Visitors Nostalgia & Memories

(Archive #50: February 1, 2008 to February 29, 2008 entries)


Does anyone remember the Dances on Monday nights at Mary C I Williams School? My cousin Tony Serpe and I were just talking about them at Almost Famous Mels which is owned by Mel Slawik Jr
Jerry Lank <transworld@delaware.usa.com>
Marco Island, Fl USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 19:20:39 (EST)


Speaking of Woolworth Stores. Most of the independent 5&10's in the Sxties were owned by Former Woolworth managers. Hoy's,Wassams,Richardson Variety and Scott Hardwareare among them.
Jerry Lank <transworld@delaware.usa.com>
Marco Island, Fl USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 18:56:21 (EST)
Geher's My bother-in-law Harry Sheing sold more Kimball Pianos for Gewher's than anyone. He was Famouous for Playing Claire De Lune for the Customers who were interested in Buying a Piano. Al Cartright rote an Article about him. He took a picture of his car illegally parked and put in the Paper with all the tikets on it. He was also very good friends with Paul Richardson.
Jerry Lank <transworld@delaware.usa.com>
Marco Island, Fl USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 18:46:51 (EST)
Dear Classmate Bob Wilson - Wasn't it Robelen's between 8th & 9th on Market where all those recordings could be listened to? Where all the sheet music was sold and could be played on the piano by Mrs. Glyer. And was it not Gewehr's music store on W. 9th St? I bought my Kimball piano there (1953) and am looking at it across the room from this computer. Mrs. Glyer was Judy Garland's aunt. The talented Paul Richardson worked at Gewehr's.
Phyllis B . <boyd52@comcast.net>
Wilm., DE USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 18:21:29 (EST)
Remember the theme from "Cheers". Something about going to a place where everybody knows your name. I remember going to the Style Shop between 8th & 9th on Market. Two brothers (name might have been Lipstein) owned the place. Walked through and talked to the customers like they were really glad to see them. Just casual chit chat - nothing meaningful, nothing great - just friendly "how ya doin?" They seemed to have the same rapport with their employees. Seemed like genuine nice guys interested in their business. Answered any mundane questions you might have about the sales, etc. What ever happened to that world? Ever ask anyone in Home Depot a question. I did once. I felt he was about to take hostages.
Phyllis B. <pboyd 52@comcast.net>
Wilm. , DE USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 18:05:30 (EST)
Mac Abees on Seventh between Market and King had the listining booths where you could take 45's, LP's, or albums and listen to them. Silver's 5 & 10 however, would just play whatever you wanted to hear over their in house PA system. It was located on the left side of the store as you went in, about half way back. Just walk up to the counter and make a request and they would play it for you.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, de USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 17:20:45 (EST)
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE 5 &10 THAT HAD THE DOUGHNUT MACHINE IN THE FRONT WINDOW? I KNOW IT WAS ON MARKET ST.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 15:34:03 (EST)
The best 45 record shop I remember was the Hilo on Market Street, I think between 5th & 6th. They had quite a selection. Also, another 5 & 10 moment--they used to have 45rpm record sales & they would be in a big pile in a bin about 6 x 6, & I would clear a spot in the corner & then go thru every single one in the pile. I'm talking hundreds--what a way to kill an afternoon. Found lots of good ones for like $.25 cents.
Jim Batty <travelcompany@att.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 15:02:45 (EST)
How could anyone forget Dollar Days? We had a co-worker who was one of the ones standing in line early in the morning to get into Wilmington Dry Goods.
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 13:20:00 (EST)
The 45 RPM record shops I remember the best were at a store near the Aldine Theater (with listening booths), Roebling's, on West 9th (?) Street, and the big place down on 4th Street just west of Market.
Bob Wilson Jr <wilso127@yahoo.com>
B'fort, SC USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 13:13:08 (EST)
Does anyone remember DOLLAR DAYS??? Back when you could actually buy a lot for a dollar!!!??
Lyn <Lynstipo@aol.com>
Ormond Beach, FL USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:11:57 (EST)
Woolworth's was cool. The snack bar looked like it was a mile long and it was a treat for my mother to buy me a fountain coke - .05 and then go to the basemant and get a toy after looking at the fish and other pets for sale. When I got older that is where I would buy 45 records and pick up the sheet with the WAMS top hits - which you can find on this site. Thanks Web Master!
Bruce <private>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 11:20:52 (EST)
How about the hot dogs sold under the first floor balcony stairs of the WDG - they were green from being so old!
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 08:51:19 (EST)
Someone just mentioned hot dogs at Woolworth's. Of course, hands down, the Deerhead had the best hotdogs going. A very close second, especially for a kid was the hot dog sold in the lobby at the Queen theater (Fifth and Market) I can still see them rolling around on the little stainless steel bars. I have no idea what method was used to cook them, I guess the steel rollers were heated in some way, but the taste was second only to Deerhead.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Friday, February 29, 2008 at 08:23:33 (EST)
A Woolworth's memory & I think Kresge's too--periodically they would have a banana split special where they would have written a price from 1 cent up to I think the regular price of 79 cents (WOW). They would put the papers in a helium balloon & tie them in bunches from the counter. Then you would pick & pop a balloon to see how much you paid for yours. I also remember Kresge's used to have the best price for cigs, but when they raised them to $6.10 a carton, I decided to quit. Speaking of cigs, there was a time they cost $.23 per pack & some machines had where you put a quarter in & there were 2 pennies slid down in the cellophane of each pack. Speaking of Tony's, does anyone remember the daughter Phyllis? We all used to call her mean Phyllis, because she gave most everyone a hard time.
Jim Batty <travelcompany@att.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 19:10:19 (EST)
Woolworths was cool...there is no other place on earth where you could buy a pencil, a broom, and a parakette all at once...and throw in a hot dog
danny rufo <drufo1@verizon.net>
Wilm, DEL USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 19:02:53 (EST)
Al - What did they sell? Everything. I miss those old 5&10 cent stores. Woolworth's especially. Lunch at the counter for a couple dollars; myriads of candies that didn't cost much; ONE spool of thread when you needed it. (I don't know many people who need a package of 12 different colored spools at the same time); bobby pins & hair nets; dish towels, curtains, nylons, toys. Anything you could practically want - in small amounts at small prices. Is there any place now where you can buy two or three sticks of licorice? A 5 cent pack? At the Wilm. Train Station not long ago I bought a pkg. of licorice (blue) for $3. (Blue should have been the tip-off). I had one stick. It was inedible, so I threw the rest out. This is all so that someone somewhere can hughly profit from these rip-offs. Yes, I miss those 5 & 10's.
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net >
Wilm., DE USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 16:25:14 (EST)
On 2 Aug 1922, the first Piggly Wiggly opened at 1-3 E. 9th Street. On 30 Aug., the second opened at 308 King. The Middletown store opened about the same time.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, DE USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 11:32:21 (EST)
I didn't go there but here's the site for the school - http://www.cathedralofstpeter.net/school.html
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 09:51:07 (EST)
Anyone ever attend St. Peters Cathedral School? I went there from '46 to '50. Would like to hear from anyone who has memories of that experience. Orv
Orv <obursler@comcast.net>
Lincoln, DE USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 07:48:15 (EST)
Bill: Check out the map link that the Webmaster left for me. It answers my question as to which way the L shaped Acadia would have been built. The plot turns back behind the Old Town Hall. Thanks Webmaster!!
Al Minne <alminne@verizon.net>
Temecula, Ca USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 03:12:38 (EST)
Larry and Tom: I remember "Tony's". It was as Tom describes it. The neighborhood kids went there often even into our teens. When I was a youngster my Mom would take me there and when we all order icecream cones I would request mine "without the icecream" Ofcouse Tony delivered. I also lived in Lancaster Village at the end of Village Road. I took a look at it on Vitual Earth 3d the other and to my suprise it looks unchanged except for the mature vegetation. Our old sandlot baseball field is now Condos! I went by the name Tommy in those days.
Al (Tom) Minne <alminne@verizon.net>
Temecula , Ca USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 03:08:43 (EST)
There were two Angelo’s on Watson Ave. in Colonial Heights. The father had a grocery store at the corner with Cleveland Ave. His son, Tony, had an “everything” store attached to his home 1-1/2 blacks west between Ogle and Atkins Avenues. We lived down Atkins in Lancaster Village and frequently shopped at “Tony’s”, as it was known in the neighborhood. Tony had all manner of merchandise crammed into that small store so tightly you felt the wooden floor would collapse into the basement from the weight. Next to Tony’s at the corner of Watson and Atkins was Mrs. Littleton’s vegetable garden. She sold her vegetables door to door from a basket she carried on her arm as she walked the streets. My Mom frequently bought from her. This was during the 40’s.
Tom Wood <twood@hoflink.com>
Albertson, NY USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 00:32:13 (EST)
Larry, Angelo's has been gone for quite some time. He called it the "Little Big Store". Use to always ask, Do you need eggs, do you need butter, do you need bread? Always wanted to make sure He made every sale he could possibly make.
Ray Jubb <golfopera@comcast.net>
Wilmington, De. USA - Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 00:02:54 (EST)
As long as the topic is small retail - anybody know anything about a store in Colonial Hts called "Angelos"? It was a your basic grocery/soda fountain/hardware/newstand/toy store. Much of the goods looked to have been re-packaged and had a look about them I would now call gray market. When I was about ten I nearly electrocuted myself testing vacuum tubes back in their hardware section.
Larry Roszkowiak <larry.roszkowiak@ucsf.edu>
San Francisco, CA USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 23:07:22 (EST)
I remember a 5&10 called Neisners somewhere near Silvers. Anyone else remember that?
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 21:19:53 (EST)
BILL: Where were the two Piggly Wiggly stores you mentioned? I also thought they were only in the South.
Joyce Hartnett <buttercup316@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 21:05:37 (EST)
Didn't Silver's become Green's?
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, DE USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 20:25:01 (EST)
WAYNE, now that you mentioned it, I remember a Silvers, but it is not listed in the 1948 or 1961 Market Street store listings.
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 16:14:28 (EST)
Webmaster, What about Silvers 5 & 10 in the Seven Hundred block of Market on the East side of the Street? That would have made it an even number although I have no idea what it would have been. We talked a lot about Madison street a while back, I wonder if I am the only one who remembers a house at the Northwest corner of Sixth and Jefferson Sts. that looked like it might have been an old farmhouse. It stood out like a sore thumb amongst all the brick row houses. It was a frame house with a front porch that was almost street level. It looked exactly like an old farmhouse that might have been left over from days gone by. It was there in the 40's when I walked to school that way.In the next block there was another building that was totally out of place. It was on the East side of Jefferson between 5th and 6th. It sat back from the street almost like a service station or garage would have. Sometime around the late 40's or early 50's they put a gym in the building on the second floor. It also seemed so out of place in what was a residential neighborhood.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 15:10:43 (EST)
For Al regarding Woolworths: Yes, there were two operating Woolworths on Market Street in the 1950s.
Larry Roszkowiak <larry.roszkowiak@ucsf.edu>
San Francisco, CA USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 11:44:17 (EST)
Does anyone remember the Piggly Wiggly stores? There were two in Wilmington and another in Middletown. I'd always thought of Piggly Wiggly as a southern thing, so I was surprised to find the articles on this.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 11:22:54 (EST)
I notice there are a fair amount of people on the site that went to Sacred Heart School. Does everyone remember the annual St. Patrick's Day show we had to put on every year? It was held in the basement of the school. I remember one year the boys in my class sang "There is nothing Like a Dame" from South Pacific. I still don't know what that had to do with St. Patrick's Day. but I guess at some point the nuns got tired of having the kids sing the traditional Irish songs.
Bruce <private>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 08:01:25 (EST)
Al, click HERE to see a 1927 map of the 500 block Market Street.___The 510 I added where the theater would later be. The Arcadia was an L-shaped building...
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 07:36:41 (EST)
At one time, in the late 50s and early 60s (and maybe years before and later), all of Wilmington's 5 & 10 Market Street stores were open at the same time.___Both Woolworth's (506 & 839-847 Market); Green's (610-612 Market); Both Kresge's (611 Market & 801-807 Market) and Grants (705 Market).___Did I leave anything out?___The KEY WORD here is Market Street
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 07:23:32 (EST)
Does anyone remember that we had two Woolworth's buildings on Market Street? I did not but discovered it while researching the five corner building I mentioned earlier. 504 Market is the Woolworth's that is now a Historical Society Museum. 839 Market is the five cornered building and is now a Happy Harry's. They both are beautiful examples of Art Deco Architecture. Anyone remember if they both were occupied by Woolworth's at the same time or what was in both buildings in the 50s and the 60s?
Al Minne <alminne@verizon.net>
Temecula, CA USA - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 23:31:58 (EST)
Oops, Harlan School is at 36th and Jefferson; I hope my other recollections are not 3 blocks off course, as well.
Danny Stat <daniel@statnekov.com>
Salt Spring Island, BC Canada - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 18:14:10 (EST)
I love the patriotic virtue that our teachers exemplified and taught us in those days. Although I left Wilmington in the midst of the 7th grade (to return to P.S. sometime early in the 10th), I have an indelible memory of Miss Devore (I think that's how she spelled her name) who oversaw the color guard at Harlan School. I remember her choosing the six or seven or eight of us who would serve to carry the American flags onto the stage for the opening ceremony at assemblies; it was also our job to raise and lower the school flag which stood at the corner of the school at 35th and Monroe Streets (This was the corner where after school the old man would set up his folding table to sell sticky apples and fudge.). One of Miss Devore's questions to us(to help her choose) was to ask those members of the class to raise our hands if we had parents who had served in the military during WWII. The issue of right and wrong seemed inherent and more obvious in those grammar school days of our innocence. If we didn't have the dime needed for the bus ride into town there was no question what we had to do, we walked.
Danny Stat <daniel@statnekov.com>
Salt Spring Island, BC Canada - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 16:54:41 (EST)
Connie, As you come up Monkey Hill to the stop sign, it is almost in front of you on the far end of the lawn. When you stand in front of the school it is on the right hand side, outside the girl's gym, in the back quadrant. If you were to look down from an aerial shot the monument would sit at about one or two o'clock on that segment of the property (the lawn) as memory serves me. It has however, been over fifty years and I might be a little off (in more ways than one) so please forgive me, but it would be very easy to find if it is still there. It's quite a sizeable stone standing three or four feet tall and proportional in width. Once again, if memory serves me well there was a plaque on it which listed the names of alumni who had lost their lives in WWII.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 15:33:35 (EST)
Bob, The boulder you reference in your note is the monument I mentioned in mine. The one which the scout would stand behind and play taps at the end of the veterans ceremony. I left Warner in 1953. The monument and plaque were there the whole time I attended the school.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 14:09:49 (EST)
Thanks to all who have posted about Frank Martine Heal. I had never heard of him. I Googled him and found that he was the first Scoutmaster in Del. and buried at Old Swdes Church. Sounds like a very interesting person. We could use more people like Mr. Heal.
Bruce <private>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 09:33:35 (EST)
I went to Warner from 1943-1946. Mr. Heal was proud of the appearance of the school and if rained, students were not permitted to leave the building at lunch time. He wanted to keep the floors clean and not have mud tracked in. I recall he was instrumental in having a WW2 memorial for servicemen. He had a large boulder placed outside the East end of the school. A plaque was supposed to be affixed to it, but was not in place when I left. Anyone remember this memorial? ....Bob
Robert J. McKelvey <windsorme2@verizon.net>
Cape May, N.J. USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 18:59:06 (EST)
When it was mentioned that Mr Heal had the scout play taps, it reminded me of the services we used to have at the school in honor of the fallen veterans. A lone bugler would crouch down behind the monument on the lawn and play taps to the assembled student body at the end of the ceremony. It was obviously a moving experience, even to us, as pre teens and young teens. I say that because here it is almost sixty years later and I still remember those ceremonies that were held each year. Mr. Heal, played a large part in the shaping of many young adults and in making us proud to be Americans.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 13:59:11 (EST)
Correction. I was looking at Frank Martine Heal's WWII draft card. Age 52. Burton S. was his brother, not his father.
Bill McGonigal <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 13:22:28 (EST)
On his WWI draft registration card, Mr. Heal listed his name as 'Frank Martine Heal', born 5 Oct 1889, living at 800 W, 23d St., employed by the Board of Eduaction, father Burton S. Heal, Holly Oak, De. Card is signed with an 'e' on the end of Martine.
Bill McGonigal <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 13:12:39 (EST)
Al Minne: now I have two reasons to look at that building, when I next get into town. One to see how the Arcadia fit between the Town Hall and Woolworth's and two to see if the fifth corner is still there. Thanks.
Bill McGonigal <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 12:59:35 (EST)
The name was Frank Martine Heal. He was VERY active with Boy Scouts. He was the one who, in the early 1940s, had “call to the colors” played as Boy Scouts raised the flag, and “taps” as the flag was lowered at the end of the day. He also “straightened-out” troublesome boys, even to the extent of having them live at his house until they learned how to behave-this was instead of sending them to Ferris School. He was a super patriot.
Bob Veazey <bobbyvz@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 12:08:37 (EST)
Does anyone know if Warner Jr High School Principal Frank Heal was involved with the boyscouts?
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 08:07:30 (EST)
Bill (McGonigal): Your answer to Connie about the WSFS building reminded me of some nostalgia you all might find interesting. Does anyone remember that Woolworth's Building had five corners? The North east corner was cut diagonaly forming two corners just a few feet from each other. I dated beautiful young lady named Pat Riley whose Grandmother was a member the family that owned the site when Woolworth bought it. The family lore said that the family member who originally owned the site divided it into small odd shaped pieces as inherentance to the other family members. When Woolworth wanted to buy it the relative that owned the corner decided to be a hold out and overplayed the hand. The other family members sold and Woolworth decided to build around the small corner parcel and thus the building ended up with five corners.
Al Minne <alminne@verizon.net>
Temecula, CA USA - Monday, February 25, 2008 at 00:36:12 (EST)
Re: Frank Mxxxxxx Heal I recalled his name being Frank Martine Heal. I was a student there in late 40's to 1951. This subject (his midddle name) has come up before. I used Yahoo search engine for "Frank Heal" and found Frank Martine Heal, First Scoutmaster in Delaware, plus a few more sites about Frank Heal with Martine being the spelling. Cannot be sure it is same person, but odds are in its favor.I think Martine is the correct one - how could a young kid at Warner about 1950 have the principal's middle name stick with him unless it was unusual and he was a really nice person. And he was!Don
Don Wood <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 18:00:55 (EST)
Connie, I thought his middle name was Martine with an e. At least that's the way I remember it being pronounced when I went there. They had a portrait done of him, and it hung so very proudly in the entrance lobby, that is until someone slashed it. They cut a big X right across the center. It was, I'm sorry to say, a member of the student body who was responsible. Times were a lot different then however. Although I didn't know him, they didn't cover it up when they found the perpetrator. They told the entire student body just who it was that did it. Like I said, times were different, now you can actually murder someone, and if your not eighteen years of age they won't let the general population know your identity. What a joke, if I had kids that age, and they were going to school or we lived in the same neighborhood as a criminal, I would want to know who it was, so I could make sure my kid wasn't involved in any way with that person. It's difficult enough with everything in the world today to raise children without the legal system protecting the criminal segment of society seemingly with out concern for the law abiding citizens. Some things about the good old days were in fact much better. If you did something wrong, everyone knew about it and who you were.
Wayne <twntydasys@aol.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 15:59:49 (EST)
I remember Poor Richards Inn in Independence Mall on 202. Back in the 70's,it was "THEE" place to go for Dinner. Four of us went there on a Promotional Dinner for a new developement, called "Ocean Pines" .None of us bought a place there,but we had a nice meal. I can still remember what we had to eat.Veal Cutlet,Mashed Potatoes,and Green Beans with Almonds. Pretty good for a free meal.
Kay Burton Wells <breckslnkid12@yahoo.com>
Pike Creek, DE USA - Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 11:00:24 (EST)
Interesting site about Warner Jr High School - http://warner.redclay.k12.de.us/history.htm - in short, it was the 1st Jr High in the state and Frank Martin Heal was the first Vice Principal. He was then Principal for many years. I remember his dog Duke.
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 08:48:27 (EST)
H A Winston was the name.
Sean <sknagel@msn.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 17:42:17 (EST)
Winston's was in the Independence Mall. (there were initials in front of the Winston name..maybe H. J. Winston?) The same restaurant was also on Elkton Road in Newark.
Lyn <Lynstipo@aol.com>
Ormond Beach, FL USA - Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 14:19:48 (EST)
There was also a POOR RICHARD INN RESTAURANT in the INDEPENDENCE MALL. Would that be the one?
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 13:01:26 (EST)
DON, THANKS FOR THE INFO. REGARDING THE W.H.S. ITEMS, BAND UNIFORMS ETC. REALLY GREAT NEWS.
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS, FL USA - Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 12:38:38 (EST)
In the 1974 Wilm directory there is a Ben Franklin Coffee Shop listed as being in the Independence Mall, but that doesn't seem like what you're looking for. I've got other telephone directories from the 70s so I'll see what I can find.
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 08:31:41 (EST)
ROSIE I THINK IT WAS CALLED " 1776 "
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 06:58:07 (EST)
ED....Richie Lemmon is still around.........
JOE "BUBBLES" PASQUALE <jnpasquale@comcast.net>
wilmington, de USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 23:49:24 (EST)
Yes Larry, Pete Grandell from WHS had a brother who had his own band for a while and I believe he played the guitar.
Ray Jubb <Golfopera@aol.com>
Wilmington, De. USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 23:34:41 (EST)
Hello Bruce in Sugarland.Did you know Richard Lemom.We both went in the Marines at (Parris Island) in 1957. Just wonder if he still around.
Ed Begley <epangels_2002@yahoo.com>
Santa Fe, Tx USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 23:25:04 (EST)
I don't see Jimmys soda shop at 9th Adams listed or Adams soda shop across the st.at 9th and Adams. Did I miss it. Also no listing on the package store at 4th and Monore.Or the bar across the st.
Ed Begley <epangels_2002@yahoo.com>
Santa Fe, Tx USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 23:18:49 (EST)
Who out there remembers the name of a restaurant in the left hand corner of the Indepencence Mall on 202..served the most awesome cornbread with their meals. Want to say it was in the 1970's..It was only there for a short while.
Rosie <rsweetness@aol.com>
wilmington, de USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 21:51:44 (EST)
I see there's lot of references here to a Grandell family. There was a family of that name in the '50s that had several guitar players. Same family?
Larry Roszkowiak <larry.roszkowiak@ucsf.edu>
San Francisco, CA USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 16:38:33 (EST)
I knew that if I let it run on, you would all work it out - good.___By the way, my parents, after leaving the Woodlawn Flats in 1952, moved to Willow Run.___We stayed there for a couple of years, but when Oak Hill was built, we moved to the very first house on Spruce Avenue, 1475.___Pete Grandell and his family lived next door at 1473.___He and his wife Kit are still there.___Their daughter, Kathleen, was Miss Delaware in 1965.___I wonder if he remembers me and knows about this website?
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 16:32:19 (EST)
Re; WHS trophies and WHS Wall of Fame - Good news for all! The fastest way to find out facts is to talk to people who know the facts! I called Julie Rumschiag, Dean Cab Callowat School regarding the whereabouts of the WHS tropies and status of Wall of Fame. She told me Pete Grandell had collected all of the trophies and still visits the school weekly. She just discovered more items including band uniforms ,which she will give to Pete Grandell. The Wall of Fame is still in place, which was created by Dr. Peter Grandell. You may wish to visit it and see some people you may recognize. Julie Rumschiag could not have been more pleasant, and helpfull. If you do go to the school I am sure she would be happy to visit with you. Regarding the trophies, I talked with Pete Grandell and learned he took them to the Wilmington Historical Society at 5th and Markets Sts (I believe it is old Artisan's Savings Bank) Anyhow that is where they are and more items will be added in near future. Hope this clarifies the issues. Don
Don Wood <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 14:51:21 (EST)
ELAINE WAS RIGHT ---WELL HALF RIGHT , I WAS ACTING HEAD OF THE K.K.K.. FOR FOUR MONTHS. WHEN I SAW I WAS LAYING DOWN WITH DOGS AND GETTING UP WITH FLEAS I GOT TO HELL OUT AND WENT TO WASHINGTON, D C, AND GAVE TESTAMONY AGAINST THE KLAN. I WAS TOLD BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS , THAT I HELPED MY COUNTRY AND THEY THANKED ME FOR MY HELP. I KNEW SOME GREAT BLACK POLICE OFFICERS WHO I CAN SAY WERE MY FRIENDS , LEROY LANDON IS ONE . WHEN EVER I GOT TO GO TO DEL. WE WOULD TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES OVER A PIZZA AND A FEW BEER,S. . BUT DONT CALL ME A BIGOT ----I MADE A BIG MISTAKE IN MY LIFE --FOUR LOUZY MONTHS. BUT IT WAS A MISTAKE. I AM PROUD OF THE AID I GAVE TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO INVESTIGATED THE KLAN , AND OF THE HELP I GAVE TO THE F.B. I. IT DID NOT TAKE ME A YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO SEE I HAD MADE SUCH I MISTAKE IN MY LIFE , JUST FOUR LITTLE MONTHS. BUT ELAINE YOU SEEM MORE LIKE KICKING ME INTO THE LIONS DEN.THEN WONDERING WHY PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF SCHOOLS WOULD DESTROY PUBLIC PROPERTY. ELAINE INSTED OF TRYING TO BURN ME. TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND AND FIND OUT WHY THESE TROPHY,S AND OTHER AWARDS WERE DESTROYED.BY THE WAY , IF THE PRINCIPLE HAD BEEN WHITE I WOULD HAVE ACTED THE SAME.
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS, FL USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 14:26:50 (EST)
Phyllis, thank you for your help with Whitemans, that could be the one I was looking for, I do not remember a father and her sister must have been older because I think she would have graduated in "58. And AMEN to Mary about RALPH!!!
Jean <irish@aol>
wilm, de USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 12:45:27 (EST)
Gosh, Ralph, I guess I have to make a comment again about your message. Gee, I had to tell you before about your comments about gays and now it seems that you have pretty much summed up your feelings again about blacks too. Why trump the racial card or any card for that matter? The issue is that the trophys were destroyed. It's a terrible thing to do to old school history and those who earned them but are you really blaming that on black people? Ralph, please lighten up and stop being a bigot. If you don't stop, you may just have your computer crash again and then we can have peace in the valley like we did for a while before.
Mary <MareBear@greeks.com>
Wilm, De USA - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 09:19:38 (EST)
Jean - There was a family of Whitemans - lived over a store around 19th & Market. There were two sisters and their mom. One of the sisters was Naomi Whiteman who graduated from P. S. duPont in my class of l952. Perhaps her sister was the Maude for whom you were looking. Naomi's married name is Lokey.
Phyllis B. <pboyd 52@comcast.net>
Wilm., DE USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 22:48:22 (EST)
AS I HAD STATED, ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO ACHIEVEING THOSE TROPHY,S,ETC..AT WARNER SCHOOL AND WILMINGTON HIGH. I CANT BELIEVE THERE WAS NOT A FORMER TEACHER WITH GUTS OR A REP. OF THE CITY TO PROTECT THESE PRESIOUS AWARDS. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. LIKE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT WARNER SCHOOL SAID SMASH THEM UP ( MEANING THE AWARDS AND TROPHY,S) WE ARE GOING TO START A NEW WAY AT THIS SCHOOL. IF WARNER AND WILMINTON HIGH HAD BEEN NOT ALL WHITE , BUT ANOTHER COLOR, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A RIOT ? YOU DONT HAVE TO BE WHITE TO BE A RACIAL BIGOT . AND MAYBE I AM WRONG AND GOING TO FAR WITH THIS MATTER . BUT I HAD TO SAY WHAT I DID SAY, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY THE SKY IS YELLOW ,WHEN IT,S BLUE ! ----PLEASE SOME ONE IN WILM, DE ,PLEASE FIND OUT WHAT THEY DID WITH SOME OF WILMINTON HISTORY FROM THE HALLS OF "DEAR OLD WILMTON HIGH." ? WE KNOW WHAT HAPPEND AT WARNER SCHOOL-----DAMM IT !
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS, FL USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 22:21:58 (EST)
Danny and Ralph, I recieved an e-mail from a WHS grad who had read the trophies "were thrown out" I do not know what happened to them, but I will bet Dr. Peter Grandell will know the answer. He had done so much for WHS and still does. Danny, when you were in lobby of Cab Callaway School did you notice a "wall" of pictures near auditorium. A lot of work went into making that "monument" The Cab Callaway website used to have a section about WHS history, but does not seem to be there anymore. Don
Don <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 21:00:37 (EST)
DANNY, YES IT IS VERY SAD WHEN TROPHYS AND PLAQUES ARE DESTROYED. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPEND AT WARNER SCHOOL, BUT WHAT HAPPEND TO ALL THOSE HARD FAUGHT TROPHYS AND AWARDS AT W.H.S. ? ? ?
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS, FL USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 20:34:08 (EST)
Re: WHS and old trophies. I wondered what happened to them also as a WHS grad 1955. However, There should be a "Wall of Fame" in the lobby with about 100 pictures and bios of grads. Pete Grandell organized an effort in 1996. He got $10,000 donation from Chase Bank(as their building is on site of old WHS on Delaware Ave.). He gathered suggestions from former grads about who should be included to honor and remember all 40,000 grads. I hope it is still there. Do recall seeing anything like it. It was dedicated in 1997. Don
Don Wood <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 14:56:48 (EST)
Jean...sorry I don't remember the Whiteman family...
Lyn <Lynstipo@aol.com>
Ormond Beach, FL USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 14:47:54 (EST)
Ralph, It is very sad when current school officials disregard the past. I too have similar memories of winning championships at St Anthonys, and returnng many years later and not seeing the trophies around. I was recently in the Wilmington High building (Charter School)and not only are all the trophies gone, but there is not one drop of red paint and certainly no Devils immages to be seen. I guess we will only have our memories of our Glory Days
Danny Rufo <drufo1@verizon.net>
Wilm, DEL USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 14:15:54 (EST)
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW , GARY SCOTT THE RETIRED REALTOR PASSED AWAY A FEW DAY,S AGO. GARY AND I WERE ON THE 880 YARD RELAY TEAM IN WARNER JR. HIGH, IT WAS A FOUR MAN RELAY TEAM THE TEAM WAS MADE UP OF BILL ROBERTS , EDD SCHMIDT GARY SCOTT AND I. WE SET THE STATE RECORD FOR THE 880.. EVEY YEAR , I WOULD CHEK THE P.S. A. L RECRDS OURS WAS STILL UNBROKEN. THEN THE YEAR I WENT ON THE WILM. POLICE FORCE. I SAW THE THEY HAD DICONTINUED THE 880 RELAY. SO WE HAVE RECORD THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN. WE SET THE RECORD IN 1948 AND THE TRACK TEAM WON THE STATE TITLE. WARNER SCHOOL HAD GREAT TEAMS OVER THE YEARS, SWIMMING TRACK AND BASKETBALL. OUR AWARDS PLAQUES, PHOTO,S AND TROPHY,S HUNG ON THE WALLS ON THE 1ST. AND 2ND. FLOORS . FOR ALL TO SEE. SOME OF THE AWARDS WENT WAY BACK. JIMMY CHANDLER , WHO WAS OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF CHANDLERS FUNERAL PARLORS WAS ON THE WARNER SWIMMING TEAM THAT WON A TITLE . I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 1938. AS I STATED WE AT WARNER WERE PROUD OF OUR TITLES AND TROPHYS. . BUT BACK ABOUT 1972 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN THAT WAS WORK AT THE SCHOOL AS A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR. HE SAID HE HAD A PLAQUE FROM WARNER THAT HAD MY NAME AND PHOTO ON IT. HE HAD RESCUED ABOUT 12 PLAQUES ,ETC.. FROM BEING DESTROYED HE OVER HEARD THE NEW PRINCIPAL WHO WAS BLACK . STATED TO A JANITOR ---WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A NEW START , DESTROY ALL THIS MESS ! THE CONTRACTOR , WHO LIVED IN ARDEN A FEW MIN. FROM MEGAVE ME THE PLAQUE. A BEAUTIFUL AWARD, WHY WAS ALL THOSE AWARDS AND TROPHYS DESTROYED ? MY KID BROTHER BILL WHO WENT ON TO PLAY BASE BALL FOR WILMINGTON HIGH. AND SEMI -PRO BALL , HIS WAS DESTROYED PLUS JIMMY CHANDLERS , ETC. ETC. THEY (THE TROPHYS AND AWARDS) WERE A PART OF WILM ,DEL HISTORY . WHAT A WASTE.
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS , FL USA - Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 11:44:11 (EST)
Bill, do you remember if Bart's store had a porch on the second store that extended on 8th and on Monroe?
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, De USA - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 17:35:45 (EST)
Bill I lived at seventh and madison st and I remember Barts drug store very well.He patched up a bleeding foot of mine. no charge.When my mother saw it she said go see Bart.
bill rogers <williamrogers55@delanet.com>
wilm, de USA - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 10:58:45 (EST)
The Service Drug Store at 8th and Monroe was owned by Bart Kohan. He was originally from New Jersey. A WWII Navy vet, he was not above donating the required medicine to those who didn't have a lot. Nice man. He lived across from Eighth street park with his niece.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, DE USA - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 15:59:56 (EST)
Lyn, would you remember a family, Whitemans that lived in that area,I went to warner school with a girl by the name of Maude Whiteman and never knew what happen to her, would love to locate her, I believe the family lived over a store.
Jean <Irish@aol>
wilmington, de USA - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 15:50:00 (EST)
I lived at 2103 Market St. from 1949-1957. I'm not old enough to remember everything, but I do remember the Brodsky's, the old stone house, Wilm. Trust and Piane's. Mrs. Piane would whip up some pasta for us "in the back". On my side of the street was Josephine the barber, Magistrate George Banks, a beauty parlor. Also the Chinese laundry..I loved the smell and was fascinated by the all the neatly wrapped and stacked folded shirts. finally, Enright's on the corner where every afternoon I was given a dime for a newspaper, Coke and 2 pretzel sticks!! And being kept awake by the buses as they tried to make the sharp turn from Vandever Ave. onto Market Street. So many memories.......
Lyn <Lynstipo@aol.com>
Ormond Beach, FL USA - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 14:28:09 (EST)
Connie: on your WSFS question, according to Wikipedia, the "bank's first day of business was February 18, 1832, in a rented room "one door below" Town Hall on Market Street. The bank grew steadily through the 19th century, and moved locations twice more before constructing their own building at 838 N. Market Street in 1895." One door below Town Hall would be the former Woolworth's, so it looks like the building is gone.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, DE USA - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 11:39:31 (EST)
Re the shops on Market St. in the 9th Ward: I lived at 2112 Market St. from 1949 to the late 50's in an apartment over the Brandywine Little Shop owned by the Brodsky family. I remember the Lewis family who owned the liquor store and Mr. Martinez who owned the TV repair shop. Also, I believe, next to the Chadwick ladies' notion store was a brick single-family home. I don't remember the family's name, however. Also, at 2114 Market was a very old colonial stone house where a retired elderly shoemaker was cared for by his daughter and her husband. Next to that was the Brandywine Trust Bank which was later a division of Wilmington Trust. Is this in line with your memories, Connie? P.S. Thank you to Mr. Nord's nephew for providing his name, Henry. He was a wonderful man.
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 09:58:26 (EST)
Connie: I don't remember any wood siding. The building connected directly to the dry-goods store on its right and to another store on the left. It had a full store frontage with a full glass display window. The entrance was recessed and angled in at the right of the display window. A door to the upper two-storey apartment where my uncle, aunt and grandmother lived was angled further (parallel to the street)and was immediately adjacent to the store door.
Sam Nord <samuelnord@aol.com>
Fayetteville, NY USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 21:16:45 (EST)
Connie: Henry Nord's hardware store was next to the dry goods store. The liquor store was further up Market street.
Sam Nord <samuelnord@aol.com>
Fayetteville, NY USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 13:54:44 (EST)
Chadwick's Pharmacy was on the corner of Concord and Market, his sister's dry goods store was next door. I don't remember what came next but when I was very small Abe Lewis and his brother had a liquor store near there. They stayed in business until they were held up, then made a quick exit.
Connie <nospam>
Wilmington, DE USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 13:39:05 (EST)
Bruce: Thanks very much for your remarks. I probably was acquainted with your parents since I worked in the store and ran deliveries through my Warner and WHS and most of my U of D years. If you'd care to pass on the family name via e-mail, I'd be most pleased to learn it. You certainly are correct in your assessment of the negative impact of the I-95 construction. In our case, it placed Nord's Market at the termination of a dead-end and grossly limited access to the store. In essence, it destroyed his business, per se, and severely limited his ability to sell the property subsequently.
Sam Nord <samuelnord@aol.com>
Fayetteville, NY USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 13:28:11 (EST)
Pat Le Van: Nord's Hardware was located at 2106 Market St, essentially across Market St from the eastern end of Concord Ave, and a couple of doors from the northeast corner of 21st & Market (the location of Mr. Chadwick's pharmacy, I believe). It was owned and operated by my uncle, Henry Nord from the 30's through the 50's when he moved his business to lower King St. Some may remember that the name "Nord" was embedded in mosaics in the threshold to the Market St. store and remained there for years after he left. Thanks for your very kind words about him.
Sam Nord <samuelnord@aol.com>
Fayetteville, NY USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 11:32:16 (EST)
The name Nord struck a bell with me. Back in the 40's, there was a hardware store on Market St. around the Concord Ave. area named Nord's Hardware. I remember the owner very well although I can't recall his first name because, being a child I called him "Mr. Nord". He would always be outside the store in nice weather when he wasn't busy and talk to all the kids as we came home from St. Patrick's. We would show him our report cards and he would always encourage us to do well. He was a very sweet man. Anyone else remember him? How about you, Connie?
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 09:33:22 (EST)
Sam, Thanks for the update concerning Nord's Market. I remember my parents buying meat from your father. They always spoke well of him and the way he ran his business. I guess when I-95 (Adams/Jackson Freeway) came through that was the end of many businesses in that area and a major change of Wilmington.
Bruce <private>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 08:31:45 (EST)
Orv, I remember A.J. Gross very well. His Brother was E.R. Gross. A.J. was our Family Doctor for years. I had my tonsils out in A.J's private Hospital when I was about 5 years old. My father paid for that operation by painting rooms in said Hospital, I vaguely remember it being on West Street somewhere, that area had changed so much I can't really be sure but seemed like it was around 8th or 9th and West. Those were the good old days when the Doctors made house calls. I can still remember A.J. telling my mother that there was nothing wrong with me I was just very active. I was so skinny every time I got a little sick Mom thought I was going to die, I can still hear him saying "Marge there's nothing wrong with him, leave him be, he'll be alright".
Ray Jubb <golfopera@aol.com>
Wilmington, De. USA - Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 13:26:39 (EST)
Re: Nord's Market. The details provided by Don Wood regarding the market at Tenth & Adams are entirely correct. My father, Alfred Nord, opened his market/butcher shop there in 1935 when I was 4 yrs old. The business remained at this location until after my mother's death in 1965 and well after my wife, children and I had left Wilmington. He did not open another store in the Fairfax region or elsewhere. If there was a Nord's Market in that area, as some suggest, he wasn't involved with it as an owner. He did, however, help out as a butcher in someone else's store for a while in the 60s. Perhaps that was in Fairfax. At any rate, a friend of Dad's who also had a market suffered a devastating injury when he opened his car door, stepped outside of the vehicle and was slammed by another car. Dad filled in for him behind the butcher block for some time afterwards. I just don't know any of the details, and, regrettably, am unable to provide the family's name.
Sam Nord <samuelnord@aol.com>
Fayetteville, NY USA - Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:16:09 (EST)
Anyone heard of Gross Private Hospital? I was born there and our family doctor was A.J. Gross. His brother (can remember his initials) also practiced there. I think it was up near Sallies on West St. somewhere between 7th and 9th and West. I can remember smelling the doctor's pipe tobacco when entering the office! He also made house calls back then (40's).
Orv Bursler <obursler@comcast.net>
Lincoln, DE USA - Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 17:34:33 (EST)
Hi, all. I REMEMBER a valentine I received when in the 5th grade. "If you love me, as I love you, 'no' knife can cut my heart 'into'" No signature, of course, but I felt like Doris Day, all that week.
Barb <Barb@comcast.net>
Peabody, MA USA - Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 15:48:36 (EST)
Hey there, Dave Cauffman - Do you think that funny looking lion was the one that accompanied Dorothy to OZ along with the scarecrow and the tin man? Your posting - humorous. This website - priceless.
Phyllis B. <pboyd 52@comcast.net>
Wilm. , DE USA - Friday, February 15, 2008 at 22:35:44 (EST)
PAT: Yes, I remember the covered Post Office for our Valentine cards. That was alot of fun and excitement for us little kids. This was in the 40's, as you remember, at Mary C.I.Williams school, 3rd & Monroe Sts.
joyce hartnett <buttercup316@comcast.net>
wilmington, de USA - Friday, February 15, 2008 at 19:41:21 (EST)
Thank you Sweetheart Old School! Do any of you old "kids" remember the cardboard boxes covered in white tissue paper and hearts that acted as a PostOffice for Valentines Day when we were in Grade School back in the 40's? Just wondering!
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Friday, February 15, 2008 at 14:48:25 (EST)
Oh - THAT monkey! I always thought his name was Jackie.
Larry Roszkowiak <larry.roszkowiak@ucsf.edu>
San Francisco, CA USA - Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 23:58:20 (EST)
DID THEY NOT HAVE A LION THAT WAS DIFFRENT ALONG WITH THE MONKEY AND THE ONE EYED BEAR ?
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 08:19:22 (EST)
HEY JOE , YOU AND I ARE RIGHT ,THE MONKEY,S NAME WAS JR.. AND YES THEY PLACED A FEMALE MONKEY IN THE CAGE WITH HIM, BUT HE DID NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER. HE ---JUNIOR WAS DISGUSTING. IF YOU TOOK A DATE ON A TOUR OF THE MONKEY HOUSE, AND STOOD IN FRONT OF JUNIOR,S CAGE, THE CHANCE OF YOU GETTING A DATE WITH THAT GIRL AGAIN , WAS NULL ! IF JUNIOR HAD BEEN HUMAN , HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED A DIRTY OLD MAN. ENOUGH SAID ABOUT JUNIOR. . JOE YOU AND I LIVED CLOSE BY. I LIVE FOR MANY YEARS AT 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS , FL USA - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 18:05:54 (EST)
....more about the monkeys. Jerry, Jocko, etc. had a "girlfriend" and we called her Katie.
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 08:00:20 (EST)
Ralph, what neighborhood were you from growing up? I was from the 40acres and we called him Jr. Let's hear from the other neighborhoods and names for the naughty monkey.
Joe <goodoleboys>
wilmington, De. USA - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 20:43:19 (EST)
And we called the monkey "Jocko". Looks like every neighborhood had a different name for him.
jim rambo <rammymex@yahoo.com>
ajijic, jalisco Mexico - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 15:24:19 (EST)
I thought the ornery monkey's name was "Jerry".
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 10:32:39 (EST)
At the zoo -- don't forget "Gladly," the cross-eyed bear.
Joe Mosbrook <joe.mosbrook@multiverse.com>
Cleveland Heights, OH USA - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 10:20:58 (EST)
I REMEMBER THE MONKEY BUT I THOUGTH HIS NAME WAS JOE-JOE AND YOU ARE RIGHT HE WAS A BAD-BAD MONKEY.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW SHOWED HIM THE TRICKS.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 08:14:54 (EST)
THE SWINGING BRIDGE INFO . BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF THE OLD BRANDY WINE ZOO. REMEMBER JR. THE MONKEY ? ----BAD BAD MONKEY !
RALPH PRYOR <REPJFK@AOL.COM>
TARPON SPRINGS, FL USA - Monday, February 11, 2008 at 20:07:11 (EST)
concerning the "swinging bridge", i guess because its a suspension bridge rather than a "fixed" bridge it actually swings, I can remember as a youngster going across the bridge and if we had enough people actually making the bridge "swing", and yes its still there.
oldeschool55 <oldeschool55@yahoo.com>
wilm, de USA - Monday, February 11, 2008 at 13:17:00 (EST)
Acording to www.bridgemeister.com, in 1909, the swinging brige replaced an 1879 pedestrian suspension bridge. As far as I know, it is still there. We spent some time as kids trying to make it swing. It did, but it took a bunch of us.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Monday, February 11, 2008 at 11:30:03 (EST)
I was just looking at a picture of the 'Swinging Bridge' over the Brandywine River. Is that bridge still there? What's the history of that bridge and how did it get it's name?
Erik <have_no@emailaccount.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Monday, February 11, 2008 at 10:23:16 (EST)
YES IT WAS THE HUNT BROS.AND THEY LOST THEIR SHIRT TRYING TO DO IT.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 19:13:10 (EST)
BRUCE !..Thanks that's the name I could not remember.
JOE "BUBBLES" PASQUALE <jnpasquale@comcast.net>
wilmington, DE USA - Friday, February 08, 2008 at 13:03:59 (EST)
Weren't the brothers who controlled the silver market the Hunt Bros?
Bruce <private>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Friday, February 08, 2008 at 11:19:52 (EST)
BUBBLES...I remember you from Gerardos/My mom and dad...When I saw You knew my fathers name it kind of freacked me out, but now I remember...How have you been? Do you still live around there? Did you give me a green Jet electric tee shirt when I was little?...i know it sounds weired, but that just popped into my head.
Donato Rufo <drufo@nccvt.k12.de.us>
Wilmington, DE USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 21:08:17 (EST)
I saw somewhere in the postings about a Portrait of Jake The Broom Man that was in Pnc Bank. Well I think Charlie Columbo's Prints were sold originally thru Famrer's Bank on 11th and market. The Bank was bought by Girard then PNC but from my understanding the people down State didn't like the arrangement and they Kept the Sussex Bank in tact. They didn't like the Idea of these big banks taken over. I think Farmer was one of the oldest Banks in the country.
Jerry Lank <transworld@delaware.usa.com>
Marco Island, Fl USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 20:08:19 (EST)
The Name of the Guys who controlled the Selver Market was the Bass Bros from Texas.
Jerry Lank <transworldtsl@delaware.usa.com>
Marco Island, Fl USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 19:54:30 (EST)
Donato, I don't know anything about stored gold on Bancroft Parkway, but I remember the neighborhood well. We lived there around 1947-1950 ( I was born in 1945) - I think it was the third house off 4th St. on N. Bancroft Pkwy. I remember them building a Post House just behind our home. I recall Hoy's 5&10 and a drug store nearby. My Dad would walk me there in the evening to get bulk orange ice- and probably to get me out of my Mother's hair as my sister had just been born. I remember the A&P so well, too. There was a nunnery further up Bancroft Pkwy. and I was terrified of the nuns (Presbyterian family but I got over it!). I was sent to a preschool somewhere around that area. Not a well-adjusted child - I think I wet my pants every day!
Kay Crosson <kaycrosson@kc.rr.com>
Kansas City, MO USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 18:57:57 (EST)
The old bank at the southeast corner of 6th and Market was also a gold storage facility. The building belonged to Equitable Security Trust circa 1963. There was a story in the NJ about it, when they were moving the gold in. That was within the last 20-25 years. It's now the Kuumba Academy.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 15:56:33 (EST)
Donato.......The area where you lived at one time many-many yrs ago was a cemetery for blacks........the old A&P up from the PNC Bank was where they stored a lot of silver...the name escapes me right but it was two brothers who controlled most of the silver in the U.S.A. stored silver their....your father Tony should remember about the cemetery & the silver
JOE "BUBBLES" PASQUALE <jnpasquale@comcast.net>
wilmington, de USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 14:55:54 (EST)
Your right Webmaster, that was a Bank of Delaware in the 200 block of N. Union, later changed to PNC and is now closed and empty.
ay Jubb <golfopera>
Wilmington, De. USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 14:26:45 (EST)
I think the bank on Union Street was a Bank of Delaware or a Delaware Trust.___I remember that later, that bank had a large photo of 'Jake the Broom Man' hanging on their wall.___Also, the Feds kept a lot of gold in the vaults of the Delaware Trust Building at 9th & Market Streets.
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 13:29:57 (EST)
Hello all, I just remembered 2 things from my youth. can anyone add to this or do any of you also share these memories? First, when I was a kid living on Bancroft PKWY I remember an old guy who sold live crabs out of a white can on Union Street between 2nd and 3rd Sts...also again when I was little, the floor/foundation of the old A&P on Union (my backyard) was dug out to make it stronger for the gold and silver that was going to be stored there for wilm. trust...and I remember a story about them finding 6 coffins under the buildings...any recalections?
Donato Rufo <drufo1@verizon.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 11:00:16 (EST)
Dautel's (E. Kachelmus) moved from 403 Madison street to Elsmere after 1963. It was on the left as you went west on Kirkwood Highway, just before the curve at the firehouse. Walt's was at 1107 New Road. Those are the only two real delis that I can think of.
Bill <mcgonigal9@verizon.net>
Townsend, de USA - Monday, February 04, 2008 at 16:31:29 (EST)
I think I have a pretty good memory and can recall most of the things we talk about on this website. But, help me out here. I lived in the 1800 block Maple St. from 1962 through l974. I used to drive across the Canby Pk. bridge down the Kirkwood Hwy. to two different delicatessens. They were both wonderful with great pot. salad, etc. One deli was on the left, one on the right. Vicinity of Elsmere. I believe one was Dautels. What was the other one's name. Would Dautel's have been on the left or right?
Phyllis B., <pboyd52@comcast.net >
Wilm., DE USA - Monday, February 04, 2008 at 15:36:26 (EST)
Just got this...thought some of you may find it of intrest... Friday, 1 February 2008 To: Alumni & Friends of St. Anthony of Padua Elementary School Traditions are a wonderful thing. They greet us as we enter the world and grow. And we ultimately grow with them, becoming a part of new, evolving traditions. La Festa Italiana, the annual Italian Festival sponsored by St. Anthony of Padua Parish, has existed in some form or shape for nearly three-quarters of a century, raising money so that you and I and our children could enjoy the Italian Catholic tradition of our St. Anthony of Padua Elementary School. About 25% of the School’s budget is earned from the Festival. The event is, by far, the largest fundraiser for the school. If the Festival did not exist, we would be compelled to find or invent some other way to make up this operating deficit. For a variety of reasons, including a desire to increase the proceeds from the Festival that may be dedicated to our school, the Parish and its Festival Leadership Team plan in 2008 to fence and gate La Festa Italiana and charge a $5 per person daily admission for patrons ages 13 to 61. Those younger (when accompanied by a paying adult) or older will be admitted at no charge. (An "Individual Unlimited Festival Pass"-permitting unlimited admission for one adult- will be available for $15). La Festa Italiana - which avoided implementing a limited access approach until now - joins other noted ethnic and community festivals like the German Oktoberfest, the Brandywine Arts Festival , the Wilmington Jazz Festival, Wilmington First Night, and the Arden Fair in enclosing their footprint and instituting a charge for admission.
Donato <drufo1@verizon.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 08:19:45 (EST)
LINDA : There was a beauty parlor owned by Antoinette Battaglia on Madison St. right near 4th. She had a brother named Basil who is in politics, I think.
joyce knotts hartnett <buttercup316@comcast.net>
wilmington, DE USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 23:53:11 (EST)
For Joan Re: Nord's A possible way to locate where they moved are the R.L. Polk City Directories in the downtown library. These books list many (hopefully all of the residents by address, spouse name, kids' names, occupation, etc, etc,) Great reference source available in the years you would be researching. Don
Don Wood <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 22:53:29 (EST)
For Linda Crist : I remember those properties well Linda. Also remember the Bataglia's very well. I patrolled that area for a couple of years while on the WPD.
Ray Jubb <golfopera>
Wilmington, De. USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 22:39:05 (EST)
Re: Nord's Fairfax We moved from 10th & Monroe in 1958. I was transferred to Chicago in 1961, so my knowledge after that time is weak. My parents told me (as I recall) the Nord's opened a grocery store on RT 202 - somewhat recall being told Faifax. Don
Don Wood <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 14:30:05 (EST)
Don, where in fairfax was nords? and what years?
joan <usa>
wilm, de USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 13:15:02 (EST)
My grandparents had many properties in wimington, two of which were located at 2nd and West. Battaglias Market and Bataglias Liquers(which may have been West End Liquers). Does anyone remember these businesses?
linda crist <lndcrist@yahoo.com>
wilmington, de USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 13:10:21 (EST)
Re: Nord's Market It was at the Northeast corner of 10th & Adams Sts. The Nord's lived above the store. The entrance to their living quarters was on 10th St, hence the 809 W. 10th St address, which was between Trenton Place and Adams.The building is still there, not affected by I-95. However, the Nord's moved their business to the suburbs, Fairfax, I think. My parents and I lived at 801 W. 10th and did all grocery shopping at Nord's. Don
Don Wood <DCW545@yahoo.com>
Charlote, NC USA - Friday, February 01, 2008 at 12:27:28 (EST)

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