Cooperstown’s Jacob Russell Serves
As Page At Republican Convention
![Jacob Russell, Cooperstown, a page at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, which opened today joins, from left, State Chairman Ed Cox, Erie County Chairman Nick Langworthy and Tony Casale, Cooperstown, the retired Assemblyman on the convention floor in the Quicken Loans Center. Russell, a CCS grad, has just completed his freshman year at Harvard.](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/from-cleveland-.jpg)
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IN APPRECIATION Andrew M. Blum, 89; Man Of Many Friends By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A mentor to young people, Andy Blum invited Cooperstown’s Jacob Russell to lunch at The Brook, the exclusive social club on East 54th Street. Henry Kissinger walked in. “I thought, ‘Wow, Henry Kissinger’,” said Jacob. The room was filled with Wall Street bigwigs, including Tom Hill, the Blackstone vice chairman. “They didn’t go up to Kissinger to kiss his ring,” said Russell. “They went up to Andy to kiss HIS ring.”…