It will also be aired on PBS stations whose views are supportive of educating people about the true history of Russia and its' deadly encounter with socialism/ communism.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
movie, The Soviet Story
This movie can be purchased for personal , educational or resale @ http://www.neoflix.com/store/PER53/ or watched FREE at the link below
Monday, June 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Codes to live by
A Tale of Personal Integrity
As told, with considerable pride, by my father George A Rice.
The time frame of this story was the late 1800's as best as I can figure. My grandfather, George W Rice, was born in 1860 and his age and the method of building timber frame barns places it about this time.
Mr. Alonzo Dingman, retired at the time and living in the village of Herkimer, owned a dairy farm situated in the town of Minden, Montgomery County N.Y. The dairy barn burned and Mr. Dingman, aka Lon Dingman, wished to have the barn replaced. He met, in the lobby of the Fort Plain Hotel, with my Grandfather and the tenant farmer who ran the farm for him. I am sorry that I do not know the name of this man as he was just as crucial to this endeavor as the other principals. I understand that they ordered a bottle of whiskey and proceeded to calculate the cost of building a new barn. The agreement was that the tenant was to cut the logs in the farm's woodlot and haul the logs to the barn site. Other logs were hauled to a saw mill for boards, planks and other smaller framing members. Granddad and his crew would hew the timbers square, build the timber frame and finish the barn for a certain sum.
The three men shook hands and left. That was the total contract, just a handshake.
Granddad finished the barn, got his horse and buggy and went to Herkimer to see Mr. Dingman about being paid. He told Mr. Dingman that the barn was finished and would he come see it that he might be paid. Mr.Dingman replied "if you say the barn is finished it is finished". He paid granddad what was owed on the spot.
Such was the value of personal integrity!
Charles W Rice
John Scallion’s integrity
When I was a child of 6 or 7 years a man came walking up our driveway. Dad was called and came out and talked with him.
Dad and mom had purchased a narrow strip of land on the east of our property with a 20 foot by 20 foot shed on it.
This man, John "Jack" Scallion wanted to live there. Dad knew that Jack was a drinker but didn't hold that against him. Dad was afraid that he might have drunken friends in with him and so refused his request.
Dad went back in the house and talked with mom who said "you know that if Jack promises to let no one in there he will keep his word" Dad came back out and and called Jack back. He promised to let no one in and was given permission
to live there. Jack kept his promise to the day he died.
Many times I saw men come to talk with Jack in all kinds of weather and he always stood in the doorway with a hand on each door jamb. No one ever got in !!!
In the winter of 1934/35 my youngest brother. Gerald was a toddler when
Jack came to the house to ask if my mother needed anything from
Bessie Schuyler’s store at Indian Castle. Gerald heard his voice and came out from the living room. Jack said "I’m going to the store and will bring you back some candy". It was a cold and stormy day and he left to get mother a loaf of bread. When he returned with the bread Gerald came out from the living room Jack realized he had forgotten the candy. Although he was plastered with snow and freezing he, immediately, turned around and walked back to the store, a distance of about a mile, and got my brother a few cents worth of candy. His excuse was "you must never lie to a child".
I ,personally, witnessed this entire episode.
Such was the integrity of this humble man. My father, always, held up this type of person, regardless of their faults,
As someone to be admired.
Charles W Rice
As told, with considerable pride, by my father George A Rice.
The time frame of this story was the late 1800's as best as I can figure. My grandfather, George W Rice, was born in 1860 and his age and the method of building timber frame barns places it about this time.
Mr. Alonzo Dingman, retired at the time and living in the village of Herkimer, owned a dairy farm situated in the town of Minden, Montgomery County N.Y. The dairy barn burned and Mr. Dingman, aka Lon Dingman, wished to have the barn replaced. He met, in the lobby of the Fort Plain Hotel, with my Grandfather and the tenant farmer who ran the farm for him. I am sorry that I do not know the name of this man as he was just as crucial to this endeavor as the other principals. I understand that they ordered a bottle of whiskey and proceeded to calculate the cost of building a new barn. The agreement was that the tenant was to cut the logs in the farm's woodlot and haul the logs to the barn site. Other logs were hauled to a saw mill for boards, planks and other smaller framing members. Granddad and his crew would hew the timbers square, build the timber frame and finish the barn for a certain sum.
The three men shook hands and left. That was the total contract, just a handshake.
Granddad finished the barn, got his horse and buggy and went to Herkimer to see Mr. Dingman about being paid. He told Mr. Dingman that the barn was finished and would he come see it that he might be paid. Mr.Dingman replied "if you say the barn is finished it is finished". He paid granddad what was owed on the spot.
Such was the value of personal integrity!
Charles W Rice
John Scallion’s integrity
When I was a child of 6 or 7 years a man came walking up our driveway. Dad was called and came out and talked with him.
Dad and mom had purchased a narrow strip of land on the east of our property with a 20 foot by 20 foot shed on it.
This man, John "Jack" Scallion wanted to live there. Dad knew that Jack was a drinker but didn't hold that against him. Dad was afraid that he might have drunken friends in with him and so refused his request.
Dad went back in the house and talked with mom who said "you know that if Jack promises to let no one in there he will keep his word" Dad came back out and and called Jack back. He promised to let no one in and was given permission
to live there. Jack kept his promise to the day he died.
Many times I saw men come to talk with Jack in all kinds of weather and he always stood in the doorway with a hand on each door jamb. No one ever got in !!!
In the winter of 1934/35 my youngest brother. Gerald was a toddler when
Jack came to the house to ask if my mother needed anything from
Bessie Schuyler’s store at Indian Castle. Gerald heard his voice and came out from the living room. Jack said "I’m going to the store and will bring you back some candy". It was a cold and stormy day and he left to get mother a loaf of bread. When he returned with the bread Gerald came out from the living room Jack realized he had forgotten the candy. Although he was plastered with snow and freezing he, immediately, turned around and walked back to the store, a distance of about a mile, and got my brother a few cents worth of candy. His excuse was "you must never lie to a child".
I ,personally, witnessed this entire episode.
Such was the integrity of this humble man. My father, always, held up this type of person, regardless of their faults,
As someone to be admired.
Charles W Rice
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