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Name: Adam Samelko Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Lititz, PA. Time: 1999-11-30 22:37:07 Comments: Graduated from Frackville High in 1959, left to attend Stevens Trade School in Lancaster,Pa. Graduated from Stevens in 1962 and found employment on Lancaster County. Still have brothers in area and go "home" quite often; there's no place like home! I enjoy this site and visit it often. My wife is also from Frackville - Carol Davis class of '62 P. S. Our golf group can't wait for the year end banquet, which has been termed "Polish Day" and all the "GOOD FOOD" is brought in from up home. Would enjoy e-mail from classmates or others. |
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Name: Erica K Website: Referred by: Other From: Mt Carmel Time: 1999-11-30 22:04:40 Comments: Today in Mrs Rhoads english class we were talking about the coal region so i decided to see what I could find on our lovely town, while searching I came across this!! :) |
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Name: Kitty Yelenosky Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Austin, Texas Time: 1999-11-29 14:32:43 Comments: I am originally from Mt. Carmel. Penna. and I consider myself still a Carmelite even though I have lived in Texas for over 20 years. Home is where the heart is. Would love ot hear from anyone near there. |
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Name: LESTER J. SHUDA Website: Referred by: Other From: BARNESVILLE,PA Time: 1999-11-29 11:41:31 Comments: I was born in Mt. Carmel and graduated from MCHS in 1947. My dad was a coal miner as I was for a SHORT time after being discharged from the navy in 1951. Those miners deserve all they can get. This is a very interesting page and I was very happy to receive it. I still have family that live in Mt. Carmel and nearby towns of Atlas and Elysburg,Aristes,Gordon etc. |
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Name: nancy menzies Website: Referred by: Other From: fife in scotland Time: 1999-11-28 16:02:59 Comments: your web page was very interesting |
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Name: George T. Stoddard Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Ventnor, NJ Time: 1999-11-26 23:44:43 Comments: Hello to everyone in the region from a Minersville transplant. Thanksgiving weekend in the region was always a blast.....holiday's with the family, bars packed with old friends. Happy Holiday's to everyone from the region that surfed on this site. |
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Name: Stacey Derck Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Shamokin Pennsylvania Time: 1999-11-26 10:20:52 Comments: This website is really great and paints a perfect picture of the coal region. I could probably give you a few more definitons to add to your dictionary because my husband and his father are still coal miners and using some really wacky words that only people in the coal region know what they mean |
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Name: Dan Darrah Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Glen Burnie, Maryland Time: 1999-11-25 14:52:00 Comments: Hi: A Happy Thanksgiving to all you Coal Crackers but especially to those from Centralia. Sure would love to hear from anyone who wants to chat. Dan Darrah chillpop@aol.com |
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Name: Di (kozinski) mILLER Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Snydertown, Pa. Time: 1999-11-25 14:39:42 Comments: Waiting to hear from the cnn. connection |
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Name: Mike Farrell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Manchester,NH Time: 1999-11-25 11:17:09 Comments: I was born in Wilkes-Barre; moved to Shamokin; then to Pottsville. My father worked for Reading Anthracite and the Susquahanna Coal Company.I'm the first generation of my family since the 1840's who didn't work in the mines. |
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Name: William P. Maloney Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Enfield, CT Time: 1999-11-24 18:52:14 Comments: Originally from Avoca - graduated from St. Mary's School in 1951 - went to St. John's in Pittston for 1 1/2 years and moved to New England. Lived on McAlpine St. Anybody else from Avoca? |
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Name: Mandy Carnuccio Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Shamokin Time: 1999-11-24 13:44:51 Comments: This is a very good sight about the coal region! I am from Shamokin, but I am away at school now. Things are very different in the coal region and friends never fail to remind me. Especially of the way I sometimes speak. Caol Region Slang!!! |
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Name: Bob Grubba Website: Bob's Page Referred by: Other From: Michigan Time: 1999-11-24 11:30:30 Comments: Love Pa, I have relatives in Canonsburg and Hershey. |
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Name: Eddie Terefencko Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Pottsville Time: 1999-11-24 03:16:26 Comments: YO this is a great page, coal region is like no ther place on earth man. |
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Name: James Gardner Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Philadelphia Time: 1999-11-23 22:23:45 Comments: I am originally from Pottsville (my entire family still lives there). This site is great, you didn't leave anything out. The lists and the coal speak where just a hoot. |
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Name: Sandy Hornung Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Virginia Time: 1999-11-23 22:34:37 Comments: Butler Township Yearbook Wanted! I believe my father, Clifford Hornung, graduated from Butler Township in 1941, 1942 or '43. It may have been earlier(he joined the Navy and served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam) He mentioned the other day he wish he had his yearbook and I thought I would give this website a try. Our family has heard alot of stories of valley. |
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Name: Matt Potochney Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Woodbridge CT Time: 1999-11-23 13:09:07 Comments: My Father was originally from Centralia PA, The hottest town in the USA. More people need to have an understanding of the rich history the anthracite region has to offer |
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Name: ELAINE FETTEROLF Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: FOUNTAIN SPRINGS, PA Time: 1999-11-22 21:02:05 Comments: I GRADUATED FROM NORTH SCHUYLKILL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1981 AND I JUST SURFED ON IN TO SAY HI TO EVERYONE. |
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Name: Dean Hafer Website: Referred by: JustSurfed On In! From: Longmont Colorado Time: 1999-11-22 17:23:46 Comments: Originally from Tamaqua, class of '94. Great site. It makes me somewhat homesick for the language and food. Youze would be surprised at the looks you get out here for the way we talk. |
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Name: Skip Suchoski Website: Referred by: Other From: Langhorne, Pa. Time: 1999-11-22 16:56:45 Comments: Mt. Carmel,Pa. |
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Name: Leo A. Dolan Website: Referred by: Net Search From: King of Prussia, PA Time: 1999-11-22 16:22:38 Comments: My great-grandfather's brother, John Dolan, died in 1892 from Black Lung Disease. He was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Beaverdale although his home was in Park Place,E.Mahoning. Was there, or is there still in existence, an Ashland State Hospital in Fountain Springs. If so, would someone please give me the address. I understand at one time they were specialists in treating Tuberculosis. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you. Leo.Dolan@villanova.edu |
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Name: Gary Morrell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: York Haven PA Time: 1999-11-21 19:17:43 Comments: What a great way to honor a real minority. Coal crackers are a dying breed. My mom is from Middleport (Stephens is her maiden name). My dad & I are from Girardville. 140 W Ogden Street. We migrated to the Harrisburg area when I was three. We went 'up home' every weekend to take care of my grandmother and the house that my grandfather built. He was a mine carpenter and he used anything he could drag home from the mine. I can remember with great dis-taste the coming of winter when I grew older. It ment shoveling the coal from one side of the bin to the other to make room for the next load. My reward was pizza pie from Marones! That really wasn't so bad, ain't butt? I printed out CoalSpeak and Mom & Dad loved it. If anyone thinks they know them, drop me a line. |
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Name: Dave Humpf Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kincheloe, Mi. Time: 1999-11-21 08:13:49 Comments: Class of NSHS 81. From Frackville.I have been back a few times since leaving area in 81.Great site. Thanks for the great memories. |
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Name: CHUCK Website: Referred by: Net Search From: POTTSVILLE, PA. Time: 1999-11-20 23:10:38 Comments: XCELLENT SITE !!! IT MAKES ONE PROUD OF THEIR "CRACKER" HERITAGE.....THANX !!! |
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Name: Stephen A. Mertz Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Fort Worth, TX Time: 1999-11-20 16:03:58 Comments: Graduate of Shamokin Area High School '94 Graduate of Bucknell University '98 |
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Name: Tracy Picardi Pavlou Website: Referred by: Net Search From: London Time: 1999-11-20 14:04:17 Comments: Hello, my name is Tracy and I am a transplanted "Yank" now living in London (14 years now). My mother's family (the Prokipchaks and Lazars) were all from Olyphant PA and the surrounding areas; most of the male relatives were coal miners. I am interested in the coal mining history of the area and Ukrainian immigration into the area; together with my own family tree research. Can't wait to spend $$$ in the website bookstore!! Also, very nice to see a website which mentions "pierogies", "kielbasa" and "haloushki" (apologies if any misspellings!) Brought back wonderful childhood memories of my grandmother's cooking!! Best regards. Tracy Pavlou, London, England |
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Name: Jo Anna (Thomas) Melchisedech Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Arizona Time: 1999-11-20 08:58:16 Comments: Cool website! |
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Name: Jenifer (Duncheskie) Klingerman Website: Referred by: Other From: Nuremberg, PA Time: 1999-11-20 00:27:13 Comments: Born in Shamokin in 1966, graduated OLOL in 1984. Just checking back to see new messages posted to the site. Read a terrific book on the coal region called "Growing Up In Coal Country." Purchased it from Amazon.com. Great book about mining in the old days. |
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Name: Kelly Cantwell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Minersville Time: 1999-11-19 21:45:18 Comments: Shenandoah Valley class of '94'. |
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Name: Kevin J. Lukiewski Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1999-11-19 21:41:28 Comments: great dictionary - left out "tray" - for a tray of pizza |
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Name: jennifer cicioni Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1999-11-19 19:11:38 Comments: hi, was looking up people with my same last name and i found this site. |
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Name: Matt Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Limerick, PA Time: 1999-11-19 16:32:56 Comments: Originally from Kulpmont (west end). Attended St. Pete's in Mt. Carmel 'til 1956, Mt. Carmel Catholic for one year, and Kulpmont H.S. for one year. Moved from the area in 1956 and only get back very seldom...do miss it! Lived next to Kanmak Mills on Chestnut Street...up the street from Zarlinsky's Texaco...Lentini's bar room was up the street on the opposite corner. Miss the coal banks, mines, and free swimming holes, like the Heart. Great site! |
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Name: Ray Yenshaw Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Brooklyn,NY Time: 1999-11-19 15:35:31 Comments: Really liked the Coalspeak page...now I can explain henna to NY/NJ friends who don't believe..lol I was born in Manville,NJ, but I spent almost all of my childhood holidays between grandparents houses is Mcadoo and Eckley. Mother Dolores Kozel from Mcadoo.Father Thomas Yenshaw from Eckley. Dad moved back and resides in Freeland,brother Tom is in Jim Thorpe......recipe page is great too... Ray Yenshaw |
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Name: Abby Heckman Website: Referred by: Other From: Ashland, Pa Time: 1999-11-19 15:02:11 Comments: This is great, I sent this adress to all of my friends here at college and they thought it was funny. no one believed my stories until they saw it. |
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Name: Thomas Gunther Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Hampton, VA Time: 1999-11-18 23:05:59 Comments: GREAT SITE!!! Wore a smile the whole time. Born and raised in Berwick. We have no coal mines in town but we built the railroad cars to move all that coal. Yuzn did a bang-up job puten err alltogether. LOL Will be visiting again real soon. |
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Name: leona Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: delano Time: 1999-11-18 19:45:24 Comments: chendo haha |
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Name: Joseph Stebila Website: Referred by: Other From: Edison New Jersey Time: 1999-11-17 21:11:55 Comments: Born and raised in Wilburton#1[Midvally] Pa. Graduated from Conyngham-Centralia in 1954.Married a girl from Centralia[Kay Clews]. Moved to Edison in 1959. Worked for Revlon until 1992.My father worked in the mines for 33 years. My mother stills lives in Midvally. She was 91 years old in Aug. Loved the site,good work guys. Hope to hear from friends, please E-MAIL me. mrjs63@webtv.net |
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Name: Chris Heckman Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Milton PA Time: 1999-11-17 19:34:04 Comments: From outside the coal region, but have many friends and coworkers from there, and realize I use more of the phrases from the coal region than I thought. Makes me wonder... |
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Name: Suzanne Cesari Website: Referred by: Other From: Alexandria, VA Time: 1999-11-17 15:33:00 Comments: I am originally from Trevorton, and graduated from OLOL High in Shamokin. I saw a message posted from a Steve in Michigan back in 1998. He mentioned his father, John Halkovicz. Although I did not know your father, Steve, I know his sister Anna very well. She has a wonderful memory and always tells me stories about her siblings and father, Michael. I got to know her because my grandfather, John Halkowicz, was the only "other" Halkowicz family living in the town of Atlas. Please contact me. I have seen pictures of your dad as a baseball player. decogrl@hotmail.com |
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Name: Tracy H. Beetem Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Chester county , PA Time: 1999-11-17 11:05:19 Comments: Hello, trying to locate paternal grandmother's family. Stefan Slavinsky,Catherine Owczarzak=Josephine C. Slavinsky from Shenandoah area. Josephine born 1900 Trying to trace back to Poland(and what region of Poland) Also family in Catawissa, PA Any connection to Katowiecz, Poland? Would be very grateful for any info. Many thanks. |
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Name: BRIAN KNOPP Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: DAUPHIN PA Time: 1999-11-16 16:10:20 Comments: SHAMOKIN NATIVE GREAT SITE "USE" GUYS |
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Name: jack burch Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Harrisburg Time: 1999-11-16 10:40:11 Comments: Born(1944)and raised in Mechanicsville (just outside Pottsville) Now living in Camp Hill (just outside of harrisburg) |
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Name: Ann Marie (Merch) Website: This is my life You're in it... Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Shenandoah Time: 1999-11-15 19:01:38 Comments: We are looking for the Grads of "76" |
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Name: Fred Crawford Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Lake Hauto (and Tamaqua) Time: 1999-11-14 20:18:59 Comments: Born and raised in Nesquehoning. Am a Lutheran pastor. Except for my first three years as an assistant pastor in Allentown, have served my whole ministry in coal regions - twenty years in Mahanoy City and now seven in Tamaqua. Never imagined when I was swimming in old Hauto Dam that I would someday live there. |
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Name: Amy Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1999-11-14 19:29:58 Comments: 462 DA FRICK! |
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Name: Leo Kennedy Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Tannersville, PA Time: 1999-11-14 19:16:34 Comments: This site is like going back to my early days! I like thinking about the good o'l days playin in the strippins and gettin chased by the coal cops when we were messin around in the old breakers. We lived in quite a few places in the area after the flood of '72 from Breslau in the Wilkes-Barre area then Drifton, Freeland, Hazleton, Allentown, and back to Freeland. |
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Name: Rick Anselmi Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: McKnightstown(just outside of Gettysburg) Time: 1999-11-14 14:37:21 Comments: Just took my two boys up to see their grammam and coicci. Grammam is from Kulpmont and coicci is from Miami, Fla. We took a walk around the old neighborhood and I pointed out old memories to my boys. Went to Flower's restaurant in Mt. Carmel and had a hot beef sandwich and fries with gravy, fantastic! |
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Name: Sandy Knarr George Website: friends Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Oroville, Calif. Time: 1999-11-13 15:39:55 Comments: TREVORTON, PENN. |
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Name: W. Thomas Boussum Website: Tom's Meanders Referred by: Net Search From: Orwigsburg RD (Reddale Road) Time: 1999-11-12 11:06:27 Comments: Great website! I'm originally from Schuylkill Haven, except for time served in Uncle Sam's Navy, college (Albright College in "Red-in" where I majored in mathematics and had two years of German), and the first cup-la years after college when I lived in Boyertown. When I got a chance to return to the region I did. I've lived in Reddale for over 30 years. In my younger days I used to frequent the "Vatican bar" in Buck Run (so named because the owner was, if I remember correctly, Stanley Pope) to down a few "Ying-Yangs" or buy "kortz" to take out. In Schuylkill Haven we more often called Yeungling "Chinese beer" (Ying-Ling) than "Ying-Yang." A note on the derivation of "outen:" it probably derives from the Hochdeutsch (High German) word "aussen" meaning "to put out." It generally is used in the sense of putting out the dog or cat. However, since the invention of the electric light "outen" has come to be used by the Pennsylvania Germans to mean "extinguish." Incidently, the Pennsylvania German speaker more often than not will say it as "otten" as in "Otten da light, Chakie!" Tom Boussum |
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Name: joe karpinski Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: tampa florida Time: 1999-11-12 00:26:50 Comments: great site brings back fond memories of a special place on earth actuallyon the first day God created the Pennsylvania Coal Region !!! |
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Name: Chris Davis Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Jensen Beach Fl Time: 1999-11-11 22:51:03 Comments: I lived in the coal region (Pottsville) all my life. I moved to attend college in Miami. I must say it is a place the is one of a kind in every nature. I will move back sometime and enjoy the place that is in my heart. Yuengling 4-life and PAHS 4-Life. Take Care |
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Name: Greg Aggon Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Houston, Texas Time: 1999-11-11 17:32:02 Comments: Great site, from St.Clair, mom and pop still live there. Always enjoy my short visits home at the holidays. Never enough time to enjoy the area !!!!!! |
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Name: Lenny Cooper Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Berwick Time: 1999-11-11 17:07:13 Comments: Originally from Frackville. I'm looking for information about the locations of old picnic groves, Chatauqua sites, or campmeeting sites. I'm interested in the ones from around the turn of the century and died out years ago. Not the obvious ones that are well known. Any info would greatly be appreciated. Thanks! |
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Name: Mary Jane Perhach Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Tucson, Arizona Time: 1999-11-11 15:21:28 Comments: Great site. I'm originally from Cumbola. I'm gone over 25 years and still miss the region. |
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Name: B. Lewullis Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Reading, Pa. Time: 1999-11-11 08:44:34 Comments: Nice job on the web site! Keep up the good work! Originated from Aristes, pardoned from NS in 1982. |
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Name: James Staudenmeier Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Seoul, Korea Time: 1999-11-11 08:00:07 Comments: Well....my wife and I were from Conyngham-Drums....We have been in D.C., Georgia, and Korea and D.C. and Korea...Next spot who knows---anyway...three kids..Jessica, Jimmy Joe, and Jared. Marone's Pitza is the best...hope all is well in Ashland where my grandfather was from and where I (Jim) was born. If you want to know about Korea. Check our website out. Jim James Staudenmeier Url Address: http://members.xoom.com/Staudenmeier/ |
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Name: Reunion Comittee Website: Shenandoah Valley Class of 1980 Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Shenandoah Time: 1999-11-09 22:16:54 Comments: Members of the S.V class of 1980... Please check out our page and send us e-mail to update us with your address!!!!!!! 20 year class reunion coming up in the year 2000!!!!!!! |
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Name: Kerry O'Reilly Website: Referred by: Other From: Pottsville Time: 1999-11-09 19:59:12 Comments: Glad to be a Schulk. |
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Name: Robert Brightbill Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: York, Pa. Time: 1999-11-08 22:36:32 Comments: Hi everyone. I am a 1966 Graduate of Shamokin Area High School and living in York, Pa..Lots of people know me as "Ponhos". In fact "Nanny" Miller was one of the first to call me that. I left Shamokin in 1977 and landed in York County..I run a Computer Shop here (Brightbill Computers) and love every minute of it. I guess you could call me a Computer Geek.....Send E-Mails to:(robertb@desupernet.net). Have a Happy New Millennium..I am Y2K Compliant, are you? |
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Name: JACK GALLAGHER Website: Referred by: Other From: Time: 1999-11-08 16:52:50 Comments: we are from lancaster pa. visited coal mine in mountain near centralia [ ton years ago] would like to come back. jack had a stroke and cannot remember how to get there. i [wife] sharon am looking for directions. it was the best trip i ever took[ for learning about coal minners and families. my uncle was a minner . came from poland walter kowalsky. please write back |
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Name: Melba J. Burnett Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Baltimore, MD Time: 1999-11-08 13:47:55 Comments: No comments just yet! I haven't had a chance to look at all of your pages. I'm from Baltimore, MD ----------Born and raised! |
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Name: Mary F. Leshinskie Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Elysburg, Pa Time: 1999-11-08 13:32:29 Comments: A message to Chris Hodrick from your old (I mean "former") 5th grade teacher. Hope life is going well for you. Please extend my best regards to your Mom and Dad and to Jeff as well. Congratulations on your success at the Naval Academy. The Hodrick boys "take after" their mother. Again, best wishes and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. |
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Name: Chris Hodrick Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Port Hueneme, California Time: 1999-11-08 13:02:31 Comments: What a great site! I was born and raised in Coal Township (Shamokin Area HS Class of '91). I am currently serving with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE, deployed to Gnjilane, Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian. Needless to say, I loved the Top Ten Lists! Reading through all of the material just took me right back to the region! Your site was a real joy in an otherwise rainy and dismal day! Thank you so much! Sincerely, Chris Hodrick |
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Name: TINA EISENHART Website: Referred by: Other From: Mount Carmel Time: 1999-11-07 22:18:20 Comments: GREAT SITE,I just love it,brings back somany memories and reminds me of the simple life we have here and I am proud to be a Coal Region native.. |
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Name: Bob Melusky Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Connecticut Time: 1999-11-07 19:32:27 Comments: My father grew up in Minersville (born 1917). Although I never visited the Region as a child, it was always part of my heritage. Bootlegging and robbing the pillars during the Depression, seeing Red Grange play in Pottsville when they had an NFL team, watching a young Joe Balsis shoot pool standing on a box in a Minersville poolhall, and the Grandfather I never knew claimed by Black Lung. It was amazing to me how familiar Minersville was to me the first time I visited it in the '70's. It was almost exactly like I had pictured it from the stories my Father and Uncles told. I only have one Aunt alive from my family's generation of Coal Crackers. I'll bring her to visit. Thanks so very much. |
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Name: John Dybach Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Pottstown, Pennsylvania Time: 1999-11-07 11:18:42 Comments: Hello to all the coalcrackers. I am originally from the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre. My grandfathers worked in the coal mines of northeastern Pa. I enjoy this website. It brings back many memories for me. |
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Name: Louie Trefsger Website: Referred by: Other From: Belleville, NJ Time: 1999-11-06 21:53:13 Comments: Originally from Mount Carmel, PA |
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Name: butchie Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: delano Time: 1999-11-06 15:20:25 Comments: actually the vicki is a place in mahanoy city too it was just torn down like 5 yrs ago there's a geinsinger health center bein built there now |
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Name: Tony Fanella Website: Referred by: Other From: Shamokin Time: 1999-11-05 15:00:10 Comments: Born in Mt. Carmel, lived in Atlas, when I was 6 we made the big move to Shamokin and I am still here, 42 years later. With time out for Uncle Sam, and school. Wouldn't want to live anywhere else. You can visit other places but only LIVE here. |
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Name: Pete Bohr Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Tower City Time: 1999-11-05 13:51:15 Comments: originally from and still reside in the west end.."TAR CITY" (Tower City). dad started in coal mines as a boy pickin' slate and eventually became a rock contractor dynamiting tunnels. His last years in the mines were spent as a fireman tending the steam boiler at the Porter Tunnel. I remember him taking me along to work on several occasions and letting me ride the tug motor in the yard, but never let me go inside, also still remember the shiftin' shanty with all the work clothes held up by chains. Incidentally the Antracite Museum at Knobel's is worth seeing. I visit every time I'm in the park. On the downside though the rescue apparatus reminds of the Shepton disaster and later the rescue operations when a section of the Porter Tunnel caved in. Anyway this is a great site and I'll recommend it to my friends. |
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Name: Carol Goverick Hampton Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Elkhart, IN (grew up Montoursville, PA) Time: 1999-11-05 11:55:24 Comments: Such a great website!! Loved all of it, especially CoalSpeak. Hope there’s plans in the works to add more to the pages, give me a reason to keep checkin’ back wit yooz. If not, I’ll continue to read the Guestbook, there’s lots of good stuff there too! Would like to hear from anyone who knew my relatives from Kulpmont in the 1920’s to 1940’s: the 8 Rutkowski (Rutkauskas) girls from Scott Street or the 8 Goverick (Gawrych) kids from the same times on Chestnut Street. My uncle, Mike Terry, was Mount Carmel’s football coach in the 1950’s to early 60’s. |
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Name: Ray Washlaski Website: Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania Referred by: Other From: New Alexandria, PA Time: 1999-11-05 05:30:26 Comments: Western Pennsylvania coal fields and coal patches have been gone for a long time now, but you can now visit the patches and mines on the web at the Virtual Museum. Drop by and stay awhile. |
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Name: Joe Chiaretti Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Girardville, Pa. Time: 1999-11-04 19:43:07 Comments: I am trying to locate classmates from the IHHS (now Cardinal Brennan) class of 1960. We are planning a reunion for the classes from 1960 to 1969. Please get in touch if you know of anyone. |
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Name: Sim Simasek Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Morganton, NC Time: 1999-11-04 16:47:00 Comments: Was "released" from McAdoo H.S., Class of 1948. Father, Steve was an Underground Farmer and in addition produced 12 children with wife, Suzanne. We are now living in 8 different states. McAdoo is the envy of the City Slickers, e.g. Hazleton. They all wish that they lived in the 'burbs like Junedale, Half-Way Houses, etcetera. Am very interested in the founding of the Poodle's Pond Golf and Country Club & Condos in Beaver Brook |
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Name: Pat Devlin Farley Website: Referred by: Other From: Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 Time: 1999-11-04 06:35:24 Comments: Found the site throught a contact with Classmates. I am originally from Ashland and moved to Delaware in 1956. I think you are doing a magnificent thing with this website. This is the first time I have visited it but have marked it as one of my favorite places. Thnaks so much Pat Farley (Devlin) |
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Name: David A. Newton Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: South Riding, Va. Time: 1999-11-03 15:59:47 Comments: I'm originally from Jim Thorpe. Great Site. I think Chunker should be added to the dictionary. Means a person who resides in Jim Thorpe. And It was hard for me to beleive that Flagstaff Park wasn't on this list of Coal Region Bars. It usually has up to 1,300 people there on a Sat. night. |
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Name: Stephen Rinish Jr Website: Volkswagons & Other Bugs Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Lawton,Oklahoma Time: 1999-11-03 01:38:06 Comments: I am originally from Hudson Pennsylvania and am now living in Lawton,Oklahoma I retired from the U>S Army after 20 years service |
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Name: Jack White Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Enfield, Connecticut Time: 1999-11-02 06:59:55 Comments: Very nice. I lived in Throop until the late 50's. My father was a miner. He came to Connecticut when the mines started to close. I have many fond memories of Throop. My father died in 1978 from Black Lung. That isn't one of my fond memories. I still go back at least once a year. It hasn't changed much in 40 years. Same porches, different people. I would love to go back to those days. Maybe you could add some "stuff" from the 40's and 50's era in Scranton area. Thank you. |
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Name: Tom (Nig) Boyer Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Shamokin PA Time: 1999-11-01 20:43:16 Comments: This is one of the funniest sites on-line. The only thing that was forgotten is BUNKER HILL. The upper section of Shamokin |
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Name: Alice Walsh Wolfe Website: don't have one yet Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Fayetteville,NC Time: 1999-11-01 03:52:24 Comments: My husband and I are orginally from Pally. I'm a Nativity grad and he is a Pottsville grad. We've been gone for over 20yrs and we still call it home. I've been lookin for the bean soup recipe for a while. We miss all the great things from the region. Yunglings, ring bolonga, bean soup just to name a few. My kids love going up to visit the family. We love to talk to anyone from the area. |