| Date: Sat 03/21/15 1:09PM From: Judy Gallagher Close Email: jclose1@nyc.rr.com Message: Hello Ric and site fans, Just saw your posted pix from St. Michael's H.S. and the St. Pat's parade marchers from the school, the gym pix, etc. Here's what I can tell you as my mother (1928), my sister (1962) and me (1967) all were St. Mike's grads. The parade pix show the school band, the twirlers team (the one with the very cute little boy--probably someone's little brother, like the girl pictured, they decided to dress up like a leprechaun or mascot--and some students and parents club members, faculty, administrators, also in the march. Don't think that parishioners marched. My sister marched for 3 out of 4 years and my mom and I went over to watch. She advised us they would come along "toward the back end of the parade, almost before the DSNY sweepers!" Sometimes, they got better placement, between the Irish counties/societies' marchers. In those years, the parade was televised on WPIX-11, so we'd be prepared to see the band ID-ed by Jack McCarthy on camera anywhere between 3-4 PM, when the parade came to an end, with start time at 11 am. A very long parade. As for the gym photos, I would say they date around the same time as the inside school yearbook photos--late 50s, judging by the old jumper uniforms before the plaid skirt and blazers came in for my years. My sister wore the jumper. The girls in formation in the middle of the gym looks like opposing basketball teams' cheerleading or booster squads--we played Catholic girls' schools only from Bklyn or Queens. The nuns in black seated on the other side from our Dominican nuns in white, perhaps were St. Joseph order, but I'm not sure. The seated girls look like from the other school, see girl in plaid skirt. Our basketball games were always well attended at home, and pretty good when our team went away, too. Note the windows on top, on Liberty Ave. side of gym--many, many people would stop at the open windows to look in and down at the action on the floor, because they heard the raucous shouting, screaming and applause coming from the crowd responding to baskets dunked by our team or foul shots made that we needed to win. The St. Rita Youth Center was built and dedicated during my latter years as a student there. It was supposed to be for the youth of the community, to prevent hanging out on the streets or in the park, but sadly, never achieved that goal. In later years I was still living in the nabe and a parishioner, it was used as a gym for the grammar school and phys ed, and the lower level was used for parish meetings, and sometimes for Ma**, or for the students' and parishioners after-church breakfasts on Sundays, holidays, dinners, too, and many bazaar activities. Biggest use was for parish support via Bingo, held a few times a week, evenings and Saturday daytimes. When my son attended St. Rita's grammar school, the second time I lived in the nabe again during the late 1970s thru 1992, the Youth Center was used for after-school activities until 6 PM each weekday for the working parents of St. Rita's students. Keep up the great work with this site, and congrats on your new book. Judy Gallagher Close, formerly of Linwood Street (Towers & Gallagher families lived there 1922-1992) |
| Date: Mon 03/16/15 6:46PM From: JOY MAGILL Email: JOYMA58@HOTMAIL.COM Message: I was looking thru the pages and saw an entry with Junky Joes on Linwood & Fulton St. He was our landlord. I lived at 217(?) Lindwood from 1958 to 1963. We could go out our kitchen window onto the garage roof and we would be at tar beach |
| Date: Wed 03/11/15 12:57PM From: Fr Anthony Augustine Email: fortunatoSV16@aol.com Message: I have submitted many old pictures to the site, graduated 1967. I found a picture of Sr. Mary Lidwina, Princ. and 8th grade teacher (1967)--I want to submit is , there are no pictures of here on the site. Advise me further. |
| Date: Sun 03/8/15 9:51PM From: harold smith Email: hal21@nyc.rr.com Message: yes yes yes i remember the tube tester!!!!!!!it was Mellor's drugs store. finally a reply!!!! |
| Date: Sun 02/8/15 9:55PM From: Matt wasilefsky Email: Mattwasilefsky@cox.net Message: Anyone remember using the tube tester at muellers drug store corner of crescent and fulton |
| Date: Sat 01/17/15 1:24PM From: Maureen Garrison Email: czcoaching@sbcglobal.net Message: Found a picture of my Mother's cla**. She went to JHS 171 and the picture was taken in 1936. I notice you already have a pic from 1936 - this is a second one I would like to add. Thanks |
| Date: Mon 12/22/14 4:57AM From: eddie gudebski Email: sureshot918@optonline.net Message: I like to wish all my fellow cla**mates from St. Rita's cla** of 1969 a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.... |
| Date: Tue 12/2/14 7:10PM From: Rosemary Email: harmony26@optonline.net Message: My mother grew up in the Cypress Hills area Etna and Hemlock Streets. She was one of 7 Maikowski's. Her sister married a Kreckel who raised her family there. My mom's good friend was Alice Radke. I will see if I can locate some old photos. Great project! |
| Date: Tue 12/2/14 7:06PM From: Rosemary Email: harmony26@optonline.net Message: My aunt and uncle Lottie and Eddy Kilchewski lived at 171 Ashford St. I have fond memories of summers there when the Bungalo Bar and "ride man" came around. I remember and Christine and Tina next door. My uncle was born in the house (early 20's) so I may have some very early photos. His parents (from Poland) owned the home. I was sorry to see it sold. |
| Date: Wed 11/26/14 9:18PM From: Steve Stein Email: steinsteve@verizon.net Message: Forgot to mention on previous post - my dad was Bar Mitzvahed at Congregation Darchei Zedek. |