in 1906.
He built a summer home in 1907 at Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks and lived to enjoy it for 22 years.
His wife Margaret died in March, 1924 at their winter home in Sea Breeze, Florida. Their Albany residence was on Eagle Street.
The Vander Veers had six children. Three of them, Edgar, James and Albert, survived to be adults and all became doctors. Two grandsons also became physicians.
Vander Veer served the state for 31 years as a member of the Education Department’s Board of Regents. He was the Regents’ vice chancellor starting in 1915, the year he resigned his post as a surgery professor at Albany Medical College.
He was named the Regents’ chancellor in 1921 but resigned the next year because of poor hearing. He was praised for advocating high standards in college education, especially medicine.
Vander Veer had an interest in history, especially his Dutch ancestry, and he belonged to several historical societies, including the Holland Society of New York. His paternal ancestors emigrated from Holland to America in 1639.
Albert Vander Veer died at age 88 at his home on Eagle Street in Albany in 1929. His three sons were attending to him. He was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt commented, “The cause of health improvement throughout the state has lost one of its greatest exponents and friends.”
The Albany Evening News wrote, “Albany knew his good works and it knew him as a kindly man, always interested in his fellow men and in his city. His patients loved him.”
Anyone with a suggestion for a Focus on History topic may contact him at 346-6657 or bobcudmore@yahoo.com.
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Gov. Yates slept here -- Historic home in Stockade up for sale
Gov. Yates House built in 1760 by Tobias Van Eyck
Bill Buell Daily Gazette https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/04/13/gov-yates-slept-here-historic-home-in-stockade-up-for-sale
April 14 2019 in Mohawk Valley History from Mohawk Valley Web
1906 Amsterdam Tea party at the Home for Elderly Women, given by ladies of the First M. E. church
1846 Albany William Parmelee elected Mayor of Albany at the Charter election held on this day, he receiving 3,105 votes as the Whig candidate, John Keyes Paige receiving 2,513 votes as the Democratic candidate, Chauncey Pratt Williams 22 votes, Edward Hunter 5 votes, blank and scattering 40 votes; total 5,685 votes, William Parmelee receiving a majority of 592 votes over John K. Paige and is declared elected Mayor of Albany.
The handwritten manuscript draft of New York State’s 1777 state constitution, adopted in Kingston on April 20, 1777, will be on public display on the 11th floor of the Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, from Monday, April 15 through Saturday, April 20 , 2019 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The display marks the 242nd anniversary of the state constitution and the establishment of New York as a state. http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=ead/findingaids/A1802.xml;chunk.id=fullfalink;brand=default#top
Amsterdam Talk and Information Posted as a Video Podcast on The Historians Jason Subik Show, WCSS Radio Amsterdam 106.9FM and 1490AM Monday-Thursday at 9 Jason Subik Facebook Feed https://www.facebook.com/jason.subik Thursday, April 11, 2019 Next Live Facebook Feed this Monday, April 15, 2019 To invite Bob to speak to your organization, please email bobcudmore@yahoo.com
FORT PLAIN Interested local history lovers are encouraged to share memories, family histories, vintage photo albums, post cards, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and more during the next gathering of the Fort Plain Free Library’s Local History Round Table from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on April 17, 2019 at the library 19 Willett St. The free discussion does not require registration and meets on the third Wednesday of each month. The forum will be facilitated by town and village historians. (518) 993-4646 The Fort Plain Museum Presents the 5th Annual American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference June 6-9, 2019 http://www.fortplainmuseum.com/ With the 2018 Conference being a sell-out, we wanted our past attendees to have an early chance to sign-up. Plus, we have an early bird special, save $10 by signing up by May 1, 2019. Also, please note the change in conference venue and our bus trips are now one bus per trip instead of two.
We have a great line-up of 12 notable historian/authors presenting on a wide variety of topics related to the American Revolution. Presenting this year are as follows:
David L. Preston – First in Peace: The Delaware Indian Nation and its 1778 Treaty with the United States
Eric H. Schnitzer – Benedict Arnold at Saratoga: How a Newly Discovered Letter Changed History
Mark Edward Lender – The Plot against General Washington: The Conway Cabal Reconsidered
James Kirby Martin – The Man Who Wouldn't Be King: George Washington, an Exceptional Revolutionary Leader
Holly A. Mayer – Women at War: Continental Army Followers
John Buchanan – The Road to Charleston: How Major General Nathanael Greene Dealt with Logistics, Savage Civil War, and Politics in the Carolina's and Georgia
Bruce M. Venter – Defending the Mohawk Valley: Forts and Homes Illustrated by Rufus Grider's Art Work
Glenn F. Williams - Groveland Massacre part of the Sullivan Expedition, 1779 (240th Anniversary)
Albert Louis Zambone – The Rewards of Persistence: Daniel Morgan in the Saratoga Campaign
Tony Williams – George Washington & Alexander Hamilton: A Revolutionary Relationship
Christian Di Spigna – Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution's Lost Hero
Douglas J. Pippin – The American Revolution in the St. Lawrence Valley
Mohawk Valley Legend, Historian, Radio/Podcast Host and Author, Bob Cudmore will return as Conference Master of Ceremonies.
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