1914: 99 YEAR OLD CHAMBERSBURG NEWS

Based on numerous comments I have received over the years relating to these full page scans, I have found that many visitors love to go through these interesting pages from many years ago; in this case 99 years ago. Over the years, I have been digitizing notable news clippings and including them in the Hamilton Library Local History database. A full page graphic such as that above is borderline as to legibility. At 80 years of age, my eyes aren't what they used to be. I can read the text in the above article with my 19 inch monitor. Those with larger monitors will see a much more legible graphic.  However, I am secure in the knowledge that as time evolves, still larger monitors will offor comfortable reading. Even Google has a size limit, but manages to allow a reader to read the print on a huge full page graphic; a feat that would be impossible with Facebook where a graphic of this size would be illegible.

1900: APRIL 4, MAY 25, AND SEPTEMBER 9 COMMUNITY NEWS

Many visitors will pass this post as uninteresting trivia. However, it is one the my favorite historical references for OLD Trenton and I suggest those of you who find if "ho hum" to page down to the next post. I will continue to post various other community news events that open the curtain on the Trenton on very long ago.

FROM THE "COMMUNITY NEWS" FOLDER

The above graphics are just a few of the growing number of community events of yesteryear that are being gradually digitized and saved in the Hamilton Library Local History database. Many of these clips provide very interesting reading.

Ron Bound said...

Reception Grade...never heard that term before...noted in the Lakeside Park Honors.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Tom Glover said...

RON:
ALL HAMILTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS REFERRED TO "KINDERGARTEN" AS RECEPTION GRADE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE CHANGE WAS MADE, BUT I WAS IN RECEPTION GRADE IN 1939.
TOM GLOVER

Monday, September 10, 2012

Ron Bound said...

No way. Should I call you Pops? I was born in 1939? LOL
Some priest,veteran of Iwo Jima, said, Pappy, when I told him I was 6, the day my Dad made the landing on Iwo (18 Feb back in the states). The priest said they were mostly 18-19 yr old kids, and "If your Dad had a 6 yr old at home, I know we called him Pappy".

Monday, September 10, 2012

79 IN TWO WEEKS, RON. TIME HAS REALLY FLOWN AND IS FLYING FASTER EVERY WEEK. CALL ME POPS, PAPPY, GRAMPS, ETC. YOU'RE THE SAME AGE AS MY BROTHER DON WHO GRADUATED HHS IN 1957. HE'S AN OLD MAN TOO.

TOM GLOVER

1913: CHAMBERSBURG ON A SUMMER AUGUST DAY IN 1913

Photoshop gives me the ability to remove all those little black "flecks" which we know of as "noise" in documents from the past. It also gives me the ability to bring the text up to its original deep black splendor. This 99 year old listing of community news includes names with which I am familiar today, including Whiteley and Braker, and of course, Israel Kohn who was obviously a partner in the late great Urken and Kohn's Department store which once occupied that familiar "flatiron" building on South Clinton Avenue in the Burg. Numerous old timers who visit this page will probably find names with which they are familiar.

1913; CHAMBERSBURG NEWS

This is just one of numerous full page graphics that are being digitized and preserved. The graphic which follows this will show details of the "Three Horse" Chambersburg fire fighting equipment. If your monitor is large enough, you will probably be able to read the interesting articles and ads on this 99 year old news page.

1920: TRENTON TIMES COMMUNITY NEWS

There are numerous names of "old timers" who lived in the communities posted above. I see Mr. Johnes and Irons at Lakeside Park, a Totten family member from Yardville Heights, and a Hughes from Hamilton Square. There is a growing "COMMUNITY NEWS" folder in the Hamilton Library Local History Collection, with hundreds more to be digitzed.

1920 AND 1938: PRIOR BAKING CO.

Oh, those Prior cream donuts! I remember walking to the Bijou or RKO Broad Theaters with my buddies on a Saturday and on the way home stopping on South Clinton and Liberty Street at the Prior Bakery for 2 of their delightful "cream sticks." When that great old bakery closed down, there was no replacement; no substitute. It took me over 30 years to discover that there IS a local source for the fabled Prior creme stick! The folks at Eet Gud on Hamilton Avenue may not be using the Prior recipe, but believe me folks, these are the Prior donuts of our youth! Unfortunately, I have to limit my evil visits to Eet Gud for a while, as I attempt to reduce my growing waist line. But like General McArthur, I WILL return when I lose around 3 or 4 ounces!

1924: IMMIGRANTS EAGER TO BE AMERICANS

Immigrants from countries far and wide had a fierce desire to adapt and become literate American citizens in America. As can be seen by the article above, immigrants from Italy, Hungary and many other countries were very interested in learning the English language so they could prosper in their new homeland. One wonders why there is not a very prominent and concerted effort to advance the encourage newcomers to America to partake of the American dream. Today, that concept seems to be very much out of fashion. I wonder why.

1944: MILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN HAMILTON

Over the years, numerous people have asked me about the U.S. Army plane that crashed in Hamilton. The consensus seems to be that the plane went down ina an area that at the time was woods and farm land. The most logical location would be in an area behind today's Cedar Gardens, a good distance away from Route 33 between Klockner Road to the south.

1928: NEW YEAR COMMUNITY NEWS FROM GROVEVILLE

Vintage retrospectives from Groveville, Yardville, and Edgebrook hold a certain fascination for me. I can't speak for all my fellow local historians, but I find it to be a fascinating experience to read about the persons, places and things detailed in the events our rural ancestors experienced "way back when."

1897: HAMILTON SQUARE COMMUNITY NEWS

It is much easier to combine these frequent "Community News" events into a single graphic, especially when they are in consecutive order as they are above. At the time these articles were read in the local newspaper, Hamilton Square was a rural farming town and the Allentown Turnpike (Nottingham Way) was a dirt road.

1936: GROVEVILLE COMMUNITY NEWS, MAY 1st

One of the more charming features of newspapers of the past was the utilization of "Stringers," who were hired to gather community news and submit photos and information to the Trenton Times for publication. Those articles and photos go a long way in enhancing the genealogical family tree, or of equal interest to those who are merely interested in saving the image and incorporating the in family albums. I would wager that Gary Lippincott or Claire Dwier, or another Groveville historian would know who the Groveville Stringer was.

1914: FROM THE SOUTH TRENTON FOLDER

I would really love to see some community notes from the "Colonial Gardens" area in which I grew up. Unfortunately, it was in a very rural area, and not much newsworthy appeared in the local press. Not so with an area as vital to the city of Trenton as South Trenton. It is one of our oldest areas, and has a magnificent historic heritage. These little bits and pieces from various communities provide an interesting journalistic "who, what, when, where and why" of life as it was lived those many years ago.

1914: WILBUR AREA NEWS INCLUDED BROMLEY

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.

1868: LOCALTRENTON AREA NEWS AND OTHER EPHEMERA

THE NEWSPAPERS OF THIS ERA WERE PRINTED ON "RAG" CONTENT PAPER AND SHOW HARDLY ANY FADING OR "FOXING." (FOXING IS THE NATURAL TENDENCY OF PAPER TO TURN TAN THOUGH OXIDATION AND OTHER NATURAL CAUSES. THE PAPER FROM WHENCE THIS LOCAL NEWS PAGE WAS EXTRACTED IS ONE OF COUNTLESS LATE 1860'S AND COMPLETE 1870'S RAG CONTENT PAPERS IN THE HAMILTON LIBRARY'S LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION.

1940: Community News, Etc, Hamilton Square

There are literally tons of these social activities bits and pieces in my collection. This one is from Hamilton Square. They make for interesting reading, and answer the "who-what-when-where-and why" as we peruse them in this year of 2006.