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#101 December 1, 2012 to December 31,
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Date: 12/31/2012, 2:44 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Hi all you old Wilmingtonians and Happy New Year. Going out for an early dinner with family (Mackey and Parks) and home well before midnight. That's what all the old folks do here in Florida on New Year's Eve. Will be at Tierney's tomorrow with Tierney's, Mackey's and any other family from Wilmington who might wander down. Hope you have a wonderful 2013.
Date: 12/30/2012, 2:52 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
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Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Wishing everyone out there a HEALTHY & happy
New Year.
Date: 12/30/2012, 1:55 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
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Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: Wishing you all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Date: 12/28/2012, 10:14 am, EST
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Could this be it - "Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting is a historic camp meeting and national historic district located at Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandywine_Summit_Camp_Meeting - Cached"
Date: 12/27/2012, 4:16 pm, EST
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
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Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R AND DUPONT
Message: MY MOTHER HAD A COTTAGE IN BRANDYWINE SUMMIT CAMP DOWN NERE THE CARETAKERS HOUSE.
IF ONE OF THOSE PLACES EVER CAUGHT ON FIRE THAT WHOLE PLACE WOULD GO UP BEFORE THE FIREMAN COULD GET THERE. BUT THEY NEVER DID.BACK THEN YOU COULD ONLY STAY THERE IN THE SUMMER.LATE APRIL TO EARLY OCT.
Date: 12/27/2012, 11:00 am, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: My Grandmother attended Brandywine Summit with a group from Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church back around the summer of '46. Seemed to be some where up stream from Smith's Bridge and Rt. 202. Remember visiting and cooking hot dogs on a cut stick, roasted over an open fire.
Date: 12/27/2012, 12:40 am, EST
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
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Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner. PS duP '51
Employers:
Message: I remember going to Brandywine Summit Camp, located in Chadds Ford. It's actually just over the state line off of 202. We turned at the old Red Coach Inn, at Naamans Creek Rd. There were small cottages for residents. Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 12/26/2012, 1:53 pm, EST
Name: Julie
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Location: Wilmington, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): North Wilmington summer camp.
Schools Att'd: Brandywine Elementary
Employers:
Message: Does anyone remember a summer camp or church camp in North Wilmington? It had the tiniest houses in the woods which were closely grouped together. They were later sold to individuals to live in. I saw it 30 years ago so I doubt if it still exists but if it does I would love to show my daughter.
Date: 12/25/2012, 10:52 am, EST
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Does anyone know what was going on in Cathedral Cemetery about 10:00 AM Christmas morning? When I entered I noticed a police car patrolling the grounds. Later, when I was on the exit road, I saw a County police car beside an Elsmere police car discussing something. As I approached the exit I saw two more cars in the grounds. As I exited the cemetery I saw two city police cars speed into the cemetery. Then as I was about a block away an ambulance with lights flashing was headed in that direction.
Date: 12/24/2012, 9:07 am, EST
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I was blessed by having grown up in Wilmington during the good times, and now I'm blessed to have access to this forum where we can all share memories of good old days. Thanks to Harry for this site, and a Blessed Christmas and new year to all who read this.
Date: 12/24/2012, 8:11 am, EST
Name: daniel statnekov & philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): wilm
Schools Att'd: too many
Employers: again too many
Message: Merry Christmas to everyone on the Old Wilmington Forum; we wish everyone here a peaceful and healthy year ahead. Daniel and Philip
Date: 12/24/2012, 8:06 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: To Gary: Just remember Father Paul's second possible ending to a potential story, 'Nothing is too wonderful to be true'.
Date: 12/24/2012, 8:02 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: ...by the sight of the group who were following the painted fish that was swimming for its life up Monroe Street. Both men watched as the two neighbors ended the carp's desperate attempt to find its way home. The iridescent purple outline on the fish was a symbol that Father Paul was deeply attuned to and the priest recognized the Latin word for "mercy" spelled on its side in smeared fingerpaint. On their way home from releasing the captive fish, the six year-old boy, Danny, overheard the congressman say: "This would make a good story but I don't know who would tell it or who would believe it." Seeing the boy's shining eyes, Father Paul gave a knowing glance toward his companion. "I can think of a number of happy endings," the priest replied. "'The fish slipped safely back into the stream' is one and Michael Faraday's famous remark, 'Nothing is too wonderful to be true' is another. But my choice," the priest concluded, "is the first line of a hymn we sing at Sacred Heart: 'God moves in a mysterious way'."
Date: 12/23/2012, 10:50 pm, EST
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
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Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duP '51
Employers:
Message: Remember when we had a beautiful nativity in Rodney Square, and beautiful Christmas pageants in school? We all went "in town" to see the Christmas lights? It was a wonderful time in our lives. Have a blessed, merry Christmas....and "God Bless Us, Everyone"! Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 12/23/2012, 9:39 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
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Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Phillip Cherrin is that a true story about JFK???
Date: 12/23/2012, 7:52 pm, EST
Name: George
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Location: Ocean View, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): South Broom, Maryland Ave.
Schools Att'd: St E's, Salesianum, U of D
Employers: AIG WSFS
Message: Merry Christmas to all OWers.
Take Care
George
Date: 12/23/2012, 1:40 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: A very Merry and Blessed Christmas to all you special old-timer Wilmingtonians who post here. May all our old memories of Christmases past cheer us in the coming year. Thanks, Harry, for keeping up this forum.
Date: 12/23/2012, 6:56 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Although the reason for the congressman's visit to Wilmington was to convey his father's greetings to his boyhood friend, there was also a personal reason for the young man's visit to talk with the priest. In the final year of his 2nd term, the 32 year-old legislator was questioning what he could accomplish in congress and whether he should run for reelection. Recognized as a war "hero," the young man was also questioning what it meant to be a hero; after all, as the captain of his patrol boat he believed he had only responded to the immediacy of the situation when his boat was rammed and sank in the Pacific. After listening to his friend's son, Father Paul offered a suggestion: "Why don't you write a book about 'courage', Jack? I think that will help to confirm what everyone else feels about 'your' actions," he added. "But you have to believe it for yourself; it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks. And about running for reelection....," he began, but was interrupted in mid-sentence.......
Date: 12/22/2012, 10:22 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
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Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Merry Christmas to all on Old Wilm.
Date: 12/22/2012, 8:27 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: The young congressman was amiable and the two men had a brief conversation on the drive into town. "John's been my pilot since I first ran for office," "Wild Bill's" passenger remarked. "His father taught him how to fly in an old biplane." "I'm familiar with your plane," Bill answered. "During the war it was called an 'AT-17'; mostly, we used it for training." "It makes a great commuter now," the legislator said, and then added: "I didn't fly much when I was in the service; I was on a boat." With only minutes to spare, Bill parked the Parkard before the downpour began. The rain was so hard that the chauffer could barely see past his windshield; he was grateful to be sitting in a dry, solid car to wait out the storm. Almost as quickly as it began, the deluge stopped and the young congressman and Father Paul emerged from the church. The two men walked north on Madison, talking quietly as they turned the corner at 10th Street; the Packard followed, a short distance behind.
Date: 12/22/2012, 7:25 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: ? and ?
Date: 12/22/2012, 1:04 am, EST
Name: gary savage
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Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Your answer Harry was that of a gentleman.
Date: 12/21/2012, 9:33 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
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Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: WE ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY HARRY!
Date: 12/21/2012, 1:50 pm, EST
Name: Bruce
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Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin ST
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Merry Christmas to Old Wilmington.Net :-)
Date: 12/21/2012, 12:20 pm, EST
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Back in the 1930s my parents used to stay in a ‘cabin’ (pix looks like a shed) at Noxentown Pond. While single, my father and his buddies used to go to Noxentown Pond to fish. Since then it has become Saint Andrews School and what had been called Noxentown Pond is now shown the map as Noxentown LAKE. There is also shown a 'road' named Cabin Row.
Does anyone have memories of the day it was a fishing and camping spot and/or when it became Saint Andrews?
Date: 12/21/2012, 12:15 pm, EST
Name: brownys
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Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood(s): Arden,Wilmington
Schools Att'd: Brandywine district
Employers:
Message: Yes I do see the blue highlighted as part of the post.
Dang spammers !
Date: 12/21/2012, 10:30 am, EST
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: JERRY AND BUDO - Thanks for the information. A neighbor told me I could claim age an a valid excuse. I called them and they told me the same thing you two told me.
I, too, did not see any ads pop up. I have a pop-up blocker from my dial-up service so I guess that's why.
Date: 12/21/2012, 3:56 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: "Wild Bill" Cherrin had always loved airplanes. When the chauffeur was called to the Wilmington Airport he arrived early, parked the black Packard that he was driving, lit his trademark cigar and walked into the small building that in 1949 served as the terminal at the small airport on the DuPont Highway. From the building Bill watched a Cessna "Bobcat" circle the field, neatly land on the runway and taxi up to the terminal. In what seemed only a moment, two men in their early thirties were out of the plane; neither of them carried any luggage. "Hello, I'm John Van Arsdale," the young pilot said, reaching out his hand to Cherrin who was the only person waiting in the terminal. "I don't usually land in Wilmington," he remarked, "but the congressman's father asked me to stop off on our way back to Boston to pay his respects to an old friend at Sacred Heart Church. We're not on any schedule," Van Arsdale added, "I'll gas up and be ready to go whenever you get back."
Date: 12/20/2012, 10:38 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
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Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Jim Kelly, were you a Wilm. Police Officer.
Date: 12/20/2012, 5:14 pm, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: To Jim Kelley -
I am not the author; that would be Daniel Statnekov, a 50 plus year friend of mine. I am posting for Daniel since he is overseas and cannot post from there. He can, however, view the site and I know he sincerely appreciates your comment as well as others who have also commented on his story, The Jewish Fish. Personally, although a native Wilmingtonian, I am learning a great deal of nostalgia from his story. And yes, "Wild Bill Cherrin" was my father.
Date: 12/20/2012, 2:25 pm, EST
Name: Jim Kelley
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Location: Pike Creek, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Cool Springs
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: To Philip Cherrin,
Thank you for the excerpts from your book, especially the parts about Sacred Heart. My family, the Kelley's, held a Sacred Heart all Class Reunion at the school back in the 90s. My father, Dave Kelley, was honored as a Sacred Heart coach for both boys and girls sports.
Date: 12/20/2012, 12:02 pm, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Sorry, I misspelled the word "Dixwell" in my last posting; it is ""Dixwell" not "Dixson." And thanks for your comment, Pat; if we're still here, I'll carry on with another posting of the story tomorrow.
Date: 12/20/2012, 10:56 am, EST
Name: Budo
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Location: N Wilm.
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Connie I'm pretty sure age 70 is the cut-off point for jury duty.
Last time I got notice I called about it and was told to write the word "AGE" on your return card and you would not be required to attend.
Date: 12/20/2012, 9:43 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Connie : I'm pretty sure that you can decline Jury Duty starting at age 70. Check it out.
Date: 12/20/2012, 9:41 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: When Jacob Statnekoo lifted the exhausted carp out of the street--with the same hands that had once held the reins of a galloping horse and lovingly held his five children--Father Paul, with his loving heart and lifetime of pastoral experience was united with the Jewish cabinetmaker in a way that neither men could have ever imagined. Jacob had brought the painted fish into the priest's sight, along with the unintelligible letters painted on its side which formed a Latin word that was immediately recognizable to the priest. It was the first word in Psalm 51, Father Paul's favorite, a word that he remembered from his final examination at the Boston Latin School; the very same word which, 41 years earlier he had spelled correctly--with a final "e"--to win the Dixson prize. The priest's lips moved silently as he softly repeated the first line of the psalm to himself: "Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam," which in English translates as: "Have mercy upon me, Oh God, after Thy great goodness."
Date: 12/20/2012, 9:35 am, EST
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I finally escaped the horrendous town of ___ in the 1970s so a gift for my 74th birthday the city of ___ has sent me a summons for jury duty January 7th. I thought I escaped that horrendous town FOR GOOD in the 1970s. Now I have to catch a bus from Stanton and be in ___ by 8:30 AM. But even worse, I may have to stand on a corner in the dark in ___ to catch a bus back to near my neighborhood. Once I get that close I might be okay unless someone follows me from the bus stop. Just the thing an elderly woman wants to do. The only time go out after dark is when I step out on my porch to unplug the Christmas lights. :O
To top it off, we’re not allowed to have cell phones in the building. That means I have to leave it home and when someone attacks to me I won’t be allowed to call for help and it will be days before anyone knows I didn‘t make it home. :-(
Date: 12/20/2012, 9:08 am, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: I love the "fish" story. To me, it exemplifies Old Wilmington as it was "back in the day" when many of us who post here were growing up. The immigrant neighborhoods, the good souls who helped one another, etc. I can't wait for each new installment.
Date: 12/19/2012, 6:09 pm, EST
Name: Orv
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Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: St. Peters Cathedral; Wm Penn H.S.
Employers:
Message: I don't see any ads either. Maybe a mix-up???
Date: 12/19/2012, 5:28 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Just got online and don't see any ads on any of the posts.
Date: 12/19/2012, 4:36 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
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Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Harry, Post #438 is mine and I don't know what your talking about in regard to an add. I have no add in my post and don't see one in the other post of which you speak, please explain. I don'tclaim to be the sharpest knife in the drawer so maybe I'm missing something, help me.
Date: 12/19/2012, 7:51 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Father Paul was born in Boston in 1889, six years after the Sacred Heart Church in Wilmington was dedicated and seven years after Jacob Statnekov, who had been born in a rural village outside of Kiev, Russia in 1882. As a boy, the future priest had a contemplative nature and it soon became apparent that he was destined to become a member of the clergy. Born into a prominent New England family, the future pastor attended the prestigious Boston Latin School where he won the coveted Dixwell Prize for excellence in Latin and graduated in 1908. In 1914 (the year Father Paul arrived in Wilmington), Jacob Statnekoo had already lived in the city for eight years and was working at the Pullman shops where the cabinetmaker was known as a man with "magic hands" because of the excellence of his work. Throughout his life Jacob never told anyone about the silver cross that he had been awarded for bravery; in this way he was similar to Father Paul who never told anyone that he had been awarded the Dixwell Prize either.
Date: 12/18/2012, 9:32 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Jerry T. When I first moved into 103 S, Jackson
St. The Store was owned and operated by Izzy
Meltz. Grodzicki bought the store from Meltz. As
far as who lived in the first house on Read Street
up from Grodzicki's, that was a Family named Mahoney. Later there was a Polish Family that
moved into that house, can't remember their
name, however they were related to the
Bajarski Family if you know them. You have to
remember Jerry that I'm a lot older tham you,
I got married in 1955 and moved away from the
Hood and my Parents moved across the Street
from Grodzicki's on the N.W.Corner which was
13 S. Jackson St.
Date: 12/18/2012, 8:15 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U. S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Ray Jubb : out of curiosity, do you remember any other store 'prior' to Watson Grodzicki's Grocery, on the corner of Jackson and Read Sts. ? Also, did you know the Swalkowski family, who lived in the first house up from the Grodzicki family on Read St. ? I went to St. Hedwig's grade school with an Ed Swalkowski, who was living there in 1962, but don't remember for how long before that. He had an older brother, who was about 5 years younger than you. Your back yards must have bordered each other.
A Very Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a Good Night !
Date: 12/18/2012, 6:19 am, EST
Name: "Wild Phil" Cherrin
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Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: ....Despite the recent deluge, the river was clear enough for everyone to see the iridescent, purple flash--in the definite outline of a fish--before the creature sank into the murky depths. Other than Bill having been directed to drive to the Wilmington zoo, it had been a silent ride in the limousine to the river and on their return trip to the Sacred Heart Church at 10th and Madison where Jacob Statnekoo and his grandson got out of the car. Father Paul had a few last words with the stranger before he was driven back to the airport. The chauffeur was discreet and Bill didn't listen in on the men's conversation, but he remembered Father Paul's final remark to his passenger as the priest stepped out of the car: "When you get home, Jack, please give your parents my love, and don't forget to tell your Dad that even though its been 41 years, I can still remember most of those words we memorized together at The Boston Latin School; tell him that I saw one today, painted on the side of a fish!"
Date: 12/17/2012, 10:13 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & Whs.
Employers:
Message: Well it looks like everyone is too busy Christmas shopping to write on the blog, or too tired from
the shopping, what ever MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Date: 12/17/2012, 7:51 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: As with all vivid events, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, or the first moon landing in 1969, people who witness an historic event have diverse memories; this was certainly true for what occurred in 1949 when the "Jewish" fish escaped what seemed its fatal destiny in the Statnekoo kitchen and swam a half a block up Monroe St. where it was recaptured in the street next to the Sacred Heart playground. "Wild Bill" Cherrin had already had an unusual day before being hailed by his customer to assist the priest and the cabinetmaker maneuver a wash tub which contained the painted fish into the back of his car. As directed, Bill drove over to Van Buren St., turned right and proceeded directly to the Wilmington zoo on North Park Drive where he parked in the lot at the river's edge. The priest and Bill's passenger carried the metal tub the few steps to the river where they tipped it over. Everyone watched as the painted fish slid down the low embankment and slip gently beneath the surface of the water.
Date: 12/16/2012, 4:25 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: but of course
Employers:
Message: The Sunday Morning Star carried an ad in the Screen, Radio and Television section on 21 September 1952 for "Sudden Fear". It wasn't playing there the week before or after.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=5jwsdJ...
Date: 12/16/2012, 4:01 pm, EST
Name: Bill
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Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: yes, I did
Employers:
Message: RE: Sudden Fear. The film was released on 6 August 1952. I'd go to the Wilmington Library or Morris Library and scan the newspaper microfilms until I saw the movie playing. Once you have that, it should be easier to find what you're looking for in the news sections. Just a thought.
Date: 12/16/2012, 11:33 am, EST
Name: James
Web:
Location: Wilmington Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): East Side
Schools Att'd: Public
Employers:
Message: I would like to find a link which could creditable information about the Warner Movie theater on west 10th street was opened to non-white patrons. I have been told was circa 1952. The movie which was being discussed as being shown at the time was “Sudden Fear” featuring Joan Crawford and Jack Pallance. Recent searches have yielded any links or confirmations of this.
Date: 12/16/2012, 8:14 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Although the well dressed stranger was unknown to Officer Smith, he recognized the driver of the automobile as Bill Cherrin, a local man who lived on Connell St. Until the stock market crash in 1929, Cherrin had owned a private limousine service in Wilmington but for the past twenty years, Bill had driven for another company. Occasionally, the two men had played pool together at Grady's billiard hall on Orange St., but Bill, who was considered to be Wilmington's best pool player, had never been bested by anyone (with the exception of an occasional loss to Wilmington's World Champion, Jimmy Caras). As the tub which contained the painted fish was being loaded into the limousine, "Wild Bill," as Cherrin was affectionally called by his friends, exchanged a warm greeting with the policeman and told him that he had picked the stranger up at the airport and was scheduled to return his passenger later that same day; the man's visit to Sacred Heart to see Father Paul was the only reason he was in Wilmington.
Date: 12/15/2012, 9:21 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: The well-dressed stranger raised his gloved hand and beckoned toward a long, black automobile which, unseen by everyone, had been parked, idling at the curb at 10th St. In what seemed moments, the car pulled up and the priest and the stranger, along with Jacob and his grandson, were seated in the car with the tub that contained the recaptured fish. Father Paul and the cabinetmaker sat in the back seat with the tub at their feet and the well-dressed stranger sat up front with the driver, who wore a cap with a visor (similar to the cap worn by Officer Smith when he was in his uniform), while Danny sat on a small, folding seat next to the fish. When the car drove away, the crowd dispersed, everyone returning to their homes, most of which were only half a block away. On their way home, Sarah and Anna bought 6 cans of salmon at the corner grocery store. When Clement returned home, he removed the door from the cage of his pigeon coop; from that day forward, his birds were free to come and go as they pleased.
Date: 12/14/2012, 6:11 pm, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: I remember that the penny balsa wood gliders were great fliers. The wing could be adjusted fore and aft to get them to loop or long flight. The larger balsa plane with the prop also had wheels to enable the prop to clear the ground. They were able to take off with rubber band power, but the torque caused the toy plane to turn and strike the ground after a short flight. We kids spent a lot of time playing with the smaller ones, they were a lot of fun.
Date: 12/14/2012, 5:39 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Connie : some of those small wooden airplanes had the rubber bands, some didn't. Ir seems like the ones without, flew longer than the ones with.
Date: 12/14/2012, 1:57 pm, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, psw
Employers: pepsico,, ibm
Message: @Bill - I think the bike shop at Front & Madison may have been Dadd's Cycle Shop. I used to go to mciw with a daughter.
Date: 12/14/2012, 1:24 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: mandatory
Employers:
Message: The shop that sold bicycles and trains at Front and Madison might have been Schweizer's.
Date: 12/14/2012, 10:47 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Without a doubt it was a fated convergence: including the six year-old boy, there were four members of the Statnekoo household, the priest and the well dressed stranger, a small group of people (all of whom lived in the Sacred Heart neighborhood) and, last but not least, the exhausted and paint-smeared fish. Most of the paint had washed away but the carp was still outlined--from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail--in bright, iridescent purple, along with some haphazard streaks of paint on it's side which formed a few--seemingly random--letters that spelled an unintelligible word. It was Father Paul who stopped Sarah Statnekoo from clunking the fish over its head with her rolling pin. The Sacred Heart priest astounded everyone by declaring that he wanted to save the fish; then, to everyone's further astonishment, he gave the Statnekoo matriarch a ten dollar bill! Relieving Anna of her saucepan, the Old Priest scooped just enough from the small stream at the curb to cover the carp with water.
Date: 12/14/2012, 9:03 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Were those the airplanes that had a rubber band under them. They wound them up and then they were supposed to fly.
Date: 12/13/2012, 5:42 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Jack it's funny how one little word can trigger you memory, as soon as I read "trick" shop I
remembered my own kids calling it that. They
used to buy those little wooden airplanes there
that you had to put together to fly them, and
they usually wound up in one of the trees on
Sycamore St.
Date: 12/13/2012, 3:08 pm, EST
Name: Jack Riley
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas 57, Salesianum 61, University of the Arts 65
Employers: Kaumagraph Corp., State Children's Dept.
Message: Henry's was located on Lancaster Avenue in the 50's and early 60's. It was next to the small Post Office that was there then and across from the old Delamore Dairy (between Lincoln & Scott).
The kids who grew up in Union Park gardens referred to it as the "trick shop" because of the novelty and magic items that were sold in the store.
Date: 12/13/2012, 10:39 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Jerry T and Ray - per the Oct 1974 Telephone Directory - Henry's Bicycle Shop, 2518 W 4th.
Date: 12/13/2012, 8:10 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Clement Bacon's brother caught up with the fish at nearly the exact spot opposite where Father Paul and the well-dressed stranger were standing next to the fence which separated the playground of the school from the sidewalk. Wearing his black, rubber electrician's boots, Willard stepped into the shallow water in the gutter, blocking the way of the painted carp; it could proceed no further. Father Paul stepped forward, as well, to see what had brought everyone to that spot. With one hand Jacob firmly grasped the carp behind its head, sliding his other hand under the fish's belly he deftly lifted it into the tub, where it lay unharmed, but gasping for air. The cabinetmaker's hands were gentle but capable; they were the same hands that had held the reins of his horse as they galloped through an encirclement of Japanese machine guns to seek help for his comrades at the battle of Mukden in 1904, an act of courage for which he had won the silver cross which he still carried in the pocket of his trousers.
Date: 12/13/2012, 6:01 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Was Henry's Toy and Hobby Shop on Lancaster Ave., the first or second location. I thought I remembered Henry's being somewhere all the way out W. 4th St., at one time.
The Skomorucha family had an Appliance store somewhere near the end of Church St. on the East Side.
Date: 12/13/2012, 5:44 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: When I got out of the Service in Dec. 1971, the Army was giving out $300. separation bonuses. My wife and I used this money to buy our first T.V. at Colonial T.V. and Appliance.
Date: 12/13/2012, 4:04 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Colonial is where my dad, "Wild Bill" Cherrin, bought our appliances when we lived on Connell St. and even after we moved to North Wilmington.
Date: 12/12/2012, 9:14 pm, EST
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Two stores I recall:
> Colonial TV & Appliance, 1709 Lancaster Avenue
> Henry's Toy & Hobby Shop, 1819-21 Lancaster Avenue
Colonial is where my Dad bought me my American Flyer Train Set in 1953. They had a 4x8 layout on display in their large window. Colonial is now a Family Dollar Store.
Date: 12/12/2012, 8:28 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Jerry T. That's the same store, it was on Front
Street next to the corner. The owner called it
a bicycle shop but he sold all sorts of toys and
other things there. I always bought my tires &
tubes there for my bike. My Dad bought my
Brother a second hand Lionel there when he was
born and that was 1928. He aslo bought me one
in 1934. I have both plus another that I got
from a neighbor when my kids were young, that
one is worth a lot of money, saw one on line
just like it that sold for $12,000.
Date: 12/12/2012, 11:24 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Ray : I'm wondering if that's the same store my Dad bought our Lionel train set, when my oldest brother, Fred, was small. My Dad pointed the store out to me once when we were walking by, on our way into town. I can't remember though, if it was on the corner of Front and Madison, or 1 or 2 stores up from the corner on Front St.. I remember seeing train sets in the big store window. My brother claimed rights to the train set since he was the oldest, and it was originally bought for him. The set is at least 74 years old. He's 77.
Date: 12/12/2012, 5:31 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: From the Old Priest's perspective, what he saw sloshing up Monroe St. was not a ragtag procession, it was a small group of neighbors, all of whom Father Paul had known for most of their lives. The Smith boy's parents had come to the church for Irish dancing, Willard and Clement Bacon had prayed there before shipping out, and he knew Sarah Statnekoo and her daughter, Anna, from having purchased steaming bowls of Sarah's vegetable soup at the family's corner store, ever since the store had opened in the 1920's. When he needed someone to make a special repair to the fine woodwork in his sanctuary, Father Paul would usually call on Jacob, who he knew was a skilled cabinet maker. Within a few seconds the priest discerned that the group was intent on overtaking something that was swimming in the fast moving stream of water that flowed against the curb. By this time, however, the flow of water was rapidly diminishing and he could see that the group was following an unusual fish, a most unusual fish, indeed.
Date: 12/11/2012, 10:39 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: It was the same with me Robert. When I went
to bed Christmas Eve there was nothing in the
living room except the furniture. When I got up
in the morning the tree was up and all decorated,
the Farm House was under the tree with all the
farm animals, a frozen lake was there with ice
skaters and the trains were running around all
of this. I continued this tradition with my kids
as long as I could however night work on the
Department made it too difficult to continue. I
sometimes wonder how long my Dad stayed up
Christmas doing all this. I still have the trains
and they were bought second hand by my
Father at a bicycle shop located at Front and
Madisin Streets, they have to be at least 90
years old.
Date: 12/11/2012, 5:45 pm, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: There were some efficiency experts, or Santa because when I was very young a fully decorated tree would appear where there was none the night before!
Date: 12/11/2012, 5:07 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired teacher
Message: The biggest tree on the lot :-)
Date: 12/11/2012, 5:05 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: My dad waited till Christmas Eve and bought the tree at closing time and would get the bigest one for a few dollars. Oh, and they were the always the last to sell. My dad had to cut a lot off the bottom and the left over branches made lots of fresh evergreen garland.
Date: 12/11/2012, 8:51 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: When I was very small they sold trees at the corner of Market and Concord Ave across from the Episcopal church. It was in front of the hotel on the corner.
Later they sold them at the old house on Market St that sat back from the sidewalk between 18th and 19th Street. The house was beside the diner that was beside Richardson's Variety Store.
Date: 12/11/2012, 8:23 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: The closest place to us, selling Christmas trees, was just 1 block down on Elm and Adams - Jonkiert's Grocery store.
Date: 12/11/2012, 8:19 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Even though he was known as the "Old Priest," Father Paul wasn't the first priest who had served at Sacred Heart; in fact, he wasn't even the first priest at the church named "Father Paul." Wendelin Mayer, who had purchased Wilmington's old circus grounds and who had "stood shoulder-to-shoulder" with his parishioners to dig the church basement (and who slipped medals of St. Benedict between the bricks as the church walls were constructed), had died two years before the church was dedicated in 1883. Following Rev. Mayer, a succession of Priests had held the position of "director" at Sacred Heart. Everyone in the parish loved Father Paul and was proud of the sanctuary with its great pipe organ. The church architect had also designed the Grand Theatre on Market Street and Father Paul used to joke with Jacob Statnekoo that since the choir section of the church organ had been installed in 1906, the same year that Jacob had arrived in Wilmington, perhaps he would consider becoming part of the choir, too.....
Date: 12/10/2012, 10:11 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Any of you old City kids out there remember how
all you had to do was walk to one of the many,many corners in the City where people
would have Christmas tree stands(NOT HOLLIDAY
Tree). With my Family there was always a guy
they called "Dingles" selling trees right across
the Street on the corner of Read & Jackson Sts.
It's a good thing to because we didn't have
a car. My Dad was smart enough to wait till I
was ready to leave the nest before He got one.
Date: 12/10/2012, 2:39 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember one Thanksgiving there was no parade and the WHS students were quietly walking down the street. We asked why there was no parade and they said 'we lost.'
Note - they WALKED from downtown Wilmington to the Wilmington ball park. Kids today are too lazy to walk a few blocks to the school bus stop!
Date: 12/10/2012, 1:06 pm, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: Jerry T. ...WhS field was located a short distance up McKee's Hill on the left. The Thanksgiving Day game was held at the Wilmington Ball Park. I always heard that WHS student body spirit was so great that the students would sing and cheer back to their neighborhood even if the had lost the game that day.
Date: 12/10/2012, 10:09 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Didn't WHS play their home games at the old Wilmington Ball Park? I remember on Thanksgiving Day they would have a parade from the park out Market Street to their WHS building whenever they won. They marched past our house a lot of times!
Date: 12/10/2012, 7:59 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Although the saying (which, for many years had circulated in the Sacred Heart neighborhood): "that even the smallest of creatures carries a sun in it's eyes," was undoubtedly true, the question of whether any creature, other than a human being, has a soul, let alone a soul with a "sacred obligation," had never been contemplated by Clement Bacon nor, probably, by any of the people who were following the painted fish that had crossed 9th St. and was swimming up Monroe toward the playground at the Sacred Heart School. If someone had asked that question, it's likely that everyone would answer that this was a question best left to the clergy. Besides the little group following along after the fish, there were two other men--unseen by anyone in the group--who stood quietly in the middle of the block, with their backs against the fence that separated the playground from the street: one was the old priest and the other was a younger man, very well dressed who was wearing gray gloves and a gray fedora hat
Date: 12/9/2012, 7:15 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Met one of the last Quigleys about 13yrs ago. So one told me he was a excellent semi pro baseball player. The house is torn down now.
Date: 12/9/2012, 7:11 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: So for a long time WHS played its home games on Mckees hill field. You know they tore the Quigly house down. I met one of the last of the Quigly at there house about 13 yrs ago. Someone told me at one time he a was a very good semi pro baseball player.
Date: 12/9/2012, 7:08 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Where exactly was McKee's Hill where some WHS football practices, scrimmages and games were held ? Was it at the top of Augustine Cutoff and Concord Pike , near the reservoir ?
Date: 12/9/2012, 5:15 pm, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: I remember attending season opener for WHS at that old field. I believe Downingtown, Pa. was the team. I recall Leonard Quigley from the Valley playing for WHS. Where did WHS play? Did they schedule all away games?
Date: 12/9/2012, 3:19 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Web:
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. Clayton st.
Schools Att'd: W.H.S. , V.F.M
Employers: wilm police, SUPERVISOR OF SECURITY INNISBROOK GOLF RESORT, FL
Message: Ray , Red Devils did play games there WE Played Brown Voc., Earl Parker AND PEA Nuts Roberts played for Brown in that game, And I remember a team from Baltimore , md and few I cant remember. we called It the dust bowl I was In the band , try playing a trumpet with dust blowing In your face ! some good games were played there , ask Bob LaFazia.
Date: 12/9/2012, 11:05 am, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Your right Gary that's where it was, and we (WHS) used to scrimage the Sals there, don't think we had any real gamed there, just practise and scrimages.
Date: 12/9/2012, 11:03 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: @Jack Zebley... thanks for remembering. I'll try to find you on facebook for chatting.
Date: 12/9/2012, 10:56 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Clement Bacon knew everyone in the group and he understood that somehow the painted fish (although he couldn't imagine why it was painted) had escaped the Statnekoo kitchen; why else would Anna and her mother be chasing a fish up Monroe Street? When the carp's head rose up out of the water, Clement did not see the tear that Danny saw fall from the fish's eye; what Clement saw was a lost and frightened creature, desperate to find it's way to peace and safety. In that moment, something happened to Clement, too. Something similar to what had happened to him when he shipped out and the tune from Artie Shaw's rendition of "Begin the Beguine" had stuck in his mind. When he saw the fish rise up out of the water, the last line in his favorite story, "The Escape of the King's Parrot" came into his head: over and over, like a mantra, Clement heard the parrot's final answer to the king's question: "Because.... it is the Sacred Obligation ....of Every Soul.... to be Free."
Date: 12/9/2012, 12:46 am, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Before the old Wilm. High closed was there football practice field on concord pike/Mckees hill/ if not where the heck was it??????
Date: 12/8/2012, 10:55 pm, EST
Name: Jack Zebley
Web:
Location: Newark
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Bayard, WHS
Employers: WTC
Message: phil cherrin.....You're a ghost from the past. You and Sam Spitzer were a great help to us back in the DOS mainframe days. They were good times. I hope you are doing well. As teenagers, my cousin and I also raised pigeons and had a great time transporting them to our respective coops from the east and west sides of Wilmington and clocking how long it took them to get home.
Date: 12/8/2012, 10:15 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Born in the mid-teens of the 20th Century, since the early 1930's Clement Bacon had kept a small flock of homing pigeons which lived in a coop on the roof of his house, across the street from the Statnekoo household. When the monumental cloudburst ended, the first thing that Clement did was go up on his roof to check on his pigeons. Looking down from his roof he saw the small crowd of neighbors that had gathered at the gate that opened into the Statnekoo courtyard. Within a minute or two Clement had joined the others at the opening; he had a brief glimpse of the painted fish before it suddenly bolted across the flooded sidewalk and swam between his legs into the flooded street. Drenched from ankle to apron strings, Mrs. Statnekoo and her daughter rushed by him waving a rolling pin and a sauce pan, respectively. Danny's Grandfather, Jacob, followed, carrying a galvanized metal tub and so for Clement, too, whatever it was that was happening was a unique and most curious event.
Date: 12/8/2012, 9:17 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Sorry ! Guess I have the same senior moment every year.
Date: 12/7/2012, 10:08 pm, EST
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Connie, correction: :-(
The Delaware Coach Company in December, 1957 approved the decision to convert their fleet to a more modern motor bus system.
The last trolley car to run was on the #10, Delaware Avenue line at 1:40 A.M., March 1, 1958.
I think you provide this info every year from the "Today in Delaware History" source. :-(
Date: 12/7/2012, 9:56 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: Little Flower
Employers:
Message: The Kozy Korner was at 426 Delaware Avenue. The gas station on the point of the western point of the triangle had to be listed on W. 10th, W. 11th, or one of their intersections with Washington St.
Only candidates found, 1944 or 1946-47, were Atlantic Refining Co., 417 Delaware Avenue or Lee Tire & Rubber 10th & Washington s. e. corner. Maybe it was both.
http://www.oldwilmington.net/photos/roads-hi...
Last edited by anonymous at 12/7/2012, 10:23 pm, EST
Date: 12/7/2012, 8:17 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: of course
Employers:
Message: Bus Stations - 1944
Diamond State Bus Lines 301 W 11th
Greyhound Lines 301 W 11th
Red Star 204 W 11th
Short Line Inc of Pa 301 W 11th & 33 Race
With a calibrated decoder ring, that puts the bus station at 11th and Tatnall, northwest corner.
Date: 12/7/2012, 8:13 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: retired teacher
Message: My dad talked about Pearl Habor, he left his freshman year at Penn State College to join the Marines. The ship he was onnwas heading for the South Pacific and was hit by the Japanese airplanes and he was injured along with others and so many died on the ship. Dad had a hard time talking about it, so a few years before he died my brother video taped him and he got a lot of off his chest and I think that helped him heal some.
Date: 12/7/2012, 7:39 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: retired teacher
Message: :-) I am proud of my sister in-law Christine Dunning, she just made WPD's first women Chief of Police!
Date: 12/7/2012, 5:27 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Wasn't around yet on Pearl Harbor Day(born 1948). On the day President Kennedy was shot, I was in my Sophomore year of high schoolr, sitting in Latin class, when the announcement was made over the loudspeaker. I vividly remember our teacher, Mr. Braun, gasping, and saying, " Oh my God ". As I recall, it was a somber Friday night in Hedgeville, with hardly anyone moving about, and an eerie fog had set in.
Date: 12/7/2012, 1:55 pm, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: Today is Delaware Day, overshadowed of course by Pearl Harbor. This day in 1941 was a Sunday, not in school, although I was in the fourth grade. Really don't remember hearing the news that day. I remember the fire side chats by Roosevelt on the radio, and the movie news reels of the day. Kennedy, I remember being assigned to the Pentagon back then.
Date: 12/7/2012, 1:49 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Joe I was only seven when the war started I
don't remember where I was when I first heard of
the Japs hitting Pearl Harbor but what really
stands out in my memory is seeing all the young
men disappearing from our hood and all the
little stars going up in the windows of the homes
in our hood depicting that some guy or gal was
away protecting us and what we stand for. When
the war ended, that stands out in my memory
vividly. All the people hugging and crying for joy
because they knew their loved ones were going
to be coming home, those that made it anyway.
And I remember selling papers EXTRA EXTRA
read all about, THE WAR IS OVER. Don't
remember how many trips I made to 2nd and
Jackson Streets to pick more papers from the
Journal Every Evenings Garage but it was many.
Date: 12/7/2012, 1:11 pm, EST
Name: Joe Mosbrook
Web:
Location: Cleveland Heights, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): N. Franklin
Schools Att'd: Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: As a very young child living on Hamilton Street in Wilmington on December 7, 1941, I was listening to the radio and heard a report that someone had attacked Pearl Harbor. Not knowing what it meant, I ran to my father and told him (perhaps the first example of my reporting). The next day, sitting in our classroom at Alexis I. duPont Elementary School on Kennett Pike, we listened on the classroom PA system as President Roosevelt told Congress it was "a day that will live in infamy." Twenty-two years later, I was on WDEL reporting that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. Where were you on those historic and tragic days?
Date: 12/7/2012, 10:36 am, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: Orv, May have been, I do remember purchasing tickets at a ticket window. There was a regular waiting room with large benches, awaiting bus arrivals. Then again if no one recalls the place I will just chalk it up to growing older.
Date: 12/7/2012, 8:59 am, EST
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: St. Peters Cathedral, Wm Penn H.S.
Employers:
Message: Robert, maybe the bus line you're referring to was
either the Red Star or Short Line?? I recall them both
during that time.
Date: 12/7/2012, 8:51 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Although the six year-old boy was not the closest one in the group to the fish when it's head broke the surface of the water, Danny could clearly see its wide-open eyes, the sight of which startled him beyond his years; it was something that he would remember for the rest of his life. It didn't seem like the same powerful fish that had frightened him when he watched it floating in the metal tub; somehow the fish seemed different. Perhaps it had never looked up out of the water when it was captive in his Buba's kitchen, and of course it wasn't covered with paint at the time. Although this may seem outlandish--and this is what the boy would always remember--as its head rose above the flooded street, Danny thought that he saw a tear fall from the eye of that fish. Perhaps in extreme circumstances, and if the saying is true: "That even the smallest of creatures carries a sun in its eyes," then perhaps it could happen that even a fish, desperate for its freedom and its life, can indeed cry.
Date: 12/6/2012, 9:17 pm, EST
Name: robert McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: I can recall a bus station near that fire station where I purchased tickets to Fairville, Pa., to go horse back riding . The year was around 1944, don't remember if it was Trailways bus line or some other line. Anyone remember this bus line? I believe it was on 10th street.
Date: 12/6/2012, 8:44 pm, EST
Name: Joe Mosbrook
Web:
Location: Cleveland Heights, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): N. Franklin
Schools Att'd: Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: I sure remember that firehouse on the triangle at Washington Street. It was tan colored and the fire engines entered from the 10th Street side and exited from the 11th Street side. Seemed like a pretty innovative idea at the time. Now many firehouses are designed that way. I believe we made a school trip there many years ago.
Date: 12/6/2012, 7:40 pm, EST
Name: DAVID CAUFFMAN
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Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R DUPONT
Message: IF I REMEMBER RIGHT IT WAS AT THAT GAS STATION YOU GOT THE SHORT LINE BUS TO WEST CHESTER.
Date: 12/6/2012, 5:37 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: some successfully
Employers:
Message: There was a gas station on the Washington St. end of the triangle. The fire house was behind it. Some part of that gas station survived. It was moved to Tatnall School, I believe. Maybe a fountain now. The fire house was a light color, grey or brown, and I think that there were engine doors on both the 10th and 11th street sides.
Date: 12/6/2012, 2:32 pm, EST
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: The gas station at Delaware Avenue and Washington Street had a a roof that was like a dome. Unusual architecture. We kids always asked for road maps and were given one of every one they had. Wasn't there a fire station just behind the gas station?
Date: 12/6/2012, 1:45 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: "Dec 6, 1957 Trackless electrical coaches were discontinued in Wilmington."
I really missed those trolleys. They were quiet and not smelly.
Date: 12/6/2012, 12:04 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Bill - I remember an old gasoline station being there. I don't think it was in operation but I recall the pumps were different from stations that were in operaton.
Date: 12/6/2012, 11:13 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: ....and so, as they watched the painted fish, swimming with all its heart, in the direction of what had been its home in the cool and pleasant waters of Wilmington's Brandywine River, although they may not have been conscious of it, nor would anyone in the little procession that day have been able to express it, something stirred deep within each of them, an echo perhaps, of the primeval urge that had caused each and every one of them to seek and treasure the freedom in their own lives. And then there was that moment when the fish crossed 9th Street and it's head came up out of the water for a moment, with streaks of yellow and blue and green fingerpaint from Danny's paintings still clinging to its wet, slippery skin. In that moment, the carp seemed to roll its eyes toward the blue sky above, as if it wanted a final glimpse of the natural world, the free world into which it had been born and from which, without some sort of intervention, it would soon depart.
Date: 12/5/2012, 10:46 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: Montford Point
Employers:
Message: Connie, the first new fire house built after the paid fire service went into operation, was at Delaware Avenue and Washington St. in the triangle. It opened in late October of 1937. Now a park.
Date: 12/5/2012, 9:20 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Funny how things have changed in grade schools over the years. My 12 year old grandson has his lunchbreak at 10:30 a.m. My 6 year old grand daughter has her recess at the last period. I remember at St. Hedwig's grade school, all classes had the same lunch break and recess times. Lunch first, then recess on Linden St., which was blocked off from Van Buren to Harrison, and in, what is now the parking lot next to the school and behind what was then the Convent. Most of us walked home for lunch. My house was 3 blocks away. Only the car/bus riders from those 'far away places', like Richardson Park, were allowed to eat their ' brought in ' lunches under the school. No 'served' lunches. Larger schools, staggered lunch and recess times.
Date: 12/5/2012, 8:40 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Frank, I've sent you an email in regard to Manelski.
Date: 12/5/2012, 1:34 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: Dan S. and Philip, Thanks for sharing your family stories, keep them coming!
Date: 12/5/2012, 8:48 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: John and Eugene Smith's family had escaped the poverty of Ireland while the Iudika family had emigrated from Italy; both families had come for the same reason: because America held the promise for a new life, and Mr. Iudika had made a new life for himself and his family. Ross' Barbershop on the N.E. corner of 8th and Monroe was a stable fixture in the neighborhood and the barber had plans to move uptown where, in fact, he would become even more successful at his Shipley St. location. Even Danny's grandmother, Sarah Zutz, had fled her ancestral home in Russia with the dream for a new life in a land where people had "unalienable rights"; what a thought for a poor, Jewish girl: to be able to live her life in "the land of the free." Along with his brother, Gene, Officer Smith had found a good job after high school, but he was not respected just because he was a policeman, he was respected because everyone knew that John Smith was a man with a good heart who wanted everyone in our city to live a peaceful life.
Date: 12/5/2012, 2:07 am, EST
Name: Frank Stewart
Web:
Location: Yacolt, Wa
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Newark, Elkton, Marshall U
Employers: My wife and my tractor
Message: Hey back there,,,, any of you know the whereabouts of former Wilmington Police chief,,, Harry Manelski,,, or a phone number on him,,, he was a friend of mine and was a rookie on the force when I left it back in the very late 50's. I played football against him when he went to Sallies.... my private e-mail is dutchsavage @hei.net if any of you would findout or let me know privately,,,and if he is still with us,,, Blessings,,,and thankyou,,, Pastor Stewart
Date: 12/5/2012, 12:38 am, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: The old man and the sea was a good fish story, this story is a never ending whopper.
Date: 12/4/2012, 12:01 pm, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: It would be impossible to reconstruct what anyone was thinking that day in 1949, as they followed the paint-besmeared fish that was trying with all its might to make its way to freedom in the flooded street. Now that more than 60 years has passed, I can imagine some of the possibilities: In the beginning, of course, Danny's grandmother and his aunt were intent on recapturing the carp to make into gefelte fish for their holiday meal. Clement Bacon, whose love for animals was well known to everyone in the neighborhood, and who became a noted farrier (horseshoer) in the Wilmington area, was probably the person who was most empathetic toward creatures of all kinds. Danny's grandfather, who carried the metal washtub, also carried--in his pocket--the silver cross that had been awarded to him for bravery for breaking out of an encirclement of Japanese machine guns. In fact, everyone in the procession had a familial memory of the quest and hunger for freedom.
Date: 12/4/2012, 11:25 am, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: Philip, Also looking forward to your stories :-)
Date: 12/4/2012, 11:15 am, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: st
Employers:
Message: Philip, Thanks for sharing and I will continue to read. :-)
Date: 12/3/2012, 2:18 pm, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Not knowing what else to do, everyone followed the fish, led by Sarah Statnekoo who still clutched her rolling pin. Not to be left behind, the six year-old, Danny Stat, ran out of the house and joined the procession. Immersed in the water that had overflowed the curb, the carp headed north in the fast-moving current. The cloudburst had ended as suddenly as it had begun and the water in the street had turned 9th Street into a small river. Everyone sloshed along on the sidewalk, following the brightly colored fish, which was illuminated by the afternoon sun that had appeared after the storm. Tony Iudika was worried that the reservoir might give way and 40 million gallons of water would drown us all, but Officer Smith reassured everyone that unless there was an earthquake, that that was impossible, or nearly so, and if it did give way the water would run down 10th St. from VanBuren, so we didn't have to worry; after all, the reservoir had been supplying the neighborhood with its water for more than 70 years.
Date: 12/2/2012, 10:50 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Ending what ?
Date: 12/2/2012, 9:42 pm, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico, ibm
Message: Maureen, Daniel is out of the country and cannot post from there. He is sending me his updates and I am posting them for him. When his story is completed I will post some Wilmington memories of my own.
Date: 12/2/2012, 8:24 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St.Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: I know we talked about Chief Halftown before, but here's some interesting trivia about him : his famous phrase, " ees da sa sussaway ", is from his natve Seneca Nation( N.Y.) tongue, meaning, " Let's get started ". His program aired on Channel 6, from 1951-1999.
Date: 12/2/2012, 6:35 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Philip C, Are you finishing Dan S. story?
Date: 12/2/2012, 1:42 pm, EST
Name: George
Web:
Location: Ocean View, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): South Broom, Maryland Ave.
Schools Att'd: St E's, Salesianum, U of D
Employers: WSFS, AIG
Message: Connie
Perhaps I was wrong about the Silview name. Anyway, the 5-1 bus turned around at the intersection of Boxwood Road and Maryland Avenue. Sorry
Take Care
Date: 12/2/2012, 8:34 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Silview is just outside the town limits of Newport. Why would they have a separate trolley?
Date: 12/2/2012, 5:22 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd & connell
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico
Message: Nothing had prepared any of the neighbors, not even the policeman, for an event of this nature. The courtyard was awash and within moments water spilled through the open gate and over the sidewalk where it merged with the water in the flooded street. The two women's antics had brought Danny's grandfather out of the house, as well. Always thoughtful, the former Russian war hero carried the metal wash tub that had held the powerful "Jewish" fish which--until it's escape--had been destined to become a platter of fish cakes for the Statnekoo holiday meal. Danny watched from the partially open kitchen window from which the fish had unceremoniously escaped its captivity and its intended fate. Before anyone could collect their wits and act in any manner whatsoever, the iridescent fish, with a wave of its powerful tail, darted out of the courtyard and across the sidewalk, swimming right between Clement Bacon's legs, into the roiling water which flowed north, toward Sacred Heart and Wilmington High School.
Date: 12/2/2012, 5:18 am, EST
Name: philip cherrin
Web:
Location: wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd
Schools Att'd: mciw, ps
Employers: pepsico
Message: Officer Smith arrived--from his childhood home--which was only 3 doors down from the Statnekoo household at the corner of 9th and Monroe. John's brother, Eugene, was only a few steps behind him; and within what seemed only another minute the Bacon brothers, Clement and Willard, who lived across the street on the west side of Monroe and Mr. Iudika along with his son, Tony, were all gathered at the open gate, mouths agape, as they watched the scene that was unfolding in the courtyard. The Statnekoo matriarch and her daughter, Anna, one wielding a rolling pin and the other a sauce pan, splashed around in ankle-deep water; chasing, and occasional swatting at, what looked like a technicolor fish that flashed blue, green and yellow iridescence as it swam in the shallow water that had pooled around a fountain that had erupted beneath the now-horizontal wooden gate.
Date: 12/1/2012, 11:52 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: THANKS HARRY FOR ENDING THAT(I HOPE)
Date: 12/1/2012, 8:34 pm, EST
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: DE Coach Trolley/Bus Route Map:
http://www.oldwilmington.net/DE%20Coach/de-c...
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Date: 12/1/2012, 2:01 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: OOPS ! I guessed wrong :@
Date: 12/1/2012, 1:39 pm, EST
Name: George
Web:
Location: Ocean View, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): south Broom, Maryland Ave.
Schools Att'd: St E's, Salesianum, U of D
Employers: WSFS, AIG
Message: Jerry T.
re 5 bus route
from Vandever avenue to SIlview 5-1
from Vandever to Newport 5-2
From Newport or Silview to Vandever 5
Take Care
Date: 12/1/2012, 9:13 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: 5-1 5-2 5-3 could have been the number for each trolley on a particular route. Drivers would know which of the trolleys they were to drive and if anyone reported a problem with one the company would know which driver was in that trolley.