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Joseph Xavier Martin

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Baseball

By jxmartin on Sat, 27 May 2006

The Hall of Legends Cooperstown is a small, rural village in upstate New York, just South of Utica. The rolling hills and well ordered farms that surround the town might just as easily be found in Kansas or Iowa.
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Lonergan's Wake

By jxmartin on Fri, 19 May 2006

LONERGAN'S WAKE The band played with the ardor of a group of Scotsmen attacking a free lunch. The bunting and posters were hung in a lavish array of red white and blue. The beer flowed like water and some few noses were already as red as fire hydrants. The crowd was animated and expectant.
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Badge Of Honor

By jxmartin on Wed, 17 May 2006

Badge of Honor During the late 1950's, in a small Catholic Parish on the South Side of Buffalo,N.Y., a cadre of children daily stood guard on the busy street corners around our grammar school. Our designated assignment was to hold back the overly rambunctious children, at major street crossings, until the adult crossing guard had reached the middle of the intersection.There, she extended her arms fully, stopping all vehicular traffic. Then and only then, we allowed the crowd of children, that we were holding back, to proceed safely across the busy thoroughfare.
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Holy Cross Vote

By jxmartin on Sun, 14 May 2006

The Holy Cross Vote Lackawanna is a small city abutting the Southern boundary of Buffalo, N.Y. The major industry in the Town, for generations, has been the huge
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Buffalo's Southern Island

By jxmartin on Sat, 13 May 2006

Buffalo's Southern Island It is a place that exists more in the minds of those who live there, than anywhere else. You won't ever see the designation for it on any map reference. But, you will hear
Autobiography
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