Monday, December 16, 2024
it's time to go!
You're gone. You get to be with Grandma Betty, see Grandma Gwen, I'm jealous and am going to miss you! I'll never forget looking into those blue eyes for the last time, kissing your wrinkly forehead and telling you how much I love you! I woke up at 4:07, you came to say good bye, I said out loud how much I love you. Will you look over my children please!? Thanks for letting me come to your party and always being excited when I showed up. I love you, I'll miss you, you are the sweetest Dougie!
Friday, August 6, 2021
George Bluhm and his Parkside Dairy
When I was 12 I delivered milk to homes for Parkside Dairy and George Carl Bluhm (1881-1955). When I turned 17 I was given a full time job driving a truck. I enjoyed working for George and with his two sons. (George O. Bluhm, Richard Furman Bluhm.)
Big George was a tall man with red cheeks, and a disposition that spread kindness and friendship to all. First as a farmer and later as a farsighted businessman, he gave to East Rochester the boost of having the fifth-largest dairy in Monroe County, overshadowed only by four of the city of Rochester milk companies.
Bluhm, fascinated by the dairy trade in his boyhood on a farm, realized his ambition to have his own dairy in 1927, when he used his savings to buy the Hopkins and Engert Dairy near his home on Wilson Avenue. At that time, he shared the local milk trade with the Bell Dairy.
Bluhm bought out the Bell Dairy in 1931 and moved all operations to 137 E. Commercial St., building a modern dairy and naming it Parkside Dairy after the original location of the early business. In the early years, some of the local routes were covered by horse-drawn wagons, which were soon replaced by yellow and red motorized trucks.
For three years, Bloom and his family resided in this village, living in homes on West Ivy Street and Wilson Avenue. In 1929, he moved to Fairport, but still considered himself an East Rochesterian.
George was always known for his kindness to his customers and went into debt to make sure no one lacked milk during the tough Depression years.
His staff, to whom he gave credit for the success of the business, had high regard for their boss. Among them were: Dutch DeVogler, Skip Burlingame, Sam Perrone, Don Mowrey, Harold Rice, George Lapore, Ray McPhee, Rod Crumb, Lyle Stickle, Pat Piscini, Bob Crellen, Lyle Sleeman, Bob Henry, Tom Frank, Frank Bills (Betty Sleeman's husband), Gordon Magoon, Dick Baroody and Ralph Morabito. Ann Bluhm ran the office operations. The raw milk supplier was Benny Eckler.
Many of the people who worked for Bluhm were high school kids who operated the front end or retail part of the business under Isabelle Clark, serving ice cream and dairy products to the walk-in trade. Popular dishes were frozen custard or soft ice cream and ice cream cakes. Cottage cheese was another favorite, winning many awards for quality.
East Rochester stores closed for a half-hour on June 27, 1955, when the funeral of George Bluhm was held. That was their tribute and way of showing deep respect to the gentle giant of a man.
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| "Muckel Box" |
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| Swiss Maid |
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| Nine mile hotel, Doug delivered milk here |
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Own History
My grandparents came from England to Canada. Several of my brothers and sisters were born in Canada. When my parents moved to East Rochester New York the rest of us were born.
My family would take the ferry across Lake Ontario to Cobourg Canada every chance we got, it cost $1.50 to cross. It would take about 2 hours to cross the lake, my family played cards on the ferry across to Canada. We would drink coke and play cards. We would play Fish and Old Maid. A Coke cost .05 each.
Spending time with my grandma making dinner in her old wooden stove is my favorite memory of her. I would have to pump water from the well and heat it to clean dishes.
My grandfather was a farmer and grandma was a housewife taking care of the kids.
My dad always taught me that if you get paid for 8 hours you do 8 hours work and make it an honest 8 hours.
I was born May 14, 1933 in the Genesee Hospital in Rochester New York.
I was named after my dad Douglas Sleeman Sr.
I have 6 older siblings and 3 younger. We got along just like any other siblings.
My family didn't really do things together, but I spent a lot of time during the summer at Lake Conesus.
I lived in East Rochester N.Y. until I was 18 years old when I enrolled in the Air Force in 1952.
When you have 10 kids in your family you have to share rooms Mom and Dad slept downstairs and the kids slept in the 3 rooms upstairs.
We used to jump on our beds and had pillow fights and jumped and wrestled a lot.
My favorite meal was/is spaghetti. My home town was 95% Italians so there was a lot of Italian food. I love spaghetti and hot dogs. My mom cooked most meals and we ate around 5 pm every day.
My favorite Popsicle flavor was orange.
We didn't go out to eat as a family very often. We would go to Don and Bob's or Seabreeze amusement park or Bill Gray's where they had a big jar of pickles. They had the best hamburgers and hot dogs.
I loved to play kick-the-can with all the kids in the neighborhood. We would stay out until 11 or 13 at night when we played.
We used to sit on the railing in the middle of town and watch the cars and people drive by.
The city had no little league set up but my friends and I used to play baseball at the park.
I used to play outside a lot. My friends would build forts in the sand hills. We had little trucks and cards and we would play in the sand building roads. We had a lot of fun.
I would chum around with friends that were good kids, we didn't have to worry about chugs. I ran around with Bob Tougher. He would say, "You may be tough, but I'm tougher." We used to work on cars all the time.
Monroe County sheriff's deputy Chester (Chet) Holden was sure he would catch us when we would drive past him "opening up our pipes" (unhooking the muffler so the car was really loud!) So one day we took a logging chain and wrapped it around his bumper and around a telephone pole he used to back up against. We drove by and the deputy jumped in his car to chase us and he didn't go very far. When talking to him later he told us he knew it was us, but that he couldn't prove it. I doubt he ever backed up to a telephone pole again. (I dated his daughter Beverly.)
The only pets we had was a small dog, like a house dog.
I remember always wanting to be a truck driver because my dad was a truck driver. I ended up being a truck driver. My dad had a moving company before the war, then had to close it down when he couldn't get good drivers. Dewey Veley Hoffman drove dads 1941 pickup first and broke it in. It ended up being the fastest truck in town.
My favorite holiday is Christmas.We never had a lot but we always had fun. We would sneak down to see if Santa had come and we would always get caught. Mom and Dad wouldn't let us come down until everyone was awake.
My school was two blocks away, we would walk to school everyday.
I attended East Rochester elementary, Jr. High, and East Rochester high school. We would come home every day for lunch because our school didn't have a lunch program. We would take a lunch and eat it at school if we wanted to.
All the grades had different classrooms. Grades 1-6 was elementary school, 7-9 was Jr. High and 10-12 is in High School. All the schools were in one building.
My favorite class was Home Economics, we used to cook food.
My grades were never the best. We weren't graded by letters, we were given grades by numbers, 60's, 70's. I goofed around in school a lot.
I liked going to the movie theater, there was a series of Clark Kent Superman movies that we would watch every Saturday. It cost $.10 to see a movie.
My first car was a 1939 Ford Convertable. It was gray and I can remember taking the engine out of it to put in a stock car for a race then put it back in my car. I think I paid $300 for it. That was a lot of money back then.
I worked at McConnell's Dairy in Pittsford, N.Y. on the weekends and at night. I also worked at Parkside Dairy delivering milk every morning. I was a runner so I would take the milk to the house from the truck. I worked at Parkside dairy when I was 12 years old then I moved up to a driver when one of the drivers got his wrist cut. I think I made $5 an hour, which was a lot of money back then.
I worked as a pin-setter at Nile's Bowling Alley. I was the fastest pin-setter because I could do alley's then most could do one.
The toughest job I had was working at RC Willey. I would rather work outside in the fresh air and not indoors.
I'm not sure I had a favorite job. I liked most everything I did. I worked hard at every job I ever did.
I left home when I was 18 years old to join the Air Force. I left home Jan 10th, 1952 to Basic Training at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva N.Y.
I never attended college, only my brother Alan went to to college.
Gordon Simmons wrecked his car and needed a ride to the Air Force recruitment center so I took him and the recruiter talked me into signing up. My parents were not too happy I signed up without telling them, but I also had to tell Lona who was washing mirrors at the ice ream shoppe, I told her that I had signed up and I was afraid she was going to break the mirror.
I attended basic training at the Sampson Air Force Base I was there for 12 weeks and took an aptitude test and I was qualfied to operate heavy equipment so they were sending me to Fort Dix in NJ. At the last minute someone called me back and told me I was heading to Fort Sam Houston (Army Base) for 8 weeks of medical training. I learned how to give shots with oranges. I was in the 49th fighter bomber wing, 49th medical group. They flew me from Sam Houston to Pittsburg CA to get on the ship. We passed Alcatraz Island and under the Golden Gate Bridge. I spent 14 days on the USS Gordon on the way to Korea. The rough water didn't bother me, but the calmest water day I got really sick. I threw up in the head (toilet). I remember seeing Tony Rosati (Infantry- front line) on the ship. I saw his name on the back of his jacket. I yelled his name and he turned around and asked "What are you doing here?" I replied "The same thing you are." He didn't make it home. (Not sure of destination Seoul Korea) They would bring the wounded to the field hospital in a helicopter, and I would drive them in the back of an ambulance to the hospital. The bad shape ones were sent to a hospital in Germany. After 3 months they called the 49th back home. I was sent to Tague Korea (1952) in the 58th medical group. That's where they brought a lot of the wounded soldiers in. I drove ambulance back and forth there as well for about 8 months.
uss gordon
Seabreeze amusment park
Lake Conesus
gray's
Bob
Dewey Veley Hoffman living with parents
Movie theater you would go to?
My family would take the ferry across Lake Ontario to Cobourg Canada every chance we got, it cost $1.50 to cross. It would take about 2 hours to cross the lake, my family played cards on the ferry across to Canada. We would drink coke and play cards. We would play Fish and Old Maid. A Coke cost .05 each.
Spending time with my grandma making dinner in her old wooden stove is my favorite memory of her. I would have to pump water from the well and heat it to clean dishes.
My grandfather was a farmer and grandma was a housewife taking care of the kids.
My dad always taught me that if you get paid for 8 hours you do 8 hours work and make it an honest 8 hours.
I was born May 14, 1933 in the Genesee Hospital in Rochester New York.
I was named after my dad Douglas Sleeman Sr.
I have 6 older siblings and 3 younger. We got along just like any other siblings.
My family didn't really do things together, but I spent a lot of time during the summer at Lake Conesus.
I lived in East Rochester N.Y. until I was 18 years old when I enrolled in the Air Force in 1952.
When you have 10 kids in your family you have to share rooms Mom and Dad slept downstairs and the kids slept in the 3 rooms upstairs.
We used to jump on our beds and had pillow fights and jumped and wrestled a lot.
My favorite meal was/is spaghetti. My home town was 95% Italians so there was a lot of Italian food. I love spaghetti and hot dogs. My mom cooked most meals and we ate around 5 pm every day.
My favorite Popsicle flavor was orange.
We didn't go out to eat as a family very often. We would go to Don and Bob's or Seabreeze amusement park or Bill Gray's where they had a big jar of pickles. They had the best hamburgers and hot dogs.
I loved to play kick-the-can with all the kids in the neighborhood. We would stay out until 11 or 13 at night when we played.
We used to sit on the railing in the middle of town and watch the cars and people drive by.
The city had no little league set up but my friends and I used to play baseball at the park.
I used to play outside a lot. My friends would build forts in the sand hills. We had little trucks and cards and we would play in the sand building roads. We had a lot of fun.
I would chum around with friends that were good kids, we didn't have to worry about chugs. I ran around with Bob Tougher. He would say, "You may be tough, but I'm tougher." We used to work on cars all the time.
Monroe County sheriff's deputy Chester (Chet) Holden was sure he would catch us when we would drive past him "opening up our pipes" (unhooking the muffler so the car was really loud!) So one day we took a logging chain and wrapped it around his bumper and around a telephone pole he used to back up against. We drove by and the deputy jumped in his car to chase us and he didn't go very far. When talking to him later he told us he knew it was us, but that he couldn't prove it. I doubt he ever backed up to a telephone pole again. (I dated his daughter Beverly.)
The only pets we had was a small dog, like a house dog.
I remember always wanting to be a truck driver because my dad was a truck driver. I ended up being a truck driver. My dad had a moving company before the war, then had to close it down when he couldn't get good drivers. Dewey Veley Hoffman drove dads 1941 pickup first and broke it in. It ended up being the fastest truck in town.
My favorite holiday is Christmas.We never had a lot but we always had fun. We would sneak down to see if Santa had come and we would always get caught. Mom and Dad wouldn't let us come down until everyone was awake.
My school was two blocks away, we would walk to school everyday.
I attended East Rochester elementary, Jr. High, and East Rochester high school. We would come home every day for lunch because our school didn't have a lunch program. We would take a lunch and eat it at school if we wanted to.
All the grades had different classrooms. Grades 1-6 was elementary school, 7-9 was Jr. High and 10-12 is in High School. All the schools were in one building.
My favorite class was Home Economics, we used to cook food.
My grades were never the best. We weren't graded by letters, we were given grades by numbers, 60's, 70's. I goofed around in school a lot.
I liked going to the movie theater, there was a series of Clark Kent Superman movies that we would watch every Saturday. It cost $.10 to see a movie.
My first car was a 1939 Ford Convertable. It was gray and I can remember taking the engine out of it to put in a stock car for a race then put it back in my car. I think I paid $300 for it. That was a lot of money back then.
I worked at McConnell's Dairy in Pittsford, N.Y. on the weekends and at night. I also worked at Parkside Dairy delivering milk every morning. I was a runner so I would take the milk to the house from the truck. I worked at Parkside dairy when I was 12 years old then I moved up to a driver when one of the drivers got his wrist cut. I think I made $5 an hour, which was a lot of money back then.
I worked as a pin-setter at Nile's Bowling Alley. I was the fastest pin-setter because I could do alley's then most could do one.
The toughest job I had was working at RC Willey. I would rather work outside in the fresh air and not indoors.
I'm not sure I had a favorite job. I liked most everything I did. I worked hard at every job I ever did.
I left home when I was 18 years old to join the Air Force. I left home Jan 10th, 1952 to Basic Training at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva N.Y.
I never attended college, only my brother Alan went to to college.
Gordon Simmons wrecked his car and needed a ride to the Air Force recruitment center so I took him and the recruiter talked me into signing up. My parents were not too happy I signed up without telling them, but I also had to tell Lona who was washing mirrors at the ice ream shoppe, I told her that I had signed up and I was afraid she was going to break the mirror.
I attended basic training at the Sampson Air Force Base I was there for 12 weeks and took an aptitude test and I was qualfied to operate heavy equipment so they were sending me to Fort Dix in NJ. At the last minute someone called me back and told me I was heading to Fort Sam Houston (Army Base) for 8 weeks of medical training. I learned how to give shots with oranges. I was in the 49th fighter bomber wing, 49th medical group. They flew me from Sam Houston to Pittsburg CA to get on the ship. We passed Alcatraz Island and under the Golden Gate Bridge. I spent 14 days on the USS Gordon on the way to Korea. The rough water didn't bother me, but the calmest water day I got really sick. I threw up in the head (toilet). I remember seeing Tony Rosati (Infantry- front line) on the ship. I saw his name on the back of his jacket. I yelled his name and he turned around and asked "What are you doing here?" I replied "The same thing you are." He didn't make it home. (Not sure of destination Seoul Korea) They would bring the wounded to the field hospital in a helicopter, and I would drive them in the back of an ambulance to the hospital. The bad shape ones were sent to a hospital in Germany. After 3 months they called the 49th back home. I was sent to Tague Korea (1952) in the 58th medical group. That's where they brought a lot of the wounded soldiers in. I drove ambulance back and forth there as well for about 8 months.
uss gordon
Seabreeze amusment park
Lake Conesus
gray's
Bob
Dewey Veley Hoffman living with parents
Movie theater you would go to?
Friday, August 19, 2016
East Rochester history
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| 1. Parkside Dairy 2. Tuttle printshop/ upstairs Sleeman apt 3. Dairy garage 4. Kieser/Fraiser bldg car dealership 5. Beer joint 6. Hosleton Chevrolet |
Charles Sleeman was in trouble in Canada for bootlegging and was kicked out and told not to come back.
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| Eyer Building |
Fryatt was the first merchant in the new village of Despatch (the name was later changed to East Rochester, but that is another story). He opened a small merchandising business on West Commercial Street about midway up the 100 block on the south side. He advertised selling everything from the cradle to the grave, or from baby bottles, furniture, and groceries to caskets.
When the three major additions were finally completed in 1910, it was the largest general store and the first indoor mall between Rochester and Syracuse. Covering an entire block, it attracted customers from surrounding villages for miles around.
Initially, Fryatt occupied the entire building, with different departments spread out over three floors. Many of the village’s first professional people had offices in the building. On the second and third floors, dentist Howard Frank, lawyer Bill Clay, insurance man W.D. Hewes and the founder of the village, Walter Parce, had their names on the doors.
Later the building was occupied by other merchants. Among them: Hillmans Market, Pierce Hazzard Drug Store, Grattons Furniture, MacGowan and Bachman’s lunch room, Enterprise 5 &10, and many more. In the basement was a bakery, a billiard parlor and a three-lane bowling hall.
The third floor contained a large meeting and party room. One of the unusual places on this floor was a basketball court. The local high school team played its home games there in the village’s early days before the Lois Bird School on East Avenue was built in 1924. Playing on this court presented a certain challenge as the ceiling was only 10 feet high. Very few set shots were taken, layups ruled.
Still later, when the big shopping malls were springing up in the area, the building fell on hard times. For many years it was the location of Xerox’s Research Labs, or “Skunk Works,” as it was called. After Xerox left, the building was empty and sat neglected. The owner finally donated the building back to the village from whence it came.
In the spring of 2013, construction began and after some setbacks, the building is now nearing completion. This summer, the existing office building and library/senior citizens building were torn down, and at the request of the busy restaurants and other merchants on West Commercial Street, a large parking lot is being constructed.
This construction project is the culmination of the village’s master plan to assure the village’s commitment to providing first-class service for its residents for years to come.
Burlingame is the East Rochester historian.
At Dairy, start in the cooler,
At Dairy, start in the cooler,
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| Nine mile hotel, Doug delivered milk here |
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| Alan Eugene Sleeman |
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| Barbara Sleeman (Spencer) |
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| Nancy Sleeman (Barnett) |
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| Richard Harold Sleeman 8/13/1939 |
Born May 14th 1933 in Rochester, Monroe, New York at Genesee Hospital (Homeopathic Hospital) to Charles Douglas Sleeman and Mary Alice Turpin (Name on birth certificate is Douglas Junior Sleeman).
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| Homeopathic (Genesee) Hospital |
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| This is the patient wing added in 1927 |
1174 Monroe Ave East Rochester New York
~1930 Census lists an address of 137 West Elm St East Rochester, NY (Sleman family name)
C Douglas listed Occupation: Truck Drive- Industry: Steam RR car shops 1940 Census lists an address of 137 West Elm St East Rochester, NY
C Douglas Sleeman 1928 immigration
Doug's father Charles only completed elementary school up to the 8th grade. His mother finished her 2nd year of high school. In 1940 Charles occupation was listed as a chauffeur, his mother a housewife.
Doug attended school in East Rochester, leaving school in 11th grade (he thought he was smarter than the teacher.)
When he was 12 he delivered milk to homes for Parkside Dairy and George Bluhm. When he turned 17 he was given a full time job driving a truck. He enjoyed working for George and with his two sons. (Names?) Bluhm bought out the Bell Dairy in 1931 and moved all operations to 137 E. Commercial St., building a modern dairy and naming it Parkside Dairy after the original location of the early business. In the early years, some of the local routes were covered by horse-drawn wagons, which were soon replaced by yellow and red motorized trucks. His staff, to whom he gave credit for the success of the business, had high regard for their boss. Among them were: Dutch DeVogler, Skip Burlingame, Sam Perrone, Don Mowrey, Harold Rice, George Lapore, Ray McPhee, Rod Crumb, Lyle Stickle, Pat Piscini, Bob Crellen, Lyle Sleeman, Bob Henry, Tom Frank, Frank Bills, Gordon Magoon, Dick Baroody and Ralph Morabito. Ann Bluhm ran the office operations. The raw milk supplier was Benny Eckler.
Many of the people who worked for Bluhm were high school kids who operated the front end or retail part of the business under Isabelle Clark, serving ice cream and dairy products to the walk-in trade. Popular dishes were frozen custard or soft ice cream and ice cream cakes. Cottage cheese was another favorite, winning many awards for quality. East Rochester stores closed for a half-hour on June 27, 1955, when the funeral of George Bluhm was held. That was their tribute and way of showing deep respect to the gentle giant of a man.
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| "Muckel Box" |
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| Swiss Maid |
When Doug was young he remembers taking the ferry on Lake Ontario from Rochester, NY to Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. It was 90 miles across, took 3 hours each. Doug remembers playing games on the boat and drinking Coca-Cola for $.05. He enjoyed going to Canada because that is where his family was from and he loved to spend time on his Grandma and Grandpa's farm.
- A round-trip ticket on the Cobourg ferry cost $2.30 in 1948, which is equivalent to roughly $18 today.
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| Waiting to board the Ontario I 1912 |
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| Ontario II 1933 |
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| Ontario I 1912 |
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| Ontario II 19627 |
• Between 1915 and 1950, the Ontario I and II carried cars and passengers to Cobourg, Ontario, directly across Lake Ontario from Rochester, rather than making the longer trip northwest to Toronto.
The city:
First there was Checko’s Restaurant and Bar. After crossing Washington Street and walking east, I pass the Century Club, Palma grocery, Alfieri grocery (best Italian Sausage), Gabes TV Repair, Babe Gilbert Gas Station, Al’s Garage and the post office.
I then cross Garfield Street and pass Mancuso Real Estate, Parrotta Studio (took Grandpa's uniform picture), Temperato’s Sport Shop, Sam’s Superette Grocery (Sam Filiachi, That's where the family bought all their groceries), Town Cleaners, The Masonic Hall, Speca’s Bowling Hall (Grandpa set pins here, name was Niles, Hatch Music Store, DiMassimo Cleaners, HR Fish Agency (insurance) , Sam’s Barber Shop, Mauro’s Hotel (and beer joint, Charles Sleeman spent a lot of his time.), (Sonny Reid)Reid Motors, Dan’s Pool Hall, Knotty Pine Restaurant, R.G.&E (gas and electric). Office, Crash Goodman Shoe Repair (only good repair man in town), Tando Chop House(butcher), Carl’s Barber Shop, Berretone’s Smoke Shop, Ginegaw Hardware, Terminal Liquor, ER Sweetland Restaurant, Village Inn, Paul’s Barber Shop, Tom Furfare’s Smoke Shop, Community Clothes, Wilson’s Beauty Salon, ER Insurance Agency, Town Dry Cleaners, Rochester Telephone Exchange, Kay’s Children’s Clothes, (Lona's parents) Simmonds Florist, Capital Finance and Clinton Bargain Store.
As I cross Main Street I come to Gueli Barber Shop, ER Candy Kitchen, Tito Martini Shoe repair, Patterson’s Hardware, Andrew’s Sport Shop, Franklin Drug store, Pavoni Dry Goods, Kings Shoes, Finn Auto Supply, Gene’s Clothing, ER Bowling Center , Saxton’s Department Store, Parkside Dairy, Harts Foods, ER Bakery, Wood’s Pharmacy, Tuttle Printers, Despatch Motors, Seneca Laundry, Paul’s Food Market, Angela’s Apparel, Carmen’s All American Lounge, Ormsbee Auto repair, Paul’s Bootery, Al’s Gas Station and Hoselton Chevrolet.
I then decide to go down to the end of Main Street at the tracks and stroll south on Main Street. I pass Sandy’s A&L Lounge, Duffey’s Bar, Alfieri Grocery, Potato Sacks Bar, Steve’s Bar, Garascue Barber Shop, Aggie’s Grill, Rose’s Restaurant, Scarpino Appliance, Palma’s Billiards, Chestnut Inn, Star Super Market, ER Laundromat, Finchley Jewelers, Lena’s Beauty Bar, Genesee Valley Bank, Luigie’s Restaurant, Carpenter’s Hardware, Carl’s Texaco Station, and the Village Appliance store.
Crossing Commercial Street, I come to Western Auto, Pulver’s Jewelers, Pierce Hazzard Pharmacy, Mance’s Market, Gratten Furniture, Welche’s Mens Shop, Ben Franklin 5&10, Bachman’s, the fire department and village offices, Lafay’s Cleaners, ER Savings and Loan, Questa Candy Store, Rialto Theater, ER Appliance Store, Calabra Barber Shop, Kline Heating, DiDomenico Liquor, Schnepp Motors, Beatrice’s Beauty Salon, Dairy Queen and finally Bud Bliek’s Mobil Station.
This fictitious walk took place over 50 years ago. History is full of memories of this and that. Some are shared with others and some are not. Take some time to remember days of yesteryear, but also take some time to look around today, for what is here now may be gone tomorrow. Don’t be caught thinking, “If I had only…”
Remember?
1942 Fireworks explosion on the corner of Baird Rd and Whitney Rd — 11 people died November 6th.
Any parades?
Do you remember the water tower?
Piano Works
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| Anthony Rosati |
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| Nick Rosati |
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| Gene Hoyt |
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| Robert Tougher |
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| Lona Simmons |
http://www.erhistory.com/yearbooks.php?year=1951
http://www.erhistory.com/image_library.php?cat=96
Image 147
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