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Monday, April 25, 2011

1898; BEFORE IT WAS E.L. KERNS



Mr. Kerns married a young lady by the name of Lizzie Meyers back in the late 1890's and apparently got his start in the business of selling beer and ultimately soda. I have on old Kerns and Meyer soda bottle in my collection. As for me, I am now and was back then a fan of Kern's Cream Soda. RED in color, not yellow! More to come on Kerns in a future post. The Rose Street above is no more, having morphed in Old and New Rose Streets. Interestingly, Meyer Court still exists in the area of Sanford, Old Rose and Brunswick Avenue.

Blogger JoeZ said...
Tom: Kern's Cream Soda was my favorite also. Root Beer was great too. Is All-Fathers Candy Co. still around?

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Yes, Joe. I just moved over to Carlo Benedetti's Drug Store from CVS. While I was waiting for a prescription, I saw one sitting on the counter. Those Allfathers coconut Easter eggs with the yellow yolk are to die for. I bought one. I think it was five bucks. Like everything in today's economy, that huge 5 inch Allfathers Easter egg has dwindled down in size to about 3 inches. But it is still beyond compare.

Blogger JoeZ said...
Thanks Tom, those were great. Episcopo's was our drug store, nice to go to a family run business.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Anonymous omad said...

Coincidence, maybe, but I think things come up that we all remember. Spent last week in the hospital with a problem that is on the mend. But, what was amazing is my room mate was from North Jersey and one of nurses mentioned "those big firm coconut Easter eggs with the orange center" and my room mate had no idea what we were talking about. All that morning when the nurses and aides came in they were all talking about if they knew those eggs. Made for great conversation. We could not remember the name at first (I was kinda out of it on meds), but it suddenly came to me and we all talked about our experiences with them when we were young. I know we sold them in the front of our restaurant on Hamilton, but down the street was Shirley Anne's homemade candy and most folks went there. Your column brings back so many great, almost forgotten memories. Thanx again.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Joe, was the egg at Benedetti's or CVS? I live not down the shore and would LOVE to find one of them. HI ANONYMOUS: AS INDICATED ABOVE, I BOUGHT THE ALLFATHERS EASTER EGG AT CARLO BENEDETTI'S "OLDEN PHARMACY" ON SOUTH OLDEN AVENUE IN HAMILTON. CARLO CARRIES MOST OF THE TOP OF THE LINE CONFECTIONS IN HIS STORE. TOM GLOVER
Anonymous Carlo Benedetti said...

Hi Tom, belated Easter wishes!! I did not realize you had started dealing at our pharmacy. Welcome!!...I'm only there a few hours a week now, so evidently I was not there when you came in. I'll make sure to tell Carlo Jr. to take good care of you! Yes, those Allfathers eggs are smaller, but people come from all over to make their Easter extra special!! My Easter basket was not complete without a large one in the center!!
Sunday, May 01, 2011

7 comments:

JoeZ said...

Tom: Kern's Cream Soda was my favorite also. Root Beer was great too. Is All-Fathers Candy Co. still around?

JoeZ said...

Thanks Tom, those were great. Episcopo's was our drug store, nice to go to a family run business.

omad said...

Coincidence, maybe, but I think things come up that we all remember. Spent last week in the hospital with a problem that is on the mend. But, what was amazing is my roomate was from No Jersey and one of nurses mentioned "those big firm coconut Easter eggs with the orange center" and my roomate had no idea what we were talking about. All that morning when the nurses and aides came in they were all talking about if they knew those eggs. Made for great conversation. We could not remember the name at first (I was kinda out of it on meds), but it suddenly came to me and we all talked about our experiences with them when we were young. I know we sold them in the front of our restaurant on Hamilton, but down the street was Shirley Anne's homemade candy and most folks went there. Your column brings back so many great, almost forgotten memories. Thanx again.

Anonymous said...

Joe, was the egg at Benedetti's or CVS? I live not down the shore and would LOVE to find one of them.

omad said...

Gosh, from 1945 to 1950 we lived on South Olden near Hamilton right across from Hobart. If it were the old days I would run right up to that drug store and get one of those eggs. They were the best.

Carlo Benedetti said...

Hi Tom, belated Easter wishes!! I
did not realize you had started dealing at our pharmacy. Welcome!!...I'm only there a few hours a week now, so evidently I was not there when you came in. I'll make sure to tell Carlo Jr. to take good care of you! Yes, those Allfathers eggs are smaller, but people come from all over to make their Easter extra special!!
My Easter basket was not complete
without a large one in the center!!

Michael said...

Tom:

I just got back from a family gathering in Florida at my nephew's resort hotel.
Since it was so close to Easter the topic of Easter candy came up.
Among the topics was the Allfather Easter Egg, which for years was made in the shadow of the Battle Monument on Ringold St. across from the old Reading Rail road Terminal.
It was there that we peered into the door watching the men work thier majic. Than across the Monument park to E.L. Kerns for that big bottle of "Red" Cream soda with the ELK head pressed into the bottle.
The mention of my old Jr.#4 friend Carlo Bennedetti, conjurs up somme really fond memmories of the three brightest and nicest kids in school. The 3 were always together. Johmmy Licardo, Alger Chivoni, and Carlo. Without them, I never would have made it out of 9th grade. I always made sure I sat close by when taking a test.
Best wishes to Carlo, and all my friends in New Jersey.

Mike Kuzma