Comments for Ellwood City Memories

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Danny John

Danny John — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:48 +0000

I can remember the numatic tubes they was awasime to watch
speking of JC Penneys I live close to Mcallen Texas and right in the old part of Downtown is an orginal JCPenneys store it is still set up just like the one in Ellwood when I went into the store It was just like going back in time the product is updated but the placement is just like it was no tubes though wish the prices was like it was in the 50′s

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Linda Turner

Linda Turner — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:07 +0000

Jo Ann, The name of the hat store was “Asher’s”. I got all my Easter hats there. I remember Kimpels, Asher’s (I think Lew Beatrice took that space over/Lois L. would know better about that since Lew was her Uncle), Edmins, Murphy’s 5/10, GC Murphy, Demas Grill, Shapiros, Isaly’s, Gerson’s, and Young’s all along Lawrence Ave. How did I do?
We ordered from M. Ward and Sears.
Does anyone remember when JCP used “tubes to send money up to the office”? and they would send something back down. I loved watching that tube!

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Jo Ann (Miller) Oxsen

Jo Ann (Miller) Oxsen — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:25:32 +0000

I vaguely remember a hat shop in E.C. – my Aunt Maude Turner had something to do with it but I don’t recall what. Can anybody fill me in?

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Danny John

Danny John — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:33:48 +0000

I remember Wards Iworked there for about 6 mo. the store was acatalog store but had all the major appliances for sale it was a busy store in the early 60s

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Dave Larson

Dave Larson — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:13:22 +0000

I remember in the early ’80′s Demas Grill on Lawrence Avenue. The store front, as I recall, had a unique ceramic-tiled “Demas” sign. Is it still there?

Regarding other Ellwood City businesses not in the photo gallary, does anybody remember Montgomery Wards? We affectionately called it “Monkey Wards.” It was located on a street perpendicular to Lawrence Avenue. It was a catalog company as well as a retail store, a competitor to Sears & Roebucks.

Lew Beatrice’s men’s store, on Lawrence Avenue, up by the Ledger, was my sponsor in the 1957 Soap Box Derby. In addition to suits, shirts and trousers, my dad bought hats there as well. Hats were no longer in fashion after JFK’s inauguration. The only time I remember shopping outside of Ellwood City was going to downtown Pittsburgh at Christmas time. Like the lead in to this article says, all you needed you could get from local businesses. Nice.

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Linda Turner

Linda Turner — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:43:34 +0000

I used to get vanilla cokes and cherry cokes at the wonderful old soda fountain. There is one drugstore not far from where I live and they still have an old soda fountain with the stools and everything. It is decorated in the 50′s style. We take our 3 grandchildren there just for fun.

Comment on Building the Shelby Clubhouse by Jo Ann (Miller) Oxsen

Jo Ann (Miller) Oxsen — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:07:47 +0000

I remember the Sabo family well. They were members of my church (Christ Presbyterian, orig. known as First Presbyterian). Mrs. Sabo had lovely silver hair worn in a bun. I once went to a dance with their older son, George. So sad when younger son, Leslie Jr., was killed in Viet Nam.

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Danny John

Danny John — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:15:57 +0000

Thank you so much Linda you racked my brain and helped me remember 2 stores I almost forgot Wykosky ay 5yh and Lawarnce ave and Minnoccis I used togo into both for my Mom almost everyday , the drug store still had the old soda fountian Awasome

Comment on Building the Shelby Clubhouse by Bob Woods

Bob Woods — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:34:48 +0000

I spent a few years working in the room shown in picture 6 of 8 in the late 1950s. It was the engineering department of Aetna Standard Engineering Co.

I think it was 1951 when Mr. Swartzwelter (sp?) moved Aetna’s engineering office to this building from Youngstown, Ohio.

The room had four offices across the far wall from the left to the door on the right. The first was the spare parts order room, the second was Bill Stocker, flat rolled steel chief engineer, next was Gus Mandry, chief engineer of pipe and tube mills and the next chief engineer of tube mills. Gus had been in the German military and looked the part. There was a restroom in the right corner and blue print files of current jobs closer. About the middle of the room on the left wall was a supply closet and a dumbwaiter about 4 ft. square to send drawings to the basement to have blueprints made.

The room was filled with 8 ft. long drawing boards, about 5 across and 8 deep. Mine was about where the photo was taken from.

In the rooms behind the far wall were the Engineering manager’s and secretaries offices.

On the second floor on the left was the estimating department and secretaries. On the right was Dr. Leslie Sabo’s office. He was a brilliant engineer.

The ground floor was the reception, Company officers offices, sales and accounting offices. In the basement (the bottom of the pool) were the drawing files and blue print and photo lab.

There were some really brilliant people that worked in this room and some industry standard machinery was designed there. It was a fortunate privilege to work there in their Engineer Apprentice program.

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Linda Turner

Linda Turner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:01:01 +0000

I forgot to mention we did our grocery shopping at Minnocci’s owned by John and Rose Minnocci(?)next to the Manos movie theater. They just kept a tab for us and my Mom would pay it and a new tab would start. They were so nice. John took care of the “meat dept.”. I remember when they go “TV Dinners” big, big deal.

Comment on Business in Ellwood City by Linda Turner

Linda Turner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:55:54 +0000

My Mom and I used to buy a lot of clothes from Edmin’s next door to GC Murphy (very tiny and narrow store) and continued after that when it moved closer to 5th street. I think near Oswalds(?). We also shopped at Shapiros Dress Shop and the dress shop next Wykoskys Drug Store diagonal from Youngs. For shoes we went to Jackson’s between 7th and 8th Streets. They had narrow widths for us plus Buster Brown shoes. Ban-Lon sweaters and white bucks. WOW

Comment on Turner’s Barber Shop by Linda Turner

Linda Turner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:21:01 +0000

Harry, From what Bette B. has told me Mickey is married and has 3 children. She still lives in EC. Not sure I think her married name is Marcus.