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#68: November 1, 2009 to November 30,
2009)
Date: 11/30/2009, 7:30 pm, EST
Name: browny
Location: Prices corner
Old Neighborhood(s): Ardentown,Wilmington
Schools Att'd:
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Message: If my recollection is correct, wasn!t there a speedway next to the drive -in and kiddietown?
I think my parents took me to a demolition derby there once.Even though the original question was about Kiddie world..
Date: 11/30/2009, 5:33 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Kiddie Town sat right on Du Pont Highway. That piece of ground is now occupied by a Lowe's and the DMV.
Date: 11/30/2009, 3:43 pm, EST
Name: Jack Riley
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas 57, Salesianum 61, University of the Arts 65
Employers: Kaumagraph Corp., State Children's Dept.
Message: Connie:
The Ellis Drive-In was actually around before Kiddie Town and long after it was gone. Kiddie Town was right next to it.
Date: 11/30/2009, 10:12 am, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Re KIDDIE TOWN - I think that was torn down before they put up a drive in theatre there. Who knows what's there now!
Date: 11/28/2009, 6:49 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: TOM : I think the original post was inquiring about Kiddie Worlds. There were previous posts about an amusement park on the DuPont Highway.
Date: 11/28/2009, 5:37 pm, EST
Name: Tom
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
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Message: If I have it correct, wasnt the original post asking if the kiddie town AMUSEMENT park on Dupont Highway still there,,,,,,,Im cornfused!!!!!!
Date: 11/28/2009, 10:54 am, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd:
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Message: KIDDIE WORLD - as per the 1974 telephone directory, Kiddie World Discount Marts (toy stores) were at 3626 Kirkwood Hwy, 20 Marrows Rd Brookside, 2800 Concord Pike, and Naamans & Ridge Rds.
Date: 11/25/2009, 9:45 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Jerry T., The Pool Hall at Chestnut & Jackson Streets
was Emory's Pool Hall. Old man Emory, as we called him only had one arm but could shoot a hell of a game
and also never turned down a wager of any kind.He had a monkey in the Pool Hall He called Cue ball. Every once in a while we would(as kids)be able to sneak in the side door on Jackson St. and unhook the monkey's chain and run like hell because the damn thing was known to bite. Old man Emory would be hours sometimes trying to coax the Monkey out of trees on Jackson St. with bananas. Myself and John Bunkowski who lived on the other corner and Ontek Cominski from Read St. were usually the culprits.
Date: 11/25/2009, 6:15 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: Any pool shooters out there ? I remember a pool hall at Jackson and Chestnut in the early 50's, but was too young to go in. I also remember Willie Mosconi's Golden Cue in the Price's corner area, just up from Steve's Tavern and on the same side of the road. I'm sure there were a lot more. A co-worker sometime back, Bob Cherico, managed it.
Date: 11/25/2009, 8:09 am, EST
Name: Albie
Location: Lewes
Old Neighborhood(s): 29th St
Schools Att'd:
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Message: CWP: Noticed that you were in the Air Force and they have a base in Maine or maybe you just like to hunt bears? Love it there in the summers. Re: E. 4th St - As a kid in the late forties I used to take my shoebox up and down 4th Street to gain a few dollars. Shined a lot of servicemen's shoes as well as local tavern patrons. One of my favorite spots was the Wilmington Sportsman's Club on the second floor a top Kramedas Grocery on W. 4th. The Tribuani Brothers ran the place and they permitted me to shine the patrons shoes and I made out pretty well.
They even inroduced me to Patti Page (the singing rage). They also opened up another tavern on 4th between Market and King but I graduated from the shoe shine business by that time and became a caddy where I had the pleasure on a few occasions
to caddy for the great Ed "Porky" Oliver. Wilmington was a vibrant city back in the day.
Date: 11/24/2009, 9:04 am, EST
Name: Charles W. Paul
Location: Garland, Maine
Old Neighborhood(s): East 4th Street
Schools Att'd: Bancroft, Pyle, Bayard, Brown Vocational
Employers: Charles Printing, USAF, Avisun, Edlon
Message: Hi from Maine! Don't know how and old East Side kid wound up in Maine? I don't see too many post from you old East Siders but would like to hear from you. I grew up on East 4th Street in the 1940's-1950's. I would like to hear from all you East Siders.
Date: 11/21/2009, 3:47 pm, EST
Name: Joan H
Location: N. Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Rodney
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's and WHS
Employers:
Message: Webmaster:
Noticed your request for a picture of the old B&O station in Wilmington. Sorry I do not have one but last week had lunch @ Kelly's Logan House. They have a large one hanging in the hallway. Maybe it would be possible to get a copy of it.
Date: 11/20/2009, 8:17 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St.Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: BILL : Thanks, again.
Date: 11/20/2009, 4:01 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
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Message: I forgot to give credit to the local paper for the information. The information on Mary C. I. Williams is from a series on Delaware schools that the Journal Every-Evening ran in 1957. It was the 27th in the weekly series. Some of the information was provided for the article by Elizabeth Schulz. Found the clipping at the Delaware Archives. Anyone remember when the school was demolished? The same folder had an article on the dedication of Conrad High School (1935?). The dedication ceremonies were conducted by Masonic organizations. Mr. Conrad was an active Masonic member. Try that today.
Date: 11/20/2009, 8:51 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St.Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: Bill : thanks for the info. about Mary C. I. Williams. One of my cousins went there, in the late 40's /early 50's. Especially helpful was finding out the #, 10, of the P.S. school on Elm and Adams. I lived 1 block away from it and used to play in front of and on the side of it, always wondering what it was like when it was a school, its age etc. I'm quite interested in the history of the P.S. schools in Wilmington. Are you able to divulge your source(s) ?
Date: 11/19/2009, 10:45 pm, EST
Name: Pam
Location: BHundred
Old Neighborhood(s): none
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Message: Can anyone tell me where Passmore Rd. was located? I don't mean what currently passes for Passmore Rd., which is a short commercial stretch behind what used to be Circuit City. The original, old road. Also, am I correct in my guess that Miller Rd. right outside of Wilmington used to be named Brick Yard Rd.?
Date: 11/19/2009, 6:09 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
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Message: Mary C. I. Williams was Mary Catherine Irene Williams. She was born in Wilmington in about 1852 and became a teacher in 1871. She rose quickly to become the principal of No. 10 school, then at Elm and Adams. Two years later, she went to No. 9 school, 8th and Wollaston, to start the Wilmington Training School for Teachers. By 1897, she was the assistant suprerintendent of the Wilmington schools. She died in 1908 at her home at 2d & Washington streets. When it opened in September of 1932, it was the only school at the time named for a local educator. The first four principals of the school through 1957 were Miss Ellen Samworth, Miss Elizabeth Schulz, Miss M. Grage Riggin and Miss Eleanor Kane. Someone out there probably remembers several of the principals. Misses Samworth and Schulz were trained at the Wilmington Training School.
Date: 11/18/2009, 1:34 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Schools Att'd: St.Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: Kiddie Worlds : There was a Kiddie World on Kirkwood Highway and Duncan Rd. ( remember the hilly parking lot ? - bad when snow and ice ). If I'm not mistaken, this location became an I. Goldberg's. Don't know what's there now. Tom should know. This Kiddie World did move to Price's Corner and sold pools. Don't know what's there now.
Date: 11/18/2009, 12:19 pm, EST
Old Neighborhood(s): Ardentown, Wilmington
Message: RE: Albie and Bruce [ Kiddie World ]
I will put my answer on the chat page, so I do not get in trouble w/ the Webmaster, even though it was pre-1975 non-Wilmington...
Date: 11/18/2009, 8:38 am, EST
Old Neighborhood(s): N. Franklin, Woodbrook
Message: Wasn't there a Kiddie World Toy Store on Concord Pike next to the Burger King? They had a slot car race track where I used to race my cars. They sold time to use the track, with races every week or so.
Date: 11/18/2009, 6:39 am, EST
Name: Tom
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Defunct Amusement Parks of Delaware
Park Name City County
Brandywine Springs Wilmington
Deemer's Beach New Castle
Kiddie Towne [added 03-2005] New Castle (Wilmington) [ref 6754891]
Lincoln Park New Castle
Shell Pot Park Wilmington
Date: 11/17/2009, 7:32 pm, EST
Name: Albie
Location: Lewes
Old Neighborhood(s): W. 29th Street
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Browny, was there not a Kiddie World at the Prices Corner Shopping Center that was formerly a Penn Fruit grocery store in the 70's?
Date: 11/17/2009, 10:22 am, EST
Name: Browny
Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood(s): Ardentown,Wilmington
Schools Att'd:
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Message: To GALYNN in Fl.
Au contrere,
There is a Kiddie World toys and furniture...
Toys-- search -- kiddieworldtoys
San Jose, Ca
For furniture, --search kiddieworldoutlet
or Matrixchildrensfurniture.Same co.
The stores that were in Delaware, a memory..
Date: 11/17/2009, 9:04 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St.Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: I think mention was made before of Sisofo's on 4th St. I can't remember if they only rented tuxedos or sold them as well. They had my business for proms and weddings. Does anyone remember their business years at that location ? He must have had a corner on that market.
Date: 11/17/2009, 8:11 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Suger Land
Old Neighborhood(s): N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilmingtn Finishing Co.
Message: Galynn,
Sorry - Ray and I butchered your name.
Date: 11/17/2009, 8:05 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land
Old Neighborhood(s): N. Franklin
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilm. Finishing Co
Message: Gylynn,
What was/is Kiddie World?
Thanks
Date: 11/16/2009, 3:47 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Gakynn. It remains only in you memory.
Date: 11/14/2009, 6:17 pm, EST
Name: galynn
Location: bokeelia florida
Old Neighborhood(s): north rodney street
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: opps...OR is it gone and only left in my memory...thats the pirate in me. haha.
Date: 11/14/2009, 6:15 pm, EST
Name: gaylnn
Location: bokeelia florida
Old Neighborhood(s): north rodney street
Schools Att'd: lore, bayard and whs
Employers: radiology regional
Message: Hi everyone...question... can any one tell me if kiddie world still exists are is it gone and only left in my memory.
Date: 11/13/2009, 7:59 pm, EST
Name: Don Wood
Location: Charlotte, NC
Old Neighborhood(s): 10th & Monroe
Schools Att'd: WHS'55 U of D'59
Employers:
Message: Subject: Jim Hemphill in response to Butch Schilling's 11/11/2009 message. Knew him well. I will answer in blog area which is better place for this kind of information. Don Wood
Date: 11/12/2009, 10:33 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Wayne, after reading your post re: Park Police And county Police, I think we all know who the Jerk is.
Mr. Webmaster,I can see that it is a big problem for you keeping the Nostalgia thing seperate from the chit chat forum. I wish I had a solution for you but i
haven't a clue.
Date: 11/12/2009, 6:22 pm, EST
Name: Wayne
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood(s): West Side
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I remember the Park Police very well. One gave me a ticket for a loud muffler. I told him I would go and have it fixed right away and return if I didn't get a ticket (funds were short) He made me do both and still gave me the ticket. Talk about condescending. I'm smart enough that he wouldn't have gotten away with that today. Nothing against the police or the law but he was a real jerk. Very similar to the original County cops. Real police wannabes.
Date: 11/12/2009, 5:28 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S.Jackson, S.Broom, N.Broom,Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St.Hedwig's, Archmere, U.of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: I remember a John Golden in the early 60's as the park guard at West End Park. He once showed me a picture of himself when he was on mounted patrol in his earlier days. I'm not sure if he covered other parks when he was mounted.
Date: 11/12/2009, 3:42 pm, EST
Name: Jack Riley
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, Salesianum, University of the Arts
Employers: Kaumagraph Corp., State Children's Dept.
Message: I remember a Park Guard who was very old at the time (back in the 50's/60's). We called him John Law. I don't know if this was his real name or not - seems kinda unusual for a policeman's name. He was pretty tough on us kids who were playing football in Bancroft Parkway - had a real condescending attitude. I remember they had a little police station next to Baynard Stadium and, I think they had one inside of Canby Pool.
Date: 11/12/2009, 12:13 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: WHS
Employers: City of Killington & DuPont
Message: To ZEB : Zeb, I was on the Wilmington Police Department when the Park Police were merged with us. There are still some Officers living from the old Park Police, however I only know offhand of one, He was the last man to be hired as a Park Police Officer before they merged. His name is Joe(Crackers)Krajewski. Don't know if that will help you or not, I see him about once a Month at our retired Association meetings.
Date: 11/12/2009, 11:03 am, EST
Name: ZEB
Location: Newark
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Bayard, HS '59
Employers:
Message: Anyone have info or source of information on the old Wilmington Park Police? Thanks. Zeb
Date: 11/11/2009, 9:05 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Ed Begley. Sorry, but it's the same Al C. He also had a brother Mike, but I've lost track of him. Al's wife Tina still lived out off Kirkwood Highway last that I heard. I worked with Al at the old Shop-Rite on Union Street. He was working at the PathMark across from the N.C.C. Airport, when he passed away.
Date: 11/11/2009, 4:50 pm, EST
Name: Butch Schilling
Location: Aiken, SC
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley, Brandywine Hundred
Schools Att'd: Alfred I, Silverside, Mt. Pleasant
Employers:
Message: Ed, My grandfather Whitey O'Toole lived in that neigborhood at 802 W. 10th St. My good pal Paul Palese lived at 908 Adams and Jim Hemphill's home was on Trenton Place; are any of them familiar names?
Date: 11/10/2009, 5:56 pm, EST
Name: Ed Begley
Location: Santa Fe Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): 9 and Adams
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart-WHS
Employers: USMC-rice's and Amoco
Message: For Bill. The Al Cushing I knew lived on 10 th Street across the Street from Sacred Heart School. Not sure where he worked on what High School. He did have a little sister with down/syndron.
Date: 11/9/2009, 9:38 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: DOLORES : Got an e-mail back from brother Fred ( Al ). He said he spent 2 weeks at the orphanage and had a ball, planting potatoes, tending the cows in the fields, picking choke cherries with Ron Pokojski, drinking lots of Kool-Aid with the afternoon cookie snacks, etc., etc.
Date: 11/9/2009, 8:23 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: DOLORES, or anyone else from St. Hedwig's : do you remember the Catholic orphanage in Ogletown ? The Polish people called it " Ochrunka(sp.), meaning Orphanage, I think. I can't remember if the orphanage belonged directly to the Diocese of Wilmington or was run specifically by St. Hedwig's ? I know that there were Felician nuns there, as there were in St. Hedwig's.
I remember a school bus bringing the " orphans " to St. Hedwig's grade school. I had 2 or 3 in my class.
The Orphanage used to have annual picnics in the summertime. I fondly remember them in the 50's and 60's. In those days it was a pleasant ride through the countryside to the picnic, often seeing a train riding alongside the road to the picnic. There was a wooded area behind the orphanage where we used to climb trees and pick crabapples. The last time I went by, some years ago, there was a housing development there.
One of my brothers, either Fred or John, spent a week or two at this orphanage as a " vacation " during the summers.
One summer, while strolling through the picnic grounds, I remember hearing the song, " In the good old summertime " being played on the radio, and the association has remained ever since.
Date: 11/9/2009, 7:32 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: B&O R.R., Resilient Tile, U.S. Army, Equifax, State of De.
Message: My Dad, John J. Tomczyk Sr., worked in Wilmington leather shops for over 40 tears. He worked at the one on Front and Adams and then went out on disabilty from Allied Kid on 11th and Walnut Sts. His nickname was " Burlap ", from wearing burlap pants to work ( must have been itchy ), in his early days. Wondering if there is anyone younger out there ( Dad was born in 1913 ), who remembers him ? He sometimes ate lunch at the Knotty Pine restaurant, across from Allied Kid. There was an article in the News Journal, some years back about the Knotty Pine. I wonder if it is still there ?
Date: 11/9/2009, 5:04 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: 1940 city directory:
Fell Kathryn A. wid Edgar B. (Fell's Drug store) h 600 Concord Ave.
The 1934-35 directory had the same information.
Date: 11/9/2009, 4:59 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: If the Al Cushing in question worked at Allied Kid and Shop-Rite, he passed away a while ago (1994?). He grew up near Sacred Heart.
Date: 11/9/2009, 3:19 pm, EST
Name: Tom
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Ed, try this link!
http://www.zabasearch.com/
Date: 11/9/2009, 2:47 pm, EST
Name: Ed Begley
Location: Santa Fe,Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th and Adams
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart and WHS
Employers: USMC-Riceis and Amoco
Message: Trying to locate the following.Wayne Painter,Joe Ireland-Jack Durzinski-Al Cushing-Jim Harvey-Ross Utica-Bill Sheing (was working at Wilmington Trust)-Rich Lemon-Emma Jane Mulderic. Pat and I are coming back to Delaware next summer and would like see this folks if possible.
Date: 11/9/2009, 2:24 pm, EST
Name: Bud
Location: WIlm.
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren St
Schools Att'd: PS, U of Del
Employers:
Message: In the 30s and 40s each graduating class of PS High School use to plant, I believe, a pin oak tree in the surrounding grounds of the school campus. Those are now gone. Does anyone know what the reason might be ?
Date: 11/9/2009, 12:39 pm, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood(s): Wood'n Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad (1960)
Employers: WDG, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: Posts #63,64 & 65::
All very good. Thank you.
Date: 11/9/2009, 10:13 am, EST
Name: BOB
Location: CONCORD AVE.
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH WARD
Schools Att'd: P.S.DUPONT,U OF D
Employers: AMOCO,HERCULES
Message: FELL'S DRUG STORE WAS OWNED BY THE FELL'S AND WALT SCHUELER WAS THE PHARMACIST. HE EVENTUALLY BOUGHT THE STORE AND IT WAS THEN CALLED SCHUELER'S. HANNA'S ESSO, SMITTY'S SUNOCO,AND DECKTORS LIQUORS WERE ALL AT THE SAME INTERSECTION.
Date: 11/9/2009, 9:13 am, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: The October 1962 telephone directory has a listing for Schueler's Drug Store at Concord Av & Monroe St.
Date: 11/8/2009, 8:02 pm, EST
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON
Schools Att'd: HARLAND,WARNER, BROWN
Employers: EHR & DUPONT
Message: WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DRUG STOR AT CONCORD AVE AND MONROE? WAS IT FELLS ?
Date: 11/2/2009, 11:13 am, EST
Name: George
Location: Ocean View, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Maryland Avenue and South Broom Street
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: To Harry, our webmaster:
My apologies for referring to you as Roger in an earlier post.
Take care
George