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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tears Came to Fritz and Edna Kuser's Eyes
1920's AND 30's: THE HOWE FAMILY OF PENNINGTON
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
1921 and 1926: HAMILTON TOWNSHIP'S WOODLAWN PARK
WTTM: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Monday, November 28, 2011
1981: EWING TOWNSHIP IN THE EARLY 1950'S
Congrats on your well-deserved commendation from Hamilton Township!
I have to ask: I remember the name "Union Op," but have no recollection of what it was? Can you fill us in?
Many thanks.
Here's another memory relating to that particular part of the world: remember the House of Hi-Fi?
Love your blog.
Bill Smith- Wednesday, December 17, 2008
- Mack said...
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I worked at Wendy's on North Olden.remember Seafood Shanty and Korvettes. My Dad had an office on Parkway near the High School (Appraisal
Exchange)..Lenny's Gas Station near that as was a Chinese Restaurant and the Pizza place across the street. Cousins lived on Heath Street I remember that hill and Deli Delite. I remember the bug spraying truck coming by in summer. As a kid from the Burg I never saw a bug truck before. I also remember the Halo Farms. I remember Dales on the circle too:)
Tom,
- Anonymous said...
Sally, there was a small Tomato Pie place called Whitey's wedged into that slice of land on Olden just past Arctic Parkway and the pie was exceptional. In the early 60's across from Korvette's was the Blue Moon Diner and they built a hot dog eatery like McDonalds next to it called Franksville, that became Special Pizza City which is still there. Whitey had the best pie in that corner of Ewing
Ed MillerickTuesday, November 29, 2011
TO ALL MY EWING "COMMENTORS:" ("COMMENTERS?")
AND PEOPLE ALWAYS COMMENT ON MY MEMORY! YOU TOO, MY FRIENDS!
TOM GLOVER
1912: Pennington New Jersey Begins to Grow
THIS IS A "RE-RUN" OF A 2009 PENNINGTON GRAPHIC. I AM POSTING IT AGAIN SO THAT VISITORS TO THIS SITE CAN NARROW DOWN THEIR SPECIFIC SEARCHES ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT. HERE'S HOW: WHEN YOU LOG ON TO MY BLOG, YOU WILL SEE A WHITE SPACE UNDER THE HOME PAGE GRAPHIC WITH THE WORD "SEARCH." IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR "PENNINGTON" AS IN THIS CASE, TYPE IN PENNINGTON (UPPER OR LOWER CASE, NO QUOTATION MARKS.) CLICK ON SEARCH. WAIT A FEW MILI-SECONDS AND WHILE STILL ON THE PAGE, ARROW DOWN TO THE FILES FOUND. REMEMBER TO RIGHT CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC AND CHOOSE "OPEN LINK IN A NEW WINDOW" WHERE YOU CAN SAVE IT TO YOUR COMPUTER. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO CREDIT THE TRENTON TIMES, GAZETTE, OR TRUE AMERICAN, AND ALSO THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION. HAPPY HUNTING AND ENJOY!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
1909 AND 1940: PENNINGTON TOWN NEWS
1927: MARTIN DEVLIN; JACK AND MASTER OF ALL TRADES
- Ralph Lucarella said...HI TOM...MARTY DEVLIN AND MY BROTHER "CHUCK" LUCARELLA WERE CLOSE FRIENDS AND TEAM MATES ON THE SCHROTHS AND TRENTON HIGH TEAMS IN THE LATE 40'S. MARTY TOOK UP TENNIS LATTER ON AND BECAME QUITE GOOD AT IT. CHUCK WENT ON TO BECOME A HEART DOCTOR BUT ONLY LIVED A SHORT LIFE TO SHOW FOR HIS EFFORTS. MAY GOD BLESS THEM BOTH AND THEY'LL ALWAYS BE IN OUR THOUGHTS. BEST REGARDS.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
1897: PRIDE IN THE TRENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
1940 AND 1981: GILBERT & MOTT-END OF AN ERA
Back when quality was a "given" in the auto industry, the venerable Chevy along with the Ford was king of the road. The two gentlemen in the graphic on the left made an indelible mark in the annals of Trenton automobilia. The firm was taken over and run for a very short time as Cahill Chevrolet.
- Anonymous said...
I remember sitting with the salesman when my parents ordered a 1965 Corvair in Desert Sand, it was a Monza with bucket seats. Back when when you could order only what you wanted or could afford and it did not add nearly as much expense to the car as the packages they sell today. Each item was carefully selected the box checked on the order form and the jump from a 3 speed transmission to a 4 speed was only perhaps $25. A push button radio was a real convenience but the practicality of the upgrade to FM was questionable since the popular shows were all on WBUD or "TTM". Do you remember the anticipation waiting for your car to be built exactly as you ordered it and you were finally walking up that slight incline into the Princeton Avenue lot where it was awaiting delivery? Or how about in October watching the truck pull into the lots with tarps to conceal the new offerings? We would sneak around the back of Cathcart Pontiac, Capitol Plymouth, Colonial Cadillac and of course Gilbert & Mott in hopes of getting a sneak preview; feeling like VIP's when one salesman took us to the doors of the service building to look into the shadows that concealed the new 1967 Impala SS.
Ed MillerickWednesday, November 23, 2011
2011: THOSE RADIO DAYS OF MY YOUTH
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Tom, these Hop Flying Club wings are available on e-bay for $29.95, 1940 vintage in brass. Quite handsome. The coffee table with a blanket became my shelter where Sgt. Preston and I weathered the blizzard. Then it was out under the forsythia where the lawn bench was flipped and a wide plank was drawn across it. Sky King and I would then search the mesa in the Cessna Bamboo Bomber, the trusty Songbird for Penny and the rustlers. The steam, the smell of the woolen mitts drying over the heat "grate" and sometimes just the right "cast of light" will bring the memories back.
Ed Millerick
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
MY CLASSMATE LEE BELARDINO WROTE:
Hop Harrigan to control tower"Coming in for a landing,"Control tower to Hop Harrigan" "All clear". One of the reasons I joined the Air force.Hop and Steve Canyon. Followed by CAPAAAATAIN MIDNIGHT.ALL AMERICAN. I lost my ring. Followed at night by Suspens, Inner sanctum, Murder at midnight. Who needed T.V.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
AHH, KINDRED SPIRITS! Those old radio programs played a major part in our character development. STEVE CANYON! I FORGOT ALL ABOUT HIM. HE WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MILTON CANIFF COMIC CHARACTERS.
TOM
Monday, November 21, 2011
1889: DEUTZVILLE: A FORGOTTEN TOWN?
1951: VERY EARLY TELEVISION
- Ralph Lucarella said...
HI TOM....THOSE EARLY TV SHOWS FROM PHILLY AND THE TEST PATTERNS WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR 7 INCH TV SET IN 1946. I REMEMBER ED McMAHAN SELLING KITCHEN APPLIANCES IN FRONT OF THE 5 AND 10 CENT STORE ON THE BOARDWALK IN ATLANTIC CITY. ERNIE KOVACS HAD A COOKING SHOW AND THE OTHER BIG ATTRACTION WERE THE FIGHTS. I RECALL THE MAGNIFIERS THEY SOLD TO ENLARGEN THE SCREEN. YOU COULD NOT WATCH AT AN ANGLE WITH THEM. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW FAR TV HAS COME THRU THE YEARS. REGARDS.
Monday, November 21, 2011
- Michael said...
Hey Ralph:
You forgot the everpresent multi color plastic sheet you put over the TV screen; gave you instant color tv.
We got our first 11 inch tv in 1946
when dad had his first stroke, and lost his legs. When the championship fights came on we had standing room only not only in the house but looking through the door,and front window.
Ike Williams in laws were neighbors, and had easy access to our living room each time Ike fought.
I luagh today at the 52" behemoths they are selling as home tvs today.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Jersey friends and family
Mike KuzmaMonday, November 21, 2011
- Tom Glover said...
FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS AND ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT MIDGET CAR RACING FROM FREEPORT RACEWAY IN LONG ISLAND NEW YORK ON WPIX CHANNEL 11.I REMEMBER GILLETTE "BLUE BLADES" AS THE SPONSOR. REMEMBER THIS JINGLE: "TO LOOK SHARP EVERY TIME YOU SHAVE,
TO BE SHARP AND BE ON THE GO,
JUST BE SHARP, USE GILLETTE BLUE BLADES FOR THE QUICKEST SLICKEST SHAVE OF ALL." WOW, WHAT MEMORIES.
TOM GLOVERMonday, November 21, 2011
2011: MY AMATEUR RADIO - BROADCAST RADIO BLOG
As to amateur radio on the local level, the cell phone has largely replaced the great on the air conversations we had back in the pre-cell phone years with our "2 meter " transcievers. The W2ZQ Delaware Valley Radio Association's radio repeater was alive with local amateurs from dawn to midnight with lively conversation. It is currently a mere shadow of its glory years before cell phones. However, amateurs have other reserved radio frequencies in the radio spectrum. These "high band" frequencies give amateur operators the ability to communicate all over the world with their larger and more sophisticated radio transceivers. (a transceiver is a truncated radio term: TRANsmits, and reCEIVEs) When I finally retire for good and have more leisure time for this fascinating venture, I hope to put a vertical antenna in my back yard and talk to the world with my transceiver which was a much appreciated gift from an old ham radio buddy of mine, Paul W2AEI.
REMEMBER TO RIGHT CLICK ON THE IMAGE AND CLICK ON
"OPEN LINK IN A NEW WINDOW" TO ENLARGE THE GRAPHIC.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
1919: HONORING LOCAL WW I ITALIAN AMERICAN CITIZENS
2011: HAMILTON HIGH CLASS OF 1951; OUR 60TH REUNION!
SPEAKING OF HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS, THE POEM BELOW IS A CLASSIC AND UNCANNILY TRUE REPRESENTATION OF REUNIONS FROM THE FIRST 5 WHEN WE ARE ALL YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL TO THE LAST WHEN WE ARE SADLY CLOSING IN ON ETERNITY. AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1951 AT HAMILTON, "THE CLASS WITH CLASS," I PROUDLY AFFIRM THAT I AM A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE RESIDENTS OF WHAT I LOVINGLY REFER TO AS "WRINKLE CITY." WE EARNED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE WRINKLES! I GOTTA GO NOW ....Uhhhh. I FORGET WHY......WAIT, IT WILL COME TO ME.....Hmmmm.....MUST BE THAT DAMN SENILITY THING I HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT OVER THE YEARS.
This poem is a classic! It should be read aloud at every high school reunion:
An announcement arrives in the mail,
A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand;
Make plans to attend without fail.
I'll never forget the first time we met;
We tried so hard to impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars,
And wore our most elegant dress.
It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined,
And everyone thought it was swell.
The men all conversed about who had been first
To achieve great fortune and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
And how beautiful their children became.
The homecoming queen, who once had been lean,
Now weighed in at one-ninety-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair,
And the cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.
No one had heard about the class nerd
Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon;
Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain;
She married a shipping tycoon.
The boy we'd decreed 'most apt to succeed'
Was serving ten years in the pen,
While the one voted 'least' now was a priest;
Just shows you can be wrong now and then.
They awarded a prize to one of the guys
Who seemed to have aged the least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven
The farthest to attend the feast.
They took a class picture, a curious mixture
Of beehives, crew cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini;
You never saw so many thighs..
At our next get-together, no one cared whether
They impressed their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal;
By this time we'd all gone to pot.
It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores;
We ate hamburgers, coleslaw, and beans..
Then most of us lay around in the shade,
In our comfortable T-shirts and jeans.
By the fiftieth year, it was abundantly clear,
We were definitely over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed,
And be home in time for their pill.
And now I can't wait; they've set the date;
Our 55th is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.
Repairs have been made on my hearing aid;
My pacemaker's been turned up on high.
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled;
And I've bought a new wig and glass eye.
I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; But I just hope that there's one
Other person who can make it that night.
Author Unknown
Ed Millerick
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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- SORRY I NEGLECTED TO LIST THE AUTHOR AS ANONYMOUS, ED. HE OR SHE SURE IS A SPECIAL TALENTED POET.
- TOM GLOVER
- Lee said...
Tom
That poem rings true. 60 years.Lots of water under the bridge. Never made any of the reunions. either was overseas or out of state like I am now. Love to see the the old "wrinkled crowd.By the way I see that one of the commitee members is named Mueller. does she have a sister named Edith?
Just wondering.
Lee
Tom:
I remember listening to Ernie Kovacs who had the "night owl" show which was the grave yard shift in radio. One night He said enough of this noise, and walked out leaving a dead mike as he sat at the counter of the Towne Restaurant next door having coffee. The engineers across the river in Bucks County were going ballistic. There were located on West State St, between The Hildebrect and Stacy Trent Hotels.
Regards
Mike Kuzma
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
(HEY MIKE, A NOTE FROM TOM GLOVER:
WTTM'S "NIGHT OWL" NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH 1946 ERA WBUD 1490 MORRISVILLE, "BOB KENT NIGHT OWL SHOW.")
HI TOM....I RECALL WTTM BEING ON EAST STATE ST. AND REMEMBER THE DURANDS AND WES HOPKINS. ERNIE KOVACS WAS INVOLVED IN SO MANY PROJECTS IT'S HARD TO PLACE HIM IN RADIO. I RECALL HIM WORKING IN THE DRUG STORE AND OF COURSE MY SISTER LAW BABY SITTING HIM ON GENESEE STREET MANY MOONS AGO. REGARDS.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011