MY NOTEBOOK COMPUTER IS SITTING ON THE SURFACE OF A MAPLE MACK TOY WORKS TABLE WHICH JUDY AND I PURCHASED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO. IT'S SHOWING ITS AGE, BUT BELIEVE ME FOLKS, IT'S LIKE AN OLD FRIEND. IT WAS AT THIS TABLE WHERE WE SAT OUR 3 CHILDREN BACK IN THE 60'S, WHERE WE HOSTED NUMEROUS THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND BIRTHDAY DINNERS, NOT TO MENTION THE COUNTLESS MORNINGS THAT IT PROVIDED A "JUST RIGHT" SURFACE FOR OUR 3 MORNING NEWSPAPERS. ADMITTEDLY IT IS LOSING SOME OF THE ADHESIVE IN THE JOINTS ON THE CHAIRS, BUT THE TABLE IS A STURDY AS THE DAY WE PURCHASED IT BACK IN THE LATE 50'S OR EARLY 60'S. REMEMBER THAT OLD SAYING: "GREATNESS IS HUMBLE?" IN THIS CASE OUR MACK TOY WORKS TABLE CAN RE-CAST THAT SAYING: GREATNESS IS QUALITY!"
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
1929: YARDVILLE'S OWN MACK TOY WORKS
MY NOTEBOOK COMPUTER IS SITTING ON THE SURFACE OF A MAPLE MACK TOY WORKS TABLE WHICH JUDY AND I PURCHASED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO. IT'S SHOWING ITS AGE, BUT BELIEVE ME FOLKS, IT'S LIKE AN OLD FRIEND. IT WAS AT THIS TABLE WHERE WE SAT OUR 3 CHILDREN BACK IN THE 60'S, WHERE WE HOSTED NUMEROUS THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND BIRTHDAY DINNERS, NOT TO MENTION THE COUNTLESS MORNINGS THAT IT PROVIDED A "JUST RIGHT" SURFACE FOR OUR 3 MORNING NEWSPAPERS. ADMITTEDLY IT IS LOSING SOME OF THE ADHESIVE IN THE JOINTS ON THE CHAIRS, BUT THE TABLE IS A STURDY AS THE DAY WE PURCHASED IT BACK IN THE LATE 50'S OR EARLY 60'S. REMEMBER THAT OLD SAYING: "GREATNESS IS HUMBLE?" IN THIS CASE OUR MACK TOY WORKS TABLE CAN RE-CAST THAT SAYING: GREATNESS IS QUALITY!"
Mack’s Toy Works was owned by Great Uncle Steve Mack. I remember going there when I was little and seeing all the wooden toys in the old round wooden barrels filled to the top. After Mack’s Toy Works they started Mack’s dinettes in Trenton which would eventually move to Robbinsville on 33.
ReplyDeleteHey! I’m also related to him. My grandpa is Michael Mack, and his brother was the one who took over the company and drove it to the ground.
DeleteMy father in laws mother was Gerthrude Mack
ReplyDeleteMy father was Conrad, grandson of Steve Mack. He ran MTW until he got sick of all his aunts and uncles and father George squabbling about money and walked away from their madness.
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