California Fig Syrup - Never Fails to Empty Little Bowels - clipping from 1910 Johnstown Tribune.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Father and Son - 1950's - Coopersdale
Joseph "Little Joe" Hovanec with his young son Bob in Coopersdale - 1950's. My eyes are drawn to the couch - my grandmother had one just like it - it was as rough as sandpaper - but that kind of fabric and pattern made these "davenports" last for years.
Gagoots - Morrellville - 1940's
This is my father Robert - standing in our backyard showing off the bumper crop of Gagoots (Squash). Behind him is now - currently L Street in Morrellville. Gagoots is also a slang word for someone that is a little bit off - in other words nuts in the head.
Cochran Student Council - 1920's
Cochran Junior High School Student Council - 1920's - I found this in a box of old pictures - but unfortunately - no names were written on the back.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
J.H.S. Homecoming - September 30, 2011
It's Homecoming Weekend at Johnstown High - September 29, 2011 - Johnstown vs Somerset.
The evening started off - dry - but that was soon to change.
A little tour of the stadium
My little nephew RJ and his dad Roger (behind him) on their way to their seats
The stadium is also used for Track and Soccer
Pre-game practice
We Are Johnstown!
He needs no introduction
Some of these pictures are soft - because by now - a misty and chilly rain had begun.
My niece Isabella was in the Homecoming Court
The beautiful Isabella - who just told me - that I better not post any stupid pictures of her. This is the type of evening that her grandmother Gail (Lenz) Cacicia would have been very proud of her.
And this is Chelsea Meyers - trying her best to stay warm before hand
The Trojan Marching Band taking the field as it begins to rain harder
Next up - The Alma Mater -
The Trojans taking the field
The Final: Johnstown 21 - Somerset 7
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The Homecoming Court were paired at random with the players.
Isabella waiting to be introduced with starter Dwight Andrews
Isabella will soon be wearing a uniform of a different kind. After graduation - she will become a member of the Air Force - the same as her Grandfather Robert Cacicia when he belonged back in the 1950's.
St. Joseph Church - Update
An update on this unknown Johnstown Church - reader Bill and Mary Alt write: I saw your picture of "Unknown Church Wedding 1950" today and immediately recognized it as my church before it was remodeled in the 1950's. The picture is of the interior of St. Joseph Church on Railroad Street just off of Adams Street in Johnstown. St. Joseph Church's clergy were Order of St. Benedict (OSB) from St Vincent Abbey in Latrobe, PA. St Joe's served the ethnic German RC parishioners in downtown Johnstown and the surrounding area for many, many years.
t. St. Joseph Church - Railroad Street - in the center of the picture - circa 1940
Attached are some other photos of the exterior of St Joseph RC Church.
St. Joseph Church - 1906
t. St. Joseph Church - Railroad Street - in the center of the picture - circa 1940
Assorted Ads - 1887
The Johnstown Democrat - Daily and Weekly. Joseph Booser - Merchant Tailor. Rutledge and Miller - Insurance Agents and Mrs. Elizabeth Patton's Boarding House - Table Unexcelled. Clippings taken from the 1887 Johnstown City Directory
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