List of German-Hungarian Businesses in The Burg Area, 1937
Peter Bohn 1218 South Broad Street
Adam Blechl Corner of South Broad & Liberty Street
John Kopf (Barber Shop) 154 South Olden Avenue
Karl Bauer (Deli) Corner of Liberty & Franklin Street
Anton Gusz (Bar) 1849 South Clinton Avenue
Franz Helleis (Barber Shop) 1033 South Clinton Avenue
L Klein (Barber Shop) 10 West Street
Josef Kestner (Bar) 1207 South Broad Street
Andreas Rein (Barber Shop) 658 Beatty Street
F Weissgarber 1344 South Olden Avenue
Josef Doerner (Mill Work) 44 Emmett Avenue
John Jaeger (Deli) Corner Woodland & Remsen Avenue
Joseph Jerger (Barber Shop) 1234 South Clinton Avenue
K Kundl (Butcher Shop/Deli) 415 Cummings Avenue
John Heil (Bar) 701 Whittaker Avenue
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3 years ago
10 comments:
Being of German extraction I should know a few of these folks, but there's only one in the list that I remember - John Heil.
John and his brother Jake owned and operated the building that is now known as Chianti's. In my day it was Heil's Bowling Alley and Restaurant.
I have no idea how the food was. The bar specialized in Jacquin's Rock and Rye, good for everything that ailed you. I think shots cost a quarter. The entire place smelled of cigarette smoke, except for the occasional cigar. No air conditioning, jurt big fans that moved smoke around.
I spent a lot of time in that place, especially the bowling alley. Playing pinball, setting pins (making 10 cents a line) and drinking water out of empty Coke bottles back in the pits. On the front end of the lanes, as a twelve or thirteen year old, I rolled my best game ever - I think it was a 264.
We had a great gang of pin boys back then. We worked hard for next to nothing. Didn't need working papers, either. ;-)
Too bad that place burned down. It was like a bowling museum with Bruswick semi-automatic setters. Kid controlled motor driven racks, but the lifting was all by hand.
Peter Bohns family member John Bohn
has contributed his memories and reflections to this blog:)
I didnt know Heils place burned down. Thanks for telling me that
SJ..You learn something new every day:)
IIRC, there was a Rein's Upholstery, across the street from us on the even side of S. Slinton Ave (possibly 808 or so). They also did a decent job on slip covers (reemember those?).
The Hungarian owned businesses that I remember were bars, butcher shops and smoke houses.
And there was Bodnar's Amoco Service Service Station.
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