This & That
A Little Bit of This & A Little Bit of That
And A Little Bit of Whatever Else
By Jack Coll
10/9/2014
Welcome to yet another edition of This & That. This column is filled with information of tid-bits I’ve come across while researching other projects. Information in this column comes from the old Conshohocken Recorder newspapers, Norristown Times Herald newspaper, old programs and anything else I come across that might be of interest. We’ve posted about 15 of these columns, if you enjoy this type of reading be sure to go back and look up a few of the other This & That columns we’ve posted. With each piece we post a date and source for the information, sit back and enjoy.
This first piece is a letter from William E. Minnis, the one-time Justice Of The Peace in West Conshohocken. The letter is dated October 11, 1938, regarding a resident complaint, below is the letter printed in full, complete with misspelled words.
William E. Minnis
Justice Of The Peace
West Conshohocken
October 11th, 1938
Mr. Joseph Sowers
1017 Ford Street
West Conshohocken Pa.
Dear Sir:
A complaint has been filed in this office, By Margaret Waffer of 1009 Ford Street,
West Conshohocken Pa. Regarding your live stock running at large and doing damage to
her vegetables.
As the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, Requires you as the owner of any live stock that
You are required to keep them inclosed on your own property. So that they may not do
Damage to others, As I suppose know it is not required of other to inclose there propertys
to keep your live stock out.
Now unless you put a stop to this case at once other action will be ta ken.
Very truly Yours
Wm. E. Minnis
Justice of The Peace
200 Ford Street
West Conshohocken Pa.
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October 1941
Just a few ads taken from a 1941 program of the Conshohocken Athletic Club, personnel of the club included:
Bruno (Richard) Tancini—President
Charles (Chick) Pettine—Vice President
Andrew Januzelli—Corresponding secretary
Anthony Travaglini—Financial Secretary
Andrew Pasquini—Treasurer
Ralph Pettine Sullivan Gambone
Yonne Martinelli Anthony Doc Coscia
Stephen Sirchio Jerry Tancini
A few of the program ads:
Bruni’s Coal Service
Quality and Satisfaction Guaranteed
201 West Elm Street
Phone—1589 Conshohocken
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Wilrae Drug Co.
108 Fayette Street
Conshohocken
“The Friendly Store”
Gifts and Tobacco
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I. Kroszczynski
Meats and Groceries
16 West Elm Street
Phone 1026-J
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D’ALESSANDRO’S
Meats and Groceries
Sixth Avenue and Maple Street
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J. J. Neve
Coal Direct From Mines
Good, Clean White Ash
29 Oak Street
Conshohocken
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Camarda’s Bakery
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Quick Coal Service
Coal Direct From Mines
Nick Donato
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Mike Frederick Garage
931 Spring Mill Avenue
Greasing and Repairing
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DeMARCO’S
For Good Food
Beer—Wine—Liquor
120 Fayette Street
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Community Bowling Academy
BASEMENT—2nd AVENUE
And FAYETTE STREET
Conshohocken
Bowling and Billiards
Chas. J. Lutter, MGR.
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Matsy Tap Room
West Elm and Maple Streets
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CHATLIN’S
Department Store
Norristown’s Busiest Department Store
250-252 E. Main Street
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James Matricardi
Spring Mill
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Economy Shoe Store
“Shoes for the Entire Family”
118 Fayette Street
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Travaglini Dry Goode Store
11 West Elm Street
Silk Hose—Men’s Wear—Shirts—Ties—Etc.
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Ben DiSebastiano
Atlantic Service Station
554 New Elm Street.
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Fine Shoe Repairing Service
Jicomo Rio
21 E. Fayette St.
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SAM’S Varity Store
Consho 1068—–Free Delivery
122-24 Fayette Street
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F. Butera
BARBER
816 Maple Street
1964
Fellowship Flag Won By Vikings
Vikings captured regular season title in the Fellowship House Senior Boy’s League by defeating Scarlet Knights 55-41. The losers trailed by only two points at half and were within reach until the final four minutes of the game when the taller Vikings took control of the boards.
Bill Donovan (14) and Bob Rozecki (12) led the winners while league-leading scorer Mike Murphy tallied 20 for the knights.
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February 25, 1949
At Sportsmen’s Show
Anthony Smolinski of Colwell’s Lane, a proprietor of Patco Air Service and Raymond Craven of King of Prussia are attending the Sportsman’s Show at Grand Central Palace , New York City.
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May 13, 1980
Strong Pitching Marks Little League Debut Openers
The Conshohocken Little League season opened May 3, with the Cardinals routing the Orioles 16-7; the Hawks squeaked past the Falcons 4-2, and the Blue Jays downed the Robins 7-4 in opening round action. In the first game the Ambucs Cardinals behind the strong pitching of John Blair, (13 strikeouts in the seven innings) defeated the C. B. C. Orioles. Supplying the offense were Vince Singrella, (four runs batted in) Timmy Staton (two RBI’s) Bobby Altieri and John Blair (two hits each) for the cards and Timmy Alexy and Michael Pezzano (two hits apiece) for the Orioles.
In game two Brian Dugan pitched well enough to give the Hawks a 4-2 victory over the Falcons. In the final game of the afternoon Raymond Schier struck out 12 hitters to beat the Robins.
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And Finally, Let’s Close With This One
I don’t even know how this jumped into my mind, but I was somewhere over the weekend, and for some reason there was a car mentioned in association with the number 54, and bam the damn thing jumps into my head and I’ve sort-of been singing this tune ever since, if you don’t want to sing along with me for the next week or so shut this article off NOW!
Shutting Down
Shutting Down
Shutting Down
Shutting Down
Shutting Down
OKAY
You had your chance
Here We Go
“There’s a holdup in the Bronx
Brooklyn’s broken out in fights
There’s a traffic jam in Harlem
That’s backed-up to Jackson Heights
There a Scout Troop short a child
Krushchev’s due at Idlewild
Car 54 where are you??”
Well that’s the song I’ve been living with for about a week now, do you remember it, well for our younger readers “Car 54 Where are You” was a short lived television series. The program was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble and ran from 1961-1963, about two New York Police Officers based on fictional 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Car 54 was a patrol car, all the episodes were filmed in black and white and all filming was done in the Bronx. Officer Gunther Toody and Frances Muldoon, one of em’ was Herman Munster, and the other cop always said “OOH, OOH,” supposedly because he forgot his lines. The police cars of that era were actually black and green with a white roof and white trunk. The cars used to film the show in black and white were actually bright red and white, when it appeared in the black and white film it appeared as the proper shade of gray for NYPD.
In case you’re wondering what that Krushchev line due in at Idlewild was all about in the theme song well so was I. The song was written in in early 1961, and the line referred to Soviet Leader Nikita Krushchev arriving in September 1960 at New York’s International Airport which was named “Idlewild” at that time to attend the United Nation’s General assembly, and now you know, so sing away, Hit It:
Car 54 Where Are You????
This week’s This & That has been brought to you by:
Mike Sroka &
Noele Stinson
