Roach Lore
This phrase, supposedly Welsh, was uttered by mom when she was mildly upset.
What is "Jumal"?
This neighbor helped dad lay our beautiful brown tile floor in the living room and front room.
Who was Red Difeo?
Today Shenango Valley phone numbers begin with 34, but back when we were younger this was the prefix for our phone number.
What is diamond?
This family friend had a daughter named Nini
Who was Mary and George Farringer?
The Uislet (or Higgins) family was the first to have one of these in our neighborhood.
What was a color TV?
Judy's first boyfriend, Larry Miller bought her this breed of dog
What is a palmoranian?
This neighbor was ahead of her time living in one of the first tiny houses!
Who was Mrs. Greenawalt?
Before the current Wheatland American Legion was built, this occupied it's parking lot.
What is a playground?
This couple had daughters Cici and Mae-Mae.
Who were Harry and Evie Roman?
This invention required you to wait 60 seconds and then a coating with a special liquid before it's results could be touched.
What was a polaroid camera?
Aunt Kathleen said that the Roach ancestors were not from Ireland but were from this country.
What is England?
These two girls were the daughters of the family from whom we bought the Cherry St. house.
Who were Jackie and Mary?
For many years, the fire whistle blew nightly not to signal a fire but to signal this.
What is a curfew?
This was the oldest of Wilma and Harold's offspring.
Who is Bob (or Robert)?
This large piece of equipment was a gift to Bill and gave all of us many hours of entertainment.
What was a reel to reel tape recorder?
Grandma Lloyd claimed that her high school graduation gift was this.
What is a pair of silk stockings?
These neighbors had a dog named Beauty.
Who were the Butalas?
Wheatland School's first kindergarten teacher.
Who was Mrs. Morgan?
When Judy fell ice skating on Hoezles's pond, this family friend's son ran all way up to our house to get help (there were no cell phones).
Who was Larry Sweeney?
Mom used this to warn us to be "good" and communicate with us while her and dad were in Florida.
What was a cassette tape?
It was Roach Lore (told to us by Aunt Kathleen) that dad dated this friend of mom's before he dated mom.
Who was Wanda Mitcheltree?
This neighbor's daughter is quite famous in our family.
Who were the Keckes family
The only greenhouse in town.
What was Vaughn's?
This family friend was related to the Sweeney's.
Who is Julia Gill?
This was a fairly new invention and a Christmas gift from Aunt Kathleen (which some of us thought was insulting).
What was an electric toothbrush?