CoalRegion Guestbook Archive: January, 1998

Coal Region Guestbook Archive
January, 1998

Name: Mark J. Gerrity
Website: Anthracite High School Wrestling Score Site.
Referred by: Other
From: Harrisburg, Pa
Time: 1998-01-31 23:35:00
Comments: Thank you for one fantastic site! I am from Shamokin and reside in Harrisburg since 1990 but plan to be back up home in the near future. I am a Shamokin High grad of 1967. I began dabbling with creating a web site two weeks ago and subsequently created a prot model fro high scoll wrestling scores in the coal region since 1-24-98. I have been posting and still do post these scores to Tom Elling's official PENNSYLVANIA WRESTLING site and Danny Harris' official District 2 site out of Wilkes Barre; I can send you both ur's if you wish or you can link them from my site and mention me if you e-mail Tom or Danny. i LOVE your site and enjoy it immensley and visit daily. My site may remain open all off season or i may close it down for the off season, I am unsure as of right now. Thanks again and best wishes! :) Respectfully yours, Mark J. Gerrity - Shamokin, PA

Name: Paul and Joan Berdiner
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Lancaster, Pa.
Time: 1998-01-31 20:59:00
Comments: I was born and raised in Gilberton, Pa.{Ducktown} left there to join the navy in ww2. Have been having a ball reading the Coal Region Page. My wife was from Suffolk, outside of Mahanoy City. Graduated Mahanoy Twp Class of 1946.Guess we'll always be Coal Crackers at heart.!! Great Page, keep up the good work.

Name: diane & chirp hall
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: reading pa
Time: 1998-01-31 19:34:00
Comments: we both are 1964 graduates of mahs. this is a great website,brings back lots of good memories. eastern star parties were great! Kaiers was the best: 3 quarts for $1 at Mickey's.

Name: Wanda Osborne
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Indpls Ind
Time: 1998-01-30 18:42:00
Comments: Hello there. alright already ,,,,,hey i love this site, sorry i took so long to sign in,may i come back and visit here? you know what? i its funny ,,,,i didn'tknow what a coal cracker was until i read some of this stuff, i can tellyou this thro,, i'am a coal miners daughter, now look here if those guys i read about are coal crackers; then i must be a real cookie,,how does that fit?you have got some stuff here i almost crumbled like a cookie this morning when i read those jokes. my dad worked for peabody coal.i never knew a lot about it before now i was just a little cookie then, cookie thats what you could call the ladies haaa,,,,, well i would still love to finish checking out some stuff if you don't mind. forgive me for crawling around your site without knocking first.i was rude, i think the trains were here.but coal crackers?ok you got me there thanks for all this site it is a great place to slip around on,let me know if i could be a cookie or well maybe i 'am just a crumb off a cracker. gotta quit here,keep up the goog pages. best regards wandy

Name: Lorraine Dewey
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Columbia, SC
Time: 1998-01-30 16:41:00
Comments: From Shamokin, CTHS 1965. Now living in Columbia, SC. This site makes me homesick.

Name: Dave Plarky
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From:
Time: 1998-01-30 14:42:00
Comments: I did not know that Jerry Wolman was a native to the coal region. That lousy SOB still owes my dad $500 bucks from back in the 60's. He really chuked my dad a good one, da frick.....

Name: Patricia Phillips
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Spring Mills PA
Time: 1998-01-30 13:48:00
Comments: Wanted to add that I would love to hear from anyone from Hazleton High School class of 1977 (I was Patricia McLaughlin) or thereabouts. Miss you all!

Name: Patricia Phillips
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Spring Mills PA
Time: 1998-01-30 13:05:00
Comments: I'm from Hazleton and tune into the Standard-Speaker online when I can. Saw the article on CoalSpeak today and laughed, it was great. Everyone can always tell when I've visited Hazleton by how fast I talk, how my voice inflects, and how I use the word you's (how are you's?). There is a definite accent in our area and I miss hearing it everyday! Best wishes with your homepage.

Name: Tina Perez
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Washington, NJ
Time: 1998-01-30 08:53:00
Comments: My family roots are from Shendo and so are many of my childhood memories. Going "up town", "up the back", to the bazaars for bleenies and piling into my grandfather's Rambler to go get milk at Geirhart's (hope the spelling is correct) farm in Ringtown. Those were the days and the best memories of holidays, that will never be reproduced, at my grandparents' home (West Washington Street). I don't visit to often, but when I do, kielbasi and kiska are a must for myself and friends.

Name: Doug Gober
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Orofino, Idaho
Time: 1998-01-30 01:04:00
Comments: I laughed so hard at "coalspeak" that my stomach hurts. I grew up in Llewellyn and reading this page was like a trip back there. Haven't been to Shendo in years but my sister still sends me Kielbasa from that little market there (can't remember the name). Thanks for the laughs!

Name: Jennifer,Kaitlin,Joe Penzes
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Bethlehem,Pa.
Time: 1998-01-29 10:55:00
Comments: Won-a-ful, Won-a-ful, sometimes heard by some old duchy in the local tap rooms down around here, not shure if it was his speech or his dialect, In all sincerity, thanks

Name: BILL WILLINSKY
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: PORTLAND CONN.
Time: 1998-01-29 08:22:00
Comments: GIRARDVILLE,"HELP" DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW HOW "THE BASTIE"GOT IT,S NAME? ALSO ,ANYONE EVER SWIM IN "THE BATHTUB"UP PRESTON HILL?

Name: Kurt Eroh
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Pottsville
Time: 1998-01-28 21:58:00
Comments: Ya, I live in Pottsville and damn proud of it! Anyone need a quart??

Name: Nancy Badal
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: orange county,CA
Time: 1998-01-28 16:44:00
Comments: Hi, I'm was born and raised in Hazleton. I go home each year to stay in touch with my roots. My husband (a native californian) says that my accent is very obvious after a week at home. I graduated from HHS class of '70, would love to hear from my old classmates!

Name: Pam (Troyanoski) Miscikowski
Website:
Referred by: Other
From: Richmond, Va
Time: 1998-01-28 16:06:00
Comments: My sister sent me an e-mail about your website. When I checked it out, I was laughing so hard and talking so weird people at work were wondering what was wrong with me. Real enjoyable..gives me a little piece of home down here in Virginia. P. Miscikowski

Name: bob lucas
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Tampa, FL
Time: 1998-01-28 13:43:00
Comments: Love the site, my mother is from Lansford. Isn't it amazing how the Poconos have grown over the years.

Name: James Siemanis
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From:
Time: 1998-01-28 12:57:00
Comments: Nice work. Jim from Minersville.

Name: Dan Dawson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Pittstown, NJ
Time: 1998-01-28 08:39:00
Comments: Mother was from Shenandoah. The family name in the area was Buzis.

Name: bill willinsky
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: portland conn.
Time: 1998-01-28 08:09:00
Comments: GIRARDVILLE ORIGINALLY I.H.H.S.CLASS OF "60" GREAT PAGE.

Name: karen
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From:
Time: 1998-01-27 20:45:00
Comments: one more thing. When i first moved to harrisburg, i got a job in advertising sales. people thought my accent was french canadian! go figure

Name: John Alcaraz
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Baltimore MD
Time: 1998-01-27 20:41:00
Comments: Originally from Shenandoah, visit regularly. I very much enjoyed this site. Keep up the good work. Hope the site continues to grow, any word on the chatroom yet?

Name: Kim Schaeffer Alcaraz
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Baltimore MD
Time: 1998-01-27 20:45:00
Comments: Originally from Pottsville. A job well done!

Name: karen
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: east berlin, pa
Time: 1998-01-27 20:35:00
Comments: originally from minersville class of 77. great place to grow up in but had to get out quick or stuck for life. great times to be had back home but glad i moved on.

Name: Katy Mook
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: New Castle, PA
Time: 1998-01-27 19:47:00
Comments: Heard of this site through former residents of Shenandoah....

Name: Katy Mook
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: New Castle, PA
Time: 1998-01-27 19:59:00
Comments: Heard of this site through former residents of Shenanodoah....

Name: Eileen McFadden Burke
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Kennett Square, PA
Time: 1998-01-27 19:41:00
Comments: Hey Amy and Denise What fun that my cousins have their own web page. Why'd it take so long for me to find out? My brother, John, told me about it. I'll check in from time to time to see what's up with it! By the way, if you need a link to the mayor of Pottsville (like you ever would!), I went to college with him (we have a mutual friend). Fun site!! Eileen

Name: Jeff Gabriel
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Hazleton
Time: 1998-01-27 19:20:00
Comments: I think this page is awesome because now I can shw all my friends at school that I'm not the only one who talks like I do.

Name: nancy berezovske
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: north carolina
Time: 1998-01-27 18:16:00
Comments: Wishes to all from the coal region.

Name: Myrna and Bill Everly
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Port Carbon, PA
Time: 1998-01-27 17:15:00
Comments: Great website! Really funny even if you're not from the area!

Name: Scott Camloh
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Binghamton
Time: 1998-01-27 16:40:00
Comments: My grandfather, Joseph Camloh, worked in the coal mines near Luzerne, PA, for 40+ years. Though he passed away when I was just 6 years old (in 1969), my father, his only surviving son, continues to tell us stories of his father to this day. My maternal grandfather, Joseph Laufer, was a coal dealer in the Wilkes-Barre and surrounding areas for 30+ years. He retired from that vocation in the early 70's; he passed away in 1982. Having become old enough to really get to know him, I have many stories of his endeavors as well.

Name: Bobby Klinger
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: U.S Air Force Ca, and Guam
Time: 1998-01-27 13:52:00
Comments: Coal Township. Member of the Maine and Elysburg Fire Companies. Since I have been in the Air Force there is nothing I miss more than the Coal region. Especially the Food. Just like to say Hi to Dave, Dana and all my aunts and uncles.

Name: Bill Labov
Website: William Labov
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Philadelphia
Time: 1998-01-27 06:04:00
Comments: I'm the director of the Linguistics Laboratory at the U. of Penn in Philadelphia. We're working on the Phonological Atlas of North America, which is the first national study of American pronunciation. (The Atlas is linked with my home page). We'll be studying Pennsylvania closely in the next couple of years, and very much appreciate the info in the Coal Speak Dictionary. Several years ago, Ruth Herold completed a dissertation about Eastern Pennsylvania that showed that one particular change in pronunciation was closely tied to the coal-mining towns and cities. This change leads to two whole sets of words being pronounced the same: DON and DAWN, HOCK and HAWK, ODD and AWED. Myself, I was born in North Jersey, in Rutherford.

Name: Jim Sincavage
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Lititz,pa.
Time: 1998-01-26 20:57:00
Comments: Girardville, great pizza

Name: Jim Sincavage
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Lititz,pa.
Time: 1998-01-26 20:55:00
Comments: Girardville, great pizza

Name: Diana Bashinsky
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Annville, PA
Time: 1998-01-26 20:59:00
Comments: I am from Mahanoy Plane, but currently attend Lebanon Valley College.

Name: Diana Bashinsky
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Annville, PA
Time: 1998-01-26 20:53:00
Comments: I am from Mahanoy Plane, but currently attend Lebanon Valley College.

Name: Diana Bashinsky
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Annville, PA
Time: 1998-01-26 20:52:00
Comments: I am from Mahanoy Plane, but currently attend Lebanon Valley College.

Name: Amy Wasserleben
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Annville, PA
Time: 1998-01-26 21:03:00
Comments: I am from the Barnesville area, but attend Lebanon Valley College.

Name: Danny and Fern Renner
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Hatboro
Time: 1998-01-26 18:26:00
Comments: Enjoyed the coal-speak section and the remembering the famous people. Brought back memories since we have been away from the coal region for 41 years. Nice site!

Name: Lew Heiser
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Shenandoah
Time: 1998-01-26 17:57:00
Comments: Hi, great site.I'm originally from The Dale (Locustdale), a downroader.

Name: Ed Walukonis
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Reading, PA
Time: 1998-01-26 13:10:00
Comments: Born & raised in Chendo. Attended Kakie till it closed & finished up in Carnal Brennan. Spent many a night in Hoppie's and Schutawie's. I come back in the summer just for the bleenies at the street bazaars. Sometimes I actually miss the smell of sulfer dioxide in the air!

Name: Helenmary MacLean
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Florida
Time: 1998-01-25 22:06:00
Comments: West Pittston What memories dis site has brung me! Makes me wish I was still wit youze guys!

Name: Anne Marie Pelsinsky Salinkas
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Montrose, PA
Time: 1998-01-25 18:42:00
Comments: Orinally from Shenandoah, PA. Class of 1956 Shenandoah Catholic High School. Would love to receive email from former classmates!

Name: Anne Marie Pelsinsky Salinkas
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From:
Time: 1998-01-25 18:13:00
Comments: Shenandoah, PA

Name: Gary L. Leitzel
Website: Welcome To My Homepage
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Newark, Delaware
Time: 1998-01-25 15:40:00
Comments: I really enjoyed reading the "CoalSpeak Dictionary". It brought back a lot of memories of the coal region. I am originally from Grier City (just outside Barnesville) and a 1971 graduate of Mahanoy Area High School. I still love dishes like bleenies, pierogies, and hulupkies. I also visit the area about three times a year. My parents, brother and family as well as other relatives still live there. Even though I've lost most of my accent, there are certain phrases that will be a part of me forever.....people still point them out!

Name: Louis R Berlanda
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Hatboro, Pa
Time: 1998-01-25 09:18:00
Comments: I Louis R Berlanda came from Ebervale ,Pa Right next door to the breaker, I have a sister Virginia and a brother that still lives there. And a brother the lives in Hazleton I married a girl from Eckley Martha Kudra.She has a twin sister that lives in Drifton who is married to Hoss Uhrin. Thank for the information Louis R Berlanda louisb7776@aol.com

Name: Mark Ackiewicz
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Alexandria, VA
Time: 1998-01-24 21:18:00
Comments: Great site!! I am originally from Shenandoah. A proud product of the S. V. school system (class of '91). I get a full serving from the "coal stove" every time I visit. Keep up the good work.

Name: Karl Loeper
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Bradenton, Fla.
Time: 1998-01-24 20:41:00
Comments: From Ashland..Graduated from IHHS (Carnal Brennin) 1960. Enjoyed your Coalspeak to the point I thought I was back in ASH-LIN...Really hit home with screamers from Tony's He used to have chili we called Krytonite...only thing known to kill Superman...Great place to go after a long nite at Benny's or Marone's...forwarded your address to my Bro. Pete in Ft Myers, Fla....Thanks for making me homesick!!!

Name: Rich Sosna
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Abingdon, MD
Time: 1998-01-24 19:55:00
Comments: Really enjoyed the website. My parents are both from Shenandoah and are now living in Phila. I have fond memories of going for picnics at Tuscarora and eating at the Dutch Kitchen in Frackville. You never left the area hungry or thirsty!

Name: Daniel & Jean Oestreich
Website:
Referred by: Other
From: Just Down The Road A Mile
Time: 1998-01-24 15:29:00
Comments: The McFadden Girls { Hi Girls, You To Katie } Ashland, PA

Name: Stephen Kowalewski or Kove
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Carmichael, California
Time: 1998-01-24 06:22:00
Comments: I found your fun Web site thanks to Debbie Pastuzak. I'm 63 now, and the happiest were the first 14, growing up in Shamokin. We had fun. One pastime was playing with carbide cannons. When the bootleggers weren't working their mines, we used to steal their carbide. We would take a Crisco can and put a small hole in the floor of the can. Then we would throw a handfull of carbide into the can with some water and let the mixture "cook" for a while. We'd lite a match to the hole and usually a hell of an explosion would follow. In the summer we'd swim in mud holes and strip mines when we were broke. If we had some money we'd stand on the bridge near the Cameron Collery and hitch hike down to Knobles, or we'd go to the Edgewood Park pool. I'd give anything to relive those years again. Your Web site brought back many happy memories. Thanks.

Name: Tanstaafl
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Plains, PA, just north of Wilkes-Barre
Time: 1998-01-24 00:44:00
Comments: Wanted to share just a bit of our history from the coalfields. My Grandmother, on my father's side, grew up in Ashley/Hanover Township, just south of Wilkes-Barre. They lived in a double block (a townhouse of two) with her grandparents. Her grandfather worked for the railroad, and during WWI, had to make a run on Christmas Day. Hey, the war got won by such sacrifices...24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to fuel the war effort. Well, probably because of the holiday, and inexperience covering for those who wanted off, two trains kinda got onto the same track, in different directions. In the ensuing crash, my great grandfather, the "fireman" (he fed coal into the boiler to power the locomotive) was thrown into the firebox. In those days, you laid out your dead in the living room. I imagine it was a closed casket, but Gram, all of 11 years old at the time, remembered she couldn't tolerate the smell, even on the other side of the home, and went to stay with relatives until it was over. Many people have spoken of the rich diversity of the region. Maybe by our time growing up, such was the case, but at the time, ethnic hatreds were strong, and competition was fierce. Think of all the churches in the coalfields, each of them a different ethnicity...competing to build bigger and better altars to honor their God...and show up them (fill-in-the-blank). The reason certain areas were enclaves of certain ethnic groups wasn't by choice but by necessity. Ellis Islanders were hustled along until they found "their own kind". They weren't welcome anywhere else. It was a harsh life, a hard life, a rude life. My husband's grandfather was killed in the mines when his father was a young child. He and his older sister were orphaned when their mother died 6 months later..."of a broken heart". The probable reality was she worked and worried herself to death trying to take care of her kids, in an area where there were no jobs for women. I keep hearing Tenessee Ernie Ford's "Company Store" in my mind here. The father's mother, the German Grossmutter, and the father's youngest brother, all of 18, teamed up to raise the children, because you didn't let "your own" go to an orphanage, and there was no shortage of orphans... You took care of your own. Maybe one of the prouder legacies of the coalfields. Should I chat about my own Grandmother, an Irish lady from the Bronx (NY) who found her beloved seafaring husband was actually a bigamist? He jumped on a ship out of harbour; she couldn't earn enough to feed her children (we're talking the Great depression here) so she came down to Berwick, PA, to find his family and try to find a way to take care of her kids. And ended up giving one up for adoption at the tender age of 6 or 7, because she couldn't afford to feed them both. The boy, a bit older, could work. No child labor laws then. We don't realize, when we complain about this great nation of ours, just how hard life can be. We've grown up expecting to be taken care of when things hit a bump in the road. If we look at our heritage, we can appreciate just how good our world really is, and realize how far we have come. There is heartbreak all over the coalfields. The dust may be black, but it was tinged with blood. Hey, thanks for listening. Tanstaafl

Name: Bob Reed
Website: PA-LINKS
Referred by: Net Search
From:
Time: 1998-01-24 00:04:00
Comments: I will add a link to my PA-LINKS page Super fine work on your page.

Name: Richard Zamboni
Website:
Referred by: NewspaperArticle
From: Harrisburg, Pa
Time: 1998-01-23 23:59:00
Comments: Originally from Mount Carmel, born and raised there, high school class of 61...often return there to see other family members and to enjoy the home made foods. Also like to visit Knoebels Grove in the summer...miss those bleenies at the church block parties as well as the peirorgies...these have got to to the best in the world...and Shenandoah has the best Keilbosie in the world...I used to travel to Pasky's in Shendo to get them for lunch along with porogies.

Name: Robin
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Coaltownship,PA.
Time: 1998-01-23 22:50:00
Comments: I really enjoyed this page,I grew up in the coal reigon, and we do talk like this.

Name: Mike Stola, Sr
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Hazleton
Time: 1998-01-23 20:16:00
Comments: Bein born in hazleton I am a TRUE "Coal Cracker" and I might add Exremely PROUD of MY HOME TOWN I guess that Special Flavor of the town keeps You Here Or We ALL could of Moved it is Great to be from this Area of the US sort of the Hub of the Industrial Age !!!!!

Name: Paul Rumbel
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: over da valley
Time: 1998-01-23 19:47:00
Comments: I had people in North Carolina to Maine say, you gotta be from the coal region cuz ya talk funny! COOL SIGHT keep up the good work!

Name: Dennis P. Kelly
Website:
Referred by: Other
From: Media, Penna.
Time: 1998-01-23 16:38:00
Comments: Hello again - I wanted to post my e-mail address, would enjoy hearing from fellow CBHS grads, 1978-1982 or so, I'm class of 1980. This site gets better all the time! - thank you.

Name: David Jones
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Denver.Colorado
Time: 1998-01-23 11:01:00
Comments: Grew up in Orwigsburg.......This brought back lots of fun memories..And I still tell my kids they are called gothchies. Jonesy

Name: John E. Klimuszka
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Time: 1998-01-22 21:55:00
Comments: Teriffic.....Just great.....From Wilkes-Barre

Name: Mia Light
Website:
Referred by: Other
From: Shenandoah
Time: 1998-01-22 18:52:00
Comments: Hi! I was raised in Mahanoy Township (East of Shenandoah). Graduated from Mahanoy Area H.S. in 1978. Living now in Shenandoah and writing for the Hazleton Standard-Speaker. A local friend working in Harrisburg showed me a first-draft copy of the Coal-Speak Dictionary given to him by a Cop in Harrisburg! I've recently seen the booklet form of the dictionary and think it's great! (Friends have some additional local words that could be added!) I'll be directing my Brother in South Carolina (Air Force) to your Web Site.

Name: Greg Hafer
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Pottsville, PA
Time: 1998-01-22 18:47:00
Comments: Thought the site was great. Already passed it on to some friends in Washington, D.C. who had to learn our "correct" english.

Name: Linda Brennan (Hughes)
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Aristes
Time: 1998-01-22 17:02:00
Comments: Originally from Ashland Graduate of ASGH school of nursing

Name: Jennifer Paskey
Website:
Referred by: NewspaperArticle
From: Shenandoah Pennsylvania
Time: 1998-01-22 15:50:00
Comments: i am from Shenandoah. Still living there and also still in school 7th grade in shenandoah valley who ever knows me or my parents(diane class of '79 and fran class of '75) well drop me (us) a little letter!!!!! bye

Name: Tom Barrett
Website:
Referred by: Other
From: Aldan, PA 19018-3112
Time: 1998-01-22 13:35:00
Comments: I keep coming back, meet some very interesting people and get back in touch with a lot of old friends. I have had a problem sending email when I click on someone, either busy or try later messages. Of course it hasn't stopped me from coming back or trying again. Why not publish a book of email addresses of coal region people, I want a copy. Thanks for the great effort - good job!

Name: ken schetroma
Website: moneybags
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: okinawa japan
Time: 1998-01-22 07:14:00
Comments: mt. carmel, but livin in japan now can't wait to git back and have a few soupies and a koortz or two; great page keep up the good work

Name: Tanstaafl
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Plains, Pennsylvania, outside of Wilkes-Barre
Time: 1998-01-22 02:19:00
Comments: Graduated from the old Hazleton High School, class of '75. Moved down into the "Other Valley". Love the page; my whole neighborhood talks like this, and though it may not be as elegant as England's accent, nor as blimey as Australia's accent, I like it.

Name: Charlie Witmayer
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Spring City , PA
Time: 1998-01-22 01:45:00
Comments: Great page! Great recipes! I'm originally from Ashland. My Aunt Marie Witmayer worked in the kitchen of the Marko Towne House.Enjoyed lunches at Weymans.Frequented Danny"s Boulevard Drive-in, Marrone"s in G-ville,went to the Roxy Theater in Ashland, enjoyed Dutch cakes and huckleberry muffins from Raudenbushes Bakery,drinking Kaiers up in the bush with Rich Thompson,Dave Boppel, and Roy Malafarina.If you think the language is unique and wonderful, well the people are too. Love to get back and socialize when time permits.Thanks for a great page,Butt

Name: Michael Scheib
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Tremont
Time: 1998-01-22 00:18:00
Comments: Coal Cracker from the southern region. Coal Country people are the greatest. Listened to many stories from my Granfather and father about the coal region. Great history. Good Job.

Name: harold dudash
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Salt Lake City Utah
Time: 1998-01-21 22:39:00
Comments: FHS clas of 63 !

Name: Tom Shade
Website:
Referred by: Other
From: Reading
Time: 1998-01-21 19:16:00
Comments: A guy I work with in Pine Grove (he's from St. Clair) says that the Burma Road got it's name because at the top, it looks like a snake?? I guess a python?? I don't know... I'm just passing along the message.

Name: jim fitzgibbon
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: out there
Time: 1998-01-21 14:46:00
Comments: I'M FITZ. g-ville through and through. gone for 25 years but still visit frequently. to john blase, fond memories of preston ave.( sammy's, jimmy nice , playing cards under alcaraz's porch, hangin on careys' corner etc. to ann marie cooke, sure do remember all the girls from 300 block w. main, you left for the polander side of town. feel free to e-mail jim-fitzgibbon@navsup.navy.mil

Name: Mike Chiodo
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From: Strasburg, PA
Time: 1998-01-21 09:06:00
Comments: Thanks for information about da region.

Name: Rena Hanna
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From: Hazleton PA
Time: 1998-01-21 07:47:00
Comments: I found this article while reading the Standard Speaker on line and am proud to find this area on the WEB.

Name: Rena Hanna
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From: Hazleton PA
Time: 1998-01-21 07:35:00
Comments: I still live in the coal reagion and am very proud of it.

Name: Ellen Mika
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From: Bethesda, MD
Time: 1998-01-20 23:44:00
Comments: I'm originally from Mahanoy City.

Name: Daniel B. Sorge
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From: Columbia, MD
Time: 1998-01-20 20:43:00
Comments: I haven't had such a gut wrenching laugh in a long time. As a native of Pottsville, your WEBSITE was a hoot!

Name: Jane Bensinger
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From: Newark, DE
Time: 1998-01-20 20:48:00
Comments: My father (Bensinger), grandmother (Lauer) and her parents (Wagner/Lauer) all were from Ashland. My grandfather and his parents & grndprnts (Bensinger/Paul/Bauscher) were from Mahanoy City, and earier, Tamaqua. Went to Ashland for many visits through young adulthood--ABA parade, Lokie, Boulevard Drive In, Knoebels, summer vacation. Still go as often as possible and head up to the topatown for a platter. Great site!

Name: Deborah J. Cichowicz-Trent
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From: Manassas, VA
Time: 1998-01-20 15:34:00
Comments: born Kingston (Luzerne county) also lived in Trucksville (Meadowcrest)

Name: Len Geshan
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From: Northern Virginia
Time: 1998-01-20 11:13:00
Comments: My Aunt told me about this site. As a child, I have found memories of my grandparents, who lived in Mahanoy City. The coal speak brought a chuckle and a grin. I will inform my parents of this site.

Name: Bill Burke
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From: Sterling, VA
Time: 1998-01-20 10:31:00
Comments: From: Mahanoy City, High School class of 57.

Name: Brenda Wishnefsky
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From: Laurel MD
Time: 1998-01-20 09:11:00
Comments: I'm from Mah-noy City. I really got a kick out of the dictionary. I'll be back for more. Keep it up.

Name: Joe Carmadella
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From: Maryland
Time: 1998-01-19 19:05:00
Comments: I'm originally from Hazleton. I came across your page while reading the Standard Speaker online. I've made copies of the dictonary and recipes pages and sent them home to my sisters who both still live in the area. Great job and keep it up. Thanks.

Name: David Rosato
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From: Philadelphia
Time: 1998-01-19 17:34:00
Comments: I"m originally from Kelayres. I visit the region a few times a year. It rarely changes! Thats nice!

Name: Mike Bernatowicz
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From: Princeton, NJ
Time: 1998-01-19 17:09:00
Comments: Forty-three year old Mt. Carmel native.

Name: Rita Chernesky
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From: Shenandoah
Time: 1998-01-19 15:28:00
Comments: I was born and raised in Shenandoah - SV Class of '87. As a matter of fact, I still live there. It is definately a "unique" place to live! No matter where I go or what I do, it will always be my home. This website is wonderful - interesting and amusing. You did a wonderful job! Keep it updated - it's a classic!!!

Name: Bill Oblas
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From: Hamilton, VA 20158
Time: 1998-01-19 14:13:00
Comments: Grew up in Mahanoy City along with my wife, former Sally Boysen also of M.C. Moved to Virginia in 1973 after graduating from college and have been here ever since. Keep up the great work, especially the continuous updates. By the way, is there any way the Christmas tree will ever return to the middle of the street in Mahanoy City. Maybe we need a write in campaign or petition drive or something like that.

Name: john zukas
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From: souderton, pa
Time: 1998-01-19 13:34:00
Comments: Barnesville Pa

Name: Ralph Guida
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From: Marysville, PA
Time: 1998-01-19 10:26:00
Comments: Originally from Chendo. Still drinkin that Vitamin Y and acting like I never left the region. Love the coalspeak dictionary, it brings back a lot of great memories. It's hard to believe we used to talk that way. Would love to hear from any of you former coalcrakers who surf the net. Keep up the good work with this website.

Name: Dave and Jeanie Crowl
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From: Elysburg Time: 1998-01-19 09:35:00
Comments: Great for our region.It helps preserve our past heritage and present culture in a positive light.

Name: Dave and Jeanie Crowl
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From: Elysburg Time: 1998-01-19 09:38:00
Comments: Great for our region.It helps preserve our past heritage and present culture in a positive light.

Name: cathy dinstel klem
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From: chesapeake, va
Time: 1998-01-19 07:49:00
Comments: originally from Kingston PA

Name: Linda Maue
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From: Arlington, NE
Time: 1998-01-18 23:01:00
Comments: Hazleton,PA

Name: Emmett C. Gallagher
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From: Barberton, Ohio
Time: 1998-01-18 21:24:00
Comments: Originally from Coaldale, Marian High 1960

Name: Amy Spishock
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From: Dauphin, PA
Time: 1998-01-18 20:59:00
Comments: I grew up in Hazleton (for 16 years); moved to the Harrisburg area in 1979. The people here are different from those in the coal region...This is a great website! It made me laugh, as I read each word in the coalspeak dictionary. You don't realize the dialect until you move away from it! Keep up the good work! Peace, -A

Name: DIANE PASKEY
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From: shenandoah,pa
Time: 1998-01-18 17:24:00
Comments: really enjoyed reading the web site, relayed to a lot of other people too. iam from chendo and still live there

Name: larry Trakes
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From: frackville
Time: 1998-01-18 16:25:00
Comments: "Coal Region..... where the air is a little cleaner, and the beer is a lot colder!!!!

Name: Patricia Chapman
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From: Hershey
Time: 1998-01-18 15:22:00
Comments: Originally from Centralia. Ejoyed the lingo from years gone by.

Name: Thomas J. Muldoon
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From: Mahanoy City,Pa.
Time: 1998-01-18 14:50:00
Comments: Great Job,

Name: Rick Burke
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From: Schnecksville, Pa.
Time: 1998-01-18 13:53:00
Comments: Great web site,brings back lots of memories.Georges,The Pool room,Gus's. Keep up the good work.Coal dirt forever!

Name: Kenneth Yearick
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From: Whitehall, PA
Time: 1998-01-18 13:19:00
Comments: Lived in Tamaqua for 13 years - very interesting and unique experience; interested in knowing more about coal-cracker area and people;

Name: Lahoma Wagner
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From: Ranshaw Pa.
Time: 1998-01-18 00:16:00
Comments: Originally from Coal Township Pa-Ranshaw is Still part of Coal Township

Name: Bob Devitz
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From: Palm Harbor, Florida
Time: 1998-01-17 23:57:00
Comments: Originally from Ashland. North Schuylkill Class of 1973. Moving to Pittsburgh this summer. Would welcome e-mail messages.

Name: Deborah Dinstel Pinheiro
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From: Lake Ariel, PA
Time: 1998-01-17 17:15:00
Comments: Kingston, PA Now dat I'm living outside da area, I really appreciate it more. I'm temporarily in Lake Ariel, but have lived for 20 years in Brazil and plan to return. This region actually helped prepare me for living in another country because of the rich cultural diversity. I love the coal region!

Name: Mark A. Hornberger
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From: Shillington, PA
Time: 1998-01-17 10:53:00
Comments: Native of Mahanoy City (dat's pronounced "Mah - noy" City, NOT Mahoney or Mockanoy!)

Name: Tom Carten
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From: Wilkes-Barre
Time: 1998-01-17 10:14:00
Comments: Someone printed out the CoalSpeak dictionary and I found it in the computer lab. Been living here for 2+18 years (2, moved away to school, returned for 18 more). Not a native, but after you've been here two,tree years it grows on you, hayna or no? Anymore, I got to get to work.

Name: L86
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From: in a house
Time: 1998-01-17 10:07:00
Comments: Yoooooooooooooo Jim..haha I finally got around to signing this thing....tag your it

Name: Jack & Kalina Makara
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From: Indiana, PA
Time: 1998-01-16 22:23:00
Comments: Jack-from Primrose(outside of Minersville), Kalina (Spotts)-from Frackville, Great Web Site! Now living in the hometown of Jimmy Stewart. Hi to Phil L. & Don "Duck" Davis. You know you were born and raised in the coal region when you look at the coal region dictionary and ask yourself the question "doesn't everyone speak like dat?" Good luck with future listings!

Name: Dave Gibboney
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From: Ft. Myers, Florida
Time: 1998-01-16 16:41:00
Comments: One addition to your dictionary: Sheeney - an old dirty guy who used to drive around town collecting "anything" -- rags, string, scrap metal,old furniture, etc. A common threat when we were kids "If you're not a good "BOY" OR "GIRL", we're going to sell you to the sheeney".

Name: Tommie McGovern
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From: Branchdale, PA
Time: 1998-01-16 12:21:00
Comments: I'm a high school senior, and I'm doing research for my senior project. This is a manadatory project proposed by the school. It is about coal mining and its benefits to Schuylkill County. As I was browsing around, I seen the guestbook and just had to sign it. So happy mining! Sincerely, T.McG.

Name: Susan Fritz
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From: New York City
Time: 1998-01-16 12:08:00
Comments: My father saved the write-up from the local paper (the Standard Speaker, I think). I’m originally from Freeland, near Hazleton. I really got a kick out of your coal speak lexicon!

Name: Alan Chyko
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From: Weatherly
Time: 1998-01-16 09:59:00
Comments: Eloquently put!

Name: Bob Marcavage
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From: Hershey, PA
Time: 1998-01-15 19:22:00
Comments: Great site guys! Originally from up the Heights (not downtown)on Florida Ave on the high side.

Name: Katrina Elliott
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From: Spring City
Time: 1998-01-15 19:14:00
Comments: My great grandmother is from Shenandoah and if there is one thing she's taught me it's that perogies are not complete without bacon.

Name: Scott
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From: Maizeville (Gilberton), Schuylkill County
Time: 1998-01-15 18:58:00
Comments: I lived in Maizeville every day of my life. I love it in the Coal Region. The worst part about it is thinking about what the Mahanoy Plane used to be like. I wish it was still operating. The best thing is going on hikes in the culm banks.

Name: Sandy
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From: Harrisburg
Time: 1998-01-15 17:57:00
Comments: I love da coal reejin. Orijinly from Mannoy City

Name: Eileen Barlow (Straka from home!)
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From: Chendo (where da heck else?)
Time: 1998-01-15 17:38:00
Comments: Born and raised in Chedo. Went ta Katlick Skool at St. George's and Non-See-Ay-Shun after we merged. (Let's hear it for Sister Helen - aren't you mean?!). Grajee-ated in '79 wit deez guys. Don't forget Kirlav! Any other CB grads out there?

Name: Craig Bernhart
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From:
Time: 1998-01-15 16:38:00
Comments: Lived in Shendo from 1985-1987. Still visit on occasion. Ran the fivey on main st.

Name: Anne (Becker) Stein
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From: Bedford, MA
Time: 1998-01-15 14:43:00
Comments: I was born in Coaldale, raised in Shenandoah and the Heights, and am a 1966 graduate of Shenandoah High (Cooper). Haven't been back since 1981 and this site makes me realize how much I miss it! Things are sure different here but not always better--no blockparties. We can get Mrs. T's at Stop & Shop but the only way to get bleenies is to make your own. Thanks for the memories...you've done a GREAT job.

Name: NICOLE OERTMANN
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From: AUBURN
Time: 1998-01-15 12:48:00
Comments: I GRADUATED FROM SCHUYLKILL HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1995 AND I AM CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT MORAVIAN COLLEGE IN BETHLEHEM, PA.

Name: Cass
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From: Wilkes-Barre
Time: 1998-01-15 06:33:00
Comments: Great page!

Name: Angie
Website:
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From: South Tamaqua (up near Leibys)
Time: 1998-01-14 23:52:00
Comments: My friend Jen from up Shendoh told me about the page. I figured I'd put in here a story about the minr fire up there in Centralia. A couple years ago my Nanna told me about how some delinquints from McAdoo threw some kinda bomb down there in that mine. It had some kinda illegal fireworks or somrthing. Her sister knew them kids and they was nothin but trouble. They was up to no good and they ruined everybody's lifes cuz of it. They should be fried in the electrick chair for starting that fire up there. That's a shame. That's all I gotta say.

Name: Jim Sewastynowicz
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From: Winona, MN
Time: 1998-01-14 18:04:00
Comments: This page gave me proof to show people out here that i'm not the only one who talks this way. It makes me chendo proud.

Name: Angelo Serva
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From: Wellsboro, Pa
Time: 1998-01-14 08:41:00
Comments: We lived in Shenandoah on New York street. Would like to hear from some of the people during the 1954 to 1958 era. I was a member of the George Welsh Company a group of guys all from the coal region that went to into the Navy in June 1956 together. Are any of you out there. Please reply. Thanks

Name: Ruth Ann
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From: Hatboro, PA
Time: 1998-01-13 23:48:00
Comments: I was born in Ashland, although I lived in Hatboro all of my life. My dad is from Ashland, he lived on Hoffman Boulevard. My mom is originally from Pitman. I went to Bloomsburg and graduated in 1975. I told my parents about this web site and I really enjoyed reading all of the interesting things in it. It reminded me of when I visited my grandparents in Ashland. Keep up the good work

Name: Michelene Z. Malosh
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From: Harrisburg, PA
Time: 1998-01-13 22:02:00
Comments: Born in Scranton - lived in Taylor - graduate of Riverside H.S. - class of '75. Best memories.... St. Patrick's Day and the parade (from what I can remember...); corner bars in Scranton, like Thursday nights at the Sixpense, the Rusty Nail, Heil's..., colum dumps - pink and smokin ... Nay Aug park and swimin' in Lake Lincoln pool...Nay Aug Zoo and entering the name the new Elephant - Princess Penny!... going to da Eynon Drug Store... Old Forge pizza... walkin' around Lake Scranton... The Scranton Public Library... school outings at Rocky Glen Park... presidential candidate John Kennedy driving down Main Strreet, Taylor, in a convertible... "THE pothole - world's largest - at Archbald....... and countless other memories in a big-small friendly town............

Name: Michelene Z. Malosh
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From: Harrisburg, PA
Time: 1998-01-13 22:09:00
Comments: Born in Scranton - lived in Taylor - graduate of Riverside H.S. - class of '75. Best memories.... St. Patrick's Day and the parade (from what I can remember...); corner bars in Scranton, like Thursday nights at the Sixpense, the Rusty Nail, Heil's..., colum dumps - pink and smokin ... Nay Aug park and swimin' in Lake Lincoln pool...Nay Aug Zoo and entering the name the new Elephant - Princess Penny!... going to da Eynon Drug Store... Old Forge pizza... walkin' around Lake Scranton... The Scranton Public Library... school outings at Rocky Glen Park... presidential candidate John Kennedy driving down Main Strreet, Taylor, in a convertible... "THE pothole - world's largest - at Archbald....... and countless other memories in a big-small friendly town............

Name: Tom McDonnell
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From: Clarks Summit, Pa.
Time: 1998-01-13 20:01:00
Comments: I was (reared) raised in Pittston. When I asked my friends jeet yet, they usually responded with twirly-tweet better known as too early to eat. It seems that I can't go anywhere with out someone identifying me as a coal cracker. The last time this happened, I was in Jacksonville Florida. It musta been the way I talked. If it wasn't that, then it musta been the way I had my shirt buuhuned. Well whahever!! I really enjoy the site. Keep up the good work.

Name: Jeffrey Neidig
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From: Sunbury,PA
Time: 1998-01-13 19:07:00
Comments: I was born and raised in Trevorton,PA. This is right on the border of the coal region.I know alot of people from the coal region and it is really entertaining to read your material. thank you!!!!

Name: LOU SERVA
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From: ALLENTOWN PA
Time: 1998-01-13 19:06:00
Comments: JOINING MY BROTHER ON YOUR SITE. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF COOPERS FINEST FROM THE LATE FIFTIES. SOMEBODY TELL JOE MIKITA I SAID HELLO.

Name: DAN GAFFNEY
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From: Cinnaminson, NJ
Time: 1998-01-13 17:36:00
Comments: Greetings! My family was originally from Girardville, and I married Marge (nee Leonarczyk from Shenandoah), my high school sweetheart. I really enjoyed your informative article and web info. Keep up the good work, you coal crackers! Dan mss9@pic.com

Name: Ethal Dohoomogen
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From: 30 miles off Mars
Time: 1998-01-13 14:36:00
Comments: hello I`m pleased with your site. I`m glad that I am living today . If anyone would like to contact me I will be well chuffed.

Name: Linda (Hudock) Graham Morris
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From: Philadelphia
Time: 1998-01-13 14:17:00
Comments: Hi, My dad, George Hudock (Graham) and his sister Peggy (Wilma) Hudock are from Mahanoy City. We spent many weekends at my grandfathers garage on Center Street (Graham's Garage) and had a ball. My grandmother was Anna Graham and she lived right across the street from the Lit church and near the football field, (I think). The mountain(?) behind the garage was our favorite place to play. We picked huckleberries in the summer and went to the Greek and Polish bazaar (the Greek's had the best belini's). E-mail me if you want. See 'ya ya bugger.

Name: Denyse Chopee
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From: Thunder Bay Ontario Canada
Time: 1998-01-13 08:48:00
Comments: cute page!

Name: bob kerico
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From: ILLINOIS
Time: 1998-01-13 02:08:00
Comments: Home town Is Frackville PA at the top of Broad Mtn where I grew up in the 40's and 50's. Thanx for putting this site up and continued good luck!!!

Name: Emily Hatkins
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From: Tamaqua Penna.
Time: 1998-01-12 23:00:00
Comments: This is to the person who wanted to know more about the curse. This is about the curse of "Centralia". I remember some of the basic curse. I can get the full details when I visit my grandmother. Somehow, children of a miner were forbidden to take food without permission from the parents.I believe they were severely punished by their mother. She supposedly put their hands on the hot coal stove for stealing. The children were severely burned. Sometime afterward that evening, a fever fell on the mother.(due to guilt and remorse)The husband claimed the mother was possessed or something.While she was in this trance she spoke of a curse,of FIRE, on all of the people in the town. (I don't know all of the story,if you are interested I can get more of the details)

Name: Jim and Ellen Wetterau
Website: Tristessa
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From: West Hazleton
Time: 1998-01-12 22:42:00
Comments: From the Wetterau's to the Schutawies..Great Job!!!! It must run in the family??????

Name: Lisa Gilger Bradley
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From: Harrisburg
Time: 1998-01-12 21:53:00
Comments: I love your page, my husband and I are both from Shamokin and we think your page is hysterical! What a great idea! You are keeping the spirtit of the region alive for all of us who have moved on! Keep up the good work!

Name: Lisa Gilger Bradley
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From: Harrisburg
Time: 1998-01-12 21:51:00
Comments: I love your page, my husband and I are both from Shamokin and we think your page is hysterical! What a great idea! You are keeping the spirtit of the region alive for all of us who have moved on! Keep up the good work!

Name: Lisa Gilger Bradley
Website:
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From: Harrisburg
Time: 1998-01-12 21:59:00
Comments: I love your page, my husband and I are both from Shamokin and we think your page is hysterical! What a great idea! You are keeping the spirtit of the region alive for all of us who have moved on! Keep up the good work!

Name: TOM SIDLECK
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From: SOLOMONS IS. MD.
Time: 1998-01-12 20:29:00
Comments: LIVED IN NEW MINERSVILLE. (HALUPKIE HEAVEN) ON LYTLE STREET. WENT TO ST. STANS SCHOOL AND CHURCH GRADUATED FROM NATIVITY B.V.M IN 1962. REALLY ENJOYED THIS PAGE ON THE COAL CRACKERS AND READING ABOUT THINGS FROM MY OLD STOMPING GROUNDS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Name: Kent Jackson
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From: Conyngham
Time: 1998-01-12 14:10:00
Comments: After moving to da Rejin 15 years ago, now I finally know what everybody's talking about.

Name: Kent Jackson
Website:
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From: Conyngham
Time: 1998-01-12 14:09:00
Comments: After moving to da Rejin 15 years ago, now I finally know what everybody's talking about.

Name: Tom Barrett (Jr.)
Website:
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From: Aldan, PA
Time: 1998-01-12 13:23:00
Comments: Shenandoah, I am a frequent viewer, does anyone know where I might find Robert Carrol, Lewis Walters, Thomas Conners, George Nader all from Shenandoah and would have graduated in 1956. I also think Art Lewis from Mahanoy City, as well as my Dad (Tom Barrett) belong in the famous people list. I enjoy this web site more than any other on the net. I made my own Boilo this year from your coalstove and it was better than the stuff I was making from memory all these years. Thanks Tom

Name: W. Lee Woodmansee
Website:
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From:
Time: 1998-01-12 09:46:00
Comments: You need to add Nick Adams ("The Rebel") of TV; Joe Palooka; The playwright who wrote "The Championship Season"; and Steve Bilko -- Baseball player

Name: Russ Futchko
Website:
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From: Wind Gap, Pa.
Time: 1998-01-11 23:40:00
Comments: Born and raised in Coaldale, Class of 64 Coaldale High, Wife Nancy Lukas from Lansford, Marian Class of 66. Enjoyed your guestlist and Coalspeak, You missed a good word..Dupa (kinder and gentler term for rear end A--. "Watta Dupa... Sit on your dupa till your father gets home.. After living away from the Panther Valley for a number of years my wife and I visited New York City and looked up an old service buddy. We were walking down Fifth Ave. when someone from Lansord walked toward us and yelled a big "Hello, how are you?" My freind from the city almost fell over, he could not get over the fact that we were visitors to the city and someone actually spoke to us... I guess that is what it means to be a Coal Cracker... .

Name: JOHN MCGOVERN
Website:
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From: zerbe pa
Time: 1998-01-11 23:14:00
Comments: great page zerbe pa

Name: Corky Purcell
Website:
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From: Harrisburg
Time: 1998-01-11 20:42:00
Comments: Girardville

Name: Mike Pinchot
Website:
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From: Tarpon Springs Florida
Time: 1998-01-11 20:29:00
Comments: Lived in gville 25yrs miss that Centioles Pizza, marrones,and never will foget the Girardville Dances.Then of coarse those fabulous jordan bros.

Name: Bill Cusatis
Website:
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From: Jacksonville, Florida
Time: 1998-01-11 11:39:00
Comments: Left hazleton 11 years ago, ... wanted better job oppertunity. And got it. It is funny, when i read the Speakerthe only change i can find is the date. ... Glad i left, although returning is great for a laugh. not to mention the pitz.henna.

Name: jim hanosek
Website:
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From: state college pa
Time: 1998-01-11 04:55:00
Comments: I'm from Lehighton, but my Mom is from Shenandoah (the heart of the coal region). My Uncle Tommy Talerico is a cross country coach for Cardinal Brennan and I am a proud graduate of Marian Catholic. I graduated in 1986, and I have a running tab at Fowlers Tavern in Mahanoy City, so have one on me!

Name: Brian VanBlargen
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From: Hazleton, PA
Time: 1998-01-10 23:37:00
Comments: I like this page,it has alot of info, but not enough on Hazleton

Name: JOE SELNER
Website:
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From:
Time: 1998-01-10 22:38:00
Comments: Hi,Im a resident of Nanticoke,Lived here all my life,Im 28 years of age and picked up on the talk of the vally. I understand the chat we have around town, and like the lingual thats used...

Name: Rita Long
Website:
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From: G-ville
Time: 1998-01-10 20:11:00
Comments: I heard about the Curse of Centralia that was put on the town in 1870. Does anyone have information on it that their parents or grand parents told them. Please e-mail what you know. I'm very interested in learning more about this. Thanks Rita

Name: Van Wagner
Website: van wagner homepage
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Danville
Time: 1998-01-10 18:50:00
Comments: I really like your page!! It's so good to see our heritage kept alive. I'm from Danville, and although we don't have any coal there, it was the coal from Shamokin that made my town such an important part of the iron industry in America. I've learned a lot about life from talkibng to miners, for they are as real as people can get. Last summer I marched with miners and families of miners at Lattimer. As I marched with my banjo singing "which side are you on" I finally realized how important the miner is in making our country what it is today. Not just the coal industry but the individual miner. Thanks for keeping their story ALIVE!!!! Van Wagner

Name: philo kafetch AKA david wayne
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: frackville
Time: 1998-01-10 18:49:00
Comments: ya shore nose howta make dem woyds pop rite outa da paper an inta a guys moud, don-cha? da lernin i got at old fracksville hi was nuttin like dis here. god only nose how i mized da good old daze.

Name: Jennifer Granito
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Harrisburg
Time: 1998-01-10 18:52:00
Comments: Hello! My name is Jennifer Granito and I am from Harrisburg, but both sets of my Grandparent's live in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. I was wondering if anyone reading this would have any stories that they could email me about the centralia mine fires. My friends and I are doing a school history project on it for National History Day. We attend Bishop McDevitt High School. We can use anything you have stories or friends that we might be able to talk to! Nothing is too small! Thanks ever so much!!!

Name: Sean Joyce
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Baltimore, Maryland
Time: 1998-01-10 16:17:00
Comments: Girardville

Name: Paul Pecunas
Website: Coonster's Info
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Meadville, Pennsylvania
Time: 1998-01-10 15:32:00
Comments: Rock on coal region. Someday I plan to make you laugh as well

Name: Helen Ruby Siswein
Website:
Referred by: Article
From: Clearwater, Fl/Yardley,PA
Time: 1998-01-10 14:58:00
Comments: Originally from Mahanoy City. MCHS Class of 1946. E-mail me if you remember me.

Name: STEVE MATYS
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: DURYEA, PA.
Time: 1998-01-10 13:30:00
Comments: I'd like to know how to get entries into the COALSPEAK dictionary. please E-mail me back on how to do so. tanks !!!!

Name: Ritamarie Reilley Long
Website: Angel 4 Hair
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Girardville
Time: 1998-01-10 13:23:00
Comments: Born and raised in Byrnesville (Centralia). Love to here from others from Centralia. Please E-mail Me.

Name: Kevin W.
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Pottsville - Capital of good ol' Schuylkill County
Time: 1998-01-10 11:12:00
Comments: I'm from down der in St. Clair ********* If dis ain't the funniest friggin' ting der is I da kna what is. Dat der ebonics ain't got nutin on dis s**t. I almost busted a nut !!! I goin' up da burma to drink two, tree quarts a Yueng ! Happy 462-da f*** to ya !

Name: John Sharwarko
Website:
Referred by: NewspaperArticle
From: Missouri
Time: 1998-01-10 08:08:00
Comments: Originally from Hazleton and still confuse people when I say "henna". Original concept, good work guys!

Name: Mary McGinley Chapman
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Kulpmont, Pa
Time: 1998-01-09 23:07:00
Comments: Originally from good old Centralia

Name: Don Davis & Lorraine Weaver
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Leonardtown, MD
Time: 1998-01-09 22:05:00
Comments: I'm originally from Tamaqua (or Tomackawee). I always remember after dinner my mother would "wred the table and rench the dishes". Amy, do you remember us? I (Don) roomed with Bob Wentz, Ron Krolick, and Barry Miles at Penn State. I accompanied Sue Crizan to the Tau Beta Pi Dinner because her boyfriend wouldn't go with her. Lorraine, my fiancee, was a classmate of yours in EE. Lorraine always wondered what happened to you because she couldn't find you after 1982. How are you doing? Where are you working? Do you ever get back to Penn State? Write us back!

Name: George
Website: George Steckert's Hobby Haven
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: York, PA
Time: 1998-01-09 20:21:00
Comments: Originally from Conyngham and I graduated from West Hazleton High School, class of 1977. I liked the site. It brings back many memories. I had to print the recipes and the "CoalSpeak". Loved it!

Name: Dr. Jeffrey G. Sotack
Website:
Referred by: NewspaperArticle
From: Yorktown, VA
Time: 1998-01-09 19:52:00
Comments: I Enjoyed your website. Keep up the good work! I am from Hazleton originally.

Name: Fredrick T. Sherman MD
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Time: 1998-01-09 17:13:00
Comments: Always a pleasure to go back home. My uncle Abe Sherman used to own Sherman's Sporting Goods in Tamaqua. My bruder Jake and I lived up in Hazleton and I'll always remember the burning coal banks just outside Tamaqua. Who remembers the "Humpty-Dumpty" sandwich special (turkey and mashed potatoes, smoothered in gravy) at the Howard Johnson's in Hometown? How many of yus guys climbed the coal banks after school or carried an old refrigerator box up to the top and just sat in it to feel good? huh? See yus down da Pines!

Name: Frances Rae Flannery
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Coatesville Pa
Time: 1998-01-09 13:36:00
Comments: I am the daughter of John M. Flannery from 26 water Street New Philadelphia, Pa My Uncle was Marty Flannery from Pottsville.

Name: Rosemary Sebastian (nee Madden)
Website:
Referred by: Newspaper Article
From: Philadelphia
Time: 1998-01-08 20:15:00
Comments: Originally from Mt.Carmel. If anyone from the graduating class of 1946 from the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School please respond. Also if anyone knows of the Madden or Sebastian families or related email me.