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In response to Elaine Hersh Krusch (6/50) re Chancellor/Lyons cross streets:
Chet Cohen (59)
I also lived on Stecher Street. You must have been a good runner. These were the streets leading to WHS; Stecher, Fabyan (which had Halem's on the corner), Schley (Margie’s), Wainwright (Hotdog Haven), Leslie and Hobson. Between Leslie and Hobson was Patsy and Eddie's Barber Shop and a shoe repair where you could have the heel and sole of your shoes fixed while you waited.
Across the street from Stecher was a two-story building where there was, I believe, a bar on the first floor and living quarters on the second. I think Dennis Iranio's family lived or owned that place. Do not remember the name of the bar. Dennis worked with Dave Moon. Near the front of the building was the bus stop for the 14 and the 107. Around the corner from Stecher going into Irvington was a large Esso Station and down from that was DairyLand.
There were all kinds of deliveries on Stecher. I remember an egg man, seltzer, and Harry, the fruit and vegetable man (his son Marvin worked with him). When Harry showed up, he would scream out something like, “Harry's here. I have fresh peaches etc. fresh etc. etc.” I helped on deliveries for the egg man and Harry for tips. There was a milk truck that used to dump his ice out on our street and I would take a few chunks home. Can't remember what we did with the ice.
As to the woods you walked and had your garden turned into Pik n Pay Supermarket, when I was real young, I used to help people with their groceries for tips. You will never get rich that way but it provided spending money for me. Chet
Barbara Klein Weisman (6/50)
The last street in Newark between Lyons Avenue and Chancellor Avenue was Stecher Street. Next, going towards Weequahic H.S., was Fabyan Place, Schley, Wainwright, Leslie and Hobson Streets and then Untermann Field. Barbara
Ruth Lefkowitz Burkhoff (6/57)
The streets after Schley Street are Wainwright, Leslie and Hobson. I remember them well since I walked up Lyons Avenue to Wainwright for Hebrew school for 5 years. Also, Fabyan Place was between Haley and Stecher Streets. Ruth
Ken Kolodin (1/51)
I was a patrol boy at Chancellor Avenue School. The streets from the school are Hobson, Leslie, Wainwright, Schley, Fabyan and Stecher. I lived at 349 Fabyan Place and I'm still alive and still a Jersey boy. Ken Kolodin
David Moskowitz (6/59)
The streets from Stecher to Chancellor Avenue School were Stecher, Fabian, Schley, Wainwright, Leslie, Hobson and then Untermann Field. The candy store on the corner of Fabyan Place and Chancellor was Halem’s owned by two or three brothers. It was Halem’s second location. The first was on the corner of Leslie Street and Chancellor Avenue which later became the delicious Chancellor Deli. David
Lynn Lustig (1/53)
The streets were, from the Irvington line, Stecher, Fabian Place, Schley, Wainwright, Leslie and Hobson. Then Untermann Field, Chancellor Avenue School and Weequahic. At my advanced age this is a coup to remember them all. Lynn
Linda Bodzin Coppleson (68)
I think the streets that ran between Chancellor and Lyons were Stecher, Fabyan, Schley, Wainwright and Leslie. Then came Hobson, Summit, Bayview, Crescent, Aldine, Clinton Place, but they didn't all run between Chancellor and Lyons. Linda
Dwelling on neighborhood memories:
David Cohen (6/56)
A heartfelt thanks to Warren Bratter (6/60) for bringing back such wonderful memories. We need to hear more; different views are very important. We all saw the neighborhood a little bit differently. One common thread is the glow of it is probably a constant for all of us.
To Alan Ginter and his reference to Marvin Feinblatt. Maybe because you are almost a generation younger than me, you do not know what Marvin meant to us as kids. We grew up watching his almost miraculous athletic deeds and also his ferocious defense of all things Weequahic and Jewish. I personally was witness to several of his encounters and was astounded by his courage and tenacity. Marvin had a real flaw, that is, his temper could not be controlled and it probably cost him an athletic career. Marvin was legendary across our city and certainly one of our Weequahic heroes. David
Stephen Fischbein (68)
Frank Argenziano’s (6/62) tale of candy stores in the Hawthorne Avenue area is a little off. Red Lippy’s was on the corner of Goodwin and Renner next to Kravitz’s, the grocery store. Abel’s Candy store was on the corner of Schuyler and Renner Avenues. Don’t forget Stein’s on the corner of Shepherd and Osborne. Stephen
Bill Freedman (55)
Paul Lipkin's (60) recollection of having made Mr. Kaplowitz laugh so hard he had to leave the classroom so as not to encourage more clowning, reminds me of Mr. Kleinman, our 8th grade teacher at Avon Avenue School where I found myself after the Hebrew Academy kicked me out. He found my constant babbling less amusing and called my mother to say my disruptions made it difficult for him to teach. My mother commiserated and with good reason. She was the English Principal of the Hebrew Academy, from which, to her grave embarrassment, I had been booted out two years earlier for similar reasons. Her reply (I was standing next to her and heard it), "Try to manage with him, Mr. Kleinman. You have him for only 6 more months. I have him for the rest of my life." Bill
Margie Bauman (6/60)
To Richard Reisboard (60), as I recall, and classmates Warren Bratter and Lew Kampel will respond if I’m incorrect, that game with Linden was the only one we won in my four years at Weequahic, including a year at the Annex. Then I went on to Michigan State University where they won a lot, while producing a lot fewer doctors and lawyers per capita. Still glad I graduated from Weequahic and MSU. Don’t remember about the Weequahic bus being stoned. Linden just had no manners or sense of fair play. When you lose, you lose. Margie
Jane Manheim Jurick (6/56)
My girlfriends and I would go to the Hot Dog Haven lunchtime and order a “NAKED.” It was the hot dog roll without the hot dog but with all the trimmings. It was 5 cents. Jane
Neil Rothstein (6/59)
To Marshall Lipson (Hillside 64), how many swimmers can you name from the Fabian Cabana Club swimming team? I remember you as one of the stars. Neil
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