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#77: August 1, 2010 to August 31,
2010)
Date: 8/20/2010, 4:01 pm, EDT
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Gary, I recall Lou Hinkle who played football for Happy Valley. He was older than I, we kids went to the games. His Dad I believe was a Park Guard. I remember he had a sister Phyllis. My Dad had an old picture of the Brandywine Hawks, an earlier football team from Happy Valley. We have to keep the chit chat off the forum.
Date: 8/20/2010, 3:13 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Location: claymont
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: Mt pleasean, Brandywine
Employers:
Message: Mckelvey ure name sounds familiar did u know my dad Chick Savage
Date: 8/20/2010, 2:08 pm, EDT
Name: gary savage
Location: claymont
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: Mt pleasean, Brandywine
Employers:
Message: :-) Hi Mckelvey, guess us know Hinkles, Malgerios and Nevilles :-) :-)
Date: 8/20/2010, 10:31 am, EDT
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Raised in Happy Valley from about 1936-1958. Enlisted in the Air Force in Jan '52. Assigned New Castle County Airport JAN'56-'58. married a South Wilmington girl in'58 and moved to Pa.,and Hawaii, Dc and Maryland. ...Bob
Date: 8/19/2010, 5:25 pm, EDT
Name: Rita
Location: new castle
Old Neighborhood(s): xxxx
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I am looking for information on my mother Thelma Atkinson who had a child with John Robino back in 1943 in Wilmington.My mother was born and raised in Wilmington,her parents were Herman and Alice Atkinson,Thanks for any help
Date: 8/19/2010, 2:06 pm, EDT
Name: Bob D.
Location: Chester, Pa
Old Neighborhood(s): N Broom; 12th and West
Schools Att'd: Sallies (class of '57)
Employers: Kryspy Kreme
Message: Reply to Janet C.: so glad to see your post. I vaguely remember our night at the '57 prom at the Gold Ballroom. I seem to remember a great after-the-prom couple of hours after Vinny's party. You were GREAT and sorry I came up a bit "short". Can we try again?
Date: 8/19/2010, 10:44 am, EDT
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: Resilient Tile, B&O R.R., U.S.Army, Equifax, St.of De.(retired)
Message: I remember those old cutain stretchers. My Mom and Grandmother used to have them in the basements. Curiosity caused me to prick my fingers on them.
Date: 8/19/2010, 10:22 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Does anyone else remember the old curtain stretchers? They were made of a light wood frame with nails sticking out all over it. The wet curtains were hooked onto the nails to dry so they wouldn't shrink or dry wrinkled. Curtains that had straight edges when new became curtains with scalloped edges after just one wash. The nails were pretty mean to the hands, too.
Date: 8/19/2010, 9:16 am, EDT
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: Resilient Tile, B&O R.R., U.S.Army, Equifax, St.of De.(retired)
Message: Bob Dougherty : wondering if you knew a John Tomczyk, Sallies '56 ?
Date: 8/18/2010, 10:41 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: A picture appears in the issue of the Sunday Star that appears at the link below [5 May 1946, bottom of page 1]. The picture is of a group of Mary C. I. Williams school children watching some friends prepare for a marbles tournament to be held on 18 May 1946. Two boys are identified: Robert Hall of 611 W. 3d and Robert Swiggett of 617 w. 3d. Picture taken in schoolyard.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=VaBbNe...
Date: 8/18/2010, 9:38 pm, EDT
Name: Tom
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: janet c: try either of these links,
http://www.411.com/person
http://www.zabasearch.com/
Date: 8/18/2010, 12:22 pm, EDT
Name: janet c
Location: landenberg,pa
Old Neighborhood(s): wilmington st near gov printz
Schools Att'd: st matthews padua univ of del
Employers: hercules
Message: I have been around a while but still young at heart. I am trying to locate a friend from the late 50's. He and I dated a few times.
His name is Bill McMahon and I believe he lived in Richardson Park. I just want to talk or email with him to reminiss (sp?) and whatever.........
I attended all of sallies games in '56, '57 and '58. Loved it. I went to Sallies prom in 1957 with Bob Daugherty. Anybody remember him or know where he is now?
Date: 8/14/2010, 12:12 pm, EDT
Name: brownys
Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood(s): Ardentown,Wilmington
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: RE:Aaron,slower,lower!
To answer your question about your parents gas station, The Webmaster has a photo, on page 2 of Old Wilmington before 1975, in front of the A&P,down the street from the Chuck wagon.It is now the parking lot of Goodwill thrift store.The garage is now Quality Automotive. Maybe the Webmaster will respond.
Date: 8/12/2010, 5:51 pm, EDT
Name: Aaron
Location: Slower Lower
Old Neighborhood(s): Roselle
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I was hoping someone out there may be able to help me. My grandfather just passed away and he and my grandmother were born and raised in Wilmington before moving downstate. My grandfather used to own and operate Stockman's Foreign Car Repair, a repair shop and gas station, on Kirkwood Highway near the Chuck Wagon. I was hoping someone may have a photo that has his business in it. I'd like to find it for my grandmother and aunts/uncles along with some other old photos I've got.
Date: 8/11/2010, 9:01 am, EDT
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood(s): Wood'n Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers: WDG, DuPont
Message: I do and yes, it was the best. I also remember an older lady selling it. :-)
Date: 8/11/2010, 7:51 am, EDT
Name: Albie
Location: Wilmington/Lewes
Old Neighborhood(s): W 29th St
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Does anyone recall John's water ice on Lincoln at fifth? For my money it was the best in Wilmington.
Date: 8/9/2010, 8:47 am, EDT
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood(s): Wood'n Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers: WDG, DuPont
Message: I received this E-mail. Can anyone offer some help?
"To whom it may concern,my name is Dawn Lewis(niece) i am tring to get intouch with Mr.Mitch Thomas in reference to my uncle. My uncles name is Joseph Miller(Twinkle toes)or joe miller he use to dance on the steal pier in atlantic city in the 1957-1960's also on your show from1957 to1963 . I would like to know how can i get some footage of him dancing.I am tring to get this for his birthday in september. Thank You, Dawn Lewis"
Date: 8/8/2010, 8:08 pm, EDT
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: Resilient Tile, B&O R.R., U.S.Army, Equifax, St.of De.(retired)
Message: Recalling a close knit neighborhood : we lived at 302 S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville. My grandparents' store was next door at 300 S. Jackson. They lived in the house behind the store at 927 Elm. A great aunt, an aunt and her two daughters(my cousins) lived 2 houses down at 306 S. Jackson. One of her daughters dated and married a guy 4 houses down on Jackson. Her other daughter dated and married a guy around the corner and 4 houses down on Elm St. My best buddy, still to this day, lived directly across the street at 303 S. Jackson. Had cousins who lived on Linden about 2 blocks away, cousins on Linden and Van Buren, about 3 blocks away and 2 different sets of cousins on Van Buren about 4 blocks away(one of which had the family grocery store).
My mother's whole life, almost, was within a 3 block radius of where she was born on Maple St., except for the latter years of her life on S. Broom and St. Elizabeth Sts. (about 5-6 blocks away), which comprised her childhood, school and church(all the sacraments, includiing marriage), her wedding reception at Modjiewska Hall and finally the funeral home on Maple and Van Buren, a half block up from where she was born and her final Mass at St. Hedwig's 2 blocks away.
Besides the family there was a host of good friends and neighbors. And that's the way is was, back then.
I'm sure that there are many other similar type stories and memories.
Date: 8/7/2010, 1:17 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: During the war our A & P offered empty corrugated boxes for customers to carry their groceries home in as they didn't provide paper bags because of the war effort. Someone was always haveing a paper drive. I don't know what they did with the papers or how that helped the war effort unless it freed something up that was useful.
Date: 8/7/2010, 3:36 am, EDT
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood(s): Wood'n Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd:
Employers: WDG, DuPont
Message: A Special Note of Interest::
Photos posted on the OldWilmington.net web site and the 'Old Wilmington' Page on FaceBook may not appear in each location.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Wilmington...
Date: 8/7/2010, 12:48 am, EDT
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: Resilient Tile, B&O R.R., U.S.Army, Equifax, St.of De.(retired)
Message: I remember those old newstands as well. One that sticks out in my mind is one which I mentioned before, on S. Jackson and Maryland Ave. in Hedgeville. I think it was a bookie joint as well. My grandfather's store(Szat's/Shotz) on Jackson and Elm Sts. sold 2-3 Polish publications, one of which was the " Gwiazda " (Star) . Checking with my oldest brother Alfred to see if he remembers the others.
One thing which I remember about the A&P down the street on Jackson and Linden Sts. is that they used to leave out front their used wooden orange crates/boxes if anyone needed them. I used to keep my box turtles in them, and use the wood for assorted projects. Also used to like the smell of the wood.
Date: 8/6/2010, 4:14 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I remember in the '40s and 50s the shop across the street had a news stand out front. About 3 or 4 different types of newspapers were stored there, and dustomers would pick up their paper and go inside the shop and pay for it.
Also, we walked to the A & P store and left our wagon at the side of the store with numerous other wagons and carts. As far as I remember, no one ever had their vehicle stolen.
Date: 8/5/2010, 2:10 pm, EDT
Name: Mort Ainscow
Location: Ocean View Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): Prices Run E22nd & E24th St
Schools Att'd: George Gray 44- Warner 47- P S dupont 50
Employers: U S Coast Guard Hercules Retired 1887
Message: Just discovered this great web site & spent the last week reading all the archives. I was very impressed with the people and places, refreshed my many memories. A special hello to Shirley Hudson a long long time friend from the 30s to the 50s
Date: 8/4/2010, 9:28 am, EDT
Name: B. Daugh.
Location: Pa.
Old Neighborhood(s): many
Schools Att'd: Sallies, '57
Employers:
Message: hello George (Green I am assuming). Great to hear from you. I have been out of any loop for years. After our senior prom (janet cross) I got married, divorced, married, and divorced, etc etc. good now!!
BD
Date: 8/3/2010, 5:51 pm, EDT
Name: George
Location: Ocean View
Old Neighborhood(s): South Broom, Maryland Ave.
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: to Bob Dougherty
Hi Bob Where have you been. Our class members have been looking for you for some time. What have you been up to. Dick attended our last reunion.
Take Care
George
Date: 8/2/2010, 10:04 pm, EDT
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: Resilient Tile, B&O R.R., U.S.Army, Equifax, St.of De.(retired)
Message: Re: New Castle County book with pool picture in Browntown - bet all of the faces in that 1949 picture were all Polsh or residents only, of Browntown/Hedgeville. Now the area is probably drug infested with the creatures of the night.
Date: 8/2/2010, 8:19 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Saw an interesting cover picture on a book at the Border's near the Christiana Mall. In the Local section is a book titled New Castle County. The cover picture is a group of kids standing around a concrete wading pool and spray setup at the corner of 8th & Duncan at Brown Park. It's dated 1949. The picture is clear enough to maybe pick out some faces.
Date: 8/1/2010, 7:52 pm, EDT
Name: Mike R.
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood(s): Gwinhurst
Schools Att'd: Mt. Pleasant
Employers:
Message: Never registered for the draft. Enlisted at 17, recruiting offices located in Custom's House. After more than a year in the USN, got a notice from the SSS threatening arrest if I did not register. Navy lawyer just laughed and told me to give him a call if I got any visitors.
Date: 8/1/2010, 5:07 pm, EDT
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: Resilient Tile, B&O R.R., U.S.Army, Equifax, St.of De.(retired)
Message: My Selective Service System card/Draft card was signed by someone wth the last name, Cohen, in 1966. I think I still have it somewhere in the house. I guess Mr. Cohen was in charge of the Draft Board. My Dad knew him.
Date: 8/1/2010, 12:21 pm, EDT
Name: Ed Begley
Location: Santa Fe ,Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th and adams
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart,Wilmington High
Employers: USMC &Rice's Bakery & Avisun/Amoco
Message: Hey Jerry, remember that bld well, But we(Richard Lemon) and myself got sworn in in Phila and put on a train and were in Parris Island within two day.