Last week's post explaining how Bliss Towers got its name inspired Louise Bliss to share some information that may not be generally known. Louise's first husband was Malcolm Bliss, the son of Elah and Roger Bliss, Roger Bliss being the person for whom Bliss Towers was named. Louise and Malcolm's son Robert was a teacher and the assistant superintendent of schools in Rutland, Vermont, when our mayor Joe Ferris was growing up and going to school there. According to Louise, her son remembers that in high school Ferris was an excellent student who participated in clubs and organizations that seem now to "fit right in" with becoming a mayor.
As Mayor Ferris said when I told him that I was planning to write this post, "It's a small world."
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Well, my dad served on the Park Slope Volunteer Ambulance Board with Joe’s dad for many years. My dad recently moved to Hudson and was very tickled to find out that Joe Ferris’s son would be his new mayor. So many small worlds colliding in this small city.
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