Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town this weekend is Frank Leak, mayor of the village of Colonie. The 92-year old mayor was honored during South Colonie high school graduation last month and addressed the students on how he overcame being bullied. Mayor Leak did not attend his own high school graduation because he had left for basic training in World War II in the U.S. Navy. Listen on Magic 590 plus 100.5 and on 96.9 and 1410 in the North Country. Posted as a Podcast hear on The Historians
Perspectives on the moon landing by American astronauts in 1969 from Rod Pyle of NASA, author of “First on the Moon,” and Curt Breneman, dean of science at RPI in Troy, N.Y.
The 2019 Historians Podcast fund drive remains at $2,340, 58.5% of the yearly goal of $4,000. We have not had a donation in over a week. Please contribute online. www.gofundme.com/2019-the-historians To donate by mail, make out a check to Bob Cudmore and send to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, N.Y. 12302
Mohawk Valley Weather, Sunday, July 21, 2019
Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. West wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. West wind 5 to 11 mph. Monday A slight chance of rain between 10am and noon, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Focus on History in the Daily Gazette-Three voices from the Mohawk Valley
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Monday, July 22, 2019-The Story Behind the Story Podcast focuses on the Daily Gazette column on three well-known voices from the Mohawk Valley: talk radio caller Richie Stander, Rabbi Samuel Bloom and Judge Raymond Zierak.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019-From the Archives of Focus on History from the Daily Gazette- Constable Gage and Officer Hyde: Killed in the line of duty.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019-From The Historians Podcast Archives-Episode 166, June 2, 2017- Author Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the Romanov tsars of Russia, who ruled a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. Montefiore has written “The Romanovs: 1613-1918.”
Thursday, July 25, 2019-From the Archives of Focus on History from the Daily Gazette-An American spy is buried in Charleston, N.Y.
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Friday, July 26, 2019-Colonie town historian Kevin Franklin explains the historical importance of Schuyler Flatts, now a town park between Menands and Watervliet but previously a home of the prominent Schuyler family.
Three Voices
By Bob Cudmore, Daily Gazette
Richard W. Stander, Sr., of Johnstown, who almost made it to his 101st birthday, was a caller to radio talk shows from the 1960s until shortly before his death in April 1993.
Born in 1892 in Newark, New Jersey, Richie worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He and Alice Stahl of New York City married around 1923. They became caretakers for a wealthy homeowner but had to leave that job when their son was born.
Richie then operated a farm stand in Westchester County. John D. Rockefeller stopped by and gave Richie a Rockefeller trademark dime to present to his son.
The Standers moved to Ames, south of Canajoharie and raised vegetables. Hearing that a Johnstown greenhouse had been abandoned, Richie refurbished it. He couldn’t find a buyer so the Standers went into the flower business in the 1940s on North Perry Street.
By 1980 when I started hosting WGY’s night time talk show, Richie already was an on-air phenomenon.
Bill Miller, my predecessor, had started a feature called Talent Night. Richie played harmonica, musical saw, sang and yodeled over the phone. His dog Astra barked along.
In 1981 a taxpayer group honored Richie at a dinner in Fultonville. There were other dinners. Once he came to WGY to co-host the talk show.
Richie frequently remarked that such experiences were “Too good for the poor.”
RABBI SAMUEL BLOOM
Samuel A. Bloom, who went on to be Congregation Sons of Israel’s rabbi for 39 years, came to Amsterdam in 1949. Bloom was born in Savannah, Georgia where he attended high school. He was ordained at Beth Joseph Rabbinical Seminary in Brooklyn and earned a doctorate at New York University.
Rabbi Bloom was heard weekly over WCSS radio for thirty years. The rabbi’s son, physician Michael J. Bloom, wrote, “I remember vividly accompanying him as he recorded the tapes for his radio show. And how hard it was for me to be perfectly silent as I sat next to him.” Apparently none of the recordings has survived.
Active in community affairs, he was president of the local clergy association and headed United Way campaigns. His wife, Eleanor Golub Bloom, was executive director of United Synagogue of America for the Empire Region.
She died in February 1988 and Rabbi Bloom died in July of that year.
JUDGE RAYMOND ZIERAK
Born in 1914, Raymond J. Zierak grew up on Reid Hill’s Hibbard Street in Amsterdam. His parents, Albert and Mary, worked in the carpet mills. His father died when he was young and his mother later married Louis Zajaczkowski.
Zierak worked his way through Union College and Albany Law School. He served as a lieutenant with the Marine Corps in the Pacific in World War Two.
He married Lucy Drzewicki from Amsterdam in 1942. Raymond and Lucy settled on Locust Avenue and raised a son and two daughters.
His legal practice focused on the Polish community as Zierak was fluent in Polish and Polish Americans trusted him.
Zierak was elected to City Court when its work consisted of civil cases. After 24 years on the part-time bench, Zierak became an assistant to New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz. He did legal work for the Polish Consulate and helped Americans with legal issues in Poland.
Judge Zierak was a speaker at events honoring veterans, functions put on by the Republican Party and organizations ranging from St. Luke’s Lutheran Church to the Soap Box Derby. He wrote speeches on a yellow legal pad while sitting at the family’s dining room table. He enjoyed playing piano. Zierak’s wife died in 1999. The judge passed away in 2006.
The Jason Subik Mid-Morning Program on Hometown Radio WCSS 106.9FM and 1490AM
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Thursday, July 18, 2019
The Mid-Morning Show with Jason Subik on WCSS 1490 AM 106.9 FM. Phone #518-843-2500. Special thanks to Dr. Nellie Bush of the Greater Amsterdam School District who talked to us today at GASD issues as well as the new state commission examining the requirements for a high school diploma.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
The Mid-Morning Show with Jason Subik on WCSS 1490 AM 106.9 FM. Phone #518-843-2500. Special thanks to my guest David Gomula candidate for Amsterdam’s 2nd Ward Alderman seat.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
The Mid-Morning Show with Jason Subik on WCSS 1490 AM 106.9 FM. Phone #518-843-2500. Special thanks to my guest District 9 Legislator Robert Purtell.
CANAJOHAIRE — Seascapes will be the focus of the free Arkell Museum Summer Afternoon Family Art program from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at the museum, 2 Erie Blvd. Leader Herald https://www.leaderherald.com/news/in-brief/2019/07/arkell-museum-art-program-scheduled/
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