Visitors Nostalgia & Memories
(Archive #95: February 1, 2012 to February 29, 20120)
Date: 2/29/2012, 5:15 pm, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Happy Leap Year Day everyone. I remember when Jimmy Dorsey came to Wilmington with his orchestra; today would have been his birthday along with Dinah Shore's.
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Date: 2/27/2012, 8:22 am, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Location: L
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Vicky, My sisters Connie and Bonnie went Mary C I in 1959-1960 Kindergarten, then moved up to Sacred Heart for 1st. to 8th. grade. :-)
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Date: 2/27/2012, 7:15 am, EST
Name: Vickie Jones Snyder
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Mary C I Williams and Bayard Junior High
Employers:
Message: Anyone on here go to Bayard Junior High between and 1962-1965? Mary C I Williams between 1956 and 1962?
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Date: 2/26/2012, 1:06 am, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Thanks again, Bill. For the benefit of the others on this forum, Lewis Statnekoo is my father; along with many of the other members of our family, my Dad changed his name from "Statnekoo" to "Stat" in 1946, at the end of WWII.
SharonRae: I just discovered this evening that I still had my dog, Skipper until at least 1954; if that's any help in finding out something more about your husband's relatives who had Cocker Spaniels. In any event, learning that Skipper went to a home where he was loved has been a great comfort for me; thanks again for answering my earlier post. Best wishes, Danny Stat
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Date: 2/24/2012, 3:53 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: yes
Employers:
Message: Danny Stat: Who was Lewis Statnekoo of 836 Monroe? I found a picture of him and his response to the Inquiring Reporter's Question of the Week in The Star of 10 April 1938.
If you want the link, email me: mcgonig3@aol.com
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Date: 2/24/2012, 3:40 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Location: L
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Columbus Inn, best Prime Rib!!!! Govatos, big hollow Easter eggs put Hershey's candy kisses inside, Kresge's turkey club sand. Woolworth's balloons hanging up over counter pick one and gets a banana split for the cost of whatever the paper inside said up to 39 cents.
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Date: 2/22/2012, 11:02 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S. Jackson St.), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Just a couple great remembrances : grilled cheese sandwiches at Kresge's 5 and 10 at the counter on a stool, tuna fish sandwiches in a booth at Govatos', dinner at the Columbus Inn(can't remember what I ate, but was fascinated by the exterior decor and it's history dating back to 1798).
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Date: 2/22/2012, 1:54 am, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: February 22, 1732: George Washington's "real" birthday.
And on this date in 1907, Robert Young "Father Knows Best" is born and for those of us in Wilmington who listened to the radio: on this date, in 1956, Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel" became his first hit to reach the Billboard Top 10.
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Date: 2/21/2012, 3:46 pm, EST
Name: George
Location: Ocean View
Old Neighborhood(s): South Broom, Maryland Ave.
Schools Att'd: St E's, Salesianum
Employers: AIG WSFS
Message: RE train rides to Philly. One of the supermarkets, Acme or Food Fair offered tickets at a reduced price for a night football game at Municipal Stadium in Philly. As youngsters, we went on the train to 30th street and caught the subway to Municipal Stadium, where we saw Villanova play a Baylor, or Kentucky.
Take Care
George
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Date: 2/21/2012, 1:33 pm, EST
Name: Albie
Location: Wilm/Lewes
Old Neighborhood(s): W 29th St.
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers: Retired
Message: I also took the train alone and occasionally with a friend to the Phillies game at Connie Mack. I recall they called it the "Dupont Special". It was about a seven block walk from the North Philly station to Connie Mack Stadium. At 13 I did not worry about it back then; however, by age 23 that area was considered a war zone by Frank Rizzo.
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Date: 2/21/2012, 11:14 am, EST
Name: jim rambo
Location: mexico
Old Neighborhood(s): 3rd and connell
Schools Att'd: bayard/ conrad
Employers:
Message: When I was about 12 years old, in 1953, my mother would put me on the train to Philly and I would go up and watch the Phillies play.....alone. A parent would be charged with a crime if he/she did that today. Got the autographs of all the greats, Stan Musial, Ritchie Ashburn, etc.
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Date: 2/21/2012, 9:56 am, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Location: L
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Great memories as a teen in the 1960's, taking a train up to Philly with my sister once a month on the weekend to visit my grandmother. She worked at Wanamakers and we spend the day shopping and had lunch on top floor of the store. Next day on Sunday afternoon Kathy and I would go to Wagner's ballroom dance in north Philly on Broad St. and take the train back to Wilmington that night, so many fun memories!!!
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Date: 2/20/2012, 5:30 pm, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: I read this passage just this morning; it's from Alyosha's speech to the boys gathered for their friend, Ilyusha's, funeral at the end of "The Brothers Karamazov": ".....You must know that there is nothing higher, or stronger, or sounder, or more useful afterwards in life, than some good memory, especially a memory from childhood, from the parental home. You hear a lot said about your education, yet some such beautiful, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education. If a man stores up many such memories to take into life, then he is saved for his whole life. And even if only one good memory remains with us in our hearts, that alone may serve some day for our salvation...."
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Date: 2/20/2012, 4:16 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Bruce - I regularly took the train to Suburban Station in Phila. It was only about 3 blocks from downtown Phila.
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Date: 2/20/2012, 2:35 pm, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Mechtron
Message: Danny,
Re: Wilm. Train Station
I was born with a club foot and had to wear orthopedic shoes as a kid. My mother would take me to Phila. 30th street station and then taxi to center city Phila to a shoe "store" in an office building that made special shoes. We did this a couple times a year and I still remember those smells from the train stations. I also remember the "news stand" and the enormous size of 30th street station. This "journey" would take the better part of a day. I always enjoyed the train ride - wasn't too crazy about the foot measurements. The treat would be to eat lunch at Horn & Hardart where food would come out of a machine.
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Date: 2/20/2012, 1:25 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison, East Lake
Schools Att'd: several
Employers:
Message: On Saturday, 20 February, 1937, the new Post Office and Federal Building on Rodney Square , was open for the public to inspect. The postmaster was James J. Cahill. It replaced the old post office at 9th & Shipley Streets that had opened in 1897.
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Date: 2/20/2012, 8:33 am, EST
Name: Jim Kelley
Location: Pike Creek DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Cool Springs, Alban Park, Richardson Park, Glenville
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Cool Springs, Richardson Park, Conrad, Wilm High
Employers:
Message: My Condolences to the Bendistis and Jubb families for the sudden tragic loss of their beloved Donna, and speedy recovery for her husband Brian Jubb.
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Date: 2/20/2012, 12:31 am, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: The Wilmington train station had a character all it's own. I remember the distinctive smell of old cigar smoke and shoe shine polish mingled with the smell of the trains, themselves, as they pulled in and out of the station. Although there probably wasn't any smell to the steam that the engine or undercarriage of the Pullman cars exhausted, like a tired old dog, I imagined at the time, there was a distinctive aroma to the place, undoubtedly added to by the odor of greasy food that drifted across Front Street from Fakis' Lunchenette mixed with the exhaust fumes of a Yellow Cab or two idling at the curb outside the street level doors to the station, just beneath the platform. And I seem to remember bundles of newspapers, tied in bundles with the smell of fresh ink and not yet creased paper that carried the "up-to-the-minute" news of the day: Wasn't there a Mayor named "Lamott" then who wore a flower in his lapel, and a sale on at the Wilmington Dry? Freer and Williams were two of the names that seemed to find their way into those bundles of newsprint. And I remember that we were a "company town" then, as well..... Where were we all coming and going to from that train station? Maybe someone was heading up to New York to try and sell some new fabric to one of the hosiery mills there...... maybe a couple of Wilmington bankers were going to a meeting in Philadelphia or Baltimore..... What was so important about all those journeys? I remember that someone shouted "All Aboard," just a moment before our departure.......
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Date: 2/19/2012, 8:40 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: I know the mystery of the Wilmington/Harrisburg train stations has already been solved, but one clue that gave it away to me, was the absence of the clock tower. It(the clock and tower) always fascinated me as a young kid in the 50's, walking down Front St., to town, with family. Still can't get used to the station being called the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station, as much as Front St. being called M.L.K. Blvd. " Nothing Gold Can Stay" .
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Date: 2/19/2012, 3:14 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: yes
Employers:
Message: On my way to Cape May on Friday for John Koitsch's funeral, I passed through Woodstown. The old Richman ice cream plant is now the home of La Rosas landscaping.
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Date: 2/19/2012, 12:58 pm, EST
Name: John Paul
Location: League City Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): East side.
Schools Att'd: Bancroft,Pyle,Palmer and Brown Vocational
Employers: Retired fro Amoco/BP
Message: I lived 4 blocks from the Wilmington train station and my uncle was a conductor that used the Wilmington station as a stop between New York and Cape Charles and the picture is not the Wilmington train station.
The front of the Wilmingto station was on front street and was not used for parking cars as shown in the picture.
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Date: 2/19/2012, 11:09 am, EST
Name: Budo
Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th&Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: "About an hour ago I posted that it is the Harrisburg, PA station" Sorry Webmaster . Did not see your posting. Budo
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Date: 2/19/2012, 9:59 am, EST
Name: webmstr
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: About an hour ago I posted that it is the Harrisburg, PA station
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Date: 2/19/2012, 9:35 am, EST
Name: Budo
Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Oops IRL is http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id...
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Date: 2/19/2012, 9:33 am, EST
Name: Budo
Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: My best guess about the train station photo is no. It is close but not the Wilmington station. Look at this URL of Wilmington station and note the windows on the upper story. In the questionable photo the windows have an a triangle shape directly over the glass. The old Wilm. station had arch shapes.
Could that make the difference ??
Budo
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Date: 2/19/2012, 9:15 am, EST
Name: Aubrey Fisher
Location: Lewes, De
Old Neighborhood(s): East side,price's run,24th st.claymont st
Schools Att'd: geo.gray,warner,Brown Voc.
Employers: Pusey & Jones,DuPont,Local #80
Message: Webmaster'
Not sure about the [train station] but the sign does
appear to say Pennsylvania Railroad ??Thanks, Aubrey
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Date: 2/18/2012, 1:43 am, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Thanks, Bill; although it wasn't me who made the initial inquiry about the Pullman shops. I responded to someone else's query that my grandfather, Jacob Statnekoo (last name was distorted by immigration officials when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1906), had worked as a carpenter/cabinetmaker at the Wilmington shops, although I don't know the years of his employment there. Very interesting article, though.
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Date: 2/17/2012, 10:52 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: right now?
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: yes
Employers:
Message: Danny Stat:
Was it you who asked about the Pullman shops? If so, the link below is for a story in the Sunday Morning Star from January 1907. A fire caused about $250,000 damage. The location of the shops is given as 12th & Claymont.
Click on the link. If the image appears jumbled, click the magnifier on the frame around the image and it will reappear. Page 1.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=VaBbNe...
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Date: 2/15/2012, 11:31 pm, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: SharonRae: I'm back from Mexico safe and sound, thanks for your good wishes re: " my safe travels." I was traveling in a part of Mexico (Oaxaca) that has not been affected by the violence that we read about up here. I'm very curious to hear if you've learned anything more from your husband's family about Harley and Ola Faulkner and their Cocker Spaniels. All best wishes, Danny Stat
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Date: 2/15/2012, 10:42 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH.CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W H S . V.F.M.A
Employers: DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY WILM. DE. ETC.
Message: SAD NEWS , MY FRIEND :P RAY JUBB, CONTACTED ME THIS A.M. . HIS SON AND DAUGHTER INLAW WERE INVOLVED IN A AUTO. ACCIDENT. LAST NIGHT. HIS SON AND DAUGHTER INLAW , WERE IN SERIOUS CONDITION. AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL . RAY REQUESTED THAT NO ONE WITH HIS E- MAIL ADDRESS E- MAIL HIM FOR A WHILE.. I HOPE YOU ALL CAN SAY A PRAYER FOR RAYS SON AND WIFE. .
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Date: 2/15/2012, 11:16 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Just a last word on the subject so that I'm not misunderstood : I do not condone the actions of the poster(s) who used other people's names, and I'm glad that they are now blocked.
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Date: 2/15/2012, 10:08 am, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Location: L
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Garent, I never went to the Gov. Prince ice skating rink, never knew it was there. Twin Lakes was my favorite, a big bonfire was great to warm up after skating for hours in the really cold weather.
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Date: 2/15/2012, 7:17 am, EST
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: E I DUPONT
Message: HARRY
WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE,BUT YOU ARE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
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Date: 2/15/2012, 5:23 am, EST
Name: webmstr
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: Jerry T:
I thought it strange that you were the only person to recall his first name and that maybe you know him.
You are correct about the several events that occurred, but there were others.
So beyond that, let me ask you: How would you like it if someone posted here using your name?
NOW, can we all get back to Nostalgia before this Forum disappears because of one or two offenders.
I will continue to block offenders using their IP Address and if they want to discuss it elsewhere on the Net, I don't care.
I will delete all posts now that are not Nostalgia related.
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Date: 2/14/2012, 10:27 pm, EST
Name: DAVID CAUFFMAN
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISION ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: E I DUPONT
Message: HARRY
IF A PERSON DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE RULES THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE FORM.
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Date: 2/14/2012, 9:13 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Har : you befuddled me in your post, #465. I only used Gary's full name, because, if I'm not mistaken, he used it himself, in at least one of his posts. I also don't understand what you meant when you addressed me and said, " Is there something that you want to tell us ? ". I have nothing to hide, have no further info., and don't understand your question or the implications.
As far as people using other peoples' names, I remember two instances. Once someone posted as a female, and made a risque post about how she carried on with a guy who walked her back from a dance. In another post, someone identified themself as a star sportsman from Sallies and how he handled the girls at the Sallies dances. There might have been another one which I forget. Anyway, if these posts and/or others were made by Gary, I wasn't aware. I had a completely different perspective on why you blocked Gary.
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Date: 2/14/2012, 8:09 pm, EST
Name: webmstr
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: This free Forum requires you to fill in the data - even if I pay the fee to have the ads removed.
The next step is to have it become "Password" protected, but that was turned down in the beginning.
You don't want to know what comes next.
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Date: 2/13/2012, 9:09 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson),S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U. S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Pat : I'm a tad bit younger, Archmere '66. I remember the names of several girls from Ursuline(there were more) - Christine and Mary Lou Olivere(sisters) and Marge Pala. Seems like , in my days, anyway, that the Ursuline girls and Archmere guys dated a lot , and the Padua girls and the Sallies guys. I loved 'em all.
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Date: 2/12/2012, 9:27 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): Ninth Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: Spent yesterday at an Ursuline Academy reunion for "girls" who were vacationing or living in So Florida. Had a great time in Boynton Beach. My class, hate to tell you this, the Class of '53 had the most attendees - 7 out of 27! So all you oldies out there who might have lived in that time period, let's hear from you with the names you may have remembered. I'll tell you if you tell me! I'll bet some of you old Sallies or Archmere "boys" might have a few names.
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Date: 2/12/2012, 11:10 am, EST
Name: jim rambo
Location: mexico
Old Neighborhood(s): 3rd and connell
Schools Att'd: bayard/ conrad
Employers:
Message: Speaking of skating on Twin Lakes, Terry Newitt, who used to teach art at Archmere, did a painting of the skaters there around 1983 or so. It was beautifully done. He and I later partnered on selling prints of the original. It reminded me very much of my skating days, and freezing nights, when I was in high school.
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Date: 2/12/2012, 12:26 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: That Sallies/Archmere game in '63 may heve been 20-18 (wishful thinking ?). Memory fading.
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Date: 2/11/2012, 11:15 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Garent Gunther : I remember Lee Autman, who played football for Archmere, Class of '64, I believe, and played in the game that was the closest Archmere ever got to Sallies(18-12), in '63. I was in the Class of '66. I broke off with the nursing student, just before I got drafted in '69. If it was Bill Gunther Jr., who I remembered, he dated a student nurse whose last name was Toomey.
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Date: 2/11/2012, 8:47 pm, EST
Name: Garent Gunther
Location: Bear, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Seton Dr., Woodsdale Rd,
Schools Att'd: Mt. Pleasant
Employers:
Message: Maureen Kelley Dunning--Did you ever ice skate at the big pond on the Governor Printz near the old roller skating rink?
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Date: 2/11/2012, 8:43 pm, EST
Name: Garent Gunther
Location: Bear
Old Neighborhood(s): Seton Dr. and Woodsdale Rd
Schools Att'd: River Road, Mt. Pleasant
Employers:
Message: Jerry T.
That would have been Bill Gunther jr. He is about 66 now, I think or even 67. But the main question is: Did you marry the nurse?
You probably graduated Archmere about 1965 or 66? Lee Autman?
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Date: 2/11/2012, 4:26 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember reading that the mid-50s and late 40s was a mini-ice age. It was cold in September 1950 the first day of school. I wouldn't wear a coat or sweater because I wanted everyone to see my new dress, and I was really wishing I had worn something warm by the time I got a block from home.
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Date: 2/11/2012, 3:24 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Location: L
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: It seemed colder in 50's and 60's , we had lots of skating outside in our area , 10th St park at Jackson St, 9th & Rodney St. Twin lakes Rt. 52, Banning park off Maryland Ave.and at Rockford park, sledding there, great times, good memories!!!!
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Date: 2/8/2012, 10:53 am, EST
Name: Brownys
Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood(s): Ardentown, Wilmington
Schools Att'd: Brandywine school district
Employers:
Message: Congratulations on being on the web for 13 yrs.
That has always been my lucky number!
Might even buy a powerball.
With all that money, I couldn!t begin to bring back any of the Wilmington ,we remember! :-(
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Date: 2/4/2012, 6:11 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
0Message: Gary Gunther : Can't remember the first name of the Gunther I met a couple times. He was my age or a little older. I'm almost 64 now. He and I were both dating student nurses from the Memorial Division Hospital's Nursing School, at the time.
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Date: 2/3/2012, 4:53 pm, EST
Name: Gary Gunther
Location: North Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodsdale Rd
Schools Att'd: River Road, Mt. Pleasant
Employers:
Message: Jerry T.
My Uncle Bill Gunther lived on Wawaset--He used to own Gunther Business Forms in Wilmington and later owned a real estate firm in Maryland. He is deceased. I used to drive all around Wilmington trying to find where to deliver the business forms in the early sixties.