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Thanks to these All Fund Drive donors: Tyler & Donna

Crownover, Rose Marie Brandt, Dan's Tire, Petersen

Reporting, Darren & Michelle Donovan, Gerry & Cherrie

Davis, Craig & Chris Kimbell, Harvey & Maureen Vogt,

Doug & Dawn Prelle, Larry Larson, Gerri Eisenhauer, and

Delbert & Dorothy Eickhoff. Your generosity has been 

amazing!

Kudo's to Deb Moss's girl's basketball team. They won

two hard fought games Sunday and definitely took the 

high road in the last one.

Library news: It's time to settle in with a good book during

the cold winter evenings. Featured author for December:

Diana Palmer, a multi New York Times and USA Today

bestselling author. She was voted one of the top ten romance

writers in America. She tells her sensual stories with charm

and humor. Titles include: "Before Sunrise", "Merciless",

"Nelson's Brand", and many more. Stop in and check these

books - and more - at your Unadilla Community Library. One

just for the holiday season: "Finding Noel" by

Richard Paul Evans.

Santa's mailbox is up in front of the Post Office - be sure 

to include your complete name and return address.

Santa is waiting to hear from you!

I was asked to share this story from last year: "My family and

friends looked forward to this time of the year because it was the

beginning of "sled season". Sometimes it was sponsored by one

of the churches and sometimes we just got together. The insurance

company would forbid it now, but the town blocked off the street 

from the intersection south of the school to Main Street. There

were different variations, depending on who put up the barricades.

(Making the curve to go past the Laundromat was very tricky!)

We only went down the hill in front of the Methodist church once,

it was too scary even for the bravest among us.

We spent hours waxing the runners of our sled with paraffin

wax to make it go faster. If there was a lot of snow or no school,

my Dad would build us a ramp over the railroad tracks on the

old road that went south of the Bank. When you went off the 

ramp and up over the tracks, it was like flying! The older kids

who owned a much coveted driver's license, would pull an old

car hood behind their car with 3 or 4 people in it. I don't remember

anyone getting hurt, but I remember quite a few trees getting

"trimmed". When our hands became too cold to guide a sled or

our toes too numb to walk back up the hill, we went to Mom's

kitchen in search of hot chocolate, always with miniature

marshmallows, and sugar cookies."

Please share your stories with us this season!

The November Village Board meeting minutes are now

available for reading. Just click on the "Village Office" tab

above and then on "Meeting Minutes".

 

Visitors Kim and John,  passing through Unadilla

 last Monday (11-31 ) wanted a picture with the leader

of Unadilla 's Groundhog Day celebration.

 

 

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

 

12-2   Jeremy Royal

12-6   Jaycah Huber

12-7   Cheryl Royal

12-8   Kelsea Bayliss, Cheryl Ann Henry

 

 

 

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO

 

Friday, 12-10-2015, The Otoe Union:

"Will Schwartman has been sick with quinsy this week."

Mrs. W.N. Pickerill was hurt while holding a team of mules.

James Roberts and family of Douglas moved to Unadilla.

He was the brother of J.A. Roberts. "The farm residence 

of Will Schall from northeast of Unadilla, was burned to

the ground with most of its contents.