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In the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. An article about the history of the firm is here www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/jewellery... The building is Grade II listed www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/12...
The earliest listing I can find is in the 1915 Kelly's Directory of Birmingham. They are listed in the telephone book until 1980. The firm merged with Talbots Group who remain in business today. They closed the shop in Caroline Street in February 2012 www.thehockleyflyer.info/talbots-group-merges-with-picker...
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"At the south-western side of the Circus, moved from its original position in the centre, stands the Shaftesbury Monument memorial fountain, erected in 1892-1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury. It is topped by Alfred Gilbert's winged nude statue, sometimes known as The Angel of Christian Charity. It is popularly known as Eros after the mythical Greek God of Love, although he is intended to be Eros' twin Anteros. The statue has become a London icon, and a graphical illustration of the statue is used as the symbol of the Evening Standard newspaper and appears on its masthead.
The use of a nude figure on a public monument was controversial at the time of its construction, but it was generally well-received by the public. The Magazine of Art described it as, "...a striking contrast to the dull ugliness of the generality of our street sculpture, ... a work which, while beautifying one of our hitherto desolate open spaces, should do much towards the elevation of public taste in the direction of decorative sculpture, and serve freedom for the metropolis from any further additions of the old order of monumental monstrosities."'
Technologically ground-breaking at the time, this statue was the first in the world to be cast in aluminium. The statue originally pointed its bow to the north, up Shaftesbury Avenue. However, during the Second World War the statue was removed for safe keeping, and when it was returned its bow was fixed pointing in to the south, towards Lower Regent Street.
The winged figure on the fountain is generally called Eros, is often supposed to be The Angel of Christian Charity, but was intended to be Anteros, a brother of Eros, and is recorded as such in the records of Westminster City Council. The sculptor Alfred Gilbert had already sculpted a statue of Anteros, when commissioned for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, and chose to reproduce the same subject, who as 'The God of Selfless Love' was deemed to suitably represent the philanthropic 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Gilbert described Anteros as portraying 'reflective and mature love, as opposed to Eros or Cupid, the frivolous tyrant.' The model for the sculpture was a 16-year-old Italian, whose name appears to have vanished from history. The fountain, when originally placed, was meant to have Anteros pointing his bow towards Wimborne Saint Giles in Dorset, which was the Earl's country seat.
When the memorial was unveiled, there were numerous complaints. Some felt it was sited in a vulgar part of town (the theatre district) and others felt that it was too sensual as a memorial for a famously sober and respectable Earl. Some of the objections were tempered by renaming the statue as The Angel of Christian Charity, which was the nearest approximation that could be invented in the Christian pantheon for the role of Anteros in the Greek. But the name never became widely known, and the original name came back, under the shortened form Eros, signifying the God of Sensual Love; quite inappropriate to commemorate the Earl, but just right to signify the carnal neighbourhood of London, into which Soho had developed.
The iconography deteriorated to the level where the memorial came to be seen as the lustful, half-naked Eros burying his shaft up Shaftesbury Avenue, absolutely typifying degenerate Soho. During his life-time Gilbert had already said of his sculpture 'There is more than £3,000 worth of copper. take it down, melt it, and turn it into pence and give it to the unfortunate people who nightly find a resting place on the Thames Embankment, to the everlasting shame and disgrace of the greatest metropolis in the world'."
About 12:35, The Hall, Lancaster. Hannah is reading an Information Science article for her Library Science MA course. The red machine is one of the old coffee grinders that The Hall uses to decorate the coffeehouse.
Thank you for participating in my project, and apologies for interrupting your reading. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
This is the ship mentioned in the previous newspaper article. My great grandmother Nathalia Peterson Lundstrom and her sister Hilda Peterson Erickson were kids when they sailed on her to Hawaii from Norway in the fall and winter of 1880-81 with their parents.
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde makes remarks to press regarding the 2018 Article IV Consultation for the United States at IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. June 14, 2018.
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Article on the street gang "The L.A.D.S. - who protected the old punk scene and kept out alot of undesirables and pranksters who were just there to cause it all to fall apart.Cheers!
New Life Fellowship Church, 82-10 Queens Boulevard. Built 1923-24. Elmhurst, Queens
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878, located in Elmhurst, Queens, was built in 1923-24 to the designs of the architectural firm, the Ballinger Company. The neoclassical style building is modeled on the Italian Renaissance palazzo type and is clad in brick, limestone, and granite. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal organization founded in New York in 1868 by a group of professional entertainers and actors. The structure, which contains a series of recreational and social spaces, was considered one of the largest and best-equipped fraternal homes in the country, and one of Queen's most handsome buildings at the time of its completion. The building was prominently featured in an article about the design of fraternal buildings that appeared in thz Architectural Forum in 1926. The freestanding building is distinguished by a full-width front terrace, an ornate entryway, carved keystones with lions' heads, festooned panels, and a prominent cornice.
A large bronze statue of an elk, based on the prototype statue designed for the club by the noted sculptor, Eli Harvey, is located on the front terrace. The lodge, one of most prominent buildings in Elmhurst and along Queens Boulevard, remains remarkably intact.
Development of Elmhurst and Queens Boulevard
At the time of the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, only the three western townships of Queens County voted to become part of New York City: Jamaica, Rushing, and Newtown.2 Newtown, which bordered the East River and lay closest to Manhattan, was settled by the Dutch in 1640 and incorporated in 1652. By 1790, its population hovered around 2,000. It remained mainly an agricultural community through the mid-nineteenth century, producing vegetables and fruits for the growing urban markets in Long Island City, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. By 1850, Newtown's population had increased to approximately 7,000.
Growth in Newtown continued in the late-nineteenth century, spurred on by the extension of railroads and street railways throughout Queens County. Real estate developers, hoping to capitalize on Newtown's proximity to Manhattan and Brooklyn, began buying tracts of farmland on the outskirts of the village.
Large-scale development began in 1896, when the Cord Meyer Development Company, one of Queens' major homebuilders, began operating in Newtown. Hoping to disassociate its housing development from nearby, foul-smelling Newtown Creek, Cord Meyer Development convinced the post office to rename the town Elmhurst for its large number of stately elm trees. By 1910, the company had completed thousands of houses in the community. Additional development was stimulated by improvements in transportation during the 1910s and 20s, which included the construction of another Long Island Railroad station, the enhancement of trolley service, new elevated train service above Roosevelt Avenue, and the opening of Queens Boulevard.
After the Queensborough Bridge was completed in 1909, new approach roads were needed to accommodate increasing traffic flowing into the rapidly-developing borough. The construction of Queens Boulevard, an eight-mile-long, two-hundred-foot wide arterial highway leading from the bridge to the heart of the borough, began in 1910.3 The new boulevard was completed by 1924, for the most part.4 In order to accommodate the wide new road, many buildings along its route were either moved or demolished, and opportunities for new development were created. The segment of Queens Boulevard through Elmhurst was completed in 1923, the same year that construction of the Elks Lodge began.
Growth continued in the 1930s with the opening of the Independent Subway (IND) line in Elmhurst with stops along Queens Boulevard, encouraging denser suburban development in the form of six-story apartment houses and long rows of adjoining houses, as well as additional commercial and industrial development.
Demographic changes followed the Second World War as Elmhurst evolved from an almost exclusively middle-class suburban community with a large Jewish and Italian population to one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the city. By the 1980s, immigrants from 112 countries had settled in Elmhurst, including people from China, Colombia, Korea, India, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Pakistan, Peru, and Guyana.5 Development also continued, including the borough's first enclosed shopping mall, which opened in 1973. In addition to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878, Elmhurst*s other designated New York City Landmarks are the Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (85-15 Broadway), the Remsen Cemetery (69-43 Trotting Course Lane), and the Edward E. Sanford House (107-45 47th Avenue).
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and Queensborough Lodge Number 8786
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (the Elks) was founded in New York City in 1867 as the Jolly Corks, an assortment of entertainers and actors led by Charles A. Vivian, an English comic singer who had recently arrived in New York. In the beginning, this group of kindred spirits, most of whom were of British origin, regularly met to drink, sing, dine, and cavort at the Star Hotel on Elm Street.7 The group entertained themselves by playing a game involving bottle corks in which the loser would buy the next round. Soon, the happy little coterie styled itself the "Jolly Corks," with Vivian installed as the Imperial Cork.
After the death of one of its members, the survivors decided to organize the Jolly Corks as a lodge along benevolent and fraternal lines with rules and regulations, suitable ritual, and a new name. In February, 1868, the Jolly Corks officially became the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The elk was said to have been chosen as the club's symbol on account of P.T. Bamum's museum's description of the animal as "'fleet of foot, timorous of wrong, but ever ready to combat in defense of self or the female of the species.'"8 At the order's first meeting, the organization adopted its ritual, by-laws, and mission, which was to "inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity and to quicken the spirit of American patriotism."9 Vivian was elected as "Right Honorable Primo," the leader of the lodge; later that title was changed to "Grand Exalted Ruler."
In late 1868, the club's first satellite lodge opened in Philadelphia, and the New York lodge, located at 193 Bowery, became known as the Grand Lodge.
In the years following the Civil War through the turn of the century, fraternal organizations proliferated in number and membership throughout the United States. The war itself was undoubtedly important to this trend, offering men the experience of military bonding, hierarchy, and ceremony that they wanted to continue in a peacetime setting." Prior to the war, there were only a handful of fraternal organizations, the major ones being the Masons and Oddfellows, but by 1907, there were over three hundred. The period from 1864 to 1884 was a particularly important time for the establishment of new orders. Besides the Elks (1868), there were the Knights of Pythias (1864), the Ancient Order of United Workmen (1868), the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Shriners, 1871), the Knights of Honor (1873), the Knights of Maccabees (1878), and Modern Woodmen of America (1883). For every club that survived and grew, countless others failed.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks grew at a rapid rate through the early twentieth century and became known for charity and community service. By 1930, there were 1,421 lodges throughout the country; in 1923-24, the year that Queensborough Lodge 878 was opened, the Elks added 20 new lodges. Membership in 1930 was 761,461. Thirteen thousand new members were added in 1923-24 alone.
Many of the fraternal organizations, such as the Improved Order of Red Men and the Knights of Pythias, collapsed during the depression of the 1930s, as members fell behind in their dues. Those that did survive, including the Elks, lost millions of members. Thousands of lodges, unable to meet mortgage payments, went bankrupt. Also, the rituals, ceremony, and symbolism of the clubs, were becoming less interesting to men as other forms of entertainment gained in popularity. The remaining orders became more enterprising by hosting dinner dances, sponsoring club nights with billiards, card games, and movies; organizing baseball teams, bowling leagues, and recreational trips; and undertaking charitable projects. This led to a revival of club activity after the Second
World War, especially in the 1950s, when many clubs also began to include ladies' auxiliaries and youth activities.
Interest in fraternal organizations declined after the Vietnam War as a result of societal changes and aging rosters. None of the clubs have been immune. Membership in the Shriners has fallen by half since 1980; the Knights of Columbus, Moose, and Masons have suffered similar declines. Nationally, membership in the Elks has dropped over twenty percent since 1975.
The depletion in members at Queensborough Lodge 878 has been especially harsh. By 2000, its ranks had fallen to fewer than 600 members, a decline of ninety percent. This decrease was due to a variety of reasons, including the diminishing interest in fraternal societies among younger generations. To help defray the cost of taxes and maintenance on the Elmhurst lodge, the Elks began to lease parts of the building to social groups and churches, and to rent out the dining hall for special events.
The Ballinger Company. Architects
The Ballinger Company, a Philadelphia-based architectural firm, was formed in 1920 by architect Walter Francis Ballinger (1867-1924), who had been in partnership with Emile G. Perrot in the firm Ballinger & Perrot since 1902. Ballinger was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, where his father Jacob Howe Ballinger, operated a machine shop until his death in 1869. Ballinger's mother then moved the family to Woodstown, New Jersey, where Walter Francis worked as a farmhand and in local factories, while taking evening classes in business, engineering, and architecture at the YMCA and the Drexel Institute.
In 1889, he entered the prosperous architectural and engineering firm of Geissinger & Hales, where he was employed in a variety of business capacities, including bookkeeper, stenographer, and clerk. In 1895, he formed a brief partnership with another member of the firm, William B. Brink worth; that same year Ballinger replaced Walter H. Geissinger as a principal in the Hales firm; this successor firm, Hales & Ballinger, continued until Edward M. Hales retired in 1901. At that time, the chief draftsman in the firm, Emile G. Perrot, became a partner and the firm continued as Ballinger & Penrot. In 1920, Ballinger bought out the interests of his partner, and the firm became the Ballinger Company.
Throughout its long history, the Ballinger Company maintained the engineering emphasis that was established by Geissinger and Hales. Concentrating primarily on industrial and commercial structures, the firm also expanded its range of building types to include institutional, ecclesiastical, and residential projects. In addition, Ballinger & Perrot were pioneers in the use of reinforced concrete, publishing a book on the subject in 1909. Ballinger was also a co-inventor of the "super-span sawtooth" type of roof construction, which he patented, that was used widely in the construction of factory buildings. By 1912, Ballinger & Perrot had opened an office in New York City.
By 1916, Ballinger's son, Robert Irving Ballinger (1882-1974), a graduate of Pratt Institute, had become associated with his father's firm. Although the firm closed its New York office in 1936, it continued to operate through 1969 in Philadelphia under Robert I. Ballinger and his son, Robert I., Jr., who graduated from Cornell University in 1941.
Ballinger's most notable works in Philadelphia are the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company Plant (1923), the Budd Company Red Lion Plant (1942) and the TWA Maintenance Hangar (1954) at Philadelphia Airport. Its major New York commissions include the American Chicle Co. factory (1919-20, Ballinger & Perrot) and the Motor Starter Co. factory (1918, Ballinger & Perrot), both in Long Island City, as well as the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Queensborough Lodge 878 (1923-24) in Elmhurst.
The Queensborough Lodge 878 Building
In 1921, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks purchased land on the south side of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, for the construction of a new building for Lodge 878. The lodge was founded in 1903, and was holding its meetings at Lodge 828 in Long Island City, Queens. In the early 1920s, Queens Boulevard was a newly-widened thoroughfare lined by building lots ready for development. The site of the Elks lodge, not far from the major intersection where Queens Boulevard crosses two of historic Newtown's oldest routes, Broadway and Grand Avenue, had previously been part of a nearby estate.
Plans for the new lodge were drawn up by the architectural firm the Ballinger Company, which designed a freestanding Italian palazzo with a one-story annex for the pool and gymnasium. (The annex is not part of this designation.) Construction began in October 1923 by the Mclntee Construction Co. of Manhattan. Originally, the Elks had envisioned the eventual replacement of the annex with a four-story building connected to the existing lodge by a passageway; however, this plan was not carried out, although the building was subsequently extended at the rear. (The rear addition is not part of this designation.) The lodge, which cost $750,000, opened on October 26, 1924.
Fraternal architecture as a building type did not achieve recognition in the architectural press until Architectural Forum published an issue devoted to this topic in 1926. The introductory piece, "The Architecture of Fraternal Buildings," was by well-known New York City architect Harvey Wiley Corbett, who referred to the opportunities that these often large and prominent buildings gave architects. West coast architect Herbert Greene wroi. that fraternal buildings were usually deyi ^ned in either the Classical or Gothic styles. R.R. Houston, of George Post & Sons, discussed the clubs' great affinity for antiquity.
The architecture of Lodge 878 followed the design trend for early-twentieth-century fraternal buildings placed in suburban settings, which were usually treated as freestanding, monumental structures with classical detailing and occupied impressive sites. Interior design was often based on exotic styles, such as Egyptian, Moorish, or Oriental. A club building was expected to be dignified and inviting, in keeping with its environment, functionally appropriate to the needs of the organization, and expressive of the club's desired public image. The Queens lodge is a classically-detailed, monumental structure occupying a prominent site along the area's major thoroughfare, from which it is approached via a grand staircase and a broad, balustraded terrace watched over by a giant bronze elk. Its interior features an array of public and private spaces for its rituals and activities.14
Upon its completion, Lodge 878 was considered one of the largest and best-equipped fraternal homes in the country. Besides the pool and gymnasium, the building (the interior of which is not subject to designation) had six bowling alleys, indoor hardball courts, a grille room, a barber shop, a game room, lockers, lounges, a dining room, a kitchen, office space, a main meeting room with space for 2,000 people, and twenty-eight bedrooms. The front of the building is graced by a broad terrace on which stands a bronze statue of an Elk, based on the prototype statue developed for the Elks organization by noted sculptor Eli Harvey.15 The Elmhurst Lodge was featured prominently in the aforementioned issue of Architectural Forum. The lodge is one of the most prominent buildings in Elmhurst and on Queens Boulevard, and one of only a few buildings of its type in this part of Queens.
The Queensborough Lodge's membership peaked in the 1960s at 6,600,16 and included local politicians, businessmen, and professionals. The club's facilities were busy at most times. The annual "Elks Bazaar," considered the borough's social event of the year, included raffling off two dozen Cadillacs. At the time, the lodge employed a staff of twenty-six people. In addition, it raised money for charity and for hospitalized war veterans, and performed funerary rites for deceased members. The building was sold to the New Life Fellowship Church in 2001, although the lodge's remaining 550 members will continue to use part of the building for meetings.
Description
The Elks Club building, three stories with a raised basement and a fenestrated attic level, consists of a granite base, limestone first-story facade, and brick upper facade with carved limestone ornament. The building's main facade, facing north towards Queens Boulevard, is five bays wide. It has a full-width granite terrace reached from the boulevard via a flight of granite steps with non-historic wrought-iron railings. A granite pedestal at the center of the staircase contains a sculpted bronze elk. The base of the terrace has regularly-spaced windows with historic wrought-iron grilles. The terrace has a concrete deck, which is enclosed by limestone balustrades. The terrace and stairs are surrounded by small lawns.
The main entry way, located in the center bay of the rusticated first-story facade, is reached by way of the front steps and the terrace. The en try way consists of a round-arched opening with an ornately-carved, oversized keystone, flanked by unusual banded and fluted Doric half-columns. It is surmounted by a molded hood, featuring brackets, metopes, guttae, and a carved frieze with incised lettering. The entryway contains two historic, paneled wood-and-glass doors decorated with rosettes, and surmounted by a denticulated wood lintel and curved transom. Non-historic lighting has been installed in the soffit.
Four segmentally-arched, secondary entryways lead from the terrace to the first-floor interior. The entryways feature paired, historic paneled wood-and-glass doors (the easternmost and westernmost pairs have been modified), molded architraves, divided-light transoms, and carved keystones with lions' heads. The first-story is topped by a decorative crown featuring carved rosettes and floral ornamentation. Non-historic metal wire channels and lighting have been installed at the upper part of the first-stoiy facade.
The second-story fenestration features balusters, eared architraves, and segmental pediments. The easternmost bay retains the historic wood casements and divided transom, while the remaining bays have paired, non-historic, one-over-one metal sash with historic, divided wood-and-glass transoms. The third-story fenestration has bracketed sills, eared architraves, scrolled keystones, and non-historic, one-over-one metal sash. Carved limestone panels, decorated with swags, are located above the third-story windows. The center panel features a bronze and glass clock with flanking urns and foliation. The attic story features windows alternating with elaborately-carved panels. The windows contain non-historic, one-over-one metal sash, although the easternmost bay retains the historic two-over-one wood sash. The facade is topped by a prominent cornice featuring brackets, dentils, and egg-and-dart moldings.
The west facade, facing Simonson Street, is seven bays and features similar ornament to the main facade. The west facade has a granite basement containing windows with historic wrought-iron grilles. The first-story windows have bracketed sills. The three southernmost window openings of the first story contain grouped fenestration with non-historic, one-over-one metal sash; other bays have paired, non-historic, one-over-one metal sash, while the northernmost bay is a blind window. The second-story fenestration of the west facade has historic wood casements in some of the windows and paired, non-historic, one-over-one metal sash in the others. All these windows retain their historic wood-framed transoms. The third-story fenestration of the west facade has paired, non-historic, one-over-one metal sash in some bays and historic wood-and-stained-glass casements in the others. The attic-story fenestration has historic, two-over-one wood sash, but the northernmost bay has non-historic, one-over-one metal sash.
The east facade is seven bays and is similar in design and ornamentation to the west facade. A one-story passageway connects this facade to the east annex. (Neither the passageway nor the annex are subject to designation.) There is a non-historic, multistory, wrought-iron stairway at the southernmost bay. The basement windows have historic wrought-iron grilles. The three southernmost window openings of the first story contain non-historic, one-over-one metal sash; the remaining bays have paired, non-historic, one-over-one wood sash, while the northernmost bay is a blind window. The second-story fenestration of the east facade has paired, non-historic, one-over-one metal sash and historic wood-and-stained-glass transoms. The third-story fenestration of the east facade has paired, non-historic, one-over-one metal sash. The attic-story fenestration has historic, two-over-one wood sash, but the northernmost bay has non-historic, one-over-one metal sash.
The building's south facade has been largely obscured by the rear addition (not subject to designation), except for the attic story and the cornice, which are similar in design and ornamentation to the main facade. The roof contains an historic flagpole centered at the north facade, a brick chimney stack.
- From the 2001 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report
Le Plein Air - Article on the Kings of Cycling - American rider Marshall 'Major' Taylor, illustration by Mich, full name Jean Michel Libeaux.
A photo from the North Pond Hermit's campsite in the woods of Rome, Maine.
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"Malus ecclesia: The Oldest Eden" - genetically modified apple tissue containing the DNA translated story of Innana and her garden from the old sumerian texts. The edition of this work was made especially for the Article biennale.
Joe Davis collaborated with scientists Paul Reginato from Wyss Institute, Harvard and Kristin Aaser Lunde from CORE - Centre for Organelle Research, UIS.
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Paranasal sinuses and their drainage - now it's easy to remember...right?
The original article published on The Paradigm Shift Group (theparadigmshiftgroup.com/paranasal-sinuses/).
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News article obtained from the Northwest Herald:
WOODSTOCK – They walked past Engine 32 and into the church where Michael Wurtz, in his final months, reconnected to his faith.
More than 360 uniformed firefighters from departments as far away as the Champaign area filtered into Woodstock Assembly of God, saluting the open casket of Wurtz one-by-one during a fire department walk-through. The departments came together with Wurtz' friends and family to lay to rest the 47-year-old firefighter, who died Friday of cancer.
Those who spoke before and during the ceremony remembered a fearless firefighter who lived to serve – for his family, his friends and his community. They talked of his adventurous spirit, his exhaustive work ethic, the way everyone who met him seemed to feel a special connection. They remembered that smirk, which somehow toed the line between business-like and light-hearted.
They tried to put into words what Wurtz meant to the world.
"We seem larger than life," Woodstock Fire Chief Ralph Webster said during the ceremony. "But quite honestly, that's not what makes us so special. That's not what made Mike special. It's the little things he did to serve others."
Giving the service's eulogy, Pastor Roger Willis harkened back to conversations he'd had with Wurtz over the last four and a half months, since the two met. He explained several words that Wurtz's memory called to mind: adventure, selfless, honor.
He said his next sermon would be called "Lessons from 1325 Dean Street," the address of the nearby Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Station 2. Being around Wurtz firsthand showed him the honor the department felt Wurtz was due.
"If we treat one another how you all treat one another, it's going to go a long, long way," Willis said.
Willis added a fourth word: rest. He talked about the peaceful nature of a visit he'd had with Wurtz in January. The two discussed faith, and Wurtz opened up about a spiritual road made rocky by his dad's death at a young age.
"I was hoping this visit would go in this direction," Willis remembered Wurtz saying.
Firefighters lifted the American flag from its resting spot on Wurtz's casket, folded it and presented it to Wurtz's wife. They gave his helmet and badge to the family. Each of his children was presented an honorary badge from the local firefighters union.
"We're having his service, but we're serving her today," Webster said of Wurtz's wife. "Her and her family."
To the blare of bagpipes and drums, service men carried the casket out the church, past rows of firefighters frozen in salute. The body was raised onto Engine 32, where it would soon fall into a procession that traveled past each of the three Woodstock fire stations.
First, the rows of firefighters were ordered out of their salute. Several finally wiped the tears from their eyes.
Demel
The title of this article is ambiguous. Other uses, see Demel (disambiguation).
K.u.K. Hofzuckerbäcker Ch Demel 's Söhne GmbH
Founded in 1786
Coffee and pastry industry
Products Coffee, tea, cakes
website www.Demel.at
Interior furnishings from Komptoir Demel in Vienna, from Portois Fix
When decorating goods Visitors may watch.
Demel is one of the most famous Viennese pastry at the carbon (cabbage) market (Kohlmarkt) 14 in the first Viennese district Innere Stadt. Demel was a k.u.k. Hofzuckerbäcker and runs this item today in public.
History
1778 came the of Wurttemberg stemming confectioner Ludwig Dehne to Vienna. 1786, he founded his pastry shop at the place of St. Michael. Dehne died in 1799 of tuberculosis. His widow then married the confectioner Gottlieb Wohlfahrt. In 1813 they bought the house in St. Michael's Square 14. Despite numerous innovations such as frozen the company's finances could not be rehabilitated. After the death of Gottlieb Wohlfahrt in 1826 the widow and her son from her first marriage August Dehne succeeded but the economic boom. August Dehne managed to great wealth, he invested in land. As the son of August Dehne struck another career as a lawyer, Dehne sold the confectionery in 1857 to his first mate Christoph Demel.
Demel also had success in the continuation of the company and established it to a Viennese institution. After the death of Christoph Demel in 1867 his sons Joseph and Charles took over the business, which is why it since "Christoph Demel 's Söhne" means. On request Demel received 1874 the Hoflieferantentitel (the titel as purveyor to the court). The proximity to the Imperial Palace directly opposite made business more profitable. The Hofburg borrowed from Demel occasionally staff and tableware for special occasions such as proms and parties. Recent developments in the art of confectionery were brought from Paris. Trained at Demel, professionals quickly found employment.
1888 Old Burgtheater was demolished at Michael's place and transformed the place. Demel had to move out of the house and he moved to the Kohlmarkt 14. The new store inside was equipped inside with high costs by purveyor to the court Portois & Fix. The interior is decorated in the style of Neo-Rococo with mahogany wood and mirrors. Regulars were members of the Viennese court as Empress Elisabeth, and other prominent members of the Vienna society of the time, the actress Katharina Schratt and Princess Pauline von Metternich. A peculiarity of Demel from the time of the monarchy is that the always female attendance, which originally was recruited from monastic students, is dressed in a black costume with a white apron. They are called Demelinerinnen and address the guest traditionally in a special "Demel German", which is a polite form of the third person plural, omitting the personal salutation and with questions such as "elected Have you?" or "want to eat?" was known.
After the death of Joseph and Carl Demel took over Carl's widow Maria in 1891 the management. She also received the k.u.k. Hoflieferantentitel. From 1911 to 1917 led Carl Demel (junior) the business and then his sister Anna Demel (4 March 1872 in Vienna - November 8, 1956 ibid ; born Siding). Under her leadership, the boxes and packaging were developed by the Wiener Werkstätte. Josef Hoffmann established in 1932 because of a contract the connection of the artist Friedrich Ludwig Berzeviczy-Pallavicini to Anna Demel. The design of the shop windows at that time was an important means of expression of the shops and there were discussions to whether they should be called visual or storefront (Seh- or Schaufenster - display window or look window). While under the Sehfenster (shop window) an informative presentation of goods was understood, the goods should be enhanced by staging the showcase. From 1933 until his emigration in 1938 took over Berzeviczy-Pallavicini the window dressing of Demel and married in 1936 Klara Demel, the adopted niece of Anna Demel.
During the Nazi regime in Austria the confectioner Demel got privileges from the district leadership because of its reputation. Baldur von Schirach and his wife took the confectioner under their personal protection, there were special allocations of gastronomic specialties from abroad in order to continue to survive. But while the two sat in the guest room and consumed cakes, provided the Demelinerinnen in a hallway between the kitchen and toilet political persecutws, so-called U-Boats. Those here were also hearing illegal radio stations and they discussed the latest news.
1952 Anna Demel was the first woman after the war to be awarded the title Kommerzialrat. She died in 1956. Klara Demel took over the management of the bakery. Berzeviczy-Pallavicini, who lived in the United States until then returned to Vienna. After Clara's death on 19 April 1965, he carried on the pastry. During his time at Demel he established the tradition to make from showpieces of the sugar and chocolate craft extravagant neo-baroque productions. Baron Berzeviczy sold the business in 1972 for economic reasons to the concealed appearing Udo Proksch, who established in 1973 in the first floor rooms for the Club 45; also Defence Minister Karl Lütgendorf had his own salon. After Proksch was arrested in 1989 in connection with the Lucona scandal, he sold Demel to the non-industry German entrepreneur Günter Wichmann. 1993 it came to insolvency. Raiffeisen Bank Vienna as principal creditor, acquired the property in 1994 from the bankrupt company to initially continue itself the traditional Viennese company through a subsidiary. In the process of the renovation in March 1995 on the fourth floor were mura painting from the 18th century exposed and the baroque courtyard covered by a glass construction which since the re-opening on 18 April 1996 can be used as Schanigarten (pavement café) or conservatory.
In 2002 the catering company Do & Co took over the Demel. The company was awarded with the "Golden Coffee Bean " of Jacobs coffee in 1999. Demel now has additional locations in Salzburg and New York.
Products
Demel chocolate products
One of the most famous specialty of the house is " Demel's Sachertorte" . The world-famous Sachertorte was invented by Franz Sacher, but completed only in its today known form by his son Eduard Sacher while training in Demel. After a 1938 out of court enclosed process occurred after the Second World War a till 1965 during dispute between Demel and the Sacher Hotel: The hotel insisted on its naming rights, Demel, however, could pointing out already since the invention of the "Original Sacher" called pie "having used the denomination". Demel had after the death of Anna Sacher in 1930, under defined conditions, the generation and distribution rights for "Eduard-Sacher-Torte" received. The dispute was settled in favor of the Hotel Sacher and the Demelsche cake is today, "Demel 's Sachertorte" and is still made by hand. While a layer of apricot jam under the chocolate icing and another in the center of the cake can be found in the "Original Sacher-Torte", is in "Demel 's Sachertorte " the layer in the middle omitted.
Besides the Sachertorte helped another specialty the pastry to world fame: the original gingerbread figures whose modeling came from the collection of Count Johann Nepomuk Graf Wilczek on Castle Kreuzenstein. Then there are the Demel cake (almond-orange mass with blackcurrant jam, marzipan and chocolate coating), Anna Torte, Dobos cake, cake trays, Russian Punch Cake, Esterházy cake, apple strudel and other confectionary specialties. Popular with many tourists are the candied violets with which Demel earlier supplied the imperial court and they allegedly have been the Lieblingsnaschereien (favorite candies) of Empress Elisabeth ("Sisi"). Rooms in the upper floors as the Pictures Room, Gold Room and the Silver rooms are rented for events. In addition to the pastry shop Demel operates, as it did at the time of the monarchy, a catering service, after the re-opening in 1996 as well as storage, shipping and packaging was desettled in the 22nd District of Vienna. Demel is also responsible for the catering at Niki Aviation.
On Friday, September 5th, Vale Craft Gallery will host an opening reception from 5:00 until 8:00 PM for the exhibition Strata: Sculptural Fiber by Michelle Sales. The artist will be present for the opening. The show will continue through November 15th.
The exhibition will feature Chicago artist Michelle Sales’ innovative wall pieces and sculptural objects made from hand-dyed and stitched synthetic fabric. The artist recycles spun-bonded materials used in the construction and garment industries, sometimes combining the fabric with small found objects, such as stones or beads.
The show will include textured wall pieces from the artist’s “Imprint” series that are built up horizontally with layers of hand-dyed materials, denoting erosion and the passage of time. Also on view will be sculptures referencing articles of clothing and footwear that are made from natural and synthetic materials combined with found objects, suggesting the accumulation and preservation of memories.
Michelle Sales received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has had work shown in numerous exhibitions including SOFA Chicago. The exhibition at Vale Craft Gallery is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Vale Craft Gallery is located at 230 West Superior Street (building entrance on Franklin) in Chicago’s River North gallery district. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM and Saturday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For additional information, please contact gallery owner Peter Vale at (312) 337-3525.
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These are my first-ever morels!
Many people here in the country know and seek these fungi in the wild, but I never have. These were growing right next to the walking trail at the community park, where I couldn't miss them! Be sure you know what you are doing when gathering AND EATING ANYTHING from the wild. I checked these out thoroughly. There are several good tests, one of which is "hollow stems". True (safe) morels have them. See "morel" groups here on Flickr, and the many books and online references.
Next day: Went to an informal dinner party last night and carried these to my hosts. It turned out they already had a pint of wild morels in the fridge that they had gathered themselves! They admired mine, but, at their urging, I ended up bringing these home; I'll be enjoying them, after all!
Well, that went pretty well. I was interviewed by the local paper, too. It's fairly accurate, even!
I should have photos from the event up soon.