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SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SEAT, UH, AHEAD, PLEASE.
WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL WHOH HERE.
SO, UH, HE'S GONNA BE FILMING OUR ACTIVITIES TODAY.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, BLESSING FROM, UH, FATHER CRAWFORD.
WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE LORD, PRESENCE OF OUR LORD.
ALL OF YOU HERE PRESENT ON THIS OCCASION WITH EVERY GOOD GIFT FROM ON HIGH A K YOU PURE AND HOLY AND DECID AT ALL TIMES.
THAT HE BESTOW THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE UPON YOU ALL AND YOUR FAMILY, BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION AND ALWAYS FILL YOU WITH LOVE FOR ALL HIS PEOPLE.
WITH SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO EDWIN PAINTER ON THIS WONDERFUL OCCASION, THIS 100TH BIRTHDAY.
MAY YOU ENJOY EVERY GOOD GRACE ALMIGHTY GOD, EDWARD.
GOD LOVE YOU, AND BLESS YOUR CONVERSATION AS WELL,
I ENDED UP, WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF WORDS AND PROCLAMATIONS FOR ED.
WE'LL START FIRST WITH OUR OWN MAYOR
EDWIN, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU IN HONOR OF YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LENGTH OF LIFE, WHICH WE'RE ALL IN, UH, FORM OF.
AND THIS PROCLAMATION TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY.
I ACTUALLY SENT A MESSAGE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TODAY ABOUT YOU.
AND THE THING THAT STUCK OUT IN MY MIND WAS THAT YOU DECIDED WHEN YOU WERE 17, THAT YOU WANTED TO ENLIST AND YOU HAD TO GET YOUR MOTHER'S PERMISSION.
AND I AM DYING TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND HEAR HOW THAT CONVERSATION WENT.
AS A MOTHER, AS A MOTHER OF SONS IMAGINING, SHE, SHE HAD THREE SONS AND TWO IN
SO IT WAS, SO, IT WAS JUST, YES, ANOTHER ONE FOR MY MOTHER, LOU
SO I GUESS THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING THE YOUNGEST THAT YOU, UH, YOUR, YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS HAVE PAVED THE WAY.
WELL, WHENEVER THE, THE MAILMAN SAW THAT, THAT THERE WAS A LETTER FROM ME OR MY BROTHERS STOPPED ME AT THE, HE MADE THE DOORBELL RING AND HAD HER DOWN AND STICK TOGETHER.
VERY, VERY, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR HER.
IT MUST'VE BEEN AMAZING TO GET LETTERS.
SHE WAS A NERVOUS WRECK, I IMAGINE.
I'M SURE SHE WAS A NERVOUS WRECK THE ENTIRE WAR UNTIL THEY CAME HOME SAFELY INTO HER ARMS. SHE WAS ABOUT, UH, A HUNDRED POUNDS
AND, UH, AND MY ONE BROTHER, HE WAS IN THE PRISONER WAR FOR A YEAR ALREADY.
AND I, I, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE I WENT ON MY SHIP AND, UH, I STAYED ON THE SAME SHIP FOR 22 MONTHS, TWO OCEANS.
AND WE, WE, THE, THE SLOGAN ON THE SHIP WAS, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO TOKYO BAY, AND WE DID
WELL, WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY THAT YOU DID THAT.
AND I, I SAY THIS VERY OFTEN ON VETERANS DAY, BUT AS A PERSON WHO WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, I FEEL INCREDIBLE GRATITUDE TO ALL AMERICAN VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THOSE WARS.
WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A FASCIST STATE IN EUROPE.
AND SO WELL, WE GONNA GO TO SCOTLAND BECAUSE TO GO TO THE LONDON AREA, THAT WAS VERY DANGEROUS.
THEY SENT US TO SCOTLAND AND THEN THEY, THAT'S BEFORE D-DAY.
BUT SCOTLAND, THE WEATHER WAS PROBABLY PRETTY DODGY IN SCOTLAND.
SO I HOPE YOU HAD NICE WOOL AND SWEATERS AND WOOL TO KEEP YOU COZY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.
BUT THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY.
OH, THANK AND TO YOUR MOM FOR LETTING YOU SERVE.
I'M, I'M BEING INSTRUCTED TO GET, TURN IT AROUND.
OH, THEY WANT, THEY WANNA SEE, THEY WANNA TURN IT AROUND.
HEY, PIP, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SPEECH THAT I MADE.
I, I ATTRIBUTED SOME THOUGHTS TO YOU, WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD.
SO, UM, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY IT RINGS
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TRUE FOR YOU, BUT THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US.IN THE VILLAGE, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
WE HONOR YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE NAVY AND AS A CAREER FIREFIGHTER, YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VFWS, YOUR CONTRIBUTION AS A SHOPKEEPER AND FOR YOUR LONGTIME RESIDENCY IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS.
I ENDED UP, OH, UH, WHEN I GOT PROMOTED, WHAT THEY SENT ME TO STATEN ISLAND.
OH, THAT, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
SO THE, THE BIG, THE BIG CHIEF, HE, HE, I HAD TO GO, GO SEE HIM TO GET THE, UH, THE DEVICES.
AND HE SAYS TO ME, WHERE, WHERE DID YOU WORK BEFORE CAPTAIN? I SAID, UM, IN BROOKLYN.
I WORKED 20 YEARS IN BROOKLYN.
HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA STAY, BE STATIONED AT THAT ISLAND.
I SAID, I DON'T EVEN WANNA BE HERE TODAY,
SO HE, HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING GET, EVEN WITH A STATEMENT, I WAS TRANSFERRED TO MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.
THE BEST JOB YOU CAN GET IN THE NAVY IN, IN THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT IS MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.
LEONE'S WAS THE RESTAURANT THEY USED TO SEND FOOD TWICE A WEEK, HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FOOD.
BUT, UH, THERE WAS SOME BEING STATIONED IN, I WAS, I DUNNO HOW MANY YEARS DOWN THERE? NINE YEARS DOWN IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.
THAT'S THE CRAZIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD,
SOME OF 'EM ARE BEAUTY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT BAD IN NEW YORKERS.
THEY'RE, THEY JUST DO THEIR THING IN NEW YORK.
BUT, UH, I DID SEE, WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A GUY IN A, IN A, A BEAR SUIT, LIKE HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DRESSED LIKE A BEAR
AND HE OUT ON, ON EIGHTH AVENUE STOPPING TRAFFIC WITH HIS BEAR SUIT ON.
AND THE CARS ARE STOPPING BECAUSE THE, HE'S LIKE, HE WAS A COP.
THE BARE ESSENTIALS WE HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN JENKINS CONGRATULATING YOU ON YOUR 100TH BIRTHDAY.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER DID ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT THERE WAS A THOUSAND GUYS ON THE SHIP DRIVING ME AROUND LIKE THE PORT AND STAR LIBERTY.
BUT, UH, I, I ONLY DID WHAT, WHAT WE ALL DID.
AND THEN WHEN YOU 17 TO 18 OH SHIP, THAT'S ALL THEY HAD EXCEPT THE PILOTS.
BUT THE PILOTS ARE DIFFERENT AS, AS YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE NOT ATTACHED TO THE SHIP.
DURING THE WAR WE USED TO TAKE OFF AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING FOR TWO DAYS.
WE SAILED BEFORE THEY OPENED THAT ENVELOPE, TOLD THE CAPTAIN WHERE WE WERE GOING.
EVERYTHING WAS SECRET IN THOSE DAYS BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU WAS YEP.
THE DANGER, DANGER OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TALKING.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, AND THEY HAVE PROCLAIMED NOVEMBER 23RD, 2025 AS EDWIN PAINTER DAY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
SO YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME IS GONNA BE ON THE
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MESSAGE BOARD IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY CENTER IN WHITE PLAINS.YOU INTERRUPT THE, UH, THE LAMPPOST,
THEY, THEY, THEY WERE, YEAH, YOU'RE THERE.
THEY, UH, MY, MY, THE FIRST ONE WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARS.
BUT, UH, AND THIS, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM SENATOR ANDREA STEWART COUSINS, OUR STATE SENATOR, UH, RECOGNIZING YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
I'M GONNA PUT, I'M GONNA PUT IT OVER HERE FOR THE REST OF THEM.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY ROOM IN THE LIVING ROOM.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM OUR STATE ASSEMBLY WOMAN, MARY JANESKY.
I HOPE THESE PEOPLE DON'T GOT REELECTED.
THEY ALL RAN OUT OF POST, NOT THE BUDGET.
ONCE AGAIN, SHE'S RECOGNIZING YOU FOR YOUR HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
AND THIS IS THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS ONE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM THE VATICAN.
THIS IS THE HOLY FATHER POPE LEO THE 14TH CORDIALLY IMPARTS THE REQUESTED APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO EDWIN PAINTER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY.
AND THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY INVOKES AN ABUNDANCE OF DIVINE GRACES
I, I HATE TO FOLLOW, I HATE TO FOLLOW THE HOLY FATHER
THIS IS A HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY CARD FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS ON PINECREST PARK.
WHAT WAS SOME DUDE, WHAT WAS THAT I GONNA SAY? SO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, PLEASE.
NOW I'M GONNA TELL YOU A STORY OF A PART OF EDDIE'S LIFE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
AT ONE TIME, EDDIE USED TO BE AN UNDERCOVER FOR THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL VICTIMS BUREAU, WHICH I WAS A DETECTIVE IN.
AND I WAS INVESTIGATING IN THE LEGAL DAYCARE CENTER WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE THESE TWO AND THREE YEAR OLDS AND KILL RABBITS IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND THEY SAID, IF YOU EVER TELL YOUR MOTHER EVER DO TELL ANYBODY, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS TO YOUR MOTHER.
SO I NEEDED ANY INFORMATION I CAN GET ON WHAT THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE INSIDE AND OUT.
SO I GOT HOOKED UP WITH EDDIE.
EDDIE WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE I WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE, LITTLE DISCUSSION, ANYONE IN THERE INSPECT THE JOINT AND SEE WHAT WE COULD FIND.
THE VARIOUS IS SOME WILL KNOW YOU CANNOT SWEAR IN A TWO AND 3-YEAR-OLD WITNESS.
AND, BUT THEY RUSHED OUT AND MOVED TO FLORIDA.
BUT EDDIE WAS ABLE TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND ABOUT THIS PLACE TO HELP US TRY TO GET THIS, UH, CONVICTION ON THESE PEOPLE.
NYPD WILL BE NOT REALLY FIGHT
OKAY, WHERE'S OUR, UH, NANCY? ARE WE READY TO OPEN THE FOOD? MIGHT WANNA SAY, OH, SORRY, PLEASE.
I'M THE ONE HE REFERS TO WHEN WE MEET WITH PEOPLE AS MY LITTLE BOY, HE STILL DOES IT.
AND, AND I WAS LOOKING IN MY A RP MAGAZINE AND I SAW THAT MY FATHER IS ONE MONTH OLDER THAN DICK VAN D**E.
HIS NEXT MONTH NOW, DAD, YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE DICK VAN D**E SHOW AND HE HAD, UH, MARY POPPINS AND CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT HE'S A BETTER DANCER THAN YOU
BUT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN THINGS GOING.
HAD 50 YEARS IN QUEENS AND NOW 50 YEARS UP HERE IN HASTINGS WITH ALL OF YOUR GOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
YOU'VE DONE AS WELL AS THE VANDYKE
JOE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOE.
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THANK YOU.HE MIGHT KNOW, HE MIGHT KNOW SOME OF YOU BAD GUYS BECAUSE HE WAS IN LAW.
A D RETIRED AS A JUDGE, NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE, HIS MOTHER.
HE'S THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ME TO SAY, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN UNTIL YOU CAN'T STAND THE PAIN ANYMORE.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE UH, UH, JUST ONE LAST THING.
UH, WHILE WE'RE IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, AREA OF TALKING ABOUT THE POPES PRAYERS AND, UH, THE, UH, PEOPLE IN, UH, GOVERNMENT AND, AND, UH, EVERYTHING ZEROING IN ON, UH, ED'S HUNDRED, UH, WE, I KNOW TOM, TOM, TOM DRAKE IS HERE.
SO, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, OF WHICH ED HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS, ALSO HAVE, UH, GOTTEN A MASS FOR THE INTENTIONS OF TOM DRAKE, THE NEW MA, THE INCOMING MAYOR OF HASTINGS.
AND GENTLEMEN, 10 HU PRESENT WHO ORDER WHO.