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Monday, March 31, 2008
1930: HAMILTON REPUBLICANS
1930: INTERESTING SOCIAL NOTES FROM WHITE HORSE
1931: LAW AND ORDER CRACKDOWN
1931: FROM KAUFMAN'S TO SWERN'S TO LIT BROTHERS
1931: "COMMIES" IN TRENTON
1931 LALOR SCHOOL MINI HISTORY
Sunday, March 30, 2008
WHITE HORSE PARADE

THIS EXQUISITE PHOTO FROM GARY SZABO,, WHO IS TRACING THE HISTORY OF MONTI'S BAR IN WHITE HORSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GARY. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PHOTO!
GARY WRITES:
Tom . . . In my research of Monti's Bar, I came upon an interesting photo.
GARY WRITES:
Tom . . . In my research of Monti's Bar, I came upon an interesting photo.
A parade for the White Horse Vol. Fire Co coming down White Horse Ave., just passing the corner of Kinter Ave. If you look close you can see the sign for P.M. Rose Greenhouses. The three men in the front are the owners of the three bars in White Horse. (L-R) Mr. Gropp from the White Horse Inn, Mr Winkleman (now the Ivy Tavern), and Mr. Monti from Monti's (as of 3/28 is now Pete's Steak House Tavern). Unsure as to the year but looking at the vintage of the motorcycle and White Horse Ave. is still un-paved I'd say late 30's to early to mid 40's.
Sincerely,
Gary Szabo
1941: PRIVATE FRESE

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
1992: BEFORE "THE CULTURE WAR" BEGAN

1930: HAMILTON TOWNSHIP LIBRARY IN THE EARLY YEARS

1930: HAMILTON ROADS, HAMILTON POLICE, TOWNSHIP MATTERS
1930: REMEMBERING HAMILTON'S INCINERATOR

1930: OBIT OF HENRY COMFORT OF THE CASTANEA DAIRY
1930: EVEN THEN WE HAD DRUG PROBLEMS
1930: HAMILTON'S REPUBLICAN CLUB
1954: FLORENCE LOTH'S BROAD STREET PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION

ONCE AGAIN OUR THANKS TO NANCY LOTH CARLSON FOR SENDING A SCRAP BOOK WITH PRESS RELEASES AND ARTICLES PERTAINING TO THE BROAD STREET PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF THE 1950'S AND EARLY 60'S. ISN'T THAT MY TRENTON GIANTS HERO "MO" CUNNINGHAM WHO WITH WILBUR JACKSON WHUPPED THE WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS NEARLY EVERY TIME......WELL MANY TIMES!
1922: HOLY ANGELS "EUCHRE"

I RECEIVED 2 ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION ABOVE, ONE FROM "DOROTHY," AND ANOTHER FROM "JO." NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THESE LADIES REQUESTED SEMI-ANONYMITY, I HAVE ONLY USED SKETCHY IDENTIFICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES, PLEASE COME BACK OFTEN.
The word "Euchre" in this case may refer to
the card game of that name.
the card game of that name.
Dorothy
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "1922: HOLY ANGELS "EUCHRE"":
I just found this blog through a link in an nj.com/Times of Trenton article. Very informative - I love it!
I also wanted to let you know that my good friends Mr. Google and Mr. Wiki have informed me that Euchre is actually a card game!
The name Euchre may or may not have been taken from "Eucharist"; some believe it's simply a translation of a similar French card game called Écarté, but others think that since it's historically been so popular as a church fundraiser, that people may have borrowed the name from "Eucharist". I don't really understand how the game is played; there are several different versions and I'm really not much of a card player beyond poker. But it appears to be kind of similar to bridge, 500 rummy, and pinochle. It involves bidding, collecting specific cards of specific suits, trump cards, and tricking/bluffing your opponents.
Euchre is still played around the world today - there are championship tournaments and everything. It's not nearly as popular here in America as it was back in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, but there are still a lot of churches and clubs/groups that have Euchre "parties" or "tournaments" as fundraisers. Apparently Euchre works very well as a fundraising event, so it's still used pretty often for that purpose.
Well anyway, thanks so much for digging up and enhancing all of these old Trenton/Hamilton pictures! What a great find! ~ Jo
Hi there,
I just found this blog through a link in an nj.com/Times of Trenton article. Very informative - I love it!
I also wanted to let you know that my good friends Mr. Google and Mr. Wiki have informed me that Euchre is actually a card game!
The name Euchre may or may not have been taken from "Eucharist"; some believe it's simply a translation of a similar French card game called Écarté, but others think that since it's historically been so popular as a church fundraiser, that people may have borrowed the name from "Eucharist". I don't really understand how the game is played; there are several different versions and I'm really not much of a card player beyond poker. But it appears to be kind of similar to bridge, 500 rummy, and pinochle. It involves bidding, collecting specific cards of specific suits, trump cards, and tricking/bluffing your opponents.
Euchre is still played around the world today - there are championship tournaments and everything. It's not nearly as popular here in America as it was back in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, but there are still a lot of churches and clubs/groups that have Euchre "parties" or "tournaments" as fundraisers. Apparently Euchre works very well as a fundraising event, so it's still used pretty often for that purpose.
Well anyway, thanks so much for digging up and enhancing all of these old Trenton/Hamilton pictures! What a great find! ~ Jo
1922: ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL BEFORE IT HAD A STEEPLE

CHECK OUT THE DIRT ROAD WHICH IS NORTH WARREN STREET.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
1922: TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH Cq. 1872
2008: OBIT ARTHUR T. RIGGS, HHS '56
RECEIVED FROM JACK LACY, HHS '56:
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Hi All...
Hi All...
Thanks to a suggestion from John Carr, husband of our classmate Dottie (Peck) Carr, we checked with the Plumbers and Steamfitters local union and verified that our classmate Arthur T. Riggs did pass away Oct. 21, 2007. There was no obituary published but union officials confirmed that his pension was terminated upon receipt of a death certificate.
Sorry to be the ongoing bearer of sad tidings.
Jack
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WAS RECEIVED AS A "NO REPLY" TYPE SO I CAN'T RESPOND TO THE PERSON WHO SENT IT. I AM RE-PRINTING IT HERE BUT WILL WITHOLD THE NAME OF THE SENDER IN THE EVENT THE WRITER WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS:
Ohmygosh, I love the Broad Street Park postings! I was born in 1953 and grew up on W. Park Ave across the street from the Mr. Bromley and Mr. Korona mentioned in the BSP Civic Association information. Mr. Bromley always welcomed the new year by shooting his rifle into the air which was quite an event for me.
1922: WOODLAWN PARK ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
1922: WILLIAM J. CONVERY OBIT
1922: I LOV!E THIS ENGRAVING
1922: A REMARKABLE WOMAN IN HAMILTON HISTORY

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
1956: BROAD STREET PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION
A WORD ABOUT THE RECENT 1920'S GRAPHICS
YOU WILL FIND THAT THE RECENT 1920'S PHOTOS WHICH I AM POSTING ARE VERY POOR IN QUALITY. YOU WILL ALSO FIND THAT THE PHOTOS ARE MUCH MORE DISCERNABLE IF YOU REFRAIN FROM CLICKING ON THEM TO ENLARGE THEM. ENLARGING MERELY EXAGGERATES THE POOR QUALITY OF THE PHOTO. HENCE: WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU VIEW THE ORIGINAL POSTS IS THE BEST OF WHAT YOU CAN GET ON THESE EARLY NEWS PHOTOS.
Monday, March 24, 2008
1922: VOLUNTEER FIREMENS' FAREWELL PARADE
1922: ANOTHER GRAPHIC ON THE FITZGERALD DRY GOODS CO.
1922: SOUTH BROAD STREET, TRENTON
1922: LES LIPPINCOTT'S "DOGGIE" ROAST

THE WORKERS IN THE PHOTO ARE ASSEMBLING A "GRAND UNION," WHICH ALLOWED TROLLEYS TO NEGOTIATE THE INTERSECTION FROM ANY PART OF THE INTERSECTION. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME ALSO THAT THE INTERSECTION HAD A MAZE OF TELEPHONE POLES AND WIRES.
1922: CHAMBERSBURG LITTLE KNOWN STAR HOTEL
1922: WOODLAWN PARK OPENS FOR THE SEASON
PERFECT TOGETHER!
THIS PAGE WAS DISCOVERED THIS MONING AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE TRENTON "DAILY STATE GAZETTE." WITH THE OPENING OF THE SEASON OF 1922, I HOPE TO FIND SOME INTERESTING GRAPHICS FROM THIS VERY ELUSIVE HISTORIC ENTITY.
THIS PAGE WAS DISCOVERED THIS MONING AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE TRENTON "DAILY STATE GAZETTE." WITH THE OPENING OF THE SEASON OF 1922, I HOPE TO FIND SOME INTERESTING GRAPHICS FROM THIS VERY ELUSIVE HISTORIC ENTITY.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
1922: TABRAM'S: SO. WARREN AND FRONT STREET, Ca. 1872
1922: THE PAPER MILL ON THE ASSANPINK

1922: CAN YOU IMAGINE A BLACKSMITH SHOP IN DOWTOWN TRENTON?

Saturday, March 22, 2008
THE "JOHN BULL"
1922: GEORGE BENNET'S "SEGAR" STORE
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