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Dayton Ducks 1932-34
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luv my dayton
29 posts
Jun 08, 2012
9:17 AM
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My father, when a young sprout from Wisconsin joined a farm team they called them back then and ended up in Dayton where he played ball,married, raised a family,ran a service station and made many wonderful friends. He rented a room in the home of what was to become his future wife and her family over on Findley St. Dad was a southpaw pitcher for the Dayton Ducks and remember growing up reading through newspaper articles about the team and seeing my Dads photos throwing a mean left handed pitch. He played and became lifelong friends with Johnny Vandermeer, who went on to the pros while Dad went into the Navy, worked a few years at Reynolds and Reynolds and then went into business with his father-in-law at the small service station at the foot of Huffman and Linden Hill. The only thing I have left of that little station, which was torn down in early 90"s are a few bricks that our family salvaged for mementoes.When Riverscape was developed we placed a plaque for Dad in the walkway with his information on time spent playing for Dayton.
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medvet84
17 posts
Jun 17, 2012
5:52 PM
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I definately remember the dayton Ducks, attended one game about 1946 but what I'm really writing about is your father and his gas station. Let me tell you about maybe, one of his best customers,1930-40, my father Ralph E Miller, who bought all his gas and oil from 'Rogers' Sohio station located about 50 yards from the exact corner of Linden and Huffman, directly behind another station ON the NE corner. Both on the same corner, one behind the other. Seems like the owner(operater) might have been BILL Rogers? Space was so limited the customers off of Huffman had to pull to the right of the pumps to avoid customers entering from Linden who were serviced from the left.
I was in the 1st grade at Huffman school in '31 when I first went with my Rural Mail carrier Dad to that Sohio (Standard Oil) station. The car he was driving at that time was a Model A Ford that had the gas fill tank in the middle of the hood area between the windsheild and the hood opening, for want of a better word. There was also a favorite mechanic working there at Rogers whose name escapes me now 75 yrs later. Might he have been your Dad. My Dad loved baseball, especially the Reds but , it surprises me that if your base ball playing Dad is one of the men I just mentioned, why don't I remember him speaking of your Dads
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luv my dayton
42 posts
Jun 19, 2012
1:12 AM
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My grandfather was Percy Rogers and he had the station for a few years before my father, Peter Engleman joined up with him. Funny story was that the business that was directly on the point at Linden and Huffman built a barrier wall to hide the station. Grandpa decided to advertize and used the phrase 'the little station behind the big brick wall.'
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medvet84
18 posts
Jun 20, 2012
7:13 PM
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HEY LMD, Now I have to wonder about the gender and age of whom I have made a conection with?? Like what age were you when you tell of the events about the station, and the family involved?? I know Mr Dalton doesn't want his page turned into anything genealogy related to or hinted about but, to encounter a living person so closely connected a business my deceased father patronized is almost mind blowing to me and my younger brother who also well remembers Rogers Sohio, especially Pete. Then too, there is the space limitations of Max 4096 to deal with. You may find a followup to this posted separately. Incidently, my bro and I disagree if they had either a 'lift' or a 'below ground cavity' for oil and lube jobs?? And , for a little insite on my east dayton family, 1925-1943, my daughter posts under the name 'Dia' and I have several posts on east Dayton historical points of interest too. Your maiden name, Engleman?? Oops, maybe your name now? You haven't given a hint of gender. I used to live on Bell St, 1929-31, started school at Huffman,'31, then Cleveland,'32-'36, Lincoln, 37-40, WW, 41-42,drafted, 43.
Last Edited by on Jun 20, 2012 7:20 PM
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luv my dayton
43 posts
Jun 21, 2012
9:29 AM
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vet84: Peter Engleman had 3 daughters, who are living and I being the oldest just turning 69. They had an outside hoist and worked above ground. Dad became totally resistant to germs by being outside for all those years except to warm up inside when business lacking. He was hospitalized for 10 days with a nerve problem in hip and leg when my younger sister and I decided to open the station and try to keep it open for the gas at least. Within a couple of days we both ended up sick from breathing the fumes of the station and surrounding plants.
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MerylM
1 post
Jun 23, 2012
8:37 PM
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LMD: I'm the younger bro of medvet84. Like him, I remember well being with my dad so many times when he stopped in for gas or perhaps something like new spark plugs. I also remember the barrier wall that tended to hide Rogers Sohio service station. I remember Pete well and as a kid, had visions of someday being an auto mechanic like him.........the good old days.
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Rfalak0486
1 post
Dec 31, 2012
4:59 PM
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Pete Engelman was my step brother. Because of our age differences and geographic differences I only saw him quite a bit during wwII when he was stationed at Great Lakes for about a year. We did keep in touch, but mostly thru my sister in law Dorothy..still keep in touch with my beautiful niece Carolyn where she keeps me up to date regarding her sisters.
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luv my dayton
205 posts
Jan 11, 2013
8:17 PM
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Hi Uncle Ron. Imagine my surprise when I saw you on here.Hope your having a wonderful time in Florida. Ilove this website and have learned alot about Dayton from the folks who post on here. Its great to share memories of how things used to be. Hope you and Anne are well. Have fun
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