TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.

Friday, February 09, 2007

1936: Legendary Ralph Abel's HHS Baseball Champions

I honestly don't know whether I posted this in an earilier entry or not, but with baseball season just beyond the horizon, I will take a chance and present it again.
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THANKS TO MY FRIEND ALAN WILDBLOOD FOR THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WHICH POINTS TO AN ERROR IN THE DATE ON THE TEAM PHOTO IN THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT. FOLLOWING IS ALAN'S EMAIL AND MY RESPONSE. THANKS AGAIN, ALAN!
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From: Alan Wildblood
To: Tom Glover
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:50 AM

Tom,

I have been viewing the HHS baseball team. Your text and the caption say 1936 but the file name says 1937. I know that Elmer Baggley, who is in my family tree, was born in August 1920. If he was a junior it would probably be 1936, if a senior 1937. Saul Gilman was my teacher and Joe Bacskay the father of my classmate.

Lois is overjoyed that the Steinert Class of 1966 (Marsha and Lee's) contributed generously to the Brearley fund and hopes they will have enough for a bench.

Alan

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Hey Alan:

An explanation and a faux pas. The lower engraving is seperate from the upper; in fact, I inserted it into a space below the baseball photo. I believe the lower is indeed 1936. You will note that there is no "header" on the upper photo with a date as there is in most of my graphics. In retrospect, the top photo was undated and taken from an old scrapbook. I will assume from your email that it is 1937. Thanks for the correction.

Tom

1936: Legendary Ralph Abel's HHS Baseball Champions

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1943-1944: HHS Girls' Tri Hy Y Club

This is another of the original photos which came to via Alice Wilhelm, as detailed in a former post.

1939-1940: Hamilton High's Tri Hy Y Club

Before Miss Alice Wilhelm retired and moved to Florida back in the early 1980's, she gave me her complete collection of memorabilia which she had saved over her many years as a teacher at Hamilton High. Along with Louise Baird, Alice was one of the original teachers at the school when it opened in 1930. She was the leader of the girls' "Tri Hy Y Club," and left me with a few photos of the group. I see my sister in law in this photo, the late Jean Connelly Britton.

1939-1940: Hamilton High's Tri Hy Y Club

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

1930: HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING

The flagpole and settee are there, but there is no shrubbery and the 75 year old Sycamore trees are conspicuous by there absence.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

TWO MYSTERY PHOTOS

It is an unfortunate truth that many old photographs turn up with no date, no identification. Such is the case with these two photos. If anyone has an idea as to the locations, I would like to hear about it.
When I first enhanced them, I thought that perhaps they were taken at the Whitehead Rubber plant out on Whitehead Road at the Lawrence border. The building with the old brown "Hummelstown" brick looks like the old Whitehead plant, while the auto in the photo looks like it could be parked across the street next to that newer red brick building.

I received this comment from my colleague and fellow historian, Gordon Kontrath:

Gordon said...
Hi Tom, I was at the intersection of Whitehead and Sweetbrier a week or so ago and made an observation. I beleve that you are are correct that this is the Whitehead rubber factory looking up and down Whitehead Road, Gordon

THANKS, GORDON!

1974: Fred Gmitter Before the Mayor-Council

Another broadside from the "POLITICS, HAMILTON" folder in the Hamilton Local History Collection.

Hugh Maguire For Tax Collector

From the "POLITICS, HAMILTON" file in the Hamilton Library's Local History Collection comes this political broadside from the past. This particular era in politics was unfamiliar to me as I was busy bringing up a family and commuting to New Brunswick on a daily basis. I have no idea of the date, but estimate it as circa 1974.

1949: MY WEEKLY READER!

Of course I know that this little weekly classic to which we all subscribed is a fugitive from grammar school, but I thought I would share it with those who do not visit my www.kuser-school.blogspot.com site.