1945: THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, HAZEL WOOD GREENER, HHS '45

BELOW IS AN EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM MS. KATHLEEN GREENER HARTER , A MEMBER OF THE HAMILTON HIGH CLASS OF 1945:

Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your site. I am from Trenton NJ originally and now live in Upstate NY.I actually have many connections: My Mom went to HHS Class of 1945. Saw her in the Smilebox show pages 90 and 142. Hazel Wood was her maiden name. She lived in Yardville..Clarenden Ave. She has told us stories about swimming in Gropps Lake. Sadly she is in a Nursing Home here in upstate NY. Just today she rec'd a pic of the 67th Class Reunion of the 1945 Class held recently. Brought her to tears because she could not attend. My father was a Trenton Police Officer as well as my Uncle. My cousin Andy Greener was the Baseball coach at Ewing High. Andy was actually on the Dodgers Farm Team. My Mom went to Nursing School at Mercer Hospital. She is proud to share she was part of the last Class of Army Corp Cadet Nurses. I went to Jr HS #3 and was a student there when the Auditorium caught on Fire. I Graduated from THS in 1968..Member of the Red Team and Miss THS. Sadly Sports Night was cancelled that year because of Rioting that occurred in Trenton.

My Brother was a member of the popular local "50's and 60's" Band Stormy Weather and also played in the 2011 Ernie White Christmas Benefit.

To add to your list of Olden Ave.Stores etc. I remember the Army Navy Surplus Store and Mikes Steak House. Also can't forget the Pancake House down by Ewing High. I think it may still be there.

I enjoyed looking at the old pics and articles..I will take my lap top to share your site with my Mom at the NH.

Thank You for a Great History Lesson and Walk Down Memory Lane!

Sincerely,

Kathleen Greener Harter

Thank you so much for taking the time to write, Kathleen. Tell your mom, she was in the same class as my brother William "Bud" Glover (not to be confused with "Bud" GRover, another HHS '45 classmate.) Above is a special graphic I put together just for your mom. You can print it out and she won't have to see it on your computer screen. (Just RIGHT CLICK on the image, choose "SAVE LINK AS" and copy it to your computer.) My brother Bud says he remembers her name, but like most of us in that era, we had different circles of friends. Bud is battling COPD and other health issues that we seniors all must experience.

XO

Tom Glover

Anonymous said...

There were two Army & Navy Stores on Olden Avenue. One was across from Saint Joe's Church and the other was Phillips Ewing Bizarre (also an Army/Navy), and was close to Parkside. It is possible that the one from Saint Joe's moved to the Ewing site during the 50's however. The original Mike's Steak House was on Princeton by Fuld and then he moved to the Olden Avenue location by Route 31. He expanded one more time and started one in Pennington that is now Suburban Wrench Auto Repair. "IHOP" was on the corner of Olden and Parkway at Ewing High. That stretch had a lot of places to eat back then, Whitey's Tomato Pie at Arctic Parkway or The Blue Moon Diner as well as the original Parfait House and Franksville Hot Dogs. How about the Costa Cottage for ice cream that was in Korvette's plaza?

Ed Millerick

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Mike Tramontana began his "Mike's Steak house: career on east side of BRUNSWICK AVE, between Phillips Ave. and Fuld St. after several years, he sold that site which was than operated by his sons to Lenny Navarro. It became "Len's Steak House" while Mike's sons and Georgie Malek opened up on Olden, near Pennington. Georgie ultimately bought it for himself.
Len's was taken over by is brother Joe, who shared a locker with me at THS. If I'm not mistaken, before I headed south, Mike's became Pete's Steak house operated by Pete Tonti's son.

My mouth water's when I think of those quarter steak sanwhichs which was enough to keep you going for days.

Regards

Mike Kuzma

Tuesday, August 07, 2012