Oh I do remember the model train displays!! I can also remember going to Gable's for candy. Gable's was a huge department store--sort of an upscale Walmart. You could get anything there, including furniture, all types of clothing, jewelery, perfume, and have your photo taken. I still have a coat from Gable's. It doesn't fit, but maybe some day it will again, and also it may come back in style. I can remember going shopping there and realizing I only had one check left in my checkbook. I was sent to see Mr. Little, and explained my problem to him, he very sweetly told me to just go ahead and shop, and he would have me make out the check for the total at the end of the day. (this was in the days before check cards, etc.) I did so, and at the end of the trip, went back to his little office and made out the check. I think it was for something like seventy dollars. I had done a lot of shopping!! I also loved Bon Ton. I would go there a lot, and decide what I wanted, go home and t! ell my Mother, and she would say to me, spend your own money!! I also loved Shirley's Shoes, they carried the t-straps which were popular back then. When our dry cleaners ruined shirts brought in by Joel Cohen (Young Men's Shop) I remember him saying, just tell me they were MY shirts, and not customers' shirts. Luckily, there were his shirts. He took it very well. I remember Bon Ton had an elevator operator, but it doesn't seem to me that Gable's did, am I remembering correctly? On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:47:56 -0400 "Peg Marple" <[email protected]> wrote: >speaking of Gables, remember the awesome Christmas model train displays? >they were built by my father. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:50 PM >Subject: Re: PABlair Pot Pie > > >> Had another flash back. I remember Tom and Joe's across the street from >City >> Hall. I remember people standing in front of Gable's department store >> waiting to catch a bus. I loved 11th avenue when I was a kid. The street >was >> always crowed. Annie, I remember the Green Ave market also. I had >relatives who >> had a spot there called Kuhn's. I remember my parents would go there every >> Saturday to get lunch meat and cheeses and fruits and vegetables. I came >from a >> long line of great cooks. My grandmother was a cook at the Cathedral >convent >> for years and also cooked at the rectory. My daughter is a wonderful >cook. My >> boys tell her all the time that if she weren't their sister they would >marry >> her. :) >> Maureen >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >http://www.aol.com >> >> >> ----------------------------------- >> No flaming permtted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out >rule. >> ----------------------------------- >> The Blair Co. mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. Genealogy >Society. >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > >----------------------------------- >No flaming permtted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. >----------------------------------- >The Blair Co. mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. Genealogy Society. >------------------------------- >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 Annie Whiteman PABlair List administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

Oh Annie, you're going to make me cry with all these memories. I recall an elevator operator at Gables too. My mother would take me to BonTon and Gable's for the doorbusters. We'd be in line, always near the front when the doors opened. I was amazed at how my mother always got to the merchandise she wanted before it was gone. Somehow I acquired her skill and now I'm proud that my daughter is even better at bargain shopping than my mother and I. I still have a sale coat from BonTon that will never fit again but I don't have the heart to toss it. I intend to make sure my dad's legacy includes his train layouts at Gable's. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Peg Marple" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:27 PM Subject: Re: PABlair Pot Pie > Oh I do remember the model train displays!! I can also remember going to Gable's for candy. Gable's was a huge department store--sort of an upscale Walmart. You could get anything there, including furniture, all types of clothing, jewelery, perfume, and have your photo taken. I still have a coat from Gable's. It doesn't fit, but maybe some day it will again, and also it may come back in style. I can remember going shopping there and realizing I only had one check left in my checkbook. I was sent to see Mr. Little, and explained my problem to him, he very sweetly told me to just go ahead and shop, and he would have me make out the check for the total at the end of the day. (this was in the days before check cards, etc.) I did so, and at the end of the trip, went back to his little office and made out the check. I think it was for something like seventy dollars. I had done a lot of shopping!! I also loved Bon Ton. I would go there a lot, and decide what I wanted, go home and tell my Mother, and she would say to me, spend your own money!! I also loved Shirley's Shoes, they carried the t-straps which were popular back then. When our dry cleaners ruined shirts brought in by Joel Cohen (Young Men's Shop) I remember him saying, just tell me they were MY shirts, and not customers' shirts. Luckily, there were his shirts. He took it very well. > I remember Bon Ton had an elevator operator, but it doesn't seem to me that Gable's did, am I remembering correctly? > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:47:56 -0400 > "Peg Marple" <[email protected]> wrote: > >speaking of Gables, remember the awesome Christmas model train displays? > >they were built by my father. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:50 PM > >Subject: Re: PABlair Pot Pie > > > > > >> Had another flash back. I remember Tom and Joe's across the street from > >City > >> Hall. I remember people standing in front of Gable's department store > >> waiting to catch a bus. I loved 11th avenue when I was a kid. The street > >was > >> always crowed. Annie, I remember the Green Ave market also. I had > >relatives who > >> had a spot there called Kuhn's. I remember my parents would go there every > >> Saturday to get lunch meat and cheeses and fruits and vegetables. I came > >from a > >> long line of great cooks. My grandmother was a cook at the Cathedral > >convent > >> for years and also cooked at the rectory. My daughter is a wonderful > >cook. My > >> boys tell her all the time that if she weren't their sister they would > >marry > >> her. :) > >Marueen