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I lived in Ellwood City until I was nearly 10-my dad's career took us to San Diego in 1958 and I've never been back. I remember going to the theater (Majestic?) at Christmas time-they'd bus us from Perry School and we'd watch cartoons and have popcorn, etc...sorry the theater is no longer there. Love the site.

I stumbled across the website looking for pictures of my fathers old gas station.

It's nice that this websit is here to keep Ellwood alive in our memories.

Thank you for the history. Many memories to bring back to my parents and the things they saw as children. Very nicely laid out.

Very nice job. I left Ellwood in 1961, but I still like to see all the old memories

Hello, just researching family history. I have a cousin that her husband was from Ellwood.

looking for my grandfather's burial site!

my grandfather the late Paul Regis Turner,was buried in potter's feild 1951...i need to locate his grave site,can someone plz help me...i would appreciate any and all help..doing our family history.my mother is dying,trying to find some of her family members in ellwood city pa.her father died in 1951(PAUL REGIS TURNER)..THANK YOU,PAMELA P.S...if someone could direct me in the right direction.

Hi to all.

Born on South 4th Street which was part of 'Little Italy' at that time. My father was deceased early in my youth from colon cancer, he worked at US Steel. My mother Ann Taylor worked in the high school cafeteria and proudly raised her 5 children in the house my father had worked for ! Had a great childhood at BVM for grade school and on to Lincoln High and graduated in 1972. I loved golf from the days as a caddie at both Connequenessing CC and Delmar Golf Club. My father and brother Jim ( who basically raised me) loved golf so it was a natural for me to pick it up. Since the days being mentored by Jack Ferrante I decided it would be a career for me and here I am 40 years later having worked in the golf industry now 20 years in the US and 20 years in Asia. Great life in Ellwood City and have many fond memories and am proud to have grown up there !

Born in EC in 1939. Graduated LHS in 1957.
Moved to Anderson IN. in fall 1957. Major
interest in EC is the railroads.

Grandson of Elmer S. Greenham, Son of William H. Greenham
Fond Memories of Elwood City

I lived in Ellwood City from 1937-1958. I graduated from Lincoln High in 1955.

Loved the photos from the Soap Box Derby-My Dad was the winner from 1957, Duane Weingartner

Love the website.

The website is fantastic. Thanks to all for constructing this website. Brings back a lot of memories. Will check for pictures

who rembers the stone wall in the woods built on the north side of the crik?

Hi
I'm researching my family history and I'm looking for any information on or decendants of Samuel Hayden who was borne in Tudhoe, County Durham England in 1874. He immigrated to the USA in 1893 and was naturalised in Pittsburgh PA IN 1899.
He married Anna ? and had four children Hannah,Joesph, Charles and Edward. The 1930 US census places him in Allegheny County Pittsburgh PA. However he must have been living in Lawrence County in 1945 as he sent a letter to our family form Ellwood City on the 8th of october 1945 telling of the safe return of his grandson Joe from the war in Europe.
Any information would be greatly appreciated
Regards George Bannister South Yorkshire England

Ilove looking at ellwood city memories, it brings back so many mem0ries of the way life used to be.

Thanks for the posting. Trying to discover more on the family.

Great site, really enjoy it. Live in Indiana now but come back once of twice a year to visit kids and grandkids. Talk about a small world, I work at Best Western in Anderson, In and last week had a guest who said he married a girl from Ellwood City, low and behold, Kathy Ferucci, his name is Gene Foster and he was bigshot at Universal Rundle. Small World. Would love to hear from people I went to school with, grew up with. d.anderson33@yahoo.com

Love the website!

I am trying to figure some things out about my family.... Does any body remember any of the statti faily or spigari family? they lived on lawrence avenue and owned an ice cream shop below their house?Mr. spigari was a police officer. My great grandmother The daughter of mr . spigari. She was married to Louie Statti , Her name is Mimi Salapack or statti. If Any body has any information please contact me at my email...... Prinncess052000@yahoo.com

Looking for anyone who lived on heritage hills or went to Perry Elementary. lived there until 1974

Very nice web site Love the pictures.

I have just discovered this website and I love, love, love it! So much info.. and I see posts from people that I know and haven't seen for a very long time. I lived in Ellwood until my Junior year at Lincoln when my family moved to Ohio in 1962. Even though I graduated in Ohio, I have been back for a couple of reunions.. the most recent being the 45th 2 years ago. It was the best time ever! Reconnecting is so good for the soul. It seems that we all agree... growing up in Ellwood City was wonderful and a true gift.

Very interesting website

i use to live in ellwood moved from ellwood when i was in 4th grade im 24 years old graduated in 2005 from west portsmouth ohio

It's really something, but I don't see an entry for the old Ellport elementary school, which to me is unconscionable.

I've not lived in Ellwood City since 1969, but have been back often over the years visiting family. I've so enjoyed reading the reminisces of others which have reminded me of all the good times had there. Ewing Park pool EVERY DAY in the summer; J&T Custard Stand; the swinging bridge; Ellport Roller Rink. Childhood in EC was grounded in innocence. So wish I had had that for my children and grandchildren who grew up in much larger cities.

Lincoln High School class of 1950

Was born in Greenville , Pa . My dad was born and raised in Ellwood City , Pa and we lived there until I was 7 which was 1977 . I still have family and alot of great memories from the time we spent there .

This is great...thanks for getting it together. Looking at the trophy vase brings back great memories!

Hello everyone.

awesome pics i Love looking at pics like this

Thanks for the memories

I really enjoyed visiting the website. I will come back in the future.

Pe'Wee's hot dogs late at night with my dad after driving all the way from Philly to visit my grandparents in Ellwood. Oh, and the Social Club and corner store on Division Ave.

Let's get ready for the big one! NO excuses for this reunion. Make it a priority and tell others who want you to do anything else, that you have made plans for your 50th.
See you there.
Stan

I am Robert Mervis, grandson of the late Fannie and Meyer Mervis. owners of Mervis Furniture and son of the late Alan Richard Mervis. By the way, My tiny little grandmother Fannie only 4 foot 10 used to drive an old two tone dark green and white Buick Super. I was very small and remember sleeping in the back seat and playing with the center arm rest. She lived in an old house with a front porch on Fountain Avenue and she used to give me and my siblings money back in 1960 so we could walk to the store behind the house and buy candy.

Thanks for a wonderful site. I started school at the West End school then moved to Perry Twp. in 1942 Graduated from Lincoln High in 1958. Still have many memories of Ellwood.I love the old pictures of the town. Wish I had some!

Born in Ellwood city...I visit from time to time. I do miss the simple life of the city.

I am Howard Gills grand-daughter. When little, spent so much time in Ellwood. Back then, it was a magical place (1960-1978). Ellwood always held such a special place in my heart. I visited this past August....and was so sad to see.... there were no stores opened in town. We did go to the Football store.I will always LOVE Ellwood. The Christmas parade....the afternoon movies (where kids got dressed up)...the candy and newspaper store...the 5%10 that had the best toy store on second floor. The Easter Egg Hunt!!! Love..love...love!!

Hello everyone,
I grew up in the 50's & 60's in Northside and Ewing Park. My dad was a math teacher at Lincoln and mother was a housewife until my brother went to college and then she was a secretary. Dad retired in 68, but still did homebound and subbing. I have tons of fond memories of the area,but moved away to Crawford Co., Pa. after college.

Great website! Brings back such fond memories of my beautiful hometown. I graduated from Lincoln High in 1957 and left Ellwood in 1965. I shall return.

Love this site. Keep it going.

I'm from the Lincoln Class of 1957. Totally enjoying the website.

GREAT place to grow up! I couldn't be prouder!

Wonderful site!

Thanks for the memories! I may have left Ellwood City but Ellwood City will never leave me.

Best regards,

Gary Keller

Very nice website. I remember alot of the material in this site. Brings back alot of good memories I shared in Ellwood City with my family and friends.

My grandparents Anthony and Frances Perrone, owned Perrone's Restaurant for years.
Has anyone written about Fran's famous homemade sticky rolls, and pies?
It was across the street from the radio staion...as I recall.

I can be reached at kathietak@aol.com......310.650.2521.

My parents are Joel and Patti Kaufman. David, Laurie and Renae are my siblings.
We lived at 605 Dover Lane and went to Walnut Ridge Elementary and Lincoln before moving to Florida in 1971.

i grew up in ellwood....wurtemburg to be exact.....it was nice to look and reminess! such great memories!! i curently live in ohio which i moved to 23 years ago and i still think of ellwood city as home!

I came across this website while in search/research of my family history. I love it! I thoroughly enjoy reading the posts and viewing the pictures and scour them all for any details that might appear on my family. Any information whatsoever on the Mansel (Tina McFate) Houk family, John Sullivan (Estella Houk) and Philipp Salomone/Sudano families (my great grandparents) would be most appreciated. I know the Sullivans, Sudano's and Salomones all lived on Hazel with the Salomones running a small store which was later run by Ross Sudano, while the Houks lived for a time on Line, Ellwood City.

Many a summer George Bokor and I made tomato sandwiches out of hot pepers and tomatos. I knew everyone that lived on line avenue in the 50/s.

I grew up in Ellwood City. Born 1970 moved to St Louis, MO in 1994. I miss my town and look forward to my trips home to visit my family.

So many fond memories growing up in Ellwood. I am still trying to locate one of my favorite teachers Rose Sovola Schaeffer. No one can top Pee Wees dogs or Johny's Pizza.

I grew up on Wiley hill, it is good to see pictures of the old town. I would like to see some pictures of some of the families of long time residents.

I miss the small town ,friends and jt custard stand

Some of my Wilson's lived and died in Ellwood City so finding this website was a good find this morning here in Texas. Am enjoying the pictures and the info on the town.

Sharon swtx

Hi! This is Claudia Bartoe Flowers sending greetings from my home in Ky. I grew up in Ellwood City! It's good to have the connection to home! I worked at Blocher's Jewelry store before I got married! Was wondering what happened to the family and if they relocated! Thanks for the site!

Thank you for sharing! Looking at good old Ellwood city made me home sick!

My parents lived in Ellwood City and now live in North Sewickley. So many memories.

Great site. What memories,what great times. I remember sitting in front of the Dairy Queen with Jerry Prestopine and we claimed between the both of us we knew everybody in town and would say their names as they went past.We didn't but we knew most of them. And kids now think they have fun on X-Box!!!!!

I was born and raise in Ellwood City and also my 3 sons. Thank you for doing this web site and the great memories. I'll be looking for pictures to share with you and my memories of long ago.

Born and raised in Ellwood, Went to Walnut Ridge School, St. Agatha's, and graduated from Lincoln in 1972. Nice place to live, alot of memoris there.

Well its absolutely wonderful to have a site like this thank you sooooooo much!I was Born and raised in Ellwood My great grandparents made their lives here and now i am raising my son here!I have Park Gate memories and actually i will be attempting to dig up some photos for you!My uncles and Aunts have passed down many many many memories and maybe there could be a mention on my late uncle Erwin "bud" Campbell.Or my grandfathers Poultry Market.The Bazaar or Festival all are huge parts of ellwood City!

I love ellwood City. Would love to live there.

Very nice. I love visiting Ellwood City

This is a very nice site. There is a lot more memories here then I counted on.

Really interesting site. Brings back lots of memories.

just saw this in Ledger, will look around for old pics

Thanks for the great site....looking forward to ordering alot of the booklets on the history of Ellwood City. Thanks again to all who made this site for many of us who live so far away. My sister, Elaine Kellner Linde, is coming to visit me in about two weeks....we will spend some time on this site.....thanks again.

Angela Kellner Shearer
formerly of 105 Orchard Ave.

PS. My Dad, Joe Kellner, would be impressed to say the least...he was always one who taught us to appreciate our roots.
He was from Chewton and my mom was from Elport via Burnstown. So many memories.....I will share them with you if you want them.

Born 1936 at Ellwood City Hospital Attented Hartman,Northside and EwingPark Schools. Graduated from Lincohn High in 1954. Love reading about the history of Ellwood City.

Wow, Ben! Wish I had more time today!!
Louise Carroll

This is great. I will visit regularly and add pictures as soon as I can. Thank you..love the site.

I would like to start my family tree. Where can I get information about my grandparents? My grandfather served in WWI.

I was raised in Ellwood City lived on first ave.
My father Ted Evans owned Friday's dairy,in the 50's.

I grew up in Ellwood and graduated from LHS in 1974. This is a great website and has taught me many things about my hometown that I never knew!

Thank you so very much for all the wonderful memories. I grew up in EC and originally lived on fourth street where Holy Redemeer now stands and then on Wayne Ave. It was such a wonderful place to grow up. In the summer we were young..2nd grade or so and we would get on our bikes or walk to the "playground" and do crafts and hopscotch and then home for lunch and back until 3. When we were older we all just went to the swimming pool with our friends. Evenings were spent at school dances, Winky's after or at the ballpark.
I remember when my Dad got paid on Saturdays he would take us to Murphy's to get a 45 record and a quarter pound of whatever candy we wanted. We would have lunch at Isaly's or Demas's..oh and at Easter we would get colored peeps and ducks and then take them to my grandfathers on Rosannah street after easter,
It was such a safe and family oriented community and you knew everyone who was sitting on thier porch!
I wish my children could have experienced what we did. I have made lifelong friends there and try to get back once a month as my family is all still there.
Thank you so very mcuh and now I need to go look for pictures to send

I was also born and raised in Ellwood and lived most of my life at 506 Division Ave. Yes, the same Division Ave you have a picture of in your gallery. In fact, the picture is the 500 block looking east. The stop sign on the right of the picture is at the corner of 5th and Division. Our home is the second from the left with the porch and steps with hand railing. I even think my father's car is parked out front of the house. The picture must have been taken in the 70's. Across the street is a white garage with a driveway which faced Division. Next to it is the beginning of South St. We had a street light in front of our house and it was so nice sitting out there especially in the summer. I still remember playing hop scotch, tag, and jump rope on the front sidewalk.
I really enjoy all the pictures and information from the web site.
It brings back wonderful memories.

I was born and raised in Ellwood City. We lived on the North side on Todd Avenue. My Dad (John Racz) drove bus for the city back in the 50's. He also delivered newspapers for the Ellwood City Ledger in the 60's & 70's. He also worked for the Tube Mill when it was in operation and also at Aetna Standard.

Great Site. I hope a lot of us older Ellwoodians use it. Keep up the Great Work.

What a badly needed site! I really hope more stories and pics are added. I have several photos and contacts...please feel free to contact me..again...Great site!!!!

My great grandfather is Giocomo DePetris. He immigrated from Italy in 1905. When he came through Ellis Island, he named Bartolomeo Borglio as his cousin, living in Ellwood, Pennsylvania. Another passenger on the same ship was Gior. Btta. Chiappero, who named Bartolomeo Borglio as his uncle. Both young men had tickets to proceed to Ellwood. Does anyone know about this Bartolomeo Borglio and how he was related to these two young men?

enjoyable website. keep up the good work.

Thanks for the site

My family is from Ellwood and Elport. My mother's maiden name was Rocco. My relatives were the Beatice's, the Perry's,the Santilo's,the Vetica's, the Rogers and the Hand's. The Savor's were from Elport and the Rocco's were from Ellwood City. I spent quite a few summers in Ellwood visiting my grandparents on Lawrence Avenue. There were many days that a walk to Ewing Park and a swim in the pool. And a walk downtown and the area that they called the subway, where the train tressel passes over the street. And looking back toward the enrty to Lincoln High School up on the hill. The Perry's owned the hardware/furniture store "Michaels".

Mandatory

Thank you for the wonderful website. It definitely brought back great memories. I was just in town for my class reunion (35) and enjoyed walking through childhood stomping grounds. I grew up on 419 Pershing Street in Ewing Park. It was a wonderful place to be as a child. In the morning, we would head to the Ewing Park playground (manned by college students) and spend hours playing games, working on arts & crafts and hanging with friends. At lunchtime we would head home (always on bicycle) and then go to the pool for the rest of the day until dinner. My Mother never worried about us and never had sitters to watch us. I am pretty sure I did this from the time I was in 1st or 2nd grade. Talk about freedom! As a teenager, I would head to the baseball field at night to watch the games, eat snowcones and flirt with the boys. Summers meant friends, fun and freedom.
My dad, Charlie Stein, who was superintendant of the US Steel Plant, oftens reminds us that Ellwood City was a great place to grow up. It was the best of small town Amercia; safe, old-fashioned and family-centered. I have so many memories of Ewing Park, Lincoln HS and my friends.
The Dairy Queen was THE hangout and I used to love Dilly bars and sundaes (I don't think I have had one since. My family loved Chuck's deli with the most wonderful ham salad anywhere. When the pharmacy was on the corner (across from the Synagogue), I used to buy little gifts for family and friends. I loved spending time in there smelling the perfumes and trying on the inexpensive jewelry. I also bought penny candy in there (and in Chuck's) and would set up lemonade stands at 5 Corners with my girlfriends Chrissie Venezie, Valerie Bauder and Amy Kardish. We did a brisk business which gave us more capital for return visits to the pharmacy.
Wonderful memories...thanks for the opportunity to share them.

I hold fond memories of Ellwood City and my years there. Lincoln High School, the track team, walking home from school in the summer with Jim Conway. Ewing Park and playing tennis and taking my little sister to the swimming pool. Made my best friends in Ellwood City, Larry Risko, Judy, Buddy Cuspard. Ellwood was wonderful place to grow up.

Hello,
I love your site. It really looks great. Keep up the good work.

I have been working on my Family Tree. Mostly the relatives that lived in Ellwood City. I would love to see any pictures anyone may have of the Scheidemantle, Scheidemantel, Shields, Titus and Baker's family members.

Sincerly,
Kim Scheidemantle Houvener

P.S. You can find me on Facebook or email me directly at: kimmyavonlady@att.net

Just learned of this website. What a nice idea. I grew up in Knox Plan in Beaver county but my address was always Ellwood City. Graduated from Lincoln in 1950

Great sight, familiar names. I grew up in Ewing Park no place better. Were any of you people lucky enought to have been taken swimming by Nick? Great place, and can't forget the DQ which came after Nicks closed. One summer they had banana splits on sale all summer long. I'll be back!

I found your website today. Great job and keep up the good work.

Great Website. My Walker family is from Ellwood City so it is wonderful to see some of the old pictures. Anyone with stories from the Walker clan please e-mail me at walkercandm@sbcglobal.net I would love to hear from you.

What a great site you have here. Whoever maintains it must be commended......good job!
All these wonderful pictures and info can't help but make me feel so strongly that Ellwood's future lies in its past. Since i was born and raised here i assume a certain right to be painfully honest about the place. Let's face it, the current Ellwood is a mere shell to the Ellwood of the past. Even the Ellwood of the 50's and 60's, when steel was king, was so much better than what we have here today in terms of a local economy and the arts.
did you know that at that period Ellwood had a per ca pita rating that scored higher than Mt. Lebanon? Sure, we still have all the nice people and that's great but wouldn't be smart if the people who work in economic development and politics around here would actually work towards what Ellwood could be instead of what never will actually happen. All it takes is a little knowledge of the past, some creative imagination and a new bridge/four lane highway connecting us to route 60 .....and the rest of the world! There's an old adage about Ellwood and it goes like this, "....you don't have to go through Ellwood to get to anywhere." With that in mind, you have your positives and negatives. The possibilities are here to re-invent Ellwood. Especially with all the talk about rebuilding America by the Obama administration. It's nice to revisit its past but even more important to focus on its future.

Hi Ellwood City!

I have such GREAT memories of growing up there on the Ellwood New Castle Rd.

Some of you might know my brothers, Bart, Bret and Doug Kissick.......

I would love to hear from former classmates who graduated from Lincoln High in 1983. sherrisherman@verizon.net

I moved to Hermitage Pa in 9th grade

January 6, 2009
My daughter just introduced me to this site.
She lives in Virginia and I live in Ellwood.
Growing up on the North Side still hold wonderful
memories. Located on the North Side of the bridge (Wampum Avenue)
were several merchants that our gang would frequent.
My uncle Jimmy Teolis had a shoe repair shop and
whenever I stopped in to visit, he would provide me
with pennies for the gumball and peanut machines.
A few doors down at the very end of the bridge was
a little shop (can anybody help me here I can still
see the owner but the name escapes me!) that sold
comic books and really silly stuff and lots of penny
candy. Also there was a pool hall in the bottom of
one of the buildings that my Dad would take me to and watch him play pool.
I too remember Nick's Snack Bar and park dances and
our parents never worried about where we were because we were always on foot.

Ellwood City was a wonderful place to grow up in. I especially loved to spend time in Ewing Park. I remember that I could spend a whole day there and spend less than one dollar. I would ride my bike there and my typical day would be something like this.I would go to the playground for awhile and play tetherball and do crafts. Then I would ride over to the swimming pool. I can remember when they built it in 1952. I taught myself to swim there. I can remember the first time I went off the high dive. It was kind of a "right of passage" for the young boys of my time. After swimming, I would then head for Nick's Snack Bar. I can remember watching them dig the footer for the building in 1951. Nick's was a great and safe place to hang out. Hot dogs sold for .15 cents. A few years later Nick Calabria added on to his first building and put a ping pong table in it for us. Right next to Nick's was the Dairy Queen. Most of us boys were on little league teams and we could be identified by our little league hats.
Ellwood City had a wonderful baseball program. There were games "under the lights" every night in the summer. I think there were 8 Little League teams. (Elks,Moose,Lions,Rotary,Kiwanis,Legion.....) There were four Knee High League teams for 13 and 14 yeaar olds and 4 American Legion teams for 15 to 18 year olds. The American Legion teams were the Auto Dealers,Manufacturers, Merchants and can't remember the other one. This program gave young boys like me countless hours of healthy activity. It couldn't have been possible without the entire community supporting it. Most of the clubs in town supported a team. I especially look back with admiration on all of the men that volunteered their time to coach and manage us. Some of the names that I remember with fondness were Bud Campbell, Dee Magnifico, Carl Meise,Dick Friedhof and Don Schaly. Most of these men would spend time with us after spending a hot summer day working in a local mill. I can remember when we played, there were always many local people in the stands supporting us. It makes me sad to see the ballfield idle and not being used as much as it used too. 2j2sZ
I can remember the park dances we used to go to at a picnic shelter on the far side of Ewing Park. There was never any trouble there. Girls would walk there by themselves from all over Ellwood. I'm afraid in today's day and age this couldn't happen.

thank's for all the info+photo's