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Name: Harvey Marti
Email: hsmartin@snip.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 11:15:18 PM
Avalon...With Louis and The Dukes
http://user.icx.net/~bcassady/music.html#ld
Name: Pat McFadden (CHS '50)
Email: pidipat@earthlink.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 11:11:12 PM
KATE: I don't know who the author is and that's why I clarified it with the fact that I did not write it. Glad you enjoyed it, I hope everyone did. And, the title to that song should be "I found my love in Avalon .... beside the sea". Makes more sense than my mistake, because so many people "found their love in Avalon, NJ." Ain't life grand? I think the goddess of love must have spread her wings all over the NJ shore.
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 11:02:32 PM
to Tina: check out this site there is info on George "soap" pierce. Hope you find what you are looking for. I keyed in that name into yahoo search and lo and behold up came info for the oldchesterpa site.
Name: Kate(ND65)
Email:
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 10:40:55 PM
Pat, Who did write that, it was great!!!!
Name: Tracy (Lyons) Kline
Email: kaky412@aol.com
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 10:30:46 PM
Graduated St. Robert's class of '77, Notre Dame class of '81
Name: Pat McFadden
Email: pidipat@earthlink.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 10:21:51 PM
The New Jersey Shore - never has it been equalled for whatever magic it held. I too have the most wonderful memories of the shore, as did my mother, and her mother before her - what was the magic there? Songs were written about it - "I Left My Love in Avalon", etc. Oh gosh, the carefree, wonderful days of youth, romance and good friends. I think that's why a lot of you built summer homes there, to recapture that magic, and if you are still with the one you love, nothing could be more magical.
Here is something I must share with you; hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I know it's long, but I don't think John will mind, because it fits.
If you are old enough ...take the stroll... Close your eyes ... And go back ... Before the Internet or the MAC... Before semi-automatics and crack... Before SEGA or Super Nintendo..... Way back............
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk, -- Sittin' on the porch, -- Simon Says, -- Kick the Can, -- Red light, Green light, -- Chocolate milk, -- Going home for lunch, -- Penny candy from the store, -- Hopscotch, -- Butterscotch, -- Skates with keys, -- Jacks,
-- Mother May I? -- Hula Hoops and Sunflower seeds, -- Whist and Old Maid and Crazy Eights, -- Wax lips and mustaches, -- Mary Janes, -- Saddle shoes, -- Coke bottles with the names of cities on the bottom, -- Running through the sprinkler, -- Running behind the DDT truck, -- Sittin' on the curb, -- Staring at clouds, -- Circle pins, -- Bobby pins, -- Mickey Mouse Club, Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Spin & Marty ...all in black & white.
-- When around the corner seemed far away, -- and going downtown seemed like going somewhere. -- Bedtime, -- Climbing trees, -- Making forts, -- A Coaster made from orange crates and an old skate, -- Backyard Shows, -- Lemonade stands, -- Cops and Robbers, -- Cowboys and Indians, -- Jumpin' down the steps, -- Jumping on the bed, -- Pillow fights, -- "Company", -- Ribbon candy, -- Angel hair on the Christmas tree, -- Running from the guards at Halloween, -- Jackie Gleason as "the poor soul", -- White gloves, -- Walking to church,
-- Walking to the Community Center, -- Being tickled to death, -- Running till you were out of breath, -- Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, -- Being tired from playin' . . . Remember that? -- Not steppin' on a crack . . . or you'll break your mother's back, -- Paper chains at Christmas, -- Silhouettes of Lincoln and Washington, -- The smell of paste, -- Buck bags and Evening in Paris, -- Crowding around in a circle for the 'after-school fight', then running when the teacher came. -- What about the girl that had the big bubbly handwriting. . . who dotted her "i's" with hearts?? -- The Stroll, -- Popcorn balls, & sock hops, -- Lunch Boxes with a Thermos (that broke).
Remember when....
-- When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyer) and the only time you wore them at school was for "gym". . .And the girls had those ugly uniforms. -- When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, -- When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school, -- When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a huge bonus, -- When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny, -- When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then, -- When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces (or when you did!), -- When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done everyday and wore high heels, -- When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time. . and,you didn't pay for air. . .and, you got trading stamps to boot! -- When nobody owned a pure bred dog (except Bohart),
-- When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box, -- When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it, -- When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents, -- When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed . . . and did! -- When the worst thing you could do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, flunk a test or chew gum, -- And the prom was in the auditorium and we danced to an orchestra, and all the girls wore pastel gowns and the boys wore suits for the first time and we stayed out all night, -- When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car . . . to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races,
-- When people went steady and girls wore a class ring with an inch of wrapped dental floss coated with pastel frost nail polish so it would fit her finger, -- And no one ever asked where the car keys were 'cause they were always in the car, in the ignition and the doors were never locked, -- And you got in big trouble if you accidentally locked the doors at home. No one ever had a key. -- And lying on your back on the grass with your friends and saying things like "That cloud looks like a..... -- When stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals 'cause no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger, -- And playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game. Then....baseball was not a psychological group learning experience, it was a game.
And...with all our progress... don't you just wish...just once... you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace... and share it with the children of the 80's and 90's ...
Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, Laurel & Hardy, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows..., Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk... -- as well as the sound of a real mower on Saturday morning, -- Playing in Cowboy land, -- Baseball games, -- Bowling and visits to the pool, -- And eating Kool-aid powder with sugar, -- And summers filled with bike rides,
-- When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we all survived because their love was greater than the threat.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that!"
Unfortunately, Pidipat did not write this, I just wanted to share it with my hometown people and how good life was then, and we didn't know it.
Name: Kate
Email:
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 9:22:43 PM
Florence, Did you know a Ruth or Ilene Kull, they lived in Woodland Beach on a dead-end St.???
Name: Kate(N.D.65)
Email: lucydesi8@comcast.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 9:19:08 PM
Hi Florence, Well I guess you want me to come out of retirement, thanks. Been reading about the vacation spots some use to take, In the 60's we use to ride down the shore or take the Chester ferry, I was on it once when it caught on fire, it was quickly put out but that was a scarey few minutes. I spent a lot of time in Wildwood & Wildwood Crest as a late teen as did most of my friends. Then in the late 60's I discovered Rehoboth Beach & I never went back to Jersey. Later bought a place. I also remember Woodland Beach, De.it was a nice area.
Name: Tina
Email: cupatea712@hotmail.com
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 9:06:02 PM
Florence, Thanks for the tip about the Chester police officers. Is your grandfather still alive? Would he remember anything about George "Soap" Pierce? George is my great grandfather. I have a picture of him in his police uniform but don't know much about his service record with Chester PD. Thanks for replying!
Name: Tracy Lyons Kline
Email: kaky412@aol.com
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 8:55:47 PM
Notre Dame "81
Name: Jack Rez51
Email:
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 7:54:47 PM
It is 'purpose' not 'purposed' in my previous post
Name: Jack Rez51
Email:
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 7:52:51 PM
Here's a great site to visit, it has historic info and pictures of old Wildwood: www.doowopusa.org
The following is from the sites description of its purposed:
"The Doo Wop Preservation League is a 501(c)3 non profit organization whose educational mission is to foster awareness and appreciation of the popular culture and imagery of the 1950's and 1960's and to promote the preservation of the largest collection of Doo Wop architecture found in the United States."
Check it out
Name: Jack Rez51
Email:
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 7:36:27 PM
U.W. When my wife and I went back to the Shore a few years ago,we stayed in Ocean City. There was some house remodeling in the south end of the city. But no major redevelopment projects that I recall. I think there was a major renovation of one of Ocean City's classic old hotels.
We took trips up and down the Ocean Highway (not the NJ Thruway),traveling through the beach towns. We very much like Cape May, in fact we stayed there in 1967 for a week.
But Cape May was not the place that attracted me and my contempories when I was a wild and crazy guy in the mid to late 1950s.
Wildwood and Somers Point were the places to go then. I don't remember the names of the Somers Point nite spots, there were three places that were located very close together and they were open almost around the clock.
In those days you went from place to place during the night until they closed from 6am to 7am to clean out the drunks and debris. Lots of great music, girls and drinks.
Name: U.
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 7:08:09 PM
sorry: Paris Island, SC. and Ms. Shaffer thought I was good in Geography. It was Ms. Shaffer wasn't it Jim M, Zoll C?
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 7:02:14 PM
uw, We went to Woodland Beach every weeken of our childhood and even after that. My grandfather built a bungalo there. He started out staying in a tent, while he was building the porch, from there he added to bedrooms and kitchen. We had no electricity in the earlier years,gas and kerosene. Eventually he built his own motor to power electricty. We thought it was the greatest place in the world. I loved Riverview, sometimes I can still smell the wooden dock.We had many a family reunion meeting Jersey cousins on the Wilson Line and going to Riverview. We also had reunions at Clemington Park. Did you ever hear of Woodside Park, up around Darby. Went there with the Goodwill Ladies Auxillary of Chester. I loved our time of life. Slow,quiet,clean and beautiful.More security. My Mother never worked accept at home, we always had a family dinner together almost every day, Our grandparents took us always to the Jersy families for visits.
Name: u.w.
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 6:25:30 PM
Jack-Rez51: Have you been to Ocean City lately? It is a meca of new construction and renovation of old homes. Housing has sky rocketed there as in every other place along the shore. Except perhaps for Wildwood. But the Wildwoods are still a fun place to bring your family. Further down is beautiful Cape May. And those of us who lived there and raised families at the shore would not allow our kids to go into Wildwood during Spring Break. Yet I remember being one of the kids that drove there as a teen for Senior week. and that was in 58. (you know do as I say, not as I did) We drove everywhere, Atlantic City, Wildwood, New York, you name it if some one had gas money we went. We even drove to NC to the Marine base. By the way I have a Marine year book for May of 57 graduating class. If anyone was at Paris Island at that time.
Places besides the Jersey shore families went to were Charlestown Beach in Maryland, Haliway & Woodland Beach (SP?), Ocean City Maryland and I remember my sisters friends taking a cruise after they graduated from CHS in the mid 50's.
Also went to place in Kutztown called Crystle Cave. Dorney Park and of course Riverview Park. And how about the Allentown State Fair. It was a blast. And not to forget the fireworks at Fairmount Park in Philly in those days.
Name: Skinsman
Email: Redskinnyfan@aol.com
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 6:12:28 PM
To, Spanky & Paula,
My comments are not directed at anyone in particular, rather than a response from an earlier posting about this being turned into a dating service. I think just what I had said is what this site is about and I'm sure that if someone does get a date from responding, that is great. There is no stone breaking on my end. I want to hear from my friends too. This is a good site and I want to at least see that everyones voices are heard. Keep on chating!
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 6:04:21 PM
Name: mjb
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 5:48:35 PM
U W. Not only do I remember the Bridgewater area but I live on it. My parents(when single) fr Upland used to walk along the creek on Sundays, it was the place to flirt, guys sat along the creek while girls hobbled by in their long tight skirts & were happy to particapate in the flirtation. The area was loade w/ dogwood, lilac in Spring. The rendering plant was there when we moved into Duttons Mill Homes & one summer evening it was struck by lightening and we were very happy. The smell was awful in summer. Now there is a concrete company there & the creek area looks awful, especially now when fisherman are there & trash the place. Delaware County really messed it up after the flood of 1972 (71?). The other day we walked down to see creek & there was a skined skeleton remains of an animal, maybe a deer or a dog. Ugh.
Name: Jack Rez51
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 5:02:06 PM
Chesterites and Vacations in the 40s and 50s...
Took One week at the Jersey Shore, very few went to the Poconos and the Delaware and Maryland shore. No one that I knew back then took a winter vacation to Florida. A two week vacation was also rare back then.
In the 60s, the Interstate Highway system, two car families and two week or more of vacation time took people many miles beyond Chester.
But it is still hard to beat those great vacations at the Wildwoods when they were communities with small hotels, small motels,and single family and two family (upper and lower units) cottages. Every kid felt save on the Boardwalk at night. You could take the train to Wildwood back then. Remember that standing in line for breakfast and dinner was routine at the best restaurants. The airplanes trailing advertisement for nite clubs. The Public address system giving the description of a child who got separated from his or her family and that they could be picked up at Schellenger Avenue.
Went to the Shore a few years ago for a nostalgic trip back in time after not seeing the Wildwoods for more than 30 years. What a disappointment with all of the highrise condos and hotel/motels and the neon glitz. I guess you can never go back...one place that did not change is Ocean City, no overdevelopment and still a dry town. Somers Point is still where the action is for the single crowd.
My midwest born and bred wife could not understand my feelings about the Wildwoods of my youth. She thought it was all ticky-tacky and of course it is today...with none of the charm of those bygone summer vacation days.
Name: U.W
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 5:01:56 PM
Mae's Water Ice: For those that are interested. I heard (and it may only be rumor) that they are staying near 2nd and Parker and may be building a place across the street on a vacant lot there. Heard that two weeks ago they had a big crowd waiting to get some of the old fashion water ice. Was it the "Walking Tour" group by chance?
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 4:40:28 PM
I was going to tell one funny srory, where my husband came home from work, and decided to take a swim in the neighbors pool. Away he went , flew over the hedge bam down in the pool. The neighbors had emptied it. The day I was christianed in St.Pauls at 9th and Madison, my godfather did not showup, he was a volunteer fireman, A fire had rung in, my father went out and got the patrolmen off the corner to stand for me. I have talked to Pat, right now she is tied up, I hope that she will be back, she has a lot of knowledge and it was fun at the time. It doesn't seem to interesting to me right now, maybe that will comew back. I would like to here from Kate and RC also florence
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 4:40:04 PM
Here's a seasonal memory:
Swimming at Bridgewater. They had a tree swing at one point over the water the older guys would jump off and into the water. That sickening odor coming off a beat up old truck that carried dead horse parts to a rendering factory across the creek and up abit on the hill. I remember my Dad telling us they took all the old horses there when they were to old to work any more and made glue from some of their body parts. Don't know if that was fact, never did check that out. It just came to me with the thought of swimming at the creek. Also the old train trestle that crossed over the creek. Was there some type of accident years before where a young fellow jumped and died off it. This would have been before 1940.
Name: Jack Rez51
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 4:32:53 PM
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 3:23:52 PM
Florence, good to see you back, we enjoy your stories of the old days. Where is Pidipat& Harv?
Name: FlorenceChs50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 1:24:50 PM
Tina, Look to the left of the board in the yellow you will find out want to know, also the other fellow was a fireman, he was a friend of my grandfather's and my husband said he did a lot of diving retrieving bodies when a drowning occurred.
Name: Tina
Email: Cupatea712@hotmail.com
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 1:04:50 PM
Does anyone know where I could get information about a former Chester Police officer and a former chief? They are both deceased; I wrote to the Chester Police Dept. (and enclosed a SASE) but they haven't responded.
The officer is George "Soap" Pierce and the chief is William Williams. Williams was chief 1905 - 1908.
Name: Mongo Jerry
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 1:01:44 PM
Same here no name: UW made a good point about those that USED to post and don't anymore. Now it's down to virtually 0. The chat room won't help either, we've had two in the past and neither one was used. Hopefully some of the "old timers" will come back.
Name: a former fan
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 11:55:36 AM
SEEMS TO ME THE SAME NON-CONTRIBUTING POSTS ARE STILL HERE WHILE THE MOST INFORMATIVE PEOPLE WHO REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SITE HAVE LEFT NOW SEE WHAT YOU HAVE, NO INFO JUST SMART REMARKS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT CHESTER, FIND A CHAT ROOM. YOU WILL RUIN JOHN'S SITE, THE CHAT ROOM IS GONE & YOU WILL BE TOO.
Name: Paula
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Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 9:40:22 AM
Spanky: Right on!
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/15/2002
Time: 9:38:48 AM
My last comment was actually a rebuttal to Skinsman about this being a dating service. I was trying to add a positive note to his remark. Again, remembering Old Chester and connecting with former friends is what's great about this site!
Name: spanky
Email: spkl44@netzero.net
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 9:46:19 PM
hey skinman, why dont ya back off, maybe me and you can go out and have a date , ya joykiller, back off and let the kids have some fun, this is not skinmans site....
Name: Mary Ann Kessler Barrow
Email: mabarrow@att.net
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 9:33:52 PM
Donna,
The name Jack LEWIS sounds very familiar but i cannot place him at all. Please tell me more about him and why you think i might know him. Thanks.
Mary Ann
Name: Good Ole Joe
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Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 9:25:28 PM
NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG....Get a life you naggers...This site is about what it's about...your opinion is welcome, but, stop nagging please...
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 8:58:48 PM
I think people on this site are just recalling old friends and good times and connecting on that level.
Name: Skinsman
Email: Redskinnyfan@aol.com
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 7:06:02 PM
To all readers of this thread, this website is not a dating service, nor has it ever given any indication of such a service! What this site is about is that folks that have grown up from this area or have lived in Chester have a way to communicate to other folks, friends, and family that were important parts of their lives that were also a part of Chester. If someone does get a date from this website that's great because it shows that the "Chester" still does exist. May we recommend a nice dinner?
Name: Caroline
Email:
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 4:21:56 PM
Harvey:
loved the Chester creek fishing photo's. Hope that guy had his fishing license. That was a very interesting photo slide view of the Fly Fishing spots.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 1:55:03 PM
Sheree, No Mary Kay is on my dad's side.
Name: Fred Voshell
Email: fred.voshell@verizon.net
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 9:18:08 AM
I grow up on the Stevesons estate. My father was the caretaker and maintainence man. We lived behind the main house in a second floor apartment over the garages. My father was the one who would chase you when you got too close to the orchord or the main house when you were sleading on the hill. Ms Saddy Pippon bought the estate, after Ms Stevenson died, and made it into a nursing home. I don't know who owns it now. They were happy times when I lived there.
Name: Ed
Email: elarkin@voicenet.com
Date: 5/14/2002
Time: 6:46:49 AM
Paula, If possible, drop me a line at my "E" mail address.
Name: The Deaf One
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Date: 5/13/2002
Time: 7:55:04 PM
LOL @ MJ Nice come back
Name: MJ
Email:
Date: 5/13/2002
Time: 6:18:41 PM
No Name: Yes it is, what are you doing Friday night?
Name: No Name
Email:
Date: 5/13/2002
Time: 5:42:43 PM
Did the Old Chester web site become a dating service?????????
Name: Donna
Email:
Date: 5/13/2002
Time: 4:57:49 PM
To: MaryAnnKessler, I was wondering if you remember a guy named Jack Lewis?
Name: tom
Email: tmorr42@aol.com
Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 11:32:25 PM
Who r u ? Asking about Will Lebus?
Name: mike silva
Email: keywestmike@aol.com
Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 10:46:02 PM
For Harry V., hey harry, lost ya after the chat room closed ....drop me a line with your e-mail address, i wanna stay in touch buddy...might be taking a job with a former company in wilmington ,delaware....gonna be hard to leave the keys....
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Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 10:17:41 PM
Hey Tom Morrison - Whatever happened to Will Lebus?
Name: Mary Ann Kessler Barrow
Email: mabarrow@att.net
Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 9:09:32 PM
I'm looking for Patricia HEFTON, Joan KLINGER, Dorothy MCCAFFERTY, Frances PAZNOKITIS, Joyce SCHULBERGER, Elizabeth TRAINOR, and Margaret TYRELL for our St. Michael's class of '52 reunion. Please contact me if you know their whereabouts.
BTW, I lived in Eyre Park from '47 to '63. I remember many great times there including fishing in Chester Creek where I pulled many an eel out of the water, YUCK!!
Name: Mary
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Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 8:27:27 PM
To Sally: I agree with FloydLT, your uncle really was a nice man. Guess he touched a few people in the Chester area while selling his bread door to door. That is funny that his brother was a bread man with a competing bread company. Pretty neat.
Name: FloydLT
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Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 7:06:38 PM
To Sally: Your Uncle was a wonderful man. You should be proud.
Name: zac@dfn.com
Email: zac@dfn.com
Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 7:06:31 PM
YO PETE DID NOT YELL BUT GAVE YOU A WHAT'S UP GENE
Name: Becky Vail Kiliany
Email: backyann@hotmail.com
Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 1:28:36 PM
Ok Paula i will work on setting up a Chester Chat to be used by all give me a few days i work a lot this week so next day i'm off i'll get it up and going does not take much to do i'll post when it is up and see if John can put a link in somewhere for us untill then enjoy and Happy Mother's to all mom's of the site.. Becky
Name: steve h
Email: matt41199@cs.com
Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 11:37:44 AM
Great website! I recently came across an old Chester Times from July 1958, its the front page only.
Would anyone know of any collectors who would have an interest in it?
Name: Jack Rez51
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Date: 5/12/2002
Time: 8:35:44 AM
To Mike Mangan, Thanks for the info on Savoy's Picnic Grove off of Concord Rd. If it is the place I remember, you parked on the grass on the sloping hill. Further down the hill there were picnic tables under roof on the lower section of the Grove. I think you are right about BABeach.
Have you checked the Rez School page with class pictures from 51,61, and 71?
Name: Frank Vaul
Email: itvaul@fast.net
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 10:24:30 PM
To John Ellis, I lived on Taylor Terrace from 1937 to 1955. And yes I do remember Mackie & Mary’s store, my mother would send me their to buy something and tell me to Tell them to put in on the book which we paid on payday. The McMoran’s lived about four house up the street from me, I think the girl who was my age was Pat. They were a very nice family; we all went to St. Michael’s Church. My Mother & Father moved to Ayre Park about 1956, right before the flood my father passed away. My sister Mary Vaul-Partin also lived in Ayre Park at that time. I spent a lot of time at Clark’s store and the playground behind it. We had a couple of reunions, which were called Clark’s Store Reunion. Mr. & Mrs. Clark have both passed away.
Name: Paula
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Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 10:15:19 PM
Ed Larkin, I think I remember you from Sun Village, Jefferis and Smedley. I graduated from CHS in '64 with Ron Merritt, last saw him at our 20th reunion in 1985. Would like to know what happened to Alan Larson. Where are you now?
Name: A Non E Mous/Nameless/No Namemae
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Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 9:45:37 PM
A VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS, INCLUDING ALL THE GRANDMOMS, AUNTS, COUSINS, ADOPTIVE MOTHERS WHO RAISED AND GAVE A MOTHERS' LOVE, CARE, AND GUIDANCE TO CHILDREN.
Name: PETE
Email:
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 9:16:07 PM
HEY ZAC LOST YOUR E-MAIL ADDDRESS GIVE ME A YELL!!!!!!!!!!
Name: Sally
Email:
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 8:41:06 PM
Mary & Floyd, The Bond bread man you are talking about was my uncle John Casey, he and his wife Edna had 3 children - Betty - Doris and Jack, they lived at 19th & Edgmont Ave. His brother Joe Casey was the Friehofer bread man.
Name: mike silva stj74
Email: keywestmike@aol.com
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 7:12:41 PM
for mary:: beleive it or not i have some down time this afternoon and am just a little curious what your name is mary, we graduated the same yr from high school and i was friends with a lot of women that graduated from notre dame that year...i have since moved from the area to key west,fl. its always nice to touch base with friends from that era, the days i will always remember.
Name: Jack MillsCHS55
Email: flojac1429@hotmail.com
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 12:56:39 PM
John Ellis I have a picture I cut out of Chester Times and Paul Walker is carying the ball. I also remember sledding at the hospital and I still have my sled a flexible flyer.
Name: Paul D. Crowther
Email: pcrowther4@cogeco.ca
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 12:43:30 PM
Don't want to monopolize the board and risk being chastized,but I'm a little behind on my reading. A recent post regarding Louise's Restaurant brings some fond memories. [spent a lot of time there]. In the early 50!s Louise did a booming business when the Conchester Hwy. was being built. I'd like to relate one of the biggest laughs I had about Louise. Being a restaurant,it was subject to periodic inspections by the Board of Health. One of the regulations was that she MUST have a dishwasher. Louise never had one. There was a spot for one cut in the counter though. Every time the inspector came in Louise said" it's out for repairs". This went on for years. Never did see a dishwasher there. A nice and funny lady!
Name: Paul D. Crowther
Email: pcrowther4@cogeco.ca
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 12:26:57 PM
Seeng the mention of Savoys reminds me that many Carnivals used to set up just across the road from there. Prior to this they set up on Engle St. Right where the I-95 is now.
Name: Paul D. Crowther
Email: pcrowther4@cogeco.ca
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 12:07:34 PM
To A. Harold Showalter... Just wanted to tell you that I remember your Dad. He used to make several trips to visit our classroom when I attended Clayton School. Very nice and distinguished gentleman.
Name: Mike Mangan StJ'57
Email: mangan0521@aol.com
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 11:21:42 AM
Jack Rez'51:: I beleive the picnic groove your talking about was Savoy's. The creek, had sandy shores, we used to call it "Bare A-- Beach". Had many a good times at both places..I'm not sure, but wasn't the stream Chester Creek.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/11/2002
Time: 9:43:12 AM
Skinsman, I am Jim Sipple's aunt.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/10/2002
Time: 1:38:36 PM
I sent this before, but I don't know where it went. Producer's of a new television teen dance show, say they have found the ideal place to tape their show each week.They've got their eye on a seven story building that went up in 1918 and once housed the Fidelity Chester bank in the middle of the city at Fifth St. and the Ave.of the States.Every Sat. afternoo beginning in June, say creators of the new program called "The B Side", about 40 teens from around the region, picked from auditions, will boogie their hearts out to pop and hip hop in a high ceiling section of the building that served as the bank's lobby.
Name: Jack Rez51
Email:
Date: 5/10/2002
Time: 11:53:31 AM
Springtime Memories...a Picnic Grove just west of the Felton Firehouse, up the hill and on your right as you headed out Concord Road.
Great times there at various organization's picnics...all kinds of comfort food,corn on the cob, hot dogs, etc. Behind the Grove there was a railroad running along the bank of a Crick (remember, that's how you say 'Creek' when your from Chester) where you could swim. Don't recall the name of the Grove or the Creek
I think the area is now Chester Township.
Name: Skinsman
Email: Redskinnyfan@aol.com
Date: 5/10/2002
Time: 11:43:02 AM
Anybody know the whereabouts of a James Sipple? He lived across the playing field near Widener College. The last I heard was that his mother had a heart problem and he came back from working on the Traveling Circus to take care of her. I haven't heard from him in a few years.........
Name: Ed
Email: elarkin@voicenet.com
Date: 5/10/2002
Time: 6:20:08 AM
Babs,
Sun Village in 1964, I noticed some inquires about this time frame. I lived in the village from 1946 (birth) until 1968. I have a lot of fond memories. The name Merrit and Larson are mentioned in some of the inquires. I used to hang out with Ron Merrit and Allan Larson. I often wonder how they are doing. Chester is and will always be in my blood. I believe that it will come back; not like it was but, it will get better.
Name: Nina (CHS 66)
Email:
Date: 5/10/2002
Time: 1:56:35 AM
Tom....I used to live at 908 E. 16th St from '62 until '69 a few doors down from Washington Ave. Yes, definitely a great place to live at that time.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 8:12:20 PM
Something new is going to happen in Chester. Producers of a new teen dance show ,modeled after such programs as "American Bandstand," say they have found the ideal place to tape their show each week.They've got their eye on a seven story building that went up in 1918 and once housed the Fidelity Chester Bank in the middle of the city at Fifth Street and Avenue of the States. Every Saturday afternoon, say creatores of the new program called "The B Slide", about 40 teens from around the region , picked from auditions, will boogie their hearts out to pop and hip in a high ceilinged section of the building that had served at the banks lobby.
Name: Hal Showalter CHS49
Email: hshowalter@pa.net
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 7:24:29 PM
To Florence CHS50 I believe the kindegarten teacher at Whetherill School was Miss Springer. I had Ms. Coburn for 1st grade. Laura Dougherty was the principal
Name: John Ellis (CHS 57)
Email: JoJe1907@msn.com
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 5:15:47 PM
To Frank Vaul I Lived in Eyre Park and remember sledding on the 9th street hill of Chester Hospital,as you said we were there late many nights.I just found a picture of some of the kids from Eyre Park playing football on the hospital lot off Penn st.This picture was published in the then Chester Times.(Jack Mills if you see this Posting I know you are in it along with Bill Schuler, Bud Houghton,myself, and I think the Gallagher Twins.)Frank I also remember the May day at the hospital always a great time.Do you remember Mackie & Mary's store on Taylor Terrace,Also Clarks store by the little league field.What years did you live on Taylor terrace? I had relatives named McMoran that lived there.
Name: Mary
Email:
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 3:40:12 PM
To FloydLT: In reference to the Mr. Casey who worked for Bond Bread--as soon as you mentioned the nervous laugh I knew it was the same guy. Forgot all about that laugh. He was such a nice guy. He also did some work for my parents. I went to Wetherill Kindergarten, St. Roberts and Notre Dame, Class of 1974. My mother graduated from Notre Dame in 1945--close to your graduation year.
Name: Sheree
Email: Picabostow@hotmail.com
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 1:14:27 PM
Tom:
Mary Kay Hamilton, wouldn't be your cousin Sharon's daughter would she?
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 12:10:48 PM
Becky, MSN chat room sounds good to me.
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 12:10:22 PM
Tom, I think Ruby lives somewhere in the west end of Chester - We don't see or hear from her very often. Henry built a house on the Conchester road - was remarried. Bo moved to Florida 16 years ago - don't hear from him.
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 12:08:20 PM
Babs, My family lived in Feltonville on Peoples Street for a few years - I was about 18 then. Bo now lives in Florida - moved there about 16 years ago - don't hear from him very much. I did not attend Pulaski - went to Smedley since I lived in Sun Village during junior high school. Bud and Bo may have gone to Pulaski though. See ya!
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/9/2002
Time: 9:17:47 AM
Skinsman, Mary Kay is my cousin. I think she lives out in Chadds Ford. I thought she would have been at my fathers funeral a couple years ago, but she wasn't. Haven't seen her in about 6 years.
Name: jimmy
Email:
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 9:12:45 PM
Joe's Hardware Store is closed, the last business in the once nice section of Chester........Sun Village .....time marches on....what a shame
Name: FloydLT
Email: fljftru@aol.com
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 9:10:25 PM
TO Mary: RE E.24th St. I grew up in the '30s and 40s on east 22d St. I went to Wetherill, Smedley and CHS (48). I was intrigued by the name Mr. Casey who drove the Bond Bread Truck. I remember he had a nervous laugh. On his off time he did some paperhanging in our house for my mom and dad. There was a family named Pyle that lived across from wetherill school, 118, I believe. I also remember the horses going up the ramp to the 2d floor of the Bond Bread Bldg.
Name: Skinsman
Email: Redskinnyfan@aol.com
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 7:00:34 PM
Anyone know the wherabouts of a Mary Kay Hamilton from Madison Street, Chester?
Name: LISA WITOMSKI
Email: LISA@TFRANKMCCALLS.COM
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 4:19:38 PM
I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL ABOUT MY COMPANY FOR THE SITE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED IT. THANK YOU, LISA PS: I LOVE THE SITE JOHN
Name: Floss Robinson Kramer
Email: Fekramer@aol.com
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 2:41:29 PM
To Gloria Kriegh: Are you Ginger & Jack's daughter? You may remember me from the Whiteley's! Saw Joan (Whiteley) Stank just last week.
Name: Don Winfree, S.M.
Email: winfree@flyernet.udayton.edu
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 2:25:33 PM
I recently received the CHESTER T shirts I ordered from our webmaster, John. They are VERY nice and of great quality. The order was received shortly after it was placed. Just consider the professional appearance of this website, the T-Shirts are equally as professional.
As I type this note at 2:30 PM I recall that 46 years ago I was probably standing right here at this corner as a Safety Patrol Boy from St. Michael.
Name:
Email:
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 2:23:39 PM
Just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY To my firlfriends KIMME and PAN!!!!!!!!!Guess Who!
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 10:56:24 AM
Paula, My sister was best friends with Rubey, Bud and Bo's sister. I remember Bo but Bud draws a blank, a long time ago. Rubey married and divorce Henry Heinz. My sister Donna often ask about Rubey beings I still live in the area and he lives in MD. Have you had any contact with her?
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 8:29:36 AM
Mary, the hill is the property, the nursing home is still there, the owner Mr. Pippon passed away. His mother was a Stevenson.I believe it is Chestnut St. till you cross over the bridge and then it is called Chestnut Parkway. I used to love those little spice cookies from the Bond bread man. I went to Wetherill school for kindigarten. Miss Standring was her name.
Name: Good Ole Joe
Email: joejan@concentric.net
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 12:41:24 AM
This is the third attempt to post a message, the others are off in cyberspace I suppose... Mary, send me an e-mail, and we can talk about names of people from the 'hood'...Tho you are somewhat younger than me, we may know some common acquaintences/relatives...
Name: Tom MOrrison
Email: tmorr42@aol.com
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 12:12:05 AM
Nina
Igrew up on E16th street as well. It sounds as if your a bit older than Me from your posting. When I was a kid if I walked down Ridley ave to th corner store and crossed the train tracks I'd be standing on I-95. Unless I walked down to the creek and went under 95 to Morton ave. also visited thge 5 & 10, pebbles, squires, joe's, sears et.Would also take Melrose to 14th,15th or 16th and go home to 934 E 16th street where I lived for22 years 1963 - 1985. then moved to 806 E16th street till 1995 which I just sold. LOved and still Love SUNHILL!
Tom
Name: Becky Vail
Email: backyann@hotmail.com
Date: 5/8/2002
Time: 12:12:01 AM
If all are interested i can set up a chat room thru M.S.N it does not cost me a cent and it doesn't have to be opened on any given night anyone from Chester can join and we can leave messages on the boards there and daily chit chat. Anyone that join's can use the chatroom at anytime you would like.It does not have to be monitered etc.if anyone is interested let me know i'll get it up and running as soon as i get some positive feedback..Becky Vail
Name: FC CHS68
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 11:44:11 PM
TO HGC/PMC 59 You were right about the relation of Sun Village to Sun Ship. According to most accounts Sun Village was for the hourly workers while SunHill was for the management. By the way Joes Hardware store has been closed for a few months now.
Name: spanky
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 11:01:10 PM
this is such a wonderful site, talked to people i havent seen in at leats 30 years...thanks john
Name: Frank Vaul
Email: itvaul@fast.net
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 11:00:00 PM
"Don't cry because it’s over, Smile because it happened"
Name: Frank Vaul
Email: itvaul@fast.net
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 10:56:29 PM
Someone was just writing about sledding, does anyone remember sledding down the hill at Chester Hospital? All the student nurses would come out and join us, at that time they lived at the dorms on the hospital grounds. As I lived on Taylor Terrace, we would be down sledding until late at night when my father would come down and chase us home. And of course we always looked forward to the May Market, lemon sticks, hot dogs (why did hot dogs always taste better then?) and the car we wanted to win. And trying to meet a nice girl.
Name:
Email: rbychkowsk@aol.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 9:56:51 PM
Hey Mop saw your post about SUN HILL, Sure was a great place to grow up, Drove through there just last week, What a SHAME!!!!!
Bob (Buck)Bychkowski 1418 Willison ST. Chester PA. 19013 TR 4 6979
Name: Good Ole Joe
Email: joejan@concentric.net
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 8:45:49 PM
Mary, I sent a message, but it appears to be lost in space...primarily said to e-mail me and I'll try to figure out if we know some old neighbors...In my day at 24th St. there were these families that I remember, Levis, Morris, Pyle, Heinz, Mooney, Berkheimer, Collins, Weldon...I'm sure I left someone out..I apologize to them, 67 year old memory is fading...
Name: Good Ole Joe
Email: joejan@concentric.net
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 6:37:14 PM
Mary..send me an e-mail I'll mention some names I remember from the 24th St 'hood'...you can tell me if they are part of your family...I'll tell you our last name and perhaps you'll remember your folks talking about some or all of us...there was Levis, Morris, Weldon, Mooney, Heinz, and a couple more that I'll remember after I send this message, of course!...Oh yes, Pyle and Collins, and a few more..I do believe these familys are before your 'time', as you were a little girl in the 50's and living several blocks away...When you were born I was already a 'teen'...
Name: Sharon Wright
Email: shortysmvwm@cs.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 6:35:39 PM
Looking for any class members from Rez 1976.
Name: Babs
Email: barraehatch@aol.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 5:28:28 PM
Paula, sorryI never lived in Sun Village, I was just interested in anything about Chester, and there wasn't very much input about. However , I am from Feltonville, and went to school with Bo, I also went on a hayride with him back in 1960, he was so cute.
I also know Gabe Oronzio, but haven't seen him in years.
Did you go to Pulaski, cause I think I remember you. Say Hi to everybody for me.
Name: Jim
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 5:26:17 PM
Joe's Hardware in sun Village is out of business, it was the last old business in the once very nice section of Chester, today it looks like a disaster like they say time marches on, what a shame
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 4:56:42 PM
Tom, By the time my family moved to McCaffery I was getting married and moving to Philadelphia; married Bud Dryden who also lived in McCaffery - has a brother Bo. Helen married Tom Chambers twice - has 2 sons, Margaret has 2 children, Eileen has 2 children - although she isn't too tall. Maybe you are thinking of Linda, my youngest sister. She also has 2 children. Carol is the tallest in the family with 2 children but she never lived in McCaffery either. She and I had an apartment at the edge of Chester Park on Madison Street. See ya!
Name: Mary
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 3:38:24 PM
To: Good Ole Joe Actually, when I mentioned that mansion near Wetherill School I was remembering that from what my mother told me, not from my own recollection. Unfortunately, most of my family has passed away so there is no one to ask if I am remembering what she told me accurately. Where was Stevenson's Hill?? Maybe near Chestnut Parkway where Belvedere Convelescent Home was?? I know that used to be the Stevenson estate which was thought to be a stop on the underground railroad because they found a tunnel there with artifacts in it. It sounds like you used to live in the same houses that my parents and older siblings lived in. Possibly even the same house. They too were across from the field between Bond Bread and Wetherill School. I don't remember the horses at Bond Bread but we did have a Bond Bread man who drove a truck, Mr. Casey. Liked him so much we named our puppy, Casey. I was born a year after my family moved to the Irvington neighborhood that I mentioned previously. You remember a quarry at the end of 24th Street. I remember my parents telling me that our neighborhood in Irvington was built on a quarry so you are remembering that area before the houses were built. I do remember the tree at Wetherill that everyone climbed and carved their initials in. Hadn't thought about that in a long time. Thanks for the memory.
Name: hgc /pmc '59
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 3:19:56 PM
to Jack ; Sun Village ,there is still quite a bit still there,the part that is/was along Ridley Ave is still there,although I/95 took a chunk out of it.It is on its way down,the rest of Sun Village was a mixture of row homes,and businesses, Central T.V,Fowlkes Jewelry,Melrose Restaurant,and Joe's Hardware, are some i recall. i believe Joes Hardware is still Wisted in the phone book and still in business.The houses along Ridley Ave were/are only a story and a half,all row houses. The rest were typical brick row homes (Thomas Street for instance),then the ones up by PMC were a mixture of Ridley Ave and row homes (some called Sun Hill) right across from Widener/PMC,the university has been buying them up.most homes have someone living in them,but there are boarded up houses and problems related .Widener has maintained their property well.I/95 is the dividing line between the have and have nots.This section is/was not a project. Tthere is a tie with Sun Ship ,but i am not sure what, other then these houses were for ship yard employees,but i don't know IF THAT IS CORRECT.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 2:45:08 PM
Paula, Well the last name fills the puzzle. I lived behind your family when they lived in McCaffery. I think your sister Helen married my buddy's brother (T.C.) your sister Margaret hung with my first girlfriend (Laura), I think. Eileen was the tall one. She was a couple years older than I. She was very pretty. I had a boyhood crush on her, but was to afraid to even say hi. LOL.
Name: Gloria Kriegh
Email: gkriegh@yahoo.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 2:36:42 PM
To: Mid-age Chesterite. Sounds like you know alot of people from St. Roberts which is where I graduated from, lived on E. Mowry St. Knew , Tracy Hetherinton real well. Wondering what your name was. To: Mary Connors, I do remember the bldg. on 24th St. that stored the voting machines. I found Mary after 10 years of losing touch on this site. Hey how about St. Roberts having a re-union, Rez is having one. Gloria Dugan Ragni - Chester Park
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 2:35:11 PM
Tom, My sister Joyce (Locowicki) was married to Larry Oronzio. I believe Gabe is his uncle. I see him at family functions, etc. Larry died about 20 years ago. My other sisters are Carol, Eileen, Helen, Margaret, Linda. My brother is Walter. Did you know the Twarog's or the White's or the Burkett's?
Name:
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 2:12:20 PM
patti-I also have a picture of my sons on Santa's lap from Stotters.They are now 49 and 50. This a great site. Good ole Joe---my husband lived up around there at that time. He remembers the wall.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 1:39:12 PM
Paula, I did graduate with Ray. I knew a Gabe Oronzio and a Bernie Larsen. Don't remember any Merritts, though. What your sister's name?
Geo, Sorry you had to shut down the chat. I was interested but don't usually get home until 6 and after working on the computer mostly all day I very seldom sit down at my desktop at night unless I'm doing.
Name: Sheree
Email: Picabostow@hotmail.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 1:30:02 PM
To George Malick: Just wanted to say Thank You in a big way for taking your time to run the "Chester Chat" I totally understand your decision. Maybe in the future, we can have it up an running again.
Name: dave shrop
Email: shropfam@aol
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 1:04:45 PM
what a bummer, i see the chester chat has gone away.i guess all good things must come to an end.at least we still have the message board.does anyone remember the duck pond in ridley,used to go there when it was frozen,played bb down off of mcalvain st.what was the name of that little spot by the chester east little league?mac movie was 25 cents.hey pam,happy birthday,how old 30 and holding.have a great one.
Name: George
Email: gpmalick@wideopenwest.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 1:02:59 PM
Effective today, I have cancelled the "chat room". Time constraints from my business and the general lack of activity forced me to make this decision. Maybe in the future,if anyone would like to start another one, you can contact me and I'll help you get setup. I hope that those that did use it enjoyed it. Thanks to all. George
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 11:46:34 AM
Tom, Larry was the same age as my sister, Carol, graduating from CHS in '65. Hadn't seen him since high school. Nice family! I don't know a Ray Dormer. Is he your age? I notice you graduated '76. You probably know some of my sisters or my brother. Did you know the Oronzio's, the Larsen's, Merritt's (some of the names I remember).
Name: Nina
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 10:15:19 AM
To Mid-Age Chesterite...I remember the Drive-in on Chester Pike. I used to live on E. 16th Street and used to walk down Ridley Avenue to the corner store, cross the railway line, turn right and go to Morton Avenue. There I would buy my hoagie or cheesesteak from Squires, also visit the 5 & 10. Then I would make my way home via Melrose Avenue, either turn into 14th Street then up Washington Ave or continue up Melrose to 16th Street. During the summer we all used to go swimming at the PMC indoor pool. There were always two or three lifeguard cadets to keep an eye on us. Had a fantastic time. Our summers at Washington Park were memorable too. There were always guy playing basketball and during the winter we used to slide down the hills in the snow. I used to babysit for a family who lived on the corner of Glen Terrace and Washington, but I just can't remember their family name. I had a wonderful time growing up in Sun Hill too.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 9:50:04 AM
Paula,, I knew Larry very well. He played for our pool team at LLoyd AC, even when he was very sick he would come down and play once in a while, he is truly missed. On another note did you know a guy name Ray Dormer? I used to go to school with him and hung around with him for a while when I was in high school.
Name: Jack Rez51
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 9:10:16 AM
to hgc /pmc '59
regarding Sun Village...was the architecture all the same, as was the case with Highland Gardens and Buckman Village?
Name: William J. Stoop
Email: stoopey@delanet.com
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 7:44:01 AM
This is a great site. I feel like it is the early 60's again when you could ride the Red Arrow into town and spend a Saturday afternoon at the State or Boyd Theatre for less than a $1.
Name: Good Ole Joe
Email:
Date: 5/7/2002
Time: 12:48:04 AM
Well Mary, I lived on 24th St., across from the field between Bond Bread and Wetherill School...from about 1941 to 1950...I don't remember a building being there...I do remember the wall and it's unique construction with bottles, junk metal, stones, bricks etc....Everyone said the builder must have been crazy...After 3 years in Trade School I came to view it as a masterpiece done by an extremely talented craftsman... There was a tree close to the school property called the Banner Tree...many 'kids' climbed that tree, and carved initials into the bark...And, take it from me, you could get very sick from eating the pears in other trees there before they were ripe...My first memories of the Bread Co. they had horses, then all of a sudden they had trucks, and Friehofers had horses, as did the 'iceman'...These vendors walked right into our homes, to the kitchen and put the bread or milk or ice where it belonged...We only had a key for the house when we went on vacation, to keep little kids from walking in the house with no one there...I remember Ralph Greico (Greicos Bakery) delivering to our house, also the Jewel Tea truck...For me the local area extended from the Irving Mills to Upland from about 18th Street through Parkside including Chester Park and all along the Ridley Creek...Sledding down Stevensons Hill was sometimes better than Chester Park and the "Sugar Bowl" ...floating on ice cakes down the creek was great fun...skating at Ridley Lake or in the quarry at the end of 24th St...I remember the Wetherills living down around 22cnd St in a large mansion...a must stop on our Halloween outings...Perhaps there once was a manse where the Bond Co building was built... Any way, thanks for stirring up those memories for me, many more are flooding , too many to write at this time...
Name: FC CHS68
Email:
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 8:07:12 PM
To UW-There was a Dicostanza shop on Pennsylvania in Claymont that is now closed. Also Mays water ice was told it had until June to bail out or the state was coming in to auction off all their equiptment. They want to move across 2d street and stay at 2d and Parker.
Name: Mary
Email:
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 7:58:30 PM
Someone posted asking about neighborhoods in the first ward (St. Robert's). Our neighborhood was called Irvington. It was small, from 23rd to 25th Street between Providence and Ridley Creek. Named after the Irving Mill which is still there. My parents moved there in 1955 and the house was brand new. They moved there from a smaller house on 24th Street across from the old Bond Bread which later became storage for voting machines. Don't know what is there now. Bond Bread was next to the old Wetherill mansion and Wetherill School. Does anyone remember the old wall next to Bond Bread that was and I think is still standing that was probably part of the Wetherill mansion?? It had a circular cut out with built in concrete benches that said REST over the back of it??
Name: Patti
Email:
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 7:35:31 PM
I am sitting here looking at a picture of my son and Santa Claus from Stotters, it has to be more than 40 years ago, one reason why i love this site, thanks John
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 7:18:31 PM
The USSChester, built in a New York shipyard.1928-30.When she entered the war in 1941,The Chester was able to steam at 32 knots and carried about 1200 men. It carried 9 eight inch guns, eight 5 inch guns, and 4 aircraft that could be launched from 2 catapultsIn recognition that the new enemy of the surface warship was the airplane, the Chester was armed with 32 of the 40mm and 27 of the 20mm anti aircraft guns.Near the end of 1942, the Chester hit a mine during the Guadalcanal campaign. was repaired and put back in action for the Gilbert Islands action.In 1944, she saw action in the marshall islands and in the Formosa air battle.Was part of Adm.William "Bull" Halsey's third fleet during the battle for Leyte Gulf.The last assignment was an assault on Iwo Jima. After the war the Chester was decommissioned and broken up. The ship's bell was saved ands is on display at the Nether Providence Elementary School in Delaware Co.
Name: GPM
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 7:17:27 PM
Jack, The "City", i.e. Fire, Police & Street Dep't used to consider the West End anything west of Concord Avenue. God only knows what they consider it now. G
Name: Paisano
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 5:41:50 PM
To Jack Rez 51
I may be mistaken but I think that the West End also included homes & businesses from either Market Street or Edgmont Ave heading westward. Addresses changed from East to West at either point. Don't remember which street.
I believe most of the Italian neighborhood was centered in and around St. Anthony's Church, extending to Broomall, Lamokin, Pennell, Pusey then east to Penn Street, then from Front to around 6th & 7 Streets. Of course there were other nationalities in those areas but I believe years ago it was where people were prodominately Italians.
Name: George
Email: gpmalick@wideopenwest.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 4:56:14 PM
Reminder, tonight is West End night in the chat room.
http://prv-groups.aol.com/oldchesterpa/
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 4:36:30 PM
Jack: I always called my part of the World in Chester - South Chester - it is part of what is referred to on this board as the West End. I think those of us that grew up calling it South Chester only recogonized the areas from St. Hedwigs' south to Trainer. and from the River up to about 6th Street if that far up. Not until I moved away in 1954 did I find that what I had known as South Chester was in fact the West End. I don't think in those days that we called them by their wards, etc. It was the Polish section, the Italian section, the Greek section, the Irish section, etc. Chester was a city of neighborhoods.
Vincent: One memory that I loved when in the Italian section was the roasted peppers you could smell early in the morning with what I imagine was a type of breakfast sausage.
One memory that was sweet as sugar was the family days at Scott Paper. My mom worked with the catering company and she was the Candy Cotton lady on more than one occasion. They had this great big drum that went around and around spinning the sugar into a spun sugar treat. She would have to dive that paper cone into it and rotate to catch the sweet stuff.
Name: Paula
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 3:43:43 PM
TO U.W.: I didn't think your previous post was negative at all. I just wanted to let you know that we are still here. I was referring to postings from the past few weeks when people weren't being kind to each other. I agree that this site has a wealth of information. Have a good day.
Name: hgc /pmc '59
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 2:54:13 PM
i meant mac dade blvd on the NORTH
Name: hgc /pmc '59
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 2:51:26 PM
here goes on sun village;ridley creek on the east down to 9th street on the south melrose ave on the west,and mac dade blvd on the west.that is just rough but that is most os sun village,generally speaking pmc/widener was on the western edge,some of the area between 9th street and 4th street is considered sun village also.i know some one will disagree ,but this is just rough.
Name: Jack Rez51
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 2:16:46 PM
Neighborhood Question:
Where exactly was Sun Village located? How about the Italian neighborhood? Any specific neighborhood in the 1st Ward (St. Roberts)?
Chester's WestEnd included everything West of Engle St and from Concord Road to the Delaware River. Highland Gardens,Buckman Village, McCaffrey Village, the St. Hedwig's area were some that I remember.
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 12:31:55 PM
Paula:
Sorry if that post sounded negative. I did not mean it to be, I just happen to be reading the archives and thought that the early post were filled with so much of the Chester most of us remember. I stopped after the year 2000 because there were so many afterward.
I mention the What's New section because I have received quite afew emails from people that just come to the NEWSSTAND and don't realize the vast amount of information that is being feed into this site of Johns.
Again, I apologize if I offended anyone reading that particular post. I feel the archives are a great read and should be looked into by newer people to this site.
Name: Paula
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 12:10:53 PM
TO BABS: I grew up in Sun Village. Lived there from 1948 til 1962, then moved to 12th and Madison Streets and graduated from CHS in 1964. The East End of Chester was a great area to live in back then. We lived next door to the Fiorelli's on Remington Street (Larry Fiorelli was a police officer during the Wade site fire and later died from an illness related to that fire). We were a tight knit community back then and knew all of our neighbors. Where did you live in Sun Village?
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 12:09:29 PM
Yes, that system was pretty neat, I think some banks use that system with the outside tellers sending deposits and the teller sending back receipts. florence
Name: Paula
Email:
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 12:01:41 PM
TO U.W.: This is in response to your long list of people not checking out this site any longer. Not true! I posted in 2001 and 2002. Still enjoy the site very much! I like the fact that we can e-mail John about any relevant info and he will include it in the proper category. I'm still here checking out this site a few times a week and several others are still posting once in a while, e.g., pcrowther and others post regularly. I enjoy Komarnicki's Korner and a lot of other features. I sometimes feel disheartened by those who post with or without a name and have negative comments towards anyone on this site. THIS IS A GREAT SITE! I want to hear what everyone has to say about Chester but we could do without personal negative comments about anyone, no matter who they are or where they live! Life is hard enough and the world can be cruel. So let's just treat each other with the respect we all deserve! Let's have fun!!
Name: RHS75
Email: watt6@aol
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 11:13:39 AM
Hi Tom- Sue Watras is married to Dave's brother Tom. The blonde is probably his sister Kathy. Both of us have 4 kids- 6 person family! The funny part is that neither of us knew the others emale when we picked ours!
Name: hgc/pmc 59
Email:
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 8:55:20 PM
Reading about Stotters; do you remember the way they made change?They used a metal box that went into a metal track to the balcony,it went shooting across the ceiling in a birdcage like metal track ,after the cashier made change and put it in the box, it would come shooting back to the counter that arranged the sale.I never figured out how it worked to this day.sure was neat.One store in Phila. had a similar system,i think it was Gimbels or wannamakers.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: Buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 8:24:14 PM
Verdell, Iremember it well. The day after Thanksgiving my Mother always took my sister and me to see Santa Claus, then she would busy herself laying away what we said. It's so amazing when you are young to believe in Santa Claus and all those other wonderful memories. I think that I evened believed when I was a teen, I never wanted to let go. When you have your own children, then you can relive all those wonderful times again. I'm getting carried away with all those wonderful times. florence
Name: Paisano
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 11:52:56 AM
To: Verdell
I remember that. I also remember climbing up those wide wooden steps and when you reached the top of the steps, a sound would go off indicating someone was coming on to the second floor. I guess it was to alert the salepeople.
Name: Paisano
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 11:41:06 AM
To: U W
Thanks! Have been reading a lot of posts to find out what's been going on. I also thought DiCostanza's had a place on Philadelphia Pike past Archmere. Talking about 15-20 years ago. We use to order hoagies for lunch from them. The sandwhiches were so big, you could make two more out of one. And they were so good.
To: Vince Lavella
Checked out the picture of Night Owls. Glad to hear that the family is still in the business. I do remember some of the businesses along 3rd street as we use to go by there often on the way to the Apollo Movie.
Good memories!
Name: Tom
Email: tmorr42@aol.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 11:40:06 AM
Mid-age Chesterite Whats your name? I'm 2 yrs younger Than DOnny Dodds, knew hughie DiJohn and TD was a few yrs older as well.
Name: Verdell B. Hicks
Email: Man81226Z@aol.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 9:00:10 AM
One of my fondest memmories was to follow the yellow line on the floor of Stotter to see Santa Claus. How many remember that?
Name: old chester man
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 8:45:39 AM
I remember someone talking about jim dicave awhile back. didnt he live in the sunvillage section of chester? i saw him not to long ago in new jersey at the shore. i think he might have moved down there, dont know. there are many old chester names i see on here lately. i live in the same place i did when i was young. would really like to see some of those old faces again.
Name: Lee (CHS53)
Email: wshorter@aol.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 7:49:59 AM
John DiCostanza had a store on Pennsyvania Ave in Claymont DE
Name: Chrissy Szczepanski(Blanch)
Email: cab0530@aol.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 5:41:48 AM
Name: Vincent G. Lavella
Email: VinLavella@aol.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 3:37:16 AM
U.W., Im not sure about that, but my father would know. He grew up with all of his cousins on 3rd street and the house he grew up in has our last name on the top of it. If you drive down third street you can see it, around 3rd & Lamokin. The story behind that is, that the house was originally a church and when my grandfather bought it, he didnt want anyone to think it was still a church so he put our name on the top of it, in brick. The current owner of the house is a man who used to work at Night Owls.
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 2:45:53 AM
Vincent: I'm sorry, I meant Johnny DiCostanza. I thought he opened a place near Claymont years ago.
Growing up in the Italian neighborhood was similar to mine growing up in a Polish/Ukrainian one. The smells of Moms cooking in the neighborhood remain mystical in ones memories don't they.
The REZ page has some new pictures of graduating classed, and 1st Communion group pictures. Gonna take a good look and see who, if anyone I can remember from my child memory.
Name: Vincent G. Lavella
Email: VinLavella@aol.com
Date: 5/6/2002
Time: 2:05:46 AM
U.W., Im not sure if Johnny opened up a sub shop in Delaware, but he does sell water ice along with Kevin and Sonny. I'm not sure where he will move after 291 starts coming down 2nd street but im pretty sure the business will continue. Sonny owns a few lots in Chester so im assuming he will move to one of those.
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/5/2002
Time: 10:20:21 PM
Vincent: Good pictures..I first check What's new daily before the message board just in case there is something good to write about.
Didn't Johnny open a sub shop in Delaware many years back.
May's water ice has a line in front of it everytime I go by. Does anyone know where he will move when they number his place for demolition. Some of the houses in the next block have been given a repreive until August.
Wasn't Shahadi's originally down around 3rd and Bunting? Near St. Hedwigs. or was that the Real Estate.
Piasano: Good to see you back..
Dewey Reunioners: 1952...how was your 50th. let us all know how many are still doing the Twist.
Name: Vincent G. Lavella
Email: VinLavella@aol.com
Date: 5/5/2002
Time: 8:56:32 PM
Piasano, Check out the Business section of this website and then go to Grocery Wholesalers and you will see a current picture of Night Owls! Do you remember Shahadi's auto tags on 3rd st.? They are still there and have been there for a long time. May's water ice on 2nd & Parker? Thier tree yard is on 2nd & Ivy. DiCostanza's Italian Sandwiches, now in Linwood. Well just giving you some names that you asked for. Let me know.
Name: Mid-age Chesterite
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Date: 5/5/2002
Time: 8:13:54 PM
Tommy Denight, Stevie DeJohn, Gary Shaffer, mark Battenerri, Donny Dodds, Kevin May, Sonny May, Tracy Heatherinton just to name a few of the people i knew from SunHill
Name: Tom Morrison
Email: tmorr42@aol.com
Date: 5/5/2002
Time: 12:41:43 AM
Anyone from Sunhill? Lived on E16th street, 1963 - 1995. Great place to grow up ..............back then.
Some names:Krantz, Reeber,Kazarski,Shaffer,Harvey, Whitey, Tosto, Predergast, Plummer, May, Phipps, Willauer, Disephano, Connely, Rhoads, Bychowski, Ippolitti, Caruso,April, kazubel, Battineri, Dodds, Mataford, Mcneal, Schumn, DeNight, DeJohn, Bonner,McCarthy,Lebus,Hall,Pompelli,and I know I forgot alot of others.
Name: babs
Email:
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 11:06:43 PM
I would love to hear anything about the East end of Chester. I am interested in anything anyone can share. The only person I remember from Sun Village was a guy named Whitey, had 3 kids back in the early 60"s.
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 9:03:01 PM
Old WEEZERs: Radio
1960's...Irv Homer, John Marion, Dominic Quinn, Marie Savinese, Happy Polka Jean, RJ (Ron Joseph), Mel Proctor (sports)
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 8:49:44 PM
Hi--Yes I remember the drive in...That is where I saw my first Tammy movie. I worked at the Dela.Co,\.Nat'l.Bk. Sometimes all the girls that workred in the bookkeeping Dep., sometimes we went to the drivein together. We went to quite a few weddings together and we all were very friendlyI saw one of the girls working in the dr's office. her name is Kay. Their was Liz,Terry,Kat,Joan,Pat, helen,etc, I wish that I could remember all the names..That was the days you posted everyone's bank accounts by signatures,rather than numbers. You had to know everyone's signature. Their were 2 sisters who ran the usdits on our accounts, they were Ida Smith and FRances Dunham. Ida has passed on, but Frances is still here.
Name: Pat McFadden (CHS50)
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Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 6:31:19 PM
Just wanted to let everyone know that I have the Norton antivirus installed on my computer. No virus was found. So, need not worry about sending or receiving emails to/from me. As always, I think of something funny when I type here, so please remember this is said in jest and not directed at ANYONE: There's a new commercial out and goes:
"Aint no bugs on me, no there ain't no bugs on me; may be ticks on some of you chicks, but ain't no bugs on me." (I think it's a rooster talking to his hens.)
No bugs, so feel free to contact me; 'cause there ain't no bugs on me.
Name: U.W.
Email:
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 5:03:37 PM
CHECK THESE OUT ON THE WHAT'S NEW section, I submitted before finishing the CURRENT AFFAIRS of the WHAT's NEW page
Joe Zakorchemny, Smedley Class of '65 is planning a reunion
5/2/2002 Bob Blisard, The August 2002 reunion fpr All Rez Graduating Classes.
5/1/2002 Class reunion pages for All 1980's and 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1995 Chester High classes and '39.
Name: U.W.
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Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 4:58:51 PM
John: Thank you for a most interesting tour of Chester. Your walking tour seems to have been a success. For those that have not visited your "Whats New" section please do, it changes almost daily.
There is a link to the Walking Tour with pictures and Johns report on the tour.
Also is the new link to komrnicki's Korner
then there is also this note: Mr. Joe Cirilli, Chester Teener Baseball League reports........
Enjoy the new news about Chester and its history and Chester's past. JUST CLICK ON "WHATS NEW" TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN in the MENU area.
Name: Dan CHS 54
Email:
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 4:23:18 PM
Babs--I worked at Yanks part-time while in high school. Mostly, stacking cinder blocks on pallets. Went through gloves like water. Wondered if I'd still have fingerprints. Had a real contrast in part-time jobs then. The other was serving with a caterer from Narbeth. Don't remember the caterers name.
Name: Dave 3rd&Wilson
Email: djsmail2002@yahoo.com
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 12:24:15 PM
HOW ABOUT "LASHLE;'S FISH MARKET" IN LINWOOD
Name: Paisano
Email:
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 12:07:32 PM
Lavella.. I reread your post and saw that the business is still in the same place. Disregard that question but keep the boards busy and share stories your folks may have about Chester. Name names and maybe long lost friends will be reunited on this site. It has worked so far.
Name: Paisano
Email:
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 11:59:47 AM
Lavella Night Owls
Enjoyed your post. Night Owls, a well known produce business. My folks were frequent customers years ago. Is the business still there at Third & Urich? Would like to see more people from that area join in this site. Spread the word. That's how we can get more on this site from the Italian sction of the city.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 11:18:01 AM
hello---I think we would walk down 14th to get over to Sun Hill. My friend and I both had friend who lived over there.Their has been a lot of East end memories put in before, but maybe some people will go over them again. florence
Name: mid-age chesterite
Email:
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 9:59:33 AM
Hey Folks, dont we have any east end history in chester,how bout before that highway went through sun village and just how did we get over to sun hill anyway? remember the old drive-in up there on chester pike in eddystone? i know, it was in eddystone but it was on chester pike. i remember the rail road tracks where the highway is now but i was so young.
Name: Babs
Email: barraehatch @aol.com
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 9:50:00 AM
Yank's Poultry Farm was owned by Fred and Lucy Yanks. They also grew and sold fresh fruit and vegetables. For awhile, they made cinder blocks there too,I saw a worker get injured there once.
They were my grandparents best friends, so I spent alot of time there, lots of fun!It was much bigger than it looked from the road.
Chicken tasted so much better back then.
I remember when Louise's Hoagie Shop was originally located right next to Moe Seidmans Market.It was big and dark and kinda dingy, like a bar, but the hoagies were pretty good. Louise was always helping and talking to the kids in the neighborhood. She also fed a lot of poor kids for free. I'll bet their are alot of adults out there who wll never forget her.
Everytime I see a comic book , I want a chocolate coke from Seidman's drug store.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 9:21:09 AM
I also received one of those virus's in the e-mail this morning. Fortunately my virus scan stopped it.
Thankyou FCHS68
I remember many time's going there with my grandparents to pick out the chicken. I wish I could remember more.
Name: Mike Garvey
Email: chesterchevy19061@yahoo
Date: 5/4/2002
Time: 12:06:31 AM
you could pick you chicken out . then watch them prepare it. as a child it was cool to see the whole thing happen.
Name: Harvey Martin
Email: hsmartin@snip.net
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:55:48 PM
Hi, Babs,... I used to stop at Yanks and buy chicken necks when I was going crabbing.
Name: FC CHS68
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:54:52 PM
` TO FLORENCE CHS50 The old courthouse in Chester currently has offices on the 2d floor for a county or a city business. The 1st floor with original courthouse still intact was used this week for a law day session with high school kids playing all parts. Also present were the mayor of Chester,State Rep. and judges from the county courthouse.
Name: Paul D. Crowther
Email: pcrowther4@cogeco.ca
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:31:42 PM
To Babs....Yes I remember Yanks Poultry Farm! I recall driving on Bethel Rd.[Chichester] one Sunday morning. It was just at the crack of dawn. Just as I came to the stop sign at Engle St. I saw two "gentlemen" who had their choice of a live Turkey running with it in their arms towards the Fairgrounds. Often wondered how many birds Yanks lost that way. I should remember Moe Seidmans[Garden Food Market] I worked there. Reggie Jefferson and I used to do home deliveries. Moe had an old Suberban for del. I didn't drive then. Reggie did the driving. Fun times!
Name: babs
Email: barraehatch@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:12:26 PM
Does anyone remember back in the 50's when you could go to Yank's Poultry Farm and pick your own personal chicken for dinner?
How about D'Sasios Market ( near the Boot's and Bonnets)
How about Moe Seidman's Market? Whe you could call in your order and they would deliver it?
Name: Jack MillsCHS55
Email: flojac1429@hotmail.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 9:24:53 PM
I need some help, a friend of mine is looking for the e mail address of Lewis Ogden, if you know how to get ahold of him I would be thankful. He was a member of Moya fire company.
Name: U.W.
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 9:15:31 PM
CONGRADULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1952 DEWEY SCHOOL, CHESTER, PA. 50 YEARS. THATS WONDERFUL.
IT IS YOUR GOLDEN YEAR..HAVE FUN AT YOUR REUNION ON MAY 4TH. 2002
CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL..
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 8:56:02 PM
PAT. I don't know. George said he would find oout for me.
Name: Pat McFadden (CHS '50)
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 8:02:43 PM
FLORENCE: Do you know what that old courthouse is currently being used for? When I saw it in 1980, it seemed to be used for storing furniture of some type, all piled up and scattered in disarray. That would be interesting to know.
Name: U.W
Email: An inpressive list of names. what do they all have in commnon?
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 7:11:57 PM
I posted this several days ago but it did not appear. John was doing maintance i assume the computer ate my words again.
pcrowther, judy ardine, shirley wilson faxekas, mary lynne (nash) clark, nadine holder, pete mooney, diane bottone setaro costa, dott davis, r launiere, mark sandmark, dian, k aneca, lee host, zac, john caine, oma, janet sheba, d.l.benner, john olinick lee (laspina zarnoski, w grris, gerry tostenson, dave trent , sara lines, evelyn hempill glenn, barbara (frank) selletti, tina culbertson, bill crowther, albert e. warburtin iii burke, eleanor geno langsdorf pillps, joe pretti, john jack l windosr, kuhlman, margaret ann sherlock, charles allen, jack chambers, david benson, markus bischof, hubert m dewees, joe hess and helen stauffer hess, marilyn (whitfield) kurman, larry wood, june-benson, dave burman, mrEj., mary ann clark rankin, david trent, paula (locowicki) dryden, margaret (pugh) roland, elizabeth dewey anzalone, bob woolaver, audrey pugh, nick, rita ferarelli thomas, alice ritter, yvonne fattie williams, angela mitchell dundee, hubert marshall, christina , henrietta landis cook, kim mcelvenny paterson, fran, simo, charlotte (hardy) lee and albert lee, shawn draughn, charles e. ripka III, bychkowski, ian, georgia reber ellott, chuck phillips, charles cortland young, john k mccall, georgek, sony, ruth rocco, andy johnson, jay hendrickson, andrea.
To all the above and those that I may have missed, some of you that did not sign in, I want to ask you..WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE DID YOU GO?
Thank you for "refresher course 101 oldchesterpa"
Your posts were an early education on memories.
If you have not guessed..there people are the first to leave memories on this board. They are in the "Archives 2000" Everyone there made up the year 2000. Some still post, most do not, but going back reading what they wrote is a story of memories in abundance. Each and every one of your messages were either filled with memories or inquiries searching for ancestors. You were able from this site to get a past view of the History of Chester.
Again where are you, the board is still here, so please add to the memories and your findings. (by the way paul you were the very first to post)
Thanks to Johns efforts and the many people that have contributed information and pictures regarding Chester to other than this message board. In particular to "WHATS NEW" (over 400 additions to this section alone) There is no other site on the web such as this treasure.
REALLY folks, John has added to his "Whats New" section yesterday. Please take advantae of this interesting information. Enter all the different doorways on Johns site. They are filled with so much History.
Now I will leave so that you all can come back home and tell us more about your adventures.
Name: Craig Rainey
Email: CraigyFled86@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 6:58:44 PM
To Dan, Don, and Florence. Thank you for your comments about Mr.Bennie, in response to my post earlier today about the Chester Track Club. Don, the 9.7 that Bennie Wright ran in the 100 yard dash at Chester High School can never be broken because no one broke It before the distance was converted to meters back In the 1980's. The record Is there forever unless they convert back to yards.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 6:23:33 PM
During the year 1724 the Courthouse,now the city hall,was built, which stands today , the oldest structure in the united states, continually used as a public building.
Name:
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 5:26:07 PM
This use to be a great site for ALL Chester's present and past residents. If one just stuck to the topic of the site, there would be no problems. What this site has become is a personal chat room. Many previous posters, myself included, have refrained from posting because of that reason. It just hasn't been interesting for a long, long time. Hope it can get back to what it use to be, a pleasant site.
Name: Nicole Scarpato
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 4:18:05 PM
Charles Zernell!! Hey Z ! How are you? Don't see you much anymore, just glimpses as I'm driving by. Tom Bolger posts on this website, too. OK, just wanted to say "Hi!"
See ya, Niki
Name: Vincent Gabriel Lavella
Email: VinLavella@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 3:38:32 PM
Hi Everyone, I was born in Chester, but i do not live there. Both of my parents were born and raised in Chester and my Grandparents and Family business are still in Chester. My Father and his two brothers own Night Owls/Lavella Bros. on W. 3rd & Ulrich. My grandfather(Gabe Sr.) and his brothers Tom, Fred and Guy are the original Night owls and started the business in 1937, with just a little wagon, selling produce from door to door. I hear many Chester stories from my father and i share them with my friends. I meet alot of the Chester Greats when im working at Night Owls! I enjoy going to 2nd and Parker for some May's water ice which has been there since 1946!! So i just wanted to share my thoughts if you would like to talk just email me!
Name: Pat McFadden
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 3:34:08 PM
I want to personally thank John for intervening and I especially want to thank Tom for immediately emailing me. More can be accomplished in a positive way if emails were used for negative responses, etc., instead of posting them on this site, which I truly hope continues on and on for our children and grandchildren to learn from and enjoy. It would make less work for John (who already has enough to take care) to have to delete them, and a person-to-person admonition or anger, or whatever, can better be accomplished through emails. A better understanding can take place on a one-to-one basis and from there, many times, a new friendship is born.
So, I IMPLORE you to use the email instead of this board for negativity or criticism. I pray you will do this. AND, I always, always answer my emails.
I hope you all agree, and thanks to those who enjoy what I write because I do it for enjoyment. At times it may sound sarcastic, but it's not - it's just poking fun at life - not you personally - unless, of course you anger me - so cut that out! Email me!!
I hope I can look forward to a continued relationship with all of you - God willing and the "creek don't rise". (he-he). Thanks to all of you for "bearing with me".
Name: John Bullock
Email: john@oldchesterpa.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 3:08:29 PM
* Re: Virus Concerns *
Folks, please excuse my intrusion but before anyone jumps to too many conclusions, let me add that there is at least one virus now that disguises the sender. In other words, if I were infected it might send emails to people in my address book but it might show "Jane Doe" instead of "John Bullock" as the sender.
Let's hope that everyone is now practicing "safe computing" with antivirus software and current definitions. As there are new viruses discovered daily, I don't depend on my scheduled update to check for them. I manually check for new definitions each morning (before I check email) and sometimes again later in the day.
Now, back to happy reminiscing about OldChester!
Ye Olde (and very humble) Webmaster,
John
Name: Charles Zernell
Email: zcap1956@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 3:00:12 PM
Name: Pat McFadden (CHS50)
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 2:52:07 PM
TO EVERYONE: I went through several emails that had not been deleted yet - there were many. Not one, NOT ONE, either received by me or sent by me stated the following:
pidipat <pidipat@earthlink.net> wrote:
The above is what appeared in Tom's email - according to what he sent me, and this is highly unusual. So as Tom said, DO NOT OPEN IT. I am going to send everyone on my mailing list this information. So, far I have not heard from anyone else regarding this and believe me, I would hear immediately by several who would be completely disgusted.
I hope John and/or others can help solve and stop this before too many others are hurt.
Name: Florence Robinson Kramer
Email: Fekramer@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 2:41:59 PM
To Tom CHS76: Yes, I have three brothers - Jim, Tom, and Bob - all graduated from STJ. Jim taught at St.James for 25+ years. Which one did you play ball with?
Name: Pat McFadden (CHS '50)
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 2:18:44 PM
To TOM and everyone else: I was just notified of Tom's post and also I received an email from Tom asking me why I sent him what appears to be porno. Some of you may be very angry at me, but I assure you, and I told Tom, I did not send such a thing and would never, ever think of doing that, especially if it is virus-connected. I had a virus about a year ago and that caused some damage to my computer.
How, whoever did this, was able to use my email address to do this I don't understand at all. I didn't think that was possible; but apparently it is. Maybe John can help us out here because someone is being extremely vicious and hateful and I think trying to sabotage this board.
Tom, I hope you have already received my response, and if you could send me the names of the other people who possibly received that, it would help trying to solve this.
I swear to you - I did not do this and never would.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 1:09:03 PM
Just wanted to let everyone know that there is a virus attaching to everyones email list.
DO NOT open it " Hi,japanese lass' sexy pictures" it contains a virus
I got it from pidipat's email list and I don't even know why I am in her email list.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 11:54:18 AM
RC: Are you referring to the pits on Township line rd. That was our Hookman story and everyone has a hookman story. Ours started down in Beaver Valley. The short version. If you parked there at night there was this guy with one arm and a hook on the other. He would smash your window kill your girl and then kill you. The rumor was that none of the body were never found. Back to the Acid Pits story, word was spread (maybe even by Sun Oil to keep trespassers out) that the acid pits would eat you alive and nothing would be left for the police to find. We were told to not even go near it because the fumes would kill you, too. We even walked on the other side of the road, would point out animal carcasses on Townshipline Rd and say they made it out of the pit area but they weren't really that lucky, because it was in the air.
Was it the speeding cars that kill them or was it the Acid Pits?
Name: RC
Email: Email
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 11:31:26 AM
I wonder if their are any "oldtimers" who remember that the pool at Sun Oil farm was built by volunteers working on their own time. There used to be Horses for hire too.That nasty pool of waste glunk on ridge road claimed quite a few pets before it was filled in. It surely can't be doing the environment much good.
Name: Dan CHS 54
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 11:02:19 AM
Mr Rainey--It was great to read your comments re Bennie Wright. You couldn't have a better mentor and role model. I saw Bennie compete as a great athlete but I most respect him for the person he is. One of CHS's greatest athletes of all time and an even better person.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:57:25 AM
WEST END BOAT CLUB... I worked there all through jr. high and high school actually up until the time it closed.. I too had my hands in the crab cakes. I use to work the kitchen next to Ceil and also worked the grill along with Helen. I probably made food for anyone whoever went there in the late 70's and 80's. I guess I was considered number 3 cook. I used to work Saturday night alone when they had that wonderful band the Angie Lenzi Trio... ;)
Name: Don CHS54
Email: donhub@evenlink.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:56:00 AM
Who could forget Mr. Bennie Wright (9.7 in 100 yd dash)CHS record. Congratulations Mr. Craig Rainey on keeping up the runners from Chester Pa. DO you think anyone will beat that time?
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:37:40 AM
Mr. Craig Rainey, I think that is really great.
Name: Craig Rainey
Email: CraigyFled86@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 10:01:40 AM
Hello to all! Besides what I wrote a few days ago In defending my hometown of Chester Pa. against the wannabe Chester Clipper, this is only my second time posting here. I am bringing a positive little message to the readers, and It does pertain to CHESTER PENNSYLVANIA. I am a track coach for the Chester Track Club, which consist's of boys and girls age 6 to 18. Mr. Bennie Wright was my coach when I was a very young fellow, and now as he Is moving up In age we have developed the Chester Track Club out of Mr. Bennie's Chester Blazers. Mr Bennie started the Blazers over 50 years ago, and all of the current Chester Track Club coaches ran for him. The man Is like a true father to us. If any of you out there have children or grandchildren that likes to run, or has so much energy, and you are looking for a way to utilize that energy, you can bring the child to the Chester High School A-field ( 12th and Lamokin) at 5pm to sign up for the summer AAU track and field program. We started on May 1st and had a pretty good turnout. Mr. Bennie Is still with us and we have a full professional staff of 6 coaches. Four of the coaches are high school head and assistant coaches at Chester High School. One coach Is a parent of an athlete and a former all-star runner, and the final official and honorary coach Is (all of Chesters) legendary track athlete Mr. bennie Wright. Anyone interested will need to bring a copy of the athletes birth certificate and the registration fee of $50.00, which covers the AAU card (required), Insurance, and one uniform. We practice Monday through Friday at 5pm until the children finish the workout. We don't keep them past 7pm.
Name: Jack Rez51
Email: jfralston55@aol.com
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 9:52:02 AM
Remember the Sun Oil Company's Annual Picnic at the Farm?
All kinds of contests and games for the whole family. Softball,kids races, pitching horse shoes, Tennis, and Swimming in the Pool. And plenty of picnic food.
Remember the little gray snack bar outside of the pool...great hot dogs and frozen Milky Way bars.
Life Guards who throw you out of the pool for roughhousing and breaking the rules.
Locker rooms in what was called the Barn where you signed in. Clay tennis courts with tennis rackets that you checked out at the desk in the Barn. All kinds of sports equipment, from horse shoes to softball bats,gloves and balls could be used at no charge.
Sun Oil Rec Farm was a great place every summer in those lazy, hazy days so long ago...all you needed was a towel, bathing suit and a bottle of baby oil with iodine for a great tan.
Haven't seen the Sun Oil Farm in more than 35 years...is it still there? If anyone has any pictures from the 50s of the Farm, it would be great to have them scanned and sent to oldchesterpa.
Name: Tina
Email:
Date: 5/3/2002
Time: 9:30:58 AM
This site does get alot of hits but there are only a few regulars that post. I wasn't raised in Chester but we shopped there when I was a kid. So, being one of the "younger" ones that read this site every few days - I don't post often. The memories of what it was like in the 40's & 50's, as well as the historical info, are nice to read though.
Fog Horns - you could hear the horns and the ferry horns all the way to Brookhaven & Upland. I remember hearing them late at night after I went to bed. Also I remember riding the ferry across to Jersey but that was long before the bridge was built.
Name: Craig Rainey
Email: CraigyFled86@aol.com
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 11:50:57 PM
Hello to all! Besides what I wrote a few days ago in defending my home town of Chester Pa. against the wannabe Chester Clipper, this is only my second time posting here. I am bringing a positive little message to the readers, and it does refer to CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA. I am a track coach for the Chester Track Club, which consist's of boys and girls ages 6 to 18. Mr. Bennie Wright Was my coach when I was a very young fella, and now as he is moving up in age we have developed the Chester Track Club out of Mr. Bennies Chester Blazers. Mr. Bennie started his Blazers over 50 years ago, and all of the current Chester Track Club coaches ran for him. The man is like a true father to us. If any of you out there have children or grandchildren that likes to run, or has so much energy, and you are looking for a way to utilize that energy, you can bring the child to the Chester High School A-field at 5pm to sign up for the summer AAU track and field program. We started on May 1st and had a pretty good turnout. Mr. Bennie is still with us and we have a full professional staff of 6 coaches. Four of the coaches are high school head and assistant coaches at Chester High School. One coach is a parent of an athlete, and a former all-star runner. and the final official and honorary coach is (all of Chesters) Legendary track athlete Mr. Bennie Wright. Anyone interested will need to bring a copy of the athletes birth certificate, and $50.00, which covers the AAU card(required), insurance, and one uniform. We practice Monday thru Friday at 5pm until the children finish the workout. We don't keep them past 7pm.
Name:
Email:
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 10:51:03 PM
To All: I have read every post on this bulletin board since its inception. If you go back and read you will see a lot of residents of Chester posted and it was enjoyable to read. Now we have to listen about someones sex life about Phoenix and only God knows what else. How we have changed. And if you notice none of the first ones who were on this site and posted legimate questions and memories about Chester are still around. I talked this site up to everyone but it has changed so much I think most of the interest is gone. Let's see if we can get back what this site was originally about. If certain persons want to dictate let them start their own site and have a ball. I am usually not this vocal but I think we need to reclaim this site for CHESTER MEMORIES.
Name: Jack Rez51
Email:
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 10:45:15 PM
I said it before, and it needs repeating;
It is too Bad that this site has degenerated into pettiness with many posters acting like spoiled children.
John Bullock established this site with the following stated objective that is found in his description of the "Newsstand"
"Share your recollections about Chester! Post some current news about what's happening in the city! If you're doing genealogy, post the surnames you're working on."
I for one would like to see those posters take their childish and petty coments somewhere else.
There are some posters who should take a rest and let others use the site as John designed it!
Name: Terry Owsiany McHugh
Email: tomch1958@aol.com
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 9:55:55 PM
Hi everyone......been reading a lot of the posts lately, and really getting quite tired of the people who can't get over themselves!!! Anyway, enjoyed reading about the foghorns....i remember when i was very small lying in bed listening to all the sounds of the city. the trains behind 6th st.,,the sounds from the Delaware and that god-blasted horn from Felton Fire House on Highland Avenue.....Also does anyone remember the ship that went down in the 70's in Hook.....Burned for days,,,i remember seeing the fire from the bedroom window on 7th st. The best sound though was the sound of Church Bells,,,,,every corner around had a church and bells just would ring all the time. Remember walking down Highland Avenue the day the bells rang nationwide for the end of our involvement in Vietnam....Memories of Chester....just wish everyone here would keep that in mind,,,,that's what this board is for, that and finding old friends and maybe even some new ones...PS BIG THANKS TO JOHN FOR THE SCHOOL SITES ON HERE.....RESURRECTION IS HOLDING AN ALL CLASS REUNION ON AUG 17......ALL BECAUSE JOHN GAVE US A WAY TO RE CONNECT....THANKS JOHN!! REZ GRADUATES...CHECK IT OUT.......LOOKS TO BE A GREAT TIME........
Name: Betty Ann
Email: mimsey48@yahoo.com
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 9:39:43 PM
This hopefully is an answer to U.W.'s question of if Chester High had a school song. I have a handbook published by the Student Council of Chester High School 1964-1965 and at the very back of the book is a song entitled "Alma Mater" It goes: Hail,Chester High! All honor, praise be thine. We owe whate'er we are to Thee, Whate'er we hope to be. On future's broad'ning path, We'll firmly tread with vision clear. And thank thee, Chester High. There are also several cheers included but none that you are trying to recall. Hope this helps:)
Name: babs
Email: barraehatch@aol.com
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 9:05:33 PM
TO Patti; The Westend Boat Club had excellent food . I used to go there ( once in awhile) on Friday afternoons and help make those great Crabcakes. It was a very special place to go in Chester. Like one Big family. I miss it. To all these negative crybabies, I say stop feeling sorry for yourself and get a life!
Name: Harvey Martin
Email: hsmartin@snip.net
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 5:50:47 PM
When we pray for our Nation let's remind the Lord that Chester is included.
Name:
Email:
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 4:44:32 AM
damnit i wish could write about more then just chester in here. because i'd like talk more about what Harvey posted from LITTLE GEORGE
Name: Mike Mangan StJ'57
Email: mangan0521@aol.com
Date: 5/2/2002
Time: 3:19:11 AM
To: Pidipat: Pat, it appears to me that you are doing everything in your power to P---off all of the friends you have/had on this site. Now you are dragging my brother (DJM) into this as one of your no-name "friends". He has never posted on this website & doubt very much if he ever will. So, chalk up another, Pat..You know blood is thicker then water..You know you almost invite the harassment that you receive from other members. Then come back with the wounded duck syndrum. Poor Pidipat..
Name: Floyd LT CHS48
Email: fljftru@aol.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 11:03:15 PM
George,Harvey and others RE Sounds, Add to all the aforementioned sounds the Eerie sound of the Air Raid Sirens in the early 40s. When they sounded, I would jump on my bike and head to the Civil Defense HQ as a messenger for air raid wardens. No one else on the streets- all dark.
Name: patti
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 10:13:33 PM
hi, any old West End Boat Club People around, boy did we have a good time ...good food to.... Friday night and Sunday Afternoon for Dinner
Name:
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 9:58:20 PM
AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS TONIGHT WAS THE LAST NIGHT FOR THE "REZ" BOWLING LEAGUE AT THE CONCHESTER LANES. HAD 16 TEAM'S AND A WAITING LIST TO GET IN ENDED W/6TEAM'S AFTER ALL THOSE GOOD YEAR'S
Name: KateND65
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 9:09:54 PM
PS, Thanks, but where did the stream come from,if you know? Yes, they were the homes called bedbug row & tobacco row at one time, befor you got to the pool.
Name: Sheree
Email: Picabostow@hotmail.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 8:58:35 PM
Mike:
The houses you were talking about "Bedbug Row" we they the ones up on the ridge, next to Trainer Pool?
Name: Mike Mangan StJ'57
Email: mangan0521@aol.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 8:05:49 PM
PS, UW, Kate, Tom::: I remember swimmimg at the Trainer Rocks & after walking home, my bathing suit started to shread into pieces. Later in life I realized that Sun Oil's acid pits were just up stream next to the cemetary. I reckon the acid was leaking into the creak. I remember the homes on the right, heading south, were always referred to Bedbug Row in my era. I ate a many of good pizza's at the Highland Cafe in the early 60's..
Name: P.S.
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 5:36:39 PM
Kate:
The stream came under TWP. line road. There is a little bridge near the Twp. Line road entrance to the park people would skip pebbles off the bridge into the water that went down to the rocks. The creek still runs thru the rear of the cemetery then over to the Sun property.
Another name for that row of houses was :Tobacco Row.
Name: Kate
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 5:17:59 PM
Tom, after you got thru the field & got to the rocks, wasn't 9th pretty close on the other side,also the water came down over the large rocks but can't remember how far back the water came from..Up from there was a row of homes before you got to Trainer pool that we all called bedbug row, do you remember that???/
Name: U.W.
Email: Thats it for this week.
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 5:15:07 PM
Kate(ND) and I promised myself not to post again this week...like my new years won't do list, that promise was not kept.
We went there I guess about 1947 thru the early 950's. We always called them the turtle rocks. I once saw in Ed Gebharts column mention about the turtle rocks. Don't know if they were one and the same. Places had different names, I remember a patch of stone up around Red Hill, PA referred to as the "devils potatoe patch" just another name for someone's imagination I assume.
There was a nickname for the row of houses to the left of the rocks in Trainer as you entered, am not sure of that so will not post it.
The best pizza served was being thrown around in conversation last night. Someone mentioned the pizza at the Highland Cafe. Wasn't that the bar/pizza place near the train station.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 5:01:38 PM
Good question Kate. I am thinking back in my mind, because I spent many a day back in that field. I used to ride my mini bike back where the old Buckman Airport was and on the other side toward linwood was the Sunoil acid or tar pits. We never really rode back there because it was fenced off and nasty. I don't remember where the creek actually came from maybe there was a tunnel up near Townshipline Rd.
Name: Kate(ND65)
Email: lucydesi8@comcast.net
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 3:25:53 PM
My remembrance of Trainor Rocks(when was it ever called turtle rocks) was that I took my younger siblings there with a bag lunch and cooled off on many a hot day, this was around 59-60, also before we had air-cond & us kids had a good time , now I wonder where did that water come from??/
Name: U.W.
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 3:10:50 PM
Tom: My sisters would take up their dresses and tuck them into their under garments when they went to "Trainer/Turtle Rocks" In those days dresses were worn alot. My folks were fine with that. Thinking back the girls should have worn shorts. It was a great place for Sunday afternoon family walks and perhaps a picnic too. You could walk thru to Township Line Road and up to the Frozen custard stand across from the cemetery on Huddle Ave.(?)
I don't think skinny dipping was a regular there, only down the "Hobo Jungle beach"
It goes to show, even if you are suspended you can go forward and make a success of your life.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 2:06:41 PM
Florence Robinson: Do you have a brother? I remember a Robinson we use to play ball with.
Name: A Non E Mus
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 2:06:30 PM
As a kid, I enjoyed the sounds of the fog horns and trains late and in the wee hours of the mornings. Made me think that all were not sleeping like we were suppose to be.
Up until moving from Chester over 10yrs. ago, also in the late hours of the evening and into the wee hours of the morning (after midnight), recall hearing the sounds of the engines revving up at the airport when the wind was in the right direction.
Not only the sights of the city but also the sounds are fond memories of the past.
Name: George
Email: gpmalick@wideopenwest.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 1:40:51 PM
Harvey: I remember the fog horn well, It had an eery two note sound, one medium the next low. Man, the sounds of Chester, Don't know which factory it was but it had to be deep in the West End, but they had the 7 am whistle and a noon whistle. combine that with the trains howling in the night, the ships and tugs on the river. The three fire "horns" asking for help and you really had the sounds of the city. G
Name: Florence Robinson Kramer
Email: Fekramer@aol.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 1:04:05 PM
PAMRHS75 - Mr."Brandywine" has a place in heaven - I don't know how he ever stood up straight after being bent over in that truck for all those hours - and the floor of that truck had to be covered with peas - kids would sit on the curb with their "pea shooters" and lob them into the truck. Are you from Highland Gardens - if so where? We were on Price Street.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 11:47:58 AM
Sonny, Their are lots of elders who know how to use a computers.I remember the waterice man in the late 30's and early 40's. He pushed a little cart around, it held a big block of ice, his ice scraper and lots of bottles of good flavors. I think it cost about 3cents.
Name: Harvey Martin
Email: hsmartin@snip.net
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 11:43:47 AM
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 2002 A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"Since our Nation's founding, Americans have turned to prayer for inspiration, strength and guidance. In times of trial, we ask God for wisdom, courage, direction and comfort. We offer thanks for the countless blessings God has provided. And we thank God for sanctifying every human life by creating each of us in His image. As we observe this National Day of Prayer, we call upon the Almighty to continue to bless America and her people.
Especially since September 11, millions of Americans have been led to prayer. They have prayed for comfort in a time of grief, for understanding in a time of anger and for protection in a time of uncertainty. We have all seen God's great faithfulness to our country. America's enemies sought to weaken and destroy us through acts of terror. None of us would ever wish on anyone what happened on September 11th. Yet tragedy and sorrow none of us would choose have brought forth wisdom, courage and generosity. In the face of terrorist attacks, prayer provided Americans with hope and strength for the journey ahead.
God has blessed our Nation beyond measure. We give thanks for our families and loved ones, for the abundance of our land and the fruits of labor, for our inalienable rights and liberties and for a great Nation that leads the world in efforts to preserve those rights and liberties. We give thanks for all those across the world who have joined with America in the fight against terrorism. We give thanks for the men and women of our military, who are fighting to defend our Nation and the future of civilization.
We continue to remember those who are suffering and face hardships. We pray for peace throughout the world.
On this National Day of Prayer, I encourage Americans to remember the words of St. Paul: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." The Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, has called on our citizens to reaffirm the role of prayer in our society and to honor the religious diversity our freedom permits by recognizing annually a "National Day of Prayer."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2, 2002, as a National Day of Prayer. I ask Americans to pray for God's protection, to express gratitude for our blessings and to seek moral and spiritual renewal. I urge all our citizens to join in observing this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth."
GEORGE W. BUSH
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 11:32:18 AM
Hi Pam, Did you see my post about the blind girl from the Gardens? Did you know her? I forget her name. Maybe Brenda. She used to always be at the playground behind Wm. Penn on the swings. Is Sue Dave's younger sister I remember a blond is that her? And I'm just curious What does the 6 (six) in both of your screen name signify?
Anyone remember Billy Blowert? He was a real good trumpet player. Just wondering if he continued playing.
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 10:52:47 AM
The postman always rings twice. Not Larry the milkman, he'd knock once and walk right in. LOL
Name: PamRHS75
Email: watt6@aol
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 10:07:08 AM
Florence-- I remember Brandywine! All us kids would run home begging for ice cream money. As for McGlone's chinese apples, my husband, as a kid packed both sides of his nose with the seeds & had to go to Sacred Heart to have them extracted! Welcome to the board sister-in-law,Sue Watras!
Name: Tom CHS76
Email: t9257@yahoo.com
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 9:40:23 AM
Trainer Rocks looked so big when we were kids. You could actually slide down them into the creek and swim (well not swim but dip). I remember we hookied school when I was going to Pulaski. It was a big meeting place for people skipping school. There were kids from St. James, Rez, and even St. Anthony's. We would get all wet from swimming then lay on the rocks to dry off before we went home. The kids from catholic schools used to take there shirts off because they were white, before they went swimming. One day there was about 10 of us and the police from Chester, Trainer, Chichester and Marcus Hook surrounded us. We all got nabbed, it was in the afternoon. The police then took everybody back to there schools. By the time we all got back to school it was time for dismissal. The school called my parents and gave me a 3 day suspension. Just what a kid who didn't want to go to school anyway, needs.
Name: FlorenceCHS50
Email: buffyk@fast.net
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 9:32:52 AM
Harve and RC, I also remember the sounds of the trains and foghorns at night. Kind of a lonely sound.I remeber the blackouts during World war 2. We lived at 9th and Walnut at that time.We had black curtains at the windows.
Name: U.W.
Email:
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 8:08:00 AM
Frank: Unfortunatly it is not mine. It was sent to me in a email from another that reads the board and rarely posts. It is not hers either. It was sent to her in a fwd. note from someone in Texas. So the author as far as I know is unknown also. It really fits doesn't it.
Life by the way like fine wine gets better as it ages. In all aspects.
John B. must still be on vacation, when he gets back will be anxious to see how the walking tour turned out.
Name: RC
Email: Email
Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 7:56:00 AM
Harv: I do remember the fog horns on the River. You could hear them quite well in Media. That's an early memory I have of my Mother saying those sounds come all the way from Chester. Another sound in my memory is the trains coming through Chester in the middle of the night. There were so many during the war.
Name: CH
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Date: 5/1/2002
Time: 12:03:49 AM
Stroke the stream for Fish: HOW!! You not only one wish you lived in Chester when it was heep big fishing village. Ya Ta He,,,Chief Halftown
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