http://home.epix.net/~fagan/jermyn.html Here's the site for the Jermyn Hotel! ----- Original Message ----- From: bhealey <bhealey@msn.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 7:01 AM Subject: [PA-LAC] Jermyn Hotel Is the Jermyn Hotel still in business in Scranton? My web search found nothing but historical items. My grandfather and grandmother both worked there around 1912-1913. That's how they met. I had been hoping (foolishly?) that there would still be something on file about them. My father also worked there, as an elevator operator. He told me a story about when Joe Lewis came to town and, of course, took the room on the top floor of the hotel. Joe's "entourage" and reporters all squeezed into the elevator for the trip to the top floor. My father cringed because he knew the old elevator couldn't handle it. As they neared the top floor, the elevator slipped, I think it was a floor or two, and came to an abrupt stop. He said you never saw a more concerned group, all brushing Joe off asking "Joe, are you all right? Are you hurt, Joe?" Joe was relieved when he finally got off on the top floor. ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList