The Prattsville Scoop by Abby and Gabby - 6 November 2025

PRATTSVILLE - To all our veterans THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. You are the best.

For our local veterans, the American Legion Auxiliary, Virgil E. Deyo Unit 1327, will be sponsoring a Veterans’ Day Bake Sale on Saturday, November 8, 9 AM, at Jim’s Great American, Prattsville. Please bake, buy and/or donate. The proceeds from this Bake Sale is just for the benefit of local veterans and/or their families. If you know of any veterans and/or their families who are in need, please contact an Auxiliary member. Please bake, buy or donate. All help is appreciated. Remember the Veterans Day Program at Gilboa Conesville CS, on Monday, November 10, 9 PM. The youngest students are a joy to watch as they eagerly and energetically honor our veterans.

Family ties are the best. Jim and Debbie Brainerd Dymond picked up Deb’s brother Randy and they all went to brother Gene and Debbie Case Brainerd’s for a family evening dinner recently. Everyone enjoyed the evening’s conversation and family ties. We send Randy continued good wishes for good health.

Also we wish Claudia Bracaliello some good health. Send her some get well wishes with prayers and love. Here you go Claudia.

Had a very nice note from veteran and wife with a generous donation to the 2025 VA Christmas Celebration, now it its twenty-first year. The accompanying note giving their reasons for supporting this program should be shared and an excerpt follows: “...has been receiving services at the Albany Stratton VA Medical center….[and] the staff there have always been so very kind & helpful. We have also enjoyed many conversations with other veterans there as well. We want to start paying it forward. Please accept our donation towards the Christmas gifts that are provided for the Veterans every year. We know there are many who help with purchasing, wrapping, etc for these gifts. Thank you for all you do!” We, the members of the American Legion Auxiliary Virgil E. Deyo Unit 1327 and American Legion Virgil E. Deyo Post 1327, Prattsville, are very grateful for the support from fellow veterans and their families and all grateful citizens supporting our Christmas Celebration each year. This is our way of saying “Thank you for your service” to those veterans. We also thank this veteran and his family for sharing their sentiments and gratitude and donation, and I will add: their pride is serving Our Country.

To Mother Nature: What a bummer Friday evening and Saturday turned out to be. No power for nineteen hours. Some of us were lucky to have generators that turned out automatically when the power went out. Others were out there cranking up their gasoline generators. But whatever works is a good thing. The downed tree on the west side of the lower Main Street bridge that brought down all sorts of electrical equipment was the prime culprit. No more weather excitement for some time!

Cathy Martino, Marianne Krauss and Ginny Gurley, Auxiliary members of Virgil E. Deyo Unit 1327, attended the Greene County American Legion Auxiliary meeting on Saturday. No power at home so might as well attend a meeting out of town. Point of interest for our High School Junior girls at Gilboa Conesville Central School, the Empire Girls State to be held at the end of June and the beginning of July. The girls must be a good scholastic student as well as being involved in extra activities at home and in their community and be of good character. Many of our girls meet that curriculum so be sure to get your paperwork in at the beginning of January 2026. The attendance fee is paid by the American Legion Auxiliary with a nominal fee paid by the parents to assure participation.

Our deepest condolences to the family of Gary Ramundo who recently died. We send our love and sympathy to his wife Kathy and son Matthew and Matthew’s wife and son. Gary was a proud veteran and we thank him for his service. May his family find peace and comfort in knowing that our community mourns with them.

Does anyone in Prattsville remember Sonia Plankenhorn, Gilboa Class of ‘57. She was a Prattsville girl and one of her best friends in high school was Patty Mueller. The two of them had a lengthy telephone conversation recently to catch up on personal matters and this to let you know that friendships can last a lifetime. Patty lives in Middleburgh and Sonia at one time lived in California but spends a lot of her time traveling about. Sonia was a flight attendant and then went on with academic studies and then became a grandmother. And you know what happens with grandparenthood – you become a slave to a much smaller and younger person (s). Stay in touch with your friends however recent or from days gone by.

Happy Birthday to Devon Gurley on November 8.

And a very Happy Anniversary to Ron and Mary Cline on November 14. Along with those anniversary wishes, we also want to send them some good health.

Guess no one wanted to get married nor have children in November. You can still plan for next year.

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