The Twelve O'clock Whistle

[Jim Beilke]

I live between 2 rural towns in MN, 7 miles to either one. There is a noon whistle and a 6:00 in each. I can often hear them both. When I am deer hunting about 2 miles from one they are a reminder to eat lunch and supper.

[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

In my rural hometown in NE OH, the fire department sounds one blast at precisely noon (or thereabouts!) every day. And very shortly thereafter, the local country music station plays a different artist each day with his/her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

It’s nice when old traditions survive the tests of time and an increasingly erratic society…..

Dave

[Dean Romig]

Where in NE Ohio Dave?

My cousin lives in Jefferson and we were just there two weeks ago.





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[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

I’m in a little town called Columbiana, just southeast of Youngstown, about five minutes from the PA state line. I am almost exactly one hour south of Jefferson, directly south on OH Rt-11.

Dave

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Dave.





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[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Dave Tatman

I’m in a little town called Columbiana, just southeast of Youngstown, about five minutes from the PA state line. I am almost exactly one hour south of Jefferson, directly south on OH Rt-11.

Dave

Dave, I have grouse hunted in the Colombiana area… many, many years ago.

[Alfred Houde]

We had the siren in East Syracuse, New York. It originated from the firehouse.

I had forgotten about that, thanks for the memory. I also remember my parents listening to "RFD Time" with Don Dauer on WSYR radio. Live from the "wired woodshed." He used to advertise upcoming field trials, and trap and skeet shoots in the CNY area.

[Pa SxS]

What does this topic have to do with Parker shotguns or shooting in general?

Should be in the off topic forum.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

What does this topic have to do with Parker shotguns or shooting in general?

Should be in the off topic forum.

LOL, the topic has to do with life. And life has to do with shooting Parker shotguns. Other shotguns as well. I grew up in a little town of 800 souls and we shot shotguns often. Bird hunting was one of the most exciting activities in our lives and we regulated our lives in accordance to the sound of the Noon Whistle.

[William Davis]

It is or was, the Noon Gun in seaports. Noon fixed with a sextant, sun directly overhead . Ships would check their chronometer’s rate against the signal. Reference books like Bowditch have graphs to correct time the sound arrives against distance from the gun.

Some ports still do, Sydney Australia from the observatory beside the harbor bridge and of course Greenwich England. Norfolk Naval Shipyard used to may still. Many years ago working in downtown Norfolk across the river from the shipyard used to look at my watch as noon approached checking it against the gun.

William