http://efdemocrats.org Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://efdemocrats.org/2010/12/how-hopewell-junction-got-its-name/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Rose Marie Proctor (O"Meara) Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:59:22 +0000 http://efdemocrats.org/?p=404#comment-254 Hi... Reading about the railroad being central to the existence of Hopewell brings back fond memories... I lived on Railroad Ave from 1951 until 1968... My parents owned the house that is next to what was a Gay's Pizza Parlor... Before that it was Laurel's Bake Shop and before that it was one of the locations of the Hopewell Inn... There were no numbers..There was no mail delivery...We went to the post office that was where there is an Antique shop now... There was Andersons' store... I think it's a private home now... The Beasimers' family home is next door.. The Case family lived on the corner. Their home is gone now... The Quackenbush garage was on the opposite corner... The Espicopal church was where Frankie Superette is and St. Columba was where there is a furniture store... The funeral parlor up the block was Stevensons' house... Mr. Stevenson hardware store sold nearly everything.... I think that corner is the only thing in Hopewell that has not changed. The roundhouse had stopped being used but we played in its ruins on our way to the school just past what was Dr. Muzzacato's office... Dr. White and Dr. Robinson's office was just down the block...There was a farm where the Cannizzaros' motors moved into by the railroad station; and where Turners' restaurant are...Before the hill was made more level up on Oak Street we sledded down; and came to a halt at the tracks...I understand that there is a fence around it now... The Martin family lived in the first house.. then the bake shop..then our house...then the Carusos...then the Whiteleys before you went up the hill.. Card family lived in the last house I think...In the 1920's my grandparents lived with their seven children up on the hill behind was I guess is Main Street. Their last name was Goebel.. My grandfather Charles C. Goebel was a fireman on the railroad engines.. A job that was soon taken over by modern methods... My dad Charles A. O'Meara worked on the tracks in the 50's up until probably 1956 or so.....I spent most summers at the recreation park.. Learn to swin at Schallers just the other side of the tracks on Bridge Street.. The church is the same and a few of the houses on the street are the same... .I'm grateful for good memories; and an ability to hold on to the values that still stand me in good stead today...Thanks for the walk down memory lane.... Hi… Reading about the railroad being central to the existence of Hopewell brings back fond memories… I lived on Railroad Ave from 1951 until 1968… My parents owned the house that is next to what was a Gay’s Pizza Parlor… Before that it was Laurel’s Bake Shop and before that it was one of the locations of the Hopewell Inn… There were no numbers..There was no mail delivery…We went to the post office that was where there is an Antique shop now… There was Andersons’ store… I think it’s a private home now… The Beasimers’ family home is next door.. The Case family lived on the corner. Their home is gone now… The Quackenbush garage was on the opposite corner… The Espicopal church was where Frankie Superette is and St. Columba was where there is a furniture store… The funeral parlor up the block was Stevensons’ house… Mr. Stevenson hardware store sold nearly everything…. I think that corner is the only thing in Hopewell that has not changed. The roundhouse had stopped being used but we played in its ruins on our way to the school just past what was Dr. Muzzacato’s office… Dr. White and Dr. Robinson’s office was just down the block…There was a farm where the Cannizzaros’ motors moved into by the railroad station; and where Turners’ restaurant are…Before the hill was made more level up on Oak Street we sledded down; and came to a halt at the tracks…I understand that there is a fence around it now… The Martin family lived in the first house.. then the bake shop..then our house…then the Carusos…then the Whiteleys before you went up the hill..
Card family lived in the last house I think…In the 1920′s my grandparents lived with their seven children up on the hill behind was I guess is Main Street. Their last name was Goebel.. My grandfather Charles C. Goebel was a fireman on the railroad engines.. A job that was soon taken over by modern methods… My dad Charles A. O’Meara worked on the tracks in the 50′s up until probably 1956 or so…..I spent most summers at the recreation park.. Learn to swin at Schallers just the other side of the tracks on Bridge Street.. The church is the same and a few of the houses on the street are the same… .I’m grateful for good memories; and an ability to hold on to the values that still stand me in good stead today…Thanks for the walk down memory lane….

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