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theconnectionsnj.com Charming Chester * Securities and advisory services o ered through GWN Securities Inc, a Registered Investment Advisor. Member FINRA/SIPIC. 11440 N. Jog Rd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 • (561) 472-2700 Vera Capital Management and GWN Securities, Inc. are non-a liated companies. ALLAN VERA avera@veracapitalmanagement.com Phone: 908-888-2878 VERA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 10 Budd Avenue, Suite 4 Chester, NJ 07930 Being prepared for uncertainty is being prepared for life. Whether you’re looking to build and preserve wealth, save for retirement or leave a legacy for your loved ones, we can provide di erent options and services to help keep you on track to achieve your nancial goals. We are committed to providing you with the attention, guidance and extraordinary service that you expect and deserve. • IRA / Roth IRA / Rollovers • 401(k) Plans • Asset Management* • Mutual Funds* • Brokerage* • Education Funding* • Variable* & Fixed Annuities • Insurance Planning October 1st marks the hundredth anniversary of the controversial 1919 World Series pitting the Cincinnati Reds against the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox were also called the Black Sox due to the scandalous alle- gations that White Sox players were involved in a scheme to lose inten- tionally to the Reds, as dramatized in the 1988 film, Eight Men Out. My grandfather, age 20 at the time, attended Game 1 and wrote the score of the game, 9 to 1 Reds, on the ticket stub, pictured on the left, which is hanging on the wall in my study with other baseball memorabilia that my father passed on to me. About ten years ago, not long after my mother died, my family con- gregated at my sister’s house in Cincinnati to sort through and divide up old correspondences and photo- graphs. As you might expect, it took a lot of time to do this, as each photo brought up memories and stories. Not only did we have to deal with Mom’s material, we also had piles of material that Mom saved from our stepfather, who predeceased her by 15 years. At one point, my wife, Abby, found a sealed, thin, business enve- lope in my stepfather’s collection that simply said, “World War I.” She asked my sisters if she could take it. There were no objections, so Abby just placed it in her purse. After we returned to Warren, and unpacked, Abby pulled the envelope from her purse. She slit open the envelope, pouring the contents onto our kitchen table. And there was a ticket stub from Game 2 of the World Series, pictured on the right, played in Cincinnati on October 2, 1919. Also ironic is the labeling of the envelope, as World War I ended in November 1918, about a year before this World Series. We are still not sure what pos- sessed Abby to take that envelope, why she did not open it on the spot and why a baseball memento was mixed in with World War I artifacts. It is just nice, that after 100 years, I have a Game 1 stub from my father’s family next to a Game 2 stub from my stepfather’s family. Finally, take a look at the ticket prices. Adjusted for inflation, $5.50 and $6.60 in 1919, would be about $80 and $96 in today’s dollars (not a bad deal back then when you con- sider that tickets in Boston, for the 2018 World Series had a face value ranging from $141 to $486). A CENTENNIAL CONNECTION By: Dan Rosenberg State of NJ Registered Auto Body Repair Facility License # 00975A Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am - 5pm 908-879-7174 Fax: 908-879-8094 144 North Road Chester, NJ 07930 The CONNECTory www.connectory.theconnectionsnj.com e Seen In PAGE 72