by Old Mentz | Dec 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ah, the joys of having a column deadline on Christmas Day! So an easy way to fill a column is to find an old article, add a bit of context, and boom, you are done! But no. As I was writing this I did a bit of deeper digging and found that I had a part two. So the...
by Old Mentz | Nov 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you were a child in the 1950s or ‘60s, you likely remember the “duck and cover” drills that we all had to do in school. We were all made aware of the impending atomic bomb attack, so in addition to the fire drills, we had to either; get under our desks, or go out...
by Old Mentz | Oct 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Headstone Cleaning Suggested Cleaning Kit- 5 gallon bucket (to carry everything and sit on) $0 to $5 Clean water if the cemetery doesn’t have water available Scrub brushes (large, medium and small) $10-$15 at the hardware store Pump type garden sprayer $15-$20 (get...
by Old Mentz | Sep 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Port Byron’s Water Supply Through the Years; Drinking Auburn’s Sewage. Water Supply of Port Byron Grossly Contaminated, State Report Says, Blaming Auburn. This was the headline in the September 9, 1915 Auburn Advertiser-Journal, and it stated what everyone...
by Old Mentz | Aug 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was on the fence with the title as this it might also be named as one of the Port Byron Family Tree series, but this is what will be in the August Citizen Mentz Column with a few added notes. In prior columns, I have written about the Port Byron Family Tree project...
by Old Mentz | Jul 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sorry. I could help myself. Little puns roll of the keyboard. This is about the connections between the Little, Rooker, Sadler, Barrus, Wilson, (and Ames) families. I was up to Mt. Pleasant cleaning four stones of the Little family. These caught my eye as they are all...
