Random Burg Notes

Random Burg Notes

Anthony Sargenti Sr owned Club Cab in Hamilton from 1944 to
1952. Then he owned Anthony's Steak House on 826 South Clinton
Avenue in the Burg from 1952 to 1971. He then had Anthony's
Deli on Lower Ferry Road until 1984.

Florence Marsh was formally employed at Roebling before she
owned Marsh Hobby Shop & Sewing Machine Service Center on
1063 South Broad Street in the Burg. She was a lifelong member
of Lutheran Church of the Advent. She was a former Sunday
school teacher and member of the Ladies Aid Society.
I bought model planes and cars and trucks and paints and
stuff from Marsh Hobby Shop as a kid. It was a very cool
place for us kids to go. God Bless You Mrs Marsh:)

The Mount Airy Lodge Song Ad Lyrics (TV ad from the 70s)
(Mount Airy Lodge was in the Pocono Mountains)
"Now's the perfect time. The season is just right.
We can play all day and dance into the night.
At beautiful Mount Airy Lodge.
All you have to bring is your love of everything.
all you have to bring is your love of everything,
beautiful Mount Airy Lodge."

Agnes C. Dunlap Weber and her husband Peter J. Weber operated
Ike's Corner Store in Chambersburg for many years. I think
this was 147 Mott Street.

Pasquale N. Pratico owned Home Seal Company on 830 Liberty
Street in the Burg. He was an Army Vet of World War Two.
Lived in the Trenton area 44 years and in Yardley for 36
years. He was a 3rd Degree member of Knights of Columbus
Council 353, Trenton, and a member of the Trenton Serra Club.
We lived at 824 Liberty Street so "Pat" as everyone called him
was right near us. I remember he used to take folks over to
Pep's Steak House when he was selling them his Home products.
I remember having a limited ability to fix radios as a hobby
in the 1970s. Pat took me over to his home in Yardley to see
if I could look at his intercom system. It needed more than me
to fix but it was nice seeing his house. Home Seal's Building
was a corner property and we were kids, when it closed after
around 5 o'clock, we would sit on its Loading Docks located
on Hewitt Street and hang around:)

UPDATE:
SJBill adds...
Anthony Sargenti sold steaks in his establishment? Who knew?
I think I had only four meals in that place ever. The steaks
were pretty good, actually. Most of us used the back
entrance of Anthony's that lead to a room with a few 25
hole Bally bingo type pinball machines. I had to use the
back entrance because I lived across the street. If my
parents caught me in there I was in trouble. Just about
everybody in our local crew from Harrison and Junior Four
hung out there. On snow days, we worked the mornings to
make some bucks, and in the afternoons we cashed them
into rolls of nickels. After a while we got pretty good
at these games and made some money sometimes. More often
than not, Anthony got the nickels back.