In Hoboken, the sock business got nasty when some kids put rocks into the socks and hit little kids with them. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justine Peterson Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering Sorry about that 1847 and don't think I would be able to write this note. Does anyone remember "Heminhiner House" corner of Van Vorst Park and Montgomery St. I don't think they lived in the house but had caretakers. The caretakers would give us a nickel so we hit that house first. Justine ----- Original Message ----- From: "MJ Mann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering > On 10/24/06, Justine Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I very well remember Thanksgiving day begging. I grew up on Montgomery >> St. >> Jersey City. ..... The mayor was Hague >> but can't remember his first name. I moved out of JC in 1950 so it was a >> long time ago to remember how great Thanksgiving was for us. >> Justine (Teena) McCormick - Ferris High class of 1847. > > Justine, > > The mayor of JC was Frank Hague. > > 'Ferris High class of 1847' --- did you have a long day? I presume you > meant 1947?? > > My parents grew up in the Heights (Manhattan, Terrace, Carlton, > Liberty). They told stories about Thanksgiving, my Mom even admitted > they were really big 'boobs', since they continued the practice well > into HS. <g> > I got the impression, most looked like hobos, dressing in father's old > clothes. They would each take a sock, fill it with cinders from the > coal furnace, stove, etc. If some household didn't come through .... > they wacked the sock, leaving gray/black ash marks on the house/stoop. > Mostly pennies, some fruit, and there was a doctor, up on the Blvd, I > think, that gave quarters. They tried to time visits there at the very > beginning of their travels, and again, at the end, on the way home for > Thanksgiving dinner. <g> At least with the kids out of the house, the > mothers had sanity while preparing Thanksgiving dinner! > > I know, by the mid 50's, my cousins in JC were doing Halloween, not > Thanksgiving. > > My Mom was Dickenson, class of 1933. Dad attended St Michael's UC, > didn't finish --- the depression made other things a priority. > > By the way, there was a bunch of Halloween/Thanksgiving stories on > this list, at this time of year, maybe last year or the year before > (??) You may want to check the list archives. > > Maureen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message