btaylor
1 post
Mar 29, 2011
2:55 AM
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i grew up in old north dayton in the 60s i went to webster elementary school and my most valued memories is going to the library across from the liberal super market on troy street 6there was an old woman there who used to read and tell stories in the basement.we were very poor as was most the clan i ran with in those days.after we left the library we would go collect pop bottles and take them to charlies market on troy street or georges market on the street by the school which i cant remember right now lol.i remeber at christmas mom would take us window shopping down town to see the displays of elves and santa.at halloween i remember filling up a couple of pillow cases with candy from maryland ave to patterson park.if anyone can remember these give me a shout.
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btaylor
2 posts
Mar 29, 2011
3:01 AM
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I also remember mom would send one of us children to the bonded station on troy street with a note to buy cigerettes lolol 26 cent a pack.
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Perry401
39 posts
Mar 29, 2011
8:46 PM
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The days of returnable pop bottles were the days of independence for the kids. We too would collect bottles and exchange them for candy or other things. When I was a kid, a bottle brought in two cents. Not much until you realize that a full sized Hershey bar was only five cents.
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driver62
366 posts
Mar 31, 2011
6:44 AM
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I worked on Troy St for over 20 years and we used to go to lunch at this restaurant on Troy close to where Charlie's Import Foods is located but on the opposite side of the street. This would have been in the late 70's or early 80's and they had the best cabbage rolls I ever ate. Does anyone remember the name of the place?
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rodat6
133 posts
Mar 31, 2011
8:56 AM
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I went to McGuffey for the 7th and 8th Grades, Mrs. Wallace was our home room teacher, Mrs. Weber our music teacher but would not let us to sing, Little Brown Jug or There's a Tavern in a Town. Mr. James was our Gym Teacher he was also our Gym teacher at Webster.
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rodat6
134 posts
Mar 31, 2011
7:12 PM
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I attended McGuffey 55-56 then went to Colonel White, in 57. I lived at 62 Messina Place , McGuffey Homes, torn down now and played a lot in Claridge Park, Stacy was a lady who ran the park for the city. Nice park, good activities, learned to play chess watching the elder men playing. The only names I remember of those who lived nearby and attended McGuffey was Wanda Allison, Judy McFadden and Reggie Welborn. There was a guy at school, a student who played a lot a basketball, he was good at it, a big fellow, I almost can think of his name, I can see him but... it's been a while.
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btaylor
4 posts
Mar 31, 2011
7:24 PM
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butch1977 hmm i had a cousin butch that went to mcguffy and lived on troy and chapel lol i wonder? does ronnie or rita sound familiar?
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Bryan St.John
10 posts
May 08, 2012
11:24 AM
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AHH The Old Bonded at TROY and Chapel It Still Looks kinda the same
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Butchl1977
13 posts
May 20, 2012
8:38 PM
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Oh-- I lived on Keowee just 2 houses off of Chapel.
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luv my dayton
1 post
May 24, 2012
12:05 PM
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Perry401 miss the days of the glass bottles as it was a great way for kids to have a few coins and independence. Wish we'd go back to that as now they just end up as broken glass on sidewalks and driveways. By the way, do you remember alot of litter on streets back then or are we just more inconsiderate today?
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PaulH
96 posts
May 25, 2012
12:38 AM
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I used to collect enough empties to get a Pepsi and a few slices of baloney and sometimes a Clark Bar. A lot of us that remember those days were raised by children of the Great Depression and were taught to be thrifty (sometimes to a fault). Collecting pop bottles was one way to make a little bit of money and clean up the streets at the same time. I think a lot of young people these days don't want to 'lower' themselves to do what we did. JMHO. Let's see. A half pound of baloney was about 15 cents and a 12 oz. Pepsi was 10 or 11 cents. Clark bars were a nickle. Sound about right?
One of my first jobs was working for a small Mom and Pop store sortingand stacking returned bottles and keeping the pop racks full.
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tlturbo
321 posts
May 25, 2012
7:02 AM
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Can you still buy Clark bars in Dayton? Only place I found them in the past 10 years was a truck stop on 75 in TN at the top of the mountain.
Last Edited by tlturbo on Mar 20, 2013 2:39 PM
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SheliaO
1 post
Feb 18, 2013
9:42 AM
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Driver62, I think the restaurant you are thinking of was Rozenkrantz's - I think it was a tavern. I grew up in the neighborhood and my mother would never let us venture that far south on Troy Street until we were older. It's been closed for years, but Charlie's Imports is still open.
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Calhoun
104 posts
Feb 18, 2013
11:29 AM
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Not dealing with North Dayton, but the mention of cashing in pop bottles reminded me of a very enlightening summer in that regard. Lived out in the country, the wilds of Beavercreek, through the 60s. My buddies and I used to spend a great deal of our time hiking up and down the Little Miami, "hunting" with our BB guns and just generally getting lost in the woods.
Early one summer we found a small clearing where someone had obviously had quite a wing-ding. There were several empty wine bottle, lots of cigarette butts, and a complete case of empty, long neck Strohs' beer bottles. Our of little group knew there was a deposit on beer bottles, so we carried the case of them up to a local tavern and cashed them in for 48 (or was it 72?) cents. We went back the following week, and every week thereafter thoughout the summer, and always came away at least a case of empties, sometimes more. I was able to double my 25 cent/week allowance on beer bottles alone!
Mind you, we were only about 10 at the time, so some of the other things we found didn't much register with us. We assumed we found bits of underwear becasue the partiers must have been going skinny-dipping in the Little Miami. The one thing we really had trouble figuring out were the uninflated little balloons we found, along with what looked like the small foil packs like those used by Alki-Seltzer.
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driver62
455 posts
Feb 19, 2013
6:28 AM
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SheilaO - Thanks for the name and yes, it was a tavern. I had many a sandwich at Charlie's and my favorite is the Black Forest.
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Hops06GT
3 posts
Feb 19, 2013
4:24 PM
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Grew up on Baltimore St.,attended Allen school,and Kiser High school,also delivered DDN on Maryland and Deeds Ave. Wagners market,Kuntzs Cafeteria,the Dairy Isle,all bring back Great memories. It was a good neighborhood 1950s,and early 1960s.
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copson
94 posts
Feb 19, 2013
8:48 PM
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driver62,, I used to go kiser high, and as i remember it was the (Hungry House) on troy street that had the best cabbage rolls in dayton.. The two old hungarian ladies would give me a free one everytime i went in there for lunch during school... That's the place i remember that had the cabbage rolls man.. and Hartell's had the best burger's.. and dont forget the fries with gravy. I seem to remember that the Hungry House had an old pinball machine that only took nickels.. and that it didnt have bumpers or flippers.. It had no sound, no tilt and worked on gravity only.. It paid out in nickles for a certain amount of points that were rewarded by the ball's falling into numbered holes.. It was the ladies that paid out the nickle rewards, and that the younger kids were not allowed to play it.. It was old time gambling at it's finest... I wish i had that old pinball gambling machine....
Last Edited by copson on Feb 20, 2013 8:38 AM
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cilla46
154 posts
Feb 20, 2013
10:49 AM
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copson~ It seems we have yet another memory in common!I didn't go to Kiser but my first husband did.His family lived in Old North Dayton for many years.We were married at Our Lady of the Rosary Church by Father Berning in 1964.
His parents owned the North Dayton Packing Company which was in the alley behind Valley St.Their last name was Bocko.
From the time we started dating in 1961 we spent many hours in Hartel's.That is where I learned to eat fries and gravy which I still love to this day!
I wrote a little story about Hartel's in the personal remembrances section a couple of years ago titled Citizen's Arrest.You might get a kick out of my stupidity!
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Hops06GT
4 posts
Feb 20, 2013
1:48 PM
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cilla46,I probably know you,I know both the Bocko boys,we lost one awhile back.I knew both parents well,and still keep in touch w/ Tom.
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cilla46
155 posts
Feb 20, 2013
2:26 PM
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Hops06GT~ If you knew Joe then you probably know me too.We were together for about 10 years and had two children.I haven't seen or talked to Tom in many years.
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copson
95 posts
Feb 22, 2013
2:12 PM
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cilla46. THIS CRAZIENESS HAS TO STOP!!!...LOL. GOOD FOR YOU !!! That was a great story about what happened at Hartels.. It's good to know that i wasnt the only cop's kid to do such thing's..I wont feel so bad about myself anymore.. You were a great prankster for sure. I would have loved to been there on that day. Also, i was a an alter boy at Our lady of The Rosary, and, St, Josephs.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!!!..LOL..
Last Edited by copson on Feb 22, 2013 3:46 PM
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cilla46
156 posts
Feb 22, 2013
5:22 PM
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Copson~I feel the sudden urge to sing "It's a Small World" LOL!
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luv my dayton
243 posts
Feb 23, 2013
8:37 AM
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Not too familiar with that area except for the Kuntz cafeteria that had wonderful food and then a barber shop on Troy where my first husband had his first job. Place was called Brittinghams. In my late teens I met some kids from Kiser and have been friends with them for years.
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driver62
457 posts
Feb 24, 2013
6:52 AM
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Kuntz cafeteria had great food but like many places in Dayton, the location is now an empty lot. For many years I worked in a pro photo lab at 1332 Troy right next to Furst Florist, so it was a short walk to Kuntz's for lunch.
Last Edited by driver62 on Feb 24, 2013 6:55 AM
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rr52c
25 posts
Feb 24, 2013
8:52 AM
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We moved to Troy Street from Keowee Street in 1952. I went to Webster and Kiser schools. Had my hair cut at Jim Brittingham’s for years as did my father. I worked at the Dairy Isle and went in and cleaned up before school and in the evenings for about three years. Spent a lot of time in Hartel’s. Usually ate lunch at home or at Aunt Mary’s. I went to the Air Force in 1961. I’ve never lived in Old North Dayton after 1961 but go back and drive around sometimes when I am in Dayton. The only friend I remember who had a father on the Police Force was Nick Plummer.
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rr52c
26 posts
Mar 12, 2013
12:35 PM
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Does anyone know if they saved the black panther that was in front of Kiser High School?
I drove by there the other day and I don’t remember seeing it. This is the first time I’ve been in the area in years. I can remember when they were taking donations for the panther.
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PaulH
142 posts
Mar 20, 2013
2:11 AM
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I think the Black panther was moved to the new, to me, Kaiser School complex. I was playing around with Google street view and saw it. I remember one night before a football game, I was the driver for the getaway car for some kids from Stebbins painting it red and gray. I'm sure that wasn't the only time that was ever painted.
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Last Edited by PaulH on Mar 20, 2013 2:23 AM
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rr52c
28 posts
Mar 20, 2013
11:47 AM
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Thanks PaulH. The next time I'll stop and look around. As I remember the Panther was to have a special coating to make it easy to remove paint. They probably knew this would happen.
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cilla46
169 posts
May 13, 2013
7:37 AM
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Another memory from Old North Dayton just popped into my mind out of the blue.I suppose that is the way of memories when you begin to get old!
Oberers Flowers on Troy St. was where two of my first husband's cousins worked in the 60's.Judy and Linda Dudon were their names.One of them married the son of the owner and I can't remember which one it was.
I do remember that if you were from the neighborhood it was the go to place for flowers for any and all occasions!I believe they are still in business at the same location!
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kk41202
2 posts
May 31, 2013
8:14 PM
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Looking for old photos of Old North Dayton for a cookbook being put together...Need pics of past businesses on Troy Street (eg. Chili King/Pete's Diner, Bonded gas station,Rosencrantz, Congress Lanes etc.) Kiser High School,etc. If you would like to share-email me at molly030107@yahoo.com.Thanks.
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steveond
1 post
Jun 03, 2013
5:03 AM
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driver62 that was called rozankrants cafe were you had the cabbage rolls
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pat76
3 posts
Jun 04, 2013
6:36 AM
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Does anyone remember a butcher shop on a side street- possibly off Valley St? In the 60s they would give kids a raw hot dog to eat while their parents shopped!
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FreedomWriter
6 posts
Jul 27, 2013
12:00 PM
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Wasnt it called the Dayton Sausage company, or something close to that? Not sure, but do remember something their off of valley st near Barney's hospital.
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cilla46
173 posts
Jul 27, 2013
1:25 PM
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pat76~
You are remembering the North Dayton Packing Company which was owned and operated by Joe and Pauline Bocko.It was located in the alley behind Kanuas Cafe on Valley St.
I was married to their son Joe Bocko.We divorced years ago and he died several years ago!
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FreedomWriter
7 posts
Jul 27, 2013
2:51 PM
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That must have been the place I was thinking of.
Last Edited by FreedomWriter on Aug 02, 2013 10:14 AM
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Texas
4 posts
Feb 07, 2015
8:12 AM
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What is/was the Catholic orphan home in Dayton?
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jack1971
89 posts
Feb 10, 2015
5:36 AM
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My experiences of North Dayton in the 60s was around the Colonel White HS and E.J. Brown area.
Very fond memories of the mom and pop grocery stores, particularly one behind E.J. Brown owned by the Fouts family! Anyone else remember that?
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luv my dayton
855 posts
Feb 10, 2015
6:55 AM
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cilla : yes Oberers still there and believe they also have another one south of town. Furst florists is still out there also. Both have beautiful arrangements.
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