Update 2-18-14

 

Hi,

 

A light week for notes, possibly because it was a heavy week for bad weather.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like that will end soon.

 

From Peter Rosen:  I just came across my 10th grade biology notebooks from Mr. Saffrin’s class.  If you all remember, we had to copy the notes we took in class into a more legible form.  It was a pretty heady class.

    Again, looking forward to our 50th reunion.

 

[Rich -- I wrote Peter after the second storm hit Atlanta to ask if he was OK, and I haven't heard back.  But my e-mail might have been lost in a power outage.  Other friends in Atlanta only recently got their electricity back. 

    And Emily Kleinman Schreiber mentioned some years ago that her biology notebook for Irv Saffrin's class was similarly detailed.  It may be because I seem to remember we were graded on them.]

 

From Amy Kassak Bentley:  The surname Berliner does not come from the given name Berl.  It comes from the city Berlin.  Surnames were often derived from an ancestral city/town.

 

[Rich -- That was noted in an earlier excerpt from the article on Jewish names.  Though the article seems to indicate that many sources for Jewish names -- and I'm sure others -- seem to overlap.  So I suspect that's the case here.]

 

A social note from Judy Hartstone, mentioning the recent quarterly lunch she and I shared in Ventura, halfway between our homes.  We've been exploring different restaurants and new things to talk about.  This time, Judy learned something about copyright law, and I learned something about overpriced tiramisu.

 

Birthday wishes to Andy Dolich and Alan Finder, born 364 days apart.

 

Donald Faber forwarded a link about Valley Stream.  But when I went to check it, I got the message, "This video has been deleted by the user."

 

A pair of links from Zelda White Nichols, one of which we've seen before:

  The first, 20 Essential Facts Dog Lovers Should Remember (with cute pictures):

                      reshareworthy . com/20-facts-for-dog-lovers/#2M3f9gsDr2Xm7reg.03
    The repeat, Video Juke Box:

                     1959bhsmustangs . com/VideoJukebox.htm/VideoJukebox . htm 

    Zelda notes:  I think it has every song I listened to from 7th to 12th grade.  (please remove the spaces in both links)

 

 Part of a recent article from The New York Times, noting the surprising danger of cat bites.

    Although cat bites account for only 10 to 15 percent of animal bites treated in emergency rooms, they pose special infection risks. Dog bites, the most common bites treated, can tear flesh and break bones, but they create open wounds that are easy to clean and less likely to become infected than the puncture wounds created by cats. These can inject bacteria into tendons and bones. Complications included nerve involvement, abscesses, and loss of joint mobility.

    The most common cause of infection was Pasteurella multocida, an aggressive bacterium found in the mouths of many animals and up to 90 percent of healthy cats. Amoxicillin is commonly used to treat it. “Redness, swelling, increasing pain, difficulty in moving the hand and drainage from the wound are all signs that there may be an infection and that treatment should be sought,” said Dr. Brian Carlsen, a hand surgeon at the Mayo Clinic. “The tendon sheaths and joints are superficial in the hand, and cat bites penetrate easily, seeding those spaces with the germ. Once it’s in there, it can grow quite rapidly in fluid-filled spaces that don’t have blood circulation, and surgery is often required." The important message:  Don’t ignore a cat bite.

 

Finally, another chunk of that article about Jewish last names, this one about occupation:

    Craftsmen/Workers

        Ackerman — plowman; Baker/Boker — baker; Blecher — tinsmith; Fleisher/Fleishman/Katzoff/Metger — butcher; Cooperman — coppersmith; Drucker — printer; Einstein — mason; Farber — painter/dyer; Feinstein — jeweler; Fisher — fisherman; Forman — driver/teamster; Garber/Gerber — tanner; Glazer/Glass/Sklar — glazier; Goldstein — goldsmith; Graber — engraver; Kastner — cabinetmaker; Kunstler — artist; Kramer — storekeeper; Miller — miller; Nagler — nailmaker; Plotnick — carpenter; Sandler/Shuster — shoemaker; Schmidt/Kovalsky — blacksmith; Shnitzer — carver; Silverstein — jeweler; Spielman — player (musician?); Stein/Steiner/Stone — jeweler; Wasserman — water carrier.

    Merchants

        Garfinkel/Garfunkel — diamond dealer; Holzman/Holtz/Waldman — timber dealer; Kaufman — merchant; Rokeach — spice merchant; Salzman — salt merchant; Seid/Seidman—silk merchant; Tabachnik — snuff seller; Tuchman — cloth merchant; Wachsman — wax dealer; Wechsler/Halphan — money changer; Wollman — wool merchant; Zucker/Zuckerman — sugar merchant.

    Tailoring

        Kravitz/Portnoy/Schneider/Snyder — tailor; Nadelman/Nudelman — also tailor, but from "needle"; Sher/Sherman — also tailor, but from "scissors" or "shears"; Presser/Pressman — clothing presser; Futterman/Kirshner/Kushner/Peltz — furrier; Weber — weaver.

    Medical

        Aptheker — druggist; Feldsher — surgeon; Bader/Teller — barber.

    Liquor

        Bronfman/Brand/Brandler/Brenner — distiller; Braverman/Meltzer — brewer; Kabakoff/Krieger/Vigoda — tavern keeper; Geffen — wine merchant; Wine/Weinglass — wine merchant; Weiner — wine maker.

 

 The class of '65  50th Reunion dates:  April 24 through April 26, 2015

 

The South '65 e-mail addresses: reunionclass65 . blogspot . com  (remove the spaces)

 

The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com/SouthHS65    (ditto)

 

 

Rich