This & That

This & That

By Jack Coll

(This & That is a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, as I rumble through the archives of Coll’s Custom Framing researching other projects I often come across a tid-bit of interest.  See if you agree!)

  

In The Year 2000

 Baldwin Flowers was still doing business at 115 Fayette Street.

Moore Chevy-Olds had been doing businesses for more than 80 years

BJ’s Billiards was still operating at Plymouth Square Shopping Center

T & T Steaks was still makin’em at 523 Fayette Street

John Querubin was still cutting hair at 826 Fayette Street

The Mastrocola’s were still running the Deli at 9^th & Fayette

And the Conshohocken Recorder was still printing newspapers

 

January 1996

Chris Bockrath was hired as the Delaware Valley College Football Coach after coaching Archbishop Kennedy High School and Kennedy-Kenrick High School for 22 years.

 

February 14, 1899

The snow began falling on Saturday evening and up to this morning 16 inches of snow had fallen, adding to the nine inches on the ground made it 25 inches of snow, a record that has never been equaled.  The blizzard of March 10 and 11, 1888, was accompanied by but 10 inches of snow. The total snowfall for 1898 of 20 ½ inches was more than equaled in 13 days this present month.  Yesterday the wind began blowing it around and piling it up in drifts ten feet high.  The Conshohocken Pike (Fayette Street) is impassable.  The thermometer since Thursday has not risen above 16 degrees above zero, even in the middle of the day.  On Saturday it registered one degree above zero and on Sunday it reached ten, yesterday it hovered around 12 degrees all day and this morning it was eight degrees.

Editor’s note

Keep in mind that in 1899, the streets in the borough were still dirt roads, there were no plows, no sidewalks, and when you think about it no snow shovels.  A time when snow drifts could be found throughout the borough and along the avenues more than 10 feet high and the only way to remove them was to wait for the weather to get warmer. That was the time when residents were snowed in for days and food supplies would run short, of course unless you had 20,000 cans of food on the basement shelf.

August 22, 1930

Tomorrow will mark the final day in the week’s free instruction on swimming and lifesaving by an expert from the Philadelphia Red Cross at Pott’s Quarry.  According to the Conshohocken Community Center more than 50 persons received instructions in swimming and eight persons were enrolled in the life saving class.

April 24, 1931

Rainbow Club Entertained

Mrs. John Ramsey, of Rebel Hill, entertained the members of the Rainbow Club at her home at a weekly meeting at a delightful luncheon.  Covers were laid for 12 and orchid sweetpeas and daffodils were pretty decorations for the table.

 

(Just a few short sports tid-bits)

 

July 25, 1962

Carl’s Diner beat the daylights out of Bell Telephone 24-16 in the Conshohocken Slow Pitch League to take over second place in the circuit.  Sal “Blazer” Marine pitched the win for the Diner men who are now 6-2 on the year.  Reece Whitley, George Kelly, Jim Mullen and Jim Cerrato powered the winner’s

hitting attack with four hits each, Whitley and Cerrato each hit homers.

 

January 8, 1998

Plymouth Whitemarsh High Schools John Salmons hit a game high 19 points leading the Colonials to an 11-0 record.

 

1927

Manager Walter Lacey led the John Wood Manufacturing Company Basketball Team to the 1926-27 Conshohocken Industrial League Championship.  Harry Abrams, Harry “Hinky” Smith, J. McMonigle, Charles Irwin and his brother Ed were just a few of the players who led the team.

 

August 1933

Wayne Beats St. Gertrude’s

Murphy’s wildness coupled with errors behind him enabled Wayne A. C. to gain an 8-3 victory over St. Gertrude’s A. A. of West Conshohocken on the Main Line Field Sunday.  Despite the loss Risell, McShane, Cunningham, Cunnane, Lowery, Maguire, and Earl all played a pretty good game.

 August 1933

St. Mary’s Tops St. Josephat’s

St. Mary’s Y.M.C.C. continued to lead in the Polish Suburban Catholic League by defeating St. Josephat’s of Manayunk by a score of 7-1. Lesinski was on the mound for the locals and allowed only five hits while ten of the members of the visiting team were retired on strikes.  J. Hylinski, P. Tulic, P. Zadroga, Wodarski and Kolanko all played well in the victory.

 

April 10, 1931

Second Annual Banquet

Final plans have been made for the second annual banquet of the Harmanville Fire Company to be held tonight at Grange Hall, Plymouth Center.   Elias Slavin, chief of the company will act as toastmaster.  The speakers include Judge Harold Knight, Walter Knerr, Rev. B. P. Gieskie, Alice Dannehower and Mrs. L. Sylvester.  After the banquet the Ladies Auxiliary of the fire company will present a minstrel show, the first to be given by the auxiliary.

May 2, 1991

Conshohocken Little League opened the 1991 season with three Senior League games.  Ron Moyer, President of the league was on hand to oversee opening day ceremonies.  Frank Zoltowski and Lucius Carter threw out the opening day pitch and the season was underway.  Standout players on that opening day included Matt Alteri, Justin Amen, Robert Reed, Steve Borzelleca, Tim Weidenhammer, John Gebhardt, Vince Keaser, Billy McCann, T. J. McNally, Bob Kliamovich, Mark Kozlowski, Brian Garbacz, Bobby Caucci, Eric Fisher, Todd Near, Robert Frost, Mike Price, Gabe DiCiurico, Sean Van Buskirk, Mike Ricci, Joe Melillo, Justin Moyer, Steve Irwin, John Fleming, Steven Clark, Joel Malazito, Eric Storti, and Bobby Pasquello.

 

1978

In 1978 you could shop at these fine businesses

 

McClements Pharmacy, Sixth Avenue and Fayette Street

Young’s Market, 114 Fayette Street

Mary Anna Shop, 804 Fayette Street

Fayette Street Thrift Shop, 214 Fayette Street

Gold Seal Market, 326 Fayette Street

Sergio’s Tailor Shop, 515 Fayette Street

Penn Jersey Store, 615 Fayette Street

Conshy T. V. 702 Fayette Street

National Paint Center, 8 E. Second Avenue

Rita’s Restaurant, 106 Fayette Street

Kid Kuts and Charles Hair Styling, 324 Fayette Street

Inside Outlet, 410 Harry Street

The Melody Music Store, 815 Fayette Street

Manhattan Ward, 550 Brook Road

Acme Hoover Sewing Machines, 639 Spring Mill Avenue

Colwell Arms Pharmacy, 1075 Colwell Lane

 

1963

Fellowship House Basketball

Hawks, Wildcats Win In Conshy

The Hawks with a 7-0 record continue to set the pace in the Fellowship House Senior Boys Basketball League after defeating winless Red Raiders 53-23.  Chuck Grablewski with 13 points and Ball Donovan, Joe Tadeo, and Mike Pettine each with 10 points set the scoring tempo for the winners.  Larry Smith was top man for the losers with nine.  Wildcats and Cadets, currently battling for second spot found themselves in a scramble with the Wildcats winning 38-23.  Jerry Harper with 13 points led the attack.  Bob Cahill was top scorer for the losers with eight points.

 

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This & That will return in 2014