Retiring Guy's Digest: 2023-07-16

Carnival (2, 3, 4); Chorus (2, 3, 4); Commencement Usher (3), Dramatic Club (3, 4); Evening of Plays (3); German Club (3, 4); Girls A. A. (3); Girls' Club (3, 4); Latin Club (2), Student Council (4)

1967 Warren City Directory

Streich Florence M (widow Edwin) assistant treasurer Community Consumer Discount h10 Hammond Street
Tucker Richard L (Alberta J) salesman Baltimore Life Insurance h311 Park Avenue

1983 Warren City Directory

Tucker A Jane; nurse Warren General Hospital h311 Park Avenue

The popularity of Alberta is graphed here. Let's take a look at granddaughter Sheena.

Source: Social Security Adnistration

Sheena spent 4 years near the bottom of the chart in the 1960s and 5 years in the same location in the 1980s. Sheena Easton gave the name a brief meteoric period of popularity: two years in the top 100 (1984 and 1985). She dropped off the chart after 1993.

Other members of the class of '43 (34):
2022

Rita Manfrey Grillo. (6/22)

2021

Frank Lucia. (6/1)

Lois Granquist Nordin. (9/7)

Anna Marie Harrington Gay. (8/13)

2020
Phyllis Schumann Murvine. (8/2)

Doris Veley Barstow. (6/11)
Dominick Anthony DeMarco. (1/15)

2019
Dorothy Stites Lauffenburger Hyde. (4/27)
Betty Nelson Casey. (4/12)
Dorothy Bimber Farrell. (4/2)
Marguerite Mader Lasher. (3/20)

2018
Lillian Fish Dunn. (11/6)
Mary Denardi Walker. (7/18)
John Imperial. (4/4)
Francis Pesko. (2/8)

2017
William Nuhfer. (10/26)
Martha Rasmussen Lewis. (6/17)
Gloria York Salapek. (6/10)
Louis Rizzardi. (2/11)

2016
Virginia Anderson Thompson. (10/17)
Pauline Smith VanVolkinburg. (8/27)
Joyce Anderson Clark. (8/24)
Robert Johnson. (3/31)

2015
Goldie Gelotte Hecei. (12/2)
John Swick. (11/29)
William Weidert. (10/16)
Maxine Retterer Young. (8/15)

Donald Conaway, Jr. (8/13)
Anne Smith Rossey. (5/8)
Doris Stevenson Barirde. (3/31)

2014
Mildred Kahle Glotz. (9/13)

Robert Dietsch. (9/8)

Anna Mae Olson Howe. (9/2)

Lois Bogart Niederer. (5/3)

2013

Verna Mack Swanson. (12/22)

Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State: Oil City, Pennsylvania

Oil CIty in its prime

From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

Oil City's 2022 estimated population decreased 1.5% since the 2020 census. Its population is down 57% since its 1930 peak of 22,075. The city has fewer residents now than it did in 1890.

Source: Wikipedia

Oil City Derrick, 4/23/2019

Original 2/6/2019 post starts here.

Explore Venango, 6/24/2016

While Mayor William Moon said people are moving to Oil City, Councilman Ron Gustafson said he was not encouraged by the statistics and commented that the council needs to show potential residents that the city is cared for by officials.

“The more we make repairs, the more we clean up and so forth – those are the tasks at hand that we can do,” Gustafson explained. “We have a responsibility here for the functions of the city…and we need to keep making progress there – waterlines, sewers functioning – if we’re going to attract people back.”

Take a closer look, Mayor.

Source: Wikipedia

Oil City's population peaked at 22,075 in 1930. Its 2016 estimated population is 10,557 -- a drop of 11,518 (52%).

The City of Oil City is located on the Allegheny River in Venango County, 84 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh and 58 miles northeast of Youngstown, Ohio. The county's population peaked at 65,328 in 1950 and is currently estimated to be 51,762, a drop of 13,566 (21%).

I grew, from the ages of 8 to 18, 50 miles north of here.

Other disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State
Aliquippa. (1/12/2019)
Ambridge. (1/17/2019)
Arnold. (1/18/2019)
Braddock. (1/19/2019)
Bradford, (1/20/2019)
Carbondale. (1/21/2019)
Charleroi. (1/22/2019)
Chester. (1/23/2019)
Clairton. (1/24/2019)
Coraopolis. (1/25/2019)
Dickson City. (1/26/2019)
Donora. (1/27/2019)
Duquesne. (1/28/2019)
Farrell. (1/29/2019)
Homestead. (1/30/2019)
Johnstown. (1/6/2019)
McKees Rocks. (1/31/2019)
McKeesport. (2/1/2019)
Monessen. (2/2/2019)
Nanticoke. (2/3/2019)
New Castle. (2/4/2019)
New Kensington. (2/5/2019)
Pittsburgh. (1/13/2019)
Scranton. (1/14/2019)

Other U.S. disappearing cities:
Baltimore, Maryland. (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan. (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois. (1/5/2019)
Cleveland, Ohio (1/2/2019)
Detroit, Michigan. (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois. (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan. (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana. (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri. (1/2/2019)
Wheeling, West Virginia. (1/16/2019)
Youngstown, Ohio. (1/9/2019)

Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State: Bradford, Pennsylvania (2020 census update)

Bradford's 2022 estimated population decreased 2% since the 2020 census. Its population is down 60% since its 1930 peak of 19,306. The city has fewer residents than it did in 1880.

Source: Wikipedia

Bradford Era, 5/16/2023

“For rural Pennsylvania to increase or sustain its current population, it must rely on in-migration,” the study concluded.
“While some rural areas did attract new residents through in-migration, most did not.”
The local region was not in the area where new residents moved in. Those areas were generally located to the northeast, southwest and northwest parts of the state.
The report noted that rural Pennsylvania’s population is aging. One in five people in rural Pennsylvania are 65 and older. “
With an aging population, an increase in deaths is inevitable,” the study concluded. “The bottom line is that the trend of more deaths than births will not change in the near future, and will have implications on school enrollments, workforce participation rates, and volunteerism.”

1/17/2022 update starts here

Wikipedia, U.S. Census Bureau

Downtown Bradford in its heyday

Hollenback-Cahill Funeral Homes

Original 1/20/2019 post starts here

Bradford Era, 1/22/2016

A new in-depth analysis by the National Association of Counties (NACo) reveals that economic recovery accelerated on the ground over the past year, but challenges remain — especially for small, rural counties like McKean County.

Source: Wikipedia

Bradford's population peaked at 19,306 in 1920. Its 2016 estimated population is 8,369 -- a drop of 10,937, or nearly 57%

The City of Bradford is located in McKean County in northwestern Pennsylvania, just south of the New York state line. The county's population peaked at 56,673 in 1940 and has since fallen to 41,330 -- a drop of 27%.

Bradford's main claim to fame.

Related reading:

Bradford oil field history. (American Refining Group, Inc.)

Other disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State

Aliquippa. (1/12/2019)
Ambridge. (1/17/2019)
Arnold. (1/18/2019)
Braddock. (1/19/2019)
Johnstown. (1/6/2019)
Pittsburgh. (1/13/2019)
Scranton. (1/14/2019)

Other U.S. disappearing cities:
Baltimore, Maryland. (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan. (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois. (1/5/2019)
Cleveland, Ohio (1/2/2019)
Detroit, Michigan. (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois. (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan. (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana. (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri. (1/2/2019)
Wheeling, West Virginia. (1/16/2019)
Youngstown, Ohio. (1/9/2019)

Welcome to the fantasy factory: Foxconn plans to boost EV production from 6 to 350,000 at Lordstown

Screenshot from 2020 video by Retiring Guy

Headline: Tribune Chronicle, 7/22/2023

Details contained in a draft air pollution permit from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to Foxconn affiliate, Foxconn EV System LLC, state the emissions upgrade would increase vehicle production from 75,000 per year to 350,000.
“The project will allow Foxconn to produce a variety of vehicles, including electric,” the paperwork states. “Foxconn is making the necessary changes to the existing permitted equipment at the facility to account for the increased production volume.”

The plant is currently idle.

Other Foxconn and Foxconn/Lordstown posts:

2023

July

Take the money and run. (7/18)

Lordstown Motors corporate welfare debacle in Ohio. (7/17)

Wisconn Valley. Voltage Valley. File under 'Foxconned'. (7/16).

Read a review of an EV truck you'll never drive. (7/12)

Add India to the list of places where Foxconn has pulled out. (7/11)

Lordstown Motors debacle: Sounds like Foxconn has more mischief up its sleeve. (7/11)

Lordstown Motors continues to swirl down the toilet. (7/10)

June

Embattled Lordstown continues to make headlines. (6/29)

It's another Foxconn debacle as Lordstown Motors files for bankruptcy. (6/27)

Vote of 'no confidence' from Lordstown Motors founder Steve Burns. (6/22)

InvestsorPlace warns that Lordstown Motors RIDE will crash and burn. (6/14)

Foxconn goes from Wisconsin bamboozle to Lordstown chicanery. (6/13)

Lordstown/Foxconn EV debacle on verge of morphing into legal slugfest. (6/11)

You're in for a bad RIDE with Lordstown Motors according to InvestorPlace. (6/10)

Foxconn debacle at Lordstown is running on empty. (6/5)

Foxconn/Lordstown Endurance partnership: And the hits just keep on coming. (6/3)

It's all over town, Lordstown's Endurance lacks endurance. (6/2)

May

The slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown becomes a gusher, part 2. (5/29)

The slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown becomes a gusher, part 1. (5/29)

Not making good on a pledge? It's a Foxconn speciality! (5/28)

Foxconn/Lordstown Motors deal. Tick.....tick.....tick..... (5/24)

January

Slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown continues for Foxconn. (3/19)

2022

Slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown continues. (5/22)

2021

Four years in, Foxconn still hopes to hit a bullseye. (10/1)

GET ME REWRITE: Yes, Foxconn's $100 milion pledge to UW-Madison was nothing more than a cynical election ploy by Scott Walker. (8/11)

The mysteries of Foxconn (season 2). (5/12)

The collapse of Donald Trump's '8th Wonder of the World'. (4/20)

2020

Apparently, that's not what Scott Walker heard. (12/19)

Just wondering what else in this Foxconn op-ed is off the mark. (11/17)

GET ME REWRITE: Two gullible guys from Racine County still believe anything Foxconn tells them. (10/23)

Keeping tabs on Foxconn Place in

Friday, July 21, 2023

Dear Ron DeSantis, Utah Republicans are not looking for a different shade of orange. Best, Retiring Guy

Photo credit: Babylon Bee

Headline: CBS News, 7/21/2023

Poll results: Real Clear Politics

His trip out West comes as he has been working to reset a campaign confronting financial pressures and a static position in the field trailing Trump. The former president has remained a front-runner despite his mounting legal problems, including the possibility of indictment in a special counsel investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
"The more people see Governor DeSantis and hear his forward-thinking plan for our nation's comeback, the more inspired they become to vote for him for president," campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo said in a statement.

Andrew, maybe you should talk to GOP voters in New Hampshire.

Related posts:

July 2023

Ron DeSantis's misplaced priorities. (7/16)

June 2023

Ron DeSantis pal Ted Ascol, rhymes with asshole, stands with Uganda and its death penalty for gays. (6/5/2023)

2024 presidential election: Here's Ron DeSantis lying in wait to shred American democracy. (6/4/2023)

Meet Ron DeSantis fangirl Riley Grimes. (6/4/2023)

Ron DeSantis visits lily-white Marion County during presidential campaign kickoff in Iowa. (6/1/2023)

May 2023

Florida Governor and former Freedom Caucus Crazy Ron DeSantis stands with the Capitol insurrectionists. (5/26/2023)

Demographics of Florida do not look like the company Ron DeSantis keeps. (5/18/2023)

Ron DeSantis's Florida is ground zero for Looney Tunes. (5/16/2023)

Ron DeSantis: Blueprint for America. (5/12/2023)

SURPRISE! SURPISE! GOP Freedom Caucus Crazy Bob Good endorses emeritus member Ron DeSantis for president. (5/10/2023)

April 2023

There at the creation: Ron DeSantis and the Freedom Caucus Crazies. (4/2/2023)

2024 GOP presidential nomination poll: Doug Burgum get 1% in Yahoo News poll, boosts average of 0.3%

Source: Real Clear Politics

Related posts:

July 2023

Meet the nut you've never heard of who's gunning for the GOP presidential nomination. (7/21/2023)

Is Vivek Ramasawmy, who supports a 6-week abortion ban, for real? (7/20/2023)

Guess Vivek Ramaswamy has to wait for the next outlier Morning Consult poll to regain momentum. (7/19)

For the second week in a row, Morning Consult pumps up the jam for Ramaswamy. (7/18)

GOP picks up the pace of its doomsday boogie based on latest 2024 presidential nomination poll. (7/17)

Majority of GOP voters all in for grifter Donald Trump. (7/15)

YouGov presents its latest ranking of GOP losers. (7/12)

Apparently, this observation even applies to residents of Florida. (7/10)

Graph supports journalist's assessment of Ron DeSantis. (7/10)

Drooling base of GOP continues to boogie its way to doomsday. (7/9)

June 2023

"Undecided" finishes in 3rd place in latest Marquette Law School 2024 presidential nomination poll. (6/28)

Chris Christie achieves a personal best in latest 2024 presidential nomination poll. (6/27)

More of the same with latest Emerson 2024 presidential nomination poll. (6/22)

Mike Pence punches above his weight in latest CNN 2024 presidential nomination poll. (6/20)

Ron DeSantis appears to have slammed his campaign into reverse. (6/17)

Merrily Trump rolls along. (6/15)

Trump falls well below his average in latest Reuters GOP presidential nomination poll. (6/14)

Yet another 2024 GOP presidential primary poll shows that MAGA loves a loser. (6/11/)

'Not sure' finishes 3rd in Wisconsin 2024 GOP presidential primary poll. (6/8)

Most Americans agree that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is wholly unqualified to be President. (6/8)

Mike Pence enters the 2024 GOP presidential primary campaign as a certified loser. (6/7)

Trump puts some room between himself and DeSantis in latest Virginia GOP presidential primary poll from Roanoke College. (6/6)

American Greatness pushes Trump candidacy in Nevada with hyper-partisan, biased poll. (6/4)

Professional bloviator Chris Christie finds himself a forgotten man in 2024. (6/1)

Polling at 5%, Mike Pence to announce presidential campaign in Des Moines. (6/1)

May 2023

Among West Virginia GOP voters, if you're not Trump, you're nobody. (5/30)

When it comes to 2024 GOP presidential primary polls, it's the same all over, even in California. (5/30)

Nikki Haley and Tim Scott not doing well in their home state of South Carolina. (5/27)

DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign still spinning its wheels as far as polls are concerned. (5/25)

GOP voters sabotage another presidential election with anti-abortion, homophobic, book-banning clown show candidates. (5/20)

GOP voters have a death wish. (5/17)

Sad sacks yearn for White House address. (5/17)

In Kentucky, if you're not Trump, you're nobody. (5/15)

The sad state of today's GOP, graphed. (5/15)

Latest Florida 2024 GOP presidential primary poll squeezes out anyone not named Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis. (5/14/)

GOP continues to boogie its way to doomsday. (5/10)

GOP continues to boogie its way to doomsday. (5/2)

April 2023

GOP continues to boogie its way to doomsday. (4/28)

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem thinks her virulent anti-abortion stance is just what USA voters want. (4/27)

Apparently, Reuters somehow missed the news that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (4/25)

GOP continues to boogie its way to doomsday. (4/23)

1.3% of GOP voters are starving for Tim Scott's "optimistic, positive message". (4/20)

Glenn Youngkin, 2024 GOP presidential candidate with zero national appeal, puts campaign on hold. (4/16)

Nikki Haley has a polling average of 3.9% 57 days after her announcing her candidacy for GOP presidential nomination. (4/12)

Welcome to the GOP: Party of batshit crazy. (4/8/2023)

Donald Trump is indicted and GOP voters continue to stand by their man. (4/5)

Liz Cheney goes from 10 to 0 in one day. (4/4)

Disgraced pollster Robert Cahaly has Liz Cheney at 10% in latest Trafalgar 2024 presidential primary poll. (4/3)

Trump crushes DeSantis in latest Fox News 2024 presidential primary poll. (4/1)

March 2023

Quinnipiac releases its 2nd 2024 presidential primary poll this month. (3/29)

Trump the pick of half of respondents in latest Harvard-Harris GOP 2024 presidential primary poll. (3/27)

Trump beats DeSantis by 14 percentage points in Quinnipiac GOP presidential primary poll. (3/18)

February 2023

With all of his grandstanding of late, Ron DeSantis is unable to move the needle in national presidential polls. (2/26/2021)

Another day, another meaningless GOP presidential primary poll. (2/21)

December 2022

Trump 1 and Trump 2 continue to duke it out in 2024 GOP presidential primary polls. (12/20)

Trump nearly laps DeSantis in ourtlier Harvard-Harris poll, maintains comfortable average margin. (12/19)

November 2022

Feast on this pre-Thanksgiving 2024 GOP presidential nomination poll before you chow down on turkey. (11/23)

Meet the nut you've never heard of who's gunning for the GOP presidential nomination

Headline: Des Moines Register, 7/20/2023

Poll results: Real Clear Politics

Johnson, who has never held elective office and knows he's an unfamiliar face in a crowded GOP field, told about a dozen voters last week that he's "pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, anti-woke and anti-China," — and "if you don't like it, well, tough."

He also touted his "2 cents" plan — a focal point in his campaign that involves slashing 2 cents off every dollar of federal discretionary spending — and pushed to finish building the wall on the southern border.