Here's an article that was posted on The Daily Record's website today that
touches on some of the things that have been mentioned in these emails:?
?
Also, because this year is the bicentennial in Wooster, they have been
having a series of articles on Wooster history.
?
Chuck
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Pat,
where exactly are you?? We are planning a trip that way in late Sept or
early Oct and would love to stop if you will be there then.
?
Have a GREAT DAY!
Keith Goudy
Rotary
Club of Pflugerville
512-590-2832
keith.goudy@...
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Oh Freedlanders!?? I can't say I remember Santa but I
remember standing in line on Dollar Days and getting up?early to be
there and almost?being trampled and clawed by women trying to grab
the bargains from the tables.?? I remember shopping?there
for my Easter dress one year and I got a formal for the prom on
the?same day.?? I know that each item was 25$ and I felt
really special to think that there was 50$ spent on me in one
day.?? I also got my first bra there............ I am
sure you want to know that!? And Wm Annat's.? That was a great
store with a great elevator!?? I remember buying lots of my
winter clothes there and also hankies for my gram who collected
them.? There there was Isleys where they had great pineapple
sundae's.?? Gone are the days! ? I am sorry that so many
of the mom and pop stores are going by the wayside as the super marts
have taken over.?? But I am thankful that we all grew up in
such a great era and got to enjoy the good life.?
?
For those of you who I did not email here is the latest
news...........we have bought another home back in the mountains of
N GA.?? It was a great buy and a blessing as it came with a
lovely creek and a cabin that was built in 2002.?? Only about
1000 sq ft so I guess we will downsize again.? Its a good thing to
do as we age you know.?? So ya all come by and sit a spell by
the creek.?? Now to decided what to do with the FL
home.?? As my daughter Amber said "Congratulations to my crazy
parents on their yet another new home".?? The girls think we
are gypsy's and I guess they could be right.? We have moved 5 times
in the last 10 years but it has kept us entertained.?? We hope
to have many happy years here by the creek and also to plant a garden in
the spring.?? I think it is a good thing to work towards
becoming self sufficient as our food sources are becoming more
questionable each year.???I don't look forward to the
move but guess it will keep us young.?? We are about a 15
minute drive to TN and also to NC.?? After living here for 6
years I guess it just called us to come back.? I hope to post some
pictures when I get back to my home
computer...................
?
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Message-------
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Date: 8/1/2008
5:53:17 PM
Subject: [dalton59]
Re: Freedlanders
?
Chuck:
I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I
was probably
the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have
felt sorry for
me because he always came through with some cool
Christmas gifts
(erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel
trains, yellow
trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds,
etc.).
Freedlanders was a big deal back then. I remember the long
trips
from Dalton to Wooster to go to a big city department store.
Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is soon to be toast.
It's
amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller cities have lost
their
department stores years ago.
Adios, Freedlanders.
The
Weaselmeister
-- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Chuck Meier" ...>
wrote:
>
>
Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do
it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is
closing after the holiday season. There was an article on the Daily
Record website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the
store
several years ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made
the
decision to close it.
>
> The building will be
demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be
erected.
>
> That's the end of an era.
>
>
Chuck
>
? |
|
|
Oh Freedlanders!?? I can't say I remember Santa but I remember standing in line on Dollar Days and getting up?early to be there and almost?being trampled and clawed by women trying to grab the bargains from the tables.?? I remember shopping?there for my Easter dress one year and I got a formal for the prom on the?same day.?? I know that each item was 25$ and I felt really special to think that there was 50$ spent on me in one day.?? I also got my first bra there............ I am sure you want to know that!? And Wm Annat's.? That was a great store with a great elevator!?? I remember buying lots of my winter clothes there and also hankies for my gram who collected them.? There there was Isleys where they had great pineapple sundae's.?? Gone are the days! ? I am sorry that so many of the mom and pop stores are going by the wayside as the super marts have taken over.?? But I am thankful that we all grew up in such a great era and got to enjoy the good life.?
?
For those of you who I did not email here is the latest news...........we have bought another home back in the mountains of N GA.?? It was a great buy and a blessing as it came with a lovely creek and a cabin that was built in 2002.?? Only about 1000 sq ft so I guess we will downsize again.? Its a good thing to do as we age you know.?? So ya all come by and sit a spell by the creek.?? Now to decided what to do with the FL home.?? As my daughter Amber said "Congratulations to my crazy parents on their yet another new home".?? The girls think we are gypsy's and I guess they could be right.? We have moved 5 times in the last 10 years but it has kept us entertained.?? We hope to have many happy years here by the creek and also to plant a garden in the spring.?? I think it is a good thing to work towards becoming self sufficient as our food sources are becoming more questionable each year.???I don't look forward to the move but guess it will keep us young.?? We are about a 15 minute drive to TN and also to NC.?? After living here for 6 years I guess it just called us to come back.? I hope to post some pictures when I get back to my home computer...................
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Date: 8/1/2008 5:53:17 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re: Freedlanders
?
Chuck:
I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I was probably
the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have felt sorry for
me because he always came through with some cool Christmas gifts
(erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel trains, yellow
trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds, etc.).
Freedlanders was a big deal back then. I remember the long trips
from Dalton to Wooster to go to a big city department store.
Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is soon to be toast.
It's amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller cities have lost
their department stores years ago.
Adios, Freedlanders.
The Weaselmeister
-- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Meier" ...>
wrote:
>
> Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is
closing after the holiday season. There was an article on the Daily
Record website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store
several years ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made the
decision to close it.
>
> The building will be demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be erected.
>
> That's the end of an era.
>
> Chuck
>
?
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John & Chuck:
?
Was the downfall of Freedlanders due to Target and
Walmart stores up on the north side of town?? Guess downtown Wooster can't
rely on? poor students at the College of Wooster nor the Amish peopole
driving all the way to Wooster when those two big stores are found in commercial
tourist traps like Kidron, Walnut Creek, etc.
Addie
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:52
PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re:
Freedlanders
Chuck:
I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I was
probably
the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have felt sorry
for
me because he always came through with some cool Christmas gifts
(erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel trains, yellow
trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds, etc.).
Freedlanders was a
big deal back then. I remember the long trips
from Dalton to Wooster to go
to a big city department store.
Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is
soon to be toast.
It's amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller
cities have lost
their department stores years ago.
Adios,
Freedlanders.
The Weaselmeister
-- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Chuck Meier" ...>
wrote:
>
> Did
anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do it again,
you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is
closing after the
holiday season. There was an article on the Daily
Record website that said
that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store
several years ago, found that
it was unsustainable and so made the
decision to close it.
>
> The building will be demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be erected.
>
> That's the end
of an era.
>
> Chuck
>
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John & Chuck:
?
Was the downfall of Freedlanders due to Target and
Walmart stores up on the north side of town?? Guess downtown Wooster can't
rely on? poor students at the College of Wooster nor the Amish peopole
driving all the way to Wooster when those two big stores are found in commercial
tourist traps like Kidron, Walnut Creek, etc.
Addie
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Subject: [dalton59] Re:
Freedlanders
Chuck:
I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I was
probably
the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have felt sorry
for
me because he always came through with some cool Christmas gifts
(erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel trains, yellow
trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds, etc.).
Freedlanders was a
big deal back then. I remember the long trips
from Dalton to Wooster to go
to a big city department store.
Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is
soon to be toast.
It's amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller
cities have lost
their department stores years ago.
Adios,
Freedlanders.
The Weaselmeister
-- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Chuck Meier" ...>
wrote:
>
> Did
anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do it again,
you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is
closing after the
holiday season. There was an article on the Daily
Record website that said
that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store
several years ago, found that
it was unsustainable and so made the
decision to close it.
>
> The building will be demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be erected.
>
> That's the end
of an era.
>
> Chuck
>
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Chuck, thanks for the info re: Freedlanders.?
I'm so sorry to hear of it's demise.? By how many years did Freedlanders
"outlive" The William Annat's Company?? Freedlanders was always our
family's first choice for shopping in Wooster.? Mom and I usually headed
downstairs to the "bargain basement" first.? If we couldn't find what we
needed, we'd head upstairs to finish our shopping.? Remember how they put
the money into a round tube, sent it up to shoot to the "main office" to make
the transaction, the bill and any change were put back into the tube and
returned to the customer.? A shoe shop downtown Indianapolis still has that
paying system.? Except, they use a wire basket hooked on to a rope with
pulley in place of the tube and shoot - which was a forerunner of what many
drive-in banks use today.? Was Mr. Freedlander ahead of his time or
what!
?
Addie
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Subject: [dalton59] Freedlanders
Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders?? If you want to
do it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is closing
after the holiday season.? There was an article on the Daily Record
website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store several years
ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made the decision to close
it.
?
The building will be demolished and in its place a retail/condominium
block will? be erected.
?
That's the end of an era.?
?
Chuck
|
Chuck, thanks for the info re: Freedlanders.?
I'm so sorry to hear of it's demise.? By how many years did Freedlanders
"outlive" The William Annat's Company?? Freedlanders was always our
family's first choice for shopping in Wooster.? Mom and I usually headed
downstairs to the "bargain basement" first.? If we couldn't find what we
needed, we'd head upstairs to finish our shopping.? Remember how they put
the money into a round tube, sent it up to shoot to the "main office" to make
the transaction, the bill and any change were put back into the tube and
returned to the customer.? A shoe shop downtown Indianapolis still has that
paying system.? Except, they use a wire basket hooked on to a rope with
pulley in place of the tube and shoot - which was a forerunner of what many
drive-in banks use today.? Was Mr. Freedlander ahead of his time or
what!
?
Addie
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 7:38
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Subject: [dalton59] Freedlanders
Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders?? If you want to
do it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is closing
after the holiday season.? There was an article on the Daily Record
website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store several years
ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made the decision to close
it.
?
The building will be demolished and in its place a retail/condominium
block will? be erected.
?
That's the end of an era.?
?
Chuck
|
Chuck: I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I was probably the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have felt sorry for me because he always came through with some cool Christmas gifts (erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel trains, yellow trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds, etc.). Freedlanders was a big deal back then. I remember the long trips from Dalton to Wooster to go to a big city department store. Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is soon to be toast. It's amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller cities have lost their department stores years ago. Adios, Freedlanders. The Weaselmeister -- In dalton59@..., "Chuck Meier" <charlesmeier01@...> wrote:
Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is closing after the holiday season. There was an article on the Daily Record website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store several years ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made the decision to close it.
The building will be demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be erected.
That's the end of an era.
Chuck
|
Chuck,
?
Thanks for the info on Freedlanders.? My Grandmother Warnock worked there for many many years.? Another era goes away.
?
Info to the Dalton H.S. 50th reunion bloggers.? We are leaving for the mountains today until August 31.? In the 80's there and 50's at night, today here will hit 113.? We have no blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, boysenberry, or chokeberry.? Will be out of touch until return.? Have a wonderful August and God Bless.? P.S., I turn 68 on the 19th, hah!
?
Lanny
----- Original Message ---- From: Chuck Meier To: dalton59@... Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 4:38:37 AM Subject: [dalton59] Freedlanders
Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders?? If you want to do it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is closing after the holiday season.? There was an article on the Daily Record website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store several years ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made the decision to close it.
?
The building will be demolished and in its place a retail/condominium block will? be erected.
?
That's the end of an era.?
?
Chuck
|
Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders?? If you want to do
it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is closing after
the holiday season.? There was an article on the Daily Record website that
said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store several years ago, found that
it was unsustainable and so made the decision to close it.
?
The building will be demolished and in its place a retail/condominium block
will? be erected.
?
That's the end of an era.?
?
Chuck
|
Re: Stoin twins and cheesy awards
Stoin twins:? Merlin and Marlan or Merlin and
Harlan.? I came to Dalton for last of 3rd grade and 4th grade from
Kidron.? The twins were still in school at that time.? I too think
they ought to be invited to the reunion.? Would love to hear of their
adventures.
Addie
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Subject: Re: [dalton59] Stoin twins and
cheesy awards
Cause your old!? Never heard of, or remember the Stoins.? I just
got off the phone after an hour with "Cat".? I do believe he will not be
at the reunion, even after I offered to pay for his ticket.? He did say
he has talked to Herb Eberly and Don Johnson and feels they may be
there.?
?
Ok guys, this is for your ears only.? He reminded me of the trips by
the Dalton guys to Orrville to see the Arnold girls.? Anyone know who I
am talking about?
?
Lanny
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<jhdouglas59@ yahoo.com> To:
dalton59@yahoogroup s.com Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:06:01
PM Subject: [dalton59] Stoin twins and cheesy awards
What I remember the most about the Stoin twins is their father's name
was Stoin. What is strange is that his first name was Stoin and his
last name was also Stoin. Stoin Stoin. What a trip.
I remember a
character on the Groucho Marx show "You Bet Your Life"
who had the name
Gonzales Gonzales. Groucho kept asking him what his
name was and he always
answered Gonzales Gonzales and the routine
kept going on. Now that was
funny tv.
So whatever happened to the Stoin twins? They were in our
first
grade class. Not sure if they were in other classes beyond
that.
Who would like to try to find the Stoin twins and invite them to
our
reunion? They could be identified as the first dropouts in our Class
of 1959 perhaps.
We need some cheesy awards for the reunion, such
as:
Youngest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating
class
Oldest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating class
Most
recognizable person in our class; hasn't changed much
Least recognizable
person in our class; has changed the most
Person with the most jobs since
high school
Person with the least jobs since high school
Person with
most children, grandchildren, etc
Person with least children,
grandchildren, etc
Person with strangest pets
Person with the longest
driveway
Person with the worst haircut
Person with perfect vision
without glasses or contact lens
Person with the loudest voice
Person
with the quietest voice
Person with the most tv sets (which still
work)
Person who still uses an 8 track tape deck
Person who still
dresses like the 50's
Person who lives closest to toxic waste
Person who
hates music of the 21st century the most
Person who can carve a turkey the
fastest
Person who can crack walnuts with his teeth
Person who can hum
the loudest and annoy others
Person who can crack knuckles the
loudest
Person who can wiggle ears the best
Person who likes mimes and
clowns the most
Person who can whistle the loudest
Person who can't
whistle at all
Person with no tonsils or adenoids
Person with tonsils
and adenoids (even more rare)
Person who has never been vaccinated for
anything
And the list goes on and on.
What else can we add to
the cheesy award list?
Speaking of cheese, does anyone remember Ralph
(Cheesy) Miller? He
had some kind of combination antique store/cheese shop
as I recall on
East Main Street, kind of close to the Dalton Equity. I
think I used
to go in to the store to smell the cheese. Neat, eh? Nothing
like
the smell of old swiss cheese covered with some kind of
cheesecloth.
That cheese really sweated a lot back before air
conditioning.
Why is it I can remember stuff from 60 years ago and
can't remember
what I did yesterday or was supposed to do
today?
The Weaselmeister
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Re: Stoin twins and cheesy awards
Speaking of cheesy awards -
Person who has most natural white
hair?
Person who still has orignal darkest
hari?
Person who owns (uses) the most canes?
Addie
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Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:06
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Subject: [dalton59] Stoin twins and
cheesy awards
What I remember the most about the Stoin twins is their father's name
was Stoin. What is strange is that his first name was Stoin and his
last name was also Stoin. Stoin Stoin. What a trip.
I remember a
character on the Groucho Marx show "You Bet Your Life"
who had the name
Gonzales Gonzales. Groucho kept asking him what his
name was and he always
answered Gonzales Gonzales and the routine
kept going on. Now that was
funny tv.
So whatever happened to the Stoin twins? They were in our
first
grade class. Not sure if they were in other classes beyond
that.
Who would like to try to find the Stoin twins and invite them to
our
reunion? They could be identified as the first dropouts in our Class
of 1959 perhaps.
We need some cheesy awards for the reunion, such
as:
Youngest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating
class
Oldest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating class
Most
recognizable person in our class; hasn't changed much
Least recognizable
person in our class; has changed the most
Person with the most jobs since
high school
Person with the least jobs since high school
Person with
most children, grandchildren, etc
Person with least children,
grandchildren, etc
Person with strangest pets
Person with the longest
driveway
Person with the worst haircut
Person with perfect vision
without glasses or contact lens
Person with the loudest voice
Person
with the quietest voice
Person with the most tv sets (which still
work)
Person who still uses an 8 track tape deck
Person who still
dresses like the 50's
Person who lives closest to toxic waste
Person who
hates music of the 21st century the most
Person who can carve a turkey the
fastest
Person who can crack walnuts with his teeth
Person who can hum
the loudest and annoy others
Person who can crack knuckles the
loudest
Person who can wiggle ears the best
Person who likes mimes and
clowns the most
Person who can whistle the loudest
Person who can't
whistle at all
Person with no tonsils or adenoids
Person with tonsils
and adenoids (even more rare)
Person who has never been vaccinated for
anything
And the list goes on and on.
What else can we add to
the cheesy award list?
Speaking of cheese, does anyone remember Ralph
(Cheesy) Miller? He
had some kind of combination antique store/cheese shop
as I recall on
East Main Street, kind of close to the Dalton Equity. I
think I used
to go in to the store to smell the cheese. Neat, eh? Nothing
like
the smell of old swiss cheese covered with some kind of
cheesecloth.
That cheese really sweated a lot back before air
conditioning.
Why is it I can remember stuff from 60 years ago and
can't remember
what I did yesterday or was supposed to do
today?
The Weaselmeister
|
John,
?
Yes, the Dalai Lama came often to Mussoorie and
came to our school on several occasions - one being a concert where one or both
h.s. choirs sang!? His presence was not know at the time.? He
preferred to come in and out of the auditorium very quietly.? He loved the
"Christian" atmosphere at Woodstock.? In return, we often went over to "
his" Tibetan school on the west side of "town".? when we took Karmen back
to India in 2004, we went to visit the Tibetan School he started.? Those
teachers and students are a very dedicated buch for education and for keeping
the Tibetan history alive.
?
I'll have to look up the website for the performing
group.? Right now, I'm communicating with family to let them know Dave,
(husband) came though his heart procedure just fine yesterday.? Had a stent
inserted in the lower part of his heart (had quadruple by-pass five years ago)
from the right radial (wrist).? Since back from Toronto, he's had a heart
cath (pulse in the 40's but no chest pains after the stress test), told to go
home and be a couch potato until this procedure on the 23rd.? He came
thorugh great.? Has good coloring and feels fine-unlike after the cath last
week.
?
I'm on my way to work and will be there until Dave
calls to say he's released to go home.? Knowing hospital time, that could
be as early as 8:30 this morning or 11 tonight.? He wrote his sermon last
Tuesday so he plans to be back in the pulpit this Sunday.
?
The group that uses sitars etc is based in Toronto
and is called Aradhna.? Oh, I found the website.? .? Chris Hale,
the founder of the group was raised in Nepal and attended Woodstock School
(class of 1986).? If you contact them, let them know you got their website
from a former staff member of Woodstock ' Addie Amstutz Yoder, 1965-1971.?
He would appreciate knowing that Woodstock School helped spread the word of his
group.? If you have any problems, let me know because I have other Toronto
contacts that could get their hands on his CDs.
?
Thanks for your interest.
?
Addie
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Addie:
Thanks for clearing up the confusion about
Woodstock.
Where can you buy the sitar, tembla and Peter Paul Mary
soundalike
singers music?
I really like Peter, Paul and Mary music.
I saw Peter Yarrow, Paul
Stuckey and no Mary Travers (she is seriously
ill) this year at the
Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville
Texas.
You must have really enjoyed the Himalayan Mountains when you
were
there. Leave it to the Brits to not know the word alumni (too latin
for them, I guess). Were you close to the Dalai Lama? Didn't he
escape
from Tibet and relocate in India or am I confused again?
The
Weaselmeister
--- Indalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Addie & Dave Yoder" ..>
wrote:
>
> Clarification - there is an American International School located
in the first range of the Himalyan Mts. in the northern part of
India.
I taught piano, violin and choir from 1965-1971. It was
started as a
British boarding school and celebrated it's 150th year
back in 2004.
Because the British didn't know the word Alumni
existed, WOSA was begun -
Woodstock Old Students Association. On our
way to Toronto, we went through
Woodstock, Ontario so cancel the
usual American association of Woodstock
and pot smoking from this
Woodstock Reunion. Actually, marajuana
(spelling?) grew on the
hillside close to our school and one of the
students was expelled 4
days before graduation for dealing drugs!! At this
year's reunion,
former Madrigal Singers that attended got together and we
sang a
Thomas Morley Madrigal as part of the Saturday night program. Also
featured was a "band" of two sitars, tabla (drums) guitar and
singers.
Two were Woodstock grads. The group sings religious
Christian songs in the
style of "praise songs" in a mixture of rock,
classical Indian (a la Ravi
Shankar) and Peter Paul and Mary!! Not
my cup of tea but if you are
interested, I can tell you where to buy
their CD! While in Toronto, we
took a bus tour to "Little India",
having passed Little Saigon and Little
China and made purchases we
wished we had made whilel in India. The second
trip was to a newly
built Hindu Temple. Was nice to see white stone, lots
of windows,
clean floors and to learn of their beliefs. The temples in
India
were always small, dark and dingy, no windows and usually lots of
monkeys stealing food (that was given to the gods) and darting in and
out between your legs while muching on peanuts and strewing shells
all
over! This was such a pleasant experience - saw many families
coming to
worship.
>
> Addie
> ----- Original Message -----
>
From: jhdouglas59
> To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:04 PM
> Subject: [dalton59]
Re: Home Delivery
>
>
> --- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Addie & Dave Yoder"
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Addie:
>
> I'm not even sure it was Ideal
milk. Was there an Oberlin dairy
in
> Massillon? I don't think we
had Smith's milk delivered either.
>
> Did you see any hippies
at Woodstock? How was the rock music?
> I'm confused. How is Toronto
connected to Woodstock (India)?
>
> The Weaselmeister
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is Addie. Just returned
from Toronto for a Woodstock
(India)
> School Reunion.
> >
> > Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith Dairy's
milk
> delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron
Road?
> >
> > Addie
> > ----- Original Message
-----
> > From: jhdouglas59
> > To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
> > Subject:
[dalton59] Home Delivery
> >
> >
> > I'm in a
reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various
> items we
> > had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the
> 40's/50's.
> >
> > Some of the stuff I
remember:
> >
> > Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember
the cracked wheat
bread
> that
> > came in the waxy
wrapper (which you could use to wax the
runners
> on
> >
your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach
a
>
> Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat
>
character
> > was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed
neato.
> >
> > Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was
full stregth with
that
> > layer of cream on top. I think the
bottle was sealed with some
> kind of
> > cardboard top that
kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles.
> Imagine
> > that
would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good
idea
> at
> > the time but now too labor intensive.
> >
> >
Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers
> weekly
> > using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
> on the
> > sides to hold the papers. I believe the full
retail price was
10
> > cents; the goofy delivery boy got to
keep four cents (which
> really was
> > a pretty good profit
margin). The only problem was you had to
> send in
> > the
six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
> had a
> > problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many
old
> > tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the
paperboy). That
> old
> > bike was a cool bike. It had a horn
button with a battery
> operated
> > horn on it.
> >
> > Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the
empty
> can.
> >
> > Various door to door
salesmen who sold:
> >
> > Electrolux horizontal vacuum
cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
> cleaners.
> >
>
> Encyclopedias
> >
> > Fuller brushes and Better
brushes.
> >
> > What other stuff do you remember that was
delivered to your
house
> or
> > that some pesky door to
door salesman tried to sell back then?
> >
> > The
Weaselmeister
> >
>
|
Re: Stoin twins and cheesy awards
Cause your old!? Never heard of, or remember the Stoins.? I just got off the phone after an hour with "Cat".? I do believe he will not be at the reunion, even after I offered to pay for his ticket.? He did say he has talked to Herb Eberly and Don Johnson and feels they may be there.?
?
Ok guys, this is for your ears only.? He reminded me of the trips by the Dalton guys to Orrville to see the Arnold girls.? Anyone know who I am talking about?
?
Lanny
----- Original Message ---- From: jhdouglas59 To: dalton59@... Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:06:01 PM Subject: [dalton59] Stoin twins and cheesy awards
What I remember the most about the Stoin twins is their father's name
was Stoin. What is strange is that his first name was Stoin and his
last name was also Stoin. Stoin Stoin. What a trip.
I remember a character on the Groucho Marx show "You Bet Your Life"
who had the name Gonzales Gonzales. Groucho kept asking him what his
name was and he always answered Gonzales Gonzales and the routine
kept going on. Now that was funny tv.
So whatever happened to the Stoin twins? They were in our first
grade class. Not sure if they were in other classes beyond that.
Who would like to try to find the Stoin twins and invite them to our
reunion? They could be identified as the first dropouts in our Class
of 1959 perhaps.
We need some cheesy awards for the reunion, such as:
Youngest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating class
Oldest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating
class
Most recognizable person in our class; hasn't changed much
Least recognizable person in our class; has changed the most
Person with the most jobs since high school
Person with the least jobs since high school
Person with most children, grandchildren, etc
Person with least children, grandchildren, etc
Person with strangest pets
Person with the longest driveway
Person with the worst haircut
Person with perfect vision without glasses or contact lens
Person with the loudest voice
Person with the quietest voice
Person with the most tv sets (which still work)
Person who still uses an 8 track tape deck
Person who still dresses like the 50's
Person who lives closest to toxic waste
Person who hates music of the 21st century the most
Person who can carve a turkey the fastest
Person who can crack walnuts with his teeth
Person who can hum the loudest and annoy others
Person who can crack knuckles
the loudest
Person who can wiggle ears the best
Person who likes mimes and clowns the most
Person who can whistle the loudest
Person who can't whistle at all
Person with no tonsils or adenoids
Person with tonsils and adenoids (even more rare)
Person who has never been vaccinated for anything
And the list goes on and on.
What else can we add to the cheesy award list?
Speaking of cheese, does anyone remember Ralph (Cheesy) Miller? He
had some kind of combination antique store/cheese shop as I recall on
East Main Street, kind of close to the Dalton Equity. I think I used
to go in to the store to smell the cheese. Neat, eh? Nothing like
the smell of old swiss cheese covered with some kind of cheesecloth.
That cheese really sweated a lot back before air conditioning.
Why is it I can remember stuff from 60 years ago and can't remember
what I did yesterday or was supposed to do
today?
The Weaselmeister
|
Stoin twins and cheesy awards
What I remember the most about the Stoin twins is their father's name
was Stoin. What is strange is that his first name was Stoin and his
last name was also Stoin. Stoin Stoin. What a trip.
I remember a character on the Groucho Marx show "You Bet Your Life"
who had the name Gonzales Gonzales. Groucho kept asking him what his
name was and he always answered Gonzales Gonzales and the routine
kept going on. Now that was funny tv.
So whatever happened to the Stoin twins? They were in our first
grade class. Not sure if they were in other classes beyond that.
Who would like to try to find the Stoin twins and invite them to our
reunion? They could be identified as the first dropouts in our Class
of 1959 perhaps.
We need some cheesy awards for the reunion, such as:
Youngest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating class
Oldest person (based on birthdate) in our graduating class
Most recognizable person in our class; hasn't changed much
Least recognizable person in our class; has changed the most
Person with the most jobs since high school
Person with the least jobs since high school
Person with most children, grandchildren, etc
Person with least children, grandchildren, etc
Person with strangest pets
Person with the longest driveway
Person with the worst haircut
Person with perfect vision without glasses or contact lens
Person with the loudest voice
Person with the quietest voice
Person with the most tv sets (which still work)
Person who still uses an 8 track tape deck
Person who still dresses like the 50's
Person who lives closest to toxic waste
Person who hates music of the 21st century the most
Person who can carve a turkey the fastest
Person who can crack walnuts with his teeth
Person who can hum the loudest and annoy others
Person who can crack knuckles the loudest
Person who can wiggle ears the best
Person who likes mimes and clowns the most
Person who can whistle the loudest
Person who can't whistle at all
Person with no tonsils or adenoids
Person with tonsils and adenoids (even more rare)
Person who has never been vaccinated for anything
And the list goes on and on.
What else can we add to the cheesy award list?
Speaking of cheese, does anyone remember Ralph (Cheesy) Miller? He
had some kind of combination antique store/cheese shop as I recall on
East Main Street, kind of close to the Dalton Equity. I think I used
to go in to the store to smell the cheese. Neat, eh? Nothing like
the smell of old swiss cheese covered with some kind of cheesecloth.
That cheese really sweated a lot back before air conditioning.
Why is it I can remember stuff from 60 years ago and can't remember
what I did yesterday or was supposed to do today?
The Weaselmeister
|
Addie: Thanks for clearing up the confusion about Woodstock. Where can you buy the sitar, tembla and Peter Paul Mary soundalike singers music? I really like Peter, Paul and Mary music. I saw Peter Yarrow, Paul Stuckey and no Mary Travers (she is seriously ill) this year at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas. You must have really enjoyed the Himalayan Mountains when you were there. Leave it to the Brits to not know the word alumni (too latin for them, I guess). Were you close to the Dalai Lama? Didn't he escape from Tibet and relocate in India or am I confused again? The Weaselmeister --- Indalton59@..., "Addie & Dave Yoder" <akddyoder@...> wrote:
Clarification - there is an American International School located
in the first range of the Himalyan Mts. in the northern part of India. I taught piano, violin and choir from 1965-1971. It was started as a British boarding school and celebrated it's 150th year back in 2004. Because the British didn't know the word Alumni existed, WOSA was begun - Woodstock Old Students Association. On our way to Toronto, we went through Woodstock, Ontario so cancel the usual American association of Woodstock and pot smoking from this Woodstock Reunion. Actually, marajuana (spelling?) grew on the hillside close to our school and one of the students was expelled 4 days before graduation for dealing drugs!! At this year's reunion, former Madrigal Singers that attended got together and we sang a Thomas Morley Madrigal as part of the Saturday night program. Also featured was a "band" of two sitars, tabla (drums) guitar and singers. Two were Woodstock grads. The group sings religious Christian songs in the style of "praise songs" in a mixture of rock, classical Indian (a la Ravi Shankar) and Peter Paul and Mary!! Not my cup of tea but if you are interested, I can tell you where to buy their CD! While in Toronto, we took a bus tour to "Little India", having passed Little Saigon and Little China and made purchases we wished we had made whilel in India. The second trip was to a newly built Hindu Temple. Was nice to see white stone, lots of windows, clean floors and to learn of their beliefs. The temples in India were always small, dark and dingy, no windows and usually lots of monkeys stealing food (that was given to the gods) and darting in and out between your legs while muching on peanuts and strewing shells all over! This was such a pleasant experience - saw many families coming to worship.
Addie
----- Original Message -----
From: jhdouglas59
To: dalton59@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re: Home Delivery
--- In dalton59@..., "Addie & Dave Yoder"
<akddyoder@> wrote:
>
Addie:
I'm not even sure it was Ideal milk. Was there an Oberlin dairy in Massillon? I don't think we had Smith's milk delivered either.
Did you see any hippies at Woodstock? How was the rock music?
I'm confused. How is Toronto connected to Woodstock (India)?
The Weaselmeister
> Hello,
>
> This is Addie. Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock (India) School Reunion.
>
> Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith Dairy's milk delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?
>
> Addie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jhdouglas59
> To: dalton59@...
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
> Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery
>
>
> I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various
items we
> had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the
40's/50's.
>
> Some of the stuff I remember:
>
> Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat bread that
> came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the runners on
> your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach a > Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat
character
> was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.
>
> Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with that > layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some
kind of
> cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles.
Imagine
> that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good idea at
> the time but now too labor intensive.
>
> Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers
weekly
> using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
on the
> sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was 10 > cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which
really was
> a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to
send in
> the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
had a
> problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old > tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That
old
> bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery
operated
> horn on it.
>
> Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the empty can.
>
> Various door to door salesmen who sold:
>
> Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
cleaners.
>
> Encyclopedias
>
> Fuller brushes and Better brushes.
>
> What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house or
> that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?
>
> The Weaselmeister
>
|
Re: Scott's drugstore comic books and magazines
Actually, I saw a guy in the subway reading a comic book the other
day.? It appeared to be a hard-cover book; so, I guess they have changed
over time.? I understand that, at least until a few years ago, comic books
were big in Japan.? They didn't call them comic books, though.? There
was some Japanese name for them.
?
Chuck
|
|
I still have mine!?
?
Mr Gift wrote in mine: a good name is better than gold.....little did I know that?it was scripture.?? It always stuck in my head and I think it must of helped me to keep out of trouble.?? Not that I did not come close but there was always something that kept me from?making wrong choices.? PTL?? we would fold the pages down one one way and the next the other way............I will bring it to the reunion if the rest of you will bring yours.
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?
Date: 7/17/2008 5:14:13 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Autograph books....
?
Remember those little autograph books that we had in 4th or 5th?grades????? Our classmates would write in them, little verses such as "Roses are red,
????????????????????????Violets are blue,
?????????????????????????............"
?
Those were the hot tickets when we were young.???? The goal was to get a LOT of autographs, some of them being very funny!!!!!!?????? Do any of you remember some of the verses????????
?
Gwen
?
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Re: Donkeys Festivals and Bliss
Alot of people throughout the states still white wash fruit tree trunks.
?
Lanny
----- Original Message ---- From: Gwen Meier To: dalton59@... Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:36:20 PM Subject: Re: [dalton59] Donkeys Festivals and Bliss
I think the donkey baseball games were mostly held in Kidron.??? That's the way I remember it.??? I only remember one game being held in Dalton at the park.??? I remember the carnivals at the baseball park.??? I really liked those.
?
Does your neighbor still "whitewash" his trees, Pat????? I don't think I have seen a white tree trunk in years, not even in Dalton.??
?
Did any of you go to the Wooster Armory to see wrestling matches???? Glenn and I went a few times; it was quite entertaining.??
?
Does anyone remember the radio station WWST??? You could request songs dedicated to someone you had a crush on at that moment.??? I remember as a Freshman I had a crush on?Louella Shane's cousin and I was constantly requesting songs on that station.??? Did anyone else do that??
Gwen
----- Original Message ---- From: PATRICIA LEE To: dalton59@... Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:25:11 PM Subject: [dalton59] Donkeys Festivals and Bliss
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?
The white "stuff" they paint on the bottom of the tree is an insecticide. It keeps ants and other destructive bugs from burrowing ?into the bark and causing damage to the tree. That is what my neighbor told me when I asked him about his trees. "??? via the Internet............ ..
Don't remember the donkey games.? Where were they anyhow??? I do remember the carnivals that came to the baseball park.?? Was great to be able to walk down the street and be there.? Anyone else remember them?? I think it was before the street carnival.?? And then there was the festival at the?? VFW?......... perhaps strawberry festival?
Yes we have been to Bliss cafe.?? Really enjoyed the ambience and the food was good too.?? Looking forward to hanging out with my classmates there next year.?? Pjlee
-------Original Message----- --
?
Date: 7/16/2008 7:09:05 PM
Subject: [dalton59] (unknown)
?
Does anybody remember the donkey softball games????? The donkeys were provided for the games and the "locals" rode them.???? The donkeys were stubborn (what else is new?) and they ran when they wanted to, and didn't run when they didn't want to.???? Sometimes they came close to each other, nearly throwing off the riders.???? Those games were a hoot!!!
Does anybody know why our parents and grandparents "whitewashed" the trunks of the fruit trees????? Do they still do it???? Was it for bug prevention or what???????? I can still see in my mind the white trunks of trees in my childhood.???? Or did my family just do it????
The best thing to come along in Dalton within the last 10 years (or so)?is The Bliss Cafe on Main Street.???? It is?owned by Janice Douglas Grim and
it is the most welcoming place in Dalton.???? I always get my lattes there when I am in Dalton.???? They have good sandwiches and soups, too.........????? And sometimes they have entertainment in the evenings.??? Have other classmates visited the Bliss Cafe????? It's the best!!!!!
? |
|
John:
?
Clarification - there is an American International
School located in the first range of the Himalyan Mts. in the northern part of
India.? I taught piano, violin and choir from 1965-1971.? It was
started as a British boarding school and celebrated it's 150th year back in
2004.? Because the British didn't know the word Alumni existed, WOSA was
begun - Woodstock Old Students Association.? On our way to Toronto, we went
through Woodstock, Ontario so cancel the usual American association of Woodstock
and pot smoking from this Woodstock Reunion.? Actually, marajuana
(spelling?) grew on the hillside close to our school and one of the students was
expelled 4 days before graduation for dealing drugs!!? At this year's
reunion, former Madrigal Singers that attended got together and we sang a Thomas
Morley Madrigal as part of the Saturday night program.? Also featured was a
"band" of two sitars, tabla (drums) guitar and singers.? Two were Woodstock
grads.? The group sings religious Christian songs in the style of "praise
songs" in a mixture of rock, classical Indian (a la Ravi Shankar) and Peter Paul
and Mary!!? Not my cup of tea but if you are interested, I can tell you
where to buy their CD!? While in Toronto, we took a bus tour to "Little
India", having passed Little Saigon and Little China and made purchases we
wished we had made whilel in India.? The second trip was to a newly built
Hindu Temple.? Was nice to see white stone, lots of windows, clean floors
and to learn of their beliefs.? The temples in India were always small,
dark and dingy, no windows and usually lots of monkeys stealing food (that was
given to the gods) and darting in and out between your legs while muching on
peanuts and strewing shells all over!? This was such a pleasant experience
- saw many families coming to worship.
?
Addie
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Show quoted text
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:04
PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re: Home
Delivery
--- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Addie & Dave Yoder" ..>
wrote:
>
Addie:
I'm not even sure it was Ideal milk.
Was there an Oberlin dairy in
Massillon? I don't think we had Smith's milk
delivered either.
Did you see any hippies at Woodstock? How was the
rock music?
I'm confused. How is Toronto connected to Woodstock
(India)?
The Weaselmeister
> Hello,
>
> This is
Addie. Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock (India)
School
Reunion.
>
> Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith
Dairy's milk
delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron
Road?
>
> Addie
> ----- Original Message -----
>
From: jhdouglas59
> To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
> Subject: [dalton59] Home
Delivery
>
>
> I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to
recall the various
items we
> had delivered to our home on East
Main Street back in the
40's/50's.
>
> Some of the stuff I
remember:
>
> Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the
cracked wheat bread
that
> came in the waxy wrapper (which you
could use to wax the runners
on
> your sleds). I think occasionally
the delivery guy would attach a
> Peter Wheat comic book to the bread.
I think the Peter Wheat
character
> was pretty dorky, but at the
time he seemed neato.
>
> Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk
was full stregth with that
> layer of cream on top. I think the bottle
was sealed with some
kind of
> cardboard top that kind of flipped
up. Returnable bottles.
Imagine
> that would be considered eco
friendly recyling today. A good idea
at
> the time but now too
labor intensive.
>
> Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried
delivering those papers
weekly
> using my balloon tire orange
Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
on the
> sides to hold the
papers. I believe the full retail price was 10
> cents; the goofy
delivery boy got to keep four cents (which
really was
> a pretty
good profit margin). The only problem was you had to
send in
> the
six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
had a
>
problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old
>
tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That
old
> bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery
operated
> horn on it.
>
> Charles potato chips in the
big metal can. I still have the empty
can.
>
> Various door
to door salesmen who sold:
>
> Electrolux horizontal vacuum
cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
cleaners.
>
>
Encyclopedias
>
> Fuller brushes and Better brushes.
>
> What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house
or
> that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back
then?
>
> The Weaselmeister
>
|
