There used to be bowling alley's everywhere, but so many of them are gone now. When I was about 10-12, we used to bowl on Saturdays in leagues, and kids had their birthday parties at the bowling alley. Even when I was in high school, there were quite a few, but the ones I went to in RI are all gone now. Both of my grandmothers bowled in women's leagues, and sometimes on a Sunday, they would take us kids. There is still a bowling alley in Millis, Fico's in Franklin, one in Woonsocket, and there is one in Whitinsville. There used to be one in Shrewsbury, on Rt 9, but I'm not sure if it's still there. One thing, though - I have never been candlepin bowling. That's a Massachusetts thing. In RI they all the bowling was either duckpins with big bowling balls, or duckpins with smaller bowling balls. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Cooley To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon That was Ten Pins.(Huge balls)Where Papa Gino's is now. Daverons Pharcmacy is still Run by the Daveron family. They are now located inside Stop & Shop in Milford. That sounds good there would be a bowling alley near here again. Besides the one in Franklin you would have to go to Woonsocker R.I. The same pharmcist from Romiglio is now the pharmicist in Walgreens. >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 03:11:23 -0500 > >Romiglio's was still there when we moved here, as >well as Davoren's down the street. That was before >CVS & Walgreen's. > >There was a bowling alley further down towards Bellingham >that became the True Value Hardware store. Now, there is >a block of stores with Blockbuster Video, Papa Gino, then >the CVS & MacDonald's. > >Do you remember the Skate Palace on Depot Street? They >are putting in a bowling alley, video arcade, and a sports bar & >grille. Supposed to open in this spring. > >Lisa > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:42 PM >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > Lisa its true...I would want to forget that. The P. Eugene Casey >pool was > > originally at Fino Field in Milford. I rode my bicycle there for >years. The > > one that is near Shaws right now was built to replace it. ALSO where > > Iandoli's market was....It was originally built for MacCrackens >market. When > > they first opened....They had an attraction to get the shoppers >in...THE > > WORLDS TALLEST MAN= it was a man on very HIGH STILTS who walked >around the > > parking lot for the first week. ALSO there was a BOWLING alley >there. It was > > owned by the PAPELIANS. (She also brought bands in...listen to live >music > > while you bowled.)..IT was closed quite a few years ago but the name >of that > > whole shopping center was Pappelians Shopping center. They brought >it > > down(bowling) to make Shaws Larger and of cource they kept what is >now > > Walgreens.(That was called at the time Romiglio's Pharmancy. Because >the > > owner was a pharmicist and a Romiglio > > Maureen > > > > > > >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:02:44 -0500 > > > > > >Maureen - > > > > > >There's one memory you probably would want to > > >forget! The Casey pool is still there - just down from the > > >Shaw's supermarket which used to be Iandoli when I > > >first moved to Milford about 25 years ago. > > > > > >It would make sense that Lake Nipmuc is spring fed. > > >I'll try to remember to ask my co-workers. One lives > > >on the lake, and the other one's parents live there. > > > > > >One year, the Mendon children's librarian learned > > >about a cardboard boat race some University did > > >every year as part of a science course. Since then, > > >they've been having one every year at the lake. > > > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:24 PM > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > > > Lisa, > > > > I haven't thought about these things in YEARS. When I was >younger, > > >I took > > > > swimming lessons at P.Eugene Casey pool in Milford. I went as >far as > > >I could > > > > by 8th grade. So next would be a Lifesavers course.Of which at >the > > >time, > > > > they took you to Whites Beach in Mendon. They (testers) took you >out > > >in a > > > > row boat. You had to have your bathing suit on and A shirt over >it > > >with a > > > > sweatshirt and jeans and socks and sneakers on. Then you had to >jump > > >out of > > > > the rowboat and one of the testers would jump in the water and >you > > >had to > > > > take the person and turn them over and cuff your one arm UNDER >their > > >necks. > > > > And bring them into shore. > > > > So when I was in eigth grade I probably weighed about 70 >lbs...if > > >that...I > > > > was real thin. > > > > When I first jumped in the water...I was weighed down by the > > >clothes...Then > > > > I had the instructer fighting me...because when someone is > > >drowning...they > > > > fight you....I think I made it 2 times BUT on the 3rd try I went > > >UNDER the > > > > water...THAT is a TOTAL FAIL...They told me to come back when I >put > > >a few > > > > pounds on. > > > > I remember the names of the people that owned Lakeview >previously. > > >They > > > > owned a dance Studio in Milford. It was called Lucier's School >of > > >Dance. > > > > They were Luciers BUT when she died...they said her maiden name >was > > >Palmer. > > > > Two of my daughters took swimming lessons at White's Beach. > > > > The side where Lakeview was had to close because of all the >UNDER > > >CURRENTS.I > > > > think there are natural springs UNDER the lake in Mendon. > > > > On the Whites Beach side they have it roped off as far as you >can go > > >out. > > > > Which isn't very far unless you own property on that side. Of >which > > >you can > > > > go out further. > > > > They also had an arts and craft along with the swimming >lessons,in > > >Mendon. > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > > > >To: [email protected] > > > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:39:51 -0500 > > > > > > > > > >Maureen - > > > > > > > > > >I didn't know they had lifeguards up by the Lakeview end. > > > > > > > > > >The man who owned the amusement area was named > > > > >Shawn Green - his wife was Sheila, and someone told > > > > >me was a dancer. They don't seem to be around > > > > >this area now. If someone finds him, let me know - he > > > > >would be able to tell all the merry go round folks about > > > > >the carousel. It was sold to another defunct amusement > > > > >park - Pleasure Island in Wakefield. > > > > > > > > > >Millie Mitchells changed hands several times, but today > > > > >it is still a restaurant - Alicante Mediterranean Grill - very > > > > >good, but not a casual place like Millie's was. > > > > > > > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > > >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:45 PM > > > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lisa, > > > > > > That was my error. The Beach in Mendon that you took > > >swimming > > > > >lessons > > > > > > from is on Taft Street. > > > > > > That is called White's Beach. On the OTHER side of the lake >is > > >where > > > > >the > > > > > > MYRIAD or FORMER name of Lakeview.(There use to be life >gurads > > >and > > > > >swimming > > > > > > on BOTH sides) I forgot all bout that restaurant that buned >down > > >in > > > > >there. I > > > > > > think it was owned by some people in Milford that had a >dance > > > > >studio. > > > > > > Lakeview and that restaurant > > > > > > And Milly Mitchel'sRestaurant was at another angle of the >lake. > > > > >There are > > > > > > all small houses all around the Lake > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > > > > > >To: [email protected] > > > > > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 23:43:18 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Maureen - > > > > > > > > > > > > > >We do have a town beach in Mendon. It's a small area > > > > > > >off of Taft Ave on the Millville Rd end of the street. > > > > > > >It's got a small sandy beach area, a bath house, and > > > > > > >a snack stand. They've been giving swimming lessons > > > > > > >there for years - I thought everyone in Mendon learned > > > > > > >to swim there LOL > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The people who live on the lake do swim in it, but > > > > > > >I understand there is quite a drop off in the area of > > > > > > >the Ballroom - probably in other sections too - so > > > > > > >I'm sure it's not wise to swim anywhere other than > > > > > > >the beach area. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Where's White's Pond? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >There used to be a merry go round at Silver Lake > > > > > > >in Bellingham too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > > > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > >Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:53 PM > > > > > > >Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes I do....MIscoe Springs SODA....There are all natural > > > > >underground > > > > > > >springs > > > > > > > > in Mendon. Miscoe Springs was a bottleing Company that >made > > > > >SODA= > > > > > > >ROOT > > > > > > > > BEER....LIME-ADE....COLA...GINGER-ALE AND ORANGE CRUSH >with > > >real > > > > > > >orange > > > > > > > > pieces in it...Occassioanly Sasperalla and 7-UP > > > > > > > > ALSO there was a drive in on ROUTE 16....which is still > > > > >there...the > > > > > > >ONLY one > > > > > > > > left in this area...They have a 56 CHEVY sticking OUT of > > >their > > > > > > >refreshment > > > > > > > > STAND > > > > > > > > MISCOE springs NOW offers water to Garelick Milk Company >of > > > > > > >Bellingham Mass. > > > > > > > > and ALSO local Shaws and Stop and Shop Supermarkets... >THats > > > > >where I > > > > > > >buy my > > > > > > > > water... > > > > > > > > THERE is NO more swimming in Mendon MAss. BOTH sides.... > > >Whites > > > > >Pond > > > > > > >and > > > > > > > > Lakeview because of the drowning AND also the >underground > > > > >currents > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: [email protected] (Marcia Payne) > > > > > > > > >To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >Subject: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:27:36 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Maureen I enjoyed your story. I too grew up in the >'60s, > > >but I > > > > > > >lived in > > > > > > > > >Florida. Almost every summer we visited my Dad's >parents in > > > > > > >Uxbridge and > > > > > > > > >our treat would be Milly Mitchell's, you remember that > > >place > > > > >don't > > > > > > >you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Fried clams & onion rings & Misco orange drink. We were >in > > > > >heaven. > > > > > > >It > > > > > > > > >usually was on Friday's because of Gramma's Catholic >faith > > >was > > > > > > >still > > > > > > > > >observing Fish for Fridays. At least that's what I was > > >told. > > > > >Even > > > > > > >though > > > > > > > > >those delicious clams were't fish, it was a nice change > > >from > > > > >her > > > > > > >salmon > > > > > > > > >patties :-))). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >How about the Drive-in movies, that was excellent too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Marcia > > > > > > >