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There is the Kennedy Assasination conspiracy, theBilderberg-Council of Foreign Relations Conspiracy, and as the article above details, there are questions about the attack on Pearl Harbor and who was "asleep at the switch" when the Japanese succeeded completely catching us off guard on December 7, 1941. To this day, there are conspirator theorists that claim that FDR and other key persons in his administration knew of an attack beforehand.
The fellow in the photo was my racing hero back in the 40's and 50's. Of course we kids never had the money to gain legitimate access to the fair grounds grandstand area. That's where our dear old Klockner Road came into play. There was a side street, I think it was Smith Street that dead ended right in an area that gave us access to the "back track" at the speedway. The only thing between us and the race cars was a cyclone fence. It was a very dusty enviornment, but we loved it!
Here's the advance news of the new Sterling Drug - Bayer Aspiring plant to be built on E. State Street in Hamilton as it was announced in the Fall of 1945.
I receive numerous emails requesting more info on "the Golden Wave," AKA as Trenton Catholic High School. Henceforth, I will concentrate on future posts and see that I get them scanned and published.
Mike Kuzma, is this a relative? From the "WWII" folder, wherein I include names of selected military personnel who appeared weekly in full page WWII veteran's photos and assignments. There are hundreds of the aforementioned photos and as a result, I seek out names with which I am personally familiar.
Here's a beautiful photo of the choir members from the year 1935. There are many familiar family names among those listed.
Like today, libraries all over the country are hosting patrons who are coming to research employment opportunities in an era when the country is in a deep recession. The above posts are particularly interesting at this time, due to the financial problems being faced by the Trenton Public Library, with the threat of branch closings and other serious austerity measures.
For those who are genealogically inclined, or perhaps relatives of the students listed above, this listing of 1930's students at then-very rural Hopewell, New Jersey this graphic will be of special interest.
I was only an infant of 2 years old when Trenton converted from the trolley to buses. My older brothers tell of their occasional trips to downtown Trenton on a Trenton trolley. There is still evidence of the trolley era over in Hamilton Township near the intersection of Sylvan Avenue, where the trolley veered off of Liberty Street and journeyed to points north. The route is quite obvious at the intersection of Newkirk and Camp Avenues where there is still a huge island dividing the road.
There is much fascinating lore relating to the Arsenal, which is on the Second Street property of the N.J. State Prison. The building still stands, and I presume is still the home of the warden of the prison.
I must admit that in all of my many years of researching local history, I had never heard of the Pocono Rubber Company. I will see if I can find a reference to it in one of my Trenton City Directories. The Boys at Hamilton Fire Company along with Enterprise battled the fire for over six hours. I note that among the injured in the fire was Walter Guy. I'm sure he is related to Dick Guy, "little brother" of my long time friend in the ball and roller bearing business, Bill Guy.
Here's a list of the successful (and unsuccessful) candidates for leadership of Hamilton's fire districts.
George Levy was a boxer. He was in training for an upcoming boxing match, and found one of the best ways to train is to lug heavy blocks of ice to the wooden ice boxes the the homes in the area in those years before the electric refrigerator was a luxury in many homes. The Glovers held on to our old wooden ice box until the year 1940, when we got a second hand "Alpine" fridge.
The area above depicted as a swimming area in Stacy Park was well before my time. The only swimming area that I recall was off of Lamberton and Lalor Street.
From the "KUSER FAMILY" folder in the Hamilton Library, this engagement announcement from the Times of February, 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Maddock were regular visitors to Kuser Farm in the 1940's, as were their 2 boys, John and Tim.
I inserted "Katinka," the beautiful 1933 fire engine accompanying this article, into the Auxiliary article due to my belief that it was the fire truck in operation during the time the Colonial ladies appointed the committee for the year 1935.
"Been there - done that." As a former PTA president, I have always had great respect for the women and men who work so hard to support their child's school. Here are a few of the activities planned by local PTA groups in the Mercer area in the year 1935.
The poor and impoverished will always be with us. Thankfully there are numerous citizens and organizations who devote their time to the welfore of those less well off. Here's a photo of the Rescue Mission as it was back in 1935. The Mission is still located on Perry and Carroll Street in Trenton
From the railroads and trolleys folder, this beautiful photo of the Flying Yankee as it rolled into the Trenton station. Thirty minutes from Philadelphia to Trenton.
It would be interesting to learn how many fires the current Mercerville VFD firemen fought during the year 2007.
As can be seen in the article above, the Constable's job was not a walk in the park. Apparently he was much like the "repo" man we see on numerous television shows. Instead of repossing automobiles, he is charged with taking back homes, furniture, and any other possessions which were not paid for.
It took 7 pickup truck loads to get this huge collection of Trenton newspapers into my garage a number of years ago. The collection begins in the 1870's with only a volume or two from the late 1860's and fills up 4 shelves from floor to ceiling in my Local History Collection workshop at the Hamilton Township Public Library. Prior to the advent of the personal computer, digital image scanning was an unknown concept. Most libraries decided that these huge volumes took up too much storage space and opted to convert their newspaper collections to microfilm, and sending those impossible-to-replace originals to the recycle bin. Something told me that somewhere in the future this treasure of printed history would lend itself to a new technology, and of course it did! 
Before the Bromley area of Hamilton became more heavily populated, the Trenton newspapers considered today's Bromley to be part of the Wilbur section of Trenton.
Hereis an interesting article on the bucolic town of Bordentown, along with 3 postal cards from the early 20th century from Bordentown. There are a number of Bordentown related items in my collection, and they will ultimately be included in this website.
Over the many years I have been collecting historic material on the Hamilton-Trenton-Mercer County area, there have always been items from nearby towns included in scrapbooks and other papers in collections I have acquired. This series of postcards from Bordentown are part of a collection of 5 or 6 from the early part of the 20th century.
The State Theater was one of the many theaters that were once located in downtown Trenton. This 1922 photo of the re-furbished theater is an introduction to a mini chronology of the theater as seen in the post that follows.
The 6 articles in the above graphic is an interesting timeline illustrating the progress of the "moving picture" enterprise in the city of Trenton. I have found that there are many local historians and history buffs who are very interested in the many theaters that once dotted the Trenton cityscape. There are numerous theater articles in the Hamilton Library's Local History Collection, and they will be posted as time permits.
HHS 1942 was the class from which brother Len, and my sister in law, the late Kathleen Britton graduated. The fantastic story of the old yearbook being found within the walls of a home in Trenton where it had reposed for so many years was beautifully handled by the Trentonian's Jack Knarr.
There are numerous old line Ewing Township family names in the graphic above. I find that these group photos are of great interest to genealogical researchers, and also to visitors who recognize relatives from the past.
From the "SOUTH TRENTON" and "FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH" folders, this article on Gertrude Saxtons "Comfortless Memories" program.
They were unsung heroes of the Civil War, giving their all in the battle at New Berne, Roanoake Island and the surrounding area. The valiant soldiers who lost their lives cried out for a memorial.
According to current news reports, young people will be more involved in the 2008 presidential election than any time in history. In the photo above, Brian McLaughlin of the "Young Democrats" is seen as a representative of Hamilton's young Democrats. Brian and his mom and father have been very dear friends of the Glovers for over 40 years. The McLaughlins lived right across the street from us in our Atlantic Avenue home. Fred Schulz Senior's son Fred Jr. followed in his Dad's footsteps in Hamilton politics. Freddie Schulz is an old friend whom I have known for over 40 years.
He went on to be a giant in the history of the Roman Catholics of the Mercer County area.
Few local area residents are not familiar with the "Kelsey Building" on West State and WillowStreets in downtown Trenton. Today it's a local college. Mr. Kelsey dedicated the building to the memory of his wife.
The pages of the newspapers in the early years of the horseless carriage are very interesting and very plentiful. There will be future posts on the Mercer auto, and other locally famous auto manufacturers. During the time the above article was published, Henry Ford was competing with the Oldsmobile horseless carriage; one of the more popular early vehicles. The little 1904 auto cartoon on the lower right of the column was inserted from my "AUTOMOBILIA" file in the Hamilton Library's Local History files.
If there is any one gentleman who deserved to be honored that gentleman is and was Maury Perilli. His political career was the epitome of "old fashioned" methods of governing when he served as the Mayor of Hamilton Township. Always at the beck and call of the citizen, and always serving in a very non-partisan way, even though a staunch Democrat.
Roma is one of the few banks which has remained an independent entity in this era when small banks are being aborbed by the large corporate banks. The photos show a very young former Senator Pete Inverso, and fellow Hamilton High alumni, Bob Innocenzi and Joe D'Amico.
Years ago, the area along the banks of Pond Run was a nightmare for those residents of Kuser Road, Pope, Leukel, and other streets along the banks of the tributary. I remember the flood back in the 1970's, before the concrete "spillway" was constructed, how badly the homes in that area suffered. Folks along Leukel Avenue had water in their basements which flooded up to the ceiling.
There are few songs more beautiful than Al Martino's "Mary In The Morning." Along with Jerry Vale, Martino was a very under-rated male vocalist. He had a beautiful singing style.
Macy's was the anchor store when the legendary Qauker Bridge Mall opened back in the early 70's. My 30-plus years of commuting to New Brunswick left we with very negative impressions of Route 1 as even back in the 60's and 70's, the traffic was a nightmare.
Both of my sons were members of teams associated with HTRBA back in the early 70's.
I published the photo above a day or so ago, without the article I subsequently found from Mayor Maury Perilli's column on the heroic policemen who were honored back in 1973. Herewith an updated post giving those Hamilton men in blue the recognition they reserve, and preserving it for posterity. As my calling card states, 