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With this being the centennial year of the founding of Hamilton Township's legendary Kuser School, I have been working feverishly to digitize as much of the sizeable files I have been collecting over the years. If you were a kuser alumnus and haven't yet sent in your reservations for the June dinner dance, page down to the reservation form, download it, print it, and get your reservation made.
See the note from Mike Kuzma regarding the "55 gallon drum" I described in error. Thanks for the correction, Mike, I never was a grilling and barbecue expert.
From: thomglo@verizon.net
To: zippyz53@hotmail.com
Subject: Thanks, Joey!
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:20:22 -0400
Hey Joey:
Thanks for the email. I have added your site to my www.glover320.blogspot.com . You have interesting stories to tell. Remember, when we're all on the other side of the dirt, there will be descendents of ours who will be very interested in the "Five W's: Who? What? When" Where" and Why?" In my generation it was Del Rio, Dirty Bill's, Greenwood Dairies, Millside Farms, Betty and Bill's, etc. You and Mike McNicoll, Gary Lippincott from Groveville and others from a younger generation have very interesting stories to tell, and it's nice to see that you guys are among those who share your experiences of growing up in the greatest area in the U.S.A.
Tom Glover
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Thank you Tom. I love the stories, and memories we all share with each other. I look back and those were the good old days and it's great to write about those experiences to share with other.
Joe
Attention HHS '89: Kirk Corless has sent me the following email announcing aAttention HHS '89: Kirk Corless has sent me the following email announcing a
Some of these singers were in my years as a member of the HHS choir. Through the years, Hamilton High's vocal music accomplishments are legendary. During WWII, the choir sang at numerous events for the soldiers at Fort Dix. Louise Baird had a scrapbook filled with warm letters of appreciation from those who were exposed to our music. Today, Ms. Sue Proulx keeps the tradition of musical excellence as the vocal music director at "West."
Some of these singers were in my years as a member of the HHS choir. Through the years, Hamilton High's vocal music accomplishments are legendary. During WWII, the choir sang at numerous events for the soldiers at Fort Dix. Louise Baird had a scrapbook filled with warm letters of appreciation from those who were exposed to our music. Today, Ms. Sue Proulx keeps the tradition of musical excellence as the vocal music director at "West." 
I tried so hard! All through my Kuser School years from "Reception" grade in Miss Kelley's class to "7-1," I made the honor roll almost every marking period, but never straight "A's." To me, that is an incredible accomplishment. Eighth grade was my downfall. It was there that I was paying more attention to the opposite sex than to my studies, and it was down hill from there. But not those straight "A" kids; Elaine Globus, Charlotte Wilson, Madeline Bencivengo, Marty Bisbee, Eleanor and Barbara Cohen, and too many others to list here, went right through high school and grammar school with those honors. And don't you know, Thomas Lee Glover, 11th grade student in John ("Jake") Owens' history class, received lowly "C's" in History in two marking periods. I'm a "late bloomer."
Years from now, assuming this website or any vestiges thereof exist, parents, grandparents, and future Nottingham class of '87 alumni will find this somewhat obscure graphic of value. That's what this website is all about! Belated congratulations, Shayne and Johannes!
All us red blooded and virile males were in love with Daisy Mae! She was that gorgeous blond seen in the above cartoon from America's magnificent comic strip past. As a boy, I remember sitting on the dining room floor, under our big "Motorola" floor model radio, and following along with "Uncle Don" on WOR radio, 710 on the A.M. dial, as he read the Sunday comics to us each Sunday.
I have identified the villains in the graphic above that
When I was a boy those many years ago, the "Clay Pits" on the north west corner of Kuser Road and White Horse-Hamilton Square Road was off limits. One of my Kuser School upper classmates died there when his head struck an underground Cedar stump. The area was always fraught with mystery back then. It was a deep wooded area and filled with water that had a reddish tinge. As seen in Earl Williams' excellent story of growing up in "Dogtown," the Clay Pits were an integral part of the area. Dogtown supposedly got its name from the proliferation of wild dogs that roamed the wooded area. 
When the land was acquired, the idea was to establish a new "Municipal Complex" next to the existing Hamilton Township Public Library. A new Municipal Building would be constructed, and any extra space leased to commercial interests to defray the cost of the new buildings. As you see in the article, the Democrats and Republicans got into a cat fight as to how to manage the newly acquired real estate.
You have probably driven by hundreds of times over the years,and wondered what that big red brick building and all those steel girders were used for. That site is quite familiar to me. I pass it on a regular basis, and always wondered the five "W's" of journalism: 'WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY? Now we know!
Harry Podmore and John Cleary were the originators of "Trenton in Bygone Days;" an historic column which gave incredible historic insights on local history. In many cases, old time Trenton area residents provided excellent historical information. I have an ongoing digitizing project at the Hamilton Library to preserve these "Bygone Days" columns, which will result in pristine, 
Back in the mid 1940's my buddy Don Slabicki and I made frequent visits to Lou Kozak's shop to see if we could get any 16 millimeter film from Lou's cutting room floor. That visit required us to walk from Sylvan Avenue, over to Cedar Lane, up, then down Cedar Lane hill to Chambers Street, two or three blocks on Chambers Street to Lou's little corner shop at 1350 Chambers. We couldn't afford the steep price for a reel of Castle Film's "News Parade of 1944," and other very expensive 16 millimeter movies. Lou had a very extensive stock of movies, but they were meant for the guys with the professional "Kodak," Bell and Howell, and other motion picture projectors. Lou had a large table in the show room where he sold defective and outdated movies. Many of our purchases were incomplete, but we didn't really care. Don and I each had one of those basic projectors for kids. Mine was an "Excel," and Don's was a "Keystone." What memories! I can still recall running those movies in Don's basement of his 914 Sylvan Avenue home. We watched Ken Maynard, Felix the Cat, Betty Boop, and other 16 MM films long forgotten!
One of my favorite local malls, where I can find a fabulous "Dollar Store" where all things are actually one dollar, a Radio Shack, where I can always find various goodies for my mp3 player, computer accessories, a police scanner, electronic cables, and all kinds of great electronic products. Now for a sobering revelation: 1963 to 2009 = 46 years.
The graphic shows a few of the many "night spots"and restaurants that were around in 1974. Can you believe it has been 35 years? Don't miss the bargain prices.
From the "CROSSWICKS" folder in the Hamilton Library's Local History Collection, a sampling of the very interesting historical material from historic Crosswicks, the neighboring town of Groveville and Yardville.The graphic above is a cut and paste from Gary's website. Be sure to check it out at: 
You talk about rustic covered bridges! This was the bridge that spanned the Delaware back in the 1800's; it also burned down in 1884, thanks to the above article submitted by Groveville Historian and colleague, Gary Lippincott who maintains an excellent site dedicated to Groveville and Crosswicks area history, memorabilia, and ephemera.
These little blue 3 wheeled scooters were a common site on our neighborhood streets back in post war Hamilton. "Chick" DiNatale gave me my first and only ride in one of those little gems one afternoon as I stood in front of my Hartley Avenue home. He recognized me as one of the kids who hung around Rocky's, fascinated by the stock cars being modified, repaired, and created.
Thanks to Ms. Jan DiNatale Reesman, we have a few photos and graphics of a very well-known personality from the Trenton area in the mid to late 40's and early 50's. Thanks also to Photoshop for allowing me to "tweak" these graphics and remove scotch tape residue, and "foxing" (tanning) of the 60 year old images. 
It is difficult to imagine a society in which power is given to those whose hatred of non "Aryan" races are victims of extermination. These pre-WWII articles on Antisemitism in Germany prior to "Krystalnacht" and the Holocaust, gives a good idea of the sentiments of those whose mission is was to exterminate a race.
Wow, what memories! If you could magically sneak around to the right in this photo, you would be entering the bays at Rocky DiNatale's garage. Chances are there would be two '38 Ford business coupes being converted to racing stock cars. Chances are also good that you might see teenagers Tommy Glover, Ernie Plaag, and Don Slabicki admiring the wizards of automobile modification at work. You definitely would see one or more of Rocky's "Motorettes," which was a great little vehicle that held its own on the road. I will be posting a photo of the little gem which Jan Reesman was kind enough to share with us. Rocky DiNatale was a local legend on the local racing scene back in the mid to late 40's and into the early 50's. This photo was sent to me by Rocky's daughter, Janice, who is an accomplished motion picture writer-director. In fact, there are more graphics from Jan, and I am in the process of removing the remnants of scotch tape and other ravages of age. 
In checking the Kuser School participants in the playground program, I see my late sister in law, Kathleen Britton, and my cousin, the late June Williamson. Save those Neighborhood schools!
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