Hackettstown Retail triviaCan you name any of the jewelry stores that "used" to be in the Hackettstown area? I can think of about 4. Plate was on the corner of Moore and Main. Nerbak was further up the street, towards the Trading Post. Do you know what else was in the block in the earlier years? When Cavanaughs was there and also the Cottage? Nerbak's and another business (Prudential?) were next to Bach's Drugs and after knocking down a few walls that space became part of Bach's because the surgical section was running out of room. And they moved the pharmacy over to the new section as well. Farrells Bakery comes to mind and the Strand movie theatre 1.00 a movie,(wow times have changed). Kelly Nov 7, 08 3:20 pm Yes...Towne Jewelers used to be J&S Jewelers..different owners. And now its M. Stephans I believe. Who remembers the name of the women and children clothing stores that were on Main Street until the early 90's? Started with an "L" Leeters, (is that right?) H. Cohen, and there was a dress shop next to the Bakery....but I can't remember the name! We are going back a few years. Mr. Novak owned the Hardware store.....there was Thorp Stationery, next to the other drugstore....in the block next to Dad and Lad. And across the street from NEWBERRY'S!!! And Kostenbader's liquor store was in that block too. And there was a terrible fire in the apartment above the bakery and the Farrells lost their home. And I think the bakery and the dress shop closed after that? Is my memory any good? There was also Leonard's that had children's clothing on Main St. about 30 something years ago. anonymous Nov 7, 08 10:30 pm I remember the jewelry store Alston Beck used to me on Main St. I think that's what it was called, he also owned the Alston Beck in the Rockaway Mall and a store in Livingston Mall. Not sure it they were all called Alston Beck but it was the same owner. Was there a fabric & notions store on Main Street in the early 60's - more likely mid 50's? I have vague memories of my grandmother shopping for dress fabrics and sewing supplies in a Main Street store. It may have been a variety store. Just not sure. Your Grandmother probably shopped for sewing stuff at Newberry's - one whole side of the store was devoted to fabric, notions, etc. At least that is the way I remember it! We moved to town in 1966 and that is where my mother shopped for such things, and then me for HomeEc classes. Here's another 1 for you. Back in the 80's there was a very small boutique that had trendy female apparel. It was right on Main Street and at some point they took over the hair salon next door and started cutting hair...what was their name? The dress shop next to the bakery was The Genevive Shop (SP?). My mom bought me lovely Kate Greenaway dresses there. Does anybody remember the Irish Setter that used to hang out at the old Jigger Shop (when it was a newspaper/candy store)? I always wondered if that was the same one I would see at Kostenbader's liquor store. He was a beautiful dog and very friendly. Cheeta87 Nov 8, 08 9:18 am OH LIL! Thank you. The Genevieve Shop. That was going to make me nuts if I could not remember. And I do remember the Irish Setter, probably was Mrs. K's dog, (Rusty) because he used to sit in our driveway and wait for our dog to come out. He was a lovely dog, and really had the run of the town. Everybody knew him, and he was quite the gentleman, as I recall. L.Martin, where on Main Street? I am not coming up with anything, probably because I was living in Morristown by then....? Mrs.Kostenbader told my husband that she would take the day's money, put it in a case and tie it around the dog's neck and send him to the bank on the corner of Main and Grand to make a deposit. He knew when he had that case on his neck, he was supposed to go to the bank. Someone in the bank would take the money and make the transaction, putting the receipt back into the case. The dog did this everyday to get there before the bank closed and she said no one ever touched that money. We had just moved here from Essex County and thought that was about the coolest thing we'd ever heard. Tanya Nov 8, 08 5:47 pm What are the odds that the dog would make it to the bank in this day and age? Don't forget Milton Thorpe's bookstore ! I leached all information I could from the Tiger Beat magazines...What has happened to downtown Hackettstown? yeah I know it's been going on for a long time.... Oh, wow, I forgot about Rusty and the bank! Great story, thanks!OK, here's another - does anyone remember the grocer who used to be at the corner of Church and Main, where Michael's is now?? OK the trendy boutique/hair salon was called "The New York Connection" & it was owned by Karl Ballo, I believe. He left there and went back to Sucussuna to just do hair. I think I heard that he passed away a numbver of years ago. L.Martin Nov 8, 08 10:16 pm ooooo I know the answer to the calico question as I worked there back in high school and also I had my wedding floweres done by them. Very good Cherie...you got all 3! Of course way back when that 1st location was referred to as the A&P shopping center. L.Martin Nov 9, 08 1:47 pm L.Martin..........wasn't that the Econo-Court on Route 46? And I have no idea why a bear. Tanya Nov 9, 08 5:07 pm I thought the bear is because the owners name was Winnie like in Winnie the Poo, who was a bear. I dont know if that is the reason. I stayed there once, a really long time ago. I worked for Mark's Jewelers in the mid '80s. First located in back of L. Davids, later it was in the old "Jamesway" shopping center. Florist on the square was not where Pandan Room was, it was a Flower shop called Primrose Lane or something like that. The grocer on the corner of Main and Church was owned by Mr. Heidenberg and was called Ruby's. Wow, am I dating myself! I remember all of these. My grandparents used to own a pseudo-department store way back in the 40's on High Street called "Solomon's". Anyone remember? Justasking was correct...owner's name was (is?) Winnie I thought Basics was in the "old" A & P mall. There was a small department store before Marshalls and a Grand Union before that Does anyone remember when Mountain Avenue had NO gas stations, mall, fast food? I remember the little houses that used to be there.....and the road was alot narrower. And as for Basics, didnt you have to bring your own bags with you? I remember that as being where Skylands Orthopedic is now. Does anyone remember the name of the lady who had the Texaco station on Rt. 46, near the Blue Mist? The building is still there. WOW. That was quick. Well done. Yea, wasnt she a sweetheart? OK-another-the name of the shoemaker on Main Street? This might be easier because I think his son is in the shop now.....and while we are at it, name the first owner of Jack's scissorwiz and the subsequent owners? I remember getting Tootsie-Rolls from the lady at the gas station. Also remember when McD. opened (I think it had just opened, could be wrong) and what it treat it was when we stayed home sick from school and had to go to work with our parents, we would get an Egg McMuffin for breakfast. I alway's thought the "shelby's" was before Marshalls at the Hackettstown Mall george Nov 12, 08 8:50 am Mrs. Foster always gave us candy. She was just so nice. When I think of her I always think she was one of the stronger women I ever meant. She ran that gas station all by herself, most women still wont pump their own gas. I remember going into the house part of the gas station and I remember all the pictures of her children. But I dont remember ever meeting her children or anything about a husband. I remember back in the late '80s Hackettstown had a video game arcade/ pool hall. Was it where Hot Bagels Abroad is now? Mrs. Foster was a widow. Her husband died and she took over the gas station. She loved kids. I really dont remember her kids though. My Dad was friends with her husband. There was a pool hall on Main Street in the 60's called "The Golden Cue"....I think it was where the bicycle store is now. Later, (70's or early 80's) there was a pool hall in the store which is now Achieve Fitness. anyone remember these? Also, anyone remember "Carl's Place" at the corner of Mountain Avenue and East Avenue? deviljet Nov 12, 08 10:02 am LVmom - Reference the barbershop originally Tomaino's Barbershop, after that Jack Pace became the owner/operator and renamed it to Jack's...Now of course, Jack's son Scott is running the place...Judging by your posts above and knowledge of the town, I must know you. did you graduate HHS? deviljet Nov 12, 08 10:14 am Also Barbara's Pantry had a store on Main Street near the Strand, it was a little Ice cream parlor place. And she had another store in the middle of the Hackettstown mall. Jacks was Tomatoes. For a while, the upstairs at Charlie Browns (aka the Clarendon) was also a pool hall. anonymous Nov 12, 08 11:34 am The ice cream shop/stationery store next to the Strand movie theater was called "Knapp's". They had the best chocolate cokes!!!! How about Niper's Studio owned by Howard and Glady Niper on Moore Street. I grew up knowing them and their daughter Lani. Nick & Betty's was the ice cream place and Knapps was a shoe store. Also, Scott is Jack's son in law. heres one for you...Mr plate had glued coins...quarters... nickels and dimes... to the floor in his jewelry shop...so that when entered the store you would try to pick them up...other hackettstown merchants were outright racists i grew up there...they would sell you anything...but they did not like your kind...being around...and i am not african-american...just not of the correct religion or european nationality... Sorry Jane, you've got it a little incorrect. Scott is Jack's son; if you don't believe me, stop in and ask him. Jack was the son in law of the original owner, Hank Tomainio. deviljet Nov 12, 08 1:28 pm the arcade that was where Hot Bagels abroad is was Pinball Wizards, i think thats what it was called. I used to hang out there ALLLLL the time ! I dont think "pinball Wizard" is the right name, but I could be wrong. And before it moved there it was next to Mama's in the Mall and on the other side of Mama's was the liquor store Sorry deviljet, I was quizing the "old-timers" at work and they got me confused. You are right... Jane, Sorry to disagree but in the early 60's Knapp's was located where Plate Jewelers is now and it was a stationery store and had an ice cream counter in the back of the store where I went to get hand-dipped ice cream and chocolate sodas after a Saturday afternoon movie where I paid 45 cemts. Of this, I am totally sure! ok ... so you really had me doubting myself but I asked a few other people (townies back in the day) and they all said it was pinball wizards ... i really thought thats what it was. And Oasis was on Main Street, is that still there ? I've got a couple more...Ruby's Butcher/Deli was mentioned above (corner of Main and Church), but there was another butcher on Main St. at the same time, Tynan's, located a few stores down from the Strand Theatre....Also, does anyone remember Mick & Hedy's Luncheonette across from Leo's ? It was a great place to hear all the town news/gossip. In the mornings there would be policemen, firemen, DPW workers, Rec Director Nelson Hoyt, then mayor Pat Harper, a whole cast of regulars....They were there from the late 60's until 1989, when the owner of the building (and owner of Hackettstown Auto Parts) terminated their lease so his girlfriend could open a jewelry store there...The building is now Ishinru Karate. deviljet Nov 13, 08 9:33 am Yes, I do remember all that you mentioned and so much more. The Jigger Shoppe took over the location of Mick & Hedy's before moving to their location on the corner of Main and Moore. So does anyone remember Class and Hurley's Applicance Store located diagonally across from Hackettstown Ford? Mick and Hedys saved me when I was 5. Got lost coming home from school. Brought me in and gave me ice cream and called my parents! O the memories. I used to play at that arcade next to Mama's outside of the Mall. Yes...Basics Food Warehouse was where Marshall's is today. L.Martin, yes, I remember the Stop at 10 clothing store, but I cannot remember the exact location. I definitely remember buying some unusual blouses and skirts there. Well, it was definitly Cue Connection, above the Clarendon. Oops, sorry about that last post - I forgot this was a RETAIL trivia thread - those locations were obviously not reatil, lol OK, it's making me crazy! What was the name of the clothing store (a couple of stores up from where Newberry's was located) where I used to get my Girl Scout uniforms? Does anyone remember the clothing store it was right next store to where Target is now. (where that electric supplier is now)? I know the name of it just wondering if anyone else does. It finally came to me!!!! Leonard's was the name of the clothing store just up the street from Newberry's! Phew!!!!!!!!!!! I remember Robert Hall's! My parents would bring us up here from M'town to get our Easter outfits. Everytime I drive by that building, it brings back those memories! What was the name of the drugstore on Main Street in Hackettstown? It no longer is there. There was Bach's (on the corner of High and Main)and Kerr's (about where Hackettstown Pet Supply is). lsricc Nov 13, 08 7:44 pm Karen, it is funny to me that you would COME from Morristwn, because my mother used to take us TO Morristown to go to Epstein's for a special dress, or our Girl Scout gear.! Kelly is right it is Robert Halls Clothing store. We would always get our school clothes there and at another place in town. Christine, I am older than you so I should know more, but your younger memory is better than mine......I am stumped! Wasn't there a furniture store in the center of town,I think it was called Reliable Furniture?????I think it had two floors of furniture. Wow, Christine I am also stumped!! Kelly Nov 14, 08 7:23 am The furniture store was called Reliable(located across from Hometown Hardware) and was owned by Benny Kass. OK, please tell us what the chain store was that was located where Plate's Jewelers. It's making me crazy!!!!! Ok...Stop at Ten was in that sort of Industrial Park where the Skating Rink is. They briefly even had men's clothes. L. Martin, When that mall opened up, I loved it. Three floors of stores, of all different types. It was sad when that burned down. My friend and I rode out bikes up there when they were trying to put out the fire. Every time I smell that burning smell, it reminds me of that day. LVMomofBoys - Too funny. We were passing each other to and from H'town and M'town! We actually came up to H'town quite a bit - the hatchery, Newberry's and, of course, Robert Hall! (Actually, I think my dad just liked the drive up here! lol) I don't know if it was the first pizza place, but just after we moved here in '72, we used to go to (I think) Luigi's. And if I remember right, it was a few doors down from the Strand movie theatre. And the funny thing was, everytime we went, he would charge us a different price. One time we went and bought a pie, and my neighbor went about an hour later and paid more money for the same thing. He then moved to the other side of Main Street, can't remember exactly where, but he didn't stay there long and went out of business. Tanya Nov 14, 08 9:45 pm I think it has to be Mama's. They used to have just a counter an a few tables in the Hackettstown Mall. I think they moved to town in the late 60's? Look how well they have done! I thought it was a small place called Tony's on the same side as Newberry's. When it first opened, there would be a long line of people waiting to order. tonys was a 25 cent pizza slice...he was the first pizza place in town...it was owned by the caputo family taters Nov 15, 08 12:39 pm I worked at K-mart in the late 70's and lived in Mansfield Village. Does anyone remember trying to pull out of that mall and go towards Mansfield on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. I gave up trying to go home for lunch on the weekends. Roxpat Nov 15, 08 3:48 pm I thought tony's was by where the shoemaker is now. lost towney Nov 15, 08 10:31 pm My friend who grew up in Hackettstown back in the 50's told me there was a grocery store, (I think she said Safeway, but not sure) in the Knechel Ford location. Can anyone verify that? Tanya Nov 16, 08 7:09 pm Tony's by the Strand was a great stop for a slice if you didn't feel like riding your bike all the way to Leo's walk up window before that 25 cent addmission to the town pool in the summer! Anybody remeber that dry cleaner on main street that we all thought was a florist from the look of the front window? And for the really old people out there.....now it's time to date yourselves.......what make of cars were sold where Bagels Abroad is now? HackyTowny Nov 17, 08 3:13 pm Lemasters Dry Cleaners. Wasnt Mrs. Lemasters the loveliest lady? Sorry, libraries give me the creeps! Anybody remember the Sears catalog store where Skylands Orthopeidics is now? HackyTowny Nov 17, 08 3:33 pm I can't answer the question about cars in the Bagels location because then that would mean I am really old. That's OK. I just happen to have an "inside" source for that one! Many moons ago it was a Ford dealership. Now that I gave that one up, can anyone guess what the Ford dealership's son ran in good ole' H-town?......Now that's prize winning trivia! HackyTowny Nov 17, 08 8:04 pm What was the Car Dealership on Washington Street by the Middle School....I think it started with a V Down Town Leroy Brow Nov 17, 08 8:25 pm DTLB, If I recall it was Vey's Garage. At one time I think it was also an overflow lot for Kevel??? HackyTowny Nov 17, 08 8:37 pm I actually think the Ford question is a trick question. Ralph Knechel's father brought the Ford dealership to Hackettstown, which he expanded on Main/Valentine Streets.....so the answer is: the dealer's son ran a FORD Dealership! Do I win????? The car dealership on Washington st. was Vey's Garage. It also was the home of Johnson Dodge before they moved to the location on top of the mountain. The original location of Kevil Chevrolet was located on the corner of High & Miller streets by M&M Mars in what is now a auto body shop. Cara Mias (Corner of Main & Church) was the Kam Fu Chinese Restaurant... Down Town Leroy Brow Nov 18, 08 12:55 pm Great memory Down Town Leroy Brown. The only inconsistency that I recall is that the bowling alley was not in the Blcok Buster strip mall but was (about 1/4 mile up the hill) between the east and west bound lanes where there is now the remaining parking lot. I dont think there was a bowling alley there Leroy, there was a bowling alley at the park-n-ride located on the hill to budd lake between east and west bound. Could not remeber the name of Chinese rest...the first in town on the site of the former Danley's Diner. lost towney Nov 18, 08 1:57 pm I believe both of you are correct...My bad! Down Town Leroy Brow Nov 18, 08 2:22 pm In the area of Hometown Hardware or its parking lot, wasn't there a car dealership? And KevIl Cheverolet was at the corner of Miller and High Sts. wasn't the building that is now Cara Mia's also the location of the post office way back when? YOu are all making me so nostalgic and I wasn't even in Hackettstown for the timeframes to which you're referring - I've only been here 10 years. monaco90 Nov 18, 08 3:02 pm Good old Tank Town...owned by Phyllis Hartman...and there was a coin shop right in the same block.....that was really "grandfathered zoning". The clothing store where Girl Scout uniforms could be purchased was Leonard's. I remember it well. Cue connection could be found above the Clarendon (now Charlie Browns) but it moved from there to what is now Bachs home health care.......Rich - Big mama was behind Alexandria apartments (it's now townhouses)....suicide hill is now Home Depot!! Remember devil's pit? Pyronix, the quarry by diamond hill?? I also rode my bike to town when the Mall burned...Looks like we hung out in the same places. Good call on the old coin shop next to Tank Town...I remember the smokey smell of that nice old guy who sold me so many coin holders for my collection. No trick question on the Ford dealership. His son "Norm" ran Norm's auto parts which was a NAPA dealer. Next question for those who doubt... What was the brand before NAPA? HackyTowny Nov 18, 08 5:12 pm I went to a source.....The very first Ford dealership in town was located in the building where Hometown Hardware is. The business did not do well, so Ford took it away. Mr. Ray Lemasters Sr. opened the dealership on Mtn. Avenue at a later time. The Ford dealership on Main St. became Rockaway Sales. While we're all strolling down "memory lane", does anybody remember the meeter guy who used to patrol Main St. and keep the money in his "I wish I was a cop" hat? HackyTowny Nov 18, 08 5:52 pm And yes...for the record...I do remember that cool old dog Rusty who used to make the bank deposits. Try pulling that off now! Can't quite remember the name of the sporting goods place from Main St. Was it Holmes? HackyTowny Nov 18, 08 5:55 pm OK. here's a few to rattle your memories. What gas station was on the corner of Main and High Streets and who owned it? Also, what was the name of the two brothers that owned the Clarendon? Jersey Joe, you're right that it was a Gulf Gas Station but the Zellars were not the owners. Keep trying! Les Smith owned it, then it was purchased by John Zellars, according to my source. Ok, related to the Gulf Station, which Hackettstown teacher lost control of her Cadillac and drove it into the pumps? Couple of answers to questions above - before L. David's the building was called the Warren House. You're almost right LVMomofboys. It was Les Smith that owned the Gulf station. One of my dad's best friends. I'm not sure about the Zellars purchasing it. So, any takers on the two brothers that were owners of the Clarendon? Wasn't L. David's a furniture store called House of Wittig after the Warren House closed? Tanya Nov 19, 08 10:01 am Yes Bach's location in the mall was "Everybody's" . They didn't do enough business to pay the pharmacists! Cara Mias (Corner of Main & Church) was the Kam Fu Chinese Restaurant...was Danley's Diner before all the other's above Kathnolan Nov 19, 08 9:43 pm where the town square is used to be a tavern - Tony's pizza used to be next to the tattoo place. the H'town hardware was the grand union, then rockaway sales. How many of you used to walk the muddy path from the Sand Bar to Seber's getting squishy black muck between your toes? Do you remember having your first frozen milkyway bar at Seber's kathnolan Nov 19, 08 9:48 pm Ed Huey had the Yarn Shoppe across from M&M's before he was robbed and beaten nearly to death and left hand-cuffed to the steering wheel of his car! He had quite a collection of valuable antiques and I'm not sure if anyone ever figured out who robbed him. He was a hell of a nice guy! HackyTowny Nov 20, 08 11:18 pm Isricc, Didn't Ed Heggamin own the Service station where the Shell is now before moving to the former Mall Mobil? HackyTowny Nov 20, 08 11:23 pm Here is one for you huys. There was a small(island)at the Grand Ave.light,I think it was displayed there?!??? Kelly Nov 21, 08 7:25 pm By the post office in the intersection of Grand and Main, more on Grand. Kornell Davis owned the hardware store on the corner of Grand and Main. I kinda of remember getting scout uniforms at a store near Kerr's pharmacy. I thought the name was Foster and Lee's. lost towney Nov 21, 08 9:28 pm HackyTowny - Ed Hegeman owned the gas station (now the Shell Station) at the five corner intersection. Les Smith owned the Gulf Station on the corner of Main and High. Also, the Hardware Store where the Party Store is on Main Street was owned by the Fursick's (sp?). The Jigger Shoppe was owned by Charlie and Helen West in the 1970's. lsricc Nov 21, 08 9:34 pm The Christmas tree stood in the street on Grand Ave. So you are right LVMOM, Pam and Kelly. Guess that was easy. Back to the discussion about the car dealers in town. . . . . . LVMomofboys, the story I heard, from a very reliable source, is a little different than yours. Let's see if there is anyone who can tell us which is correct. Whoda Thunkit Nov 22, 08 1:07 am Whoda, I will check back with my "source" (dont I sound like a CIA agent or something....) with what you have posted. Thanks for confirming that Vey was Cadillac - I was certain that was what I remembered. Kelly, I also thought Mr. Novak owned the Hardware Store. His mother used to work in their when I was very young, probably in the later 60's, and later, his son Mike. lsricc didnt give a timeframe for when the Fursicks owned it, if they did, perhaps it was prior or after Novak? Ibet Mr Lemasters, our town historian, could clear up a few of the foggy areas for us! (Wonder if he reads these posts??) The Opera House. The front windows are hinged so that they could open wide into the street to allow the crowds in. Funny Mrs. Harper told me a carriage House and then a car dealership. Hence the hinged windows. LOL! A carriage house for who? Maybe she originally thought it was an opera house....well, this is another for Mr. Lemasters, I think! Where carriages were made you know the ones that horses pulled. LOL! Ray Lemasters told them that. Actually, I think you both are right!!!The building was a carriage house in the 1800's and the Opera House opened there in the early 1900's. Kelly Nov 22, 08 1:59 pm I would consider Mr. Lemasters the final word. So, carriage house it is. When you said carriage house, I was thinking where the carriages were stored for somebody, on their private property. If my memory serves me right (as I was just a very little girl)- my parents were friends with the Class's, Hurley's (Class and Hurley's Applicance Store), Fiedler's (Fiedler's Real Estate) and the Fursick's (Hardware Store) during the late 50's and early 60's. lsricc Nov 22, 08 3:18 pm Thanks Kelly! (Nice to know I am not crazy, at least some of the time) and, lsricc, do you think the Fursicks sold the hardware store to Mr. Novak? Or did Mr. Novak work for them maybe? I remember him being there in the late 60's and into the 70's. I remember Fiedler's Real Estate too. LVMomofboys - I'm not really sure about the progression of who owned the hardware store first. But I assume that the Fursicks must have sold it to Mr. Novak if he had it during the last 60's and 70's because I's pretty sure that the Fursick's must have sold it by then. lsricc Nov 22, 08 3:52 pm I remember the hardware store. I went to school with the Novack boys. I loved the floor in there. It was wood and when you walked it creaked ALOT! Oh yeah, and didnt it have a great smell too?? My Dad used to call down there with a shopping list, Mr. Novak would put it together, and Dad would send me down there with $$ in a little bag to pick up whatever it was. I think I was about 10. My Dad liked it because you could buy 1 screw not a whole box. I remember the creeky wood floor in the hardware store. Fiedlers real estate has been gone for many many years - but his softball team lives on (Huntington mortgage /Fiedlers). There have been a few other Real Estate offices on Main street....Henry Monetti, Kevin O'Neil, Bill Miller, there was one across the street from the new Quick Chek (victorion house) can't remember the name, and one near Harpers (across the street in a brick building, the other side was a hobby store. I believe it was a womans name). There was a carraige house where Harpers is - my Grandparents had one of the carraiges/sleighs, they put it in the yard at christmas time as a decoration, had it in a few parades also. I remember the christmas tree in the street on grand ave - used to be two huge humps in the road there also. Also remember big Christmas parties at the Monetti real estate office...all the local business owners would attend. I believe the lady real estate agent was Ann Bodine and I thinke the hooby store next door was run by her husband Bob? Harper's was Tony's Shoe Repair back in the mid 70s. I worked there one summer cleaning up for the owner. Exactly Bob's Hobby Store in the same building as Ann Bodine Real Estate...Near Kapper's! Down Town Leroy Brow Nov 23, 08 10:11 am At the current location of the "Old Music Store Cafe" there was previously a music store and way back in the 60's there was a beauty salon. My mother used to walk to the beauty salon every Saturday to get her hair done and then on her walk back home she used to stop at Leo's (the old Leo's where there was a walk up window) and bring me home the best hot dogs or hamburgers and the incredible fries!!!! I can almost taste them now. What a great memory of the "old" Hackettstown. lsricc Nov 23, 08 1:00 pm Now for the show stopper..........The first Ford dealership in town was not where any of you have claimed. The first was an agency located where Rich Fixit is now. That dates back before any of "us" would "remember". By the way.....did anybody ever play mini golf at Cactus Jacks? HackyTowny Nov 23, 08 7:08 pm Cactus Jacks.........was so cool. Loved it. Who owned the first Ford dealership, according to your source? There are a few different opinons floating.....I am very confident in my source....he had firsthand knowledge :) Newberry's was great! It's where I got my first 45. I think it was the song "Sherry". lsricc Nov 23, 08 8:48 pm Don't remember a mini golf in or near Cactus Jack's BUT remember that Dogs & Suds was that that location. The Orange Pit was in the same location as the Riverstar Diner. Anyone remember when Tony's Catering was on Main Street? Down Town Leroy Brow Nov 23, 08 9:45 pm When was Johnson Dodge hear in town? ? ? This one is easy. Lets see if we can get a "correct" answer. donkeykong Nov 23, 08 10:36 pm Anyone remember the day old bakery @ the site of Safelite auto glass on Mountain Avenue? Could be wrong but wasn't there a Cactus Jacks where Boston market is? ( or in that immediate area?) and they had a little mini golf thing? I know that this is a bit of a stretch but does anyone remember the candy store that was behine Hackettstown Middle School (then the K-8 school) back in the 1960's? I recall walking out of the back door and heading toward the high school. There was (and still is) a two family house and one of the sides was this cute little candy store where you could buy penny (yes, penny!) candies. I know that I'm dating myself but just had to ask. lsricc Dec 4, 08 8:42 pm I remember the store but for the life of me I cant remember the name of it. SOrry Anyone recall Holy Bagel in the shop rite plaza in the early 90's? My uncle was the manager and would always bring my family free bags of bagels. Those were the days :) roxy25 Dec 4, 08 11:45 pm I believe the candy store near the middle school was called "Glover's". I also remember a similar type store on Liberty Street, across from the Knights of Columbus. Anyone else remember this one? deviljet Dec 5, 08 9:12 am Oh deviljet, I think you are right....I went to school with a Glover and they lived just behind the Middle School (not the MS at the time) and I kind of remember the store. I also remember the candy store on Madison St.Loved to walk there from my house. But I have to say I can't place the store on Liberty St. Holy Bagel was my favorite,loved the spinach bagels toasted with butter!!I love the memories of downtown Hackettstown,lived here my entire life, and love to reminisce with you guys!!!Thanks. Kelly Dec 5, 08 9:38 am Regarding Norm's Auto Parts, the brand before NAPA was American Parts. Christine.....I do remember the Rockaway Sales Midnight Madness. I went one year on a Friday night and there were about a dozen people. We didn't have a lot of money in those years and I was able to buy so much for my kids for very little money. And everyone was so polite and friendly, I was very impressed. Then there was another the next week. I went back and it was crazy. Didn't get anything the second week. Tanya Dec 5, 08 10:29 am Tanya - I remember Jean's and Bruno - and you were right the fighting was unreal but the meat was great. Did you grow in the meadows then? I am married to a meadows man and I grew in H'town. We always walked the trek to the Sand Bar. We lived on Liberty St so we would ride our bikes the whole time. kathnolan....No I did not grow up here. My husband and I both were from Essex County. We moved here in 1972. It was quite a change from what we were used to, but we loved it then and still do. Tanya Dec 8, 08 9:24 am Farrell's Bakery had superb sticky buns too. (Sticky honey on top with nut) They lived in the apartment over the bakery and were out of a home with the fire. The Genevieve Shoppe was next door. Christine, growing up in Hack. we rode bikes EVERYWHERE and my mother never worried about where we were. There was always somebody around who knew who we were. Kathnolan,I walked the Sand Bar to Seber's paths many times too....It used to be extremely muddy in there, even during summer. Now the town has walking paths through there, and they are somewhat elevated, so no more sneakers drenched in the black mud! I also remember Farrell's bakery, and the night of the big fire. They had awesome cookies there too. deviljet Dec 8, 08 11:19 am Does anyone remember the Williams & Hibler Lumber Yard fire. Was in Aug. 1970. AT that time my parents rented the duplex whixh was owned by them. We lost everything from that fire. I vividly remember the Williams & Hibler fire. The town fire horns just kept blowing and blowing, and it was around 1:30 AM. I looked out my bedroom window and the whole sky was red....I woke up my Dad and we went to see where it was. By 3 AM it seemed like the WHOLE town was out and watching the fire. After chruch the next morning, it was stil smoldering. For those who weren't here then, the whole Blue Ridge Lumber area (on the railroad track side), was one huge enclosed building, so when that went up, it was some fire ! It ended up being caused by arson too. deviljet Dec 8, 08 1:34 pm Anybody remeber the name of the original Grocery store in the Mansfield shopping plaza? (It wasn't Shoprite) george Dec 8, 08 1:44 pm It was arson. A disgruntled employee set the fire/ I believe he did not do any jail time. Oh wow. I never knew that fire was arson. How did the culprit avoid jail time?? Wow. That must have been awful for your family Christine,.....and then for the guy to walk just adds insult to injury. It does lvmom, to make things even worse. H'town firemen were GREAT they started taking furniture out of the house when they knew they couldnt control the fire and it was left on the street, people started going thru our dressers and stealing things! The worse ever. I was only 10 but remember it like yesterday. Your story is shameful. Hard to believe that there are people like that in Hackettstown, but I guess they are everywhere. It reminds me of the story of the train that crashed in Mansfield, on the tracks back behind Donaldsons,I suppose it was back in the early part of the century. The train was carrying many German tourists - and the locals went through the train and looted the luggage rather than help the injured. Well, I am sorry that you had such an experience and I give you alot of credit for staying in town after that. LVmom it was a horrible time for our family but many good things came out of it. My Dad worked at M&M's and his co-workers took up a collection and raised over $4,000. That helped my parents buy their first home. We made many good friends that we still are in contact with. And as my late father once told me I would never forget to give back. BTW the house we bought was 6 houses up from the lumber yard. Anyone remember how nice the town used to look at Christmas time back in the day? You had the town Christmas tree literally in Grand Avenue, and the firemen put up decorations from the Hess Station all the way to the Shop Rite (now Quick Check). Also, they weren't only snow flakes like we have now, but they were a mix of Christmas trees, candles, Santas, etc. deviljet Dec 12, 08 10:31 am Who can name the owner of the Chevrolet dealership before Kevil bought it? For 5 points.... and for a few more, what church did they go to? Funeral home was Cochran's at 326 Washington Street. Sirkis and Lavery law offices were in there until recently. The original supermarket in the Mansfield Shopping was Falks if my memory is OK. The discount store was Jamesway. Those were the days. The car dealer where rockaway sales was studebaker,the chevy dealer was whitehouse.dont know if it counts or not but does anybody remember George the egg man on Mt. ave? yogel Feb 15, 09 12:56 pm So how many things burned down? I know of the mini-mall, Williams and Hibler, Shop Rite - anything else? The bakery and Genevieve dress shop, also an electrical supply store called theLight House. (On Main St. near Trading Post) They didnt burn DOWN but the fire was bad. Jack Burk's bowling alley next to the moose lodge burned down but I don't remember what year.How about warren retread tires or bucky's wrecker service both on mt. ave. then there was Mr.Smale's tailor shop on liberty st. and Tim's sporting goods next to cunningham's bar corner of moore and main yogel Feb 15, 09 4:37 pm
yes that is the original hackettstown railroad station...the picture dates from 1969...ps...who remembers Helens toyland at the corner of main and liberty streets... Yogel, I lived in Hack. from 1966.....and none of your "remembers" are ringing a bell?? Could my memory be that bad? Would you mind giving some idea of a year? Thanks! Love your pics, too.... Don't know how old you are but I'm talking mid 50's to mid 60's,maybe I'm too old for you guys ha ha ha ha yogel Feb 17, 09 10:15 am
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does anyone remember the name of the little food shop inside the hackettstown mall? you used to be able to get ice cream in little baseball caps. 90s or so this was. joeguy Feb 23, 09 8:59 pm Anyone remember when the Dentists office blew up in '87? I was living in Mansfield Village at the time, all the way in the back before all the new buildings were built and we actually heard the explosion. any one know the name of the studebaker dealer on main st. by rockaway sales back in the 60's? yogel Feb 24, 09 10:07 am I've just been told of this website. Thanks guys for taking me back. My father and mother built the Orange Pit and I spent many a Saturday wishing I was at the football games rather than working. The town was truly amazing. Our gordon setter would travel around town, especially the school and everyone would know who to call. Remember Garden 5? Barbara Feb 24, 09 10:38 am Ah the orange pit,a chuck wagon sand. and a soda.we used to sit on the benches and feed the trout bread from the rolls,really made the fly fishermen mad.Sometimes at night(after you closed)guys from town would drag race on that stretch of 57. oh for the good old days! yogel Feb 24, 09 1:37 pm Loved the sound of the the drag racing outside my window. Reminds me of summer nights. Actually that was called Route 24 at that time. Route 57 was only from the light up to Windy's gas station. (Mountain Avenue) Barbara Feb 24, 09 3:17 pm Barbara,do you remember the name of the littlt diner that's the golden skilit? yogel Feb 24, 09 4:28 pm Anyone remember Hackettstown Milk Co (Welsh Farm Milk) delivering door to door? Also serving the A & P and the Gof Course?? jettailgaiter Feb 24, 09 4:59 pm Yogel - River Edge Barbara Feb 24, 09 5:28 pm Trivia Question: Does anyone remember the name of the tiny store on the border of Hackettstown and Vienna? It was a school bus stop and we all bought our 5 cent Devil Dogs for a snack for school. I remember Barbaras Pantry when I worked at K-mart in 1978. I used to go get lunch there all the time. Or at the K-mart Lunchenette or Diner whatever it was. Roxpat Feb 25, 09 11:22 am Remember Carl's Place? My mother would stop there for bread and other sundry items and we would go to the cooler for a soda (glass bottles). It used to be on the corner of Mountain Ave and East Ave. The Schaeffer's lived across the street (owners of Carl's). I believe these places are both now drug stores. Barbara Feb 25, 09 2:02 pm I remember carl's when I was a kid(early to mid 50's)Carl,his wife and daughter lived in the back of the store,if you looked to the right when you walked in you could see their kitchen.directly across mt.ave was al chareek's(not sure of spelling)nursery business. yogel Feb 25, 09 4:49 pm
hack yogel Feb 26, 09 11:46 am
My uncle worked for Tom Whelan for years....Remeber when Whelan owned the bar, The Millstone (now the Pumphouse)? deviljet Feb 26, 09 12:45 pm I can't for the life of me remember the name of the bar on the river. It was owned by my Aunt Pinky's family, the Housel's. I think it's a big liquor/beverage store now. Barbara Feb 26, 09 1:26 pm barbara yogel Feb 26, 09 5:22 pm OMG... you folks are taking me back. I remember the dog that walked up town as a Irish Setter named Kelly & owned by the Kostenbater family who owned the Liquor store . Big Boy Feb 26, 09 5:28 pm dogs name was rusty unless youre talking later years and it's another setter same owners. yogel Feb 26, 09 6:12 pm Yogel - On the Muscanetcong on Route 57 just down on the left around the curve from the entrance to Mansfield Village apartments. Barbara Feb 27, 09 10:36 am
hack yogel Feb 27, 09 11:53 am Which shooting in Mansfield....the one by the RR Tracks....shooter had rifle Big Boy Feb 27, 09 12:08 pm Hack - yes, that's the name. The mind is going. Had many a good time at the Mansfield Inn. Barbara Feb 27, 09 12:22 pm gotta be old to remember hap hibler the ice delivery man(we didn't have an"electric ice box "till I was 5 or6)or the ice house on the left side of 46 where water st comes out,at least thats where I remember it being. yogel Feb 27, 09 3:28 pm My great grandmother worked at the hotel claredon till I think the late 50's and the owners at that time were willie and arthur putz.anybody remember the christmas parties they had for the town kids,first time I tasted pumpkin ice cream. yogel Feb 27, 09 3:38 pm
now if you remember strikes body shop...he was ok...i remember he had a sign in his office...Helen Wait Is our credit Manager...if you want credit go to helen and wait... I'm kinda goin out of town for this but where was the only place to get gas between hackettstown and washington back in the 50's. yogel Mar 1, 09 4:04 pm
who remembers Jimmie The Fish...the fish guy who delivered fresh fish all around hackettstown...he had a blue chevy step van ...what about Western Auto...on the corner of grand ave ...and main street OMG I remember Jimmie the fish. Us kids actually did Idive into our pool when we saw him pull up. LOL! can't picture the station in stephensburg,guess i'm having a brain fart as my friend mike refers to it. bathgates was the one I was refering to.does any body remember the name of the station on 517 on the left as you rounded the hard curve in allamuchy,if I remember they sold tractors also. yogel Mar 2, 09 10:31 am
The gas station was at the corner of Route 57 (24) and Heiser Road. My great-grandmother lived across the road. We loved going in the tunnel under the highway. Thought we were great adventurers! Of course her house has been gone for well over 50 years. Barbara Mar 3, 09 12:43 pm YEA butler park,went there a lot as a kid,it was a great little park.too bad all the small ones faded away ya didn't have to wait hours to get on a ride like at dorney.they're trying to bring back bushkill in easton but it's not looking good. yogel Mar 3, 09 2:18 pm
catholic by family Mar 4, 09 12:03 pm
catholic by family Mar 4, 09 12:06 pm Wow I just went on to youtube to watch the videos about Bertrands Island. That was awesome. I remember when I was a kid there were still a few bumper cars and an upright for the ferris wheel. But then I watched the videos of the Alpine Slides at Action Park. Wow the memories LOL Aw I really liked that Gravatar but it's so small ya cant even tell what i is. CBF yogel Mar 5, 09 11:35 am Wasn't there a bar right on the lake and then it was up on the hillside? Barbara Mar 5, 09 2:35 pm Didn't they always say that the Bertrand's roller coaster had been condemned for many years (but still open)? I think think the name of the Hardware Store on Willow Grove Street was Bower's BeenAround Mar 6, 09 3:26 pm Does anyone remember the name of the funeral home where Scala's currently is? Scala took over in the early 70's, but before that it was owned by someone else. Metzger's...... I think. Can anyone verify my memory? Tanya Mar 6, 09 8:16 pm bowers hardware was located on willow grove street by the football field...i remember hoffs auto electric when it was located behind the old shoprite on stiger street...anybody remember class&hurley furniture on main street...anyone remember the Mr Softy ice cream truck that roamed the streets of hackettstown... I do rememer Hoff's. Johnny sponsored our softball team. Also remember Class & Hurley and of course the ice cream truck. We'd be at the softball games under the lights and always looked forward to the ice cream truck. It never came by our house but I could hear it over at Kenwood Village. I suppose Kenwood Village is not considered a subdivision anymore. Barbara Mar 9, 09 6:56 pm Does anyone remember Harold Best's store across from the marco polo Mar 9, 09 9:19 pm Bud Class and Jack Hurley (Class and Hurley) were great family friends. They both still have children & grandchildren in the area. I'm lucky enough to have them as part of my life. Bea Class lives in Florida but comes up to Great Meadows regularly to visit her daughter, Mim Gulick (whose husband, Jack, just sold his service station a short time ago which was located across the street from the old Class and Hurley location). Small world! lsricc Mar 10, 09 9:51 am We used to go to Bud and Bea's motel, Thje Golden Nugget, in Wildwood almost every summer. Bud was a great guy deviljet Mar 10, 09 11:00 am
I can remember getting licorice in that little store on Liberty Street! Can't remember the name though....There was also a small store on Madison Street by the school called Glover's. Wow, I do remember Glover's. Used to stop there after school and on the way to Morgan's Tract. Barbara Mar 13, 09 6:12 pm
waybill Mar 24, 09 11:38 am My family's house used to be where the Shell station is on Mt. Avenue right now. My father sold the property to Shell Oil Company in 1954. He put the house on a flatbed truck and moved it to its current location on Pine St. I bet no one remembers that! Uncle Ronnie Mar 24, 09 3:01 pm Does anybody remember Morgans Florist, HHS football field is there now. How about sledding down Hospital hill (before hospital was there) all the kids in town went there. How about Willow Grove Park when it was a cabbage field. Anybody? aka?. Mar 25, 09 10:27 am I remember morgan's green houses on washington st.hill,walked by them every day on the way to school. we used to sled between sharp and lafayette st can't remember if we went down cook or franklin st.if you got a good run you could fly off the bank go all the way through the field,under the barbed wire fence and into the second field.after my first time down I learned to lay down on the sled or get closelined off, yogel Mar 26, 09 2:53 pm who remembers a little short lived resturant on main st.called the establishment.I think it was by the strand. yogel Mar 26, 09 3:17 pm yogel, My mom is 76 and she lived on liberty st. when she was a kid, talkes about it all the time. My great grandfather owned the ort building (gone now) on main st. It was a candy store in the 20"s, and the local bootlegger outlet. Most public officials were there patrons. Dirt streets, real Hackettstown history. I know of women who would come to Centenary by horse and sled in the winter, no cars at the time. They came from Milford PA. And I remember the fields of Morgans was where the HHS football field is . aka?. Mar 26, 09 5:23 pm aka? on a good day with a spotter you could cross Willow Grove Street on your sled and go down Pine Street. BeenAround Mar 26, 09 6:49 pm aka, I grew up on Liberty St. First before Williams & Hibler fire then above 3rd house down from the school. Ask her if she remembers the Morgan girls? BeenArouind, It is located at 107 pine st, it is much larger now then it was back then, when my parents had a baby, they'ed just build a new addition on. my parents sold it back around 1982 I think, moved to Cape Cod. Uncle Ronnie Mar 28, 09 2:01 am
I do believe Ed and Dot Glover are still alive. I almost bought their house back in 2000 when they moved to Missouri, and we still get Christmas cards from Patty. OK, I do not recall how to spell this but...Does anyone remember Dr. Shevitz (sp.)? He practiced here in the late 1950's and into the 1960's and had an office on Grand Avenue. I recall him coming to our home. What a memory...a doctor that made house calls!!! Dr. Minier (sp.) took over his practice when he retired. lsricc Mar 29, 09 11:49 am Mr and Mrs Glover have both passed away...in missouri...i am a friend of the family...
Thats what I thought. I had the priveledge to go inside that bridge once. It was awesome. Being a history buff it was really cool to see something like that up close. Im not sure if you can get inside anymore, as some stupid kid jumped off there and ruined it for everyone else. But if its still possible its an adventure worth taking.
Dr. Stanowicz was on Grand Avenue as well. Dr. Shevitz was on the opposite side of the street and a half a block up. On the same side as the Post Office and on the same block as the bank. lsricc Mar 29, 09 9:50 pm If I remember right there was dr.stanowicz,shevitz,miller,hall and dr.harmon. yogel Mar 31, 09 12:32 pm The roller coaster is Bertrand's island, and it stood until at least 1979 because we rode it before a graduation keg party on the Mt Arlington Beach. Agust Mar 31, 09 12:46 pm Christine, which house was Dr. Stanowicz in? Our home appears to have been used as offices and I'm curious if it was the one he used. Agust Mar 31, 09 12:49 pm Doctor Hall was famous for his mysterious "Pink salve" which he applied to just about every injury...It worked too! Doctor Stanowicz was a great man too, you could ALWAYS get in to see him if you were sick. deviljet Mar 31, 09 1:14 pm dr.stanowicz lived in and had his office on the corner of grand ave.and washington st.directly across from the post office. yogel Mar 31, 09 1:22 pm Doctor Hall's office and residence was on the corner of Madison & Grand Avenue. I know the people who live there now, but I don't want to mention names on the internet. deviljet Mar 31, 09 1:52 pm the paulinskill viaduct is heavily patroled by the state police...so dont waste your time going there...you will be ejected from the property...
trapper yogel Apr 3, 09 10:38 am The other drug store, I believe it was Knapp's, was located next to Dad & Lad. So for years, we had 2 drug stores thriving on Main Street. deviljet Apr 3, 09 12:30 pm knapps was around where the chinese is on main st. kerr's was the drug store next door. lost towney Apr 3, 09 1:15 pm I grew up in Schooley's Mtn. There used to be a doctor who made house calls from Hackettstown and I took piano lessons fromMr. Phoebus...did anyone else??????? jettailgaiter Apr 3, 09 2:09 pm I went to school with a Ronna Phoebus,don't know if she's any relation or notthough. yogel Apr 3, 09 4:06 pm
I was looking back through the thread and want to mention a couple things. vey's dealership also had mercedes and citroen, before henry tomainio was uncle joe tomainio,he had this really nice old buick conv. yogel Apr 5, 09 7:01 pm Yes, I took piano lessons from Mr. Phoebus. It was a wonderful experience taking lessons from a man who had played in theaters for silent films - which he demonstrated if you happened to ask! I think that he also wrote at least one popular song way back. Thanks for letting me remember! can you tell me,is the schooleys mt.general store/post office still open,I remember the pot belly stove right in the middle of the building. yogel Apr 6, 09 12:59 pm Anyone remember the salesman in Dad & Lad's, I think his name was Louie? Very persistent! If you bought boots he would try to sell you socks, if you were buying a pair of jeans he would try to sell you a belt to go with it...he was hilarious. deviljet Apr 6, 09 2:35 pm
waybill Apr 8, 09 12:46 pm That's the name - Louie Lusardi ! Everyone in town went to him. Back in the day, if you needed jeans - you went to Dad & Lad's. There was no Rockaway Mall, Walmart, Target, etc. If you needed dress clothes, you went to Leonard's or Foster & Lee. Everything we needed to survive was right there on Main Street; and all the businesses flourished. deviljet Apr 9, 09 8:04 am We also remember Leeters. There was a ladies side and a mens. Actually they started in where my store is now and then moved down to where Trading Post clearance center is now. I remember I wasn't thrilled when Dr. Shevitz came to the house. I always got a penicillin shot. I also remember my mother crying when he died. Dr. Stanowitz delivered by sister. There was no hospital in town at that time. Usually went to Newton. The Gartelmann's owned the Schooley Mtn Store at one time. Pete has since retired so don't know if it is still in operation. Sort of getting homesick. Will visit in June. Barbara Apr 9, 09 11:33 am
waybill Apr 10, 09 12:33 pm I've enjoyed reading this thread and remembering great childhood memories. One business I haven't seen mentioned was Tickner's Feed, next to Shop- Rite on Main St. Every spring I would go in there and play with the chicks and bunnies they had in crates for sale. No one ever told us to leave or discouraged us, even though it was obvious we would't be buying as we had no adult with us. Remember when kids could wander around town without a parent right on their tail.
waybill Apr 11, 09 4:13 pm I used to go to the Schooley's Mtn store when it was owned by Charlie Skinner. We lived not far from there and we owned some donkeys who used to get loose now and then. Charlie Skinner would call our house and say "Virginia(my mother) your donkeys are loose again!" My mom would have to go there and get them and pay for the apples they would eat off the front stairs. I loved the penny candy... jettailgaiter Apr 14, 09 9:20 am oh yea I shoveled a lot of snow,made some quick cash then head to mike and bettys for food soda and an afternoon of pinball.I think it was 1958 we had a hugh snowfall , made mucho bucks that time. Christine Yogel, Is correct, except neither Mick nor Hedy were related to Mike Bacon. deviljet Apr 15, 09 9:19 am Does anyone remember the name of the clothing store that was on High St in the building that Green Bean's coffee shop is in? I remember going in there with my grandmother when I was little. I see you guys are older than me. I ended up ay Mick and Hedys when I got lost in kindergarten! LOL!
waybill Apr 15, 09 12:48 pm Waybill, Lori...since '73 Apr 15, 09 1:38 pm Man I love this thread....memories of when going uptown was a literal adventure. My dad would clean up & shave & put on his dress clothes. You did your clothes shopping, your food shopping, your christmas shopping, got your haircut, clothes tailored everything.... self contained & convenient place to live and work. Now its a sumhole (forgive my language) Begin Again Finnigan Apr 15, 09 3:07 pm
waybill Apr 18, 09 11:47 am I'm really suprised no one remembers tim's sport shop on main st. right next to cunningham's bar! Good ole fella on 206 ....all he needed was a honk & a wave!!! Begin Again Finnigan Apr 18, 09 1:26 pm waving willie ....always loved driving by him as a kid always smiling :) they even have a page on facebook for and about him I have become a member :) Remember Dr. Silber the Dentist next door to Rockaway sales? Waving Willie...he is gone, but the chair remains. It makes me smile as I drive by. Waybill,
waybill Apr 19, 09 11:35 am WABBILL! I love your pics. deansangie Apr 20, 09 5:20 pm Waybill, There was a man that hung out in the parking lot of Dr's Laurara ( spelling?) and Dr Weideman's office and directed traffic. Anyone remember him?
waybill Apr 21, 09 12:03 pm Thanks! Never seen that one. I dont think I've seen many photos of the canal between Hackettstown & Waterloo. deansangie Apr 21, 09 12:20 pm Anyone remember the old Homefreeze building by Lafayette Street, and Pete Smith, the old guy who used to live across the street from it? deviljet Apr 21, 09 12:31 pm
waybill Apr 22, 09 12:36 am Waybill, YES, that is who I'm talking about! He lived next door to my father's uncle... He always had Yankee gear on and he used to tell everyone each year that he was going down to spring training to help them out. deviljet Apr 22, 09 8:02 am
waybill Apr 22, 09 1:52 pm love this thread. justintime Apr 22, 09 2:37 pm Waybill, Yes I remember swimmming at the grove and the Sand Bar, I spent most of my childhood summers there, especially the Sand Bar. They just tore the dam down at Seber's abour 4 weeks ago - it was decrepit. Also a trip back to the Indian Fields felt like you were in the wildnerness...Now it's all housing developments. deviljet Apr 23, 09 10:15 am
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waybill Apr 23, 09 11:52 am I've seen that last one. Thats Flukes lock just outside of Stanhope. Very popular place... I think the Flukes had something like 7 daughters, a few ran the lock. deansangie Apr 23, 09 1:42 pm I am loving these old pictures! (I MUST get over to the Historical Society one of these days) It think it would be really cool to see the photos at the same angle but taken today...... LVMomofBoys Apr 23, 09 2:53 pm Waybill....My friends & I always swam, river tubed & fished those banks of the mighty muski especially during the summers & after baseball practice. Fond days & gone forever! Alas!!! Begin Again Finnigan Apr 23, 09 3:08 pm Firefly.... I believe the man (was he old) was Mr. Lou Petty. Mr. Petty lived above the Doctors & owned the building. He & his son were both carpenters & built homes & apts around the area. My family lived in one right next to the American Legion on Willow Grove St in Hackettstown. Behind it was Morgan Farms cabbage patch that became the Willow Grove Development (mostly M&M Plant Workers and Teachers back then). Begin Again Finnigan Apr 23, 09 3:32 pm Anyone recall swimming at the lock ....Saxon Falls? People would take blankets & lawn chairs like the shore & swim. There was a snapping turtle there & my dad would advise that us boys should stay away least the turtle bite our weaners off...lol! That will keep you away!! Begin Again Finnigan Apr 23, 09 3:38 pm Yes I remember swimming in the hole as we called it. They had a lifeguard and everything. We would ride our bikes along the tracks to get there.
waybill Apr 23, 09 9:32 pm Waybill, I am trying to figure out the Centanury College picture from the angle of the dirt road & the water on the left (is that the canal). If the canal ran next to toepath apts then what road is in the picture? Is that Willow Grove St? Begin Again Finnigan Apr 24, 09 9:02 am Waybill or anybody who might have...pictures of the boat next to the building on Stiger street. (Early to mid1970's) Greatly appreciated...
waybill Apr 24, 09 1:29 pm Oh, I know what boat you mean.....went to school with the kids....I wonder what ever happened to it? LVMomofBoys Apr 24, 09 1:43 pm Begin again: I think the road in the foreground is the canal towpath, where the mules would walk. deansangie Apr 24, 09 2:11 pm or maybe I'm suffering false memory again,I've suffered C.R.S. a long time now. yogel: you are correct. which is why i am so curious as to how it was removed! LVMomofBoys Apr 25, 09 12:20 am I was gone by the time the ark was removed but I remember leo(red) grogan as being quite a guy.the only biker I ever knew that was concerned enough to run for town council many times.I'm not sure but I think either my mom or uncle went to school with him. yogel: It took me a minute to remember what C.R.S. is. I suffer from it, too.
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waybill Apr 25, 09 3:22 pm AH saxton falls what a great place(day or night)had lots of good times up there.kind of all purpose place you could swim ,fish,picnic,whatever.I went by there 10 years or longer ago,no water in the swimming hole just a bunch of weeds and stuff I thought at the time what a shame to lose a great place like that.
waybill Apr 26, 09 3:03 am Never knew there was a trolley in this area. What other towns did the trolley serve?
waybill Apr 26, 09 6:55 pm Jac mentioned Dr. Silbur a while back on this thread. I want to let him know that I know his pain. When I moved from H-town and found a new dentist, I was pleasantly suprised that dentist visits did not have to include fear and intimidation. Suz - the name of the dress shop in High Street was Ann's Dress Shop. I remember when Mom bought me my first grown up dress. She usually shopped at Leonard's or the Sears catalog. I loved going in there. Barbara May 4, 09 4:00 pm I own a 1965 Pontiac Tempest that was purchased from Vey on Washington st. I don't recall the full name of the dealer at the moment. BTW when my son was at Hatchery Hill school, his teacher, Mrs. Vey was part of the same family. I think I gave her an original "Vey" key chain that I got with the car. Later my father bought a Cadillac from Vey when they moved to Rt. 46 in Rockaway. Was it first Vey then Johnson Dodge? Ok, not right in town, but does any one remember Bayer's Store on Rt. 46 in Great Meadows? My mom used to take us there for jeans. It is where they have all the flags out for sale. Across from there was a place you could buy cases of soda in big glass bottles, but I can't remember the name of that. It was always a treat when we had summer picnics to go get the soda for the party! bayers store of course I remember it and the soda place was brookdale soda.as long as were in the area on hope road just past the cutoff for mt.lake on the left was a little what I think was a drive in , snack shop? any body old enough to remember when it was open or the name of it???????????? I know it's not retail but all the way back on stiger st. during w.w.2 there was a place called essex specialty co. that made flares and other items for the military. My mom,grandmom and great grandmom all worked there.any of you old time h'town history buffs have any thing you can share about it?
waybill May 6, 09 10:01 pm the beverage place you speak of was i think at one time Peters beverage...i think they sold hoffmans and kotts soda beverages and the Bayors flag lady is still there... waybill May 6, 09 10:10 pm Mr. Bayor is stilee alive but not well. His daughter sells the flags now. Wasnt the soda place up on 46 Brookdale? They had the best grape soda I have ever had. We used to jokingly refer to Bayor's Store as the "Great Meadows Mall" ! deviljet May 7, 09 10:54 am Christine.... Yes it was Brookdale. I would always buy it by the case (with REAL Glass bottles too) Begin Again Finnigan May 7, 09 1:03 pm
wrecker May 7, 09 4:22 pm The Villa De Rocco restaurant used to be called Weber's (owned by the Weber family) when I was growing up. Wherever my parents and I were either in NJ or elsewhere, when asked where I would like to have dinner the answer was always, Weber's. Does anyone else remember? lsricc May 8, 09 8:28 am i remember the Webers...i went to school with their children...and i remember when they owned the restaurant...that has to be over thirty years ago... waybill May 8, 09 3:01 pm anybody remember the colonial tea room(long since torn down now)on schoolys mountain?You're a long time local if you do. You're right waybill it was definitely over 30 years ago that the Webers owned their restaurant. I remember going there in the early 60s. Wow, am I aging myself!!!! Great place, great people and really great memories!!!! lsricc May 9, 09 9:22 am the tea rom was on the right side just before the top on the hackettstown side no ,a litle before you reach the top as youre going up the hil,if memory serves me there is a little bridge near the spot.
waybill May 9, 09 3:46 pm nothing,tea room was torn completely down many years ago, ,need some real old time townies to remember this one! it was built on the right side against the bank,to the left is the big ravine,used to be a house on the other side of the ravine,don't know if it's there anymore though> I gotta be fair and tell you the tea room was closed when I was a little kid,early 50s,but I remember my grandmom talking about how nice it once was. I remember an old building that was built into the side of the hill, sort of hung over the road almost.....across from the "log cabin". Is this where you mean? There is water running under the road at that point. But it was empty when I remember it, and then torn down soon after. The bible camp cottages and pool are still there but I have never seen anyone over there - it doesnt look run down or deserted though. LVMomofBoys May 9, 09 10:11 pm LVM Yogel, I think I know the house you mean, it has been for sale for some time. Big beautiful house, with a mahogony library I think.....isnt LV beautiful?? LVMomofBoys May 10, 09 6:12 pm ok,anybody remember de'nee's sporting goods on waterloo road,early 60's or so? How about K & K Fencing at the top of Hackettstown Mtn where Johnson dodge is now?????????? jettailgaiter May 13, 09 4:17 pm another business I don't think was mentioned was hart block co. kind of across from the hackettstown diner.my dad and a couple of his buddys worked there when I was very young.also krumm distributers at mt.ave. and at that time rt.24.an extended family member worked there till he was killed in a car accident on his way home to easton. I believe Tom Krumm owned both the beer distributor and the Orange Pit at the same time.....Back to Denees on deviljet May 14, 09 12:37 pm
waybill May 14, 09 1:53 pm I went to school with warren denee ,his dad owned the store don't know if his name was warren too or not. Justasking, Margaret Foster had one daughter who, when the gas station was sold, suggested the new owner, a dentist, name his business "The Filling Station." Millie May 15, 09 2:54 am Deviljet & Waybill - My father Tom Krumm owned the Orange Pit. My grandparents had the Rheingold distributorship but had sold it to the Browns, parents of my uncle Fred. Barbara May 15, 09 2:13 pm Barbara - I was telling my husband all about the Orange Pit, back when I was a kid and there were windows to the outside for service......but I couldnt tell him WHY it was called the Orange Pit? Can you help with that bit of trivia? Thanks! (I still call it the OP, by the way :) LVMomofboys May 15, 09 3:55 pm Anyone remember Tim Swanson's sporting goods store on Main street in the 1950s? Millie May 17, 09 1:07 am I'm a little to young to remember Swanson's but I do remember Holmes Sporting Goods in the 70's....I believe Tom Holmes was a retired state trooper. He made a real good effort with that store, but even back then, the major chains had the best prices and merchandise. deviljet May 21, 09 8:39 am What was the name of the hot dog stand on Rt 46 in Independence (Its that old abandoned red building at the top of the hill just outside Hackettstown) The name of the small candy store next to the middle school was Batsons and she also made lunches I loved her Mrs. Batsons hamberegrs Kloscall May 27, 09 2:10 pm I thought there was mention of a candy store named Glover's near the middle school.....was that at a different time? Or did Glover's buy it from Batson? LVMomofboys May 27, 09 11:00 pm Thanks...I thought so. I had gone to school with a few Glovers....but the memory ain't what it used to be!! LVMomofboys May 28, 09 8:54 am Speaking of candy shops, Does anyone remember the Jigger Shop Candy store. They sold papers, candy smokes etc. We went there every morning and spent our luch money on candy. LOL! It was always dark in there. LOL!Ah the memories. I spent many many hours at the Jigger Shoppe and I worked there as a pre-teen and teenager. Helen and Charlie West were the owners at that time. Now I know that I am dating myself but I remember selling cigarettes to people for 45 cents a pack!! Boy am I old!!!!!!!!!!! I, also, recall never sleeping in on a Sunday morning as I had to be at work really early. There were piles and piles of newspapers waiting at the door!! So many years ago!!!! lsricc May 28, 09 2:25 pm
waybill May 29, 09 11:17 am What about the long gum they sold. You could break it off piece by piece. I would buy all my teen magazines there also.
gtown May 31, 09 7:12 pm Can't let this thread die! How many of you remember the common name of "Bower's Brook"? This is the brook that runs by M&M field then behind Park Avenue and eventually runs into the river by the Sandbar. deviljet Jun 8, 09 12:27 pm We used to capture turtles and salamanders out of that brook when I was a kid. Never knew the name of it though! LVMomofBoys Jun 8, 09 3:54 pm
The man who worked at Krumm Distributors and was killed in an auto accident on his way home to Easton was Ernie kinny Chester Jun 10, 09 3:05 am The Texaco Gas Station on the corner of Mountaia Avenue & Route 24 right along side the Musconetcong River was Testers Texaco. Chester Jun 10, 09 3:13 am
oh yea I do,pappy henderson and his son lloyd.remember pap's saying pappy's my name,twisting wrenches is my game.
Another Jigger Shop comment- a little late. In the 60's and 70's we lived 2 blocks from the Jigger Shop. Starting when I was about 8 my father would send me down with money for 2 packs of Benson and Hedges cigarettes (I think they were .55 a pack). There was also a lot of candy purchased there. I'm not sure who the owners were, but I remember them being really nice. When I was a kid, in the late 60's, early 70's , Dad would send me down to Kostenbaders for a bottle.....once in awhile.......he would call ahead, I would bring the money, all done. !! My husband's Dad would send him out for "smokes" too. Cant do any of that stuff now! LVMomofBoys Jun 11, 09 9:54 am When I was a kid, in the late 60's, early 70's , Dad would send me down to Kostenbaders for a bottle.....once in awhile.......he would call ahead, I would bring the money, all done. !! My husband's Dad would send him out for "smokes" too. Cant do any of that stuff now" o.k. do yall remember prall's sweet corn stand in front of whats now riverside gardens.remember from where the apts. are now all the way to the river was farm land. Nostalgic for H-town - the owners of the Jigger Shoppe were Helen and Charlie West. I believe the prior owners were a family by the name of Shapiro (not absolutely sure about that one). lsricc Jun 12, 09 8:34 pm I'm suprised nobody has said anything about music stores.there was mr. and mrs. williams music store kind of across from the strand theatre.I was friends with theyre son Dean.there was also a music store 1 or 2 stores from danleys diner,a guy named jerry hirshman ran it. Sadly, Dean passed away last year. I was friends with him too. Does anyone remember Phill Quick? He used to sell vegetables from his truck. Yessir! Jun 19, 09 2:21 pm Annette and George Shapiro owned the Jigger Shoppe in the early 1960s. My family moved to Hackettstown right after WWII. At that time, an older man, I believe his name was Sam, ran the Jigger Shoppe. I thought he was a very nice person who greeted his customers warmly. My favorite day was Sunday, when my Dad bought the Sunday papers and read the "funny sheets" to us. Millie Jun 20, 09 10:01 pm
oldman Jun 23, 09 2:23 pm Yea, Phil used to huckster around neighborhoods with his truck....funny the truck had his name painted as " P. QUICK" which was a big joke to us kids. NumNuts Jun 23, 09 5:24 pm don't know if they were related or not but my great grandmothers married name was quick,her maiden name was poyer and first name was mary,she loved to tell people her name, mary p. quick,she thought that was so funny and I guess it is. you guys must be from great meadows. Begin Again Finnigan Jun 24, 09 12:02 pm Name three places in the Hackettstown Mall where one could get G.I. Joe figures in the 1980's. I grew up in HTOWN Oldman & was never at Larsons .... I hate turkey! Begin Again Finnigan Jun 24, 09 2:20 pm BAF - you'll see whole stores in any German speaking country devoted to it. Erik, K-Mart and Rockaway Sales, for sure....I can't think of the third one though deviljet Jun 24, 09 3:21 pm GI JOE: Kmart, The drug store (CVS?) and Rockaway Sales. LVMomofBoys Jun 24, 09 3:45 pm oh yea the turkey farm,remember going there with grandpa,he'd pick out a good live one they would "get it ready"and home we'd go and grandma would make a great holliday dinner. good thing p.i.t.a wasen't around back then WOW they'd have a field day with that place! To clarify the G.I. Joe question. What three stores "IN THE MALL" could you get the G.I. Joe figures in the 1980's. Wasnt there a hobbie store there at one time? I dont know the name. Always hated malls. Begin Again Finnigan Jun 25, 09 11:30 am Wasnt there a Rockaway Sales store in the mall for a short while? LVMomofBoys Jun 25, 09 2:38 pm Farms are businesses too. McPeak's on Rt. 46, just east of town was a time capsule. At least up until the1960s they farmed with horses hitched to cultivators and wagons. They had property further up the highway, and went to it with horse and wagon right along with the regular traffic. Is the farm still there? Millie Millie Jun 26, 09 12:34 pm Well, it's been two days. Wow Shelbys .... I dont even recall it .... there was one in stanhope. Gettin old. Begin Again Finnigan Jun 26, 09 8:11 pm Oh wow, I dont remember Shelby's OR Shepherds in the mall. But 1990? I was living in Morristown then..........hmmmm...... LVMomofBoys Jun 26, 09 8:18 pm Id say no Millie, since there is few precious farms left in Htown but Yogel been here longer than I . Maybe Hack or Waybill could fill you in. Begin Again Finnigan Jun 26, 09 8:19 pm
oldman Jul 1, 09 2:46 pm
Anyone remember when the Mr. Softee truck first appeared in town in the late 60's? We thought that was the coolest thing ever -soft ice cream from a truck! It put the Pied Piper to shame... Whenever we heard the music, everyone would RUN home for a quarter - that bought you a large half and half cone. deviljet Jul 2, 09 12:35 pm
oldman Jul 2, 09 6:15 pm old man : can you tell me which bridge this is,I'm thinking the one on 46 but maybe i'm wrong OMG! I remember Mr. SOftee. Would scream for him to strop. AWE WISH I Had some soft ice cream now I have a sore throat. LOL who remembers dairy queen where hess is now first opening, first soft icecream place in town.
oldman Jul 3, 09 12:27 am Oldman, Thank you for the pictures of the bridge. I too remember the Dairy Queen and laundry. Millie Jul 7, 09 2:24 am Milliee:we had an ice box up till i was about 4 or 5 lived on mt.ave. a guy named Happy Hibler was our ice man .I still can see him carrying that block of ice with those tongs.btw we had a coal and oil stove to cook on.it used coal on the burner part and kerosene to fire the oven.remember i'm talking 1952/53. a little out of town but there used to be a real small store back in the 50's maybe even into the 60's by lake tranquility.after you went right at the y on 517 the store was on the left.the two old folks that ran it were real nice.the lady was blind but would always take care of the money.anybody know the name of that place or even remember it?
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oldman Jul 10, 09 8:59 pm oldman: I sure do remember sherman honas and ray,they went all over town and would buy newspapers and bundeled up rags,they had a scale and paid you by the pound.one of them bought the house my grandparents owned further down mt.ave. oldman:if you remember those folks I have to think you must have knowen George the egg man.lived on mt.ave. across from were riverside apts. are now.he used to go around with a pullcart selling eggs,fresh killed chickens and some veg. funny we ate those chickens and never got salmonella.didn't have them on ice,sun beating down on them,maybe we were just tougher back then,just maybe!
oldman Jul 11, 09 5:06 pm
Anyone remember the "lawnmower man" Tom Kane? he lived up the street from us in a little house on fifth Street. He used to mow the grass islands on Prospect Street and the lawns of just about every old timer in Hackettstown at the time. He would tow his push mower with his little riding mower he had. I even remember when he had his little dog named Gretchen. deviljet Jul 15, 09 9:53 am Hey oldman ,if anybody knows this you probably do .there was a shop I think on the corner of main and plane st's.did small engine repair along with other things.do you remember the name of the place or the man who ran it?He fixed a carb from a briggs & stratton for me once when I was a kid. deviljet...i remember Tom Kane very well...he mowed all the middle islands on prospect street as well as lawns all over the north part of Hackettstown...he was very quiet and as far as i knew him he kept to himself...he always wore a long world war 1 army coat...all year long ...he lived in a small house...on 5th street...while mowing lawns he would collect soda bottles and take them to Acme...for the 2 cents deposit...thats enough for now... oldman Jul 15, 09 11:21 pm
oldman Jul 16, 09 3:07 pm old man, what is that image you posted, a two dollar silver certificate? AFAIK local currencies are/were illegal in this country. Wish I could read the writing. justintime Jul 16, 09 3:56 pm
oldman Jul 16, 09 10:31 pm Snyder Motors was on thecorner of Main and Plane and then there was a Studerbaker dealer joining what is now part of Hometowne hardware...I think I can answer all of the questions asked....etting reall old...grew up on main St Remember the Chickie Shop and the merry-go-round horse? How about Endicott Johnson Shoe store and At Axfords Mens Hat store next to Sammie Lockards Barber Shop? Mike O'Hea Jul 23, 09 7:54 pm I remember the Endicott Shoe Store. For a while it has a machine that allowed you to see your feet (bones) in the shoes you were trying on. Folks must have been pretty relaxed about x-rays (?) in those days. millie Jul 25, 09 8:41 pm It was actually Mr. Knechel's father in law Bill Rossy who helped him start Knechel Ford. Bill Rossy also owned the Derribar suzieq Jul 26, 09 9:12 am
From what direction is that photo taken? I would like to be able to figure out where my house is.... This thread should be printed and given to the Hackettstown Historical Society. Really -- accounts and memories of so many long-time residents are priceless! The thread and all these interesting town facts shouldn't disappear into cyberspace. I agree with Rebecka. The memories and pictures are priceless. What year was the picture of Hackettstown taken , Hilly, when there were stiill farms? Old Man, I live in Tom Kane's old house on fifth st. and I have heard so many really interesting stories about him and about the house! I have been trying to find out more and am very interested in seeing an old photo - I understand it was called the "haunted house" for quite awhile. . . It's actually quite nice now! hilly, I haven't moved in recently, but I still appreciate that photo. It's so great to see what the town looked like from above, back then.
I believe I remember a farm out on Willow Grove Street on the left going out of town. I do remember the old biplane crop dusters spraying fields in the late 40s and 50s. Willow Grove park was a cabage patch. I was talking to my mom yesterday. She told me how and why willow grove street got its name. Willow grove street was lined with willow trees, both sides starting at main st. What a beautiful site it must have been. Tim Swansons Sporting Shop. Bought my first .22 rifle there. there are still many willow trees on willow grove street...they are close to the American Legion Post..164...while on this subject...i remember...when Prospect street was lined with chestnut trees...and the Propane gas company ran a new line up the street and cut all the chestnut trees down...
I remember Mr. Honas. We moved to Hackettstown in late 1968 when I was four and then to Schooley's Mt in 1977. In the mid 70s my mother took Mr. Honas as her "project" and would hire him to do odd jobs around the house. On a number of occassions I went with her to visit him at his house when he was sick and we helped him clean his house and bring him some dinner. (As a life-long bachelor the cleaning was nearly futile). He gave us a number of gifts during that time because of my mother and father's kindness including dandelion wine, blueberry preserves (which include a good rattlesnake story from collecting the berries out at the Gap), and fresh apples and peaches. In the year before we moved to Schooley's Mt he grew rather feeble with age, and eventually that year, if memory serves me, moved to live with a niece in Pennsylvania. Question Answer to older question Biker Bronc, Tim Swanson's Sporting Goods store attracted a lot of customers who liked to hang out and talk a while, especially before deer season and trout season. I used to tag along with my dad. I especially remember the large flat display cases filled with fishing lures and flies of every color and type. Also the beautiful deer heads mounted up high on the walls. One time a group of regulars, as a joke, told a customer that the game warden had seen electric eels in the Muskanetcong River, just to see how long it would take before someone else came in the store with the same story. As I recall, it took four days. The pictures of the fishermen below Saxon Falls brought back memories. claude...the guy who had the gas station at rt46 and east ave...was Marty Keegan...he was a great mechanic...and even better drag racer...Marty later moved on to the Hackettstown Tulsa...on north main street...the Monjack Brothers took over after him...Marty later had a garage in Portland PA...after that i dont know where he went...the Monjacks ran the Tulsa for several years...and left the area...the old Tulsa is still a car car repair shop...but no longer pumps gas... Claude: the station at east ave & 46 was owned by Joe Monjac,the name of the drag car was "for reasons of insanity"that is if I remember right.Joe's brother was named Larry(Moonie)Monjak.
Question yogel-5 months later. the ort building was on the corner of main and plane st. it's a parking lot now. christine-i'll get back to you about the morgan girls. my mom lived there in the late 30's
Comment LVMomofboys - so sorry it took so long to get back to your question re: Orange Pit. I'm afraid why it was named that died with Dad. The Dairy-O, however, came from a play on words from The Farmer in the Dell. Question As a kid, I could walk to Main Street and do all the shopping: Shop Rite, the bakery, Genevieve Shop, H.Cohen and Dad and Lad for clothing, Bach's for a drugstore, Holmes for sporting goods, Kostenbaders for a bottle of wine, the hardware store, Plates for jewelry., Jigger Shoppe for a newspaper, .......I think the profile of town really changed when Rockaway Mall opened and families had two cars and didnt mind driving 20 minutes to do a wide variety of shopping. I don't know if it is all good or bad.....it is just change. We moved from H-town 30 years ago when I was a teenager. We've lived nearby, so I have enjoyed returning many times over the years. Recently, while my son was at the Tigers football camp, I spent a whole day immersed in my memories and then looked at the town with fresh eyes. i vacationed at Mt. Lake also as a kid. Stayed at the 'Sun Ann' if anyone knows that. i remember swiming to the rafts thinking they were so far ! i remember the Mt. Lake Casino also, the canoes... fun times
It has been fun reading all of the things I have forgotten about since I was a kid. Does anyone recall the A&P grocery store being on Main St. before it moved out past East Ave. on Rt. 46? Also was there an Acme or Grand Union or some other large grocery chain store on Main closer to the railroad tracks? Two of the clerks on Main St. who transferred to the newer A&P were Arlene Bailey and a tall fellow named Obie. I don't think anyone has mentioned these stores so maybe my street memory is inaccurate. Foster's Service Station reminds me of Summer, NeHi chocolate soda, peck-sized baskets of peaches, and coconut watermelon slice candies. Does anyone remember the rendezvous motel being like a vacation spot? I barely remember my Aunt and Uncle when they came from NY, staying there.
Ok greenstripe you got me with that last picture claude...the factory you speak of was some kind of chemical works...i explored that place years ago...it was Oxy chemical...they closed up shop...and left...the place was a mess...sacks of powders left all over the inside of a large cinder block building...and there was a sand pit there too...also and old dirt road ran from waterloo road to bilbys road through that site...there was also a tunnel that ran from the building to the railroad tracks...it is probably still there...also there is a very well preserved section of the Morris Canal...as far as the statue at five corners there is a picture of it on this page...it was a civil war monument...that was a wter fountain...for horses and people...in separate troughs...during a highway widening project the statue was accidently destroyed...the monument has been re-created on bank property adjacent to five corners.. I was reading the whole forum and have met a fue of the people we are talking about in there later years Mr McPeek the farmer who loved his farm and used horses to plow his feilds till he could no longer do it i remember watching him rake the hay the house still had a working hand water pump in the kitchen I think the John Deer place was owned by Donchesky(spelling)if memory serves. Does anyone remember the Gulf gas station on the corner of Main and High Streets? The owner was a man named Les Smith. He and my dad, Paul Solomon, were best buddies. Did any of you go to the 'Grove' when they had a food stand, a sandy beach, 2 diving boards and 2 big concrete pipes that you could ride through ? How many of you remember the Sand Bar when it was deep enough to swim in, including a float with a diving board and when it froze over in the winter you could skate all the way to the dam on 46 and up as far as the Miller's house? Milton Thorp owned the stationery store on Main St.......his grandson Tom is the town attorney now. I remember the Gulf station at the corner of High and Main. Mrs. Freeman, my first grade teacher, lost control of her Cadillac and ran into the building, or maybe into the side of Dad and Lad......narrowly missing the pumps. Claude, I recall a gas station by the rail road tracks and Main St. on the left leaving town. It was right in front of a large Purina feed, hay, straw and farm supply store named Tichnors. I recall it partly because my dad bought animal food there, partly because Tichnors burned down one summer in the 50s. The flames were huge and the smoke rose a couple hundred feet in the sky. The closeness of the gas station to the fire was a worry, but it did not burn. Claude - I'm not sure when Les Smith first opened the Gulf Gas Station there on High and Main Streets because I was a little girl. But my dad passed away in 1964 and I know that it was before that but I do not recall how long after Les owned the station. The last time i saw Red Grogan and his concrete sailboat it was on rt31s before flemmington Red Grogan passed away last week, actually. I believe he was living in Kentucky? Lori....since 73 LVMomofBoys The gas station by the railroad tracks was called Smith's garage when I was a kid. I remember this because we would buy ice cream bars there. It's the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Does anyone remember what happened in Hackettstown during that weekend. The traffic. Most all stores closed on Rt. 46. Stewart root beer was roped off. I remember standing in front of Tony's shoe repair(harpers) and watching the HIPPIES. I think traffic was backed up from NYS to the Gap. No Route 80 then. I was thinking of my uncle at the time. He was 18, in the jungle fields of Vietnam. Claude, there are changes in town that i like and dont like but every thing changes one is that big scar on the mountain of a houseing project thank you mount oluve LOL! whitey I remember standing on the intersection of Rt. 46 and Liberty St. watching the hippies ride by! There also was an odor like no other thru town. I actually do....vaguely. I was about 9. I don't think I remember precisely that the traffic was Woodstock related....but I do recall my parents discussing the terrible mess out there. :) That was the year AFTER the Williams and Hibler fire, yes? I remember well all the folks going through town on the way to woodstock,thought about going but decided not to.Not one to make the same mistake twice I did go to pocono in 72 rain and lots of mud but what a great lineup,emerson,lake and palmer,j geils,edgar winter,three dog night,wow .kinda like to do it again but at my age I don't think I'd survive lolol.
I remember in 1972 the traffic that came though town our gas station was over wellmend the soda machine went empty as with the candy machine we pumped a lot of gas that day that concert was at pocono race track Does anybody remember? Conklins lumber on moore st. before that i believe it was a dodge/plymouth dealer that my father bought our 1966 plymouth. or hummindingers a.k.a cozy corner. we would sleigh ride down hospital hill right into the parking lot, get a hot chocolate and head back up the hill again.The u-haul dealership behind the methodist church,and the pool hall that the beattys owned downstairs, next to jack and jill dairy. in 1972...the hitch hikers you remember were from the Watkins Glen concert in New York state...the Allman Brothers played there with The Grateful Dead...Hackettstown was full of hitch hikers...and travelers for days...they camped out all over...behind bergen tool etc...when lollapollooza played waterloo village it reminded me of the same type of scene...young people coming from everywhere looking for directions to the concert...most if not all were polite...but what a mess they left behind at waterloo...the concert field was full of trash...and the whole area of waterloo road before and after the concert site was littered with just about anything you can imagine...youth is wasted on the young I remember Conklin's Lumber , not sure of that being a car dealer . i remember no hospital i remember all the people standing on five conners raiseing the money to build that hospital and warming up at cozy corner store were was the u-haul dealer? I remember the pool hall I do remember the traffic during Woodstock! How about the roller rink up at Mt. Lake? Every time I ride by it I remember a lot of fun!!!! Also - Knapp's used to put sundae's in a chinese take-out container!!!!
ML, i remember the roller rink at Mt. Lake. it was outside and had colored lights around the top. Used to vacation there as a kid, probably mid 1960-s Hey oldman. My grandfather coordinated the bucket brigade. I would be out there too. I was about 7 yrs. old. At the end of every day my mom and grandmom and grandpa would sit at the dining room table and count the $ and roll up the coins. I got to roll the pennies! I think we donated the coin toss sign to the historical museum. My grandfather took the first shovel full at the ground breaking. I am still so proud of his hard work and all the Hackettstown residents who worked so hard to build that hospital! I do hope as the hopital grows the administrators don't forget how they got there! I will say that the people of hackettstown should be proud of what they did to build that hospital I remember, and all the people puting in their time and effort to build the hospital plus the money town resoidents donated only to have the S.D.A.C kind of take the credit.By the way wasen't it supposed to be Hackettstown Community Hospital?
besides the residents of Hackettstown...i must say that most motorists were generous to the bucket brigades...before rt 80 opened there was so much traffic on rt 46 / main street and many accidents...all Hackettstown had to offer were local doctors and the Hackettstown Rescue squad...if you needed a hospital..you had to go to newton or phillipsburg...or dover... Claude, waybill, thanx for the pic...brings back many memories... we used to go to the other side of the lake Thanks yogel re: Danleys Diner...heres some trivia...Perry Como was a regular there...when his daughter attended Centenary college...back in the 1960s... How about R & K Frame on Valintine St any one remember them its now called Scotties import repairs I believe Red Kamprath owned R&K.....didn't Ralph Seagraves own Scotty's Muffler in what is now Camp's Auto Repair? deviljet Aug 26, 09 8:43 am pete and ed laux were the last operaters of R&K frame...ed passed away...pete has taken up another occupation A while back unusual characters were mentioned. Does anyone remember the man who was a gardner? His name may have been John. He took care of people's yards and shared their plants. So, if one person had nice tulips or other bulb plants that could be divided, he did, and planted them in other yards. This was in the 1950s and the yards around High Street that he worked on were really pretty in the Spring. I came across this website and what a blast it has been reading all of the posts. I grew up in h-town in the 60's, moved away and came back for three yrs. 75-78. First let me say to Claude and yogel that my mouth dropped to see you mention The Monjack Brothers who had the Texaco station and the Tulsa station. I am Joe and Larry's sister. We are all in Calif. now. Actually Larry is a trucker so he is all over. Also way back in an early post there was mention of Tony's pizza on Main St. Well before Tony's I bet no one will remember that from about 1962 to about 1965 or 66, it was Theresa's Pizzeria. My mom and dad owned it. I remember having my birthday parties there. Thanks for the memories. jlynn,Yes I do remember the pizza place there was a post about what was the first pizza place in town every body said tony's but I knew there was at least one before that but I couldn't remember the name,thanks.I liked both your brothers,both nice guys.as I remember Joe was the more serious one and Larry aka Mooney was a real clown,lot of fun.I don't know why you were so surprised it was still a fairly small town back then and pretty much all us guys knew or knew of each other.Be sure to let them both know they are gone but definately not forgotten. the mansfield inn is now a pasta restaurant...we used to call that place when Paul Hemphill owned it the Hog inn...i just missed the shooting that happened there in the 1980s by minutes jlynn I have to say that your welcome I live in Liberty Township but i worked in hacketstown for 30 years and my dad ran the ARCO station on Mountain Ave in the seventys it was all ways a safe place for every one were happy you droped in if you think of someting to talk about bring it up i delivered newspapers for the daily record.{ they were great to work for }...the dover advance...and the family forum...and very briefly the newark news...the best paper to deliver for was the daily record...they took us on bus trips...gave us good gifts...a great after school job...those were the days I worked for the Forum drove bulk delivery truck for them and helped at the press stripping the plates my route started in parsippany and though hopatcong as far north as ogdonsburg and had a 600 paper route in independance our wearhouse was first the old ice house in townsberrie then the old tip top bakery wearhouse on mountain ave brookdale man "I was a pig at the Derribar " Thank for sharing the great picture, waybill. Makes me want to order a hot fudge sundae right now...this very minute. It's been fun reading about Mrs. Foster, the Derribar (Dairybar?), Robert Halls, Newberries, Cohens, and that little stationery shop with the counter in the back. I remember the neat piles of paper and pads on the shelves. No one mentioned Plaid Stamps. I believe we got them at the grocery store. I remember my mother used the booklets for lamps and a framed picture for the wall. I remember Shelby's in Chester, but for some reason I don't recall a Shelby's in Hackettstown. I remember when Mr. Plate actually worked at Plate's Jewelry. I remember Sebers and the Sandbar. I remember Glovers candy store and 5 cents for a Devil Dog and 7 cents for a 7-Up. A Pepsi was a dime. I remember crossing Morgan's Tract and walking through the Fish Hatchery. I remember riding my bike in the Cemetery. Kids were welcome everywhere. We kids really got around. We even went into the auction house and saw the cows herded in and out. I remember the auctioneer's accent and his sing song delivery. And I remember those soda machines. Postal collection boxes were all over the place, too. I remember Leo's, Carl's Place, and Stewarts Rootbeer. I can remember what food I ordered where. The first time I ever had chocolate shavings on top of the whipped cream was when I had a mug of hot chocolate at The Cottage. I remember banana cream pie at the Four Oaks diner. Orange pop and a hotdog was my favorite at the Orange Pit. A slice and a small coke at Tony's Pizza. I remember it all. I remember it all like it was yesterday. there was a place to eat near hackettstpwn auto parts i know little just got a sandwich there To the question of the Irish Setter who brought the bank bag to Pepoles Bank on the corner, I was a teller at the bank and thedog's name was Rusty. The original New Berry's Store was where Dad and Lad is now. To the person who asked about Batson and Glover Candy Store. Mrs Batson owned the store
Shelby's in Hackettstown I dont think so washington had a shelbys it was ny the acme market Hey Caged! My brother learned early about Grandma's Social Security check and around what the first of the month meant. If my mom cooked something my brother didn't like, Grandma would give him a little kick under the table and a nod, and not much later, off they would go to the Hackettstown Diner for a hamburger! I should remember but I don't,what was on the corner of main and willow grove before the dairy queen was built????????? Cagedanimal, I remember the Hackettstown Diner on rt. 46. It was there in 1947 when my family first moved to Hackettstown. It was there in the1950s also. At that time I believe a family named Barkow owned and operated it. Is it still there? I enjoyed eating there. the hackettstown diner burned down years ago...from arson...dairy queen left main street in 1967...it has been hess gas ever since...dairy queen has been on rt 57 for years...shelbys was a flash in the pan...they had about seven stores all total and did not last long...who remembers when marshalls was grand union... grew up in h-town,1970-82. heres just a sample of what i remember.....T.Y. Ward on the lot between,Washington St. , Bell's Lane ,and Mtn.Ave......Mazzone Real Estate on the corner of 46 and east ave. Sciavones Ski and Bike Shop on mtn ave.... Cozy Corner on Willow Grove St.....Country Pie records and Tomanios Barber shop on Main st. Basement Billiards behind the music store on Main....One -Hour Martinizing.......County-Line Sports on rt.46....dog n suds....hackettstown raquet club on rt. 57....centenary bells.....McDonalds being built....the Mall being built.....Dunkin Donuts being built...Friendlys.....Burger King......and so on.....bob's hobby shop......middletown leather....bergen tool....catv on north main..... proudtiger Oct 13, 09 11:46 pm There were several businesses in the 50s and 60s on rt. 46 just east of the Mill pond bridge. One of them was a laundry (not laundramat) across from the diner. My folks had a wringer-washer and outdoor clothes line. In the winter they took the dirty clothes to the laundry. One of my earliest memories is the huge brown paper- wrapped bundle tied with string coming back with clean clothes. It was amost an explosion on the dining room table when we cut the string. As I recall, they were all neatly folded and we just had to put them away. Joe : Depends on which one.There was Jack Burk's bowling alley on main st next to the moose that burned in the early 60's I think and the one at the bottom of budd lake hill where there is a park and ride,not really sure when that one burned. more memories...Phillips 66 gas station on 46 on the spot Meineke later occupied....Fosters Mobil..my dad played softball for them...had an historic collision with the gym teacher Mr Boeppel.. not only was Boeppel out ..HE WAS REALLY OUT !!!!..ah the tannery field ..mrs. fosters son-in law was my first little league coach...Dean Depuy....he and his wife had a son named Devon...Mr. Joseph Bristow was his assistant and STILL my favorite coach EVER and i'm still playing hardball at 44........played my first game in right field at morgans tract...had to watch out for a big rock that stuck up that has since been removed..same thing at old morrison field at the sand bar....im an umpire in the skylands conf.(which my beloved Tigers have just left) :(.....anyway i still love to hear those centenary bells.......bad memory...aug. 26,1977......enough said.....the prall and dyser farms before the mall was built.....my neighbor Julius Narducci told me that our street East ave. was originally known as Pigtail Alley.....his daughter margret..i think worked at the OP........Mrs. Powers getting hit by a car at the corner of Water St. & Mountain Ave.........finding the gear handle to raise the dam stops on the muscenetcong at beattys mill AND ACTUALLY DOING IT!!!! boy was the fishing better that spring...Mr. Schiavones Step-son Art Guarino was a fishing buddy.....RIP buddy..miss ya......this forum is great , brings back a flood of memories...... proudtiger Oct 23, 09 7:51 pm the bowling alley at the bottom of hackettstown mountain burned down in the early sixties...they always promised to rebuild...there or move to the top of the mountain...it never happened...so now its a park and ride...the more things change the more they stay the same Proudtiger, Arthur was a classmate of my younger sister and I remember that horrible accident very well. And I remember 8/26/77 all too well.......siblings of several friends were lost that day. I still have the newspaper clippings. Then of course, two significant fires in town: Williams and Hilber and the Main St. Fire that displaced the Farrells from above the bakery among others. The Christmas tree on an island on Grand Avenue near the Post Office. Sledding down Cook St during a snowstorm. Playing kickball in the street (not too many cars around!!) WALKING (OMG) to school in any weather. Hackettstown was a great place to grow up in. JJ Newberries was my favorite place to shop when I was a child. The counter's contents were pretty impressive when I could just see over the top of them. My most memorable present was Blue Waltz" perfume which I pruchased for my mom when I was about 7 or 8. I loved the aroma and the heart-shaped bottle. As a young adult I was surprised to see that Newberries still sold it. How about the fish tanks downstairs at Tank Town , the rope swing over the Musconetcong river at the bend near the tennis courts,the tank near the Lackawawanna railroad that contained plastic that we would toss araound, the steep short cut down to the RR tracks behind St. Marys school ,Kneckel Fords show room as you walked home from school, the fire station birch beer after the Memorial Day parade, the sound of deer hunting around Buck Hill on opening day, the ski shop across from Mc Donalds, getting out of class at HHS because of bomb scares, the Dixie Kidds marching band from the elementary school, the stocked Trout Brook at Main St.,Hess Station madness during gas rationing according to license plates,the funky ponds behing the old Lackawanna leather factory, the wooden floors of the hardware store on Main St., the ever present owners of Dad and Lad , being forced to get new clothes at Leonards, Rockaway sales when they had a great fishing department, buying truck tubes at the old Sinclair gas station, and on and on BobR. Dec 15, 09 11:01 am I've been trying to remember the name of a store at Hackettstown Mall back in the early 80"s. It was across from the Rite Aid, an early " dollar store type" that sold all kinds of odds and ends. Any ideas? Daemarts. I worked there. That was the most funniest and hardest job I ever had
I think one of my very favorite memories of growing up in Hackettstown was being sent to the Hardware Store to pick up something for my Dad.....the creaky floors and the smells.....and all the different things to look at! Nothing like it anywhere else!! (Thanks Mr. Novak! :) to waybill ; I will provide a few hints . Were you a graduate of HHS near 1975 ? I have the same last name of a Middle School teacher (at my time , there was only one school unless you counted fifth grade class over at the Community Center on main street - because of overcrowding) who taught over 30 years and always sixth grade... and have an older brother who set the HHS high hurdle record of 15.4 seconds (back when everything was in yards)....the quarterback of our senior team at HHS lived over Cavanaughs at one time and I was the starting fullback. Bob i know who you are...i grew up about 3 blocks from you...and i knew your brother and dad too...the picture i posted is the area where the plastic pellets were offloaded from the rail cars...the pellets were used by Cooke Color Chemical in manufacturing ...the plant later relocated to mansfield township...where they built a siding for direct offloading...the picture dates to 1969...i still remember all the piles of leaked plastic pellets all along the railroad tracks...the site in the picture is now Hackettstowns NJ transit passenger station...glad you liked the picture waybill, I have to tell you that I can't get enough of your pictures. If you are ever inclined to stop posting them, please don't! Does the Erie Lackawanna Railroad still exist ? I remember the railraoad company offloading cars at Tickners spur. I recall that old train station , but I can not recall ever seeing it used. Bergen Tool also had a railroad spur. I believe that there was some type of switch on the tracks above M and Ms. What was the main cargo of the Erie Lackawanna that passed through town ?
waybill and begin after finnigan....nice to hear from friends and neighbors....I miss it up there.....I have been in Phila now near 30 years...Bob Rotermund(use to live on East Valley View)......I enjoy reading about the past and history of H Town and area. Quite a book about H Town could be put together with the information brought forward on this site. Finnigan, If you read the hints he gave a few posts, up, it's "Bob R." His father taught 6th grade forever in the Middle School, that totally gives it away. I know who you are, Bob. you were a senior when I was a junior, we were on the same football team, coached, by "Sass", "Seniore" and "Marty O". deviljet Jan 28, 10 9:52 am Mr. Rotermund was one of my favorite teachers in all the years of school in Hackettstown. :)
Thanks LV for kind words about Dad. Bill , I remember the well manicured Mooney house on Valley View. Tom Sharpe was a friend , kept in touch up until about when he went into the Air Force years ago.The family had that corner property towards Trout Brook. Bill Skinner was a good friend of my brothers. Didn't Skinner own the old ARCO gas station on Main Street for awhile ? Nice to hear from you Deviljet; I guess we shared some good times at old Morrison's Field. They tore down our club house. I guess you were also running in the Musconetcong River at the sand bar during our double sessions. This post has been going on for over a year - great stuff! By now I've figured out who most of you are. Longtime Tiger Feb 3, 10 10:29 pm
Waybill - McFly Feb 5, 10 9:43 am Bob - McFly Feb 5, 10 3:26 pm
I have very fond memories of Hackettstown from when I was a child. When I was a young teen there were certain shops and stores we went to. Does anyone remember the following shops. Allen's Hardware; The Cottage (great malts); Hagaman's Shell Station; The barber shop (which still had a working pot belly stove ) around the corner from the Clarenden Inn where Chef Willi Putz reigned supreme; Peoples National Bank; and the bakery run by two german women with hot, fresh cheese bread and fresh rye (w/o seeds if you please). Anyone care to guess when all this was? Is Carvel still there? from what you say...my guess is your memories date to the late 50s early 60s...i dont remember Allen hardware...in my time it may have been Hackettstown hardware...my dad was a customer of Hagamans shell...its still a shell station...but ed hagaman left many years ago...ed hagaman is still living near hackettstown...the barbershop you speak of had to be Lockards...next to the Flock building...The Putz brothers were probably the last people to run the Clarendon right and make money off of it...Peoples National bank closed and moved by stiger street...now Bank of America...i dont remember Carvel...but a new Carvel...opened on stiger street...and has already closed...the only bakery i knew from then was Farrells bakery...and they had very good baked goods... Waybill, you are pretty close in the era. We had a summer home in Budd Lake and also went there in the winter as well. The time period was 1944 to 1964. I moved in 1962 to Alabama and we sold our home in Budd Lake in 1964. I brought my wife to Hackettstown several times in the 1970's and she loved it. Just good memories. Now you have me thinking about the small sandy beach and swimming at Budd Lake near the smorgasbord(sp) restaurant just off route 46. Does anyone recall that German Restaurant on the corner across from the lake ? It later reopened as a Chinese Restaurant. What is it now ? Is Budd Lake still known for its good Pike fishing ? bob...the german restaurant you mention was the HOF BRAU...that closed...and the chinese restaurant is still there to this day...the part of the raritan river you mention flows out of the west end of budd lake...it meets up with several tributaries and later flows through long valley...making its way to the main raritan river...yes we know about the lakes you mention...and they are treasures...but you have left out some very nice lakes known only to locals...who remembers when some prankster dumped dead sharks into Budd Lake...and everybody was scared to swim there ...this happened back in the 70s... Budd Lake was (supposedly) the head waters of the Raritan. When we turned right off Rt 46 from NYC, we first crossed a small bridge under which flowed the waters of the lake on their way to the river. Immediately after crossing the bridge we were on Manor House Rd. We lived on Babs Rd (now Place?) which was one street below Manor House just off Sand Shore. just below our street there was Jack Sartoris' farm and huge concrete barn. I was good friens with his son Lee. I forgot to add that the "Wigwam" was on 46 near the Municipal Building, and our beach was on the North side of the lake near what is now a preserve. I don't know if it's mentioned anywhere on this thread but does anyone remember the little mt.bethel ski area,late 60's or early 70's. Ice fishing and ice boating are two vivid memories I have of Budd Lake. I tried ice fishing once, got way too cold, and decided to leave it to my dad and his friends. I wondered how fast the iceboats were going as they skimmed along. My dad said sitting so close to the ice made the speed seem even faster to the iceboater. I did iceskate on the area in front of the municipal building. It was a large enough area to allow quite a few skaters at once. i remember Mt bethel ski area very well...i drive by the closed ski area quite often...the building for the cable lift is still there...the actual slope is very overgrown...the place is right near the old church at the intersection of snyder road and mt bethel road...one more bit of trivia...the ski lift was powered by model T ford engines...at the bottom of the slope was a lodge where they had hot chocolate and food...that place has been closed for many years I remember the ski area in Mt Bethel there was a A-frame building by the road My brother and I skied (sp?) at the Mt Bethel ski hill many years ago. I remember that the Ski Patrol was there to help us. That darn rope tow stopped and started without warning and today I have shoulder problems because it jerked so hard when it started once. Everytime I see the A frame building on Mt Bethel road I remember the good times we had and how my father used to wait at the rope tow for us to quit to go home. Leave a ReplyTo comment on this topic, fill out the form below. If you would like to comment privately, you may click on the envelope next to the posters name if they provided an email address. |
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