1301 South Broad Street, Franklin Park . This was
George Horner News Dealer long ago:)
My fellow Junior 4 Alumni might remember this as the school
was closeby. I went here sometimes in Junior 4 days.
3 years ago
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Not sure what this was. There were Brown's COnfectionalry in the near area and Sunset Motors, owned by Paul Gessmeyer. THat may have benb Sunset Motors, next door, though not sure.
Paul opened the "Ranch House" restaurat at Harney's Corner in Lawrence Twp. He was a post-WW II friend of my parents.
Thank You SJ. I have discovered
what this was:)
Mack...actually went in here about 6 months ago to find a Hockey News Magazine for my son, they don't sell magazines anymore, only hispanic foods. What was I thinking!
Hey Barb...you should have asked if they had Hispanic Tomatoe Pies...with or without the Chiles!!!
Was this across Broad St. from Pat's Diner?
YES Pat's Diner across the street:)
Sax...MMMmmmmm Tomato Pie with habaneros, a little unorthodox, but I'd try it.
There was also a fresh-produce market in that block..not sure if it was White City Market or not...always got it mixed-up with the one up aways on the block before the big&tall men's shop..that might have been White City Market.
Sax, it was White City Market, about a block down Broad. There was also a licquor store and a Fish & Chips take out, (Bobby Toth worked there- I had a crush on him at the time, but by the time he wised up and asked me out, it was too late...I was over him).
Back in the late 1940s and early fifties, this business location was Andersons. They sold soft drinks, candy,but most of all magazines and comic books. Not only current, but old back issues. You could come in with your old comics and trade them for others. They had old magazines, such as Life, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Look, Fortune, Police Gazette, Pinup titles, you name it, they had it. These magazines went back into the 1920s and 30s. I purchased loads of magazines, as a kid, cutting out the automobile advertisements and other advertising. I've kept them for nearly 60 years. Just across the street was Bonderchuk Chevrolet. We used to go over and check out the new Chevys and pick up the latest sales brochures. They had no showroom, so the new cars were parked out in front of their small office, next to the service entrance.
My name is Dee (Ristow) Srahola. My grandfather, James G. Anderson was the original owner of the store at 1301 S. Broad St. He sold newspapers on that corner until he saved enough money to buy the property and had the store with a small residence behind it built. My mom & dad and two sisters and I lived across the street at 1278 S. Broad St. I used to earn money when I was a kid by working in the store and waiting on customers, which I loved doing. Directly across Broad St. from our store was Pat's Diner, which is still there and by the same name. The other two corners were occupied by Bonderchuck's Cheverlet and Charley's Bar, which are both gone now. My family and I lived over top of Brown's Ice Cream Store, which is not there anymore either. Those were the "Good Old Days". They were the simple times the old fashioned times. I still wish we had kept the store in the family. My grandfather sold the property to George Horner somewhere between 1958 and 1960.
Hi Dee, You had mentioned to me in an email, just before our Trenton High School 50th class reunion, that James Anderson was your uncle and you had worked part time in the store. I didn't want to mention that in my comment above, in case you didn't want your name mentioned. I'm glad you saw this and filled in more of the information. I really frequented the store and purchased many used magazine titles. I still have plenty of the old magazines and enjoy going through them. They give a thumbnail of what it was like in those wonderful days. I thank your uncle for that.
To Ray from Villa Park. Yesterday, this was the first time I have ever written to anyone about the 1301 S. Broad property. If you read my comments you would see that James G. Anderson was my grandfather (not my uncle). We lived across the street but spent probably more time over at my grandparents then we did in our own house, I always felt like I lived in two residences instead of one. What is your full name? Ray----what? I don't remember e-mailing you anything about our store. Dee
Dee, Our contact was during the registration for the 50th class reunion for the Class of 1957. I didn't know who to contact, but ended up either emailing or talking by phone to you, Gerrie Brown, and possibly one other person. I may have confused the fact that it was your uncle instead of your grandfather, but we discussed the neighborhood and that's how I know you worked there. I am Ray Paszkiewicz and you might possibly remember me from the yearbook picture.
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