Church Records, Kodak, etc.

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Records of the Baptist Church, Penfield, N. Y. during the Ministry of Rev. Abel Haskell, 1860 – 1865. This has a re-created list of members of the church and also some vital records. All of those came from the diary of Rev. Haskell who was the minister of the church for just these years. He must have gotten sick after this as he died in 1866.

A short history of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Pittsford, NY; 1867 – 1967.

Kodaks and Brownies, (Sept. 1940). This is a catalog mostly of cameras but also some accessories. Even at that time Kodak sold many models of cameras. I own one of  the Kodak Vigilant Junior that is pictured on the right. On the Kodak Collection web page are links to many more of these old Kodak camera catalogs that were scanned by the Rochester Public Library.

Book of Formulas for Eastman Professional Films and Plates (Jan. 1937).  This is one of these Kodak booklets that very few people will be interested in as it is very technical. It gives formulas for making replenishers, developers, reducers, etc. Later Kodak would have all of those as ready-made chemicals so there wouldn’t be any need to mix your own.

Hit Songs of 1976 – #21

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Elvin Bishop had been in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band from  1965 to 1968. Then he formed his own group. Although he recorded 21 albums over the years he only ever had one hit single, “Fooled Around and Fell In Love.” It got up to #3 on the Cash Box chart for the week of May 16 – 22, 1975. On the Billboard chart it was at #3 for two weeks (May 16 – 29).

Elvin wrote the song and is performing on the red guitar in the video. He felt that his gravelly voice would not do the song justice so he had Mickey Thomas, who was a background singer in his band at the time, sing it. Mickey Thomas would later become the lead singer for Jefferson Starship.

Hit Songs of 1976 – #20

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“Silly Love Songs” is credited to Paul and Linda McCartney. Paul said it was written as a rebuttal to music critics (and his former Beatles bandmate, John Lennon) who had criticized him for writing lightweight love songs.

The song was at the top of the Cash Box chart for two weeks (May 23 – June 5). It was at #1 on the Billboard chart for the week of May 16 – 23. Then it was knocked off the top by a Diana Ross song. But it returned to #1 for 5 more weeks (June 5 – July 3). At the end of the year Billboard said it was their pick for song of the year.

The video is the album version of the song which ran 5:54. Most radio stations played an edited version that was only 3 minutes and 28 seconds. The video shows how crazy it is to be on tour.

Paul just finished up a tour a couple of months ago. He was also on Saturday Night Live last night for SNL’s last show of the season.

Church Records and More

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I completed two more old church records:

Membership records of Second Baptist Church of Sweden. These are from 1819 to 1840. Even though they mostly describe people coming and going there are some deaths included. Also remember that Baptist did not do infant baptism. You had to be an adult to get baptized. These records were transcribed by Myrte Rice Haynes of the local Daughters of the American Revolution.

Next is Members and baptisms of the Parma Greece Congregational Church, This was a strange church. It sat right on the town line of Greece and Parma just to the south of Ridge Road. At the time the church existed what is now Manitou Road had a bend to go around the church. Next to the church was a cemetery called West Greece Cemetery but actual in the Town of Parma. That cemetery is still there but the church is long gone.

This church did do infant baptisms and they are included. These records cover the time from 1819 to 1860. The records were copied by Mrs. Lula Purdy Smith and transcribe by Myrte Rice Haynes both from the local D.A.R. It was noted in this transcription that the original church book was located in the Rochester Historical Society in the 1930s. Not sure if they are still there, but I would think that they are.

Then I also scanned 4 booklets:

Program for Lake Avenue Baptist Church dated Dec. 22, 1912. This is their weekly program brochure. I have previously scanned a few other weekly programs from this church.

A 1935 program on Easter at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rochester, NY.

Program for a dinner and induction of new members of the Royal Order of Jesters and dated Nov. 19, 1960. I love the graphics in this program like the jester on the right. I recognize a couple of the inductees that year as local merchants.

Program for Class Day, St. Andrew’s Seminary, 1917. This is tiny but it lists all 13 of the graduates of the class of 1917. I think this school lasted until the 1960s.

Kodak Lenses for Professional Photography (Sept. 1951). Description of Kodak lenses along with a price list from 1951. There is also a picture of musician Victor Borge that says it was taken with a Kodak Ektar lens. The prices of the lenses seem high especially when you remember this was from 1951.