Visitors Nostalgia & Memories

(Archive #104 March 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013)


Date: 3/31/2013, 5:45 pm, EDT
Name: RALPH PRYOR
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Location: ARPON SPRINGS
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: W.H/S. V.F.M.
Employers: WILM. POLICE DEPT. SECURITY SUPERVISOR INNISBROOK, . FL ,.
Message: Frank, As soon as you mentioned the SANS SOUCI, It brought back memories, I played in there a few times with A Piano player named Price No one was better the he on the Piano, and there was no one that could come close to Paul Richardson On the Jazz Organ, Paul and i Played many Concerts together. Good old days in WILMINGTON, And through out the State.

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Date: 3/31/2013, 9:36 am, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: TO ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE ON THIS SITE: HAVE A BLESSED DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT HAS BEEN PLEASURE TO READ YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, HAPPY EASTER!!!

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Date: 3/31/2013, 1:10 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
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Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd. & Franklin St, 10th & Adam, 9th & Ja kson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Happy Easter

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Date: 3/30/2013, 10:46 am, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: near Amboy WA
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin St
Schools Att'd: lots
Employers: retarted
Message: :-) Thankyou Connie and the Forum Administrator "Sans Souci's,,, boy ,it was a small little dive but had a great following,,, and your right Connie no ID 's were checked. I am 78 and still remember that place,,, have no idea as to why I have after all these years. Strange the thoughts one has when getting ancient,,, Blessings to you both and thankyou,,
Frank Stewart :@ ;-) Frank

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Date: 3/29/2013, 9:54 pm, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: THANKS EVERONE FOR SHARING YOUR MEMORIES OF THIS SEASON.I MISS NOT VSITING THE CHURCHES,EVEN AS IBECAME A TEEN I LOOKED FORWARD TO GOING,EVEN WITH MY STEP GRANDMOTHER.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 9:29 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: I've written about this before. Do any of you remember visiting various parish churches on Holy Thursday? Each parish decorated the side altar where the Monstrance was kept. As kids, we had Holy Thursday "off" and so were free to roam about as we pleased. Believe it or not, we chose to travel on foot (how else?) from parish to parish to visit the various side altars. My group started at St. Patrick's, then St. Joseph's (10th and French), St. Peter's (the Cathedral) at 6th and West, Sacred Heart (10th and I think Madison), St. Anne's. Now I lose track - but we did visit St. Hedwig's where there was a great bakery and we had lunch there. At some point, we got to St. Elizabeth's. But now that I think of it, how wonderful that was for a group of 12-year-old kids to do something like that. We thought it was an adventure and our parents approved! We got to roam freely and honor our Lord. How simple life was back in the 40's.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 8:50 pm, EDT
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 Stations of the Cross, in Church on Good Friday, while in St. Hedwig's grade school.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 8:48 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
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Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd. & Franklin St, 10th & Adam, 9th & Ja kson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Gia, Bruce and Patty, Yes, My parents would send us to our bedrooms to read during the 3 hrs. I also remember the dark skies during those hours, it is something I forgot until Gia mentioned it. I thought all Christians believe that during the 3 hours Jesus died on the cross, not just Catholics. As a parent I took my sons to diffrent churches in the city and we did the stations of the cross. My son mentioned it just yesterday and said he really liked that and he should start the tradition with his children when they get old enough to appreciate the meaning of it.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 4:47 pm, EDT
Name: Bruce
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Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
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Message: Gia, I'm not a practicing Catholic, but I too remember the dark sky in the afternoon - and still do.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 2:39 pm, EDT
Name: Patty
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Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Another Good Friday memory from attending a Catholic grade school. We had to observe 3 hours of silence, from Noon to 3:00. That represented the time Jesus hung on the cross before he died. How many of you remember how awful it was to keep still that long? :[

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Date: 3/29/2013, 1:51 pm, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: growing up in my family held a lot of traditions, ON Good Friday, we did not listen to radio or t.v; we thought of the meaning of christ' death. i remember even the small bussinesses closed before 3:00p.m. for a few hours as it was beleived christ died at that time. there was one thing that always happened on that day,that a lot of my friends remember--the sky would darken anytime between 3 and 4--we always thought that was a reminder of the meaning of the day.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 1:26 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: Geroge Gray
Employers:
Message: Frank - been there. I don't think they ever checked IDs.

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Date: 3/29/2013, 8:17 am, EDT
Name: Forum Admin
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Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: Sans Souci, 1400 block King Street

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Date: 3/29/2013, 1:22 am, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: near Yacolt WA
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: a bunch
Employers: reitred
Message: Hello again ,,,greetings from SW Washington State.... Does any one remember a small night club or tavern by the name of "San Sousi" or "Soosies" I think that is how it was spelled??? Spent a lot of time there in the late 50's when I was too young to know better!!! Frank :O ;-)

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Date: 3/28/2013, 10:04 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
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Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: a few
Employers:
Message: The Brandywine News. The last issue was on 6 January 1942, when Lieut. Col. Arthur L. Lemon announced a halt in production due to the War. I enjoy reading the old issues on microfilm. The paper covered Brandywine Village and the 9th ward very well.

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Date: 3/28/2013, 4:59 pm, EDT
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: Intriguing to think of what Wilmingtonians in the future, 20+ and ... years from now, will think of our remembrances of the good old days in the 30's, 40's and 50's, on this site. Hopefully, the city may be able to revert to something similar to our remembrances, or at least be a safe and fun place to live again. Wishful thinking, for the future !

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Date: 3/28/2013, 9:16 am, EDT
Name: Bob Wilson Jr
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Location: Beaufort SC
Old Neighborhood(s): Baynard Village, Monroe Park, Fairfax, Green Acres
Schools Att'd: PS duP HS, U of Delaware
Employers:
Message: I've not been to this site for several months because of a move to a smaller home in the same neighborhood, but I couldn't resist posting congratulations to Elena Della Donne and the Lady Fightin' Blue Hens for their entiry into the Sweet Sixteen bracket earlier this week. Thanks to ESPN-2, I was able to watch the entire game from 600 miles away and it was really exciting.

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Date: 3/26/2013, 3:53 pm, EDT
Name: Linda Bundick
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Location: Round Rock TX
Old Neighborhood(s): market st, n van buren, west 24th and Delaware Ave
Schools Att'd: Shortlidge, Warner and PS
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Message: Jack:
Our house backed up to Verna's as well. We lived a few doors down from the fire station. I remember when they were broken in to and the folks went thru our yard to get into the back of Verna's.

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Date: 3/26/2013, 3:36 pm, EDT
Name: Jack Zebley
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Location: Newark
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats and..
Schools Att'd: #24, Lore, Bayard, WHS
Employers: WTC
Message: Yes Linda, I remember Verna's. We lived at 1211 King
for a while and our back yard came up to the back of Verna's. Moved from King Street to the Flats in 1948.

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Date: 3/26/2013, 3:24 pm, EDT
Name: Linda Bundick
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Location: Round Rock Tx
Old Neighborhood(s): West 24th St, King St, Delaware Ave, N Van Buren St
Schools Att'd: Shortlidge, Warner, PS
Employers: Bank of Delaware
Message: Does anyone remember Verna's Coffee Shoppe located at 1216 Market Street in Wilmington during the 1950's? My mom worked there in the late 1940's and we lived around the corner from it in the early 1950's.

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Date: 3/26/2013, 9:31 am, EDT
Name: Maureen
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Location: l
Old Neighborhood(s): Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Jerry, I am sure thr polish soup is really good, but I have a hard time getting past the duck blood. My mother in-law use to make it but I could not eat it, knowing how it was prepared. :[

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Date: 3/25/2013, 9:24 pm, EDT
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: Once, just before Easter in the 1950's, my Mom and Dad bought a live duck from one of the farmers on King St., which I thought was going to be my pet. I thought he ran or flew away, until I found out that he was the main ingredient in the traditional Polish, Easter soup called ' Czarnina ', or duck's blood soup, made up of duck's blood, seasonings, duck meat, and small potato, onion, flour and egg doughballs. Felt bad for my friend, but still enjoyed the soup. Dobrze and Smaczna (good and tasty) !

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Date: 3/25/2013, 6:23 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
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Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd. & Franklin St, 10th & Adam, 9th & Ja kson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
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Message: What is businees is in the old Reynolds now?

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Date: 3/25/2013, 3:37 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
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Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd. & Franklin St, 10th & Adam, 9th & Ja kson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
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Message: Patty, My mom lived on a chicken farm during the depression years, and had a pet chicken that she raised from a baby. A few years later she could not find it on Thanksgiving day, that night at the family dinner she realized what was on her plate :-( My mom was so tramatized she never ate chicken or eggs till she was an :-) adult.

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Date: 3/25/2013, 2:10 pm, EDT
Name: Tom
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Location: Williamsburg, va
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, P.S.
Employers:
Message: Maureen, You are correct about Reynolds being a nice restaurant. My mother worked there as a hostess at lunch time during WWII. I remember they made their own candy and ice cream. They may have made the first Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, before Bryers and other big dairies? I can remember going upstairs in the coating room and watching the ladies coat the different types of chocolates. My favorite was dark chocolate covered pineapple wedges. When they redid the place (don't know the exact dates ?) one of my mother's old friends sent her a clipping from the Journal that when going through the restoration they discovered that the original chandeliers were made of silver ! I agree that Govatos' was good also, but still vote for the old Reynolds. It was Govatos after a movie at the Lowes, and the Cozy Corner after the Warner....or, later on off to Greenhill.

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Date: 3/25/2013, 1:25 pm, EDT
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: Fascinating story about George Washington, his friend, Patrick O'Flinn, and the tavern. It's amazing, when you do a little research, to see where else Washington stayed in Wilmington, and camped with his troops in and around Wilmington and in New Castle County.
It's no longer called Easter vacation, but rather Spring Vacation.

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Date: 3/25/2013, 12:56 pm, EDT
Name: Bruce
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Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
Employers:
Message: Connie, the company I work for used to be closed Good Friday. Now we have a personal choice day and the company is open on Good Friday. Of course we have to be staffed so not everyone can have off if requested.

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Date: 3/25/2013, 12:33 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: When we went to school our parents fed us our breakfast and lunch, we walked to school, schools were only closed when streets were impassable, and if they were closed we made up the days. And we ALWAYS had off for the religious holy days.
Even though this is holy week for both Christians and Jews the New Castle County schools are open. Today we had snow falling but with temps in the mid to high 30s the streets were only wet. Yet they bused the kids to school then turned around and bused them right back home. A few years ago the kids missed many days because of snow and even though they were REQUIRED by law to make up the days, the "leader" of the school system said they did not have to. That was a lot of days missed.

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Date: 3/25/2013, 4:23 am, EDT
Name: Forum Admin
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Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Roy, the photo I sent to you is the location of the once "Tavern at the Sign of the Ship".
Before the recent renovation of the area now known as "LOMA" (LOwer MArket), for several decades before 1960, the Quality Shoe Store (Buster Brown) was located at 230. It was listed as "Vacant" in a directory from the 1900's. During the 1960's, it was occupied by Berger Brother's. In 2008 (date of the photo), it was occupied by "Corbett & Wilcox". The plaque is visible on the 3rd Street side of the building.

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Date: 3/24/2013, 2:56 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
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Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: several
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Message: The old Berger Bros. building at 3rd and Market still stands. It has been renovated and looks great. The Historical Society did a walking tour that passed it on Thursday night.

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Date: 3/23/2013, 11:19 pm, EDT
Name: Roy C Pollitt
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Location: Punta Gorda FL
Old Neighborhood(s): Gordy Estates, Woodbine
Schools Att'd: Krebs, Springer, Brandywine, U of DEL
Employers: WILM, WNRK, WAMS
Message: An earlier post by me referenced a tavern that once was in the old Berger Brothers building at the SE corner of 3rd and Market Streets. It was called the "Sign of the Ship" tavern and was run by an old Revolutionary War officer named Patrick O'Flinn, a longtime friend of President George Washington. If my memory serves me kindly President Washington stayed in a room on the second floor back in the 1780's or 1790's. I asked the Old Wilmington Net people if that building still stands .. no response. I hope that "progress" hasn't claimed that historical building.

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Date: 3/23/2013, 7:55 pm, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: PATTY-IN MY WRITINGS I AM INCLUDING MR.CHALMERS"THE EGG MAN"-HE WAS THE NICESEST FARMER. HIS WIFE WOULD SELL FLOWERS AND JELLY WITH HER HUSBAND. THEY SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE STILL IN LOVE AFTER ALL THE YEARS

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Date: 3/23/2013, 6:56 pm, EDT
Name: Pam
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Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: none in Wilm
Employers:
Message: Hey what's this rumor I hear about Woodlawn razing the entire Flats and putting up high dollar housing in its place? I see they've consolidated all their properties in the Flats into large parcels - two per block. Anyone know?

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Date: 3/23/2013, 11:27 am, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: I want to St. Patrick's School from 1941 to 1949. Connie, I didn't realize that your Aunt Frances went there. She was a friend of my cousin, Veronica Mackey, in later years at PS duPont. Veronica just celebrated her 90th birthday with a big party at the Elks in Fort Pierce, FL. She sang and danced all night and is in great shape. She was recently miffed because she was too late to enter the Ms. Senior Florida contest. She was planning to sing as her talent. Until recently, she entertained at nursing homes!

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Date: 3/23/2013, 10:24 am, EDT
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: :D :D :D HAPPY BIRTHDY ROBERT MCKELVEY :D :D :D

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Date: 3/23/2013, 6:18 am, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF ret
Message: Patty... Your post # 207 reminded me of how my Grandmother would clean the fresh turkey at Thanksgiving. She also had to pick out the pin feathers with her fingernails and burn off the pin feathers she missed. This was done by holding the bird over the gas stove burner. This also created a smell of burnt feathers. Today the frozen birds, all you need to do is take out the small bag from the cavity. Lots of work holding a 28 pound bird over the flame.

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Date: 3/22/2013, 10:34 pm, EDT
Name: Patty
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Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Gia, I remember the vendors on Lincoln Street. My main memory was my family buying live chickens, then after killing them (gross), they would hang them upside down on the clothesline. Can you imagine having to clean out the insides and burn off the feathers? Once in a while they would find an egg or two when cleaning them out. Now all we have to do is pick up a ready to cook package at the store.

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Date: 3/22/2013, 10:34 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duP'51
Employers:
Message: Connie, I remember that name, but not individuals. Too long ago, I guess. One of my friends who lived on Pine Street, near Vandever Avenue, went to St. Patrick's. Her name is Jean Spoerl. Haven't seen her for many years. Shirley Hudson Jester

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Date: 3/22/2013, 7:12 pm, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: i am writing a book on the people that influenced childhood. one segment is focused on the farmers that set up their produce,veggies,flowers etc. on lincoln street. please let me if you have memories of them. thanks-gia

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Date: 3/22/2013, 12:58 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Shirley - did you know the Bonk family? Daughters names were Dot (Jr), Cornelius (aka Connie) and Francis. They later had a brother named Jimmy. They may have gone to St. Pats School. My father and his sisters went there. Al Ambrose, Ida, Lucy, Dorothy, and Francis.

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Date: 3/21/2013, 11:14 pm, EDT
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 was born in the front bedroom at 631 Vandever Avenue. Moved at age 21 to 507 Holly Oak Road, Penn Rock. Then married and moved out of my parents' home. Our telephone number was 7553, then OL6-7553 (Olympia). That wasn't too hard to remember. Shirley Hudson Jester

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Date: 3/21/2013, 9:06 pm, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: Near Yacolt WA
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Five and a doctorate
Employers:
Message: Bill and Maureen,, It must have been on the corner of 2nd and Franklin,,, but I can't remember my house address so help me,,, "diddlydadburnit"... Vito was a very nice guy ,,,helped a lot of folks back then. F

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Date: 3/21/2013, 5:45 pm, EDT
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: I read that a group/band of gypsies once camped near Brandywine Springs Park, just off Newport Gap Pike, and near where the old pond/lake was.
As an added note, Jake the Broom man was mugged and robbed in the 1970's, when Wilmington was in it's steep decline.

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Date: 3/21/2013, 11:19 am, EDT
Name: Connie
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Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: March 21, 1958 On the first day of spring, more than 15 inches of snow fell on New Castle County in 24 hours. Paper Mill Road in Newark was totally impassable.

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Date: 3/21/2013, 6:22 am, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #23, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF ret
Message: gia... I researched Gypsy Wagon on McAfee search and the pictures were very similar to the wagon I saw. Very unusual looking contraption and the family of about ten were walking behind to take weight off the wagon. The family had everything they owned fastened to the wagon. They wore the traditional bright clothing and were garishly attired.

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Date: 3/20/2013, 8:21 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
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Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
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Message: Maureen, when my Wife was a teen she worked in a grocery store on the South East Corner of 2nd and Franklin Street. It was owned by Pete(a female) and
Phil Dobrinski. Phil died in his sleep when he was about 35 years old. Petey went on to Marry a guy
on the WPD named Jack Burleigh. When my Wife worked for them it was in the late 40's.

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Date: 3/20/2013, 8:16 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
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Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: a few
Employers:
Message: Was the store at 2nd and Franklin Dobek's?

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Date: 3/20/2013, 8:14 pm, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF ret
Message: Gia... While at my Grandmother's house after the World War 2, a Gypsy wagon came up 8th street. It was pulled by horses and looked just like something out of the Pinocchio movie. My Grandmother had me close and lock the gate and told me to watch them, as they would steal. They passed the ten hundred block and kept moving. Such a large wagon to pull up that steep hill.

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Date: 3/20/2013, 7:35 pm, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: P.S.--PLEASE EXCUSE MY TYPING MISSPELED WORDS IT'S NOT MY SPELLING SKILLS-RATHER MY STIFF FINGERS

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Date: 3/20/2013, 7:30 pm, EDT
Name: gia
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Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: did anyone remeber the gypsy that would go door to door selling sachets-they were perfumed little squares covered with satin ribbon. my mother would always buy them and put them in her drawers. that ended whe one of the women robbed a lady in little italy

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Date: 3/20/2013, 7:13 pm, EDT
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
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Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R DUPONT
Message: DID YOU KNOW THAT JAKE THE BROOM MAN HAD DIFFERENT BROOMS FOR THE DIFFERENT AREA HE WAS SELLING THEM IN.WHEN WE LIVED ON PULLMAN PLACE MY MOTHER WOULD BUY FROM HIM AFTER WE MOVED TO 25TH& MADISON ST. HE WOULD COME AROUND AND MOM COULD NOT GET THE SAME STYLE BROOM FROM HIM

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Date: 3/20/2013, 2:41 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd. & Franklin St, 10th & Adam, 9th & Ja kson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Jerry, Yes, it is very sad about the poor old broom man, but glad he was not murdered, still horrible he was beat up and robbed. I guess the world had a lot of evil people back then. The city is much worse, certainly has more crime today. We never locked our doors in the 50's 60's. My family moved out in 1967 because it started really getting much worse. I moved back into the city in 1968 after I married and moved out again to Elsmere in 1971 :-| I hope it gets better in the future with the new Mayor Dennis Williams and Chief of Police, Christine Dunning. It is going to take a lot of work to clean it up the craziness!!!

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Date: 3/20/2013, 2:14 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 2nd. & Franklin St, 10th & Adam, 9th & Ja kson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Frank S . There was a store on the corner of 2nd. & Franklin St. I found a picture of us as kids when we lived there in 1956 to 1960. The store is in the picture, but I can't make out the name, but will enlarge it to see if I can read it.

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Date: 3/20/2013, 1:39 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: We used to buy our cakes from the Brandywine Bakery at 23rd and Market. It was some kind of yellow layer cake with chocolate icing. Yum.

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Date: 3/20/2013, 12:13 pm, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin street
Schools Att'd: newark, elkton, Marshall U... Loma Linda U
Employers: retired
Message: Hey folks ,,,does anyone remember a little Ma & Pa market on a corner on Franklin Street. I think the name of it was Abbisinio's market,,, it was owned by Vito Abbisino,,,hope I am spelling his name right. We bought the little row home 3 doors down from his store and the folks next to us were related to him , also Italian,,, been about 58 years and I can't even remmeber my neighbors names anymore,,,help,,,Frank :D :-| :-)

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Date: 3/20/2013, 10:00 am, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: Besides the Bond Bread man, there was Rice's Bakery. They had the best birthday cake which you could order personalized and they would deliver the next day. Does anyone who lived in the 9th Ward remember a little weekly paper called "The Brandywine News"?

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Date: 3/19/2013, 10:38 pm, EDT
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Little Italy
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Maureen - Our bread & cakes were delivered by the Bond Bread Man.

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Date: 3/19/2013, 9:29 pm, EDT
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: Correction on my posting # 178, in which I said that someone posted that Jake the Broomman was murdered in Wiimington : the posting actually said that Jake was mugged and robbed in broad daylight at 3rd and Shipley Sts. by 3 guys, and never seen in Wilmington, again. Still sad !

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Date: 3/19/2013, 9:11 pm, EDT
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 : Thanks for the info. on the building called Kasa Chorych on Adams and Chestnut. It wasn't a Church at the time, but rather some type of Polish organization which also sold some sort of medical or hospital or health insurance. My cousin, John, also remembers the Frederick family who lived there, and were the caretakers of the premises. John said that he went to St. Hedwig's grade school with Richard Frederick, who was the boy who drowned. He also recalls hearing that there was an older boy, named Emory, who dove in and tried to find Richard.

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Date: 3/19/2013, 6:50 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Connie, The Delamore dairy delivered our milk in the 50's and my mom scooped the cream off the top and into her coffee. We also had bread and some type of sweet cake delivered, but I can't remember who delivered it.

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Date: 3/19/2013, 6:33 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I remember the broom man but did not know he was murdered, that is terrible, so sad!

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Date: 3/19/2013, 6:19 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Bruce, Lol, YEAH, Logan House is still a big St.Pat's day party place to go, just a lot younger. :D I remember the drunks falling out the door!!! My sister and I use to go Kelly's and down to O'friel Irish pub, lot of fun!

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Date: 3/19/2013, 2:46 pm, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
Employers:
Message: Since most of us survived St. Patricks day - Does the Logan House still have a big blow out. Back in the late 70's I would stop at the Smoke Shop early for the newspaper and was always amazed at the broken bottles and trash left over from the night before. I remember St. Pat's Day being pretty big in 40 acres - A guy I worked with at Wilm Finishing named Knute always looked very bad the day after.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 11:17 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Jerry T. A little more info on the Church at the corner of Chestnut and Adam's street: The people who lived above the Church were Polish but went by the name of "Frederich or Fredrich" I do know that they sometimes used a polish which was told to me to be
the Polish version of Frederich. I don't believe that
they had anything to do with the Church but I won't
swear to that. Another fact about the Family is the
Youngest Boy died in a drowning at White Chrystal
Beach in a neighborhood bus trip, I was there for
that. there was another Boy older and a Daughter
much older. On the Adam Street side the steps leading up to the Church were terribly steep and I
don't remember which one of the Parents but one of
them fell down those steps and was seriously injured.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 11:14 pm, EDT
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Who remembers the woman we called "Zelda Quack-Quack"? She was usually at 4th & Market where everyone waited for the bus, outside the Mr. Peanut store. I saw her more than once angrily chasing people with the umbrella that she always carried with her. It was during the mid 50's when I would see her.
Does anyone know where the Concord Pike Lady lives? I've seen her all over, and a few times around Padua School. She refuses to accept help from anyone & won't even look at you - just waves you away.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 10:48 pm, EDT
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: There was also a photo or painting of Jake the Broom Man in the lobby of the bank which used to be near 2nd and Union. Someone, a couple years back on this site, said that old Jake was murdered while selling his brooms in or very near Center City. Sad !

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Date: 3/18/2013, 10:23 pm, EDT
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Gia - yes, I knew the broom man was blind. I never knew how he found his way around so many of our neighborhoods. My mother always bought her brooms from him. I just remembered another one - a vague memory of the guy who drove a horse driven cart, yelling "rags". I think that was around 1945-46.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 9:14 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers:
Message: patty-did you know the broom man was blind? there was picture of him,looked like a water color, in one of the little sections in BOOTHWYN famersmarket-it may still be there

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Date: 3/18/2013, 9:01 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: happy valley
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Joe, My pop pop, Rev Harley J. Savage passed in 1957. He started the Parkway weslyan church across from motor vehicle. Im pretty sure he was a member. Just remember of the committee kind of whisperd about when I was very young. He was buddies with father Tucker.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 8:51 pm, EDT
Name: Joe Mosbrook
Web:
Location: Cleveland Heights, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: The Committee of 39 was a Delaware bi-partisan good-government group that was very active in the 1960s reapportionment efforts that eventually went to the Supreme Court and resulted in the one-man, one-vote rulings. There have also been other Committees of 39 in other localities.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 8:08 pm, EDT
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: FRANCIS and GEORGE : thanks for the location of Earl's Dairy. I should have checked the O.W. site.
BILL : where did you get your info. about the old church on Chestnut and Adams ? I'd be interested. I checked the Web, and couldn't find anything on it.

ROY POLLITT : I read that in 1867, Wild Bill Hickok travelled to Niagara Falls to try out acting, but failed, in his endeavor. Maybe in his travels, before going back to the Old West, he toured a little, and did make it through Wilmington. I also remember reading that Geo. Washington stayed at an Inn somewhere in the vicinity that you mentioned. There was given a more specific location, but I can't find the article now.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 2:20 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Ive asked this before but never got any concrete answers or where to find out about this subject. Does anyone know anything about the Committee of 39 in Wilmington.??/

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Date: 3/18/2013, 2:13 pm, EDT
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:
Message: Jerry T: Webmaster under dairies shows Earl's Dairy at 3rd and Scott Streets. Take Care

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Date: 3/18/2013, 11:14 am, EDT
Name: Roy C Pollitt
Web:
Location: Punta Gorda FL
Old Neighborhood(s): Gordy Estates, Woodbine
Schools Att'd: Krebs, Springer, Brandywine, U of DEL
Employers: WILM, WNRK, WAMS
Message: I enjoyed the posting about Kelly's Logan House --- but I wonder what Wild Bill Hickok would have been doing in Wilmington DE. Since he died at age 39 is it plausible that he visited Wilmington? Interesting. BTW .. does anyone know if the old Berger Brothers building down around 3rd and Market is still there. I haven't been in downtown Wilmington since 1977, but if my memory serves me that is the site of the old tavern run by Patrick O'Flynn around 1800 (plus or minus). George Washington, who was a good friend of O'Flynn's, supposedly slept upstairs there during a visit to Wilmington.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 11:01 am, EDT
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: 3-4-bayard-wilm high
Employers: RETIRED
Message: JERRY I DID NOT KNOW WHERE MR MUNDORFF LIVED,BUT AFTER CLOSED UP I DID SOME BUSINESS WITH HIS DAUGHTER. SHE LIVED IN VILLAGE MONTEREY, ACROSS FROM STATE POLICE STATION PHILA PIKE.
AS FOR THE LIME SODA, I MADE IT AND ALSO 7 OTHER FLAVERS. 7 OZ AND QUARTS

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Date: 3/18/2013, 10:50 am, EDT
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFTF
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard WH
Employers: RETIRED
Message: GIA I SURE DO, HE AND ALSO THE UMBRELLA MAN, WHO REPAIRED THEM, SITTING ON YOUR FRONTSTEPS.
FOR PATTY I WAS A CUSTOMER OF THE JAVELLA WATER MAN,50 CENTS A GALLON

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Date: 3/18/2013, 10:24 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Vllage
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: When I was very small we had milk delivered to out apartment door. The hall was so cold in the winter that the cream would freeze and pop up the little cardboard top out of the bottle.

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Date: 3/18/2013, 6:56 am, EDT
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Ocala, Fl.
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, Warner, Wilm. High
Employers:
Message: I believe Mundorfs great soda was "Squirt"

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Date: 3/18/2013, 5:47 am, EDT
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Gia, I remember those hucksters well. What about the coal chute deliveries, the broom man, the ice man and the bleach man. He went around calling it "javell" (sp?).

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Date: 3/17/2013, 10:47 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers:
Message: MR.RIZZO--I REMEMBER THE HUCKSTERS--DO YOU REMEMBER THE MAN WHO WOULD GO DOOR TO DOOR TO ASK IF YOU NEEDED YOUR KNIVES AND SCISSORS SHARPENED

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Date: 3/17/2013, 9:53 pm, EDT
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: FRANCIS : thanks for the location of Mundorff's bottling plant. My Grandmother once told me that Mr. Mundorff lived on S. Broom St., directly across the street from the old Wilmington General Hospital. I think it was Mundorff's that had a good, sweet flavored and green colored lime soda, in a clear bottle. Did you carry/bottle the same ? Also, we used to , for the most part, get Fraim's milk.
Being St. Patrick's Day, I heard that Kelly's Logan House, in Trolley Square on 14th and Dupont Sts., was also once was a place for lodging, and accomodated such guests as Buffalio Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, boxing champ, John L. Sullivan, and even Al Capone.

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Date: 3/17/2013, 8:26 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers:
Message: MR.RIZZO-I REMEMER FRAIMS,THEY DELIVERED TO OUR HOUSE.THE GLASS BOTTLE HAD CREAM FLOATING ON TOP OF THE MILK. MY MOM THOUGHT OF THE CREAM AS A LUXURY. SHE WOULD MAKE FRESH POT OF COFFEE AND PUT THE CREAM ON THE TABLE FOR OUR FAMILY. SOUNDS SO SIMPLE,BUT IT REMINDS ME OF HOW LITTLE IT TOOK TO MAKE HER HAPPY.I REMEMBER DELMORE AND GREENHILL THE BEST

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Date: 3/17/2013, 2:46 pm, EDT
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard Wilm high
Employers: RETIRED
Message: GIA OR ANY ONE REMEMBER CLOVER DAIRY, FRAIMS DAIRY,ASSOCIATED LAUNDRY, THE HUCKSTERS?
THEY ALL HAD HORSE AND WAGONS,SOME PEOPLE WATCHED FOR THE HORSES WASTE,TO USE FOR FIRTILIZER IN THERE GARDENS.

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Date: 3/17/2013, 2:36 pm, EDT
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard Wilm high
Employers: RETIRED
Message: RAY I REMEMBER 1ST TO LAST

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Date: 3/17/2013, 2:31 pm, EDT
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard Wilm high
Employers: RETIRED
Message: JERRY I DO REMEMBER MUNDORFF"S.THEY WHERE AT 30TH AND MARKET ST. THERE THERE ARE A FEW BOTTLE COLLECTORS, THEY HAVE MEETING ONCE EVERY YEAR.MY SON HAS A FEW OF OURS.
GEORGE EARLS DAIRY WAS AT 3RD AND LINCOLN OR SCOTT.

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Date: 3/17/2013, 11:41 am, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundredj
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: NET TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Message: ON THE SUBJECT OF ALLIED KID> MY FATHER TOLD ME HE AND A FRIEND WERE GIVEN BUCKETS TO COLLECT DOG WASTE AND BRING THE BUCKETS BACK TO ALLIED TO GET .50CENTS A BUCKET. IN THE CURING/TREATMENT OF THE LEATHER,THE DOG WASTE WAS USED. MY FATHER WOULD GIVE HIS MOTHER THE .50CENTS AND SHE WOULD CRY TEARS OF JOY--SHE WAS THEN ABLE TO FEED HER FAMILY OF 9 FOR THE DAY. WE DON'T HAVE IT SO TOUGH DO WE?

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Date: 3/17/2013, 11:07 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I remember the Lutheran church burning down in the 60's. My brothers, friends and I walked a couple blocks down and watched it burn. It was horrible and still can smell the smoke, it is a lasting memory . :O :-|

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Date: 3/16/2013, 11:36 pm, EDT
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 : when I was a small kid, the name of the building, which was once a church, on Adams and Chestnut was called ' Kasa Chorych', which roughly tranlates into ' Hall of the Sick'. Can't remember the function of that Polish organization, but do remember my Aunt (Barb and Loretta's Mom) sending me there with a small booklet and money for payment of something, which may have been some sort of health insurance. I'll have to check again with my cousin John, Loretta's husband. I do remember some sort of club or bar underneath, with the entrance on Chestnut St.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 11:13 pm, EDT
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: FRANCIS : thanks for the location of Campbell's. I don't think it was there too much longer after I was a small kid in the 50's. Do you remember where the Mundorff soda plant was ? Several years ago I saw a Mundorff soda bottle in an antique store in Berlin, Md. Should have bought it. Are any of the old Rizzo bottles on the collectibles market ?
GEORGE : thanks about the Trincia's on S. Broom. Where was Earl's Dairy ?

RAY AND FRANCIS : I also remember that beer gardens on Front and Jackson and Jackson and Maryland Ave., the store on Jackson and Chestnut( not much in there in the way of snacks , but had a pinball machine. Now I know why. Brother Fred took me in a couple times to buy me a snack,to keep me occupied while he hung on the corner with a couple buddies. Also the stores on Van Buren and Chestnut and Van Buren and Read.

Anyone remember the Lutheran church burning down on 6th and Jackson ?

RAY : that was spelled 'Pani', Polish, for Mrs.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 10:29 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison,East Lake
Schools Att'd: some
Employers:
Message: The church at Chestnut and Adams was St. Michael's in 1905, but by 1911 it was the Polish National Catholic Church. No idea what it morphed into after that though.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 7:07 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Gia, Lol, don't remember the bull story? : :@
My home address was 819 N. Jackson. St. Olympia ??

Jerry, I do put my cabbage in boiled water to soften, stuff & roll & use toothpicks to hold it together, but still not as tight as Mary Wojnisz's, she was such a pro and did everything so fast and made it so yummy!

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Date: 3/16/2013, 6:50 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: The people's name was miller Franny that had the
corner store at Read & VanBuren Sts. Your right no one has mentioned the Falcons on Jackson St., were
they VFW or American Legion or neither. I haven't
heard the Post Office mentioned at 3rd & Jackson sts.
Danny Wilson's Mother had that store. If I remember
correctly it was a sort of convenience store but was
also a Post Office.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 6:33 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundredj
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: n.e.t.
Message: does anyone remember-one day,right in the school yard of the public school either monroe ormadison? a bull,yes a bull ran onto the school and caused a frenzy some people were trying to catch him and others were screaming--oh,forgot to say a livestock truck broke down at the school and the bull did the great escape. for all you retired wpd you did catch him thanks

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Date: 3/16/2013, 5:55 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various
Message: Does anyone go to the Wilmington library anymore and if so can you tell us what you are reading? Many of us are living elsewhere but it seems that there are still libraries everywhere. Every week my mother gets books from the new library branch on Bancroft Parkway where the motor vehicle department used to be located; I've been in and out of that library for her a couple of times and it's a very active place. The people there are friendly and helpful; despite the news of violence and mayhem in and around Wilmington there are still nice people who live in the city and the area around the library is still a nice neighborhood.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 5:16 pm, EDT
Name: RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 BAYARD WH
Employers: RETIRED
Message: GEORGE YOU WERE RIGHT WITH THE DAIRY TRINCIA
THE OTHER TRINCIA, WAS TAND C BAKERY TRINCIA AND CALVERASE . AFTER THE FIRE CALVERASE BOUGHT A FARM ON RT 40

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Date: 3/16/2013, 5:15 pm, EDT
Name: Pam
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: none in Wilm
Employers:
Message: Hey what's this rumor I hear about Woodlawn razing the entire Flats and putting up high dollar housing in its place? I see they've consolidated all their properties in the Flats into large parcels - two per block. Anyone know?

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Date: 3/16/2013, 5:07 pm, EDT
Name: RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard
Employers: RETIRED
Message: RAY I REMEMBER THEM,THAT LITTLE STORE READ AND VANBUREN, WAS A CUSTERMER OF MINE CAIN"T
THINK OF THE NAME
NOBODY HAS MENTION FALCON"S?JACKSON ST
BETWEEN PLEASANT AND 2ND ST
ORV ALLIED WAS ON 4TH ST, MONROE AND MADISON
4 CORNERS 2ND ST WERE DELCAMPOS.WEISNESKY;
WILM SASH AND DOOR, AND A LITTLE DRY GOODS

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Date: 3/16/2013, 5:05 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various
Message: So, in the early days it seems we could take our phone number with us when we moved from one house or from one neighborhood to another; now, I believe people can take their cell phone number with them when they change providers. Maybe the ability to forget is part of our human survival mechanism; after all, if we carried with us all of the memories from events in our lives then our lives would be flooded by those memories; not that we forget entirely, but enough to allow us to live our lives forward. In his book "Labyrinths," Jorges Luis Borges includes a short story entitled "Funes the Memorious" which recounts the story of a man who lived in Argentina in the late 1800's who remembered EVERYTHING and the effect that this odd 'gift' had on his life. It's an indelible and poignant story.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 1:24 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: I remember our first telephone number at 23rd and Tatnall was 54609. Kept it when we moved to 21st and Market until it became OL (for Olympia) 54609. Then moved to Phila. Pike and Marsh Rd. where it was PO (Porter) 40184. After I married and left Wilmington, we lived in many other states and I cannot for the life of me remember any of those phone numbers. I guess we do preserve the early memories better.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 12:51 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Do any of you old Hedgeville folks remember the lttle
Grocery store on the corner of Read & VanBuren
Streets, Millers? How about the Beer Garden on the
corner of Front & Jackson Streets "Shorty's"? How
about the little store on the South East corner of
Chestnut & Jackson streets, don't know how to spell
it but Jerry T. would know, it meant madam,Miss or
something like that, pronounced PONYEE. It was
actually a front for numbers joint. How about the
Church on the South West corner of Chestnut and
Adams Streets, catycorner from bloomies Leather
factory? The Church had a club under it the Club was
the " Polish National Knights of Colombus"? How about
Bippy's Barber Shop, Front & Jackson Sts? Joe
Allison's Barber Shop middle of the block between
Jackson & Adams on front St(now Lancaster Ave.)
this is where I got my first haircut. I know Rizzo will
remember that last one.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 12:49 pm, EDT
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: St. Peters Cathedral, Wm Penn HS
Employers:
Message: Gia... My dad worked at the Allied Kid at 2nd Madison for 25+ years. (across from Mary C.I. Williams School) He "split" hides on a splitting machine.
I used to go and see him work while at the nearby
playground. My mother had to literally "boil" his smelly
work clothes to get them clean!

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Date: 3/16/2013, 12:38 pm, EDT
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:
Message: Jerry T
Regarding the Trincia family on South Broom, They lived near John Golden. I am not sure about a bakery but they definitely were the family that owned Earl's Dairy.
Take Care

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Date: 3/16/2013, 10:55 am, EDT
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Web:
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 BAYARD WH
Employers: RETIRED
Message: JERRY I THINK JOE PASQAELE ANSWEARED YOUR QUESTON POST 139 , CAMPBELLS WAS AT FRONT JACKSON, READ THESE POSTINGS EVERY DAY
FOR GIA YOU MUST MEAN ALLIED KID RUN FROM
3RD ST TO 4TH ST BETWEEN MONROE AND MADISON
BLUE HEN WAS ON THE CORNER OF 4TH AND MONROE

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Date: 3/16/2013, 4:10 am, EDT
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: JOE : thanks about the location of the 'T and C' (Trinchia Bakery).
FRANCIS : good to hear from you again. Didn't associate the name, til I looked at the address, then remembered you having the soda bottling company, Rizzo's.

MAUREEN : two tricks my wife learned about the stuffed cabbage(golambki), pronounced like goh-womb-ki - wilt the cabbage before stuffing it, and hold together with wooden toothpicks. The Babka was/is also good.

PHONE #'s : 44824(1st 19 yrs.) ; 29887(grandfather's store next door) ; 999-8218(27 years). Forgot some of the others which I had for shorter periods.

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Date: 3/16/2013, 3:24 am, EDT
Name: JOE PASQUALE
Web:
Location: '' LITTLE ITALY ''
Old Neighborhood(s): '' LITTLE ITALY ''
Schools Att'd: LORE,BAYARD AND BROWN VOC.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: '' T & C '' (TRINCIA BAKERY ) WAS ON 7TH STREET BETWEEN SCOTT & LINCOLN STREETS...TRINCIA & CALVERASE BAKERY

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Date: 3/16/2013, 2:55 am, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various
Message: This morning our webmaster confirmed that in the years prior to 1949, when my parents lived on 37th Street, the telephone number at our house was the same number as after we moved. This number (5-7-0-2-3) was the number I learned as a young boy. What I now find most interesting is that it is the only phone number, besides my current numbers, that I remember from all of the years that followed. I feel that generally my memory is very good and yet here is the fact that I can't remember any of my phone numbers from the years of my life, even numbers that I had for relatively long periods of time! I would be interested to hear if there are other people on this forum who have had a similar experience. Do you remember your first phone number? What about other important numbers that applied to you? I'm sure that the retired policemen remember their badge numbers and athletes remember the number on their uniform. And I would be very surprised if someone couldn't remember their childhood address.

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Date: 3/15/2013, 10:15 pm, EDT
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Web:
Location: Tarpon Springs,fl
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. Clayton St
Schools Att'd: W.H.S , V.F.M.
Employers: W.P.D. INNISBROOK GOLF RESORT,Fl , was security chief
Message: Maureen, You mentioned the Armory dances at 10 th. Dupont St. You had asked Ray If there were many Fights at the dances , Ray The Late Inspector Jim White and I WORKED A DANCE BILL HAILEY AND HIS COMETS WERE Playing . I spoted a guy that awas wanted by our Dept. went to arrest him,Ray and Jim were near the Band Stand , The Suspect ran Into the crowd , I fought with him the crowd in that area started kicking me ,Ray and Jim came to help me. lost my watch , , Ribs were sore , but I held on to my Prisoner, with the help of Ray and Jim . we broke up the Crowd In that Area. . Bet Ray Does not Remember that night ?

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Date: 3/15/2013, 8:50 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: NET TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Message: WHAT WAS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THE ARMORY DANCES WAS THAT MOST OF US WENT WITH A GROUP. IT WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO-AS YOU ALWAYS HAD A DANCE PARTNER,NO COMPETION AS WE WERE ALL JUST FRIENDS-GUYS AND GALS. THE GROUP LOOKED OUT FOR EACH OTHER-EX;IF A STRANGER WOULDN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER--THE GROUP STOOD IN BACK OF YOU--SOON NO PESTY GUY BOTHERING YOU.

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Date: 3/15/2013, 8:25 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Jerry, That's it chrusciki ! My Polish mother in-law made the best Chrusciki, very light and melted in your mouth, she also made really good Babaka (spelling) Easter bread with golden raisens. I have made her stuffed cabbage, they are almost as yummy as her, but never can get them rolled tight enough, she said it takes a lot of practice. :O

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Date: 3/15/2013, 5:32 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, S. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U. S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: CONNIE : what I meant to say in my last post, # 133, before I hit the wrong tab, was that , in my first year at the Univ. of Dela., in 1966, I went to that same McDonald's in Newark, ordered 2 cheeseburgers, fries and a soda, and received change, from a buck. Forget the exact totals now.

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Date: 3/15/2013, 5:21 pm, EDT
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: MAUREEN : those 'Polish pretzels' (which don't taste like a pretzel, for those who don't know), are called 'Chrusciki', pronounced like kroosh- chee-kee, and also known as Polish bow-ties. I like them, but my favorite Polish pastries are the Paczki( pronounced, pown-chkee), a jelly filled doughnut, and those long cream or custard filled doughnuts, which the Polish bakery on Elm and S. VanBuren, specialized in.
CONNIE : in my first year at the

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Date: 3/15/2013, 4:21 pm, EDT
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: Thanks, RAY and FRANCIS about the News Journal paper boys' garage.
FRANCIS : Where was the Trincia Bakery located, and during what time period ? My Grandmother was friends with a Mrs. Trincia during the late 50's into the 60's. Mrs. Trincia lived either in the 1100 block S. Broom or around the corner on St. Elizabeth St. Can't remember which now.

My Dad used to walk up to Stellini's to get his sticks of peppperoni. I guess the Polish stores in Hedgeville and Browntown didn't want any competition with their kielbasa.

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Date: 3/15/2013, 2:39 pm, EDT
Name: FRANCIS
Web:
Location: N WILM
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: 34 BAYARD WILM HIGH
Employers: RETIRED
Message: RAY YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE JOURNELS GARAGE;
JEAN BEACHER AND HER MOTHER AND STEP DAD
LIVED IN THAT CORNER HOUSE.
DID ANY ONE KNOW MR STELLILI WAS A BREAD MAN BEFORE THE STORE,WORKED FOR TRINCIA BAKERY TILL IT BURNED DOWN?

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Date: 3/15/2013, 2:12 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: "March 15,1960 Len Dukart opened the first McDonald's restaurant in Delaware, and one of the first on the East Coast at the circle in Newark. Hamburgers were 15¢; sodas, 10¢; fries, 10¢, and milkshakes, 20¢."

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Date: 3/15/2013, 11:42 am, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Jerry, I did see post #13 and I don't remember what
was on the South East corner, but I believe that
you are wrong about where the News Journal garage
was. I remember it being above the corner of 2nd &
Jackson on the East side of the Street.
Maureen, I did work the Armory in the 60's and yes
there were almost always fights there, that's why we
(Police)were there.
Daniel Statnekov, I don't have any memories of any-
thing that took place at the Armory(Re: shows) as I
said before, I wasn't a swinger and wouldn't know
the Beatles from Joe Lewis. I was then and still am
a devotee to Opera Music. Don't want to sound like
a snob but I did not care for any other kind of music.
So who or whatever was playing there was of no
interest to me.

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Date: 3/15/2013, 10:59 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Harry, I am making your wife's Polish prezels ( not sure of correct Polish spelling) recipe for Easter, will let you know how they turn out! :-) Thanks for sharing the recipe along with your wife's demo on facebook. It looks close to my Polish mother in-law's recipe and how thinly it was the dough was rolled out.

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Date: 3/15/2013, 10:47 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I would love the entire recipe for Dinardos crab sauce, anyone??? :@

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Date: 3/15/2013, 10:41 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Ray, Did you work the dances at the Armory in the 60's, where there were a lot of fights?

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Date: 3/15/2013, 10:33 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Rev. Frank, I am assuming you are a retired WPD, thank you for your dedicated service. I am proud and honored to have met you, Ray and Ralph on this website! :-)

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Date: 3/15/2013, 1:08 am, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, WA
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: too many
Employers: too many
Message: Brothers and Sisters of this Forum,,,let me say that this web master is to be given the highest KUDO's for putting this on the net. I have found,, because of Old Wilmington Nostalgia,,, several old friends that I would have never guessed I would ever hear from again had it not been for this site... I congradulate him on a job well done...thanks for helping us renew old memories and friends of Old Wilmington Town of yesterday,,, What a joy,,, Blessings Pastor F. Stewart

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Date: 3/14/2013, 10:30 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: I went to dances at the Armory on Sunday nights during the mid-50's. There was a "live" band. The crowd was always well behaved. I don't recall any fights or roughness.

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Date: 3/14/2013, 9:37 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various
Message: Thanks, Ray; I'm still ruminating about how our human memories work. I never went to any show at the Armory. I went to a couple of Jefferson/Jackson Day dinners that were held there and of course there never was any sort of rukus at those types of events. I find it interesting that you have retained a memory of Armory events that did NOT entail a fierce rise in your blood pressure due to being confronted with a dangerous situation. Can you share with those of us who have been following this column a memory from the Armory that you have a particularly fond recollection of? I remember hearing a very young Ted Kennedy (before he was embroiled in the Chappaquiddick tragedy) speak passionately about democratic ideals to a packed house at the Armory. I suppose if I'd been there to hear Little Richard, I would at least remember his Blue Suede Shoes that a friend told me he was wearing when he performed there.

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Date: 3/14/2013, 9:29 pm, EDT
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 : I'm guessing that it's an oversight due to your age, big, older, older, brother/neighbor from Hedgeville, rather than ignoring my Posts #'s 119 and 113. LOL

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Date: 3/14/2013, 8:54 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Daniel, I don't know what kind of shows and/or
dances you attended at the Armory but I can tell
you all mine were memorable. When I went there I
went to work because the affairs they were having
needed security. I never went to the Armory to
enjoy myself and I know that I would never have
went there to personally see the fiasco's like the
one's that I worked. I imagine they had some nice
dances and other such affairs where security was
not needed and those I never saw, I wasn't a
swinger, if there wasn't some sort of a ball involved
then I wasn't interested(that's BALL as in basketball,
baseball & the like).

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Date: 3/14/2013, 8:40 pm, EDT
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: Another good place for crabs was in Hedgeville in the 1950's, and called Adolph's, which was primarily a bar/cafe on Maryland Ave., between Chandler and Maple Sts. It was on the corner of Maryland Ave., and if I recall correctly, Logan St., directly across the street from where I got my haircuts at Joe's Barber Shop, which was next to the Colonial Bank. My Dad used to enjoy his approx. 1 hour to himself on some Saturday afternoons, by walking down to Adolph's, play a street number, have a shot and a beer, and bring home some crabs.
The son of the owner, Ed Okonowicz Jr., was a year or two older than me at St. Hedwig's grade school. He became a storyteller, and author of at least 2 dozen books about local legends, folklore and ghost stories, including the Dela. coast and Maryland. His website is very interesting.

Ray Jubb : did you see Post # 113 ?

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Date: 3/13/2013, 9:58 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various
Message: At the other end of the spectrum, the memory spectrum, that is, is Frank's memory of himself jitterbugging in the corner at the Armory when he thought "no one was looking." Imagine a big Wilmington cop named "Dutch" with his holstered gun jiggling in time to his jitterbugging to the compelling rhythm of the music which had brought the crowd to the Armory that night. Even if only one member of the audience (and there was probably more than "one") had caught a glimpse of Frank in his blue police uniform, enjoying the music, too, imagine what a positive memory that might be for them, as well; a memory that might have a more constructive force to it than the memory of the entire concert itself. At least that's how I see it out here on an island in the Pacific Ocean, on a misty late afternoon with the clouds at eye level just outside my window......

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Date: 3/13/2013, 1:25 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: I remember the dances at the Armory very well Dutch, Ralph and I almost got killed there, I lost my
watch, badge and hat during a huge fight that broke
out because Ralph was trying to arrest someone. I do
believe that if I had not pulled my gun and pointed it
at the crowd(with all the intention of fireing it)Ralph
and I might not be here today. There was some big
name black entertainer there that night and I think
every black person in the Tri-State area was there &
it was a shame for those who really wanted to see
the show instead of getting drunk and raising hell,
because the show ended with that fracus.

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Date: 3/13/2013, 12:25 pm, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt WA.
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Too many
Employers: 78 years old
Message: Daniel,,, the Wilmington Armory. When I was on the Force ,,we used to get paid by the hour to be "Guards and Crowd control " at those dances,,, Ray Charles, Vaughn Monroe, just to name a few world play there,, Woody Herman etc., ,great fun and even did some "jitterbug" myself in the corner when I thought no one was looking,,,this was during the 50's... Frank

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Date: 3/13/2013, 10:04 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
Employers:
Message: The Wilmington Armory - didn't go to any dances there, but in the early 60's I saw the Beach Boys/Mitch Ryder/and Freddie and the Dreamers at the Armory. Is it still there?

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Date: 3/12/2013, 9:00 pm, EDT
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 remember what was on 3 of the 4 corners of 2nd and Jackson in the 1950's - the Fire Station on one, Stellini's grocery store on another, the garage for the paper boys on the other, but can't remember what was on the S.E. corner. Maybe RAY JUBB, can refresh our memories. There was also a corner store called Campbell's, but not sure if it was on the S.E. corner of 2nd and Jackson or 4th and Jackson. RAY-

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Date: 3/12/2013, 8:27 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4th &lincoln,west4thst,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua academy.goldey beacon,deltech
Employers:
Message: jackson st sometime in the forties i have memories of the leather factory near and a coffee shop on corner of 4th and?

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Date: 3/12/2013, 8:21 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4th &lincoln,west4thst,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua academy.goldey beacon,deltech
Employers:
Message: :-) the armory dances? i wonder if any of you went in the late fifties pls. post with your experiences were as wonderful as mine

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Date: 3/12/2013, 8:20 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: My favorite is Capriotti's Italian sub. :P

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Date: 3/12/2013, 8:15 pm, EDT
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: gia : thanks so much for the crab sauce recipe from Dinardo's. I'll experiment and let you know. By the way, when did you live at 2nd and Jackson ? I lived at 302 S. Jackson, next door to my Grandfather's store on Elm and Jackson, from 1948-1967. I'm 65 now. His store was called either Szatkowski's, or Szat's or Shotz.

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Date: 3/12/2013, 6:58 pm, EDT
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: Some years back, I stopped in Casapulla's in Elsmere around lunch time to order a couple subs. The store was packed, elbow to elbow, with some in line to pick-up, and some placing orders. I had a long wait, and it was worth it, but was glad that I already placed my order, when a call came in from the Dupont plant in Newport, ordering 40 subs.

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Date: 3/12/2013, 6:42 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4th &lincoln,west4thst,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua academy.goldey beacon,deltech
Employers:
Message: :P jerry t.--add the beer to the sauce(ketchup,vinegar old bay-to your liking,tsp of chili sauce. hope you like it.please let me know

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Date: 3/12/2013, 10:26 am, EDT
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: There used to be a DiCostanza's in Penny Hill, just off the Phila. Pike. Their extra large subs weren't bad, with more in the way of quantity, than quality, in my opinion.

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Date: 3/12/2013, 9:39 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: The Casapullas in the shopping center on the old 896 just off route 40 makes great subs, too. Take a number - but it's worth the wait.

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Date: 3/12/2013, 7:15 am, EDT
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: We made a crab sauce similar to DiNardo's. We used beer, ketchup, lots of paprika, hot sauce & vinegar. You bring it to a boil and let sit until cool. Never used Old Bay, but it sounds like a good idea. Captain's Catch makes a good crab sauce.

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Date: 3/12/2013, 12:47 am, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various, in sundry; yes, "in sundry" is spelled this way!
Message: The sub shop just off of I-95 in PA is called "DiCostanza's," Jerry; here's a 2 minute video on utube where you can actually watch one being made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRlMKexh-bQ

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Date: 3/12/2013, 12:19 am, EDT
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: Since Helen Gallo closed ' Frankie's ' on Union St., between 4th and 5th, last year, Casapulla's( in Elsmere, and on Rt. 1, in Rehoboth), has become my # 1.

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Date: 3/11/2013, 11:27 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Vicinity of Oberly Brick Yard
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Some were happy, some were not!
Message: Since DiNardo's son operates a similar restaurant in Philadelphia, one of the posters here should be able to go up there and get the recipe. As I've mentioned in an earlier post, I plan to be back in Wilmington at the end of April and will make a point of visiting the restaurant to see what I can learn (I'll have to eat at least a few of their crabs while I'm there; if nothing more than for research purposes. :D ). There's a truly great sub shop that's just over the state line in PA within sight of of I-95. Take the 2nd exit in PA (Exit #2), turn right as you get off the ramp and go about 200 yards; the sub shop is in an old Roy Rogers fast food restaurant on the right. Their Italian special sub will erase ALL of your doubts that you can't find a good sub anymore in the Wilmington area.

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Date: 3/11/2013, 9:38 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: That's it, I forgot the beer :[

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Date: 3/11/2013, 8:28 pm, EDT
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: *****gia ***** : looks like we might be on to something here, but what kind of sauce was the beer added to, and what were the other ingredients ? Dying for Dinardo's complete recipe !!!!!!!

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Date: 3/11/2013, 7:14 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4th &lincoln,west4thst,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua academy.goldey beacon,deltech
Employers:
Message: :-)my aunt worked at dinardos---add one can of beer to sauce and keep in fridgewith your other ingredients

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Date: 3/11/2013, 6:47 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4th &lincoln,west4thst,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua academy.goldey beacon,deltech
Employers:
Message: :D i am overjoyed at the information with all the memories- i have several queries

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Date: 3/11/2013, 2:25 pm, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web:
Location: Yacolt, Wa.
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin st.
Schools Att'd: Newark, Elkton, Marshall U.
Employers: very retired
Message: Hi Again Daniel,,, Sorry it took so long to get back to you ,,,but my buddy Ralph Pryor,,sends me E-Mail all the time and I have to calm him down when he starts talking about politics,,,sometimes it take me weeks to get him to mellow out,,,,poor guy!!! :@ ;-) . Glad you responded ,,, the Island is a great place to live,,if you ever come south please give me a call 360-686-3085. Our farm is a far cry from down old town Wilmington. Sure miss some of the folk I knew there ,,,have been trying to locate Harry Manelski,(the retired Police Cheif) and get a phone on him,,,found his wife ,,,but,, she never responded,,,that's OK,,, maybe some day he will get in touch,,, he was a boyhood firend. Found Bob LaFzia ,,, Ralph Pryor did that for me... Bob and I used to knock heads on the Football field,,,he was a Red Devil and I a Yellowjacket,,,he is still miffed at the 13-12 victory we had over he and Wilmington HS in 51' bless ..Thanks again Frank

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Date: 3/10/2013, 3:01 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): In the vicinity of Oberly Brick
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various
Message: Thank you, Maureen. "Herky Dekyne" is a name I remember, too, Connie; probably from the days when I was rambling around Wilmington with my old buddy Mort Rosenblatt, whose photograph I've posted recently on the Memories of Wilmington web site. As far as my ruminations about time are concerned, they're continuing. One thought that reoccurs is that from a nostalgic perspective the early 1980's seems quite recent; most of us were quite a distance from our childhoods and from the time when we graduated from high school. My memories from 30 years ago are less distinct than my earliest memories when everything seemed so vivid, whether it was a school dance or drinking a milk shake at Govatos' Restaurant, or taking the #11 bus into town to go to a movie or just rambling around Wilmington with some of my buddies. So although I remember events from those years of my life from 30 years ago, they seem to be of a different 'quality' than my earlier memories; certainly less distinct.

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Date: 3/10/2013, 12:32 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Re East 23rd Street - Detective Dekyne lived on that first block. He had a son they called Herky - don't know his given name.

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Date: 3/10/2013, 10:09 am, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: Budo, thanks for the tip about the personal info. It hadn't occurred to me that it could be hacked. Guess we oldtimers were raised in a time when we were more trusting. Time for me to smarten up!

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Date: 3/10/2013, 12:02 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Ralph, Sometimes my touch tone keyboard changes the words I type and of course sometimes my spelling is incorrect, it happens, so who is our chief editor? :D ;-) I love hearing all the old WPD stories you and Ray share! ;-) I

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Date: 3/9/2013, 11:43 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Jerry, Root beer floats!!!! :P

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Date: 3/9/2013, 11:41 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I LOVE THIS SITE! Daniel, You have a way with words and I love it, but I get a bit confused and sometimes have read it again, then I get it. Daniel keep on writing, I would really miss it if you stopped. :@

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Date: 3/9/2013, 11:10 pm, EDT
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: Rich Lloyd : even though I grew up in Wilmington, I lived in Klair Ests. from 1975-2002. I became fascinated with the rich histories of Stanton, Marshallton, Brandywine Springs and the immediate surrounding area. Before I lived in that area, I stopped once in the old Marshallton Soda Shop on Old Capitol Trail and Kiamensi Rd. in the mid 60's. Also, I was completely in awe, when I found out about and visited, General Washington's encampment along Red Clay Creek(Crick). The earthen embankments were still there.

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Date: 3/9/2013, 10:39 pm, EDT
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: Rich Lloyd : had my first 'root beer' milkshake at the Greenhill Drive Inn, as a small kid(now 65), in the 1950's.

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Date: 3/9/2013, 9:54 pm, EDT
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: My son ran across and purchased 3 old Dela. Turnpike tokens. My older brother, John, attended the dedication of the Dela. Turnpike(Delaware's stretch of I-95), on 11-15-63. J.F.K. presided over the ceremonies, which I believe was at the Dela./Md. line, and was just 1 week before his assasination. My brother was just about 1 arm's reach away from shaking J.F.K.'s hand.
Two buddies and I used to go jogging on I-95, just before it opened. We used to enter at the on-ramp across the street from his grandmother's house, near S. Jackson and Read Sts., just 2 blocks away from our houses. Jogged abut halfway to Newport and back. About 15 at the time, and trying our damdest to stay out of trouble.

I-95 was/is great for interstate transpotation and travel within Delaware., but significantly, as mentionwed many times on this Forum, impacted the demise of Wilmington, cutting through my neighborhood and others. 'Nothing Gold Can Stay', by Robert Frost.

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Date: 3/9/2013, 8:40 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: Danny, huh?

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Date: 3/9/2013, 8:18 pm, EDT
Name: rich lloyd
Web:
Location: SAN DIEGO
Old Neighborhood(s): Faulklkand cedars marshallton
Schools Att'd: conrad
Employers: us govt
Message: there must be some other 80+ people out there that remember the good ole days outside kilmington love to hear from you..my aunt worked at the greenhill drive in free milkshakes for me and friends.there was no fear in those days

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Date: 3/9/2013, 3:10 pm, EDT
Name: Budo
Web:
Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: No really a good idea to post your name, exact DOB on line. A lot of hackers etc like to get a hold of this kind of info. :)

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Date: 3/9/2013, 2:57 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: Sorry, Robert, just realized that you lived on EAST 23rd St. I was referring to WEST 23rd Sts.; however, just a block apart.

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Date: 3/9/2013, 2:56 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: Robert, I just turned 78 on March 7. I was born on March 7, 1935 at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington. My parents lived at 6th and Jackson at the time. They then moved to 2223 Tatnall St. I remember people who lived on your block on 23rd St. - the Ambrose. They are the grandparents of Connie who posts on here. Also, do you remember Neugebauer's grocery at 23rd and Tatnall?

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Date: 3/9/2013, 12:07 pm, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Ralph... I was born in Wilmington at 10 E. 23rd Street, hope the address is right. I am always worrying about my posts too. By the way my birthday is 23 March,1932. I am the oldest McKelvey I know... take care and stay healthy.

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Date: 3/9/2013, 11:44 am, EDT
Name: Ralph pryor .
Web:
Location: Tarpon springs,fl
Old Neighborhood(s): Clayton st.
Schools Att'd: W H S . V.F.M.
Employers: wPd , Supervisor , In isbrook Golf Resort, Fl ,
Message: I will have learn to Check my Post message before posting It, Sorry, Just hope you can de code It ,got to blame it on somthing , --will be 81 in Aug..

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Date: 3/9/2013, 11:29 am, EDT
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Web:
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): CLAYTON ST
Schools Att'd: wH S ,V F M
Employers: WPD, INNIS BROOK GOLF RESORT
Message: Cont. Pt #2---- Around the clock at this area , because they said it was a trouble area , (WHAT A WASTE OF MAN POWER ! ) I Remember Johns Restaurant AT 4TH.Mkt. , How many Remember JOHNS Restaurant ? as a chled during WW 2, HE fed all Service Men Free. he had a Sigh in the widow Stating same, Along with a American Flag. What a great PATRIOT!

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Date: 3/9/2013, 11:15 am, EDT
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Web:
Location: Tarpon Springs ,Fl
Old Neighborhood(s): 9Th. Clayton St.
Schools Att'd: W.H.S. , V.F.M.
Employers: W.P.D. .security supervisor,Innisbrook Golf Resort,Fl
Message: As a member of the Wilm. Police Dept,I Patroled In a car , but also Like most Officers I also Walked a beat, 2ND. DIST. 4TH. TO Front St. Mkt. to Poplar . Back in the 50,s and 60,s Each Officer who walked a beat In That area Had to Stand at 4th. mkt st. for a half hour,then anothe officer would take over. this was around the clock, Some times You Are another Officer would be tied up on a arerest ,Etc. and Would not be able to Rlieve the Officer that was at 4th. mkt/ st. so he would have to spend another half hour doing that specialduty. Threason for having Officers around the

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Date: 3/8/2013, 7:45 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, WA.
Old Neighborhood(s): Vicinity of Oberly Brick Yard
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: I never worked for Oberly Brick.
Message: Early (still 20th Century) city directories list an address for the James B. Oberly Company as 36th and Broom. Later this became the address for P.S. duPont High School. What I think occurred, Gary, is that after exhausting the clay beds at the site where the former high school now stands, the company moved 'up hill' and sold the nearly level ground to the city for their new school (This probably occurred--give or take a year or two--in 1931.). When I lived and went to school in that neighborhood, Oberly Brick was still located just west of P.S. on what later became the large Gaylords shopping center on Miller Rd. From what I've learned about James B. Oberly, his first brick making factory was located at 2nd and Greenhill; later (perhaps as early as 1899), Oberly moved his company to the Broom St. location.

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Date: 3/8/2013, 5:56 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Danny was this factory off broom and concord on or just before McKees Hill.

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Date: 3/8/2013, 3:42 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Vicinity of Oberly Brick Yard
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: I never worked at Oberly Brick
Message: Most residents of Wilmington have been in buildings that were made of Oberly bricks. In addition to selling the land for P.S. to the city for the high school campus, Oberly also made an enormous quantity of bricks for the school's construction. Ursuline was constructed of Oberly bricks, nearly 1,000,000 of them according to reports that were published just before it was built. The Wilmington Marine Terminal used 2,000,000 bricks and there were innumerable other buildings in our city that were built with Oberly bricks. I sure would like to write a couple of short sements here that would recount the events surrounding the curious fact that rhubarb will not grow in Wilmington north of 38th Street....... Perhaps from my earlier post everyone can imagine the "crustacean catastrophe" (as it was popularly called at the time of its occurrence) that upset the mineral balance in the soil in that area in Wilmington.

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Date: 3/8/2013, 8:45 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilm Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pyne
22 December 1924 – 23 March 1970
In 1943, during a Japanese bombing attack, he was wounded in the left knee. In 1955, he lost the lower part of that leg due to a rare form of cancer
He developed lung cancer and died in Los Angeles on 23 March 1970. Pyne was survived by his wife, son Ed and daughter Cathy.

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Date: 3/8/2013, 8:38 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Maureen - I get my info from an old directory I managed to save.
I think Joe Pine (or Pyne) went to California. While here he had a leg amputated - I believe it was from cancer. I also think he died of cancer. I'll do a search and see what I can find.

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Date: 3/8/2013, 7:30 am, EDT
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Web:
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R DUPONT
Message: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JOE PINE ? I HEARD HE WENT OUT WEST AND SOMEONE SHOT HIM.

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Date: 3/7/2013, 11:13 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Me and a group of friends wood call up Joe Pine and after asking him a few serious questions would ask if the rain would spoil the rhubarb, we bugged the hell out of him.

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Date: 3/7/2013, 7:56 pm, EDT
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: Wondering if Charles M. Oberly, former Attorney General for Delaware, is related to the Oberlys who had that ' Oberly's Brick Company '. I'm betting, yea, since Delaware's such a small state.
'Rhubard'/rhubarb anyone, or fish stories ?

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Date: 3/7/2013, 3:00 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I went to Gavotos's a couple years ago to buy the large hallow Easter eggs to put Hershey's Candy Kisses in and I bought the last one, it was Easter Sat before noon. I will call them to reserve a couple a week before Easter. I also remember taking my kids for lunch there and they would have the grilled cheese and I ordered the yummy turkey club. :D

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Date: 3/7/2013, 1:31 pm, EDT
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: Tuna fish sandwiches at Govatos', in a booth, when in town with Grandmom. Sometimes a sticky apple(caramel), afterwards. Around Washington's Birthday, a glass jar of round, cherry, hard candies. Grilled cheese sandwiches, on the stools, at the 5 and dime when with an Aunt. Turkey dinners at the Towne House restaurant, when with the whole family on some Sunday afternoons. Ate my sprig of parsely, from the dinner plate.

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Date: 3/7/2013, 8:33 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Federal Bake Shop - 717 Market Street - per 1974 telephone directory.
Reynolds Restaurant - 703 Market Street - same source.

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Date: 3/7/2013, 3:17 am, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember.
Employers: Various, in sundry; yes, "in sundry" is spelled this way!
Message: I knew them both, Ray; I can still picture Peg's smiling face as I'm writing this reply to you. I don't remember where either of them worked, though, maybe it will come back to me. I remember that Peg was very active in the Democratic party; I'm not sure if John was as active, but I imagine that he was. I haven't heard either of their names for at least fifty years! By any chance did you know Clarence Burton?

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Date: 3/7/2013, 1:46 am, EDT
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Any of you guys ever go to Emarled Downs Racetrack.

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Date: 3/6/2013, 11:26 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ dE.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Daniel, when you worked in the City did you know a
Peg Primrose or her Husband John, better known as
Mugs?

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Date: 3/6/2013, 10:15 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember
Employers: various, in sundry; yes "in sundry" is spelled this way!
Message: Frank-When I first left Wilmington I lived in the Kennett Square area; then, in the mid-70's I moved to Los Angeles and in '78 I moved again to New Mexico. By early 1980 I had moved to Florida and then returned to New Mexico (with a short stint in Seattle in between) in 1988. I didn't move to the Pacific Northwest until 2007. Although I've omitted a few details you now know more about my wanderings than those folks who have been chasing me for all these years :-) . I've followed your comments on this column, Frank, and know that you were that wrestler; from what I've pieced together, it sounds like you've led a most interesting life. You were probably on the WPD when my roommate, Steve Potter was the city prosecutor and Frank Biondi was the City Solicitor. I worked in the city building in those days, as well. Has your rhubarb gotten flooded with all this rain?

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Date: 3/6/2013, 9:44 pm, EDT
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Newark,Elkton
Employers: very retired
Message: Mr. Statenkov ,,,if One old man to another may inquire,,,, how long have you lived out on the Island....I have been here in SW Washington state for over 45 years now. Was on the Wilmington PD for some years in the late 50's 60's.If you were out here in the 70's and early 80's do you remember and old pro wrestler by the name of Dutch Savage???? just wondering,,, Blessings F. Stewart

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Date: 3/6/2013, 9:42 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember
Employers: various, in sundry; yes "in sundry" is spelled this way!
Message: It's the restaurant in Reynolds that I remember, Maureen. For me, candy was a specialty at the Govatos store, maybe it still is. My favorite was the orange rind covered in dark chocolate. Reynolds made nice sandwiches with which you could also get a cup of soup or a salad or a cup of tea and a dessert. It was the sort of restaurant--with its Victorian era decor--where your great-aunt would feel very much at home; the servers there had a cheeriness that made you feel at home there, as well. Along with so much else, I wish they were still there.........

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Date: 3/6/2013, 8:27 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Reynold's was originally a candy store and restaurant, if I remember correctly.

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Date: 3/6/2013, 8:11 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Reynold's became Oscar's in the early 1980's, Friday nights was the place to be if you were single. They kept Reynold's orignal beautiful counter and converted into a sit down bar.

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Date: 3/6/2013, 6:30 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I remember
Employers: School Store at Harlan was my 1st!
Message: Bruce-I don't know about Reynolds in the time frame that you've referenced; my recollection of the restaurant is from the late '50's up until the mid-1960's. I googled Market Street at that location and the old building is still there along with its distinctive marquee. I'm imagining that if the owners haven't removed the marquee to "modernize" the building then they may have kept the charming interior as well; at least I hope so.

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Date: 3/6/2013, 5:53 pm, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Daniel,
At one time in the late 70's didn't Reynolds become a restaurant/bar - sorry can't remember the name, but it was for mostly the mid 20 - 30 crowd, which I was way back then. ;-)

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Date: 3/6/2013, 4:10 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I REMEMBER
Employers: Some were happy and some were not.
Message: My 70 year-old brain transposed and combined the charming restaurant which was just up from the corner at 7th and Market with The Federal Bake Shop in my earlier post. I apologize if my reminiscence of the bake shop was confusing for anyone; my memory was really of Reynolds with its charming marquee which I combined with my memory of The Federal Bake Shop. I hope this clarifies what I was trying to say.

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Date: 3/6/2013, 9:45 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Harry, I wish there was a way to post without putting all the info. each time, anyway to save it ? :-)

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Date: 3/5/2013, 7:00 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Gary I did not spell the sauce, correctly so I :@ lol, google for correct spelling and :D description of Lea & Perin Worcheshire sauce. I. also think it is

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Date: 3/5/2013, 5:47 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: I was eating steak dinner with 2 woman. I said whoresh and one of the girls slapped me in the face. I was going to say whoreshire sauce please.

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Date: 3/5/2013, 3:30 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan may have been the 1st.
Employers: The list could get longer, but why bother.....
Message: I, too, was disappointed when The Federal Bake Shop closed. For me it was a fixture of our beloved city's downtown. Along with having a special treat at Govatos' Restaurant (where I tasted my first ice cream soda), the Federal seemed a culinary anchor of the main street in our community. With its beautifully turned woodwork and the gracious charm of its decor, which seemed to have persisted from an earlier and more innocent era, the Federal provided a special lunch and dessert for the downtown community, sales workers and store patrons alike. Wilmington contained many culinary possibilities; although The Federal was not 'elegant', it had an unmistakable quality. In addition to some of the colorful, specialty restaurants on Shipley Street, "The Federal Bake Shop" on Market gave our town one of its most endearing "flavors," the sweet flavor of innocence and home-baked goods, served to its loyal patrons with a friendly smile; for me it's the "smile" of our old hometown. RIP

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Date: 3/5/2013, 11:59 am, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: d
Message: Connie, I would love to have that recipe for mac and cheese. Would you e-mail it to me, please?

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Date: 3/5/2013, 11:41 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Years ago the Federal Bake Shop closed. So many people were disappointed that they could no longer have their macaroni-cheese and tomato casserole that the News Journal printed their recipe. It was for a days worth of customers, but I cut it down to size. Perhaps if enough people wrote the NJ they could obtain some of those recipes from those old businesses.

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Date: 3/5/2013, 1:20 am, EDT
Name: Danny Stat
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan may have been the 1st.
Employers: Worked around town; Wilmington, that is.....
Message: P.S. (or, to be more precise: P.H.): The Post House on Union St. may have had the 'advantage' of a similar basement 'flavoring' technique as the Deerhead, but without the memorable and jiggly application of the talcum powder; sadly there may be no way to duplicate that!

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Date: 3/4/2013, 7:54 pm, EDT
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: Danny : the sauce for the Deerhead hot dogs, probably had mustard and onions, but can't guess what else was in it to give it that unique flavor. I think I mentioned before that the Post House on Union St. had a real good relish type sauce for their burgers. Wish I had that recipe too.

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Date: 3/4/2013, 11:51 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Bruce, There was a posting a few days ago about Kelly's burgers, might of been made from horsemeat, lol, :O I sure hope not :[

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Date: 3/4/2013, 9:02 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
Employers:
Message: The cheapest hamburger I remember was at Kelly's at .15 on the Gov. Printz next to the Edgemoor movie theater, can't remember the year, but I was pretty young. (Now 62) I think they opened in Wilm before McDonald's.

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Date: 3/4/2013, 8:51 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
Employers:
Message: Danny, I was disappointed - Thought there would be a saga about an escaped oyster. :D
Jerry T - thanks for the Constantinou's reminder. My friends took me to dinner there 32 years ago before I moved to Texas.

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Date: 3/3/2013, 8:48 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan may not have been the 1st!
Employers: Some were happy; some were not.
Message: Don't worry, Maureen; if I'm still able to be here after subjecting everyone to the 'ordeal' of my fish story, you probably needn't worry that you'll be excluded for an innocent misspelling of "worcestershire," even if you made it sound like a secret sauce made in the denizens of the underworld. When I worked at the 1101 Restaurant in late '61 and early 1962, the person working on the line next to me was a Hispanic man who lived in the Hotel Olivere on Shipley Street. He told me that the people who owned that hotel also owned the Deerhead, a hotdog stand that I used to frequent which served their hot dogs with a special sauce that I've never tasted anywhere else in the world. I learned from a much earlier post to this column that a key ingredient--which gave that sauce its unique flavor--was due to the scented talcum powder that covered the upper body of the woman who used to serve those dogs. Does anyone know what kind of talcum powder it might have been?

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Date: 3/3/2013, 6:19 pm, EDT
Name: ceil
Web:
Location: kent co.
Old Neighborhood(s): Monroe st
Schools Att'd: mary C.I, Bayard, Wilm. High
Employers:
Message: I'm sure you're right Maureen...I'm 67 now and the old grey cells don't work like they used to!

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Date: 3/3/2013, 4:24 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: The Hotel Dupont makes a great Caesar Salad and I have a recipe somewhere in my recipe boxes from The Hotel. I will look for it and get back to you. OH, I hope I am staying on memories of oldwilm. :O :@ I also have The Hotel's Banana Foster's recipe, a former Branywine/Greenroom manager started this recipe and it is from New Orleans.

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Date: 3/3/2013, 3:12 pm, EDT
Name: Danny Stat
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan is the 1st I REMEMBER
Employers: School Store at Harlan was my 1st!
Message: I'll definitely ask about that recipe, Jerry, and let you know. Thanks, Maureen, for being such a good "sport" with last night's bantering. ;-) When I woke up this morning out here on the west coast I really wasn't sure what I'd find posted in this column. Since we're still talkin' about an old crab sauce recipe from a Wilmington eatery, we're probably o.k. The 1101 Restaurant was on the northwest corner at 11th and West; it had a truly memorable bar, recycled from some fancy restaurant that was not located in Wilmington. One of my regrets in life is that I didn't learn to make their Caesar salad; "armed" with that skill I would have been truly formidable! :P

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Date: 3/3/2013, 11:35 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I thought McDonald's in the 60's, sold a hamburger for 10 cents and a cheeseburger for 15 cents?

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Date: 3/3/2013, 11:00 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Daniel, I laughed last night at your question, can you tell us what "Whoreshire" sauce is ? :D I went down to my frig. and got the correct spelling of the sauce and googled it. :O I spell it the way it sounds, lol !
Jerry, I make the crab sauce taste close to DiNardo's, so try mine and don't forget the Whoreshire. Oh! Correction "Worcestershire". :D :-(

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Date: 3/3/2013, 8:43 am, EDT
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: Danny and Maureen : thanks for brightening my morning. Had a good belly laugh, and in fact, still laughing as I'm typing, about the whoresihre/whoresauce/Worcestershire sauce. Danny, when you go to Dinardo's, ask if it's the same recipe as his dad's in Wilmington. My dad always managed to finagle an extra cup of the sauce.

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Date: 3/3/2013, 8:31 am, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF ret
Message: Jerry T. ...I recall 15 cent hamburgers & 10 cent hotdogs at Shorty's, S. Park Drive and Van Buren late 30's and mid 40's. With the second world war congress was smart enough to freeze all prices for the duration of the war. Wasn't very much money to be had, but prices were frozen and could not rise, unlike today.

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Date: 3/3/2013, 1:57 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Whoreshire is misspelled maybe? ? lol, can't describe it, but you can buy it at the supermarket where catsup, mustard, bottled sauces are found.

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Date: 3/3/2013, 1:52 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Crab sauce recipe is the closest I could make DiNardo

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Date: 3/3/2013, 1:45 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Crab sauce, add vinegar, old bay and a little whoreshire sauce

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Date: 3/3/2013, 1:42 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Crab sauce

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Date: 3/2/2013, 11:28 pm, EDT
Name: Danny Stat
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan School was the 1st.
Employers: Anyone remember "Richmond Radiator"? That was one.
Message: Jerry-When I get to DiNardo's I'll try and snag the recipe for their hardshell crab dipping sauce for you.

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Date: 3/2/2013, 10:08 pm, EDT
Name: ceil
Web:
Location: kent co.
Old Neighborhood(s): Monroe st
Schools Att'd: mary C.I, Bayard, Wilm. High
Employers:
Message: Back in 63 you could eat at McDonalds for .37 cents..15 for a hamburger, 12 for fries and 10 for a soda

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Date: 3/2/2013, 8:53 pm, EDT
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: Larry : that's it; the name was Kelly's. Thanks ! After you mentioned the name, I found references to it in the O.W. Archives in 2008, and also a posting about the 'horsemeat'. I had a couple burgers from there once, and they were good. One of the 2008 postings mentioned that Kelly's sold them for 12 cents at one time. Now here's a question for some of the older timers than me(and I'm 65) : what's the earliest price anyone remembers for a burger, anywhere ?

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Date: 3/2/2013, 8:22 pm, EDT
Name: Larry
Web:
Location: Middletown
Old Neighborhood(s): Bellefonte
Schools Att'd: River Road, Mount Pleasant High
Employers:
Message: I've been reading all the posting here. I do remember when I was a kid in the 60's hearing the talk about Kelly's on Governor Printz Blvd serving horse meat with their burgers.

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Date: 3/2/2013, 7:54 pm, EDT
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: There was a hamburger place on the Governor Printz Boulevard which served 15 cent hamburgers, circa 1960-1961. Does anyone remember the name of the place, and where it was located ? I think it was mentioned before on this site, but my memory fails me. Also, I can't remember if this was just before, or just after McDonald's came to Delaware ?? Surprisingly, I remember hamburgers on the Rehoboth boardwalk going for the same price, around 1959-1961.

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Date: 3/2/2013, 7:38 pm, EDT
Name: JOE PASQUALE
Web:
Location: WILM
Old Neighborhood(s): LITTLE ITALY
Schools Att'd: LORE,BAYARD ,BROWN VOC
Employers: RETIRED
Message: ON THE OLD SITE ..JO ANN CROSSAN AND SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THEY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MY COUSIN VIVIAN '' DIXIE '' TAMONE...LAST I HEARD FROM HER IS THAT SHE MOVED DOWN SOUTH...HER DAUGHTER HAS FOUND US (HER COUSINS ) AND IS LOOKIN FOR INFO. ABOUT HER MOTHER'S (DIXIES ) LIFE IN WILM...SORRY TO SAY THAT DIXIE HAS PASSED AWAY...ANY INFO..WILL BE HELPFUL AND APPRECIATED....THANKS JOE PASQUALE....JNPASQUALE@COMCAST.NET

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Date: 3/2/2013, 5:26 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan was the 1st.
Employers: 1101 Restaurant was one.
Message: Thanks, Jerry; that's where I'll be headed at the end of April when I'm back in Wilmington. Here's a bit more information about the Columbus Inn: For many years John Pascarel was the chef at the C.I. until he took a job at the 1101 Restaurant in Wilmington. In 1962, when I was waiting for my Merchant Marine assignment, I worked for Pascarel at the 1101; my job was making sandwiches and salads for the lunch crowd. During that time I got to know Pascarel and learned from him that there was more to making a sandwich than just piling up the ingredients in between two slices of bread. Pascarel also taught me how to make his special salad which featured Belgian Endive and Roquefort Cheese which was imported from France and how to dress the salad 'lightly' so as not to soak it with dressing, so that the people could taste all of the vegetables as well as the dressing. The 1101 featured a fabulous Ceasar Salad, but they were 'created' at the table by the servers.

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Date: 3/1/2013, 3:12 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(SJackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U. S. Army, Stateof Dela.(retired)
Message: Danny Stat - don't recall the flavor of Old Bay in that crab dipping sauce, but here's something for you : Dinardo's Famous Crabs, 312 Race St., Phila., Pa. 19106. Go to their website and check the reviews.

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Date: 3/1/2013, 1:00 pm, EDT
Name: Daniel Statnekov
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan was the 1st.
Employers: various, some of whom wished otherwise
Message: Jerry, could it have been a combination of Vinegar and Old Bay seasonings? I've heard from a good source that DiNardo's son has a hardshell crab restaurant in Philadelphia; they probably offer the same sauce with their crabs. I plan to try it when I'm back in Wilmington at the end of April.

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Date: 3/1/2013, 12:45 pm, EDT
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: DiNardo's had an excellent dipping sauce for their crabs. Wish I could duplicate it. Does anyone have the recipe ?

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Date: 3/1/2013, 11:02 am, EDT
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: Bruce : maybe you were thinking of Constantinou's House of Beef on Delaware Ave.

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Date: 3/1/2013, 8:39 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: In the 1978 Tele. directory - "Gamiel's Kosher Deli - 1707 Marsh Road, Jack Lundy's Kosher - Miller Road." Check the New Castle County parcel search to see what's at 1707 Marsh today.

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Date: 3/1/2013, 8:06 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Danny, Back in it's day The Columbus Inn was a great place for a special occasion dinner. What was the name of the restaurant on Delaware Ave. by the smoke shop close to the Logan House. I think steaks were their specialty.

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Date: 3/1/2013, 1:55 am, EDT
Name: Danny Stat
Web:
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward, Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Harlan was the 1st
Employers: many of whom wished otherwise
Message: The New York Restaurant's Banana Cream Pie, DiNardo's Hardshell Crabs, and Mama Robino's Restaurant on Union Street was the 'Trifecta' of culinary accomplishment in old Wilmington; sadly only Robino's remains. Thanks, Bruce; I very much appreciate your comment.

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