(Archive #58: January 1, 2009 to January 31, 2009 entries)
Date: 1/30/2009, 11:04 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: S&H Greenstamps,Resilient Tile,B&O R.R.,U.S.Army,State of De.
Message: Wow ! Dallas Green ! My oldest brother Al went to the U.D. with him. In '59 when my brother was stationed in the Army in Buffalo, N.Y., he took me to a Minors game in which Dallas Green was playing for the Buffalo Bisons.
Date: 1/30/2009, 10:49 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: S&H Greenstamps,Resilient Tile,B&O R.R.,U.S.Army,State of De.
Message: While looking at some of my previous posts in the personal information section, I remembered my employers prior to the U.S. Army, so I added S&H Greenstamps, Resilient Tile and the B&O Railroad.
I'm sure many of us remember S&H Greenstamps. I worked as a stockboy in the S&H location at Price's Corner. Resilient Tile, owned by my brother's father-in-law, Ed Reusing, was located on N. Market St. I have great memories as an apprentice floor tile layer, and working with some great guys such as Ben Rose and Pete Wink, but can't remember the names of the others. In '68 I worked as a trackman for the B&O Railroad. They hired young guys, 18+, in the summers to supplement their full timers. The office was up behind Kelly's Logan House in Trolley Square and our meeting place in the mornings was at the end of Tamarack Ave. in Elsmere. Prior to that,as many of us have done, cutting grass was a summer favorite as well as going to the office on 3rd St. between Market and King to get a job delivering advertisement circulars.
While looking at my last posting, I mistakenly listed the U.D. as my last employer. It is the State of De.
Date: 1/30/2009, 10:21 am, EST
Name: Aubrey Fisher
Location: Lewes, De
Old Neighborhood: Price's Run
Schools Att'd:
Employers: DuPont Loc#80
Message: Re:Demer Nicholson - Geez U must be nearly as old as I! I played a few games @ the old work house also.
I played with a team from DuPont Edgemoor in the County Twilight League, Dallas Green played for a team from Elsmere then. The inmates rooted for our team & they had a little band that played. Some very good players there. Memories !!
Date: 1/30/2009, 8:14 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: S&H Greenstamps, Resilient Tile, B &O Railroad, U.S. Army, U.D.
Message: The Deer Head hot dogs were the best in town in the old days. I had some Deer Head's from the location on Maryland Ave, ( the old Charcoal Pit ) and they were good,but not the same. My best Italian sub is still from Frankie's on Union St. I've been going there for over 40 years now and Helen is still making them.
Date: 1/30/2009, 8:12 am, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
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Message: My uncle used to take me into Katie's at sixth and Scott. I was 15 years old. He would simply order a pitcher of beer and get two glasses. Regarding sand pits versus the quarry. I went to both places. There were sand pits outside the city in back of Minquadale. We used to go swimming there in the summer time and ice skating in the winter. I learned how to scuba dive in the quarry.
Date: 1/29/2009, 5:26 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W.H.S . V.F. M.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: IN REGARDS TO BUYING BEER UNDER AGE. THE FIRST PLACE ME AND MY OLD FRIENDS FROM CLAYTON ST, GOT SERVED WAS THE DEER HEAD ON SHIPLY ST. THE DEER HEAD HAD THE BEST HOT DOGS IN TOWN , BUT THERE WAITRESS HAD TO BE BLIND . , STUPID ,OR BOTH. WE COULD ORDER BEER IN THE DEER HEAD , WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL. AND WE WERE ONLY 17 YEARS OF AGE !
Date: 1/29/2009, 12:36 pm, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin
Schools Att'd: Springer, randywine
Employers: diamond Cab, Mechtron, Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Dave,
Buying beer in high school? Every kid's dream. We used to go to Front St. across from the train station there was a liquor store. We would give a homeless guy(to use a pc term) money to buy us beer. Typically the guy would take our money and walk away. I wish I would have known about LeVans when I as a kid.
:-)
Date: 1/29/2009, 8:40 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: DAVE: Thanks. I thought it was spelled LeVan's.
Date: 1/28/2009, 10:08 pm, EST
Name: Dave
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Canby Park
Schools Att'd:
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Message: We used to buy beer at LaVans in high School during the mid 70's
Date: 1/28/2009, 5:43 pm, EST
Name: Brownys
Location: Prices corner
Old Neighborhood: Ardentown/Wilmington
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: To 8 yaz,
I graduated from AI-57 ,Foulk Rd. -59,Springer-64 Brandywine 1967 ,and kind of remember Miss woodward, but yet, it is hard to remember yesterday.Then moved to Wilmington,1972
With your permission, maybe the Webmaster could send me your E-mail address, or mine to you.
Date: 1/28/2009, 5:19 pm, EST
Name: 8Yaz
Location: Currently Newark
Old Neighborhood: Colonial Heights, Colonial Woods, Surrey Park
Schools Att'd: AI Elem, Springer Jr Hi, Brandywine, UD
Employers: DuPont
Message: brownys828 - I see we went to the same schools (AI, Springer, BHS). What year did you graduate from BHS? And, did you have Miss Woodward for first grade at A.I. Elem?
Date: 1/28/2009, 5:01 pm, EST
Name: 8Yaz
Location: Currently Newark
Old Neighborhood: Colonial Heights, Colonial Woods, Surrey PArk
Schools Att'd: AI Elem, Springer Jr Hi, Brandywine, UD
Employers: DuPont
Message: I swam at the Avondale quarry. I don't remember how cold the water was. What I do remember was how clean the water was and how clean it made you feel, especially your hair, once you got out of the water. Shame there aren't places like this around these parts anymore. I used to swim at Hoopes Resevoir too. Clean water there too but didn't give you the same clean feeling as that quarry.
Date: 1/28/2009, 4:15 pm, EST
Name: Tom
Location: Dover
Old Neighborhood: New Castle
Schools Att'd: Manor Park Elementary
Employers: Jack Lundy's Restaurant and Delicatessan
Message: Wow! It is good to see the board up and running again :-)
Date: 1/28/2009, 1:44 pm, EST
Name: Betty
Location: new City, NY
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Message: Nothing looks familiar? Is this the old avondale quarry??
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&s...
Date: 1/27/2009, 2:31 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Brandywine Village
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Message: 2 QUESTIONS - 1 - Does anyone remember a big snow storm in the winter of 1955-1956? If so - how much did we get. That was the only day I remember schools being closed. 2 - Does anyone remember when and why the Playhouse became the duPont Theatre?
Date: 1/27/2009, 1:39 pm, EST
Name: Orv
Location: Lincoln,DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd: Sts. Peter,Thomas,Elizabeth,Rosehill,Colwyck,WmPenn
Employers: Dupont,AGFA,Hologic,KSCS
Message: Julie, I see you lived on W. 4th St. Did you know any of the kids around that area between Madison & Jefferson? I lived on Montgomery St. in the 40's and hung out with the McCartney boys. Let me know.
Thanks
Date: 1/27/2009, 11:10 am, EST
Name: Delmer Nicholson
Location: Cincinnati
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Message: Bruce, Re Old Workhouse
I played baseball for a Winterthur Farms team back in the late '40's. The league included a team from the Workhouse which, obviously, played all home games. Their field was relatively small. Hitting a ball over the fence was only a single except in dead center which was a home run (and the fences were pretty high).
Many of the Workhouse players could consistently hit
for singles over the fence.
I played in a game there in the mid-'50's and met two inmates who I attended elementary school with. Weird feeling but they seemed like they had adapted OK.
Date: 1/27/2009, 8:09 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: I remember that there was some discussion in the archives about the " Sand Pits " swimming hole or old quarry in Avondale, but don't know if there was another one in the same area. I was wondering if the " Sand Pits " and the quarry mentioned in these last,most recent posts are one and the same ?
I remember posting that a shoemaker's son from Hedgeville drowned in the " Sand Pits ", but I don't think it was closed because of the drowning.
Date: 1/26/2009, 7:55 pm, EST
Name: Lori
Location: Smyrna
Old Neighborhood: Prices Corner
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Didn't someone get seriously hurt or die in that quarry? Wasn't that why they closed it down? My husband remembers having fun swimming there and the water being ICE cold!
Date: 1/26/2009, 12:34 pm, EST
Name: Julie Ciociola
Location: Brockton, MA.
Old Neighborhood: Read St, W.4th st, S. Harrison
Schools Att'd: St. Pauls & WHS 59
Employers: WTC & Dupont Co.
Message: Looking thru the posts and wanted to respond to a few.
Orv - Yes there was an A&P across from St. Pauls, I remember going w/my Mother to grocery shop there.
Chas Walraven (Pickles?) How you doing guy, you are one of the few people I recognize on the site.
Jerry T. The only one I can think of who may have dated your friend is one of my younger brothers (Franny- deceased).
Happy New Year to all, I really enjoy sharing your memories.
Date: 1/26/2009, 11:45 am, EST
Name: Bill Fisher
Location: Westminster, CA
Old Neighborhood: 22nd & Monroe, 30th & West, Edgemoor Terrace
Schools Att'd: #30, P.S. duPont Jr High, Mt. Pleasant, U. of D.
Employers: American Airlines, System Development Corp., UCLA, Xerox Corp.
Message: Bruce from Sugarland: Re your remarks about the fellow who didn't want to return to the workhouse, when I was pretty young, I was waiting for a trolley in front of the Wilmington RR Station. Two "derelict-type" guys were sitting on the curb talking. I overheard one of them say, "I'm getting out of this state-- they have the whipping post here!" Harsh treatment for lawbreakers? Perhaps, but there's some great deterrent to crime there. Many of the criminals aren't very lenient to their victims, so maybe turnabout is indeed fair play!
Date: 1/26/2009, 10:57 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St. Woodbrook
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer, Brandywine
Employers: Mechtron, Diamond Cab, Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Ken,
I see you worked for Del. Corrections. Were you at the old Workhouse on Kirkwood Hwy. I knew a young guy back in the early 70's that caused a terrible accident drag racing on Foulk Road around Stanley's Tavern. He was sentenced to (I think) 5 year in jail which the judge waived with the exception of a couple of months. He served his time at the old workhouse. He came out very thin and did not want to do anything that would cause him to be returned to the prison. Scared straight! Maybe we need more work houses today. Does anyone have any history of the prison before it was torn down.
Date: 1/26/2009, 9:13 am, EST
Name: Ken S
Location: Kemblesville, Pa
Old Neighborhood: Hilltop
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig, Sallies, UofD
Employers: Delaware Corrections (ret.)
Message: To find the quarry swimming hole, go to Google maps satellite view. Find West Grove, Pa and follow the Baltimore Pike east until you get to Lake Road. It is just before you hit Rt 41 (Gap-Newport Pike). You will see the lake. It is no longer open for swimming.
Date: 1/26/2009, 12:15 am, EST
Name: Jane
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Message: What a coincidence!! I am looking for the very same quarry! I went there nearly every summer day during my teens so long ago...but when I tried to find it recently, nothing looks the same! I've driven past the area again and again and still can't seem to find it.It would be so helpful if someone could provide detailed directions?
Date: 1/25/2009, 11:24 pm, EST
Name: Kay Burton-Wells
Location: Pike Creel,De.
Old Neighborhood: Henry Clay,De.
Schools Att'd: St.Josephs-on -the Brandywine,St.E's
Employers: Diamond State Telephone Co.
Message: Location of Avondale Quary--go straight on 41 end of town is a split. Quarry is on the left.
I swam there a couple of times as a teen-ager
Date: 1/25/2009, 8:33 pm, EST
Name: Betty Daniel
Location: New City, New York
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Message: Hello,
Does anyone remember the location of the old Avondale swimming quarry? I used to swim there all the time when I was growing up, and have gone back to the area to visit for a while. Does anyone know rough directions/roads to get there? I can't remember for the life of me...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Date: 1/25/2009, 4:31 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: HEDGEVILLE FOLK : Does anyone remember a liquor store on the corner of Maple St. and Maryland Ave. called Le Van's Liquor's ?
Date: 1/25/2009, 10:40 am, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
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Message: Jerry T - didn't know of a LeVan liquor store. My husband was from Niagara Falls, NY and I met him when we both worked in duPont's Electrochemicals Dept. in the late 50's - early 60's. My family name was spelled Stillwell while some cousins spelled theirs Stilwell. Both sides of the family insisted they were right. Who knows? There was a Jeanne Stilwell who went to Ursuline about 5 years before I did. She was a second or third cousin and had several sisters and brothers. Possibly one was Frank. My Dad, Franklin Euart Stillwell, was born in Hockessin in 1895 and was one of eight children and only two boys. One boy, Alfred, died in the flu epidemic in 1917. So I am the last of the Stillwells from that branch of the family.
Date: 1/25/2009, 10:22 am, EST
Name: Wayne Butler
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: West side from 5th & west st to 11th & Lincoln
Schools Att'd: MCI Williams, Geo Gray,24,Oak Grove, Warner, Brown Voc
Employers: Jos Bancroft, Haveg, Du Pont, CitiBank
Message: Webmaster, The Frank Stilwell you know is in Atlanta GA, He has been down there since becoming a salesman for Photo Prod in the early 80's. His wife and mine were close friends both named Jeanne.They worked together at DuPont Germay Park/Freon Products. A note about the walk on the Kirkwood Hgwy in 1956. Not very much was open on a Sunday in Delaware in 1956. Usually it was only a few of the corner stores, that sold the newspaper, and they would wait until after church services. I don't think the buses ran. If they did it was on a limited schedule. I would imagine however, that some of the diners would have been open. How do I save my profiile?
Date: 1/24/2009, 11:04 pm, EST
Name: Steve Smyk
Location: Millsboro, De
Old Neighborhood: 600 block Madison St.
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Norman from 9th Ward. Yes, that was my dad. He played music with Cousin Lee, the Rythem Rangers and other bands. He played the bass fiddle among other instruments. The thing I remember when growing up was getting up 0400 to listen to dad play music on WDEL radio. I can remember couples telling dad that they remember him from playing music on the Wilson Line. Many have said they met there and married. GREAT memories. Dad passed away a few years ago at 84 YOA. He's missed dearly.
Date: 1/24/2009, 10:32 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: PAT LE VAN : After seeing your last name, I remember a Le Van's Liquor Store somewhere in Wilmington, but can't place the location. Any relation, and if so, what was the location ?
Date: 1/24/2009, 8:42 pm, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
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Message: Webmaster, Don't know who that Frank Stillwell would be. I was an only child.
Date: 1/24/2009, 5:28 pm, EST
Name: Norman
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: 9th.Ward
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Self
Message: For Steve Smyk, I am guessing that you are the son of Steve Smyk who worked for Tupp Studios back in the fifties. I worked and learned my trade there and worked with him on many jobs. If I am correct he also was a great bass fiddler and played at Sunset Park.
Date: 1/24/2009, 8:02 am, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood: 23rd & Tatnall
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: Eckerd's and DuPont
Message: My Dad, Frank Stillwell, worked at Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. for many years starting as a stock boy and working his way up to foreman. He became ill in 1942 and had to leave. (There was no retirement in those days). I remember his telling me that the company was owned by a British family. His boss was Ralph McIntyre, a very wonderful man. Mr. McIntyre used to send the company limo and private chauffeur to take my father to his doctor's appointments. Also, the Foreman's Club gave my father one of the first TV sets a few years after he left the company. Just a little bit of Bancroft history.
Date: 1/23/2009, 11:05 pm, EST
Name: Butch Schilling
Location: Aiken, SC
Old Neighborhood: Old Windybush, Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: Alfred I, Silverside, Mt. Pleasant
Employers: Dupont, Snow White Ice Cream
Message: Steve, interesting to note you're from the 600 block of Madison St.; my grandfather Frank had a dry goods store at 531 Madison during the first 20 years or so of the 20th century. At that time the family lived at 1209 W.8th St.
Date: 1/23/2009, 6:08 pm, EST
Name: Steve Smyk
Location: Millsboro, De
Old Neighborhood: 600 block Madison St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart-Salesianum-Wilm U.
Employers: DSP retired
Message: I can't tell you all how much I've enjoyed reading the comments. Wilmington was a great place to grow up. And I for one, have a lot of great memories of that wonderful city. It is really a shame to see how the city has evolved to what it is today. The police can only do so much. The citizens have got to decide that they have had enough and get involved in making a difference. The WPD need to have the ability to try some innovative ways to curb the crime. However, nothing the WPD can do will change things much unless these dedicated officers have the support of the Mayor, Counsel, and Wilmington's citizens.
Date: 1/23/2009, 10:34 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin, Woodbrook, Monroe Park
Schools Att'd: sacred heart, Springer, Brandywine
Employers: Mechtron, Diamond Cab, Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Jerry T. I'm afraid I don't remember Leo at Bancrofts/Wilm. Finishing, but you know how the old brain cellls work after 30 + years.
Have a great week-end everybody!
Date: 1/22/2009, 7:16 pm, EST
Name: Buster
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy
Schools Att'd: WHS
Employers: Zappaterrini Bakery, US Army, BAE Systems
Message: Jerry, T. I worked at the bakery from the summer of 69 until Dec 76. I joined the Army at that time. Some of my best times were there. I met a lot of people over the years there. :-)
Date: 1/22/2009, 6:50 pm, EST
Name: Don
Location: wilm.
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Message: let me be a little clearer...he said that in south graylyn crest he saw "elephant rock" just the other day...he swears it is it cause he said he used to play on it as a kid...maybe they moved it up wilson road back in the day? I know when they tore down the old vfw on lancaster pike, they uncovered a big rock that is now on the corner of bancroft pkway and 2nd street at zion lutheren church, so i guess it is possible. Any takers on this one???
Date: 1/22/2009, 5:35 pm, EST
Name: Lori Smith
Location: Smyrna, DE
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Message: The Coffee Shop was open in '56. My husband was 8 years old and shoveling snow during the winter! It was never open on Sundays, but was open Monday through Saturday. Saturdays they closed early. They didn't serve dinner on that day.
Date: 1/22/2009, 4:41 pm, EST
Name: DOn
Location: wILM.
Old Neighborhood: bANCROFT pKWAY
Schools Att'd: St. A's, St. E's
Employers:
Message: I have a friend that on a recent visit to a north Wilm Neighborhhod claimed that he saw "the old elephant rock from fairfax" removed with the building of fairfax shopping center in the 50's. Is it possible that the large rock was moved. and not destroyed?
Date: 1/22/2009, 12:24 pm, EST
Name: Bob Wilson Jr.
Location: Beaufort SC
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Message: Speaking of that Price's Corner Coffee Shop, I'm not sure that it was there in 1956, but I do remember, VIVIDLY, a diner of sorts that was there at the time. One very early Sunday morning back then, I left the home of a friend in Wawaset Park, on foot, to get back to Newark, and I walked down Union Street and the Kikwood Highway toward Elsmere, hoping the bus would come by. By the time I crossed the Elsmere line, still no passing bus, and I was dying of thirst, but had no change in my pockets to use in a soda machine outside any of the wayside gas stations, which were not yet opened (as were no other businesses along the way that early). By the time I got to the Vet's Hospital, I had no choice but to climb down the bank of the Brack Ex Creek and wet my whistle. Big mistake, particularly since by then, Price's Corner was nearby. I went into the diner or coffee there shop and bought a glass of OJ. For the next week, I was really sick. I've always believed that it was from whatever was mixed in with the Brack Ex water, and not from anything in the Price's Corner OJ.
Date: 1/22/2009, 12:23 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: FRANCIS RIZZO and DON : Thanks for the info. about the carnivals and Strates shows.
Date: 1/22/2009, 12:13 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: GEORGE : You must be right about the opening of the Price's Corner ACME.
BRUCE : I started the U. of De. in '66 with a Leo Quill Jr. from the 40 Acres area. He was the Cadet Colonel of the Civil Air Patrol at the time. I remember him saying that his Dad, Leo Quill Sr., worked at Bancroft Mills. Any remembrances of Leo or his Dad ? I think Leo Jr. later on became a teacher at Sallies.
Date: 1/22/2009, 11:53 am, EST
Name: Francis Rizzo
Location: Wilm
Old Neighborhood:
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Employers: Retired
Message: For Jerry T Straits shows were on the right side going south,Where your Merit gas station is now down to the trailor tank cleaning including Shellhorn and Hill FUEL .
Date: 1/22/2009, 11:42 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin, Woodbrook, Monroe Park
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Mechtron, Wilm. Finishing Co., Diamond Cab
Message: Web Master,
Thanks for the pic's of Bancroft's. As the web site promises it brought back fond memories. when I worked for Wilm. Finishing Co the heat in the area I worked came on briefly twice a day. It was for the process and not our comfort. It was like working outside. The windows were finally replaced and kept out some of the cold. I doubt if the company could pass the OSHA or fire requirements today. Sorry to bore all with my old work history. Does anyone have any connections to 40 Acres? A lot of guys I worked with were members of the Stapler Club. Does it still exist?
Date: 1/22/2009, 11:24 am, EST
Name: Delmer Nicholson
Location: Cincinnati
Old Neighborhood: Bellevue, Bellefonte
Schools Att'd: Mt. Pleasant, Alexis I ('49) UofD
Employers: USAF, GE
Message: Just found the new site today. Looks great. Thanks, Harry. Looking forward to a daily return visit.
Wishing all a Great year.
Date: 1/22/2009, 10:45 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
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Message: I was in the QC group in the DuPont's Photo Products Dep't. During 1973-1975, we were located in part of the Stockholders Building at 2nd & Greenhill. The assignment took me to many of our suppliers. Two in Wilmington were Rodel, located in a garage at 2nd & Hawley Streets and Mechtron, which was in the old Bancroft Mill Bldg. I remember that the area were Mechtron built our equipment was directly over the Brandywine. The wooden floor had gaps between the floorboards where we could see the water below. Needless to say, it was very cold in the winter.
Go here to view photos of the Bancroft Mill: http://oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/indus...
Date: 1/22/2009, 8:55 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land
Old Neighborhood: N.Franklin, Woodbrook, Monroe Park
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer, Brandywine
Employers: Mechtron, Diamond Cab, Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Webmaster,
Yes, Mechtron (misspelled previous text) was in the Bancroft Mills, Rockford Park end. It was started by a group of All American Engineering guys. It started out as a sheet metal shop and then expanded to refurbishing Amtrak dinner cars, which is where I wound up. Lots of good times, The main supervisor was a guy named Fuzzy (Ralph Fusnaught, I think). The guy I worked directly for was a ex RR employee named Nick, last name was Russian, a great guy. Jim Olivere was a vice pres. and he pretty much ran the shop. They moved to a large building off of 4th Street and from there I believe went out of business sometime in the 70's. I worked for Wilm. Finishing Co. also that was located at the opposite end of the mills. Any old Bancroft/Wilm. Finishing folks out there?
Date: 1/22/2009, 7:23 am, EST
Name: George
Location: Ocean View, de
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Message: For Jerry T. and Harry:
I believe the grand opening of the PC Acme was in the spring of 1956, at the end of my 3rd year of high school
Take Care
George
Date: 1/22/2009, 2:15 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: My family left the city in 1952 and moved to Willow Run and then to Oak Hill in 1956. I remember how my parents were glad that the ACME opened. They shopped in Elsmere until then. When we lived in the Flats, they shopped at the ACME on Union Street near 9th Street.
Go to this location to see two aerial views of Price's Corner. The ACME was constructed between 1954 and 1961. I would guess 1955 or 1956: http://www.oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/m...
Date: 1/21/2009, 6:10 pm, EST
Name: Don
Location: Wilm
Old Neighborhood: bancroft Pkway
Schools Att'd: St. A's, St. E's
Employers:
Message: My brother was good friends with bobby zapatarini, and i also remember the strait shows, but when I was a kid they where in the gaylord parking lot between cinema 141 and General Motors...i saw a two headed goat that still finds its way into my memory every so often. Also the other day I noticed that the city of Wilm. still has the municiple stables down town near the water works. The horses have not been around on the WPD for years. I remember those where some of the biggest, meanest horses in the world...or at least so it seemed to a 10 year old city kid. ;-)
Date: 1/21/2009, 5:56 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: I remember going to Dawson's Seafood on Madison. My parents liked the quality and prices. Does anyone remember an Italian store on 3rd St. between Clayton and Dupont across from the park ? We used to go there for the homemade ravioli.
FRANCIS RIZZO : Where were the carnivals on S. Marker St. ?
GEORGE: When did the ACME come to Price's Corner ? I remember that the site was a field that the Strates shows used in the mid 60's.
BUSTER : When were you at Zappaterrini's ? I knew someone who worked there in '66 .
Date: 1/21/2009, 3:36 pm, EST
Name: jINGLES
Location: NewCastle
Old Neighborhood: Madison and 9th
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner. Wm Penn
Employers: GM, Conrail
Message: I remember the old LandM lounge on Lancaster Ave. next to the Coca Cola Plant. Coldest beer in town, and lots of pretty girls too. There was another "lounge" near 4th street that I cant remember.
Date: 1/21/2009, 1:50 pm, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: 9th and Madison
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, William Penn "60
Employers: construction, General Motors, Conrail
Message: I can only assume Sacred Heart Church is still there. I visited my old neighborhood about 15 years or so ago. As old Chester Riley used to say on the TV series "what a revolting development that turned out to be". My old house boarded up, there was trash piled up against the buildings all up and down 9th St. It was a sad sad experience. Brings a tear to one's eye. A far cry from the clean brick sidewalks and the nicely kept flower gardens on the Madison Street side of Sacred Heart. I have never been back to see the old neighborhood since.
Date: 1/21/2009, 11:03 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: Bruce, didn't we talk about Mectron in the past? Weren't they located in the old Bancroft Mill at one time?
Date: 1/21/2009, 9:30 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Mectron, wilm. Finishing, Diamond Cab
Message: Jingles,
I too remember the Sacred Heart bells since I went to school there, Late 50's early 60's. To call us to dinner my mother rang a bell that could be heard all over the neighbor hood. Some of the other mothers did the same with different sounding bells. I can't believe our hearing was that good. Speaking of Sacred Heart - is the church stil there? I remember the school was shut down long ago.
Date: 1/21/2009, 7:50 am, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: 9th and Madison
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, William Penn "60
Employers: construction, General Motors, Conrail
Message: Thanks, webmaster. So sick of politics anyway I could scream. This website is a welcome respite from all that nastiness. I don't know about other folks but growing up in Wilmington I didn't have or need to carry a watch. Sacred Heart church bells always told us what time it was and the signal anywhere in the city where I was for me to go home was when the streetlights came on. No excuses accepted.
Date: 1/20/2009, 7:16 pm, EST
Name: webmaster
Email: webmaster@oldwilmington.net
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: To All::
I did not think that I needed to remind everyone, but the Nostalgia Forum Rules still stand...
http://www.oldwilmington.net/nostalgia_archi...
Date: 1/19/2009, 10:59 pm, EST
Name: Buster
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy
Schools Att'd: WHS
Employers: Zappaterrini Bakery, US Army, BAE Sytems
Message: Hi, I'm glad to see this web page back up. Just wanted to say Hi.
Date: 1/19/2009, 6:12 pm, EST
Name: Lori Smith
Location: Smyrna, DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Tom,
Yes I am interested in more info. How can I e-mail you? My husbands parents (now deceased) owned the restaurant, and all of the old photos, etc. are lost. I am researching this for him as a surprise to see what I can come up with. His name is Frank Smith. He attended Dickenson and McKane and lived in Brooklyn Terrace. Thanks for any help you can give me!
Date: 1/19/2009, 12:10 pm, EST
Name: George
Location: ocean view, de
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: RE Prices Corner Coffee Shop
I worked at the Prices Corner Acme during high school years and we used to take our coffee breaks and lunch breaks at that coffee shop. This was in 1956- 1959. Any other Acme employees from that time frame out there?
Take Care
George
Date: 1/19/2009, 11:07 am, EST
Name: brownys828
Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood: Ardentown
Schools Att'd: A.I.,Springr,Forwood, Brandywine
Employers:
Message: A friend in Nevada [DE transplant ] was asking where are all the Wilm. area diners are now , and how many were left intact?
Date: 1/19/2009, 10:26 am, EST
Name: Tom Kolasinski
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Old Neighborhood: Elsmere
Schools Att'd: Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Re: the Coffee Shop at Price's Corner. I remember it as being part of the Gulf Service Station operated by Rudy Williams who I think was a state senator at one time. The service station complex was quite large and occcupied the space in what have been the southeast corner of the five street Price's Corner intersection. Fenimore's auction was across the road on the southwest corner. Write me if more info like this is helpful.
Date: 1/19/2009, 7:43 am, EST
Name: Lori Smith
Location: Smyrna, DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: To anyone with a great memory! I am looking for ANY information on the restaurant, "The Coffee Shop", located in Prices Corner, owned by Ray and Francis Smith. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Date: 1/18/2009, 10:53 pm, EST
Name: Bob Wilson Jr
Location: 23rd and Madison
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Jerry T. - Sorry, the Pyle family at 22/23 and Madison doesn't ring a bell, From Madison west to Monroe, the first four homes of residents were the Heckroths. a Mrs. Wardell, my family (in a house formerly occupied by the Smiths, who were in the chinchilla ranch business) and the Volk family. The Harmons (who operated a commercial laundry over on Vendever) lived on 23rd between Madison and Jefferson. Behind us on McCabe Place were the McCormicks, and down toward Jefferson, the Grants. The Fielders lived on 22nd, and on 23rd between Washington and Jefferson, were the Booths and the Everetts, and the Pickerings (with the bicycle shop)
lived on Jeff. between 23rd and 24th. Of course, this was in a very narrow time frame...1949 to 1952.
Date: 1/18/2009, 7:17 am, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: 9th and Madison
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, William Penn "60
Employers: construction, General Motors, Conrail
Message: William Bolt, no I was not one of what they referred to as the Madison Street gang. They were a little older than me and besides that, my father had a tight rein on me. Besides, I was a skinny little runt and not a fighter. We frequented all the stores up and down Madison Street, Serpes, Dawsons fishmarket, the American store, etc. etc.. Some of my teenage years were spent in the Chocolate Shop on the corner. (Look just like Happy Days)
Date: 1/17/2009, 9:48 pm, EST
Name: Ed Begley
Location: 4 th and Madsion Street
Old Neighborhood: 8th and Adams St.
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Sorry for the Spelling:
It was the Flower Market at CoolSprings park. It also was Hercules Country Club.
Date: 1/17/2009, 5:48 pm, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: The price of admission to the Strand Theatre in the 40's was 12 cents for kids - 10 cents plus 2 cents luxury tax during the war.
Date: 1/17/2009, 3:35 pm, EST
Name: William Bolt
Location: Newark,DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I Am One Of The Silent Resders Until Now.This Is For Jingles,If I Had All My Baseball Cards From The 50,s I Would Be A Millionaire For Sure. By The Way Are You One Of The Madoson Street Guys?
Date: 1/17/2009, 3:18 pm, EST
Name: Ed Begley
Location: Madsion Street
Old Neighborhood: th adams
Schools Att'd: Scard Heart (1945-1953)
Employers: Rice';s Bakery and Avison Corp
Message: The Fower Market at Cool Spring Park, Playing Stick ball and Basketball at Scard Heart. Going to Riverview Park in New Jersey. And Hopping cars in the snow and also sledding at both Cool Spring and Monkey hill and Hercles Golf Course.
Date: 1/17/2009, 1:05 pm, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: 9th and Madison
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, William Penn "60
Employers: construction, General Motors, Conrail
Message: Flipping baseball cards!! If I had all the ones I lost I would nearly be a millionaire today. Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, etc. etc. etc.. Had all the rookie cards. :[ :[
Date: 1/17/2009, 11:27 am, EST
Name: Francis Rizzo
Location: Carrcroft
Old Neighborhood: Front and Adams
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Retired
Message: Does anybody remember the trolley cars that run all over the city?The Carnivals on S. market street?
Rialto Theater Wed afternoon serials?
Our swimming poole was Chritiana river foot of Tatnall street.Going on Strawrides in the summer to White Crystal beach,
Date: 1/17/2009, 9:35 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Email: webmaster@oldwilmington.net
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: Summer days in "The Flats" - there were so many kids living in one small area in the 40s. ;-)
> Flipping baseball cards could take a whole afternoon
> All the block games we would play in the evenings
> The Park Theater never cleared us out between showings. On a Saturday we would see a Newsreel, coming attractions, a double feature, a cartoon (sometimes more than one) and a Chapter Serial - then start over again. :-) :-)
Date: 1/17/2009, 7:37 am, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: 9th and Madison
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, William Penn
Employers: construction, General Motors, Conrail
Message: The Grand Theatre on Saturdays. One admission price. I think it was $.10 but not positive about that. Serial chapters like Flash Gordon etc.. Always had a sequel to get you to come back next week. Cartoons all the rest of the morning. Then it was usually a double feature to fill in the rest of the day. In between they had drawings for prizes based on your ticket stub number. And always had a man going up and down the aisles hawking little toy trinkets for pennies. I can still smell the popcorn. I was out of the house and at the ticket booth before 9 a.m. and mother could expect me back around 4 p.m.. And oh yes, I walked to get there. We didn't have or need an automobile.
Date: 1/17/2009, 6:52 am, EST
Name: Patty
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Jerry, the Park Theater was another movie where you could spend all day for one admission. If memory serves me right, I think it was 10 cents - in the mid to late 40's. Does anyone remember what it was?
Date: 1/16/2009, 11:16 pm, EST
Name: Butch Schilling
Location: Aiken, SC
Old Neighborhood: Old Windybush, Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: Alfred I, Silverside,Mount Pleasant
Employers: DuPont, Snow White Ice Cream
Message: Glad to see this back up and running. Some of my greatest memories were Brandywine Hundred snowfalls in the 1940s and days off especially from Alfred I DuPont - the O'Neal bus folks never got near to where I lived. Speaking of Alfred I, my favorite teacher was Olive R. Moore, my first grade teacher - a gracious lady and fine instructor & definitely a hard act to follow.
Date: 1/16/2009, 9:20 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: JULIE J. CIOCIOLA : Any relation to a Ciociola( forget his first name) who dated a St. Hedwig's grade school classmate of mine, Angela Maliszewska, who lived around the corner on Elm St. between Harrison and Franklin ?
Date: 1/16/2009, 8:36 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: Wow ! An all day bus ride for 8 cents.
I remember being allowed to stay for all 3 shows at the Ace movie theater on Maryland Ave. for 25 cents in the 50's. They didn't clear you out after each show. This was great on rainy Saturdays. Does anyone remember any other movie theaters that allowed the same ?
Rockford Park Flower Markets were great,especially the funnel cakes. Aren't they always held just before Mother's Day ?
Any visits to any parks were great. Growing up with brick or concrete front sidewalks and backyards with maybe a tree in front of the house and one in the backyard, it was such a relaxing escape for me to go to West End Park or Canby Woods( woods back then), now Canby Park.
BOB WILSON JR. - I knew a Pyle family in the area of 22nd/23rd and Madison. There was a Rudy Pyle and his sister Kate. Wondering if you knew them ?
Date: 1/16/2009, 5:36 pm, EST
Name: Bob Wilson Jr.
Location: Beaufort SC
Old Neighborhood: 23rd and Madison
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Quality lazy afternoon time for a teenage guy in the 1950's: hanging out with his 9th Ward buddies in the little triangular park at Concord/23rd/Jefferson at the feet of James A. Garfield...with nothing to do. That was our "mall."
Date: 1/16/2009, 4:34 pm, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Memories- The Flower Market in Rockford park on a nice spring day.
Sledding at Cool Springs Park when we had a snow day off from school.
Going to Riverview Park in N.J. with my class (Sacred Heart) at the end of the year.
Enjoying the St. Anthony's fireworks form our second floor roof on N. Franklin St.
And many more!
Date: 1/16/2009, 1:49 pm, EST
Name: Orv
Location: Lincoln, DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: On rainy days, we used to pay one fare and get on a bus and then use transfers and ride all day long on different busses/routes. The fare (as I remember) was 8 cents! We could ride all over Wilmington and beyond for only 8 cents! Remember??
Date: 1/16/2009, 12:03 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: To all,
We all have so many fond memories of growing up/living in Wilmington or the Wilmington area. Would anyone care to post their 5-10(less or more) most cherished memories?
I think everyone would be interested ,and it would be interesting to compare to see if any of us shared some of the same memories.
How about a comment from Capt. Tom.
Date: 1/16/2009, 7:55 am, EST
Name: Jingles
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: 9th and Madison
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, William Penn
Employers: construction, General Motors, Conrail
Message: Glad you are back. It was like losing touch with a friend. I love the new format.
Date: 1/16/2009, 7:54 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar land
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Sorry for the confusing last post - our Web Master has been helping me gain access to the site and my previous post was my last ditch effort and it worked.
(Thanks Harry). Great to be back.
Happy New Year All!
Date: 1/16/2009, 6:48 am, EST
Name: Jay Zehr
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Good to see you back online!
Date: 1/15/2009, 5:05 pm, EST
Name: charlie walraven
Location: selbyville de.
Old Neighborhood: 2nd&dupont,happy valley
Schools Att'd: st. thomas whs
Employers: dupont
Message: julie ciaciola, hows things. happy new year
Date: 1/14/2009, 3:36 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER ,W.H.S., F.V. MIL. ACCAD.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: HAS ANY OF HARRY BRANDS FRIENDS , E-MAIL ADDRESS (SALLIES BRAND ) HEARD FROM HIM. I HAVE BEEN A LITTILE WORRIED . I HAVE NOT HAD ANY E- MAIL FROM HIM FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. HOPE HE IS ON VACATION !
Date: 1/14/2009, 1:31 pm, EST
Name: Larry Roszkowiak
Location: Weed, CA
Old Neighborhood: Woodland Hgts
Schools Att'd: Corpus Christi, Sallies, Dickinson
Employers: Chuck Wagon, Braunsteins
Message: Site looks great!
Date: 1/14/2009, 12:02 pm, EST
Name: Joan H
Location: N. Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: 4th & Rodney
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's, WHS
Employers:
Message: Regarding the vacant lot @ 4th & Jackson. The carnival was sponsored by St. Paul's. My mother actually won a 1953 Buick there. (She only purchased 1 ticket).
Date: 1/13/2009, 4:41 pm, EST
Name: FRANCIS Rizzo
Location: carrcroft
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Retired
Message: Jerry here's a good one for you did you know there a Amoco gas station at Chestnut and monroe, another
Sunoco at Front Maryland Ave, Gulf at Front Monroe
and a Atlantic Front and Madison across from Wilm Sash and Door ???
Date: 1/13/2009, 4:30 pm, EST
Name: Francis Rizzo
Location: Carrcroft
Old Neighborhood: Front and Adams
Schools Att'd:
Employers: retired
Message: For Ray the last I heard Albert is still living, and is at the LITTLE SISTER'S OF THE POOR he used to help me part time up to 1972. For orv that was an A@P
Date: 1/13/2009, 2:12 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: RAY JUBB, FRANCIS RIZZO, ORV : Thanks for sharing the info. I never heard of PURE gas or oil until I moved downstate. There's a sandwich shop on Rt. # 24 with 2 old time PURE gas pumps in front of the store. I don't know if this was a gas station at one time or if the owner bought them for decoration. I'll have to do more resrarch into Pure.
Date: 1/13/2009, 4:12 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: For those interested: Radio Station WAMS has returned to the Internet
Date: 1/13/2009, 2:58 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: ROGER:: Mickey provided me with the photo of 'Shipside' that is on this website...
http://oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/photo...
Date: 1/13/2009, 1:22 am, EST
Name: ROGER PULLEY
Location: Helotes,TX
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I found this site, the other night. My Grand mother use to be here, Mickey Pulley. I read some of the good things some of y'all wrote about her,She was a great woman and in her last days, y'all brought a lot of joy in her life. Thank you. Roger Pulley jr.
Date: 1/12/2009, 10:01 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: HEDGEVILLE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: To Jerry T. - Guess I'm loosing it in my old age Jerry
beacuse my Wife saw my Post and advised me that we had taken our kids to the Carnival there across from the Church. Also, whoever it was that asked about the Store across from St. Paul's on 4th Street, it was an Acme Market. Anyone who remembers it will probably remember Albert, the little guy who used to use a wagon to take groceries home for people.
Date: 1/12/2009, 7:45 pm, EST
Name: Orv
Location: Lincoln, DE
Old Neighborhood: Montgomery St., S. Clayton St
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Dupont, AGFA, Hologic, KSCS
Message: In the mid to late 40's wasn't there an Acme or A&P on 4th St. across from St. Pauls? I seem to remember this.
Orv
Date: 1/12/2009, 6:13 pm, EST
Name: Francis Rizzo
Location: Carrcroft
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Jerry T JEANIE IS MY NIECE. THE STATION WAS THERE IN THE 20'S EARLY 30'S. HAD A SMALL OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE WITH 7 HEDGES ACROSS THE FRONT
WITH THE NAME TRIMED OUT.
PURE OFFICE OIL
Date: 1/12/2009, 1:48 pm, EST
Name: Aubrey
Location: Lewes, De
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Pipefitters Loc.#80/#74
Message: Just to say Hi = enjoy the site = memories = but I'm somewhat older than most here. Have a great year.
Date: 1/12/2009, 11:42 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Email: webmaster@oldwilmington.net
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Rn, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: > This new format allows you to preview your entry before you post it. This way you can make changes, check your spelling, etc.
> You can enter Website URL's, BUT BE CAREFUL HERE - I don't want to remove a URL.
> You CAN enter your E-mail Address HERE, if you want it to be viewed.
> This format has a built-in "Banned Words List" (you know the ones) and I can also add my own if I want.
> You can add 'Smileys' to your entry.
About my book "Wilmington: Picturing Change". For out-of-towner's, it is available on the net's three book sites or from the publisher by going to the 'Home Page". As far as I know, all local book stores including Costco & BJ's - unless they are temporarily sold out.
;-) ;-)
Date: 1/12/2009, 11:06 am, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Webmaster, I think I figured it out. If we have anything to say, we just fill it in on this page. I was thinking that there would be another page of chat, etc. Guess, I am just a little slow! That seems to come with age. I do not have your book. Is there somewhere we can order it?
Date: 1/12/2009, 10:01 am, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W.H S, VALLEY FORGE. M.A.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: HARRY OUR WEBMASTER, IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW FORMAT, I THINK ITS GREAT. AND MAYBE WE NEEDED A CHANGE.
Date: 1/11/2009, 10:02 pm, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood: Bet. 22nd and 23rd on Tatnall
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Still getting used to it. I see that we are all signing in; however, when and how do the messages start? Am I missing something here? Please advise.
Date: 1/11/2009, 7:05 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: FRANCIS RIZZO AND GERRIE : WOW! Thanks for the input on the vacant lot on 4th and Jackson. Do you remember what year(s) the Pure Oil gas station was there ? FRANCIS RIZZO : I was infatuated ( puppy love ) with a Jean(ne)Rizzo when I was 13 in 1961, who lived in the 100 block S. Jackson St. Any relation ?
Date: 1/11/2009, 6:19 pm, EST
Name: Gerrie
Location: Rockford Park
Old Neighborhood: St. Es
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Great to have this forum back. Remember the carnival on 4th. My family looked forward to it every year. For as long a I remember, the lot was vacant and waiting for the kids playing ball and then once a year the carnival.
Date: 1/11/2009, 6:04 pm, EST
Name: Francis Rizzo
Location: Carrcroft
Old Neighborhood: Front and Adams
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard Whs
Employers: Owner Rizzo Bev. Ret. loc542
Message: Also glad to see this page opened,Want to say hello to every one.For JerryT. Going way back on that corner was a Pure Oil gas station.
Date: 1/11/2009, 3:10 pm, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Richardson Park
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: ALSO, go here to see my recent photos of the PS DuPont (High/Elementary) School http://oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/ps_du...
Date: 1/11/2009, 3:06 pm, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Richardson Park
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: A new section was added to the Music Page. Go to: http://www.oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/m... to listen to some musical programs...
Date: 1/11/2009, 1:21 pm, EST
Name: Buz Peoples
Location: Sequim, WA
Old Neighborhood: Faulkland,Bellefont,Carrcroft
Schools Att'd: Harlan, Tatnall
Employers:
Message: So glad to see this section of OW.N reopened.Thanks, Harry!!!
Date: 1/10/2009, 9:09 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: Ray Jubb : Thanks for the response. Please post any other remembrances from Hedgeville. You are about 13-14 yrs. older than me, and I'm interested in any other recollections from the old neighborhood.
Ralph Pryor : aaah, sweet retirement in either Florida or Louisiana, 3-1-10(13 mos. and days).
Date: 1/10/2009, 5:04 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS , FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, WILM HIGH , VALLEY FORGE MIL. ACADEMY
Employers: RETIRED
Message: TO MY FRIENDS IN DELAWARE, TEMP.HIGH TODAY IN TARPON SPRINGS , FL IS 78.0 WENT FISHING TODAY AT THE LOCAL BEACH ( 10 MIN. AWAY ) I CAUGHT TWO SNAPPER ABOUT 18 IN. LONG, AND ONE FLOUNDER.20 IN. LONG. YES ITS THE GOOD LIFE DOWN HERE . BUT I WOULD HAVE TRADED TODAY , FOR A VISIT WITH MY SON AND DAUGHTER, GRAND CHILDREN AND DAUGHTER INLAW , ETC.. AND A HALF DOZEN TOMATO PIES. ( SQUARE CUT PIZZA ) IN DELAWARE !
Date: 1/10/2009, 3:01 pm, EST
Name: Patty
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Wilmington
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: For anyone downstate who miss Serpe's rolls. Uncle Willie's off Rt. 24 on Long Neck Road carries them. Also, Capriotti's on Savannah Rd. at Five Points orders daily except Sunday from Serpe's. They will order anything you want & have it the next day. :-)
Date: 1/9/2009, 10:38 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Wil.De.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: To Jerry T. I also remember there being something there like that at one time but for the life of me can't remember what it was or if the School sponsored it or not, and I went to St. Paul's School Class of 49.
I do remember playing ball in that lot and do believe that the Church/School owned it. I left a lot of skin in that old sand lot.
Date: 1/9/2009, 6:50 pm, EST
Name: webmaster
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Richardson Park
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: Two fellow Conradians in a row.
Glad to see Wayne and Tom log on. How are you guys doing? Too bad that you are so far away - there is another "Chuck Wagon Reunion" planned for April.
Send me an E-mail so we can get caught up!
Harry Rogerson (CHS60) and Webmaster, www.oldwilmington.net
Date: 1/9/2009, 2:44 pm, EST
Name: Bud
Location: WIlmingston
Old Neighborhood: 34th & Vanburen
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Happy to see the return. This site was always my first stop in the AM
Date: 1/9/2009, 11:37 am, EST
Name: wayne grogner
Location: Atlanta area
Old Neighborhood: Cooper Farm/ Sherwood Park
Schools Att'd: Marshallton/Conrad (1960)
Employers: Johnson &Johnson- Chicopee Div.
Message: Welcome back.
Date: 1/9/2009, 10:25 am, EST
Name: Tom Kolasinski
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Old Neighborhood: Elsmere
Schools Att'd: Oak Grove, Conrad, Univ/Del
Employers: Leeds & Northrup, Honeywell
Message: Pleased to see this up and running again. Impressive new format.
Date: 1/8/2009, 5:34 pm, EST
Name: Mike Snyder
Location: Connecticut
Old Neighborhood: Forty Acres
Schools Att'd: WHS
Employers: duPont & Allstate Ins
Message: Glad this forum is back. Its great to see whats happening in De.
Date: 1/8/2009, 4:08 pm, EST
Name: Norman
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: ninth ward
Schools Att'd: Warner, PS, Brown Voc.
Employers: Self employed
Message: WELCOME BACK--thank you Harry, missed by many.
Date: 1/8/2009, 11:12 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S.Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: I can't remember if I mentioned this before,but as a small kid in the early '50's, I remember my parents taking me to a carnival which was held on a large vacant lot on the N.E. corner of 4th and Jackson Sts., diagonally across from St. Paul's Church. I don't remember if it was a carnival sponsored by St. Paul's or one of the travelling carnivals similar to the Strates Shows. Does anyone from that general area remember? Also, does anyone remember what might have previously occupied that vacant lot ?
Date: 1/7/2009, 11:52 am, EST
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood: Price's Run Area
Schools Att'd: George Gray, Warner, PS '51
Employers:
Message: Wow! Glad to see you back..Thanks to Ray Jubb and Bob Wilson who let me know. Happy New Year to all! Shirley
Date: 1/6/2009, 10:27 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's & W.H.S.
Employers: City Of Killington And DuPont
Message: Glad to see you up and running Harry. Did You get the card i sent you? Good luck and Happy New Year to all.
Date: 1/5/2009, 3:27 pm, EST
Name: Wayne Butler
Location: New Castle, DE
Old Neighborhood: West Side from West St To Lincoln
Schools Att'd: MCI Williams, Warner,Brown
Employers: Bancroft, Haveg, DuPont, CitiBank
Message: I'm happy to see everyone's back safe and sound and hope you all had great Holidays with your loved ones. Good luck with your book Rammy.
Date: 1/5/2009, 8:51 am, EST
Name: Bob Wilson Jr
Location: Beaufort
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward, Monroe Park, Fairfax, Greenacres
Schools Att'd: PS duPont
Employers:
Message: Jim Rambo, our fellow correspondent from Claymont and Ajijic, Mexico, will be at the Ninth Street Bookstore on January 13th from Noon until 2PM...autographing copies of his new book, "Let My Record Reflect."
I realize that this is a shameless plug, but I do know that Jim is a heckuva good writer.
Date: 1/5/2009, 1:13 am, EST
Name: Bill Fisher
Location: Westminster, CA
Old Neighborhood: 22nd & Monroe, 30th & West, Edgemoor Terrace
Schools Att'd: #30, P.S. duPont Jr High, Mt. Pleasant, U. of D.
Employers: American Airlines, System Development Corp., UCLA, Xerox Corp.
Message: Great to have the nostalgia forum back! Good to see some of the "old timers" from the original board...
Date: 1/4/2009, 9:51 pm, EST
Name: Susan Reusch
Location: Newark, DE
Old Neighborhood: Browntown
Schools Att'd: #19/Cedar Hill, Bayard, WHS '66, Goldey Beacom
Employers: DuPont Performance Coatings
Message: Glad you're back! Missed reading posts and reminiscing. :-)
Date: 1/4/2009, 6:22 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST. WIM. DE
Schools Att'd: WARNERM WILM. HIGH, VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACCAD.
Employers: WILM.POLICE DEPT. INNISBROOB GOLF RESORT, PALM HARBOR, FL
Message: HEY SWIFTY, YOU HAD MY MOUTH WATERING , JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TOMATO PIE ! LIKE YOU , I LOVE THOSE SQUARE CUT PIZZA ( TOMATO PIE ) HAD MY FIRST TASTE OF THEM AT ST, ANTHONY,S FAIR .( THEY HAD SO MANY RIDES FOR THE CHILDREN ) THAT WAS WHEN I WAS ABOUT NINE YRS. OLD . LIVED ONE BLOCK FROM THE CHURCH . ( 9 TH. CLAYTON ST. ) THEN I STARTED BUYING THEM AT DIFONZO,S BAKERY 8.TH. UNION ST. WHEN I GOT OLDER.ANTHONY DIFONZO AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS . BUT AS I SAID I MISS THE SQUARE CUT TOMATO PIE. WISH WE HAS A BAKERY DOWN HERE THAT MADE THEM.
Date: 1/4/2009, 12:48 pm, EST
Name: Walter Lafferty
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Old Neighborhood: Bellevue
Schools Att'd: Mt. Pleasant
Employers:
Message: So glad to see you back!!!
Date: 1/4/2009, 10:36 am, EST
Name: Swifty
Location: Middletown DE
Old Neighborhood: North Wilmington
Schools Att'd: MCI Williams, Bayard, Warner, PS
Employers: Eddie's Market, Bank Of Delaware, Budd Co.
Message: I'm glad that the forum is back. I, for one, missed it. After reading the new posts, I need to go out and find a square pizza. My favorite was at Tom's Sub Shop @ 30th & Market.
Date: 1/4/2009, 9:02 am, EST
Name: Marge
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Lyndalia
Schools Att'd: St. Matthew's, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Welcome back. I missed the forum. Glad it's back online.
Date: 1/3/2009, 11:30 pm, EST
Name: MARY KAY (DUNLOP) KENNEDY
Location: OTTAWA, IL.
Old Neighborhood: FORTY ACRES
Schools Att'd: # 13, WARNER, WHS
Employers: RETIRED
Message: WELCOME BACK. THANKS TO MY DEAR UNCLE RALPH PRYOR FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT THE FORUM WAS ONLINE, AGAIN. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
Date: 1/3/2009, 9:32 pm, EST
Name: Bob Wilson Jr.
Location: Beaufort SC
Old Neighborhood: 23rd St and Concord Avenue
Schools Att'd: PS duPont HS
Employers: Loew's Aldine & Wanamaker's
Message: Good to be back among friends!
Date: 1/3/2009, 8:14 pm, EST
Name: browny
Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood: Ardentown
Schools Att'd: Alfred I. Dupont,Faulk Rd.Elem.Forwood,Springer Jr. high,Brandyw
Employers:
Message: Just forgot schools, so I added them.
Date: 1/3/2009, 7:18 pm, EST
Name: Donald (Scott) Smith
Location: Knoxville Tn
Old Neighborhood: 713 West Ninth St.
Schools Att'd: Wilmington H.S. '69
Employers: Tn Air National Guard
Message: From the mid '50's to the mid '60's I greww up on Ninth Street. We lived across the street from the "U Wash IT" laundry mat. on Morrow street. Sacred Heart School and church sat right behind us. We would play ball on the parking lot of the church. If we wanted to play on real grass, we would have to go up to Tenth Street park or Cool Springs Park.
Date: 1/3/2009, 4:57 pm, EST
Name: Jack Riley
Location: Wilmington, DE
Old Neighborhood: Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, Salesianum, University of the Arts
Employers: Kaumagraph Corp., State of Delaware
Message: It's great to have this forum back and available again. I have missed it.
Date: 1/3/2009, 3:25 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS , FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST. WILM. DE
Schools Att'd: WTIM. HIGH & VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACCAD.
Employers: G.E SUPPLY CO. AND WILM.POLICE DEPT. INNISBROOK GOLF RESORT.
Message: HAPPY TO SEE ALL THOSE FAMILIAR NAMES BACK ON THE NOSTALGIA . HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL. AND A HEALTHY ONE ! RALPH
Date: 1/3/2009, 2:09 pm, EST
Name: Jack Zebley
Location: Newark and Bethany Beach
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats 1948/1963
Schools Att'd: Lore, Bayard, Wilmington High
Employers: Wilmington Trust
Message: Glad to see the Nostalgia Page is back.
Happy New Year !
Date: 1/3/2009, 10:17 am, EST
Name: Bob Veazey
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: 23rd and Washington
Schools Att'd: No. 30, Warner, P.S., U of DE
Employers: All American Engineering
Message: Glad we are back!
Date: 1/3/2009, 7:50 am, EST
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood: 11 ST BRIDGE AREA
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: DU PONT
Message: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.SO NICE TO HAVE THIS FORM BACK.
Date: 1/3/2009, 7:16 am, EST
Name: Patty Di Benedetto Werkheiser
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy, Woodlawn Ave.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, Wilmingtotn High
Employers: Atlas,ALICO, DE College Art & Design
Message: Soooo glad to see you back. Thanks for the changes you've made, esp. not having to show your e-mail address. It makes it better for you and for all of us. Happy New Year everyone!
Date: 1/3/2009, 7:04 am, EST
Name: Leona Renzetti DeGregory
Location: Wilmington & Millville DE.
Old Neighborhood: Read St. near St Pauls's
Schools Att'd: St Pauls's
Employers:
Message: Wishing everyone a healthy and happy New Year.
Date: 1/3/2009, 6:44 am, EST
Name: webmaster
Email: webmaster@oldwilmington.net
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad '60
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: E-mail Addresses are now required BUT they are hidden. You will have to trust me and trust the system...
Date: 1/2/2009, 8:48 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I've loved the tomato pies or square pizzas, as I called them, from Serpe's and Leonetti's bakeries for years. **** For any downstate residents in the Rehoboth, Lewes, Longneck and surrounding areas, you can purchase these delicasies from Uncle Willies on Longneck Rd., just off Rt. 24(delivered by Serpe's). They have them during the summer season and during the "off " season by order only. Saves a trip to Wilmington. They also have Serpe's bread and rolls. Now if I could only find a place down here that sells Johnny's kielbasa.
Date: 1/2/2009, 8:25 pm, EST
Name: Donald (Scott) Smith
Location: Knoxville Tn
Old Neighborhood: 713 West Ninth St.
Schools Att'd: Wilmington H.S. '69
Employers: Tn Air National Guard
Message: I've read this forum for several years, and have been waiting for you to come back on line. Happy New Year!
Date: 1/2/2009, 7:44 pm, EST
Name: medkeff
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: rockford road
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: here's to a great new year ! 8)
Date: 1/2/2009, 7:02 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, So. Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of De.
Message: Sounds good to make the e-mail invisible.
Date: 1/2/2009, 6:58 pm, EST
Name: Orv Bursler
Location: Lincoln, Delaware
Old Neighborhood: Montgomery St.,Clayton St., Simonds Gardens
Schools Att'd: St. Peters Cathedral, Rose Hill, Colwyck, Wm Penn H.S.
Employers: Supont, AGFA, Hologic, Food Lion, KSCS Counseling
Message: Missed this site and now look forward to reading a lot of posts and bringing back memories of times past.
Welcome back!!!
Date: 1/2/2009, 5:23 pm, EST
Name: browny
Location: Prices corner area
Old Neighborhood: Ardentown
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: Happy New year, and welcome back to all.
Date: 1/2/2009, 2:56 pm, EST
Name: George Klein
Location: Ocean View. DE
Old Neighborhood: South Broom Street
Schools Att'd: St Elizabeth, Salesianum
Employers: Retired
Message: Many Thanks for coming back and a Happy 2009 to all.
Take care
George
Date: 1/2/2009, 12:39 pm, EST
Name: chuck wilson
Location: Bear De
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: Wilmington High
Employers: Retired
Message: Good to see you back
Date: 1/2/2009, 11:42 am, EST
Name: Joe Mosbrook
Location: Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Old Neighborhood: Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Alexis I., Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: Welcome back! Hiding the e-mail addresses is a good idea. It will cut down on spam.
Date: 1/2/2009, 10:18 am, EST
Name: Aubrey Fisher
Location: Lewes, De
Old Neighborhood: Price's run
Schools Att'd: George Gray-Warner-Brown Voc.
Employers: Pusey&Jones-DuPont-US Navy
Message: Glad to see you back = Happy, Healthy New Year to all......
Date: 1/2/2009, 9:56 am, EST
Name: Bill Mackey
Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Old Neighborhood: Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: Salesianum H.S '58
Employers: DP&L
Message: Nice to be back
Date: 1/1/2009, 10:44 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's and Ursuline
Employers: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
Message: So good to see we are all back together again. Looking forward to some great discussions about our wonderful city.
Date: 1/1/2009, 9:09 pm, EST
Name: Al Minne
Location: Temecula, CA
Old Neighborhood: Lancaster Village / Sherwood Park II
Schools Att'd: Lore, Alexis I DuPont & Conrad
Employers: F&M Scientific (Now HP Avondale)
Message: Happy New Year to all!! Good to see the forum coming back! ANYONE: How well is Wilmington dealing with the economic conditions? Are the retailers holding on?
Date: 1/1/2009, 6:13 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Hi to all. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, and New Year. Glad the forum is back. :D
Date: 1/1/2009, 11:19 am, EST
Name: Julie J. Ciociola
Location: Brockton, Mass
Old Neighborhood: 208 S. Harrison
Schools Att'd: St. Pauls RCC, Wilmington High '59
Employers: WTC & DuPont
Message: Want to wish all Wilmingtonians a very Happy New Year.
I enjoy remembering Wilmington through all of your forum
entries. Thanks...
Date: 1/1/2009, 10:40 am, EST
Name: Joe "BUBBLES"
Location: 66th&union street, wilm.
Old Neighborhood: LITTLE ITALY
Schools Att'd: LORE -BAYARD- BROWN VOC.
Employers:
Message: Glad your returning
Date: 1/1/2009, 8:29 am, EST
Name: Bob LaFazia
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: 3rd and Clayton sts.
Schools Att'd: The "old Red Barn", Wilmington High School
Employers:
Message: Just want to wish Harry and family a Wonderful 2009, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
TEST MESSAGES FROM 2008
Date: 12/31/2008, 11:24 pm, EST
Name: webmaster
Email: webmaster@oldwilmington.net
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers: Wilm. Dry Goods, DuPont
Message: The OldWilmington Nostalgia Forum is about to return. :-) While not the same format, this is actually better to control. It also allows some control by you, the visitor.
I added several optional fields that let others know a little more about you. If you have your PC set to remember your entries, all you need do is enter the first letter and your selections appear. You have use of ‘Smiley's. You can also change the character size by selecting one of the “A’s” in the upper right corner of your screen. There are other options that I can add, but will review them in a few weeks. Also, the ads that you see in this free version can be removed, which I will also do later.
The message that you enter has a 3000 character limit. That can be expanded later.
The big item is that I can deny visitors, but the program itself comes with Spam and other unwanted entry controls.
Date: 12/30/2008, 8:49 pm, EST
Name: Lillian
Location: Rehoboth Beach De
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: I am waiting waiting waitine for your return. Hurry back I miss your conversations about the good old times. :P :P
Date: 12/29/2008, 10:18 pm, EST
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Message: hello and looking forward to your return