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2008: DON'T MISS GARY LIPPINCOTT'S MEMORIAL DAY

I AM A FREQUENT VISITOR TO GARY LIPPINCOTT'S FASCINATING WEBSITE, WWW.GROVEVILLEMEMORIES.BLOGSPOT.COM. GARY'S GROVEVILLE IS TRULY A LOCAL TREASURE. THE CLOSE-KNIT VILLAGE COMPARES VERY FAVORABLY WITH "MAYBURY RFD." IN HIS LATEST WEB POSTS, GARY PUTS US IN THE PATRIOTIC MOOD WITH A COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL DIGITAL PHOTOS OF GROVEVILLE'S ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED, BY ALL MEANS ADD IT TO YOUR "FAVORITES;" THERE ARE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF SMALL TOWN, "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY" IN A BUCOLIC TOWN WHERE NEARLY EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR NEIGHBORS AND MANY HAVE LIFE-LONG FRIENDS WHOSE ROOTS HAVE BEEN FIRMLY PLANTED FOR GENERATIONS PAST.

1932: HAMILTON LIBRARY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS

HERE'S ANOTHER ARTICLE DEALING WITH THE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR HAMILTON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SUMMER READING. EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A REPOSITORY WHERE THE LIBRARY PLACED BOOKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE TOWNSHIP.

1932: TRENTON JUNIOR 1 CLASS OF '32

THE OLD SCHOOL IN THE BATTLE MONUMENT AREA WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION WHICH THE TRENTON SCHOOL SYSTEM GAVE TO STUDENTS BACK IN SLOWER AND LESS COMPLICATED TIMES. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS VISITORS HAVE CONTACTED ME AND ARE INTERESTED IN THESE CLASS LISTINGS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH. THERE WILL BE MORE.

1932: ELIJAH C. HUTCHINSON

THERE IS AN EARLIER POST ON THE OBIT OF MR. HUTCHINSON, BUT THIS ONE INCLUDES A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM AS HE APPEARED IN HIS LATER YEARS.

1932: ST. JOHN'S CLASS OF '32

ONCE AGAIN, LOCAL GENEALOGISTS MIGHT FIND THIS LISTING OF SACRED HEART PARISHIONERS AND STUDENTS IN THIS LISTING OF VALUE IN THEIR RESEARCH.

PETTY'S RUN GOLD COINS; A METAL DETECTOR OPERATOR'S DREAM!

AS AN AVID METAL DETECTOR OPERATOR WHO IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OLD BURIED COINS THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED OVER THE AGES, I FOUND THIS ARTICLE FROM ONE OF HARRY PODMORE'S "TRENTON IN BYGONE DAYS" COLUMNS TO BE COMPLETELY FASCINATING. JUST THINK WHAT A 21ST CENTURY METAL DETECTOR COULD DO SEARCHING THE AREA FOR THOSE 18TH CENTURY GOLD COINS! THE AREA DESCRIBED IS IN THE AREA OF BANK ST. CHANCERY LANE IN BACK OF ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. I HAVE A NUMBER OF THE ORIGINAL 1870'S PETTY'S RUN GOLD COIN STORIES AND WILL POST THEM AS THEY ARE DIGITIZED.

1932: MERCER FIRE COMPANY PRINCETON

HERE ARE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS INVOLVED WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW MERCER FIRE COMPANY FIRE HOUSE IN PRINCETON. ELSEWHERE IN MY FILES, I HAVE A GROUP PHOTO OF THE FIRE "LADDIES" FROM MERCER DATING BACK TO THE LATE 1800'S OR EARLY 1900'S.

1932: ST. JOACHIM HOLY NAME SOCIETY

THERE ARE NUMEROUS OLD FAMILY NAMES IN THIS ARTICLE ON THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY AT ST. JOACHIM PARISH IN CHAMBERSBURG.

1932: FROM MY "ADVERTISING" FOLDER

THIS "EMBARRASSING QUESTION" WAS SELDOM BREECHED DURING THE ANTI-CIGARETTE CANCER CAMPAIGN OF THE RECENT PAST. NOW THAT SMOKING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS AN ANTI-SOCIAL STIGMA, LET'S GO AFTER THE BEER, WINE, AND SPIRIT INDUSTRY. I'M SURE EQUALLY DAMAGING SCIENTIFIC FACTS COULD BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT WHICH PROVE THAT ALCOHOL IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH, AND CAN CAUSE LIVER DAMAGE, ETC., "SECOND HAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!"

1962: THE "HAMILTON NEWS"

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A HAMILTON ONLY NEWSPAPER OVER THE YEARS. ABOVE IS A VERY SCARCE COPY OF THE "HAMILTON NEWS." I ALSO RECALL "HAMILTON LIFE," THE "PEOPLE PAPERS," THE "MERCER MESSENGER," AND CURRENTLY, THE VERY IMPRESSIVE "HAMILTON POST."

1897: TRENTON'S NEWSPAPERS

MORE THAN ONE PERSON HAS OPINED THAT THE PRINTED NEWSPAPER IS SOON TO BE RELIC OF THE PAST. WITH THE MANY ONLINE INTERNET TYPE NEWS OUTLETS AVAILABLE AND GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, SOME SAY IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. AS FOR ME PERSONALLY, I STILL PREFER A CUP OF HOT COFFEE AND MY 3 NEWSPAPERS EACH MORNING TO START THE DAY OFF. THIS ARTICLE ABOVE IS AN INTERESTING THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THE EARLY YEARS OF TRENTON'S NEWSPAPERS.

1886: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN TRENTON

THERE ARE COUNTLESS ARTICLES IN THE 19TH CENTURY PRESS RELATING TO THE SOUTH TRENTON STEEL MILLS: PHOENIX IRON WORKS, THE COOPER HEWITT STEEL WORKS, AND NUMEROUS OTHERS RIGHT UP TO THE AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY IN THE 1960'S ARE REGULARLY REPORTED.

1929: VILLA VICTORIA CLASS OF 1929

IT WAS A VERY SMALL GRADUATION CLASS WITH NUMEROUS LOCALLY FAMILIAR FAMILY NAMES IN THE PHOTO. VILLA VICTORIA HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED A REPUTATION OF BEING A PREFERRED, UPSCALE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.

1929: WALTER KUSER

THERE ARE MANY ARTICLES RELATING TO THE KUSER FAMILY IN THE HAMILTON LIBRARY "KUSER FAMILY" FOLDER. THIS STORY OF WALTER KUSER IS ONE OF THEM.

1929: HAMILTON'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES

DID YOU KNOW THAT IN YEARS PAST, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP OPERATED LIBRARIES IN VARIOUS HOMES AND STORES IN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM DEUTZVILLE TO HAMILTON SQUARE TO YARDVILLE AND ALL POINTS BETWEEN? A FEW YEARS AGO, MS. MOLLYE CARROL, A FAMILY FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS, GAVE ME A WOODEN SIGN FROM THE LIBRARY WHICH ONCE WAS ON THE SUN PORCH OF A HOME ON HAMILTON AVENUE IN THE AREA OF NORWAY AND PACIFIC AVENURE IN HAMILTON.

1929: LUXURY AUTOS, 1929

What a fascinating photo of Johnston's auto dealership! It is speculation on my part, but I would bet that the Johnston Incorporated ad was from the same Johnston who went on to become a dealer for still another luxury auto maker, Cadillac. Johnston Cadillac was located on North Olden Avenue in the 1940's. As in interesting aside, the Marmon and Pierce Arrow were considered luxury autos. The Pierce Arrow was noted for its "bullfrog" headlights.

1929: Trenton's Lincoln School Class of 1929

From the "AFRICAN-AMERICAN" and "LINCOLN SCHOOL" folders in the Hamilton Library's local history collection comes this article listing the recipients of various honors for Lincoln's class of 1920. Genealogists will probably find this listing of names of interest in their research.

1932: Elijah C. Hutchinson Obit

He was one of the more prominent local politicians and merchants in the Hamilton/Mercer area back in the 19th and early 20th century. His name is still prominent when one mentions Hutchinsons Mills. The E.C. Hutchinson "Rolling Mill" was located in the general area of today's Coleman Supply Company on E. State Street and Klockner Road in Hamilton, just before you cross the railroad tracks heading toward Sloane Road.

1929: "UPROAR" IN HAMILTON'S SCHOOL BOARD

Apparently Mr. Elmer Middleton felt that he was being upstaged by other members of the 1929 Board of Education as this article from the Trenton Times of 1929. It was really a spirited discussion!

1987: HHS CLASS OF '87 TOP ACADEMIC HORNETS

HERE THEY ARE....THE SCHOLARLY HORNET ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS FROM THE CLASS OF '87. CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE STUDENTS ARE IN THEIR LATE 30'S? HOW TIME FLIES!

1918: OPEN AIR CLASSES?

This article actually floored me! Why in the world would they ever expose students to the elements, especially in the winter time? 'Tis a puzzlement.

1934: E. STATE STREET AT THE CANAL

THIS IS WHERE THE PRESENT TRENTON "FREEWAY" PASSES UNDER E. STATE STREET. WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE AREA!

1936: EDGEWOOD AVENUE

THIS IS AN EXQUISITE PHOTO OF THE EDGEWOOD AVENUE AREA AS IT APPEARED IN 1936. I AM NOT TOO FAMILAR WITH THAT AREA OF TRENTON, BUT IF ANY VIEWER IS, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

THANKS TO SALLY GILMAN FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMENT ON THE PHOTO ABOVE, PINPOINTING THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHENCE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN.

THANKS, SALLY!:
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Hi Tom: Although the photo of Edgewood Ave. is a bit before my time, it was one street over from Carteret Ave. where I grew up. It's in West Trenton, with the 900 block just off Parkside Avenue. We had great fun in the winter sledding on the lawns in front of the big homes on the 800 block. The homes backed up to what was known as Niagara Alley where the people had their garages and parked their cars. It was just below the Delaware and Raritan Canal Feeder. You can post this in your blog. Thanks again for the great memories, Sally Logan Gilman.

CIVIL WAR TROOPS IN A DISPUTE IN TRENTON

THIS IS AN UN-DATED HARRY PODMORE COLUMN FROM ONE OF MY SCRAPBOOKS.
I FOUND ITTO BE A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE, HARKENING BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR WITH TROOP MOVEMENTS AND MOBILIZATION IN THE TRENTON AREA.

1986: JACK RAFFERTY'S HAMILTON

HERE IS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY FORMER HAMILTON MAYOR JOHN K. RAFFERTY WHICH IS REALLY A "STATE OF THE TOWNSHIP" TREATISE. I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT THE RAFFERTY ADMINISTRATION HAD THEIR EYE ON THE WOODED AREA ADJACENT TO THE HAMILTON LIBRARY AS THE TOWN CENTER. I BELIEVE THAT AREA IS KNOWN AS THE "MORTON TRACT."

2008: JOE FRATTO REMEMBERS OUR TRENTON OF YESTERDAY

FOLLOWING IS THE EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM JOE. HE REMEMBER THE TRENTON OF THE 40'S AND 50'S. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANY COMMERICAL ESTABLISHMENTS IS QUITE INTERESTING. THANKS, JOE!

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JOE WROTE:

May 08, 2008 7:26 PM
Hi Tom.....Those Were The Days
My name is Joe Fratto. I live now in Florida and have been here for the past 28 yrs. My cousin sent me your article on ' THOSE WERE THE DAYS". I really got a kick out of it because I remember so well all those things mentioned. I was in the Red Band in Trenton High and what a night Sports Night was. I also remember Yards dept. store, Dunhams dept. store, Van Scivers, Kitty Kelly Shoes ( my first job), Miles Shoes, AS Beck Shoes, National Shoes and of course Nedicks on State and Broad. Let us not forget Arnold Constable, The Lincoln Theater, The Trent Theater, The Brunswick Theater and the Broad Theaters. Also how about The Eton Shop, Byers Mens Shop, Borden Castena Dairy, The Garden Theater. I think I should also mention the local Jazz Blues Host on WBUD...George Luther Bannister. I am a jazz saxophonist and I played all those clubs in Trenton. Remember the Tremont, The Cove, Murphy's on Olden Ave, The Downtown Club,Jims TAvern and how about White Horse Lanes where believe it or not Bill Haley and His Comets got their start there. How about Independence Mall....that is the site where Vic Rice's Driving range was. Let us also mention the cab companies...Terminal Cab, Capitol Cab (my dad owned his own Capitol Cab), Penn Cab. Last but not least....the place to eat steak sandwiches was Pete's and the Del Rio. Pizza was a strong item also...Dominick Pica's and Maruccas were the hot spots along with Delorenzo's and Lous on Clinton St. One more addition the high schools..rivals were Trenton High and Trenton Catholic...I went to both of those schools but graduated from Trenton High.

Well I guess I gave you a few more for your next column....as Bob would say "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES."


Joe Fratto

1946: WILBUR JACKSON; ONE OF MY HEROES

WILBUR JACKSON AND MAURICE "MO" CUNNINGHAM WERE THE "BABE RUTHS" OF THE INTERSTATE LEAGUE. ANYONE WHO WAS AROUND WHEN THE TRENTON GIANTS WERE PLAYING AT DUNN FIELD OVER ON THE BRUNSWICK CIRCLE WILL ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT INTERSTATE BASEBALL WAS EVERY BIT AS EXCITING AS TODAY'S TRENTON THUNDER BASEBALL.

1947 TRENTON GIANTS

THIS WAS THE ERA WHEN I WAS REALLY HOOKED ON THE TRENTON GIANTS OF THE OLD CLASS "B" INTERSTATE LEAGUE. I WAS ALSO A FAN OF THE LATE GREAT NEW YORK GIANTS, WHO HELD FORTH IN THE OLD POLO GROUNDS IN NEW YORK. WBUD BROADCASTED ALL THEIR GAMES AND I WAS A LOYAL LISTENER IN THOSE YEARS BEFORE TELEVISION. THE TEAMS THEY PLAYED? LET'S SEE....THE WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS, THE YOUR WHITE ROSES, THE LANCASTER RED ROSES, ALLENTOWN CARDINALS, SUNBURY REDS, AND THE HAGERSTOWN OWLS. THE GAMES BETWEEN WILMINGTON AND TRENTON WERE VERY SIMILAR TO THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE BOSTON RED SOX.

1876: MAP OF THE BATTLE OF TRENTON

SOUTH TRENTON IS REALLY EXPERIENCING A COMEBACK. THANKS TO THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS WHO ARE TURNING ONE SMALL AREA OF CENTRE STREET INTO WHAT I HOPE WILL BECOME ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT AREA SIMILAR TO THE MERCER-JACKSON NEIGHBORHOOD. COUNCILMAN REV. JIM COSTON, PASTOR OF THE HISTORIC FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON CENTRE STREET, IS ONE OF THOSE WHO HAS BROUGHT A REFRESHING "YES WE CAN"ATTITUDE TO AN AREA WHICH HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY NEGLECTED OVER THE YEARS. BESIDE THE RESTORATION AND CONVERSION OF THE OLD ADAM EXTON CRACKER PLANT, ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL PROJECT WILL CONCENTRATE ON FERRY STREET. THE MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE FERRY BEFORE THE SOUTH TRENTON AREA WAS POPULATED. IT IS A FASCINATING LOOK AT COLONIAL TRENTON AND THE AREA KNOWN AS BLOOMSBURY.

1936: ITALIAN AMERICAN SPORTSMEN CLUB

THIS STATUE REPOSED ON THE KUSER ROAD PROPERTY OF THE IASC FOR DECADES. IT TOOK SOME DERANGED ANIMAL TO VANDALIZE IT. I THINK I HEARD THAT SOMEONE DECAPITATED THE WORK OF ART. I DON'T KNOW THE STATE OF THE STATUE AT THIS WRITING, BUT I HOPE THEY MANGED TO RESTORE IT. IT IS A LOCAL TREASURE.

1921: THE STATE OF HAMILTON SCHOOLS

I found it to be an incredible faux pas to consign documents of this type to the re-cycle bin. Way back in the 1960's I rescued this and numerous other Hamilton documents from the trash bin. This letter is an incredibly interesting narrative on the state of Hamilton's schools in the early 1920's. I suspect there are additional parts to this document, but this is all that I found.

1940: CLASS OF '40, ST. ANTHONY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LAST COLUMN (FAR RIGHT) OF STUDENT IDENTIFICATION IS TRUNCATED. THE ACTUAL PHOTO WAS FROM MY COLLECTION, AND JIM O'ROURKE FURNISHED THE PHOTOCOPIED LIST OF STUDENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SHEET ON WHICH THE NAMES WERE PRINTED WAS TOO LARGE TO FIT IN THE PHOTOCOPIER BED. THANKS TO ALAN WILDBLOOD FOR THE HEADS UP. I DIDN'T NOTICE THE TRUNCATION.

My brother in law is in there, the late Walter Britton, my dear friend, the Late Jim O'Rourke, and numerous other graduates from St. Anthony's Grammar School.

1894: THE GRANDSTAND AT THE FAIR

WHAT A TREASURE IT WAS! THE INTERSTATE FAIR WAS THE NATIONALLY KNOWN ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF NEW JERSEY BACK IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. EVEN THOUGH THE GRANDSTAND HAD GONE THROUGHT MANY STRUCTURAL CHANGES WHEN I WAS A BOY, THE BASIC CONSTRUCTION REMAINED JUST ABOUT AS YOU SEE IT IN THIS 1894 ENGRAVING.

1930: LOCAL DRUGGIES SCAM A PHARMACY

THE ONLY DRUGS I WAS EXPOSED TO IN MY YOUNGER YEARS WERE AVAILABLE LEGALLY AT THE DRUG STORE......MORPHINE AND CODEINE WITH A PRESCRIPTION OF COURSE! "Coke" was Coca Cola, "Crack" was something that caused you to break your mother's back if you stepped on when you walked on a sidewalk.

1916: APRIL TO JUNE CHRONOLOGY

UNLIKE THE CHRONOLOGIES FROM EARLIER IN THE CENTURY, THIS PARTICULAR ENTRY WAS PRINTED IN LARGER TYPE, PROVIDING AN INTERESTING GLIMPSE AT THE TRENTON IN THE WORLD WAR I ERA. I NOTE THE DEATH OF ONE OF HAMILTON'S NOTABLE PLAAG FAMIY, IDA, WHO DIED AT 21 YEARS OF AGE, AND ALSO THE DEATH OF HAMILTON HISTORIAN JOSEPH WEST.

1901-1902: LOCAL OBITUARY AND CHRONOLOGY

FOR MANY YEARS THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED A CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF IMPORTANT AND SOME NOT SO IMPORTANT EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE GRAPHIC AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE SCREEN SIZE, THE CHRONOLOGY MAY NOT BE LEGIBLE ON YOUR MONITOR. ON MY LAPTOP MONITOR, I CAN JUST MAKE OUT THE TINY ENTRIES BUT IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT READ. GENEALOGIST WILL FIND THE OBITUARY LISTING INTERESTING.

THE HAMILTON NEWS

I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS TARGETED TO HAMILTON TOWNSHIP OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS OR SO. "HAMILTON LIFE," "MERCER MESSENGER," "HAMILTONIAN," AND THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LITTLE KNOWN "HAMILTON NEWS." THE PAPER WAS REPORTING ON THE PROSPECT OF A HOSPITAL FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.

1930: HAMILTON'S ROADS NEED ATTENTION

THE PERIOD IN WHICH THIS ROAD AND HIGHWAY PROBLEM OCCURRED IN HAMILTON IS NOT UNLIKE TODAY WHEN FINANCIAL TIMES ARE TRULY DIFFICULT. THE DEPRESSION WAS UPON US AND AMERICA WAS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS. THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA) WAS CREATED BY THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO THE WPA WORKERS RESURFACING NUMEROUS HAMILTON ROADS, GIVING FINANCIAL AID TO VICTIMS OF THE DEPRESSION. THE WPA WORKERS GAVE THE TOWNSHIP INEXPENSIVE LABOR IN RETURN FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.

MY NEWSPAPER COLLECTION

YOU ARE LOOKING AT MY COLLECTION TRENTON NEWSPAPERS. THE PHOTO SHOWS ONLY A VERY FEW OF THE COLLECTION DATING FROM 1869 AND UP TO THE 1940'S. THESE PAPERS WERE DESTINED FOR THE RECYCLE BIN BACK IN THE EARLY 1980'S WHEN I RESCUED THEM FROM THE RECYCLE BIN. THEY WERE STORED IN MY GARAGE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS WHEN JACK RAFFERTY, JOE BELINA AND MO ROSSII AGREED THAT HAMILTON'S LOCAL HISTORY EFFORT WAS SEVERELY LACKING, AND AGREED TO HIRE ME AS AN ARCHIVIST ON HAMILTON LOCAL HISTORY. DUE TO THE SPACE TAKEN UP BY THESE HUGE VOLUMES, LIBRARIES ALL OVER AMERICA WERE PURCHASING MICROFILM COPIES AND SENDING THE ORIGINALS TO THE RECYCLING CENTER. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT SOME 20 YEARS LATER, THESE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPERS WOULD BE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR DIGITIZING LOCAL HISTORY. CONVERSELY, THE REPLACEMENT MICROFILM COPIES ARE OFTEN SCRATCHED AND STREAKED, RESULTING IN VERY POOR REPRODUCTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL.

1934: OFFICERS OF WHITE HORSE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO.

THERE ARE OLD WHITE HORSE FAMILY NAMES ASSEMBLED IN THIS GRAPHIC.

I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH PHYLLIS BOOZ AND DICK HALLIDAY, BOTH OF WHOSE PARENTS ARE IN THE PHOTO.

1914: DILATUSH'S "GRAFTON FARM"

Many thanks to "Lakeside Girl" for correcting my index, wherein erroneously placed this post under the Allinson, Locust Hill's "Burholme."

CERTAIN THINGS PRESENT A PUZZLE AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY FRIEND DON DILATUSH IS NO LONGER WITH US, HAVING PASSED AWAY 5 OR SO YEARS AGO. I'M SURE DON COULD HAVE PROVIDED THE LINK TO HIS FAMILY'S HUGE FARM ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 130 AND THE GRAFTON HOMESTEAD WHICH HAS BEEN RELOCATED FROM ITS ORIGINAL SPOT ON ROUTE 130 TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE HAMILTON MARKETPLACE. THIS IS AN ENLARGED AND ENHANCED EXTRACT FROM A DILATUSH LETTERHEAD IN MY COLLECTION. GRAFTON WAS ORIGINALLY THE HOME OF 18TH CENTURY SHERIF JACQUES.

1865: EMERSON & SILVER; CIVIL WAR CONTRACTOR

ONE OF THE MORE ELUSIVE AND DESIRABLE CIVIL WAR ANTIQUES IS A SWORD MANUFACTURED BY TRENTON'S EMERSON & SILVER COMPAN.

REED'S MILL AND REED'S POND

I MUST ADMIT TO IGNORANCE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION. I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE REED ERA IN HAMILTON HISTORY. PERHAPS A MERCERVILLE OLD TIMER CAN GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION. I KNOW IT IS ON QUAKER BRIDGE ROAD, BUT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT IS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IN THE OLD PHOTO ABOVE.