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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

great site

Thank you the information about Friday's dairy. I will be coming to Ellwood on 10/31 and will make a trip to North Side to see if I can find the building.

Wonderful site Will be back often

I really like your site.You must be complimented for your great efforts and dedication to such a challange.
I left Ellwood City many years ago, but have always had it and the people from my past in my mind and heart. Keep up the good work.

I also have a couple pint size milk bottles with Fridays Dairy on the front. I can remember them being down on First Avenue, I believe. And I remember them delivering our milk to us when living on Hazel Avenue.

This site is very nice and brings back alot of memories of growing up in Ellwood. I am looking forward to returning home. I remember going to Rosanna playground in the summer and playing in the field where the Saxon club is.

Nice job. I will look for photos for your site.

George Brenneman alerted me to this site - and it’s great! Thanks for all of the work you have put into this. What nostalgia! For us living in tiny Portersville, going to Ellwood was big time! And of course with Dad painting there all those years we have many memories. I used to hop a bus in P-ville and head for Ellwood to do my Christmas shopping. I thought this was really big time. I was so impressed with Blocher’s Jewelry Store and that black marble front. I even bought some wedding gifts there.I bought Kathie’s engagement and wedding rings in Ellwood; I can’t remember the jeweler’s name, but it was someone Dad had contacts with (45 years ago!!) I loved going to Isaly’s and to Young’s Drug store where Joanne worked for awhile and made great Lemon Blennd drinks. I always thought Lincoln High was so elegant looking. Actually I don’t think Joanne worked at Young’s; it was a drug store diagonally across the main intersection from Young’s. I will keep checking this site and see what you are up to!
Bruce

Great site! Keep up the good work! I love looking at all of the old pictures...it is so neat to see how everything was!

Keep it going, great stuff

I love the site! Great work! I've only glanced it over, but will be back often to read in detail. Thanks for the link(s)! I would be honored to return the favor.

Very nice website. Great job webmaster.