Seaside Heights Sun & Fun Promo Tourism Film 1960
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Do you remember? Class of '71- Boys only: Do you remember the "Newark" style of dress? It included "High Roll Collars, with "bones" to adjust the collars!" Featherweight Shoes" ... sometimes called- Stub Toes? Burgundy Pants, with shirts colored - "Pink" Purple" or "Bright Yellow" and even pin stripped pants? It really was the Soprano's! Do you remember when you got your ass whupped for wearing white socks? It wasn't easy was it? Kevin Schweitzer Perryjm677@msn.com Saturday, September 13, 2008 |
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Rahway Movies... Do you Remember? The movie Blackboard Jungle and the song Rock Around the Clock which was my introduction to Rock & Roll, I bounced to the rhythm of that song all the way home that afternoon. That in turn led to such DJ's as Peter Tripp (the "Curley-headed kid in the third row"), Allen Freed, Murray the K and Submarine Race Watching which was done best in Rahway Park after dark but only if you left your parking lights on. Tom Nolan ‘61 The Blackboard Jungle; Starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, John Hoyt, Sidney Poitier & Vic Morrow, was Release date March 1955 |
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Being a Catholic, I took communion on Sundays, but I had to go to confession on Saturday in order to receive communion, so the (Rahway Movies) ticket taker would let us run over to St. Mary's between features, and we would go to communion, and then run back for the second feature. Wonder how many others did this little trick? Rosalie Livelli Cook '49 rccookie@aol.com The 5 cent candy bar machine, 15 cent bag of popcorn, 15 cartoons before the featured show, Opening up the side door to let your friends sneak in and having the Old lady chase you around the movie, Cool air conditioned on hot summer days, "The Blob" "Haunted House on a Hill." Eric Southern '70 Eric.Southern1@us.army.mil
FYI, the old German lady from the theater name was Emila Lochner. She happened to be my husband’s great aunt. Kathi (Miller) Lochner 78 ethelnerd@aol.com
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Do You Remember? Do You Remember? Superior Pharmacy, good ole Frank Graf worked there after school, Acme where Witty’s now is, the Foursome Diner where a gas station near drug fair is, Sutton Place, a catalog showroom used to be where Drug Fair is, Witty’s where it used to be before the fire where the Firehouse now is? The smell of burning Christmas trees while ice skating at Milton Lake. Lynne Melchior class of 1975 lynnie131@msn.com __________________________________________________________________________ |
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Do You Remember these Rahway Businesses? Rosell’s Sun Motors, Inc. we started back in 1955; Reggie’s Hair Salon; the Soda Barn on St. George Ave.; Hamilton Laundry, Donato’s Florist; before Charlie Brenner’s was CB it was Ross’ Sporting Goods on Irving St.; LeHart’s; Amon Buick; West End Garage; Rahway Chevrolet; the card store next to Rahway Savings “Bergen’s?”; the Sewing Kit; Stein Field; Tully Field; Flannigan Field; and Roosevelt Field (really wasn’t a field but we did compete against other fields during the summer); and the End of Summer? But wait, there’s even more… The Laura Lynn Diner |
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Some of us never realized what some of our teachers did to help others. I had Bob Berger first period for history. He would take money from his pocket and give it one of the guys so they could get some food for the class the next day. Years later Mr. Berger and I were doing a basketball game together. I told him how nice it was of him to buy food for the class. He looked at me and said "Some of those kids had very little food at home." Mr. Berger fooled around with us but there was more to the man than I ever knew. Joe Cerchiaro '63 doncici24@yahoo.com Thursday Sept 6, 2007 |
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Do You Remember? To the members of the Class of 62, we remember the numerous pranks--62 in beer cans, the Hillside painting, along with the parties and fun. As time passes some may say immature, some will say hilarious, and some will say the best years of our lives. I attended the reunion in October. It was excellent, but we need more of you. Those I saw in Point Pleasant, along with those who have corresponded via e-mail since (and you all know who you are), I hope you get the same bounce in your step that I do talking. Many of you will not attend in Rahway in 2008. But, we need to share the memories and the fun. I see names listed of people who I remember more than they remember me. Girls who were my "secret and un-acted on love" and guys who had the athletic ability I desired. Let’s find everyone we can from all the classes. Let’s get e-mail addresses known and you all can write people. Class of '62, let’s bring back those special times. For all of you who shared a ride in the little pink Ford-Rahway High forever. Dave DeReamer '62 ddereamer@cox.net Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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Do You Remember Woody’s Field Goal? It was one of the greatest sports stories that year. Old number "70" came through. We also can't forget Mike Toth who drove the team down the field so "Wietry" could kick the 27 yarder. Joe Cerchiaro '63 doncici24@yahoo.com Monday, February 18, 2008 |
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Do You Remember Lincoln School? Then Madison School opened, that's when I missed the walk. So, Mr. Palisi, I read you’re looking for some of the early students, this is "ROOFY", class of "56", and I have the original yearbook, 7th gr. Then, we went to the, "BIG HOUSE” Rahway High School, and became the Class of 1961. Fond memories of my 13th birthday party, pizza, in Kenilworth, my date were Hugh Edwards. Could never forget Ron Kennedy, lost him to Mary Blaut, and Howie Rhodes, still have the letter inviting me to a birthday party. I married Bob, class of "58", 4 kids, 43, 39, twins 34, nobody married, no grandchildren, I still live at the same address. Does anyone out there in cyber space remember any of my POOL parties, and music by Frank Stiso and Pug Hathaway? Now, look, what this site has gone and done, and you know what, it feels good. Just turned "65" and it feels good too. To ALL, that read this, good for us, and to the ones who can't, we miss you, Pappy Kuhlman, was a neighbor, our class advisor, and a teacher to all my kids, did anybody go to Maine with him in the summer, all my kids did. A bit long, too bad....LOL Ruth T. Hardy (Lambert) class of "61" countrydancer5678@comcast.net Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
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Do You Remember? Bauer’s after church and sometimes INSTEAD of church (10:00 mass in the balcony of the gym at St. Mary's.) Spending summers at the pool at Rahway River Park. My first car, a '52 Ford, 20 Rahway jackets on a bed at a party and hoped you got the right one back afterwards. My first tux (thanks Elaine), the guys I walked to school with: Freddie, Jackie Cibrian, Richie Gould, Dick Sammond, Glen Wright, John "Frenckie" (can't recall his last name), Jim Major. So many names come flooding back: Chris Williams, Thyra Morf, Jerry Finelli, Carol Morgan, Elaine Murphy, etc. where are you all? Tom Nolan ‘61 Byrne125@aol.com March 20, 2008 |
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Do You Remember Dembling’s? My second question under the “where are they now” category is; Are any of my old CB radio friends on the site? Looking for Cathy, Road angel, Kim Gumdrop, Lisa Seeker, and Nancy Foreigner they all hung out on CB channel 20 in the winter and spring of 1977. Do any of you remember California Devil? Yeah that's me! The blind guy who introduced Cathy to Stevie Wonder's songs in the key of life, you had a copy and never listened to it till you put it on while we talked on the Radio. Yeah, you liked it! Ken Ken Lawrence ’83 Kenlawrence124@aol.com Sunday, April 6, 2008 PS: Anyone with a photo of Dembling’s (from back in the day) please email it to cktocook@tampabay.rr.com Do You Remember?
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Music of the '60's by Scott Smith '65 |
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In September of 1965, we went off to work, college or into the military to Barry McGuire's #1 hit, "Eve of Destruction." All that protesting stuff eventually led to the Kent State University massacre...the subject of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "(Four Dead in) "Ohio." The lyric began with "Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming..." |
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Del Shannon Del Shannon is a key figure in rock and roll’s transition from the Fifties to Sixties, serving as something of a link between Elvis and the Beatles. He was among the relatively few self-reliant rock and rollers of the Teen Idol era. He wrote his own material, played guitar and sang, and did not project a manufactured image. Shannon turned out a solid run of hits during the first half of the Sixties, including one bonafide classic ("Runaway") and seven more Top Forty singles. He also gave and received influence from the up-and-coming bands of the British Invasion, including the Beatles. An early fan of Hank Williams, Shannon (who was born Charles Westover) picked up the guitar in his pre-teen years. After serving in the army in Germany, he returned home and formed his first band, the Midnight Ramblers, who became regulars at the Hi-Lo Club in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was here that Shannon worked up his first and most famous hit, “Runaway.” This minor-keyed classic from 1961-which occupied the #1 spot for four weeks and has been covered by more than 200 artists-possessed two distinctive qualities that became signatures of Shannon’s sound: his frequent use of a forceful falsetto and band mate/co writer Max Crook’s solo on the “musitron,” a high-pitched electric organ. “Runaway” made an overnight star of Shannon, who suddenly found himself performing on package tours with the likes of Jackie Wilson and Dion. Shannon followed “Runaway” with pop-rockers like “Hats Off to Larry” (#5), “Little Town Flirt” (which influenced Britain’s Merseybeat bands) and inspired covers of “Handy Man” and “Do You Wanna Dance.” He also rates a footnote in Beatles history by virtue of having cut “From Me to You” in 1963. This made him the first American artist to record and chart a Lennon-McCartney tune in the U.S. Shannon’s version of “From Me to You” reached #77 in Billboard in the summer of 1963-fully half a year before the Beatles’ own American chart debut with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Shannon learned the song while touring England with the Beatles. In a reversal of that formula, the British pop duo Peter and Gordon scored a Top Ten hit with Shannon’s “I Go to Pieces,” which they learned from him while touring Australia in early 1965. Two more chart singles-"Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun)” and “Stranger in Town"-came in 1965. Each bore a haunted, minor-key aura that was Shannon’s unmistakable signature-and perhaps symptomatic of the depression that would trouble him throughout his life. Shannon’s career cooled off as musical tastes changed in the latter half of the Sixties. In 1967 he recorded with the Rolling Stones’ producer, Andrew Loog Oldham, but the material was deemed too progressive by his record label and went unreleased for decades until its inclusion on a 1991 compilation CD, Del Shannon: The Liberty Years. Turning to production himself, Shannon cut hit singles for Brian Hyland ("Gypsy Woman") and Smith ("Baby, It’s You"). With assistance from fans and fellow musicians like Jeff Lynne, Dave Edmunds and Tom Petty, Shannon recorded sporadically in the Seventies and Eighties. The Petty-produced Drop Down and Get Me (1981) yielded a Top Forty hit-Shannon’s first since 1965-with his cover of Phil Phillips’ “Sea of Love.” After working steadily on the oldies circuit, Shannon recorded Rock On! With musical accompaniment by Petty and the Heartbreakers, among others, and with the album nearly completed, Shannon-who’d suffered bouts of depression and alcoholism dating back to the Sixties-committed suicide in 1990. TIMELINE December 30, 1934: Charles Westover (a.k.a. Del Shannon) is born in Coopersville, Michigan. 1959: Del Shannon forms his first band, the Midnight Ramblers. April 1, 1961: “Runaway,” Del Shannon’s first single, hits #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. July 1, 1963: Del Shannon’s version of the Beatles’ “From Me to You,” which he’d learned while touring with them in England, becomes the first Lennon-McCartney song to make the U.S. singles chart, reaching #77. February 1, 1965: Peter & Gordon’s rendition of the Shannon-penned “I Go to Pieces” and Del Shannon’s own “Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun)” both make the Top Ten. May 1, 1965: At the height of the British Invasion, ‘Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams’, a tribute album to the late country & western legend, is released. October 1, 1969: Del Shannon’s first outside production —"Baby, It’s You,” by Smith—becomes a Top Five smash. June 1, 1973: ‘Live in England’, recorded the previous year by Del Shannon, is released. October 1, 1981: Tom Petty, an avowed Del Shannon fan, produces the comeback album ‘Drop Down and Get Me’. It yields a Top Forty hit in Del Shannon’s cover of Phil Phillips’ “Sea of Love.” February 8, 1990: Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at home in Santa Clarita, California. March 1, 1991: ‘Rock On!’, the album that Del Shannon had been working on at the time of his death, is posthumously released. March 15, 1999: Del Shannon is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fourteenth annual induction dinner.
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