Who remembers Tom Arthur's teaching swimming every summer at Rainbow? School Picnics and USS Local 1408 having their annual picnic with all the Buttermilk and Beer you could drink and all the rides were free? It was a great park. Shame the pool isn't still there - they don't build them that big any more. If I remember it was 50 by 100 yards. The old story of folk lore there was that when Joe Volpe's brothers were shot gangland style in a Barber Shop in Pittsburgh the remains of the killers were buried in the cement of the pool. When it was torn down - no evidence was found of any bodies. It was a great story for years though. Marc M. G. Stauffer

Marc: I was always told that the Volpe murders occurred in Wilmerding on the Gottwalls side of Turtle Creek. Jim Owston Marc Stauffer wrote: > Who remembers Tom Arthur's teaching swimming every summer at Rainbow? > School Picnics and USS Local 1408 having their annual picnic with all the > Buttermilk and Beer you could drink and all the rides were free? > > It was a great park. Shame the pool isn't still there - they don't build > them that big any more. If I remember it was 50 by 100 yards. The old > story of folk lore there was that when Joe Volpe's brothers were shot > gangland style in a Barber Shop in Pittsburgh the remains of the killers > were buried in the cement of the pool. When it was torn down - no evidence > was found of any bodies. It was a great story for years though. > > Marc > M. G. Stauffer > > ==== PAMCKEESPORT Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit Jenkins-Jeffries-Lee Family Page > http:/www.geocities.com/geojenk/ > Please take time to look at the latest McKeesport, Pa pics in the "All Things McKeesport" section. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

A matter of historical trivia: John "Dink" Ulm, the famous artist and cartoonist for the Daily News for many years was the first life guard at Rainbow Pool when it opened. He was my uncle - my mother's brother. He entered the United States Navy and became a Physical Fitness Instructor at a Boot Camp near Chicago. After the war, he returned to his career at the Daily News. Jim Parmiter