08-17-2009
( Reply#: 3611 ) |
BobK |
Marnye's was on the NW corner and was always a Standard station. My Uncles first garage was a few doors north of there at the back of a house. I'm a bit fuzzy on the SE corner. I seem to remember at one time there was a carpet or flooring store before White Castle moved there? An wasn't there a cleaners on the SW corner? |
08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3614 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by BobK
Marnye's was on the NW corner and was always a Standard station. My Uncles first garage was a few doors north of there at the back of a house. I'm a bit fuzzy on the SE corner. I seem to remember at one time there was a carpet or flooring store before White Castle moved there? An wasn't there a cleaners on the SW corner?
Bob:
I think you are thinking about Enoch's Standard. It was on the NW corner of Cleveland and Calumet, just across Cleveland from the old Burger's store.
I think you might be right about there having been a dry cleaners on the SW side of Calumet and 165th.
Tom |
08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3615 ) |
BobK |
I don't think so Tom. The one across the street from Burger's was just a little station while the one at the NW corner of Calumet and 165th was large with pumps on the Calumet side and also on 165th. I used to spend a lot of time at the little restaurant a block west of the station. The Shell station was on the NE corner and later became a transmission repair shop. The guy had a transmission repair shop in Valparaiso too.
Bob
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08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3616 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by BobK
I don't think so Tom. The one across the street from Burger's was just a little station while the one at the NW corner of Calumet and 165th was large with pumps on the Calumet side and also on 165th. I used to spend a lot of time at the little restaurant a block west of the station. The Shell station was on the NE corner and later became a transmission repair shop. The guy had a transmission repair shop in Valparaiso too.
Bob
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OK, Bob. Like I said, I have no recollection of the Shell station ever being anything but a shell station, so you must be right about Marnye's being on the NW corner. That makes the "even" number address make more sense, if Marnye's was on the NW corner of the intersection, instead of being on the NE corner, like the Shell station was.
Now help me with this, Bob. I cannot remember there EVER being a gas station on the NW corner, so Marnye's was gone before the times that I can remember. Do you know when they shut down? It seems that I can remember my barber shop being very near, but not right on, that corner.
Now, tell me more about that restaurant one block west of that station. I can vaguely remember that place. I think that is where I had my first cherry coke.
Tom |
08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3617 ) |
BobK |
There is still a station on that corner but the old one is gone. I think it has been fairly recent that they took the old one down but I'm not over that way very often. If you Google Earth it you can see the new one. Van's was between Marnye's and the restaurant. There is a funeral home directly across 165th from the restaurant
I don't remember much about the restaurant as it was in my early and pre-teens. I think there was a real estate office that shared the building, both were very narrow. I went to Christian Fellowship Church on the corner of 165th and Jackson. Further down 165th just east of Hohman was a favorite, Prince Castle.
Bob
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08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3618 ) |
ChuckR |
Having lived in the 6600 block of Jefferson I got gas at Marneys many many times for 32 cents/gal or less. I used to play with Barry whose grandparents owned the small grocery store on SW corner of Calumet and 165th. We would take empty pop bottles from the outside, rear of the store and turn them in at the front counter for the 2 and 5 cent deposits...not that grandma or grandpa didn't know what we were doing, do you think? Next to the grocery store going South was Waddy's run by the elderly Mr/Mrs Waddy. Mr. Mack ran the IGA store and totaled ones purchase by hand/pencil on the paper bag before filling it. A variety store came next which we called "Dirty Annies" and then Borden's Rexall where I spent many a time reading comics for free until Mr. Ruben Borden would run me out until the next time. I loved to get a cherry phosphate or chocolate cola at the fountain. Bowl Era came next,run by Sid Rodkin and, until he took over the 2nd floor there was a roller rink there. Across from Bowl Era was Fruitland and next to Bowl Era came the old VFW hall followed by Rogan's Monuments just before Vine St. and Calumet Avenue. This area was my stomping grounds for many a year. |
08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3619 ) |
BobK |
Thanks Chuck for making the picture in my mind clearer. I used to skate above Bowl Era and I watched an Uncle bowl a 299 in match play upstairs after the skating was taken over by more lanes.
Bob
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08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3622 ) |
Tom J |
This is GOOD STUFF! It's what I have been waiting for ever since I joined Sheptalk! I have truly enjoyed the reminiscing of the Hessville folks, but I have been hoping for some folks from my part of Hammond to show up.
You know, this discussion is really helping me get a more complete image of the area at 165th and Calumet. You would think I could name every single business and give you all kinds of details about them, since I grew up only two short blocks from that intersection, but too many years have gone by, and I need these "refreshers."
Please, Bob and Chuck, keep this discussion going!
I am beginning to get a mental image of Marnye's Standard now. Maybe it is just the power of suggestion, but then again maybe I am tapping into some deeply implanted memories.
There is one of those "no personality" convenience store/gas stations where Marnye's used to be. I believe it is a BP station.
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08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3623 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by BobK
There is still a station on that corner but the old one is gone. I think it has been fairly recent that they took the old one down but I'm not over that way very often. If you Google Earth it you can see the new one. Van's was between Marnye's and the restaurant. There is a funeral home directly across 165th from the restaurant
I don't remember much about the restaurant as it was in my early and pre-teens. I think there was a real estate office that shared the building, both were very narrow. I went to Christian Fellowship Church on the corner of 165th and Jackson. Further down 165th just east of Hohman was a favorite, Prince Castle.
Bob
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Was there a retaining wall with embedded sea shells between Marnye's and Van's Barber Shop?
All this time I was thinking that Van's was on Calumet, but now, since you have said it was between Marnye's and that little restaurant, it does seem right that it was on 165th, not on Calumet.
Man, how can a person's memory get so twisted? I was once SO familiar with that intersection!
The more I think about it, the clearer the memory of Marnye's Standard is becoming, now that I know that it was on the NW corner of the intersection and not on the NE corner.
Thanks Bob and Chuck!
Tom |
08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3624 ) |
ChuckR |
I believe the retaining wall was on the west side of Marnye's along 165th. Living down in 6600 block of Jefferson, we called 165th as being Standard Avenue and it was serviced for a while by bus #6;thus, I could take #1, #2 or #6 bus and be very short walking distance from home. I also recall the bakery just south of Burgers, called Switzer's which was frequented quite often and, of course, the little gas station on the corner just north of Burgers.
At the intersection of Jefferson and Standard Ave (165th) was a church (don't recall denomination) and across street on same side was Huber's Funeral Home where I had the misfortune of being a pall bearer at age 12 for a little boy on our block that was attempting to cross the new Calumet Expressway on his bike and was struck and killed. Across the street on the north side was the little restaurant all have mentioned and, sharing the same building next door a photography studio which was either related to Bodie or Johnny Wauro, one or the other. Prince Castle farther west was mentioned which stood next to Van Senus Texaco on corner of Hohman & 165th. Best orange ice I've ever tasted from Prince Castle...used to buy in what they called bricks vs today's 1/2 gal cartons. What was name of cemetery and grade school on NE & NW corner of Hohman & 165th? |
08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3625 ) |
BobK |
Kenwood School and Oak Hill Cemetary http://www.hammondindiana.com/history/oakhill.htm
Bob
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08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3627 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by ChuckR
I believe the retaining wall was on the west side of Marnye's along 165th. Living down in 6600 block of Jefferson, we called 165th as being Standard Avenue and it was serviced for a while by bus #6;thus, I could take #1, #2 or #6 bus and be very short walking distance from home. I also recall the bakery just south of Burgers, called Switzer's which was frequented quite often and, of course, the little gas station on the corner just north of Burgers.
At the intersection of Jefferson and Standard Ave (165th) was a church (don't recall denomination) and across street on same side was Huber's Funeral Home where I had the misfortune of being a pall bearer at age 12 for a little boy on our block that was attempting to cross the new Calumet Expressway on his bike and was struck and killed. Across the street on the north side was the little restaurant all have mentioned and, sharing the same building next door a photography studio which was either related to Bodie or Johnny Wauro, one or the other. Prince Castle farther west was mentioned which stood next to Van Senus Texaco on corner of Hohman & 165th. Best orange ice I've ever tasted from Prince Castle...used to buy in what they called bricks vs today's 1/2 gal cartons. What was name of cemetery and grade school on NE & NW corner of Hohman & 165th?
Yes, Chuck, that's how I remember it, now that I have Marnye's in the right place in my memory. The retaining wall was on the west side of the gas station. Was there a flight of stairs that you had to go up to get into the barber shop? Not sure about that, but I sort of think there was.
Man, I had not heard 165th street referred to as "Standard Avenue" in probably 50 years. I would have never remembered that it was called that, if you had not mentioned it.
Oh, I knew Sweitzer's Bakery on the south side of Burger's Super Market VERY well. The ladies there called me their "Brownie Boy." I LOVED their chocolate brownies with thick chocolate icing.
I also remember Enoch's Standard on the NW corner of Cleveland and Calumet. My dad gave them his business for tires and stuff.
Was that church you are trying to think of the E.U.B. Church? (Evangelical United Brethren) A friend of mine went to that church, and I attended as a visitor a time or two.
I sure wish someone could think of the name of that little restaurant on 165th that we have all mentioned. Wasn't there also a small business that sold meat real close to that restaurant?
Tom
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08-18-2009
( Reply#: 3629 ) |
BobK |
I don't remember it Tom but it could have been next door to the restaurant. I see on Google Earth that the building next door has been removed and replaced with a parking lot.
Bob
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08-19-2009
( Reply#: 3630 ) |
Tom J |
Hey, you Hessville peeps feel free to jump in here, too. Some of you may have done business at some of the establishments in this part of Hammond or might have been familiar with this area for some other reason.
Tomster |
08-19-2009
( Reply#: 3641 ) |
ChuckR |
I believe the meat market you remember was a few blocks further west on 165th and was Smith's Meat Market...went to high school with Smitty who ran it later on. Guess the name of the restaurant is escaping all of us. At one time I recall Stamos Florists had a retail store there but, this was much later. It was run by Paula Stamos whose husband Jerry had passed away. What happened at the Huber's funeral home? Wasn't the last owner caught up in having bodies in the basement that should have been buried?? |
08-19-2009
( Reply#: 3642 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by ChuckR
I believe the meat market you remember was a few blocks further west on 165th and was Smith's Meat Market...went to high school with Smitty who ran it later on. Guess the name of the restaurant is escaping all of us. At one time I recall Stamos Florists had a retail store there but, this was much later. It was run by Paula Stamos whose husband Jerry had passed away. What happened at the Huber's funeral home? Wasn't the last owner caught up in having bodies in the basement that should have been buried??
I don't know anything about Huber's Funeral Home, but I have been away from Hammond since 1971.
We gotta keep workin' on the name of that restaurant!
Tom |
08-19-2009
( Reply#: 3643 ) |
wvcogs |
Tom - Pick a year and check with Rich Lytle at the Hammond Public Library. He should be able to send you copies of the 165th St. and Calumet Avenue pages from the Hammond City Directory for that year. I got copies of the Kennedy Avenue pages for three or four different years from him. He will send them in the mail, not by email. I have a copy of the 1971 directory, but figure that is too late for what you want. If not, let me know and I will get some .jpg files on Photobucket. By the way, it never hurts to send a check payable to Hammond Public Library for 5 or 10 bucks to help with the research fee. (Do you have Rich's email address?)
The only Huber's Funeral Home I know about was, or still is, located at 171st and Kennedy. Warren Huber, the son of the founder and a 1959 graduate of Morton, died a year ago. I understand that Warren did not continue in the family business.
Ken... |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3644 ) |
BobK |
I know the funeral home but I don't know the name and I can't find it on the internet. My boyhood friend's Father was buried through that home at the corner of Jefferson and 165th. It's directly across 165th from the restaurant of which we can't think of the name.
Bob
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08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3645 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
Tom - Pick a year and check with Rich Lytle at the Hammond Public Library. He should be able to send you copies of the 165th St. and Calumet Avenue pages from the Hammond City Directory for that year. I got copies of the Kennedy Avenue pages for three or four different years from him. He will send them in the mail, not by email. I have a copy of the 1971 directory, but figure that is too late for what you want. If not, let me know and I will get some .jpg files on Photobucket. By the way, it never hurts to send a check payable to Hammond Public Library for 5 or 10 bucks to help with the research fee. (Do you have Rich's email address?)
The only Huber's Funeral Home I know about was, or still is, located at 171st and Kennedy. Warren Huber, the son of the founder and a 1959 graduate of Morton, died a year ago. I understand that Warren did not continue in the family business.
Ken...
Oh, WOW, Ken, I didn't know you could do that! THANKS! They published a city directory yearly? I will give Rich a call today.
Would they have the same thing for Downtown Hammond?
I will gladly make a donation to the library for those pictures.
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3646 ) |
wvcogs |
Tom,
Sorry, no pictures, just a listing. I'm not sure about yearly, but very frequently and goes way back. The directory covers every street in Hammond. The book is at least a couple inches thick.
Ken |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3647 ) |
wvcogs |
Bob,
You're right, it was C J Huber Funeral Home. The one in Hessville was Virgil Huber Funeral Home.
In 1971 there was a Ritz Snack Bar across the street.
Ken... |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3648 ) |
BobK |
Businesses used them to verify addresses of customers or find them. It's in sections of cross reference, Name, Address, Phone number.
Bob
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08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3649 ) |
BobK |
Ken, I wonder if they are no longer in business. It was C.J. Huber Funeral Home, 722 165th Street.
I found the following in an article on the internet:
A similar incident occurred in 1999, when the decomposing body of an elderly man was found in the basement of C.J. Huber Funeral Home in Hammond, four months after it had been sent there for cremation. The owner's undertaker's license had expired in 1994 and the state license had expired in 1996.
Bob
[img]http://home.comcast.net/~rkekeis/Bob1.jpg[/img] |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3650 ) |
wvcogs |
Bob and Tom,
Did you see my updated post about the Ritz Snack Bar at 721?
Ken... |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3651 ) |
Tom J |
Ken:
Do those city directories include any pictures?
Oh, and, yes, I believe I have Rich's Email address, but I think I will just give him a call. He's a super good guy and has been very helpful to me in the past.
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3652 ) |
Tom J |
THAT'S IT!
Ken, THANK YOU! The Ritz Snack Bar is the place we have been trying to identify!
I didn't see your post about "no pictures" in the city directory until after I had posted to ask if there were any.
Ken, thanks so much for your contributions in this thread!!!
Tom
P.S.
You know, I think that maybe LOTS of folks around here would love to be able to view some of those pages in the 1971 City Directory, if you would like to scan some of them, upload them to your photo hosting site, and then link them here. I know it would be a lot of trouble, but I do believe lots of folks would make use of them. |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3654 ) |
BobK |
Ah Ha! The Ritz. Thanks. |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3656 ) |
wvcogs |
I'll get those pages up later this morning. Ken.. |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3657 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
I'll get those pages up later this morning. Ken..
Oh, Ken, that would be great!
I know you can't scan and post the whole directory, but maybe you could do that for the main business district of Hessville and for Downtown Hammond. Of course, I would like to see the businesses listed for the intersection of 165th and Calumet and for a couple blocks in all directions from that intersection. If it wouldn't be to much trouble, it would be cool to see what businesses were showing on Calumet Avenue between 165th and State Street, which would include Hammond High, Maid-Rite, the old Dairy Queen, and some other places. If I am asking too much, I will understand, Ken. Just do what you feel like doing.
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3658 ) |
BobK |
Ken, I think you better mail it to Tom.[:D]
Bob
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08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3659 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by BobK
Ken, I think you better mail it to Tom.[:D]
Bob
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Yeah! Duplicate that sucker and send me a copy of the whole thing!
[:D] |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3660 ) |
Tom J |
Ken:
I have just spoken with Richard Lytle, and he is going to fix me up with some pages from the directory.
If you don't mind, I still think it would be a good idea to publish some of the pages you have. I'll bet others here would make good use of them.
I will be very glad to publish my pages, once I get them from Richard.
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3661 ) |
wvcogs |
Tom, et al.
I put a dozen or so pages of the directory on Webshots.com. You can find them here: [url="http://news.webshots.com/album/574216852OGenKO?vhost=news"]Hammond 1971 Directory Pages[/url] .
Click on the thumbnail; click on the page view; click on "full screen;" then enlarge. You should be able to read the directory easily.
If your not on Webshots, go ahead and sign up. It's free.
Ken... |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3662 ) |
Tom J |
Unfortunately, Webshots is filtered out here at work. I'll check them out when I get home.
We could actually have a thread here dedicated to those directory pages and make them show up as images instead of just posting links. Photobucket.com allows hot linking, and that's where I have a lot of my pictures hosted. I think that is how I will post mine when I get them from Richard.
Thanks a bunch, Ken!
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3663 ) |
Tom J |
There might be a problem in doing what I just said. The images may need to be blown up too big for the space we are provided in the message body in order to be readable. I might try one when I get them from Richard just to see how they would look.
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3664 ) |
wvcogs |
Here's the link to the Photobucket album for those who would like to see the pages.
Ken
[url="http://photobucket.com/Hammond1971CityDirectory"]Hammond Directory on Photobucket[/url] |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3665 ) |
Tom J |
Ken:
Photobucket is also filtered out by our illustrious IT Department. I'll check them out tonight.
But... if you think a page would be readable and still fit within the normal space for a post, could you try to hot link one of those puppies and make it show up in a post? I think you could go as high as maybe 600 x 900 and keep the post to a reasonable size. If it turns out to be too big, you could just delete it. Just make sure you do it in a post that is not the first post in a new thread, because you cannot go back in and edit or delete the first post in a thread.
Tom |
08-20-2009
( Reply#: 3666 ) |
Tom J |
Ken:
I checked out those directory pages. I think I ended up checking them all.
Those things are great for reference! I should have waited until I looked at those before asking Richard for mine, because I think there will be a lot of duplication.
Well, yours are from 1971, and I asked Richard for pages from the 1965 directory, give or take a couple years, so I guess it's good that I made my request after all.
I think I will add my little neighborhood's streets to my request to Richard. I was mainly thinking of businesses, but it would be cool to have the names of every family in my neighborhood.
Thanks a bunch, Ken!
Tom |
08-22-2009
( Reply#: 3668 ) |
Tom J |
Too quiet in here. Seems like since this thread got going, no one is posting anywhere else.
Come on Peeps, let's POST!
Tomster
Ken:
Do you know how a guy could get hold of one of those old Hammond City Directories? I would love to have a complete copy of one from the early to mid 60s.
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08-22-2009
( Reply#: 3669 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
Ken:
Do you know how a guy could get hold of one of those old Hammond City Directories? I would love to have a complete copy of one from the early to mid 60s.
Tom - Just by luck I got this one on eBay.
Ken... |
08-23-2009
( Reply#: 3670 ) |
Tom J |
Ken (or anyone else):
If you find out how to get a copy of a Hammond City Directory from the 1960s, PLEASE, let me know.
Maybe I will get lucky on eBay like you did, Ken.
Thanks.
Tom |
08-25-2009
( Reply#: 3675 ) |
Tom J |
I called Rich at the library today to see if he could tell me where I might be able to buy a copy of a Hammond city directory from the 1960s. He told me that he didn't know of any place, but he said he has copied all the pages that I asked for and will be getting them in the mail right away. He had the 1965 directory, which was my top choice of years, so that's what he used. I can hardly wait to get those pages in the mail!
Tom
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12-22-2009
( Reply#: 4265 ) |
jonjen |
I lived in the 6700 block of Madison in the late 1950's and 1960's and remember the area well. I'd forgotten the name of the store Waddy's (a strange place with that low, shiny black counter and old toys). I remember the Jew's as more of a grocery store. I remenber men coming in for "cold potatoes" on Sundays. <chuckle> I don't know if there is a connection, but Silver Cleaners, sitting diagonally on that SW corner next ot the Jew's, was owned by the Silvermans, who were Jewish and lived on my block. I don't remember the fruit market. All that was left there when I was hanging out there was a garage sized, coin operated ice machine that dispensed big blocks of ice, in an empty gravel lot.
I worked a summer and weekends at the Holiday Car Wash (SE corner) in the mid 60's pumping gas and helping in the wash. On sunny weekends in the winter there were sometimes 50+ cars waiting for a wash. I had the thankless job of keeping track of whose turn it was. Some customers got really angry thinking they'd been passed over!
Did yuu know a guy called Pepper Roda? He lived in the area NE of the corner. |
12-22-2009
( Reply#: 4266 ) |
jonjen |
Now help me with this, Bob. I cannot remember there EVER being a gas station on the NW corner, so Marnye's was gone before the times that I can remember. Do you know when they shut down? It seems that I can remember my barber shop being very near, but not right on, that corner.
The NW corner was a Standard Oil, then Amoco Station when I lived there and Van's barber shop was just to the North of the gas station.
Now, tell me more about that restaurant one block west of that station. I can vaguely remember that place. I think that is where I had my first cherry coke.
I also barely remember the resturant a block west on the north side of 165th, but remember having my first cherry coke at Waddy's in little coke glasses with little or no ice.
Tom
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12-23-2009
( Reply#: 4270 ) |
BobK |
Jonjen, the Standard station is the one that was on the NW corner (see post card at top of thread) and I don't know when they tore it down and built the new one without the service bays. Yes, the barbershop was next to the station on 165th and the restaurant was on the NW corner of 165th and Jefferson.
Bob
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12-23-2009
( Reply#: 4272 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by jonjen
I lived in the 6700 block of Madison in the late 1950's and 1960's and remember the area well. I'd forgotten the name of the store Waddy's (a strange place with that low, shiny black counter and old toys). I remember the Jew's as more of a grocery store. I remenber men coming in for "cold potatoes" on Sundays. <chuckle> I don't know if there is a connection, but Silver Cleaners, sitting diagonally on that SW corner next ot the Jew's, was owned by the Silvermans, who were Jewish and lived on my block. I don't remember the fruit market. All that was left there when I was hanging out there was a garage sized, coin operated ice machine that dispensed big blocks of ice, in an empty gravel lot.
I worked a summer and weekends at the Holiday Car Wash (SE corner) in the mid 60's pumping gas and helping in the wash. On sunny weekends in the winter there were sometimes 50+ cars waiting for a wash. I had the thankless job of keeping track of whose turn it was. Some customers got really angry thinking they'd been passed over!
Did yuu know a guy called Pepper Roda? He lived in the area NE of the corner.
Oh, yeah, I sure do know Pepper Rodda! Pepper lived on Crescent Place where it intersects at an angle with Woodward Avenue, my old street. Because of the angle of Crescent Place with respect to Woodward, if you were looking out the front window of Pepper's house, you would be looking right at my house.
Pepper was a couple years older than I, and his brother, Jimmy, was a year older than Pepper. I inherited the neighborhood Hammond Times route from the Roddas.
Pepper is a yacht broker in Florida now. I hear from him every so often. I "tracked him down" via the Internet a couple years ago after not having heard from him in probably 35 years.
I used to go to Van's Barber Shop for my haircuts, too.
Tom
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12-28-2009
( Reply#: 4332 ) |
jonjen |
Oh, yeah, I sure do know Pepper Rodda!
I inherited the neighborhood Hammond Times route from the Roddas.
Pepper is a yacht broker in Florida now.
Pepper worked at the Holiday Car Wash when I did for a short time. It doesn't surprise me that he is a yacht broker now. He was an agressive guy. The boss left a big cardboard carton of give-away plastic bags to hang in the customers cars in the office and we punched it full of holes with our fists.......the boss was pissed. I was also with Pepper the only time I ever hopped a freight train. We had been out hanging flyers on neighborhood doorknobs on a slow day at the wash and ended up down near 173rd and Harrison. We jumped a slow train in the Monon yard and rode it north to 165th.
I got my Times route (165th Street from Hohman to Calumet, both sides) from Terry Rogan (his family ran the monument business on Calumet south of Bowl-Era). That would have been 1963 or so. Remember collecting and then settling up on Saturdays at the Times building downtown? |
12-28-2009
( Reply#: 4337 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by jonjen
Oh, yeah, I sure do know Pepper Rodda!
I inherited the neighborhood Hammond Times route from the Roddas.
Pepper is a yacht broker in Florida now.
Pepper worked at the Holiday Car Wash when I did for a short time. It doesn't surprise me that he is a yacht broker now. He was an agressive guy. The boss left a big cardboard carton of give-away plastic bags to hang in the customers cars in the office and we punched it full of holes with our fists.......the boss was pissed. I was also with Pepper the only time I ever hopped a freight train. We had been out hanging flyers on neighborhood doorknobs on a slow day at the wash and ended up down near 173rd and Harrison. We jumped a slow train in the Monon yard and rode it north to 165th.
I got my Times route (165th Street from Hohman to Calumet, both sides) from Terry Rogan (his family ran the monument business on Calumet south of Bowl-Era). That would have been 1963 or so. Remember collecting and then settling up on Saturdays at the Times building downtown?
Oh, man, would I LOVE to exchange some Emails with you! You did not give contact info in your profile, though. Would you please send me an Email by going to my profile and using the "send user an Email" feature there?
I sure do remember collecting and then going to the Times office on Fayette Street downtown on Saturdays to pay my bill.
Hey, your route's eastern end at Calumet and 165th Street was the southwestern corner of my route! I had the houses on the east side of Calumet for the 6300 and 6400 blocks, the same two blocks of Euclid Avenue, the 6400 block (the ONLY block) of Woodward Avenue, the single block of Crescent Place, and the two or three houses on Cleveland Street between Euclid and Woodward.
Hey, I can fix you up with contact info on Pepper if you send me an Email.
Tom |
12-28-2009
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Yes, that Standard station was replaced with an Amoco version sometime in the 1970s. In addition, there were other similar Amoco stations built around the same time: on on the SW corner of Columbia Ave. and 169th St., one on the NW corner of Indianapolis Blvd. and 169th, and one on the NW corner of Kennedy Ave. and 169th. For some unknown reason, these stations were all closed within the past few years.
There are a few functioning gas stations on these streets between the Borman Expy. and 169th. North of here there are virtually none until one enters North-Central Hammond and/or East Chicago. It seems odd that there is such a distance that one must travel to find a gas station! More city planners' "wisdom"? [8]
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Originally posted by BobK
Jonjen, the Standard station is the one that was on the NW corner (see post card at top of thread) and I don't know when they tore it down and built the new one without the service bays. Yes, the barbershop was next to the station on 165th and the restaurant was on the NW corner of 165th and Jefferson.
Bob
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